Privacy Policy

Use of personal information

We process personal information collected via the Site for the purposes of:providing and personalising our services dealing with your enquiries and requests administering orders and accounts relating to our suppliers or customers crime prevention and prosecution of offenders maintaining information as a reference tool or general resource carrying out market research campaigns providing you with information about products and services we offer We may also use and disclose information in aggregate (so that no individuals are identified) for marketing and strategic development purposes. Disclosures We will disclose personal information to business partners, successors in title to our business and suppliers we engage to process data on our behalf.

Other websites

The Site may contain links to other websites which are outside of our control and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. If you access other sites using the links provided, the operators of these sites may collect information from you which will be used by them in accordance with their privacy policy, which may differ from ours.

Access rights

You have a right to access the personal data held about you. To obtain a copy of the personal information we hold about you, please write to us at StaffCircle Ltd, LCB Depot, 31 Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1RE, United Kingdom.

Third-Party Advertisers

We work with third-party partners, such as Google, to serve ads and monitor our advertising efforts. These partners may also use cookies and similar technologies to deliver personalized ads based on your interests. You can read and review Google’s Privacy & Terms here.

Internet-based transfers

All UK and EU-based customers have their data stored securely in our Microsoft UK data centres. The data you stored on StaffCircle is not copied outside of the EU data region. However, given that the Internet is a global environment, if you access StaffCircle from outside of the UK then the data you are accessing will be downloaded to your local device in your current location. Also if you access our website from outside of the UK then this involves the transmission of our website data on an international basis to your location. Therefore, by browsing this website and communicating electronically with us, you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal data in this way.

Use of cookies

A cookie is a small piece of information sent by a web server to a web browser, which enables the server to collect information from the browser. Find out more about the use of cookies on Cookie Central. We use ‘cookies’ to identify you when you visit this website and keep track of your browsing patterns and build up a demographic profile. Our use of cookies also allows registered users to be presented with a personalised version of the site and have access to information about their accounts. The different types of cookies we store can be categorised as follows:

Strictly necessary

These cookies are necessary in order to enable users to move around the site. Cookies of this type include: Note: ‘Expires at the end of the session’ means that the cookie will be deleted after the browser window has been closed.

• staffcircle_web – This cookie maintains a user’s session as they move around the site. Expires at the end of the session.
• ftv – This cookie is used to determine whether the user is a first-time visitor to the website so that the cookie information bar at the top of the page can be displayed. This cookie expires two years after it is set (unless deleted).
• country_code – This cookie is used to store the country location of your IP address. Expires an hour after it is set (unless deleted).

Functionality

Functionality cookies record information about choices you have made on the StaffCircle website, for example selecting ‘Remember me’ in the login form. Cookies of this type include remember_username – This cookie is set when a user checks the box to remember their username in the Portal login form. The value of this cookie is the user’s Portal username, which is used to fill the form automatically for easier login next time. This cookie will expire on its own one week after it is set and is only set when requested.

Performance & Third Party

Performance cookies are used internally to see how our users use the website so that we may improve how content is presented to them in future. In order to do this, we use third-party services. By default, users are opted out of these cookies until agreeing to them via the information bar at the top of the page. Cookies of this type include:

• _utma – Google Analytics cookie used to track visitor movement on the website. Expires two years after it is set (unless deleted).
• _utmb – Google Analytics cookie used to track visitor movement on the website. Expires thirty minutes after it is set (unless deleted).
• _utmc – Google Analytics cookie used to track visitor movement on the website. Expires at the end of the session.
• _utmz – Google Analytics cookie used to track visitor movement on the website. Expires six months after it is set (unless deleted).
• _atuvc – Cookie used in conjunction with the share buttons for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. Expires two years after it is set (unless deleted).
• twitter.com > k – Twitter cookie used in conjunction with the Twitter news and ‘Tweet’ button at the bottom of each page. Expires one week after it is set (unless deleted).
• twitter.com > guest_id – Twitter cookie used in conjunction with the Twitter news and ‘Tweet’ button at the bottom of each page. Expires two years after it is set (unless deleted).
• twitter.com > original_referer – Twitter cookie used in conjunction with the Twitter news and ‘Tweet’ button at the bottom of each page. Expires at the end of the session.
• twitter.com > _twitter_sess – Twitter cookie used in conjunction with the Twitter news and ‘Tweet’ button at the bottom of each page. Expires at the end of the session.
• addthis.com > uid – Cookie used in conjunction with the share buttons for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. Expires two years after it is set (unless deleted).
• addthis.com > uvc – Cookie used in conjunction with the share buttons for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. Expires two years after it is set (unless deleted).
• addthis.com > uit – Cookie used in conjunction with the share buttons for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. Expires one day after it is set (unless deleted).
• addthis.com > psc – Cookie used in conjunction with the share buttons for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. Expires two years after it is set (unless deleted).

Deleting cookies

All or selected cookies can be deleted from your browser at any time by clicking on the ‘Options’ or ‘Settings’ menu.