Disclaimer - Randstad, Recruitment Agency

Terms and Conditions of Use

By accessing or using this web site currently located at http://www.randstad.co.uk (the "Web Site")  (collectively, "Randstad"), the user of this Web Site and any individual or entity on whose behalf a user accesses or uses the Web Site (collectively, "You" or "Your," as appropriate) agree to be bound by the following Terms and Conditions and to our Privacy Policy. Please read both carefully and often as they are subject to change. Your continued use of the Web Site after the posting of changes to these Terms and Conditions constitutes acceptance of the changes. If You do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, do not use the Web Site.

Use of Material

You agree to use the Web Site solely for lawful purposes in the United Kingdom of Great Britain ("UK") only. Randstad does not represent that the Content of the Web Site is acceptable for use outside of the UK. By accessing the Web Site from outside the UK, You assume responsibility for complying with the law of the applicable jurisdiction.

The information, data, graphics, messages, music, photographs, software, sound, video or other materials ("Content") of the Web Site are subject to international copyright laws. The copyrights in the Content are owned by Randstad or its content providers, and the organization and display of the Web Site as a whole is a collective work owned by Randstad. You agree not to not to sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit, frame or create derivative works from such content. Notwithstanding the above, You may print or download one copy of the materials or content on this site on any single computer for Your personal use, provided You keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. You may not sell or modify the Material or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the Material in any way for any public or commercial purpose. Randstad allows, but does not endorse and is not responsible for, hypertext links solely to the home page of the Web Site. You shall not copy or adapt the HTML code that Randstad creates to generate its pages. It is also protected by Randstad's copyright.

The Randstad name and the Randstad logo are trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks or registered service marks of Randstad and may not be used without written authorization. Other trademarks on the Web Site are the property of their respective owners. Randstad does not grant You any express or implied right under any patents, copyrights, trademark or trade secrets.

Links To Third Party Sites

The Web Site contains links to third party web sites ("Third Party Sites"). Because Randstad has no control over Third Party Sites, Randstad does not endorse, has not reviewed and is not responsible for the availability of Third Party Sites. You acknowledge that use of Third Party Sites is at your own risk and that Randstad is not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss you incur in connection with products or services available on Third Party Sites, nor for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, decency or other aspect of Third Party Sites.

The Web Site may contain statements concerning Randstad's operations, prospects, financial condition and future performance that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the securities laws. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements as they are subject to uncertainty.

User Information

When you register for the Web Site, you will be asked to provide Randstad with certain information including, without limitation, a valid email address (your "Information"). In addition to the terms and conditions that may be set forth in any privacy policy on this Web Site, you understand and agree that Randstad may disclose to third parties, on an anonymous basis, certain aggregate information contained in your registration application. Randstad will not disclose to any third party your name, address, e-mail address or telephone number without your prior consent, except to the extent necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable laws or in legal proceedings where such information is relevant. Please see our Privacy Policy for further details regarding your Information.

Specific Prohibited Uses.

The Web Site may be used only for lawful purposes by individuals seeking employment and career information and employers seeking employees. Randstad specifically prohibits any use of the Web Site, and all users agree not to use the Web Site, for any of the following:

  • Posting or submitting any incomplete, false or inaccurate biographical information or information which is not your own accurate resume (living individual seeking employment on a full-time or part-time basis on his or her own behalf).
  • Revising any material posted or submitted by any other person or entity.
  • Using any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this Web Site or any activity being conducted on this site.
  • Taking any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on this Web Site's infrastructure.
  • If you have a password allowing access to a non-public area of this Web Site, disclosing to or sharing your password with any third parties or using your password for any unauthorized purpose.
  • Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, using or attempting to use any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search this Web Site other than the search engine and search agents available from Randstad on this Web Site and other than generally available third party web browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer).
  • Attempting to decipher, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of the Web Site.

Web Site Security Rules. Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Web Site, including, without limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for such user or logging into a server or account which the user is not authorized to access, (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization, (c) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Web Site, overloading, "flooding", "spamming", "mailbombing" or "crashing", (d) sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services, or (e) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. Randstad will investigate occurrences which may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting us.

Candidate Information

All candidate information and CV's submitted to us via this web site will be held in accordance with the 1998 Data Protection Act and will be used solely for the purpose of providing relevant employment services. If you do not want us to keep your details on file after your initial job application has been processed please either send a email, confirming this request, to marketing@randstad.co.uk or a confirmation letter to: Marketing Department, Randstad, Regent Court, Laporte Way, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 8SB.

Tracking

Visitors to this website who have javascript enabled are tracked using third party tracking services Google Analytics, Facebook (Facebook users have the ability to control what personal information they share via their privacy and application settings) and Vertical Leap. These tools may collect the following types of information from users:

  • Type of user agent (web browser) used, software manufacture and version number;
  • Type of operating system;
  • Screen colours (colour processing ability of the users screen);
  • Javascript support;
  • Flash version;
  • Screen resolution;
  • Network location and IP address
    • Can include country, city, state, region, county, or any other geographic data;
    • Hostname;
    • Bandwidth (internet connection speed)
  • Time of visit;
  • Pages visited;
  • Time spent on each page of the website;
  • Referring site statistics
    • The website (URI) the user came through in order to arrive at this website (example: clicking on a hyperlink from Yahoo.com that took the user to this website)
    • Search engine query used (example: typing in a phrase into a search engine like Google, and clicking on a link from that search engine)

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site.

The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.

Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.