Privacy Policy
R.Twining & Company Limited (Twinings) may ask you to provide certain information when you use this website. This policy sets out how Twinings use and protect any personal information that you give Twinings when you use this website. Twinings may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
The information collected may include:
- name and job title
- contact information, including e-mail address
- gender
- occupation and company details
- other information relevant to recruitment processes
Twinings may use this information for the following reasons:
- internal record keeping
- to improve this website
- provide aggregate information and statistics for the purposes of monitoring website usage in order to help Twinings develop this website and recruitment processes, Twinings may provide such aggregate information to third parties. These statistics will not include information that can be used to identify any individual
- recruitment and selection purposes
- to pass your details to accountants, consultants and other professionals, for the purpose of obtaining professional advice and complying with Twinings' legal obligations
- use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
If you have supplied contact details Twinings may contact you by e-mail, phone, fax or mail.
Security
The internet is not a secure medium. Twinings is committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Cookies and IP Addresses
Twinings may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to collate aggregate information about users. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalised service.
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our site.
Other Websites
This website may contain links that make it easy for users to visit other websites. If the user uses the links to leave this website and visit a website operated by a third party, Twinings does not have any control over that website. Accordingly, Twinings cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which users have provided while visiting such websites. Users should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Personal Information
Owing to the global nature of the internet, the information you provide may be transferred to countries outside the EEA that do not have similar protections in place regarding your information and its use. Twinings may also transfer details to other companies comprising the ABF Group some of which are outside the EEA or to third parties for the purposes set out above.
By using the website and/or by submitting your CV and personal information and not advising Twinings to the contrary, you consent to Twinings using the data in the way set out in this policy.
Under the Data Protection Act 1998 (Act), you may request details of personal information that Twinings holds about you. An official fee will be payable. If you want to make a request, you should write to The Resourcing Manager, R Twining & Co Ltd, South Way, Andover, Hampshire SP10 5AQ.
For the purposes of the Act the data controller is R.Twining & Company Limited of Weston Centre, 10 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 4QY.
