1. Objective and responsible entity

1.1. As an entity responsible for data privacy, Personnel Direct (hereinafter referred to as "provider", "we" or "us") uses this data privacy statement to clarify the type, scope and purpose of collection and utilization of data, as well as the use of cookies within this website and online offers. 

2. Basics concerning data processing and data security

2.1. We collect, process and utilize the personal data of users only in compliance with relevant data protection provisions. This means that user data are utilized only with legal approval or consent. 
2.2. We take organizational, contractual and technical security measures to ensure compliance with data protection laws, and to protect the data managed by us against manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. 

3. Collection, utilization and relay of personal data

3.1. Personal data are used as part of submitting and realizing our online offers as well as the related services, including those for users, and for guaranteeing effective technical support. 
3.2. Personal data which you provide voluntarily for the purpose of contacting us or sending documents etc. to us are collected, processed and utilized solely for this purpose (especially, where applicable, transmission to third parties for processing of requests in the framework of legal regulations), unless you give your consent for further purposes. The personal data collected for these purposes are deleted after fulfilment of the purposes. 

4. Registration with Personnel Direct

4.1. When you create a user account with Personnel Direct, the details provided by you are stored for the duration of the usage relationship. The necessary compulsory information is described and detailed in the terms of use.
 
4.2. The data specified by you during registration and login are used exclusively for the purposes of utilizing the related offer. In addition to the compulsory information, you can basically decide which details you would like to provide on a voluntary basis. 

4.3. We collect, store and process your registration and application data solely to provide you with suitable job offers. For this purpose, data of interested parties and applicants are recorded in a database. The data are stored exclusively on servers located within the EU. When external companies approach Personnel Direct with a specific vacancy, then employees of Personnel Direct browse the database for matching candidates. After that, a description of the corresponding vacancy is either forwarded to the suitable candidates or anonymous profiles of these candidates are relayed – but only with their respective consent – to the external company. 

4.4. User data are not utilized for advertising purposes or passed on to other companies for promotional purposes. 

4.5. You have the right at any time to obtain information about the use and storage of your data, and to revoke it for the future. For this, please contact the address specified below. In addition, you have the option to delete the profile you created in the settings of Personnel Direct's portal. 

 

5. Recording access details

5.1. We collect data on every access to the server (log files). Access details include the name of the invoked web page, date and time of invocation, transferred data volume, notification whether invocation was successful, browser type and version, user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page) and the requesting provider. Reference to a person is fundamentally not possible via these data, because the IP address is not stored, or is made anonymous.
 
5.2. We use the log data, without any reference to the person of the user or any other profile creation, according to statutory provisions and only for statistical analysis as part of operating, safeguarding and optimizing our online offer. 

 

6. Cookies & audience measurement

6.1. Cookies are information transmitted from our web servers or the web servers of third parties to the user's web browser, and stored there for later retrieval. This data privacy statement informs users about the utilization of cookies as part of pseudonymous audience measurement. 

6.2. This online offer can also be viewed if cookies are disabled. If a user does not want cookies to be stored on their computer, they can disable the corresponding option in their browser's system settings. Stored cookies can be deleted in the browser's system settings. Exclusion of cookies can restrict the functionality of this online offer. 

6.3. The US website http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ and EU website http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/ allow you to manage online advertising cookies from a whole range of enterprises. 

 

7. Notification, deletion, cancellation, rectification and blocking

7.1. On request, you have the right to receive information free of charge about your personal data stored by us. 

7.2. As a user, you furthermore have the right to rectification of incorrect data, revocation of consent, as well as blocking and deletion of your personal data insofar as this does not conflict with any legal retention obligations.

8. Amendments to the data privacy statement

8.1. We reserve the right to amend this data privacy statement in order to adapt it to changes in legal circumstances or changes in our data processing.