Quality Start is committed to protecting your privacy in all our dealings with you, whether through our website's on-line services or through direct contact with our consultants.  When using our website, we want you to have a safe and secure experience.  We will endeavour to ensure that the information you submit to us remains private, and is only used for the purposes set out in this policy.

Statistical Information

We gather statistical information collectively about all visitors to this website regarding page and service usage.  We only use such data in aggregate form.  This information helps us to improve the services we offer our visitors.

Curriculum Vitae ("CV")

We give you the option of submitting your CV via this website.  You can do this either to apply for a specific advertised job or for consideration by our recruitment consultants for positions as they come up.  Your CV will be stored in our secure computer network.  Your CV will be e-mailed directly to our recruitment consultants who will process your application and with your consent enter your details onto in-house database.  This database, including the information relating to you, can only be accessed by Quality Start recruitment consultants.

You have the right at any time to ask us for a copy of the information supplied by you that we hold.  We have the right to charge a small fee for this service.  If you would like to make a request for information, please contact cv@qualitystart.co.uk. You also have the right to ask Quality Start to stop using your information.

Your CV will be sent to prospective employers but only where you give your consent.

The Information We Collect and How We Use It

Your personal details, including your name, e-mail address and CV, are held and used by us for the following purposes:

Following an assessment of your requirements, for matching your coded details with vacancies, to assist us in finding you a new position; to periodically keep you informed of our services; for compiling salary and other market surveys.

Quality Start is managed by its owners. There are no outside parties who may exert any influence or control over the running of the business. Should the ownership of Quality Start change you will be notified and the implications for your information explained.  Except in the case of complying with a legal or regulatory requirement, Quality Start does not and will not disclose your information to third parties without your consent.

The Data Protection Act 1998

The information that you give us, including your CV and e-mail address, is termed "personal data" under the Data Protection Act 1998.  We must therefore follow the principles set out in that Act when we process your personal data.  All the personal data that we obtain from you is held on our central in-house database. Quality Start is a "data controller" for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998.

Please note that clicking on to links on our website may result in you transferring to another website, where data privacy practices may be different to that of Quality Start.  Visitors should review the other websites' privacy policies, as we have no control over what happens to information that is submitted to or collected by these third parties.