Privacy statement

DOCS International B.V. (hereinafter referred to as “DOCS”) has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy and summarises our policies regarding the collection, use and transfer of personal data and the security measures taken to protect your data. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for all web sites operated by DOCS.

Who we are

As an international staffing company we host a number of international recruitment websites where we give individuals/candidates the option of putting their personal information and CV in our searchable database which is a significant aid to quickly finding employment. We collect personal information and process this information for clients and suppliers as part of our staffing services. DOCS has affiliates in most key European countries with whom your personal information may be shared.

An explanation follows below of what exactly happens with the personal information you provide. The privacy policy applies to all information that we collect about you, e.g. from an intake interview, from our DOCS (country) websites, or via other means of communication. This privacy policy does not apply to websites belonging to other organisations or individuals that are hyperlinked from our own websites. In other countries, different legislation and regulations apply for the collection and use of your personal information.

How we collect and use your personal information

We collect your information in different ways.

First, we collect the information that you yourself provide (for example, when you fill in information about yourself on an on-line form, send us your curriculum vitae, call/email us or approach us via other channels). In general, we use the information you provide to find a suitable position for you, to introduce you to a client, to identify your personal preferences and link them to services that are relevant for you, or for DOCS own promotional activities.

We also use your information for purposes related to your interaction with us and to the recruitment services we provide to our clients (as described above). This also includes records of any contact we may have during our services and details of reference checks, education verification and other service-related activities we may carry out.

With your consent, we (and, where applicable, our partners or other trusted third parties) use your information for marketing activities, market research, analysis and other related purposes. You decide what you will allow us to use your information for. The following are four examples of the use that might be made of your information:

  • Communicating with you from time to time by e-mail and (if you provide us with the information in question via the website or by some other communication medium) by mobile phone (via SMS messages or, if your mobile telephone has this facility, via EMS or MMS messages, or similar technologies), or by post, providing you with information, special offers, newsletters that you have requested, and any other material that you might be interested in.
  • Your information could be made available to trusted partners and third parties (clients) in order to find a suitable position for you or for the same purposes as described above. If these parties are established in a non-EU country where other or less stringent legislation or regulations apply for the protection of your privacy, we will inform you of this beforehand, so you will have the opportunity to permit or refuse the use of your information in this country.
  • Market research. For example, we might ask you to participate in studies on current topics or certain themes being conducted internally or by trusted partners or third parties. Prior to your participation, we will always inform you of exactly how the information that you are to provide for the purpose of the study will be used.
  • Facilitating the analysis of your information, either internally or by third parties acting on our behalf. The aim is not to identify you as a user, but to obtain statistical information enabling us to identify trends in the use of our sites and improve our sites.

Use of cookies

Besides the information that we collect about you, as described above, we are also able to collect information using so-called cookies, just as many other websites do.

Cookies make it possible for us to collect the following information: login information; e-mail address; access code; the Internet Protocol (IP) address that was used to connect your computer to the Internet; the type and version of browser; the operating system and platform that you use to make a connection; the cookie number; the parts of the site that you visited or that you looked for; the Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) of the sites via which you visited our sites and via which page you left our sites, including the time and date, etc.

Our cookies do not contain any other personally-identifying information.

Most browsers allow you to turn off cookies. If you want to know how to do this please look at the help menu on your browser. However, switching off cookies will restrict your use of our website.

Other websites

Please note that clicking on to links and banner advertisements may result in your transferral to another website, where data privacy practices may be different to that of DOCS International. Visitors should consult the other websites' privacy policies as we are not responsible for, and have no control over, information that is submitted to or collected by these third parties.

Internet-based transfers

Given that the Internet is a global environment, using the Internet to collect and process personal data necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis. Therefore, by browsing this web site and communicating electronically with us, you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal data in this way.

Persons under age 18

Persons under the age of 18 are not eligible to submit personal data through our website.

Access  

You have the right at any time to ask us for a copy of the information supplied by you that we hold. If you would like to make a request for information and/or change the information, please contact Registrations@DOCS-int.com.

You also have the right to ask DOCS to stop using your information.

DOCS has the right to withhold access from certain parts of your record to protect the privacy rights of another person or to breach any confidentiality attached to this information.

DOCS also has the right to delete your registration profile when we believe it is incorrect, out of date or unlikely to be relevant to our future services.

Please state the following in any correspondence:

  • Your name, address and telephone number
  • The email address you used to register (if applicable).

Other publications

DOCS retains the right to obtain access to your personal information and to disclose it in order to comply with applicable legislation and/or regulations, to comply with legitimate requests from authorities, organisations or individuals charged with law enforcement, or requests from parties that we consider reasonably justified in connection with accusations made by any party in respect of your abuse of our services, to ensure that our systems function properly, or to protect ourselves and our users.

Security

DOCS has taken measures to ensure that your information is protected properly, for example by limiting the number of people that have physical access to our database servers and by using electronic security systems and access codes to prevent unauthorised users from gaining access to the information. However we can not guarantee that loss, misuse or unauthorized use will never occur.

Transfer

In the unlikely event that we sell or otherwise dispose of our business activities, whether in full or partially, we retain the right to transfer your information as part of our company's business assets.

The information provided by you may be accessed by DOCS staff anywhere in the world, but all are bound by this privacy policy.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

Our aim is to keep you up-to-date, by email, of any policy changes that fundamentally affect the way in which your information is used. However, we also encourage users to protect their privacy themselves by regularly checking whether our company's privacy policy has changed and, if they wish to do so, by changing their preferences.

How to contact us

You can contact DOCS either by email to info@DOCS-int.com or at the following address:

DOCS International B.V.
Handelsweg 53
1181 ZA Amstelveen
The Netherlands

DOCS International B.V. has its statutory seat in Amsterdam and is registered with the Chamber of Commerce in Amsterdam under number 30161853.