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We are part of Health Education England and our aim is to support people in education and at all stages of their career to discover more about the health roles that are available.</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The NHS Health Careers team works from various locations across England and we:</p> <ul style="margin: 1em 0px; padding-right: 0px; overflow: hidden; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <li> <p>provide a comprehensive NHS Health Careers website that has detailed information about a range of health roles</p> </li> <li> <p>run a contact centre where people can talk to or email an adviser to find out about different health careers</p> </li> <li> <p>provide Step into the NHS specifically for young people to encourage them to consider a career in the NHS</p> </li> <li> <p>publish a range of printed materials for use at careers and other events</p> </li> <li> <p>attend big national careers events to promote health careers</p> </li> <li> <p>produce a number of videos to show what it’s like to work in different jobs</p> </li> <li> <p>provide timely updates through social media</p> </li> <li> <p>part of the 'We are the NHS' team delivering website and customer communications.</p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Information we hold about you</strong></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In view of our role, we may hold information (personal data) about people who visit our website, and the linked Step into the NHS website, register with us to receive information (including as part of the We are the NHS campaign), contact us, or provide us with information through attendance at events etc.</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Policy on how we use your information</strong></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This policy explains how we, as part of NHS England, (referred to as 'we', ‘our’ or ‘us’ below) uses any personal data we collect from you or which you give to us and the ways in which we protect your privacy. Protecting the privacy and personal data of our users is of the utmost importance to us. This policy is provided in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018 (current data protection laws in England).</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The data controller in respect of personal data we hold about you is NHS England.</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Our data protection officer is Andrew Todd <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#53323d372136247d273c3737133b36367d3d3b207d2638"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="44252a203621336a302b2020042c21216a2a2c376a312f">[email protected]</span></a></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Please note that NHS England has a separate privacy notice detailing how it uses personal data in view of its statutory functions. This privacy notice is specific and limited to the use of data by NHS Health Careers, including the Step into the NHS website and We are the NHS campaign.</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">By visiting our website healthcareers.nhs.uk or stepintothenhs.nhs.uk (referred to as “this site” in this notice) you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Information we may collect about you and sources of data</strong></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We may collect and process the following data about you:</p> <ul style="margin: 1em 0px; padding-right: 0px; overflow: hidden; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <li> <p><strong>Information you give us.</strong> You may give us information about you by filling in forms on websites or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise. This includes information you provide when you register to use this site or sign-up to receive information, upload information to this site, or perform other social media functions on this site, enter a competition, promotion or survey, answer questions to online quizzes, provide feedback on this site and when you report a problem with this site. The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address, phone number and your job title.</p> </li> </ul> <ul style="margin: 1em 0px; padding-right: 0px; overflow: hidden; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <li> <p><strong>Information we collect about you.</strong> With regard to each of your visits to this site we may automatically collect the following information:</p> </li> </ul> <ul class="rteindent1" style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-right: 0px; overflow: hidden; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-type: circle;"> <li> <p>technical information, including the internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform;</p> </li> <li> <p>information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from this site (including date and time); page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page and any phone number used to call us</p> </li> </ul> <ul style="margin: 1em 0px; padding-right: 0px; overflow: hidden; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <li> <p><strong>Information we receive from other sources</strong>. We may receive information about you if you use any of the other websites we operate or the other services we provide eg our helpline. We also work closely with third parties (including, for example, other business partners, sub-contractors, advertising networks, analytics providers and search information providers) and may receive information about you from them. This may include personal information such as your name and email address.</p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Cookies</strong></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them see our <a href="#Cookie">Cookie policy</a>.</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>How we use your information</strong></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We use information held about you in the following ways:</p> <ul style="margin: 1em 0px; padding-right: 0px; overflow: hidden; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <li> <p><strong>Information you give to us</strong>. We will use this information:</p> </li> </ul> <ul class="rteindent1" style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-right: 0px; overflow: hidden; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-type: circle;"> <li> <p>to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us and to provide you with the information about career opportunities and any other information or services that you request from us;</p> </li> <li> <p>to provide you with information about other careers information or other services we offer that are similar to those that you have already enquired about - we will only contact you by electronic means (unless you have agreed to be re-contacted by post or telephone) with information about careers, products and/or services similar to those you have said you are interested in or which were the subject of a previous enquiry by you;</p> </li> <li> <p>to provide you, or permit selected third parties to provide you, with information about careers, products or services we feel may interest you. Where we permit selected third parties to use your data, they will contact you electronically, by telephone or post only if you have consented to this;</p> </li> <li> <p>to notify you about changes and updates to our service; and/or</p> </li> <li> <p>to ensure that content from this site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.</p> </li> </ul> <ul style="margin: 1em 0px; padding-right: 0px; overflow: hidden; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <li> <p><strong>Information we collect about you</strong>. We will use this information:</p> </li> </ul> <ul class="rteindent1" style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-right: 0px; overflow: hidden; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-type: circle;"> <li> <p>to administer this site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;</p> </li> <li> <p>to improve this site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;</p> </li> <li> <p>to allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so;</p> </li> <li> <p>as part of our efforts to keep this site safe and secure;</p> </li> <li> <p>to make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of this site about careers, products or services that may interest you or them.</p> </li> </ul> <ul style="margin: 1em 0px; padding-right: 0px; overflow: hidden; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <li> <p><strong>Information we receive from other sources</strong>. We may combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We may use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).</p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Disclosure of your information</strong></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We will not share your personal data with third parties for commercial purposes.</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We may share your information with selected third parties including:</p> <ul style="margin: 1em 0px; padding-right: 0px; overflow: hidden; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <li> <p>business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors to the extent necessary for the performance of any contract we enter into with them or you; and/or</p> </li> </ul> <ul style="margin: 1em 0px; padding-right: 0px; overflow: hidden; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <li> <p>analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our site.</p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Some of these third parties are data processors acting on our behalf under contract, such as website developers, contact centre and marketing agencies, distribution centres for literature and marketing materials, and IT processors such as Google Analytics.</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We may disclose your personal information to third parties:</p> <ul style="margin: 1em 0px; padding-right: 0px; overflow: hidden; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <li> <p>if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/terms-and-conditions" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(21, 114, 184);"><u>terms and conditions of use</u> </a>and other agreements, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of NHS England, our customers, or others, or for the purposes of in connection with any legal proceedings (including prospective legal proceedings), for the purpose of obtaining legal advice, or for the purpose of establishing, exercising or defending legal rights. This includes, for example, exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.</p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Lawful bases for processing</strong></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Where we process personal data for the above purposes, our legal basis for doing so under the General Data Protection Regulation is:</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><em>Article 6(1)(a) – you have given consent to the processing of your personal data for one or more specific purposes; or</em></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><em>Article 6(1)(b) – processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract; or</em></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><em>Article 6(1)(c) – processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject; or</em></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><em>Article 6(1)(e) – processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller; or</em></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><em>Article 6(1)(f) – processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by the controller.</em></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Where we process special categories of personal data for these purposes, the legal basis for doing so is:</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><em>Article 9(2)(a) - you have given explicit consent to the processing of your personal data for one or more specific purposes; or</em></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><em>Article 9(2)(f) - processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or</em></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><em>Article 9(2)(g) – processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest.</em></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Where we store your personal data</strong></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Should you subscribe to receive emails from us through our website, your data eg your name and email address will not be transferred to, or stored at, locations outside the European Economic Area.</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">All information we hold is stored on secure servers. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of this site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee complete security of your data transmitted to this site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Retention periods – how long we keep your information for</strong></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Subject to any requests we may receive from you for your data to be erased and subject to your data having to be retained for longer to enable us to fulfil any of the purposes for processing your data listed above, data that you provide to us or that is collected about you is held by us for two years from your last contact or engagagement with us or from your last access of the data.</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Privacy policy coverage</strong></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This privacy statement applies to this site only and our linked website for <a href="https://www.stepintothenhs.nhs.uk/" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(21, 114, 184);">Step into the NHS.</a> It does not cover links within this site to other websites. If you follow a link to any third party websites, please note that these websites may have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to such websites.</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Your rights as a data subject</strong></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The General Data Protection Regulation includes a number of rights that are more extensive than those in the Data Protection Act 1998. We must generally respond to requests in relation to your rights within one month, although there are some exceptions to this.</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The availability of some of these rights depends on the lawful basis that applies in relation to the processing of your personal data, and there are some other circumstances in which we may not uphold a request to exercise a right. Your rights and how they apply are described below.</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong><em>Right to be informed</em></strong></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Your right to be informed is met in the main by the provision of this privacy notice. We may also provide you with certain information about our use of your data when we communicate with you directly.</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong><em>Right of access</em></strong></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">You have the right to obtain a copy of personal data that we hold about you and other information specified in the GDPR, although there are exceptions to what we are obliged to disclose.</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong><em>Right to rectification</em></strong></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">You have the right to ask us to rectify any inaccurate data that we hold about you. You can do this contacting us by <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/contact-us" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(21, 114, 184);">contacting us</a>. </p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong><em>Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’)</em></strong></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">You have the right to request that we erase personal data about you that we hold. If you believe we have information about you, you can <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/contact-us" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(21, 114, 184);" target="_blank">contact us</a> to find out. </p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The right to erasure is not an absolute right, and depending on the legal basis that applies, we may have overriding legitimate grounds to continue to process the data.</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong><em>Right to restriction of processing</em></strong></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">You have the right to request that we restrict processing of personal data about you that we hold. You can ask us to do this for example where you contest the accuracy of the data.</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong><em>Right to data portability</em></strong></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This right is only available where the legal basis for processing under the General Data Protection Regulation is consent, or for the purposes of a contract between you and us. For this to apply the data must be held in electronic form. The right is to be provided with the data in a commonly used electronic format so that you can transfer the data elsewhere. </p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong><em>Right to object</em></strong></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">You have the right to object to processing of personal data about you in certain circumstances. The right is not absolute and we may continue to process the data if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds to do so.</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong><em>Rights in relation to automated individual decision-making including profiling</em></strong></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">You have the right to object to being subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling. We do not currently have any automated decision-making processes, but in future should we perform any automated decision-making, we will record this in our privacy notice, and ensure that you have an opportunity to request that the decision involves personal consideration.</p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong><em>Rights in relation to direct marketing</em></strong></p> <p style="margin: 1em 0px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We will only use your data for marketing purposes if you have subscribed to receive certain information or opted to receive marketing material. 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