Privacy Policy

Who we are

Catholic Recruitment is a not-for-profit community website allowing members to post job vacancies. We also post news articles from Vatican News and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, and other Catholic news agencies.
Our website address is https://catholicrecruitment.co.uk.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

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.

Contact forms

When you submit a contact request via https://catholicrecruitment.co.uk/contact/ we collect the data shown in the subject and message boxes, your name and email address as submitted by you on the form, we will also collect your IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

When you submit a support request via https://catholicrecruitment.co.uk/support/ .

If you are a Jobseeker we collect the data shown in the describe your issue boxes, your name and email address as submitted by you on the form, we will also collect your IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

If you are a registered user or member we collect the data shown in the describe your issue boxes, your name and email address and establishment information as submitted by you on the form, we will also collect your IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. This cookie is stored locally on your device.

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.

Google Analytics stores a cookie on your device when visiting our website. For full information on how Google uses data when visiting our website visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). 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.

Your contact personal information

Jobseekers by signing up to receive our weekly newsletter you are given us consent to use your email for this purpose. This is the only personal information we collect from job seekers. You can manage this information by visiting: https://catholicrecruitment.co.uk/manage-subscriptions/

Registered user or member during the signup process for your establishment, you were asked for your first and last name. This information is only used by us to contact you, regarding your membership with us. This is the only personal information we collect from registered users or members. You can manage this information by visiting: https://catholicrecruitment.co.uk/my-account/

Analytics

Who we share your data with

We have Google Analytics installed on our website. For full information on how Google uses data when visiting our website visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register for membership on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their membership account. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username) by visiting https://catholicrecruitment.co.uk/my-account/. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Jobseekers that register for our weekly newsletter, we also store the personal information they provide in their jobseeker account. They can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time by visiting https://catholicrecruitment.co.uk/manage-subscriptions/. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have a membership 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.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Additional information

Hosting of Website and Data Storage

Please also be aware that we use third-party cloud service providers that provide hosting, data storage and other services pursuant to standard terms and conditions that may be non-negotiable; these service providers have informed us or the general public that they apply security measures they consider adequate for the protection of information within their system, or they have a general reputation for applying such measures. However, we will not be liable (to the fullest extent permitted by law) for any damages that may result from the misuse of any information, including Personal Data, by these companies.

How we protect you and your data

Catholic Recruitment seeks to use reasonable security measures to help protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the Personal Data under Catholic Recruitment’s control. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. In addition, please note that emails, messages sent via your web browser, and other similar means of communication with other users, are not encrypted. Therefore, while we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its security.

Establishment verification

Establishment information is subject to a verification process to minimise fraudulent job postings. We make checks against publicly held information.

Suspicious login notifications

Users may be prompted to enter a verification code when a suspicious login is detected.

Regular System Assessments

We perform regular vulnerability assessments of our systems and network

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

We do not do carry out any automatic decision making or profiling.

Publish date: 16 December 2019 Updated: 22 May 2024 Last review date: 15 April 2024. Next review date: 15 April 2025.