Effective Date: March 07, 2016
This Privacy Policy describes how Med Jobs UK (“we,” “our,” or “us”) collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit and use our website at [https://medjobsuk.com/] and our services.
By using our Site and services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
1. Information We Collect
We collect several types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our services to you.
a. Personal Data
While using our Site and services, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). This may include, but is not limited to:
- Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, postal address.
- Professional Information: Medical specialization (Surgeon, Physician, Dentist Doctor, Other), CV/resume, professional qualifications, GMC registration details, work experience, previous employment.
- Identification Information: Nationality, passport details, visa status (as required for recruitment and immigration support).
- Communication Data: Any information you provide when you communicate with us via email, phone, or contact forms.
b. Usage Data
We may also collect information about how the Site is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
c. Tracking & Cookies Data
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Site and hold certain information.
- Cookies: Small files placed on your device. We use session cookies (for website operation), preference cookies (to remember your preferences), and security cookies (for security purposes).
- Other Tracking Technologies: Beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.
2. How We Use Your Information
We uses the collected data for various purposes:
- To provide and maintain our services: Facilitating job matching, application assistance, interview preparation, etc.
- To notify you about changes to our services.
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service when you choose to do so.
- To provide customer support and respond to your inquiries.
- To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our services.
- To monitor the usage of our Site.
- To detect, prevent and address technical issues.
- To fulfill our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
- To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under GDPR (for EU/UK Residents)
If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA) or the UK, our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.
We may process your Personal Data because:
- We need to perform a contract with you (e.g., to provide recruitment services).
- You have given us explicit permission to do so.
- The processing is in our legitimate interests (e.g., improving our services, marketing) and not overridden by your rights.
- To comply with the law.
4. Disclosure of Your Information
We may share your personal information in the following situations:
- With Service Providers: We may share your Personal Data with third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our service, to contact you. Examples include hospitals and healthcare providers for job placement, visa and immigration consultants, and IT service providers.
- For Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
- For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation.
- Protect and defend the rights or property of Med Jobs UK.
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the service.
- Protect the personal safety of users of the service or the public.
- Protect against legal liability.
- With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.
5. Security of Data
The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
6. Your Data Protection Rights Under GDPR (for EU/UK Residents)
If you are a resident of the EEA or the UK, you have certain data protection rights. We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.
In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:
- The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your Personal Data.
- The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your Personal Data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your Personal Data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
- The right to withdraw consent: You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where UK Doctors Connect relied on your consent to process your personal information.
Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.
You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the EEA or the UK.
7. Links to Other Sites
Our Site may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
8. Children’s Privacy
Our service is not intended for individuals under the age of 18 (“Children”).
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Site, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
By phone number: +44 7520 644465
By email: contact@medjobsuk.com