Privacy & Cookie Policy

The [204] Design Collective will collect the personal details that you provide to us on our website for the purposes of providing you with services and/or information. In providing such services and/or information to you we will only use your personal data in accordance with the terms of the following statement.

This statement sets out below:

1. How The [204] Design Collective collects your personally identifiable information through the website.
2. How The [204] Design Collective uses this information.
3. Who The [204] Design Collective may share the information with and for what purpose(s).
4. What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of your information.
5. The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information collected through the The [204] Design Collective’ website
6. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information collected through the website.

If you feel that this company is not abiding by its posted privacy policy, you should first contact: Robert D. Davis ([email protected])

Information Collection and Use

The [204] Design Collective collects information from our users at several different points on our website. The [204] Design Collective is the sole owner of the information collected on this site.  We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others.

Registration

We request information from you on our online and in-house registration forms.  Here you must provide contact information and information regarding the type of work you are seeking and your skills, qualifications and experience.  This information is used to enable us to provide you with work-finding services.  If we have trouble processing your application, this contact information is used to get in touch with you. The [204] Design Collective does not use this information for any other purpose.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

The table below explains the cookies we use and why.

Log Files

We use IP addresses to analyse trends, administer the site, track users’ movements, and to gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.  IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Legitimate Interest

This is where The [204] Design Collective has a legitimate reason to process your data provided it is reasonable and does not go against what you would reasonably expect from us.  Where The [204] Design Collective has relied on a legitimate interest to process your personal data our legitimate interests is/are as follows:

• Managing our database and keeping client and candidate records up to date;
• Contacting clients and candidates to seek your consent where The [204] Design Collective need it;
• Providing work-finding services to candidates, including sending their information to clients where they have demonstrated an interest in doing that particular type of work but not expressly consented to The [204] Design Collective passing on their cv;
• Contacting candidates and clients with information about similar products or services that they have used from The [204] Design Collective recently;
• Contacting clients and candidates about opportunities, such as training, and events that The [204] Design Collective are involved in.

Sharing

We may share aggregated demographic information with our clients. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.

Overseas Transfers

The [204] Design Collective may transfer the information you provide to countries outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”) that do not have similar protections in place regarding your data and restrictions on its use as set out in this policy. However, we will take steps to ensure adequate protections are in place to ensure the security of your information. The EEA comprises the EU member states plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. By submitting your information you consent to these transfers for the purposes specified above.

Sale of business

If The [204] Design Collective’ business is sold or integrated with another business your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchasers and their advisers and will be passed on to the new owners of the business.

 Links

This website contains links to other external websites. Please be aware that The [204] Design Collective is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites.  We encourage you to be aware of this when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.  This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by The [204] Design Collective’ website.

Security

The [204] Design Collective takes every precaution to protect our users’ information.

Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our accounts clerk or a marketing assistant) are granted access to your information.

The [204] Design Collective uses all reasonable efforts to safeguard your personal information. However, you should be aware that the use of the Internet is not entirely secure and for this reason The [204] Design Collective cannot guarantee the security or integrity of any personal information which is transferred from you or to you via the Internet.

If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an email to: Richard H. Barr ([email protected])

Correction/Updating Personal Information

If your personally identifiable information changes (such as office address), we will endeavour to provide a way to correct, update or remove the personal data provided to us.  This can usually be done by emailing Robert D. Davis ([email protected])

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it.  If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.

This policy was last updated May 2022

Complaints or queries

The [204] Design Collective tries to meet the highest standards when collecting and using personal information. We take any complaints we receive about this very seriously. We encourage people to bring it to our attention if they think that our collection or use of information is unfair, misleading or inappropriate. We would also welcome any suggestions for improving our procedures.

If you wish to complain about this policy or any of the procedures set out in it please contact: Robert D. Davis ([email protected])