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Privacy Policy

Introduction

Global Veterinary Careers is a dedicated specialist veterinary employment agency and employment business that operate worldwide. The nature of our business mean we operate as data controllers when dealing with your personal data. We take the security and responsibility of the data you provide us very seriously.

So you can understand the steps we take on your behalf in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018, we have created easy to read sections below for you to access the information you need detailing how we achieve this.

Who we are

This website www.gvcvets.com (“Website”) is owned and operated by GV Careers Limited (“GVC”), a company incorporated in England & Wales with company number 11273681 whose registered office address is Michael House, Castle Street, United Kingdom, EX4 3LQ. When you register through our Website, use the website, place an order, contact Global Veterinary Careers by email, telephone or in writing we may collect and process personal data (“Personal Information”) about you. We understand the importance of looking after the Personal Information that you provide and this notice (“Privacy Notice”) sets out what Personal Information we collect, why we need to collect it, how we will use your personal information and how long we will store it for.

When and how do we collect personal data?

From the first moment you interact with Global Veterinary Careers, we are collecting data. Sometimes you provide us with data, sometimes data about you is collected automatically.

Here’s when and how we may do this:

Data you give
  • You register as a candidate looking for work
  • We call you
  • You view and send us your work-related information required to support your search for work
  • You discuss our recruitment services
  • You opt-in to our marketing services
Data we collect
  • You browse any page of our website
  • You are a candidate looking for work
  • You are a business looking to engage our services
  • You are a supplier of services
  • You receive emails from us
  • You view and sign contracts
  • You discuss our recruitment services

What types of personal do data we collect?

Contact details

Your name, address, telephone number, email address…

Financial information

Your bank account number, sort code, credit/debit card details…

Data that identifies you

Your CV, Your RCVS registration details, Your IP address, login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types, geolocation information about where you might be, operating system and version.

Data on how you use the Global Veterinary Careers Website

Your URL clickstreams (ie the path you take through our site), pages viewed, page response times, download errors, how long you stay on our pages, what you do on those pages, how often, and other actions.

Do Global Veterinary Careers collect any sensitive data?

We do not collect any “sensitive data” about you (like racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious/philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data, health data, data about your sexual life or orientation, and criminal offences or alleged offences) except when we have your specific consent, or when we have to comply with the law.

What about children’s data?

Global Veterinary Careers operates as an employment agency and employment business directed to and intended for use only by those who are 18 years of age or over. As such, we do not offer our services to children and do not knowingly collect any personal data from any person under 16 years of age.

How long do Global Veterinary Careers keep your personal data?

At Global Veterinary Careers, we are duty bound to retain personal data as long as is required to comply with our legal and regulatory requirements, including to the HMRC and RCVS. In circumstances where there is no statutory requirement to retain personal data, we will set a time scale in accordance with our company data retention policy to comply in line with GDPR/Data Protection Act 2018 in that data will not be retained any longer than necessary for the purpose it was intended.

Do Global Veterinary Careers share your personal data?

We are required to share your personal data in certain circumstances to ensure that we are able to provide you with services or carry out any obligations to you (the main example being to speak to practices to support you in gaining suitable employment). In each case we will only share the data necessary for the purpose and it will only be in relation to the specified purpose. Each third party is required to have in place comparable data security measures and to be fully compliant with the terms of the General Data Protection Regulation/Data Protection Act 2018.

How does Global Veterinary Careers keep your data secure?

We recognise the importance of keeping your personal data safe and we have in place security measures and policies to prevent personal data from being lost, used or accessed without our permission. The whole Website is secure and you will see “https” in the address bar for each page. We limit access to your personal information to those who have a genuine business need to know it. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorised manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.

All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Where do Global Veterinary Careers store your personal data?

The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. Such staff may be engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

Your privacy choices and rights

We will keep our privacy policy under regular review and we publish any updates in practice or on this website. This privacy policy was last updated on 12th February 2019.

For the purpose of the General Data Protection Regulation/Data Protection Act 2018, the data controller is GV Careers Limited, a company incorporated in England & Wales with company number 11273681 whose registered office address is Michael House, Castle Street, United Kingdom, EX4 3LQ.