Privacy
Scope
This privacy statement only applies to this search facility
(jobseekers.direct.gov.uk). It does not apply to other
areas of Directgov nor any other website. When you move to
another site, you should read their privacy statement.
This service includes links to a number of external websites
which are outside the scope of this privacy statement. If you
want to know how these websites collect and use personal
information, you should read their privacy policies.
Data protection
Jobcentre Plus respects your privacy and seeks to comply
with the Data Protection Act 1998, which meets the standards
agreed within the European Union.
This service (jobseekers.direct.gov.uk) does not require you
to provide any personal information. The use of the email
alert facility within My searches does require
a valid email address, but the use of this facility is entirely
optional and email addresses will only be used for the purpose
of sending job email alerts. See below for more information
about My searches and email alerts.
Any data that is held will be adequate, relevant and not
excessive for the purpose for which it is to be
processed. Any data held will not be linked with any
other data held by the Department for Work and Pensions.
Jobcentre Plus will be responsible for ensuring the site and
data are managed securely. Appropriate technical and
organisational measures will be taken against unauthorised or
unlawful access to or processing of any personal data or loss
or destruction of data.
No personal information about you will be retained in the
form of 'cookies'.
My searches
If you wish to use the My searches
facility, you must provide a username and password but you need
not use your real name or any other words that might reveal
your identity.
Within My searches you can choose to set up
an email alert. To do so, you will need to register a valid
email address. This email address will only be used by
Jobcentre Plus for the purpose of sending you job email
alerts.
All My searches registration information,
including email addresses will be securely held and only used
for the professed purposes of this service.
My searches registration details can be
manually deleted by the user, by logging into My
searches and using the delete registration options.
My searches accounts which are not used will
be automatically deleted after 3 months of inactivity. Whether
accounts are deleted manually by the user or automatically,
deletion will remove all user information, including email
addresses.
Social bookmarking
The social bookmarking services that Directgov links to
are third party websites. Directgov does not have any control
over the way that these websites use your data. You
should read their respective privacy policies carefully to find
out what happens to any data that these services collect when
you use them.