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Privacy Policy
Hire and Seek Limited is committed to
privacy for everyone who accesses the site.
Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, Cap.486
of the Laws of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region, provides certain
regulations and best practices which are
designed to ensure that any data you provide
to us with is processed with due care and
attention.
What sort of data do we collect?
Hire and Seek Limited collects personal data
about you to help in the recruitment
process. This data consists of information
such as your name, address, e-mail address,
work and education history and your
responses to and the results of assessments
administered through the site.
We also collect information in the aggregate
to provide us with a better understanding of
the users of our website as a group, but
which does not contain personally
identifiable information.
Why do we process this personal data?
We process this personal data as necessary
to aid the recruitment process. We may also
use data collected in the aggregate to help
us to understand our users as a group so
that we can provide you with a better
service.
Why do we collect and process sensitive
personal data?
We collect and process sensitive personal
data only so far as is necessary to ensure
we conform with legal requirements. By using
this website and by registering your details
with us, you consent to us collecting and
processing sensitive personal data supplied
by you and disclosing this information to
prospective employers and clients in
connection with the recruitment process.
Do we pass data to third parties?
Where necessary we may pass data to third
parties that help us to process data and to
prospective or intended employers or
customers for the purpose of recruitment. We
may also share aggregate information with
selected third parties but we do not
disclose individual names or any identifying
information unless you have specified your
agreement.
How is this data safeguarded?
The security of your data is extremely
important to us. Access to your personal
data is only provided to our staff and third
parties who help us to process data and, in
order to help with the recruitment process,
to prospective employers or customers.
How do we let you know if our policy
changes?
Any policy changes, either due to business
reasons or future changes in legislation,
will be posted on this page and, if
substantial, may be promoted on the website
or through e-mail notification.
What are 'cookies' and why do we use them?
'Cookies'
are ways of saving a small amount of
personal information. We only use them to
save your user name or password to allow
easy access to our site. We advise you not
to use 'cookies' if your computer is shared
by other people.
How do you remove your name from the
database?
To remove your name from our website created
database email
recruitment@hire-and-seek.com
and request removal
Terminology
Aggregate -
this is when all data is collected and
processed as a total to enable us to look at
such information as demographic and
geographic trends, so that we can try to
produce a better service in the future.
Data -
information which is being processed by
equipment operating automatically in
response to instructions given for that
purpose, is recorded with the intention that
it should be processed by means of such
equipment, is recorded as part of a relevant
filing system or with the intention that it
should form part of a relevant filing system
or forms part of an accessible record.
Personal data -
data which relates to a living individual
who can be identified from those data, or
from those data and other information which
is in the possession of, or is likely to
come into the possession of, Hire and Seek
Limited.
Privacy policy -
this is a statement by Hire and Seek Limited
which explains the ways that we try to
protect our users' privacy.
Hire and Seek Limited – Hire
and Seek Limited and its associated
companies
Recruitment process -
the process of gaining employment and
advertising for and recruiting new staff and
the ongoing administrative process involved
once a user has gained employment or
recruited new staff.
Sensitive personal data -
personal data consisting of information as
to the racial or ethnic origin of the data
subject, political opinions, religious
beliefs or other beliefs of a similar
nature, membership of a trade union,
physical or mental health or condition,
sexual life, the commission or alleged
commission of any offence or any proceedings
related to any offence.
Third Parties -
these are companies and people other
than Hire and Seek Limited and the group of
companies of which it is part.
Users -
people who use our website and register
their details with us for the purposes of
recruitment, either to gain employment or
for the purposes of advertising and
recruiting new staff.
If you have any queries about our privacy
policy, please contact
recruitment@hire-and-seek.com
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