My FD is committed to protecting and respecting the privacy of every individual who accesses and uses our website. We also pride ourselves on providing our users a safe and secure user experience.
This privacy policy (together with our terms of use) sets out how and why we obtain, store and process data that we collect from you, or that has been provided to us by you, via the myfdonline.com website
How do we collect information?
Information is collected from you when you engage with, contribute to or use the features on our website.
In addition, we may collect your IP address and use cookies unless you configure your web browser not to accept them. See our cookies policy for more information on what this means for you.
What information we collect and how we use it?
We may collect personal data that can identify you as a living individual. This may include but not limited to your name and contact details to provide our services to you.
By using our www.myfdonline.com website, you give your permission to us for collecting and processing personal data and sensitive personal information supplied by you. This information is held, used and disclosed by us as follows:
- To enable us to give you the best user experience
- To respond to enquiries, feedback and complaints
- In operating our website and online systems we may collect and process the following data about you:
- Details of your visits to our website and the resources that you access, including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data
- Information that you provide by filling in forms on our website, such as when you registered for information or make a purchase.
- Information provided to us when you communicate with us for any reason.
We’re confident that we have listed the majority of purposes for how your information will be used but there might be a purpose not listed above where we will endeavour to obtain your consent to process, use or disclose your information.
Security
Keeping information about you secure is of upmost importance to us. Certain sections of the site may encrypt data using SSL or a comparable standard. However, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be entirely secure. As a result, even though we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information which you send to us.
Can you access, update or delete your information?
You have the right to request a copy of your information, ask us to correct your details, object to processing, restrict processing or withdraw your consent to us processing of your personal information for a specific purpose at any time. We may ask you to verify your identity and for more information about your request.
If you would like to make a request for information, be removed from our database or update any information we hold about you please contact privacy@myfdonline.com. We will act on your request in the timescale set out by applicable data protection laws.
Marketing
We would like to contact you directly via telephone or email about our services.
If you would like to withdraw your consent to be contacted for marketing purposes, please email us at privacy@myfdonline.com.
How long do we hold your information?
We understand our legal duty to retain accurate data and only retain personal data for as long as we need it for our legitimate business interests and that you are happy for us to do so.
How we collect and aggregate information about visitors to our websites
We also collect information about the way jobseekers and visitors use our website to help us continue to provide the best services. The information that we get through this method will not identify an individual but instead helps us understand our users better and enables us to notice trends i.e. most popular pages visited.
We may share this kind of aggregate data with selected third parties to assist with these purposes where you have consented to this.
Cookies
How we use them
This privacy policy (together with our terms of use) sets out how and why we obtain, store and process data that we collect from you, or that has been provided to us by you, via the myfdonline.com website.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile phone when you browse websites so that when you revisit these sites, it can present tailored information to you based on your last visit.
Cookies help us:
- Make our website work as you’d expect
- Remember your settings during and between visits
- Improve the speed/security of the site
- Monitor user traffic patterns
- Understand how our visitors use our website
- Make our marketing more efficient
The cookies we use
Strictly necessary
These are the essential cookies that enables you to use our site effectively and use essential features.
Functionality
These cookies collect information about how you use our website for example, username, and also help make the most of our enhanced features, such as providing news or updates relevant to you.
Performance
These cookies help us monitor and improve the performance of our website, providing us with the information to constantly optimise and develop our site to get the best user experience for you, for example website visits or source of visitors.
Personalisation
We use personalisation or targeting cookies to make sure we advertise the jobs that we think may be of interest to you, making your user experience a personalised one.
Third party
As you use our site, you will notice that we have content from other sites, for example, YouTube or Google Maps. We also facilitate the opportunity to engage with us further through social media channels, for example Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. We use third party cookies to help deliver relevant information to you and integrate content with social networks.
Google Analytics
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.
What we don’t use cookies for
We don’t use cookies to gather any personal information that could be used to advertise products or services to you on other websites.
Your permission to use cookies
If the settings on your browser that you are using to view our website are adjusted to accept cookies, we take this, and your continued use of our website, to mean that you are happy to have cookies enabled.
Turning cookies off
Please be aware that by not accepting cookies you will not be able to use some of the key functions of www.myfdonline.com website including:
- Registering with myfdonline.com
- Signing in to myfdonline.com
If you don’t want us to store a cookie on your PC, you can switch cookies off by adjusting your browser settings to stop it from accepting cookies. Each browser acts differently so remember to check your browsers ‘help’ settings.
Linking to other websites
Please note that clicking on links, banner advertisements or social media feeds may result in your transfer to another website, where data privacy practices may be different to this Privacy Policy. It is your responsibility to check other website privacy policies to ensure that you are happy for your personal information to be used in accordance with those third parties privacy policies. We accept no responsibility for and have no control over third party websites, links, adverts or RSS feeds or information that is submitted or collected by third parties.
Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes we make to our privacy notice in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy notice.
Questions?
Our nominated Data Protection Officer is William Godley who can be contacted if you have any enquiries at: privacy@myfdonline.com.