Data Protection & Privacy Policy/Website Disclaimer

Electus' online service is committed to protecting the privacy of our users. We want to provide a simple and secure user experience. We will use our best efforts to ensure that the information you submit to us remains private, and is only used for the purposes set out in this policy.

Privacy Policy
Electus is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains the steps we take to ensure information about you is kept secure and confidential, and is only used for the purposes as set forth herein. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand how your personal information will be treated. By using our websites (http://www.electus-group.com or http://www.electus-start.com) and passing on any personal information to us, you will be deemed to have read and accepted this Privacy Policy.

The Information We Collect
We will only collect personal information on our website such as your email address, name, address, postcode, telephone number, education and work history. The information is collected in the form of a CV/Resumé or by completing forms on the website. You have the right at any time to ask us for a copy of the information supplied by you that we hold. We have the right to charge a small fee for this service. If you would like to make a request for information, please contact info@electus-group.com. You also have the right to ask Electus to stop using your information.

Curriculum vitae ("CV") / Resumé
We give you the option of submitting your CV via this website. You can do this either to apply for a specific advertised job or for consideration by our recruitment consultants for positions as they come up. Although your CV will be stored online, we will make every effort to ensure it will only be accessible by Electus' recruitment consultants, working both inside and outside the European Economic Area. Your CV will also be e-mailed directly to our recruitment consultants who review your details and enter them onto our central in-house database. This database, including the information relating to you, can be accessed by any of our recruitment consultants working in other offices of Electus, both inside and outside the European Economic Area.

Purposes for Which We use Information
We collect information about you so that we can continually offer you a reliable personalised and efficient service. The information we collect is to assist you to find a job and to enable us to contact you.

Passing on Information About You
We may be required to pass on information to third parties as part of the recruitment process. By submitting your personal information via our website, you are explicitly authorising us to disclose information provided by you to outside third parties. We will use our best endeavours to ensure that the information you submit to us remains private and only used for the purposes outlined herein.

We may also be required to pass on personal information in the form of aggregate, but not individual, statistics to potential advertisers or other bodies to display estimate numbers of users, typical ages, locations. This information assists us in developing the most valuable service for our users. Where appropriate, personal information may be disclosed to law enforcement, regulatory or other government agencies, or third parties where necessary or desirable to comply with legal or regulatory obligations or requests or for the purposes identified above.

Data Protection Act
We are governed by the provisions of the Data Protection Act, and for the purposes of the Act, the data controller is Dod's Parliamentary Communications Ltd. All information provided to us is 'personal data' under the Data Protection Act. When processing your data we follow the principles and guidelines as set out in the Data Protection Act.

Please note that clicking on to links and banner advertisements may result in your transferral to another website, where data privacy practices may be different to that of Electus. Visitors should consult the other websites' privacy policies as we are not responsible for, and have no control over, information that is submitted to or collected by these third parties.

Website Disclaimer
Whilst Electus uses reasonable care in compiling and presenting the information found on this website, it is provided purely for information and you should seek further guidance and make independent enquiries before relying upon it.

The information included in this website has been compiled from a variety of sources and is subject to change without notice.

Electus makes no representation or warranty whatsoever regarding the completeness, accuracy, currency, adequacy, suitability or operation of this website, or of the information it contains nor makes any such warranty in respect of any information carried on any website operated by a third party which may be accessed from this website, nor that the information on this or any third party website has in any way been verified by Electus.

All information contained on this website is provided on an "as is" basis. Electus assumes no responsibility for information contained in this site and disclaims all liability arising from negligence or otherwise in respect of such information.

Electus makes no representation in respect of the availability of any appointment advertised on this site.

Electus does not guarantee that any employer or client will ask for a candidate's information, ask to interview a candidate or hire a candidate, or that any candidates will be available or will meet the needs of any employer or client. Electus cannot guarantee that any employer or client will keep confidential any candidate information or data provided to the employer or client.

Electus makes no representation or warranty as to the final terms and duration of any appointment obtained through this website.

By using this website you assume the risk that the information on this website may be incomplete, inaccurate, out of date or may not meet your requirements.

This website was created in England. Any interpretation of its content, claims or disputes (of whatever nature and not limited to contractual issues) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts under English law.

Copyright Notice
All information incorporated within this website is © Dod's Parliamentary Communications Ltd (trading as Electus) 2005. This website has been created for and on behalf of Electus. All copyright is the property of Electus and any unauthorised reproduction is prohibited.