Belgium client permanent privacy policy - English

Computer Futures Solutions NV. Schuman 11’ 11 Rond-Point Schuman 1040 Brussels, Vergunningskenmerk: Brussels B-AA09.014, Flanders VG. 1681/B, Walloon W.RS.583, BTW/TVA: BE0889572251 ("Computer Futures"), is the data controller and is a leader in the recruitment industry. We want to reassure you that we take the collection, use and retention of your personal information seriously and below we specify how we use the information we have about you.

Collecting and using your information
Our main aim is to provide our recruitment services to you and to facilitate the recruitment process. In order to fulfil our legal and business obligations we collect your Personal Data such as your name, address, company details, telephone numbers, email address and, if you are a candidate, information you supply to us on your CV. Computer Futures, a trading division of SThree Staffing UK Limited, 5th Floor, GPS House, 215-227 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5PN. United Kingdom.

The provision of your Personal Data may be mandatory in order to process your requests and for us to provide a service to you. If so, mandatory fields will be marked with an asterisk or any equivalent on our on-line forms. Failure to provide mandatory data may prohibit Computer Futures from providing the requested service.

Your information will be retained, processed and disclosed by us in the following ways:

• To allow candidates to submit a CV, to apply for jobs advertised on our websites and for clients to post a job;
• To facilitate the recruitment process (for candidates: matching your personal details to job opportunities, for clients: matching your company’s requirements with candidates/ consultants details on our database);
• To forward to our clients personal details and CV’s of suitable candidates;
• To keep you informed of job opportunities or suitable candidates which we think may be of interest to you;
• To keep candidates informed of job opportunities internally within the SThree Group;
• To allow candidates to subscribe to our Jobs by Email service. This service will allow candidates to receive details of latest jobs via e-mail which are relevant to their sector and professional experience. Where you are sent details of a job via Jobs by Email service, you will be able to unsubscribe from such updates;
• To preserve our business relationship with you as a user of our website, client or candidate;
• To keep you informed of the products and services (relevant to your sector and your professional interests) offered by us or our group companies via relevant marketing communications. These could include information about recently registered candidates/consultants, client workshops we are arranging, market updates, new software or training courses that may be of interest to you;
• To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us. As a result, your information will be accessible to and processed by our recruitment consultants, responsible management, human resources, accounting, audit, compliance, information technology, legal and other corporate staff, only if they have a legitimate business need to do so;
• To notify you about changes to our service;
• To third parties in the event that our business merges with or is bought by another business or company, in which case we may disclose your personal data to that organisation;
• When you visit our web site our web server stores the IP address of your Internet Service Provider and the date and duration of your visit;
• We may record telephone calls we have with you for record keeping, training or quality assurance purposes.

By using this website and entering your Personal Data, you consent to processing and use of your data as described in this privacy statement.

Rights of access, modification and objection
You have the right to be allowed access to your information. If your information is incorrect, incomplete or irrelevant, you can ask for the correction or removal of this information.

If you want to exercise this right, you can request an application form from Computer Futures, Schuman 11, 11 Rond-Point Schuman, 1040 Brussels, Belgium. This application form should be completed by you dated, signed and returned to Computer Futures, accompanied by a copy of your ID-Card (both front and back).

If all the abovementioned conditions are fulfilled we will send you a copy of your information, free of charge.

A public register of the computerized data is kept with the Commission for Dataprotection (Commissie voor de bescherming van de persoonlijke levenssfeer, Waterloolaan 115, B-1000 Brussel). If you require further information on how our Company processes your information, you can contact this Commission at: Email:commission@privacy.fgov.be
Tel:+32 (0)2 / 542.72.00
Fax:+32 (0)2 / 542.72.01 and +32 (0)2 / 542.72.12

Please contact your recruitment consultant in the event that:

• You have any queries about the information that we hold about you;
• You wish to inform us of any changes to your information or wish to correct the information we hold about you;

Please contact data-audit@computerfutures.com, in the event that you:

• Decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive marketing emails from us or our group companies, please either email the above address or follow the unsubscribe link in one of our marketing email messages to you. Please note that if you opt out of receiving marketing emails from us we may still use your information to assist you in your search for a role or to fill a job vacancy;
• Do not wish us to hold your information, you are entitled to tell us at any time and we will remove all such information from our database.

Sharing your information
We want to provide as full a service as possible and support you in your recruitment needs. Therefore, your information may be accessible by our other offices and SThree group companies subject to strict security controls. Details of our office locations can be viewed on-line via http://www.computerfutures.com. We would only send your information out of the EEA for purposes relevant to recruitment. If we do so, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that a receiving party has an adequate level of data protection.

Cookies
We use cookies in order to prepare statistics of users’ preferences and to help you navigate the web site. Cookies are small text files that are temporarily stored on your local hard disc. Our cookies cannot run programs or bring viruses to your computer.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can deactivate this function at any time and set your browser to notify you whenever a cookie is sent. If you want to know how to do this please look at the help menu on your browser. However, switching off cookies may restrict your use of our web site.

Hyperlinks
Our web site may contain links to other web sites, which are outside our control and are not covered by this statement. If you access other sites using the links provided, the operators of these sites may collect information from you, which will be used by them in accordance with their privacy policy, which may differ from ours.

Data quality
We rely on you to ensure that your information is complete, accurate and current. Please do inform us promptly of any changes to your information.

Data retention
We hold your data with a view to providing future recruitment services to you and to manage the business relationship. In the event that the business relationship ceases we confirm that we will delete personal data in accordance with our internal data retention policies and our legal obligations.

Security measures
We have technical and organisational security measures in place to ensure the security of your information and to protect it against deliberate or accidental manipulation, destruction, loss or unauthorised access.

Changes to this Policy
Any changes we make to our privacy policy in future will be posted on our website. We encourage you to check the date of our privacy policy whenever you visit our website for any updates or changes.

This policy was last updated in November 2010.