Syntax Consultancy Ltd is committed to protecting your privacy. We have put in place policies and procedures to protect personal information we collect about you to comply with the UK Data Protection Act 1998 and subsequent amendments to this Act.

Details of how we collect, use and disseminate your personal data are described here to demonstrate our commitment to protecting your privacy.

• Syntax regards your CV as important, private documentation. We believe that you; the CV owner, should be fully in control of the contents of your CV and who sees that information.
• When submitting your CV and Personal Details to Syntax we store information such as your name, address, education, employment history and other details normally found on a CV. We are collecting this information in order to aid you in your search for employment.
• We need your help to ensure that the data we hold is as accurate and up-to-date as possible. To achieve this we ask you to update your profile regularly (at least every six months). We are reliant on you supplying us with a factually accurate and complete picture of you and your requirements.

• Only current authorised Syntax employees will have access to this data.
• Syntax will obtain your permission BEFORE the CV is sent to any potential employer.
• Syntax provide a jobs via e-mail service based on your personal profile.
• You can unsubscribe from the job email service at any time by editing your personal profile.
• Should you wish to be removed from our database you can do so either via your personal profile, or by sending an email to the Candidate Management Team – cmt@syntaxnet.com

• Any feedback that is submitted via the website becomes the property of Syntax Consultancy Ltd.
• We may use this feedback for marketing purposes, unless you specify otherwise.
• We may also contact you for further feedback on the site, unless you specify otherwise.

• This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.
• In order to protect your information we provide you with a unique Username and Password so you can log-in to and access your personal details.
• All personal data including candidate CVs are stored on a secure database; a firewall is in operation to prevent ‘hacking’.
• Only current authorised Syntax employees have access to the database, and a unique ID and Password controls the access rights of these employees.

• A "cookie" is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computers hard drive. It can only be read by the webserver that set the cookie.
• For users who login to the online system we set a session cookie. The purpose of this cookie is to retain your identity for the duration of that session only.
• Syntax provides the option to store a permanent cookie thus enabling automated login to the site.

• Provision has been made for would be users of the site who prefer not to have a cookie set. This is called the “Non-registered candidate application form” which enables you to apply to jobs without logging in.

• In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 you, the data subject, can ask to view all documentation we hold at any time. Syntax reserves the right to charge the sum of £10 for this request.

If you have any questions about this privacy statement or the practices of this site, you can contact:

The Data Controller
Syntax Consultancy Ltd.
1 College Place
Derby
DE1 3DY
Tel: 01332 293605
Email: data.controller@syntaxnet.com