Terms & Conditions

These terms and conditions are applicable to all users placing their CV on the website, companies placing job advertisements, companies using the search candidate facility, and also advertisers using the site for banners etc.

USER TERMS

1. In accordance with the following terms (terms and conditions) On Q Limited (trading as OnQJobs.co.uk) give to you as authorized user (referred to herein as you) to use this website (known as Onqjobs.co.uk) certain rights as set out below, and in return you agree to abide with these terms and conditions.

2. You undertake to read these terms and conditions carefully and each time you use the website you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions contained therein.

   These terms and conditions should be read in accordance with OnQJobs.co.uk Privacy Policy. You agree to be bound by the Privacy Policy terms and conditions each time you use the website.

3. Protection and Privacy Policy

   OnQJobs.co.uk is committed to protecting your privacy in all our dealings with you whether through our website's on-line services or through direct contact with our consultants. When using our website, it is our intention that you have a safe and secure experience. We will endeavour to ensure that the information you submit to us remains private and is only used for the purposes set out in this policy.

   Statistical Information

   We gather statistical information collectively about all visitors to this website regarding page and service usage. We only use such data in aggregate form. This information helps us to improve the services we offer our visitors.

   Use of Cookies

   A cookie is a small data file that is sent from a web server to a web browser when that browser visits the server's site. Anonymous and temporary cookies, which do not hold any personal data, are used with your consent on the OnQJobs.co.uk website.

   On-Line Services - What information do we collect?

   So that we can provide a tailored service, upon registration for On-Line Services (which include Jobs by Email) we will ask you to submit information such as your name, e-mail address, password, professional institute membership, level of qualification, location and the industry sector you work in. You are under no obligation to provide such information. However if you withhold requested information, we may not be able to provide you with certain services.

   Jobs by Email

   To utilise our Jobs by Email Service, you will be required to register for On-line Services. The information collected is used for the purpose of keeping you informed by e-mail of the latest jobs that match the search criteria you have selected.

   Should you decide that you no longer wish to receive Jobs by Email, you can simply either log-on and choose not to have Jobs by Email sent or you can follow the "unsubscribe" instructions on each Jobs by Email Alert sent to you.

   Curriculum vitae ("CV")

   When registering with OnQJobs.co.uk you will be required to upload your CV via this website. You can do this either to apply for a specific advertised job or for consideration by our consultants for vacancies as they arise. Your CV will not be stored on our website, it will be stored on our secure in-house computer network accessible only by OnQJobs.co.uk consultants.. This database, including the information relating to you, can be accessed by OnQJobs.co.uk consultants and potential employers who are registered with us. Employers are only able to view your CV if they have an account with OnQJobs.co.uk

   You have the right at any time to ask us for a copy of the information supplied by you that we hold. We have the right to charge a small fee for this service. If you would like to make a request for information, please contact OnQJobs.co.uk. You also have the right to request OnQJobs.co.uk to cease using your information.

   Your CV will be sent to prospective employers but only where you give your consent by applying for a vacancy. Such employers may be located both inside and outside the European Economic Area.

   The Information We Collect and How We Use It

   Your personal details, including your name, e-mail address and CV, are held and used by us for the following purposes:

   i) Following an assessment of your requirements, for matching your coded details with vacancies to assist us in finding you a new position
   ii) To periodically keep you informed our services
   iii) For compiling salary and other market surveys.

   OnQJobs.co.uk is a Private Limited Company that is managed by its owners. There are no outside parties who may exert any influence or control over the running of the business. Should the ownership of OnQJobs.co.uk change you will be notified and the implications for your information explained. Except in the case of complying with a legal or regulatory requirement, OnQJobs.co.uk does not and will not disclose your information to third parties without your consent.

   The Data Protection Act 1998

   The information that you give us, including your CV and e-mail address, is termed "personal data" under the Data Protection Act 1998. We must therefore follow the principles set out in that Act when we process your personal data. All the personal data that we obtain from you is held on our central in-house database. OnQJobs.co.uk is a "data controller" for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998.

   Please note that clicking onto links on our website may result in you transferring to another website, where data privacy practices may be different to that of OnQJobs.co.uk. Visitors should review the other websites' privacy policies, as we have no control over what happens to information that is submitted to or collected by these third parties.

   Copyright Notice

   All information incorporated within this web site is © of OnQJobs.co.uk 2006.
   This web site has been created for and on behalf of OnQJobs.co.uk.
   Unauthorised use of (On Q Limited) OnQJobs.co.uk, trade names and logos is prohibited.

4. These terms and conditions are applicable for all users, including Candidates placing their CV on the website, Companies placing job advertisements or searching for Candidates, or using the website for advertising purposes.

5. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of use of the OnQJobs.co.uk site contained herein, On Q Limited does not allow you to use the site or access it. In this case please exit the site and do not access the website or use the service in the future.

General Services

6. Any intellectual property, ideas concepts, techniques, software, design, logos or imagery that is obtained or executed by the user will remain at all times the exclusive property of OnQJobs.co.uk.

7. OnQJobs.co.uk shall be entitled at any any time to make changes to the services offered by this website without prior notification to the user in order to satisfy any security or statutory requirements and shall at all times determine the manner in which the services are provided.

8. OnQJobs.co.uk will not be responsible for any failure to provide the services, or unavailability of the site as a result of any circumstances that are beyond its control and the user understands that all fees will still be payable in these circumstances.

9. You are entitled to view, copy, print, access and download (for the purposes as defined within these terms and conditions) for your own non-commercial use provided that you do not:

   a. Remove any notices or statements relating to the ownership of copyright, or other intellectual property in the OnQJobs.co.uk website
   
   b. Modify, translate or change in any way any of the OnQJobs.co.uk material
   
   c. Lease, rent, loan or copy or transfer any rights in the OnQJobs.co.uk material in any form to any person or entity without the prior written consent of OnQJobs.co.uk
   

10. The OnQJobs.co.uk logo is the copyright of OnQJobs.co.uk Ltd. All other names, company logos as contained within the website or other items provided by any user maybe trademarks of their respective owners.

Users Responsibilities

11. By agreeing to these terms and conditions you are responsible for the security and use of any user names or passwords needed to access the site or use the web site or any of the services provided by the website. It is your responsibility to ensure that, and you agree not to allow or assist any other person without express permission from OnQJobs.co.uk, to access the website using your account or password. OnQJobs.co.uk will not accept any responsibility in the event another person or persons becomes a user and subsequently exhaust any credits given to you if you are placing an advertisement, without permission from you.

12. You agree that you will not use the website:

    a. For sending, uploading, downloading or storing any abusive, offensive, indecent, defamatory, obscene or in breach of any other person or intellectual Property Rights or breaches any obligation of confidentiality by which you are bound.
    
    b. For transmitting on or through the site any material the content of which is illegal, or might constitute or encourage a criminal offence, violate any other persons rights or in any way give rise to liability or violate any law:
    
    c. For sending, distribute or engaging in multiple unsolicited emails or messages (i.e. "spasms", "flooding" or "spamming" style activities). You also agree not to post or transmit any material on or through the site containing any "virus", "worm", "data bomb", logic bomb, "trojan horse" or any other similar matter which is intended or likely to damage the site or service or to cause any other user annoyance, inconvenience, or worry: You specifically acknowledge that approaching any other users of the OnQJobs.co.uk site or service to join or become members of any other commercial online or offline service or organisation is expressly prohibited. While using the site and service you shall not restrict, affect, inhibit or otherwise limit any third party’s use of the service or site other than in accordance with normal operation and following these terms of use.
    
    d. For any purposes connected to any business, including sending any unsolicited advertisements or promotional material.
    

13. You agree to indemnify OnQJobs.co.uk against any costs, claims experiences or legal proceedings caused as a result of your use of the website, the services or any advertising therein. Furthermore OnQJobs.co.uk reserve the right to withdraw and remove any material contained therein on the website.

14. All users of the website who are required to comply with statutory law in order to trade within the United Kingdom, in particular Recruitment Agencies, by using this site agree to abide by the Employment Agency and Business Act 1973 and Regulations.

OnQJobs.co.uk Responsibilities

15. OnQJobs.co.uk shall endeavour at all times to take responsible steps to ensure that there are no breaches of security on the web site.

16. OnQJobs.co.uk accepts no liability or responsibility for any error, omission, technical inaccuracies, typographical errors, made on the website either by itself or any of its users.

17. OnQJobs.co.uk accepts no liability as representatives of any advertising or services offered by users on the website.

18. No advertisement or service offered on the website constitutes any legal offer or part thereof or contract. OnQJobs.co.uk makes no warranty or representation that the items advertised for sales via the website are offered free of encumbrances charge or other unexpired right in the terms, or that such advertising is a statement or representation of fact.

19. OnQJobs.co.uk reserves the right without notice to you, to remove any material from the website or to suspend or alter the operation of the website or any of the services contained therein at its sole discretion or for legal or technical reasons. OnQJobs.co.uk will endeavour as far as possible to give you as much notice as possible and if able.

20. Whilst OnQJobs.co.uk shall commit to providing you with as much accurate and truthful material as possible in the website, you should not rely upon any such opinion or recommendation by OnQJobs.co.uk of the services available and professional advice should be sought before purchasing any item on the website or before entering into any legally binding agreement.

21. There are links to other sites available on this website and whilst we endeavour to make every effort to ensure that the information on this site is accurate and complete, some of the information is supplied to us by a third party and we are therefore not able to check the accuracy or completeness of such information. OnQJobs.co.uk accept no liability in respect of the contents of those sites.

Termination

22. These terms are effective until terminated by either you or OnQJobs.co.uk. You may terminate these terms at any time by destroying all materials obtained from OnQJobs.co.uk site and any related documentation and all installations or copies of these, howsoever made. These terms will immediately terminate and without notice if in the sole discretion of OnQJobs.co.uk you do not comply with any provision in these terms. Upon Termination, you must destroy all materials obtained from the OnQJobs.co.uk site and all related documentation and all installations or copies of these, however made.

23. The site is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis and OnQJobs.co.uk makes no express or implied warranties or representations in relation to it. This includeds, without limitation, any implied warranties or representations of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, availability, completeness or accuracy.

24. OnQJobs.co.uk shall not take responsibility for any loss or damage arising from, or in any way connected with, your use of the site or any information contained or derived from it (even when OnQJobs.co.uk has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damage). This includes, without limitation, any damage for loss of profits, loss of information, loss of an opportunity, wasted expenditure or any other monetary loss.

25. OnQJobs.co.uk shall not take responsibility for the availability or content of any external sites or resources to which it has hyperlinks and might not endorse or approve of any material on sites linked from or to this site. Any reference made by the site to any specific or non-specific commercial product, process or service (or the provider of such) by trade name, hyperlink or trademark, does not denote any endorsement or recommendation by OnQJobs.co.uk. The content on the site maybe provided by third parties and other users. Any statements, services, offers, opinions and advice expressed or made available by third parties (including without limitation information providers, users and others) are those of the respective distributor, publisher or author and may not be taken for those of OnQJobs.co.uk.

26. OnQJobs.co.uk shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from, or in any way connected with, any non-provision of all or any part of the service or site, including without limitation any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, delay in operation or transmission, defect, communication line failure, wireless application protocol (WAP) failure, theft or destruction or unauthorised access to, alteration of or use of record, OnQJobs.co.uk do not make any representation that the site or its servers will remain available to you or are free from viruses or other harmful components.

27. Neither OnQJobs.co.uk nor any of its employees, agents, affiliates, content or service providers shall be liable to you or to any third party for any damages, whether indirect, direct, incidental, special or consequential (including without limitation any loss of data, profit, contract, opportunity or wasted expenditure) arising out of use of the service or site or an inability to gain access to the service or site or any breach of warranty pertaining to the service or site.

28. OnQJobs.co.uk shall not be held liable for any loss or damage arising from any event or act beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation, war, civil disturbance or act of God.

Jurisdictional Issues

29. These terms, and your use of the site shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law. OnQJobs.co.uk and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

30. The materials in this site are, unless expressly specified, offered for use within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Those who choose to access any OnQJobs.co.uk material from any other location do so on their own initiative and are responsible for determining the usability of the materials on the site.

Other

31. You agree and acquiesce that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action brought by you arising from your usage of the service, site or terms of us must be filed within one year after the claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.

32. This is the entire agreement between you and OnQJobs.co.uk relating to the subject matter enclosed. This agreement and the terms contained within it shall not be modified except as provided for within it or in writing, signed by both parties.