Career Transitioners Ltd (CT) takes the issue of security and data
protection very seriously and strictly adheres to guidelines published in the
United Kingdom Data Protection Act of 1998.
Please find Below our GDPR compliant
Privacy Policy
CT are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. This
Privacy Policy describes how we use the personal information that we collect
from you, or that you provide, when you:
· visit any of our websites or portals (the "Website");
· use the training courses, student portal, certification and products,
and consultancy services (together the "Services") that we provide;
· or otherwise contact us.
Information We Collect
We collect personal information from you through the use of forms, which
may be on paper or on our Websites, such as when you login to access our
Services, signup to receive our newsletters, register for information, or make
a purchase or commence a course of study.
When you create an account on our Websites you have the opportunity to
provide us with information about any specific requirements, such as learning
difficulties, that you may have.
If you are progressing your career through CT’s Career Development
programs of Fast Track programs, we may need to collect addition personal
information to secure funding or satisfy statutory legal or Government scheme
requirements.
We also collect personal information from you when you communicate with
us for any reason, including by email, postal mail or telephone, and when you
use our Services.
In addition, we collect certain information automatically about visitors
to our Websites as described below.
We may record and store the telephone conversations you have to any of
our offices for the purposes of quality control, staff training, and/or to
prevent or detect crime.
If you choose to provide us with information you explicitly grant your
consent to us using that information as is necessary to provide Services to you.
We are obliged to provide feedback to your employer if they have funded
the course & request it, but we do not do this as a matter of course.
Special information for Career Developers
If you are progressing your career through a CT Career Development program
or Fast Track Program, we may need to collect addition personal information to
secure funding or satisfy statutory legal or Government scheme requirements.
Some of the information you supply will be used by the Skills Funding
Agency to fulfil its statutory functions, issue/verify your Unique Learner
Number (ULN) and update/check your Personal Learning Record. The Skills Funding
Agency may share your ULN and Personal Learning Record with other education
related organisations, such as your careers service, school, college,
university, Government Departments and public bodies responsible for funding
your education.
Further details of how your information is processed and shared can be
found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lrs-privacy-notices
Use of Cookies
CT websites uses cookies to provide easier navigation around the sites
and gather anonymous analytics information. In some cases, cookies are used to
provide functionality within sessions, such as within the Student Portal.
We use Google analytics and Facebook pixels within our websites to
monitor how visitors move around the website and how they reached it. This is
done so that we can see total (not individual) statistics on which types of
content users access most frequently. The Google cookies also tell us if you
have visited the site before and allow us to track how many individual users the
websites have. The Google cookies cannot be used to identify individuals - they
are only used for statistical purposes only. You can opt out of Google cookies
here https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
From time to time we may have links to other services such as Social
media or video services on our sites. These services may drop cookies on your
computer when you use them, especially if you are already logged into their
service. Due to the nature of how cookies work, CT cannot access these cookies
nor control their use. Likewise, these 3rd party services cannot access CT's session or analytics
cookies.
You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies and to set
your own cookie preferences on your computer.
These preferences can be to accept all cookies, to notify you when a
cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at all. However, by opting not to
receive cookies at any time, certain features of the Website cannot be
provided, and you may not be able to enjoy the Website to its fullest. All web
browsers are different and to learn how to change your cookie preferences,
check the "Help" menu of your browser.
Users can block most cookies (except for Flash cookies) by activating
the setting on their browser that allows users to refuse the setting of all or
some cookies. However, if the browser settings to block all cookies (including
essential cookies) users may not be able to access all or parts of the website,
or users may experience reduced functionality or unexpected operations when
accessing certain services.
Unless the user's browser has been configured so that it will refuse
cookies, our websites notify the user that the site makes use of cookies and
allows the user to customise their browser to configure their preferences.
Most internet browsers accept cookies automatically, but you can change
the settings of your browser to erase cookies or prevent automatic acceptance
if you prefer. These settings will typically be found in the 'options' or
'preferences' menu of your browser. The links below explain how you can control
cookies via your browser - remember that if you turn off cookies in your
browser then these settings apply to all websites not just this one.
· Internet Explorer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835 (this page
links to further information for different versions of IE - the mobile version
is at:
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#303030;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB'>).
·
· Safari:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Safari/5.0/en/9277.html (or
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677 for mobile versions)
· Firefox:
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Enabling%20and%20disabling%20cookies
· Blackberries;http://docs.blackberry.com/en/smartphone_users/deliverables/32004/Turn_off_cookies_in_the_browser_60_1072866_11.jsp
· Android:
http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=169022
· Opera: http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/
For further information about cookies and how to control their use,
please visit the following third party educational resources:
http://www.allaboutcookies.org and http://www.youronlinechoices.eu
Cookies within careertransitioners.com and the MyCT (Student Portal)
The careertransitioners.com website uses a session-based tracking cookie
to add website functionality, provide portal and basket functionality and to
ease user navigation around the website.
Tracking cookies observe how visitors move around the website when
browsing it and record which content users view and are interested in. This
helps improve the service by helping make sure users are finding the
information they are looking for, and by tracking the success of CT's
advertising campaigns.
Use of Your Information
The information that we collect and store relating to you is primarily
used to enable us to provide our Services to you. In addition, we may use the
information for the following purposes:
· To provide you with information you request from us.
· To administer the account you create or use on our Websites;
· To respond to your correspondence, so that we can reply to your
enquiries and requests in an efficient and effective manner;
· To provide information on other CT courses, course schedules, products
and Services which we feel may be of interest to you, in accordance with your
communications preferences;
· To meet our contractual commitments to you;
· To act on your behalf where third party funding is available and
appropriate;
· To notify you about any changes to the Websites or our Services, such as
improvements or changes that may affect either;
· Where your telephone conversations with us have been recorded, these
recordings will be retained for a maximum of 30 days and will only be used for
training and quality purposes and/or to prevent or detect crime; and
· As necessary to prevent or detect crime.
If you do not want us to use your data for any marketing purposes you
will have the opportunity to withhold your consent to this when you provide
your details to us.
Consent can be varied online if you have a Student Portal account
(within your profile) or via the website at https://careertransitioners.com/
Storing Your Personal Data
The personal information you provided to us is stored within secure
servers.
Please note that the transmission of information via the internet
(including email) is not completely secure and therefore, although we endeavour
to protect the personal information you provide to us, we cannot guarantee the
security of data sent to us electronically and the transmission of such data is
therefore entirely at your own risk.
Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password so that
you can access certain parts of our sites and portals, you are responsible for
keeping these passwords confidential.
Disclosing Your Information
We may disclose your personal information to any company within our
corporate group. This includes, where applicable, our subsidiaries, our holding
company and its subsidiaries. We are obliged to provide feedback to your
employer if they have funded the course & request it, but we do not do this
as a matter of course.
We may also disclose your personal information to:
· Any third party we contract to act on our behalf;
· Where third party funding is required within Career Development Programs
or Fast Track Programs.
· Your employer, where required within a Career Development program.
· A potential employer, where required within a Career Development Program
· Government agencies, where required by the scheme or education path you
elect to follow.
· Partners with whom we work to provide Services;
· Any third party that purchases all or substantially all our assets and
business; and to
· Any law enforcement agency, court, regulator, government authority or
other third party where we believe this is necessary to comply with a legal or
regulatory obligation, or otherwise to protect our rights or the rights of any
third party.
Third Party Links
You might find links to third party websites on our Websites or within
documentation we provide.
If you access other websites using the links provided, the operators of
these sites may collect information from you which will be used by them in
accordance with their own privacy policies which you should review.
We do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies
whatsoever as we have no control over them.
Social Networking
The Website may offer you the opportunity to share or follow information
about us (or the Website or our Services) using third party social networking
functionality (such as through "share this", "like" or
"follow" buttons).
We offer this functionality in order to generate interest in us, the
Website and our Services among the members of your social networks, and to
permit you to share and follow opinions, news and recommendations about us with
your friends. However, you should be aware that sharing personal or
non-personal information with a social network may result in that information
being collected by the social network provider or result in that information
being made publicly-available, including through Internet search engines.
Please note that we do not exercise any endorse or control the policies
or practices of any third party social network whose functionality you may
access through the Website.
You should always read the privacy policy of any social network through
which you share information carefully in order to understand their specific
privacy and information usage practices.
Internet-based Transfers
Given that the Internet is a global environment, using the Internet to
collect and process personal information may involve the transmission of
personal information on an international basis. Therefore, by browsing our
Websites and communicating electronically with us, you acknowledge our
processing of personal information in this way. However, we will endeavour to
protect all personal information collected through the Websites in accordance
with strict data protection standards.
Access to Information
Should you wish to access or update the personal information that we
hold about you, please contact us using the contact details below. If you have
an account on the Website you may also access and update your personal
information by logging onto your account.
Contacting Us
We welcome any queries, comments or requests you may have regarding this
Privacy Policy. Please do not hesitate to contact us using the Contact us form
available at www.careertransitioners.com/contact-us or email us at info@careertransitioners.com
Your Consent
By using our Websites or agreeing to do business with us, you consent to
the collection and use of information as outlined in within this document.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time by updating this
document.
You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are
happy with any changes.
If you do not agree to the changes we make, please do not continue to
use our Websites or our Services. If material changes are made to this Privacy
Policy, we will notify you by placing a prominent notice on the Website.
Thanks
Career Transitioners