Welcome to Sports + Outdoor Search, a recruitment search website dedicated to offering recruitment searches to clients and connecting job seekers with opportunities in the sports and outdoor industry. Your privacy is of the utmost importance to us. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, process, and disclose your personal information in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data protection laws.
1. Who We Are
This website is operated by Trapp Executive Search SASU t/a Sports + Outdoor Search, located near Bordeaux, France. We are the data controller responsible for the personal data collected through this website.
2. Age Restriction
Our services are not intended for individuals under the age of 18. By using our website, you confirm that you are at least 18 years old. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under 18. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under 18 without parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
3. Information We Collect
We collect various types of personal information to provide and improve our services. This information is collected both directly from you and automatically as you interact with our website.
3.1 Information You Provide Directly:
Identification Data: Your name.
Contact Data: Your email address.
Profile Information: Any other information you choose to provide when creating your profile or applying for jobs (e.g., professional experience, skills, resume/CV details).
3.2 Information Collected Automatically (via Cookies and Tracking Technologies):
Browsing Data: Information about your activity on our website, such as pages visited, time spent on pages, and clicks.
Location Data: General location information derived from your IP address.
Device and Usage Data: Information about your device (e.g., browser type, operating system) and how you interact with our website.
4. How We Use Your Information (Purposes of Processing)
We use the collected personal information for the following purposes based on the following legal bases:
For Recruitment Search (Contractual Necessity & Legitimate Interest): To match your profile with relevant job opportunities, facilitate your job applications, and connect you with potential employers in the sports and outdoor industry. This is essential for fulfilling our service to you.
For Marketing (Consent & Legitimate Interest): To send you relevant job alerts, newsletters, or promotional communications about our services that we believe may be of interest to you. You will always have the option to opt out of marketing communications.
For Analytics and Website Improvement (Legitimate Interest): To understand how users interact with our website, analyse trends, and identify areas for improvement to enhance your user experience and the effectiveness of our platform.
To Respond to Your Inquiries (Contractual Necessity & Legitimate Interest): To communicate with you, respond to your requests, and provide customer support.
To Ensure Security and Prevent Fraud (Legal Obligation & Legitimate Interest): To protect our website users and prevent fraudulent activities.
To Comply with Legal Obligations (Legal Obligation): To meet any applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or governmental requests.
5. Sharing Your Information
We take your privacy seriously and only share your information in specific circumstances:
With Clients for Candidate Recruitment (Contractual Necessity & Legitimate Interest): Your personal information (e.g., name, email, and any profile details/resume you provide) may be shared with our clients (employers in the sports and outdoor industry) for the sole purpose of candidate recruitment. By applying for a job or creating a profile on our website, you understand and agree to the sharing of this information.
With Service Providers (Contractual Necessity and Legitimate Interest): We may, at some point, engage third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our services (e.g., website hosting, analytics, email delivery). These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
For Legal Reasons (Legal Obligation): We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or a government agency).
Business Transfers (Legitimate Interest): If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal information may be transferred as a business asset.
Please be aware that when your profile or application is submitted to a client, their privacy policy will then govern their use of your data. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.
6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are small data files placed on your device. We use them for:
Essential Website Functionality: To make our website work correctly (e.g., logging in, remembering preferences).
Website Traffic and User Behavior Analysis: To understand how users navigate our site, identify popular pages, and track engagement to improve our website's performance and design.
Personalisation: To tailor content and job recommendations based on your browsing history and preferences.
You have the option to accept or refuse cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. However, if you choose to refuse cookies, some portions of our service may not function properly.
7. Data Security
We are committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard your data from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Your data is protected via secure servers and other industry-standard security protocols. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
8. Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your data, the purposes for which we process your data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
9. Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR)
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights regarding your data:
The Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your data.
The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you think is incomplete.
The Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request that we erase your data under certain conditions.
The Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your data under certain conditions.
The Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your data under certain conditions.
The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organisation or directly to you under certain conditions.
The Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent to process your data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. To exercise any of these rights, please get in touch with us at enquiries@sportsandoutdoorsearch.com
10. Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or the UK, and you believe that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have the right to complain to a competent supervisory authority. The relevant authority will depend on your location within the EEA/UK.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, or if you wish to exercise any of your rights, please get in touch with us:
By email: enquiries@sportsandoutdoorsearch.com
Trapp Executive Search t/a Sports+Outdoor Search
Bordeaux, FRANCE
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