Candidate Referral Scheme

Privacy Policy

Billers International is committed to protecting the privacy of our candidates, clients and website users alike.

This policy sets out the basis on which any personal information we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.

Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding information and how we will treat it. By visiting www.billersinternational.com you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

We will ensure that the information received from this website, or through any other of our offices or means of communication, is only used for purposes set out in this policy. We are committed to providing a safe and secure user experience.

Billers International is a trading name of Adaptive Business Group Ltd. Registered in England and Wales with the company number: 05573285. VAT: GB 872 328218

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We may collect and process the following data about you:

You may give us information about you by filling in forms on our site: www.billersinternational.com, any sister sites affiliated with Adaptive Business Group, Adaptive Globalization, Adaptive Digital or Adaptive Tech, by corresponding with us by phone, e­mail or otherwise.

This includes information you provide when you register to use our site, subscribe to our service, participate in discussion boards or other social media functions on our site, enter a promotion or survey, during the course of any other activity commonly carried out on our site and when you report a problem with our site.

The information you give us may include (but not be limited to) your name, address, e­mail address and phone number, personal description, job history, qualifications and photograph.

  • We may collect information for marketing purposes and analysis; this could include information on how you would like to be contacted and how you respond to marketing campaigns – including via email, SMS, phone and social media.

  • Any information provided to us via contact forms, profile submissions, is at your discretion – if you are in contact with Billers International or subsidiary, holding company or sister site, we will keep record of the correspondence.

  • Fields we may request include, but are not limited to, first name, last name, company name, job title, email address, contact number, job function, job level, current employment status.

  • We may also store cookies, and not the yummy kind with chocolate chips.

Regarding each of your visits to the site, we may automatically collect the following information:

  • Technical information, including the Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet, your login information, browser type and platform, time zone settings, browser plugin types and versions, operating system and platform.

  • Information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream, to and from our site (including date and time); pages or jobs you searched for and applied for, page response times, download errors, lengths of visits to pages and session times, page interaction and information (such as scrolling, clicks and mouseovers), and methods used to browse away from the page and any phone number used to call our consultants

​​​​​How we use this information

Your personal information will be collected and handled by us for the following purposes:

  • So Adaptive Business Group and its subsidiaries can provide you with the services you expect us to;

  • So we are able to match potential job opportunities and resources according to your preferences;

  • To respond to any request or question you have when you have contacted us;

  • With your consent we may also use your contact data for direct marketing communication, via email, this can inform you about services/products/offers/jobs that may be of interest to you;

  • To send you other information including Billers International newsletters and potential upcoming events;

  • To help us create tailored content relevant to you;

  • To further develop and improve the Adaptive Business Group websites. You may be prompted for feedback whilst using the website;

  • To answer questions you may have;

  • To maintain our business relationship;

  • To match your details with job vacancies, assisting us to find you a position suitable. We may send on information on your CV to clients;

  • To fulfil contractual obligations with clients;

  • Where you are registered as a candidate on our database in the UK, your personal information may be accessible by or transferred or duplicated to our offices globally wherever they are based (e.g. in Europe, and the Americas) to enable them to provide you with recruitment services and for the purposes of business development, systems development and testing;

  • We may also seek your consent to collect, hold, use and disclose personal information for purposes not included in the above list

  • The Adaptive Business Group websites may use recording services for analytical purposes; these can record mouse clicks, movements, page scrolling, user journeys and any text typed into website forms. This data is helpful for us to get a better idea of what our users are looking for, it is collected by us and stored to improve our usability. This is used for internal analytics reports and not shared with anyone else.

Your profile

Billers International gives you the option to submit a CV when creating a profile, this helps our consultants find you potential roles.

You can submit your CV to apply for specific jobs on the Adaptive Business Group websites, or to be reviewed by our consultants. Our team will be in touch as and when positions become available.

Your information will be stored as part of the profile within the ABG (Adaptive Business Group) database and will be accessible by our team. By creating a profile, you are agreeing to these terms.

You are able to delete your profile at any time. You can update your profile at any time, simply by logging in to the user area. By submitting new data, your old data will automatically be archived, providing the submission details stay the same.

What does the law say about this?

Our use of your information as outlined above is in line with the Data Protection Act, it is:

  • Directly relevant for and in our interest in pursuing a new career for you, and in line with the purposes set out above. Such interests in each case are not being overridden by your privacy interests;

  • in some cases, it is necessary to meet our legal or regulatory responsibilities, such as disclosures to authorities, regulators or government bodies;

  • in some cases, it is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest and, when we use special categories of personal information, necessary for establishing, exercising or defending legal claims or where the processing relates to personal information manifestly in the public domain;

  • in limited circumstances, processed with your consent which we obtain from you from time to time, such as when you opt-in to receive marketing communications and news, via email and other communication means.

Do you have to give us the personal information we ask for?

You are not under any obligation to provide your personal information to us when generally navigating our website, there will be cases where sessions are recorded so data will be stored in that sense. ABG is unable to fulfil specific requests for information or provide you with a tailored service unless you provide us with the necessary information.

How long do you keep my personal information for?

We will keep your information for as long as you wish to receive our communications and thereafter for the longer of the period required to meet our business, legal or regulatory responsibilities.

Disclosure of your information

We may share your personal information with any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006. We may share your information with selected third parties including:

  • Business partners, suppliers, clients and sub­contractors for: (1) the performance of any contract we enter into with them or you; or (2) the purpose of sourcing you employment or engagement with a 3rd party.

  • Analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our site. We may disclose your personal information to third parties:

  • In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.

  • If Adaptive Business Group or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.

  • If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

  • We share our data with selected, trusted third parties, including software suppliers.

Where do we keep your personal data?

The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers.

By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone

 Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmissions at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Where we use a third party supplier, contractor or agent, your personal information remains under our control, and we have security systems in place to ensure your data is sufficiently protected.

Access to information

The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.

Changes to our privacy policy

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e­mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them see our Cookie policy. Uses made of the information We use information held about you in the following ways:

Information you give to us. We will use this information to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us and to provide you with the information, products and services that you request from us; ○ to notify you about changes to our service; to ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.

Information we collect about you. We will use this information: to administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes; to improve our site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer; to allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so; as part of our efforts to keep our site safe and secure;

Information we receive from other sources. We may combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We may use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).

Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to Adaptive Business Group, Kenwood House, 1 Upper Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 2EL.

This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

By visiting www.billersinternational.com you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

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