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Jobseeker Terms and Conditions
These terms and conditions are the contract between you and HB Editorial Services Ltd (“us”, “we”, etc). By visiting or using Our Websites, or signing up for our Services, you agree to be bound by them.

Public Law Jobs, Local Government Lawyer and Public Law Today are owned and operated by HB Editorial Services Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales, number 6790538. Our business address is Phoenix Yard, 65 Kings Cross Road, London, WC1X 9LW.

VAT Registration Number: 945 1061 39

Please read these terms carefully before registering to Our Website or using our Services. If you do not agree with any part, you should leave Our Website and stop using the site or the Services immediately.

These are the agreed terms
1.        Definitions
“Content”          means the textual, visual or aural content that is encountered as part of your experience on Our Website. It may include, among other things: text, images, sounds, videos and animations. It includes content Posted by you. It does not include content that is solicited by us either for maintenance of customer records or with a view to submission to third parties in the course of our business.
“CV”      means curriculum vitae, a summary of your personal information and history relevant to a prospective employer. It is also referred to by many people as a resume or profile.
"Intellectual Property"  means intellectual property owned by us, of every sort, whether or not registered or registrable in any country, including property of kinds coming into existence after today; and including, among others, patents, trade marks, unregistered marks, designs, copyrights, software, domain names, discoveries, compilations, creations and inventions, together with all rights which are derived from those rights.
“Job Posting”    means Content Posted by a Recruiter in the style regulated by Our Website, to advertise for a prospective jobseeker. As a verb it also refers to the action of placing such Content.
“Jobseeker”       means a person registered to use Our Website and/or our Services to find work.
“Our Website”  means any website or service designed for electronic access by mobile or fixed devices which is owned or operated by HB Editorial Services Ltd, which includes Public Law Jobs, Local Government Lawyer, Public Law Today and Local Government Law.tv. It includes all of the web pages controlled by us.
"Post"                  means place on or into Our Website any Content or material of any sort by any means.
"Recruiter"        means a person who posts a job vacancy on Our Website.
“Services”          means all of the services available from Our Website, whether free or charged.
 
2.        Interpretation
In this agreement unless the context otherwise requires:
2.1         a reference to a person includes a human individual, a corporate entity and any organisation which is managed or controlled as a unit.
2.2.        a reference to a person includes reference to that person’s successors, legal representatives, permitted assigns and any person to whom rights and obligations are transferred or pass as a result of a merger, division, reconstruction or other re-organisation involving that person.
2.3         in the context of permission, “may not” in connection with an action of yours, means “must not”.
2.4         the headings to the paragraphs in this agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation.
2.5         any agreement by any party not to do or omit to do something includes an obligation not to allow some other person to do or omit to do that same thing.
2.6         this agreement is made only in the English language. If there is any conflict in meaning between the English language version of this agreement and any version or translation of this agreement in any other language, the English language version shall prevail.

3.        Basis of Contract
3.1         Our Website is a market place for Jobseekers to meet prospective recruiters.
3.2         Use of Our Website may be unlawful in some countries by some people. You are responsible for your compliance with the laws of your country.
3.3         Job advertisements on the site are provided by prospective employers and their agents and are not reviewed or verified by Public Law Jobs. We accept no responsibility or liability for the contents of or errors in advertisements and expect jobseekers, employers and employment agencies to carry out such verification procedures as are customary in the circumstances.
3.4         Our Website is a market place for Jobseekers to meet prospective recruiters. The services and information provided are to assist in the jobseeking or recruitment process. Neither we nor our third-party suppliers guarantee their suitability in any particular case. You should obtain independent verification before relying on information provided on the site in circumstances that may result in loss or damage.
3.5         In entering into this contract you have not relied on any representation or information from any source except the definition and explanation of the Services given on Our Website.
3.6         Some of our Services are now or may in future, be available to you only subject to additional terms. Those terms will be set out on Our Website. You now agree that if you choose to use any such service, the relevant terms will become part of this agreement.
3.7         We are not a party to any transaction between a Recruiter and a Jobseeker.
3.8         So far as we allow use of our Intellectual Property, we grant a licence to you, limited to the terms set out in this agreement.
3.9         We may change this agreement and / or the way we provide the Services, at any time. If we do:
3.9.1      the change will take effect when we Post it on Our Website.
3.9.2      you agree to be bound by any changes.

4.        Your account and personal information
4.1         When you visit Our Website, you accept responsibility for any action done by any person using your name, account or password. You should take all necessary steps to ensure that the password is kept confidential and secure and should inform us immediately if you have any reason to believe that your password has become known to anyone else, or if the password is being, or is likely to be, used in an unauthorised manner.
4.2         You agree that you have provided accurate, up to date, and complete information about yourself. We are not responsible for any error made as a result of such information being inaccurate.
4.3         You agree to notify us of any changes in your information immediately it occurs. If you do not do so, we may terminate your account.

5.        Your account: registration terms
5.1         We reserve the right to modify the registration terms and to change the terms and conditions of this agreement at any time, without notice. Your continued use of Our Website after such modifications shall be deemed an acceptance by you to be bound by the terms of the modified agreement. The terms that apply to you are those Posted here on Our Website on the day you register your account.

6.        How we handle your data
6.1         Our privacy policy is strong and precise. It complies fully with current UK law and the General Data Protection Regulation (See privacy policy below). We are registered as a data handler with the Information Commission.
6.2         If you Post Content to any public area of Our Website it becomes available in the public domain. We have no control who sees it nor what anyone does with it.
6.3         We will only release personal data to third party employers or employment agencies where you have expressly permitted us to do so by uploading your CV and other personal information. Employers and agencies are only able to view jobseeker information after application to and review by Public Law Jobs. However, we do not accept liability for any misuse of this information and you should therefore avoid Posting unnecessary confidential information.
6.4         Providing Content of any sort does not change your ownership of the copyright in it. We have no claim over it and we will not protect your rights for you.
6.5         You understand that you are personally responsible for your breach of someone else’s intellectual property rights, defamation, or any law, which may occur as a result of any Content having been Posted by you;
6.6         You accept all risk and responsibility for determining whether any Content is in the public domain and not confidential.
6.7         Please notify us of any security breach or unauthorised use of your account.

7.        Restrictions on what you may Post to Our Website
7.1         We invite you to Post Content to Our Website in several ways and for different purposes. We have to regulate your use of Our Website to protect our business and our staff, to protect other users of Our Website and to comply with the law. These provisions apply to all users of Our Website.
7.2         We do not undertake to moderate or check every item Posted, but we do protect our business vigorously. If we believe Content Posted breaches the law, we shall co-operate fully with the law enforcement authorities in whatever ways we can.
7.3         You agree that you will not use or allow anyone else to use Our Website to Post Content or undertake any activity which is or may:
7.3.1      be unlawful, or tend to incite another person to commit a crime;
7.3.2      consist in commercial audio, video or music files;
7.3.3      be obscene, offensive, threatening, violent, malicious or defamatory;
7.3.4      be sexually explicit or pornographic;
7.3.5      use a Posting to solicit responses unconnected with the purpose of Our Website or the terms proposed by this agreement;

8.        Security of Our Website
You will not:
8.1         link to Our Website in any way that would cause the appearance or presentation of the site to be different from what would be seen by a user who accessed the site by typing the URL into a standard browser;
8.2         download any part of Our Website, without our express written consent;
8.3         collect or use any jobseeker listings, service descriptions, or prices;
8.4         for any purpose use our name, any proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of ours or of our affiliates in any way and in particular to entice search robots to some other website
8.5         hide or remove the banner advertisements on any page of Our Website;
8.6         use on Our Website software which assists in performing any automated operation.

9.        Storage of data
9.1         We may, from time to time, set a limit on the number of messages you may send, store, or receive through the Service. We may delete messages in excess of that limit. We shall give you notice of any change to your limit, except in an emergency.
9.2         We assume no responsibility for the deletion or failure to store or deliver email or other messages.
9.3         You accept that we cannot be liable to you for any such deletion or failure to deliver to you.
9.4         We maintain reasonable procedures for general backup of data for our own purposes but we give no warranty that your data will be saved or backed up in any particular circumstances unless we have made specific contractual arrangements with you in writing.

10.     Terms applicable: CV Posting
10.1       You understand and agree that you alone are responsible for all of the information you submit to us and for maintaining it up to date.
10.2       The information you submit for a CV must be accurate and complete.
10.3       By registering with us, you accept that we may send to you from time to time offers by third parties to supply goods or services to you.
10.4       If or when you cancel your account, we may delete all your personal information and documents relating to you.
10.5       We may also delete your information if you have not taken any active step for a period of at least 12 months.
10.6       We are not obliged to delete your personal information immediately. We are not liable for any action of a third party in their use of your information.

11.     Termination
11.1       If you or we terminate your account, all your account information may be deleted from our servers.
11.2       You may terminate this agreement at any time, for any reason, with immediate effect. You may terminate the agreement either by sending notice to us by post or email, or by completing the form on the Web Site and submitting it.
11.3       We retain the right, at our sole discretion, to terminate any and all parts of the Services provided to you if we decide in our absolute discretion that you have failed to comply with any of the terms of this agreement.
11.4       Termination by either party shall have the following effects:
11.4.1   your right to use the Services immediately ceases;
11.4.2   we are under no obligation to forward any unread or unsent messages to you or any third party;

12.     Interruption to Services
12.1       If it is necessary for us to interrupt the Services, we will give you reasonable notice where this is possible and when we judge the down time is such as to justify telling you.
12.2       You acknowledge that the Services may also be interrupted for many reasons beyond our control.
12.3       You agree that we are not liable to you for any loss, foreseeable or not, arising from any interruption to the Services.
12.4       We may alter the design and specification of the site at any time.
 
13.     Intellectual Property
You agree that at all times you will:
13.1       not do anything which does or might reduce the value of our Intellectual Property or challenge our ownership of it.
13.2       notify us of any suspected infringement of the Intellectual Property;
13.3       so far as concerns software provided or made accessible by us to you, you will not:
13.3.1   copy, or make any change to any part of its code;
13.3.2   use it in any way not anticipated by this agreement;
13.3.3   give access to it to any other person than you, the licensee in this agreement;
13.4       not use the Intellectual Property except directly in our interest.
 
14.     Removal of offensive Content
14.1       For the avoidance of doubt, this paragraph is addressed to any person who comes on Our Website for any purpose.
14.2       We are under no obligation to monitor or record the activity of any user of Our Website for any purpose, nor do we assume any responsibility to monitor or police Internet-related activities. However, we may do so without notice to you and without giving you a reason.
14.3       If you are offended by any Content, the following procedure applies:
14.3.1   your claim or complaint must be submitted to us by post or email.
14.3.2   we shall remove the offending Content as soon as we are reasonably able;
14.3.3   after we receive notice of a claim or complaint, we shall investigate so far as we alone decide;
14.3.4   we may re-instate the Content about which you have complained or we may not.
14.4       In respect of any complaint made by you or any person on your behalf, whether using our form of complaint or not, you now irrevocably grant to us a licence to publish the complaint and all ensuing correspondence and communication, without limit.
14.5       You now agree that if any complaint is made by you frivolously or vexatiously you will repay us the cost of our investigation including legal fees, if any.

15.     Disclaimers and limitation of liability
You agree to indemnify us against all costs, claims and expense arising directly or indirectly from:
15.1       your failure to comply with the law of any country;
15.2       your breach of this agreement;
15.3       a claim in contract or tort, arising from your use of the Services
15.4       any content you place on your own website which causes loss to us;
15.5       a breach of the intellectual property rights of any person;
15.6       Although this agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of England, software downloaded from or via Our Website may also be subject to export control law of the United States of America or other jurisdictions. If you breach those laws you will have committed an offence in that or those countries. By downloading or using such software, you now represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country.

16.     Dispute resolution
In this paragraph the term “ADR Provider” means an approved body under the Alternative Dispute Resolution for Consumer Dispute Regulations 2015.
The following terms apply in the event of a dispute between the parties:
16.1       If you are not happy with our services or have any complaint then you must tell us by email message to admin@publiclawjobs.co.uk
16.2       If a dispute is not settled as set out above, we hope you will agree to attempt to resolve it by engaging in good faith with us in a process of mediation or arbitration.
16.3       We can propose an ADR Provider or will listen to your proposal. If you are in any way concerned, you should read the regulations at: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/. 

17.     Miscellaneous matters
17.1       If any term or provision of this agreement is at any time held by any jurisdiction to be void, invalid or unenforceable, then it shall be treated as changed or reduced, only to the extent minimally necessary to bring it within the laws of that jurisdiction and to prevent it from being void and it shall be binding in that changed or reduced form. Subject to that, each provision shall be interpreted as severable and shall not in any way affect any other of these terms.
17.2       If you are in breach of any term of this agreement, we may:
17.2.1   publish all text and Content relating to the claimed breach, including your name and email address and all correspondence between us and our respective advisers; and you now irrevocably give your consent to such publication.
17.2.2   terminate your account and refuse access to Our Website;
17.2.3   remove or edit Content, or cancel any order at our discretion;
17.2.4   issue a claim in any court.
17.3       Any obligation in this agreement intended to continue to have effect after termination or completion shall so continue.
17.4       No failure or delay by any party to exercise any right, power or remedy will operate as a waiver of it nor indicate any intention to reduce that or any other right in the future.
17.5       Any communication to be served on either of the parties by the other shall be delivered by hand or sent by first class post or recorded delivery or by e-mail.
It shall be deemed to have been delivered:
if delivered by hand: on the day of delivery;
if sent by post to the correct address: within 72 hours of posting;
If sent by e-mail to the address from which the receiving party has last sent e-mail: within 24 hours if no notice of non-receipt has been received by the sender.
17.6       This agreement does not give any right to any third party under the contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise, except that any provision in this agreement which excludes or restricts the liability of our directors, officers, employees, subcontractors, agents and affiliated companies, may be enforced under that act.
17.7       The validity, construction and performance of this agreement shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales and you agree that any dispute arising from it shall be litigated only in England and Wales.
 

PRIVACY POLICY
 

1.    Introduction

1.1    We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors and service users.
1.2    This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of our website visitors and service users; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.
1.3    We use cookies on our website. Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website and services, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.
1.4    In this policy, "we", "us" and "our" refer to HB Editorial Services Ltd, the owner and operator of Local Government Lawyer, Public Law Today and Public Law Jobs. For more information about us, see Section 19.

2.    How we use your personal data

2.1    In this Section 2 we have set out:
(a)    the general categories of personal data that we may process;
(b)    [in the case of personal data that we did not obtain directly from you, the source and specific categories of that data];
(c)    the purposes for which we may process personal data; and
(d)    the legal bases of the processing.

2.2    We may process [data about your use of our website and services] ("usage data"). The usage data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. The source of the usage data is Google Analytics. This usage data may be processed for the purposes of analysing the use of the website and services. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our website and services.

2.3    We may process your account data ("account data"). The account data may include your name and email address. The source of the account data is you. The account data may be processed [for the purposes of operating our website, providing our services, ensuring the security of our website and services, maintaining back-ups of our databases and communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business.

2.4    We may process your information included in your personal profile on our website ("profile data"). The profile data may include your name, address, telephone number, email address, profile pictures, gender, date of birth, relationship status, interests and hobbies, educational details and employment details. The profile data may be processed for the purposes of enabling and monitoring your use of our website and services. The legal basis for this processing is consent.
2.5    We may process information that you post for publication on our website or through our services ("publication data"). The publication data may be processed for the purposes of enabling such publication and administering our website and services. The legal basis for this processing is consent.
2.6    We may process information contained in any enquiry you submit to us regarding goods and/or services ("enquiry data"). The enquiry data may be processed for the purposes of offering, marketing and selling relevant goods and/or services to you. The legal basis for this processing is consent.
2.7    We may process information relating to our customer relationships, including customer contact information ("customer relationship data"). The customer relationship data may include your name, your employer, your job title or role, your contact details, and information contained in communications between us and you or your employer. The source of the customer relationship data is you or your employer. The customer relationship data may be processed for the purposes of managing our relationships with customers, communicating with customers, keeping records of those communications and promoting our products and services to customers]. The legal basis for this processing is consent OR our legitimate interests, namely the proper management of our customer relationships.
2.8    We may process information relating to transactions, including purchases of goods and services, that you enter into with us and/or through our website] ("transaction data"). The transaction data may include your contact details, your card details and the transaction details. The transaction data may be processed [for the purpose of supplying the purchased goods and services and keeping proper records of those transactions]. The legal basis for this processing is [the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract and our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business.
 2.9    We may process information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters ("notification data"). The notification data may be processed for the purposes of sending you the relevant notifications and/or newsletters. The legal basis for this processing is consent OR the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.
2.10    We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us ("correspondence data"). The correspondence data may include the communication content and metadata associated with the communication. Our website will generate the metadata associated with communications made using the website contact forms. The correspondence data may be processed for the purposes of communicating with you and record-keeping. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business and communications with users.
2.11    We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection and assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of others.
2.12    We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, or obtaining professional advice. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper protection of our business against risks.
2.15    In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal data set out in this Section 2, we may also process any of your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
2.16    Please do not supply any other person's personal data to us, unless we prompt you to do so.

3.    Providing your personal data to others
3.1    We may disclose your personal data to any member of our group of companies (this means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and all its subsidiaries) insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes, and on the legal bases, set out in this policy.
3.2    We may disclose your personal data to our insurers and/or professional advisers insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, obtaining professional advice, or the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.
3.3    We may disclose your name, email address, employer and job title to our suppliers or subcontractors [identified at [URL]] insofar as reasonably necessary for the circulation of our newsletters and job and event emails.
3.4    Financial transactions relating to our website and services are handled by our payment services provider, Paypal and Santander Business Banking. We will share transaction data with our payment services providers only to the extent necessary for the purposes of processing your payments, refunding such payments and dealing with complaints and queries relating to such payments and refunds.
3.5    For the purposes of job applications and CV hosting on Public Law Jobs only, we may disclose your enquiry data to one or more of those selected third party suppliers of goods and services identified on our website for the purpose of enabling them to contact you so that they can offer, market and sell to you relevant goods and/or services. Each such third party will act as a data controller in relation to the enquiry data that we supply to it; and upon contacting you, each such third party will supply to you a copy of its own privacy policy, which will govern that third party's use of your personal data.
3.6    In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data set out in this Section 4, we may disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. We may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.

4.    International transfers of your personal data
4.1    In this Section 5, we provide information about the circumstances in which your personal data may be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
4.2    The hosting facilities for our newsletter server and email circulation lists are situated in the United States. The European Commission has made an "adequacy decision" with respect to the data protection laws of each of these countries. Transfers to this country will be protected by appropriate safeguards, namely the use of The Privacy Shield framework, a copy of which you can obtain from https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/.
4.3    You acknowledge that personal data that you submit for publication through our website or services may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use (or misuse) of such personal data by others.

5.    Retaining and deleting personal data
5.1    This Section 6 sets out our data retention policies and procedure, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal data.
5.2    Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
5.3    Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

6.    Security of personal data
6.1    We will take appropriate technical and organisational precautions to secure your personal data and to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal data.
6.2    We will store all your personal data on secure servers, personal computers and mobile devices, and in secure manual record-keeping systems.
6.3    The following personal data will be stored by us in encrypted form: your name, contact information, password(s) and cardholder data.
6.4    Data relating to your enquiries and financial transactions that is sent from your web browser to our web server, or from our web server to your web browser, will be protected using encryption technology.
6.5    You acknowledge that the transmission of unencrypted (or inadequately encrypted) data over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
6.6    You should ensure that your password is not susceptible to being guessed, whether by a person or a computer program. You are responsible for keeping the password you use for accessing our website confidential and we will not ask you for your password (except when you log in to our website).

7.    Amendments
7.1    We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.
7.2    You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.
7.3    We will notify you of significant changes to this policy by email.

8.    Your rights
8.1    In this Section 8, we have summarised the rights that you have under data protection law. Some of the rights are complex, and not all of the details have been included in our summaries. Accordingly, you should read the relevant laws and guidance from the regulatory authorities for a full explanation of these rights.
8.2    Your principal rights under data protection law are:
(a)    the right to access;
(b)    the right to rectification;
(c)    the right to erasure;
(d)    the right to restrict processing;
(e)    the right to object to processing;
(f)    the right to data portability;
(g)    the right to complain to a supervisory authority; and
(h)    the right to withdraw consent.
8.3    You have the right to confirmation as to whether or not we process your personal data and, where we do, access to the personal data, together with certain additional information. That additional information includes details of the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data concerned and the recipients of the personal data. Providing the rights and freedoms of others are not affected, we will supply to you a copy of your personal data. The first copy will be provided free of charge, but additional copies may be subject to a reasonable fee.
8.4    You have the right to have any inaccurate personal data about you rectified and, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to have any incomplete personal data about you completed.
8.5    In some circumstances you have the right to the erasure of your personal data without undue delay. Those circumstances include: the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed; you withdraw consent to consent-based processing; you object to the processing under certain rules of applicable data protection law; the processing is for direct marketing purposes; and the personal data have been unlawfully processed. However, there are exclusions of the right to erasure. The general exclusions include where processing is necessary: for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information; for compliance with a legal obligation; or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
8.6    In some circumstances you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data. Those circumstances are: you contest the accuracy of the personal data; processing is unlawful but you oppose erasure; we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of our processing, but you require personal data for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; and you have objected to processing, pending the verification of that objection. Where processing has been restricted on this basis, we may continue to store your personal data. However, we will only otherwise process it: with your consent; for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person; or for reasons of important public interest.
8.7    You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation, but only to the extent that the legal basis for the processing is that the processing is necessary for: the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of any official authority vested in us; or the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party. If you make such an objection, we will cease to process the personal information unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
8.8    You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes (including profiling for direct marketing purposes). If you make such an objection, we will cease to process your personal data for this purpose.
8.9    You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes on grounds relating to your particular situation, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.
8.10    To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal data is:
(a)    consent; or
(b)    that the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract,
    and such processing is carried out by automated means, you have the right to receive your personal data from us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. However, this right does not apply where it would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.
8.11    If you consider that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.
8.12    To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal information is consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal.
8.13    You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us.

9.    Third party websites
9.1    Our website includes hyperlinks to, and details of, third party websites.
9.2    We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the privacy policies and practices of third parties.

10.    Personal data of children
10.1    If we have reason to believe that we hold personal data of a person under that age in our databases, we will delete that personal data.

11.    Updating information
11.1    Please let us know if the personal information that we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

12.    About cookies
12.1    A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
12.2    Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
12.3    Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

13.    Cookies that we use
13.1    We use cookies for the following purposes:
(a)    authentication - we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website (Public Law Jobs only)
(b)    status - we use cookies to help us to determine if you are logged into our website
(c)    analysis - we use cookies [to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services]
(d)    cookie consent - we use cookies to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally

14.    Cookies used by our service providers
14.1    Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.
14.2    We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

15.    Managing cookies
15.1    Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
(a)    https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);
(b)    https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);
(c)    http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);
(d)    https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
(e)    https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and
(f)    https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).
15.2    Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
15.3    If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.

16.    Our details
16.1    This website is owned and operated by HB Editorial Services Ltd
16.2    We are registered in England and Wales under registration number 6790538, and our registered office is at 8 Twisleton Court Priory Hill, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2EN.
16.3    Our principal place of business is at Phoenix Yard, 65 King’s Cross Rd, London, WC1X 9LW.
16.4    You can contact us:
(a)    by post, to the postal address given above;
(b)    by telephone, on the contact number published on our website from time to time;
(c)    by email, using the email address published on our website from time to time.

17.    Data protection registration
17.1    We are registered as a data controller with the UK Information Commissioner's Office.
18.2    Our data protection registration number is Z2528013.

18.    Data protection officer
18.1    Our data protection officer's contact details are: Derek Bedlow, derek.bedlow@hbeditorial.co.uk, 0207 239 4917.