Effective Date: 3rd March 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to Cumbria Talent Force (“we,” “our,” “us”). Your privacy is important to us, and this Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you use our website [https://talent.careershubcumbria.co.uk/].
2. Information We Collect
We collect the following types of information when you use our website:
- Personal Information: When you register and create a profile, we collect your name, email address, and any other information you choose to provide, including profile photos and text.
- Usage Data: Through Google Analytics, we collect non-personally identifiable data such as IP addresses, browser type, device information, and pages visited.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies to enhance user experience, track website performance, and support login sessions.
- Embedded Media: Our website may include embedded media (e.g., videos, images) from third-party sources, which may collect data about your interactions.
For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information to:
- Provide and manage user accounts and profiles.
- Improve website functionality and user experience.
- Analyse traffic and user interactions using Google Analytics.
- Ensure security and prevent unauthorised access.
4. Sharing of Information
We do not sell or rent your personal data. However, we may share information:
- With service providers that assist in website functionality (e.g., Google Analytics, hosting providers).
- As required by law, such as in response to legal requests or compliance with regulations.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
5. Cookies and Tracking
Cookies are used to:
- Maintain login sessions.
- Improve website analytics and performance.
- Enable features such as remembering user preferences.
You may adjust your browser settings to refuse cookies; however, doing so may affect website functionality.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
6. Embedded Media
Third-party embedded content (e.g., YouTube videos, social media posts) may collect data about you. Interacting with such content is subject to the third party’s privacy policies.
Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
7. Data Retention
We retain user profile data as long as the account is active. You may request account deletion at any time by contacting us. If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
8. Security Measures
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information. However, no online service can guarantee absolute security.
9. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights such as:
- Accessing your personal data.
- Requesting corrections or deletions.
- Opting out of certain data collection practices.
To exercise these rights, contact us.
10. Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.
12. Contact Us
For questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, contact us at:
[Cumbria Talent Force]
[https://talent.careershubcumbria.co.uk/]