Privacy Policy

GM Workforce Hub > Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 22 April 2024

Welcome to the GM Workforce Hub! This Privacy Statement explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website https://gmworkforcehub.org.uk (“Website”). Please take a moment to review this Privacy Statement to understand our practices.

1. About Us

This site is owned and managed by 10GM. You can contact us via email [email protected] or via our registered office at Bolton Hub, Bold Street, Bolton, England, BL1 1LS 

2. Information We Collect:

a. Personal Information: We may collect personal information such as your name, contact details, and professional information when you voluntarily provide it to us.

b. Automated Information: We may collect certain information automatically, including your IP address, browser type, and device information, to enhance your experience on our Website.

3. How We Use Your Information:

a. Providing Services: We use your information to deliver and improve our services, personalize your experience, and respond to your inquiries.

b. Communication: We may contact you with information about our services, updates, and promotional offers. You can opt-out of these communications at any time.

4. How We Get the Personal Information and Why We Have It:

Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons: 

  • To enable us to advertise job vacancies on your organisation behalf. 
  • To enable us to respond to a direct question or queries you have asked us 
  • To contact you with information about our services and updates. You can opt-out of these communications at any time. 
  • To monitor and improve our offer and services. 

In order to facilitate this service, some of your personal information may be shared with the following organisations:

  • Action Together
  • Bolton CVS
  • Bury VCFA
  • Groundwork Wigan
  • Macc
  • Salford CVS
  • Sector 3
  • Thrive Trafford

Your personal information will not be shared directly with any other organisation but we do provide statistical reports on site usage to our funders. 

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:  

(6a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting [email protected]  

(6b) We have a contractual obligation. 

(6f) We have a legitimate interest. 

5. How we store your personal information:

Your information is securely stored.  

We keep your personal information for any job advertisements or queries submitted in our database.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies:

a. Cookies: We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. At present, we only utilise the following cookies:

  • Litespeed – to provide the prevention of cached pages.
  • Google Analytics:
    • to store and count page views.  
    • to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. 

b. Tracking Technologies: We may use tracking technologies such as pixels and web beacons to collect information about your interactions with our Website.

7. Third-Party Disclosure:

a. Service Providers: To provide our service we use a number of third-party provider / data processors to facilitate our service. These are: 

b. Legal Compliance: We may disclose your information to comply with legal obligations or protect our rights.

7. Security:

a. Data Security: We employ industry-standard security measures to protect your information from unauthorized access and misuse.

b. Third-Party Links: Our Website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites.

8. Your Rights:

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

  • Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
  • Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
  • Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Your right to object to processing – You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at [email protected] or via our registered office at Bolton Hub, Bold Street, Bolton, England, BL1 1LS if you wish to make a request.

9. Children’s Privacy:

a. Our Website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

10. Updates to this Privacy Statement:

a. We may update this Privacy Statement to reflect changes in our practices. Check the effective date for the latest version.

11. Contact Us:

a. If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Statement, please contact us at [email protected]

By using the GM Workforce Hub, you agree to the terms outlined in this Privacy Statement.

12. How to Make a Complaint:

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at [email protected] or via our registered office at Bolton Hub, Bold Street, Bolton, England, BL1 1LS.

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

ICO website

Effective Date: 22 April 2024

Content last reviewed on 19 April 2024