Privacy Policy for JobsHunt.co.uk

Last Updated: 28th June 2025

JobsHunt.co.uk (“we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, share, and protect your information when you use our website, JobHunt.co.uk, under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

1. Who We Are JobsHunt.co.uk is owned and operated by Jobs Hunt. For privacy-related enquiries, please contact us at: info@jobshunt.co.uk

2. Data We Collect About You. We may collect and process the following types of personal data:

• Identity Data: Name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth, and gender.
• Contact Data: Billing address, delivery address, email address, and telephone numbers.
• Profile Data: Your username and password, job applications, interests, preferences, feedback, and survey responses.
• Employment Data (for Job Seekers): Information contained within your CV/resume, including employment history, educational background, skills, qualifications, career aspirations, and salary expectations.
• Employer Data (for Employers): company name, industry, contact person’s name, email, phone number, job descriptions, and hiring criteria.
• Technical Data: Internet Protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services (e.g., pages viewed, time spent on pages, search queries).
• Marketing and Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties, and your communication preferences.

3. How We Collect Your Data We use different methods to collect data from and about you, including through:

• Direct interactions: You provide us with your identity, contact, profile, employment, and employer data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, or otherwise. This includes data you provide when you:
  • Register for an account on our website.
  • Create a profile (job seeker or employer).
  • Upload your CV/resume.
  • Apply for a job through our platform.
  • Post a job vacancy.
  • Subscribe to our service or publications.
  • Request marketing to be sent to you.
  • Enter a competition, promotion, or survey.
  • Give us feedback or contact us.
• Automated technologies or interactions: As you interact with our website, we will automatically collect technical data and usage data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs, and other similar technologies. Please see our website for more details.
• Third parties or publicly available sources: We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources as set out below:
  • Technical data from analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics).
  • Contact, financial, and transaction data from providers of technical, payment, and delivery services.
  • Identity and contact data from publicly available sources (e.g., Companies House for employers).

4. How We Use Your Data (Lawful Basis) We will only use your data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• To perform the contract: Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you (e.g., to provide job matching services, enable job applications, facilitate job postings).
• Legitimate Interest: Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests (e.g., to improve our services, for fraud prevention, for direct marketing where we have an existing relationship).
• Legal Obligation: Where we need to comply with a legal obligation (e.g., for tax or regulatory purposes).
• Consent: You have given your explicit consent to us processing your data for a specific purpose (e.g., for certain types of marketing communications). You have the right to withdraw consent at any time by contacting us.