www.blockchain-talent.com (“the Website”) is a job website operated by Blockchain Talent, we are a trading name of Ultimate Selection Recruitment Ltd. https://www.usrecruitment.co.uk/

This privacy policy explains how we use the personal information we collect about you when you use our Website.

If you register on the Website as an employer, recruiter or candidate and provide us with personal data, we will process such personal data on the basis that it is necessary to do so in order to perform the contract you enter with us.

Registration with and use of the Website for candidates and those looking to purchase courses or receive career advice is free. We will process your personal data on the basis set out below as it is in our legitimate interests to do so following your registration.

What Information do we collect about you?

We collect personal data about you when you register with the Website. We do so in order to provide you with the recruitment services that are available through the Website as well as for administrative purposes when you purchase services through the Website. The personal data that we collect includes your name, email address and telephone number. If you are a candidate, we will also ask for details of the kind of work you are looking for and your preferred work location. If you decide to upload a CV, cover letter, portfolio, personal statement or other similar document or information we will keep that information for as long you want to keep your account with the Website.

If you decide to purchase a service through our Website, we may ask you for the details needed to process any payment that is required by the relevant provider.

If you choose to take any assessments available through the Website, we will also maintain a record of your responses to and results of those assessments.

If you register for career advice, we only require your email address.

What do we do with your personal data?

By registering with the Website, it is understood that candidates are actively soliciting contact from prospective employers and recruiters about opportunities that match the candidate’s fields of interest. If you are a candidate, we will therefore make your personal data available to recruiters and employers who use the Website to find suitable employees for specific roles that they are seeking to fill.

Although the primary purpose of the Website is to allow candidates, prospective employers and recruiters to find each other, candidates can control the extent to which their personal data is shared with other recruiters and prospective employers through the contact preferences section of the “your account” section on the Website.

For candidates, we will use your personal data to provide you with the recruitment services that we provide, to manage your account and to email you about recruitment services which, for candidates, includes job alerts and emails about services that are relevant to your fields of interest.

Marketing

If you register on the Website as a candidate, we will only send you information that relates to our recruitment services unless you specifically opt in to receiving marketing material about other products and services through the contact preferences section of your account. You have the right to opt out of receiving such marketing information at any time.

If you register on the Website to purchase other services, we will only send you information related to those services in your fields of interest unless you specifically opt into receiving marketing material through the contact preferences section of your account.

If you consent to receive marketing material using your contact preferences, you may change your mind at any time.

You can also amend the contact preferences in your account to stop us from contacting you in connection with the recruitment services or services available through the Website for which you register when you set up your account.

Data Sharing and Transfers

Save where it is necessary to do so in order to provide you with the Website’s recruitment services or to put you in touch with a third-party provider selected by you as set out in this policy, we do not share your personal data with third parties.

Your personal data is stored on our servers which are in the European Economic Area. If we share your personal data with any third-party service provider in the course of providing you with our services, those third parties are required to process your data in accordance with contracts that comply with data protection legislation.

Access to your information and correction

We want to make sure that your information is accurate and up-to-date and will delete or amend any information that you think is inaccurate. Should you wish to delete your account please contact us via the online form. Amendments to your account can be made online by signing into your account or by contacting us.

We aim to provide you with useful work-related services for the whole of your career. However, you have the right to close your account at any time and have us delete all your personal information unless we are in the process of responding to any complaint that you make.

Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet logs and visitor behaviour information. This information is used to track visitor use of the Website, to compile statistical reports on Website activity and to help us make recommendations that are relevant to you.

We also use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Website. Those companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide you with advertisements about other goods and services that may be of interest to you.

If you would like more information about this practice, including how to prevent it, please visit www.aboutcookies.org, www.allaboutcookies.org or optout.networkadvertising.org

More information about all the cookies on the Website is available on our cookies page.

Other websites

Our Website contains links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to this Website, so when you link to other websites you should review their own privacy policies.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review, and we place any updates on this web page. This policy was last updated on 20/10/2022.

How to contact us

Please contact us if you have any questions about our privacy policy or information, we hold about you:

by email info@blockchain-talent.com

How do you remove your name from the database?

You can contact us to request for your account to be closed at any time, which will be confirmed by Blockchain Talent in writing.

How do you unsubscribe from future mailings?

If you have a Blockchain Talent online account, you can stop receiving emails by updating your contact preferences, from your account preferences page.

How can you obtain information held about you?

You have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of your personal information, please email us at info@blockchain-talent.com