Privacy & Cookies
StirSec is owned and operated by Stirling Recruitment Ltd.
Privacy Policy
StirSec values your privacy and the protection of your personal data. This privacy policy describes what information we collect from you, how we collect it, how we use it, how we obtain your consent, how long we keep it in our databases and, if necessary, with whom we share it.
By using the website and services, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy. Use of the website and services is also subject to our terms and conditions.
This privacy policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of the website and services after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates. This privacy policy has been developed and is maintained in accordance with all applicable federal and international laws and regulations and specifically with the Data Protection Act 2018 (UK regulations) and the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation - European regulations).
1. General Information
The personal data of the users that are collected and processed through the website:
Will be under responsibility and in charge of:
- Stirling Recruitment Ltd.
- Office 9, Dalton House, 60 Windsor Avenue, London, United Kingdom, SW19 2RR
- info@stirsec.com
(Hereinafter referred to as StirSec).
2. Types of information gathered
The information we learn from customers helps personalise and continually improve your experience at StirSec. Here are the types of information we gather:
Information You Give Us
You provide information when you search, read and view content on our website, register as a user, post a job offer, apply for a job offer, create and post your profile (CV), purchase products, use our services and the functionalities available on our website, provide information through our services and/or communicate with us through our contact information or our contact forms. As a result of those actions, you might supply us with the following information:
- First and last name
- Date of birth
- Place of birth
- Genre
- Email address
- Phone number (includes WhatsApp number)
- Address
- Employment information (CV)
- Any additional information relating to you that you provide to us directly or indirectly through our website or online presence such as 'cookies'.
StirSec will not collect any personally identifiable information about you, unless you provide it.
Information Collected Automatically
By accessing and using the website you automatically provide us with the following information:
- The device and usage information you use to access the website
- Your IP address
- Browser and device characteristics
- Operating system
- Referring URLs
- Your location
- What parts of the website you use and how often
If you access the website through a mobile phone, we will collect the following information:
- Mobile device ID
- Model and manufacturer
- Operating system
- Version information
- IP address
Payment Information
Your payment data will be processed by the payment processors available on this website (PayPal, Stripe), which will process and store your data securely and for the sole purpose of processing the purchase of products and services. StirSec reserves the right to contract any payment platform available on the market, which processes your data for the sole purpose of processing the purchase of products and services.
View the PayPal and Stripe privacy policy here:
- https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
- https://stripe.com/gb/privacy
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics provided by Google, Inc., USA ("Google"). These tool and technologies collect and analyse certain types of information, including IP addresses, device and software identifiers, referring and exit URLs, feature use metrics and statistics, usage history, media access control address (MAC Address), mobile unique device identifiers, and other similar information via the use of cookies. The information generated by Google Analytics (including your IP address) may be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. We use the GOOGLE Analytics collection of data to enhance the website and improve our service.
Please consult Google's privacy policy here:
- https://policies.google.com/privacy
Facebook Pixel
Our website uses the Facebook Pixel. Through the Facebook Pixel we can collect user information for different purposes. We use the Facebook Pixel for the following purposes:
- Collect statistics about our platform (for example, the number of users who visited a page).
- Collect information about how you interact with our platform (for example, whether you opened or followed links contained in them).
- Personalise online services and marketing communications.
- Tailor advertisements to users and optimize advertising campaigns.
The information collected through the Facebook Pixel will be collected and stored by Facebook and will be treated in accordance with its privacy policy. The information we collect through the Facebook Pixel does not personally identify the user and will never be used for purposes other than those contained in this privacy policy and Facebook's privacy policy.
Please consult Facebook's privacy policy here:
- https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
Social Media
On our website you will find links and functions linked to different social media, where you can share your information.
It is advisable to consult the privacy policy and data protection of each social network used on our website.
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
- Instagram: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/
3. How long we keep your data
Personal data provided by users and customers through the website will be retained for as long as necessary to provide the functionalities available on our website, the delivery of products, the provision of services and until the user retains their account on the website or decides to close it or until StirSec closes and deletes the user's account. StirSec may be allowed to retain personal data for a longer period whenever the user has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, StirSec may be obliged to retain personal data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority. Once the retention period expires, personal data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right to access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.
4. How we use your information
In general, we use the information we collect primarily to provide, maintain, protect and improve our current website and services. We use personal information collected through our website as described below:
- Identify you as a user in our system.
- Register as a user.
- Provide the services.
- Posting job vacancies.
- Provide our services.
- Publish the user profile (CV).
- Provide the functionalities available on our website.
- Ship and deliver products
- Provide our affiliate programme.
- Provide group chats.
- Send our monthly newsletter.
- Send job alerts.
- Process payments.
- Provide the courses and e-books through the website.
- Improve our services, website, and how we operate our business.
- Understand and enhance your experience using our website and services.
- Respond to your comments or questions through our support team.
- Send you related information, including confirmations, invoices, technical notices, updates, security alerts and support and administrative messages.
- Communicate with you about upcoming events, offers and news about services offered by StirSec and our selected partners.
- Marketing purposes of StirSec.
- Link or combine your information with other information we get from third parties to help understand your needs and provide you with better service.
- Protect, investigate and deter against fraudulent, unauthorised or illegal activity.
5. How do you get my consent?
By registering as a user, posting your profile, posting job offers, applying for job offers, using our services and the functionalities available on the website, placing an order, participating in our chat groups, contracting our services, contacting us through our contact forms or our contact information and providing us with personal information to communicate with you, you consent to our collection, storage and use of your information on the terms contained in this privacy policy. You consent to the use of cookies on our website when you give your acceptance through the pop-up window shown on the home page when you enter the website. You may withdraw your consent by sending us your request via the contact information or the contact page.
6. How we share information
The personal information of our customers and users is an important and fundamental part of our business. Under no circumstances will we sell or share information with third parties that has not been previously authorised by the user, client or owner of the personal data. We share user and customer information only and exclusively as described below.
Third-Party Service Providers
We use third-party services to perform functions on our website. Examples include: creating and hosting the website, processing payments (PayPal, Stripe), sending emails, analysing data (Google Analytics), creating ads (Facebook, Google), providing marketing assistance, and providing search results.
These third-party services and tools may have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use that information for other purposes. Information shared with these third-party services will be treated and stored in accordance with their respective privacy policies and our privacy policy. Please refer to the privacy policy of these third-party services.
Business Transfers
In the event that StirSec creates, merges with, or is acquired by another entity or company, your information will likely be transferred. StirSec will send you an email or post a prominent notice on our platform before your information becomes subject to another privacy policy and the transfer and handling of your private information will comply with all applicable requirements.
Protection of StirSec and others
We release personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce or apply our Terms and conditions and other agreements, or protect the rights, property, or safety of StirSec, our users or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
With Your Consent
Other than as set out above, you will receive notice when personally identifiable information about you might go to third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.
Anonymous Information
StirSec uses the anonymous browsing information collected automatically by our servers primarily to help us administer and improve the Website. We may also use aggregated anonymous information to provide information about the Website to potential business partners and other unaffiliated entities. This information is not personally identifiable.
Email Address
The email address that you supply to us for purposes of receiving our email communications will never be rented or sold to a third party.
7. Protecting your information
We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you provide through the website. If transactions are processed on the website, transaction information is transmitted to and from the website in encrypted form using industry standard SSL connections to help protect such information from interception. We restrict authorised access to your personal information to those persons who have a legitimate purpose to know that information and to those persons you have authorised to have access to that information. StirSec follows generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once StirSec receives it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while StirSec strives to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. We will not sell, distribute, or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.
8. Rights
Users who provide information through our website, as data subjects and data owners, have the right to access, rectify, download or delete their information, as well as to restrict and object to certain processing of their information. While some of these rights apply generally, others apply only in certain limited circumstances. We describe these rights below:
Access and portability
To access and know what information is stored in our servers, you can send us your request through our contact information.
Rectify, Restrict, Limit and/or Delete
You can also rectify, restrict, limit or delete much of your information.
Right to be informed
Users of our website will be informed, upon request, about what data we collect, how it is used, how long it is retained and whether it is shared with third parties.
Object
When we process your information based on our legitimate interests as explained above, or in the public interest, you may object to this processing in certain circumstances. In such cases, we will stop processing your information unless we have compelling legitimate reasons to continue processing it or where it is necessary for legal reasons.
Revoke consent
Where you have previously given your consent, such as to allow us to process and store your personal information, you have the right to revoke your consent to the processing and storage of your information at any time. For example, you may withdraw your consent by updating your settings. In certain cases, we may continue to process your information after you have withdrawn your consent if we have a legal basis for doing so or if your withdrawal of consent was limited to certain processing activities.
Complaint
If you wish to file a complaint about our use of your information (and without prejudice to any other rights you may have), you have the right to do so with your local supervisory authority. Users can exercise all these rights by contacting us through the contact information or the contact page.
Rights related to automated decision-making, including profiling
Website users may request that we provide a copy of the automated processing activities we conduct if they believe that data is being unlawfully processed.
Users may exercise their rights in relation to the personal data they provide to StirSec, at any time, by sending us their request through our contact information and we will process and respond to their request as soon as possible.
9. Children's online provacy protection
We are in compliance with the requirements the Data Protection Act 2018 (UK regulations) and the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation - European regulations), regarding the protection of the personal data of minors. We do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older. If you become aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to delete that information, terminate that person's account, and restrict access to that person.
10. Editing and deleting information
If you believe that any information, we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect. You can change, modify, rectify and delete your Information at any time, please contact us through the contact information. To opt-out of StirSec email, follow the instructions included in the email. Your request should be processed within 48 hours.
11. Third parties
Except as otherwise expressly included in this privacy policy, this document addresses only the use and disclosure of information StirSec collects from you. If you disclose your information to others, whether other users or suppliers on StirSec, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information you disclose to them. StirSec does not control the privacy policies of third parties, and you are subject to the privacy policies of those third parties where applicable. StirSec is not responsible for the privacy or security practices of other websites on the Internet, even those linked to or from the website. StirSec encourages you to ask questions before you disclose your personal information to others.
12. Contact us
If you have questions or concerns about this privacy policy and the handling and security of your data, please contact us through our contact page or via the contact information below:
Stirling Recruitment Ltd - StirSec.
Office 9, Dalton House, 60 Windsor Avenue, London, United Kingdom, SW19 2RR
info@stirsec.com
Cookie Policy
This cookie policy explains how and why cookies and other similar technologies may be stored on and accessed from your device when you use or visit:
(Hereinafter referred to as StirSec).
The information collected through cookies will be under responsibility and in charge of:
- Stirling Recruitment Ltd.
- Office 9, Dalton House, 60 Windsor Avenue, London, United Kingdom, SW19 2RR
- info@stirsec.com
This cookie policy should be read together with our privacy policy and our terms and conditions. By using the website, you accept the use of cookies by StirSec, in the terms contained in this policy.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your device and remember if you have been to the website before. Cookies are a very common web technology; most websites use cookies and have done so for years. Cookies are widely used to make the website work more efficiently. Cookies are used to measure which parts of the website users visit and to personalise their experience. Cookies also provide information that helps us monitor and improve the performance of the website.
2. Refusing or withdrawing consent to the use of cookies
If you do not want cookies to be dropped on your device, you can adjust the setting of your Internet browser to reject the setting of all or some cookies and to alert you when a cookie is placed on your device. For further information about how to do so, please refer to your browser 'help', 'tool', or 'edit' section. Please note that if you use your browser settings to block all cookies, including strictly necessary cookies, you may not be able to access or use all or parts of the functionalities of StirSec.
If you want to remove previously-stored cookies, you can manually delete the cookies at any time. However, this will not prevent StirSec from placing further cookies on your device unless and until you adjust your Internet browser setting as described above.
We provide the links for the management and blocking of cookies depending on the browser you use:
- Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
3. First-party cookies
We use cookies to enhance the performance of our website and personalise your online StirSec experience. Cookies help us to collect information on how people use our website and which pages they visit. They enable us to monitor the number of visitors and to analyse website usage patterns and trends. We collect this information anonymously, so it does not identify anyone as an individual and no personal information is stored in our cookies. We always use cookie data in a responsible way.
4. Third-party cookies
Third-party cookies may come from partners or third-party companies that provide functional web services or tools for our website and the optimal functioning and operation of our services. We use third party cookies responsibly and for the sole purpose of providing optimal functioning of the platform and services. You may opt out of these cookies by following the cookie removal information contained in this document or the technical information of the browser from which you access our website and services.
5. Social cookies
These cookies allow you to share our website and click “Like” on social networks like Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. They also allow you to interact with each distinct platform's contents. The way these cookies are used and the information gathered is governed by the privacy policy of each social platform.
6. Purpose of our cookies
Our cookies are used for the following purposes:
Strictly Necessary
These cookies are essential for StirSec to perform its basic functions.
Security
We use these cookies to help identify and prevent potential security risks.
Analytics and Performance
Performance cookies collect information on how users interact with our website, including what pages are visited most, as well as other analytical data. We use these details to improve how our website functions and to understand how users interact with them.
Advertising
These cookies are used to display relevant advertising to visitors who use our services or visit websites we host or provide, as well as to understand and report on the efficacy of ads served on our website. They track details such as the number of unique visitors, the number of times particular ads have been displayed, and the number of clicks the ads have received. They are also used to build user profiles, including showing you ads based on products you've viewed on our website. These are set by StirSec and trusted third party networks and are generally persistent in nature.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics provided by Google, Inc., USA ("Google"). These tool and technologies collect and analyse certain types of information, including IP addresses, device and software identifiers, referring and exit URLs, feature use metrics and statistics, usage and purchase history, media access control address (MAC Address), mobile unique device identifiers, and other similar information via the use of cookies. The information generated by Google Analytics (including your IP address) may be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. We use the GOOGLE Analytics collection of data to enhance the website and improve our service.
7. Contact us
If you have questions or concerns about this cookie policy and the handling and security of your data, please contact us through our contact page or via the contact information below:
Stirling Recruitment Ltd - StirSec.
Office 9, Dalton House, 60 Windsor Avenue, London, United Kingdom, SW19 2RR
info@stirsec.com