Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains what information this website collects, why, how it’s used, and what rights you have over it. We’ve written it to actually be readable rather than purely defensive legal boilerplate, though it still needs to cover the legal ground properly — bear with the structure.

Who we are

This site is operated as a UK-focused job listings platform. Where this policy refers to “we,” “us,” or “this site,” it means the operator of this website. For any privacy-related query, contact us through our Contact page.

What makes this site’s data footprint smaller than most

It’s worth stating upfront why our data collection is more limited than a typical job board’s: we don’t run our own job application system. When you apply for a role you found here, you do so entirely on the employer’s own website, using their own form. We never see your CV, your cover letter, your application answers, or any personal information you submit as part of applying for a job. That entire category of sensitive personal data simply never touches our systems. Everything below describes the more limited data we do collect.

Information we collect automatically

Like virtually every website, visiting this site generates some standard technical data automatically, including:

• Your IP address (used for security, fraud prevention, and understanding approximate geographic usage patterns)
• Browser type and version, device type, and operating system
• Pages visited, time spent on the site, referring pages, and general navigation patterns
• Approximate location derived from IP address (typically city or region level, not precise)

This data is collected via standard server logs and, where enabled, analytics tools. It’s used in aggregate to understand how the site is used and to identify and fix problems — we don’t use it to build individual profiles of specific visitors for marketing purposes.

Information you provide directly

The main way you might give us personal information directly is through our contact form. If you use it, we collect the name, email address, and message content you provide, solely to respond to your enquiry. We don’t add contact form submitters to a marketing list, and we don’t use this information for any purpose beyond addressing what you contacted us about.

If you’re an employer submitting a job listing, we collect the business and contact information necessary to publish and, if needed, follow up about that listing.

Cookies and similar technologies

We use cookies for a few distinct purposes:

• Essential cookies, needed for core site functionality — for example, remembering your search filter selections during a browsing session.
• Analytics cookies, which help us understand aggregate, anonymised traffic patterns so we can improve the site.
• Advertising cookies, used by Google AdSense and potentially other advertising partners where enabled, to serve relevant ads and measure their performance. These may track browsing activity across different websites, not just this one.

Full detail on each cookie category, how long cookies persist, and how to manage or refuse them is on our dedicated Cookie Policy page. You can also opt out of personalised advertising specifically through Google’s own Ads Settings page, independent of your browser’s cookie controls.

How we use the information we collect

In summary, information collected through this site is used to:

• Operate, maintain, and improve the job board and its search and filtering functionality
• Understand aggregate traffic and usage patterns to guide site improvements
• Respond to contact form enquiries and employer submissions
• Detect and prevent abuse, fraud, or security issues (for example, identifying suspicious submission patterns that might indicate a scam job posting)
• Display relevant advertising through Google AdSense and, where applicable, other advertising partners

We do not use any information collected here to make automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects on you.

Legal basis for processing (UK GDPR)

For visitors in the UK, our legal bases for processing personal data are: legitimate interests (operating and securing the website, understanding aggregate usage), consent (for non-essential cookies, including analytics and advertising cookies, which you can decline or manage) and contractual necessity (responding to a contact form enquiry you’ve initiated, or communicating with an employer about a listing they’ve submitted).

Who we share data with

We do not sell personal data. We share limited technical data with third-party service providers strictly necessary to operate the site, including:

• Hosting providers, who process server-level data (like IP addresses in access logs) as part of running the site infrastructure.
• Analytics providers, who receive anonymised or pseudonymised usage data to help us understand traffic patterns.
• Advertising partners, including Google AdSense, who may set cookies and process browsing data to serve and measure advertising, subject to their own privacy policies and, where required, your consent.

These providers process data under their own privacy policies and, where applicable, as data processors acting on our instructions under a data processing agreement. We don’t share contact form submissions or employer submission data with any third party beyond what’s needed to operate the underlying service (for example, an email delivery provider used to send you a reply).

International data transfers

Some of our service providers — including certain analytics and advertising providers — may process data outside the UK, including in the United States. Where this happens, we rely on those providers’ compliance with recognised transfer mechanisms (such as the UK’s International Data Transfer Agreement or adequacy regulations) to ensure your data continues to receive an appropriate level of protection.

Data retention

Contact form messages and any associated personal data are retained only as long as reasonably necessary to address your enquiry, after which they’re deleted or anonymised. Server logs are retained for a limited period for security and diagnostic purposes before being automatically purged or anonymised. Analytics data is generally retained in aggregate or anonymised form beyond the retention period applied to any individually identifiable component.

Your rights under UK GDPR

If you’re in the UK (or the EEA, where equivalent rights apply under the EU GDPR), you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Correct inaccurate personal data
• Request deletion of personal data we hold about you, where applicable
• Object to or restrict certain kinds of processing, particularly processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing
• Withdraw consent at any time for processing that relies on consent, such as non-essential cookies, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal
• Data portability, where technically feasible, for data you’ve provided to us directly
• Lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you believe we’ve mishandled your data

To exercise any of these rights, contact us via our Contact page. We’ll respond within the timeframe required by UK GDPR, generally one month from receiving a valid request.

Children’s privacy

This site is intended for adult job seekers and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will take steps to remove it.

Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect the personal data we hold, including secure hosting practices, restricted access to administrative systems, and standard web security protections. No system is perfectly secure, and we can’t guarantee absolute security, but we treat data protection as an ongoing responsibility rather than a one-time setup.

Cookies referenced in this policy

This Privacy Policy touches on cookies at a general level because they’re one mechanism through which some of the data described above gets collected. For the full technical detail — specific cookie categories, retention periods, and how to manage or refuse each type — see our dedicated Cookie Policy, which should be read as an extension of this page rather than a separate, unrelated document.

Automated decision-making and profiling

We want to be explicit on this point since UK GDPR treats it as particularly important: we do not use any personal data collected through this site to make automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects on you, and we do not build automated profiles used to make decisions about your access to job listings, content, or any part of the service. Any personalisation you experience (such as advertising relevance, where enabled) affects what you’re shown, not what you’re permitted to do or access on the site itself.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or in applicable law. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised. We encourage checking back periodically if you have ongoing privacy concerns, particularly if you’re an employer with an active listing on the site.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you see my CV or application when I apply for a job?

No. Applications happen entirely on the employer’s own website. We never receive, store, or have access to your CV, cover letter, or any application content.

How do I opt out of personalised advertising?

You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings, and specifically opt out of Google’s personalised advertising through Google’s Ads Settings page. See our Cookie Policy for full detail.

How do I request that you delete my data?

Contact us via our Contact page with your request. If you’ve only ever used the site to browse job listings without contacting us, it’s likely we hold no personally identifiable data about you beyond standard, largely anonymised server logs.

Do you sell my personal data to third parties?

No, we do not sell personal data. We share limited technical data with service providers strictly necessary to run the site, as described above.

Who can I complain to if I think my data has been mishandled?

You can contact us directly first via our Contact page, and you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at any time.