Whilst we make every effort to ensure that the information on our site is accurate and complete, some of the information is supplied to us by third parties and we are not able to check the accuracy or completeness of that information. We do not accept any liability arising from any inaccuracy or omission in any of the information on our Site or any liability in respect of information on the site supplied by you, any other site user or any other person.

You may only use the site for lawful purposes when seeking employment, vocational training, help with your career or when recruiting staff. You must not under any circumstances seek to undermine the security of the Site or any information submitted to or available through it. In particular, but without limitation, you must not seek to access, alter or delete any information to which you do not have authorised access, seek to overload the system via spamming or flooding, take any action or use any device, routine or software to crash, delay, damage or otherwise interfere with the operation of the Site or attempt to decipher, disassemble or modify any of the software, coding or information comprised in the Site.

You are solely responsible for any information submitted by you to the Site. You are responsible for ensuring that all information supplied by you is true, accurate, up-to-date and not misleading or likely to mislead or deceive and that it is not discriminatory, obscene, offensive, defamatory or otherwise illegal, unlawful or in breach of any applicable legislation, regulations, guidelines or codes of practice or the copyright, trademark or other intellectual property rights of any person in any jurisdiction. You are also responsible for ensuring that all information, data and files are free of viruses or other routines or engines that may damage or interfere with any system or data prior to being submitted to the Site. We reserve the right to remove any information supplied by you from the Site at our sole discretion, at any time and for any reason without being required to give any explanation.

We will use information supplied by you to aid the recruitment process and associated administrative functions. We will process any data which you provide in completing the online registration or application forms and any further forms, assessments or personal details which you complete or provide to us when using the Site in accordance with relevant data protection legislation. We explain further about your personal data in our Privacy Policy.

The rights in material on the Site are protected by international copyright, software and trademark laws and you agree to use the Site in a way which does not infringe these rights. You may copy material on the Site for your own private or domestic purposes, but no copying for any commercial or business use is permitted.

In order to register with the Site and to sign in when you visit the Site, you will need to use a username and password. You are solely responsible for the security and proper use of your password, which should be kept confidential at all times and not disclosed to any other person. You must notify us immediately if you believe that your password is known to someone else or if it may be used in an unauthorised way. We accept no liability for any unauthorised or improper use or disclosure of any password.

We may terminate your registration and/or deny you access to the Site or any part of it (including any services, goods or information available on or through the Site) at any time in our absolute discretion and without any explanation or notification.

We accept no liability for any loss (whether direct or indirect, for loss of business, revenue or profits, wasted expenditure, corruption or destruction of data or for any other indirect or consequential loss whatsoever) arising from your use of the site and we hereby exclude any such liability, whether in contract, tort (including for negligence) or otherwise. We hereby exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to the Site and your use of it to the maximum extent permitted by law.

You agree to indemnify us and keep us indemnified against all costs, expenses, claims, losses, liabilities or proceedings arising from use or misuse by you of the site.

You must notify us immediately if anyone makes or threatens to make any claim against you relating to your use of the Site.

The use of the site and any agreements entered into through the site are to be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. The courts of England are to have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with the use of the Site or any agreement made through the Site.

These terms and conditions may be changed by us at any time. You will be deemed to accept the terms and conditions (as amended) when you next use the site following any amendment.

If any provision of these terms and conditions is held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions, which shall remain in full force and effect.

This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.

Focus on Business Ltd - 3rd Floor, 86-90 Paul Street, London EC2A 4NE

Telephone: 020 3821 1975

Email: info@focusonbusiness.co.uk

We collect or use the following personal information for the operation of client or customer accounts:

Names and contact details

Addresses

Account information, including registration details

Information used for security purposes

We collect or use the following personal information for recruitment purposes:

Contact details (e.g., name, address, telephone number or personal email address)

Date of birth

Employment history (e.g., job application, employment references or secondary employment)

Education history (e.g., qualifications)

Right to work information

Details of any criminal convictions (e.g., Disclosure Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland checks)

We also collect or use the following special category information for recruitment purposes. This information is subject to additional protection due to its sensitive nature:

Racial or ethnic origin

Health information

Sexual orientation information

Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are set out in brief below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:

Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for.

Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete.

Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information.

Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information.

Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.

Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you.

Your right to withdraw consent - When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for the operation of client or customer accounts are:

Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for recruitment purposes are:

Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Directly from you.

For more information on how long we store your personal information or the criteria we use to determine this please contact us using the details provided above.

Who We Share Information With

Others we share personal information with

Third parties: FE Colleges and Private Training Providers and Employers that provide Vocational Training opportunities

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO’s address:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113Website: [ICO](https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint)