THE JM GROUP LIMITED WEB SITE TERMS OF USE AND DATA PROTECTION / PRIVACY POLICY

The JM Group Limited (registered number 3045015) is the holding company for:

The JM Group (Trustees) Limited (registered number 4004595) and The JM Group (IT Recruitment) Limited  (registered number 2979206)

Registered Office: 3a London Wall Buildings, cnr London Wall / Blomfield Street, London, EC2M 5SY

This policy covers the websites found at the following URL's www.blueprintgroup.co.uk, www.jmms.co.uk, www.theJMGroup.com, www.theJMGroup.co.uk, www.JMdigital.com . Several other domain names point to these websites and a list can be provided should there be a valid reason for you to see them.

The Websites are offered as a free service to you, the user. You have the opportunity to take independent legal advice on these Terms of Use before continuing to use any of the Websites. Your use of the Websites and/or your acceptance of these Terms of Use without modifying them constitutes agreement of the same by you. Only those who accept these Terms of Use are authorised to use any of the Websites.

The information provided on the Websites relates only to the services of The JM Group Companies including The JM Group (IT Recruitment) and has been provided in English. In proceeding you warrant that you believe these Terms of Use to be reasonable in their entirety.

1. Company Details

The Websites are operated by The JM Group a limited company which is registered in England & Wales under company number 3045015 with its registered office at 3a London Wall Buildings, cnr London Wall / Blomfield Street, London, EC2M 5SY. The JM Group may be contacted by calling your local JM Group office and speaking to a consultant or by letter marked attention of the IT Department, The JM Group Limited, 3a London Wall Buildings, cnr London Wall / Blomfield Street, London, EC2M 5SY or by email at it@theJMGroup.com

2. Copyright and Trademark Notices

All of the the JM Group logos are the property of The JM Group Limited. Other product and company names mentioned on the Websites or on other websites accessed through the Websites may be the trademarks of their respective owners. All contents of the Websites are copyright 2002 The JM Group, are protected by database rights and may also be protected by other means.

No part of the Websites may be reproduced in any form whether electronically or otherwise without the prior written consent of The JM Group, other than temporarily as one single copy to print out for personal use, or in the cache of your computer in the course of using any service provided via any of the Websites.

You must retain all copyright or trademark notices contained on any of the Websites on any copy you make of them or part of such copy. You may not sell or modify what is on any of the Websites or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the material on it in any way for any public or commercial purpose. The use of the material on any other website or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited.

3. Data Protection

The JM Group is deemed notified to process data under the Data Protection Act 1998. The JM Group Limited is under notification number Z9007675 and The JM Group (IT Recruitment) Limited is under Z9007002.

The JM Group is committed to protecting the privacy of its clients, candidates and all the users of the Websites, in accordance with the principles set out in the Data Protection Act 1998, and will therefore use its best efforts to ensure that the information anyone provides remains private, and is only used for the purposes detailed in these Terms of Use.

Information you give us

We receive and store any information you enter on the Websites or give us in any other way. You provide this information when you search, provide us with your CV or employment details, join The JM Group Community or Job Push, or communicate with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise. As a result of those actions you might supply us with information such as your name, address, post code, date of birth, gender, information on how you use our services (such as type, date, time, and information on your browsing activity when visiting any of the Websites) and any other information with respect of your use of any of the Websites or our services. We might also ask for other specific information from time to time.

We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests, customising future use of the Websites for you, improving the Websites and communicating with you, this could be in the form of emailshots about specific suitable roles or occasional newsletters. We will also use the information to help find you a position by matching your details with the job vacancies, provide consultancy and training services, keep you informed of news and wider development in your chosen field, make you aware of services The JM Group and associated companies can offer you and compile anonymous salary and other surveys of our candidates for The JM Group use.

Please note that for quality assurance and training purposes we may occasionally monitor calls between our staff and callers.

Should you not wish to receive any communication from us about the above mentioned services, including speculative emails regarding roles that may be on interest to you, please email unsubscribe@theJMGroup.com and let us know what services you wish to be unsubscribed from.

CVs - You can submit your CV when applying for particular vacancies, when joining The JM Group Community or speculatively via the links provided on our website. An email with a copy of your CV will be forwarded on to a consultant via a third party application tracking system when you register or apply for a position on our JM Group website or if applying through an advert on one of the job boards we use. After submitting your CV to us it will be processed by a 3rd party organisation who in turn will send you an email asking you to confirm that we can use your CV and that you agree to the terms and conditions we have laid out. Failure to agree to the terms may result in you not being put forward for the relevant role or future roles. This 3rd party organisation will also create an iProfile for you containing the data from your CV and we recommend you return via the links in the email and ensure your details and skills are correct and up to date. A record will be created or updated on our internal database and the original copy of your CV will be attached to this record. These CV’s will remain on our database indefinitely until you request your details to be removed and will therefore be accessed and used at a later date by our consultants. We will not post your original CV onto the Internet. We will notify you before submitting your CV to any client.

The JM Group Candidate Community & Job's by email - To use our JM Group Candidate Community and Job's By Email (JBE) services, you will be required to supply your e-mail address. This information is used for the purpose of keeping you informed by e-mail of the latest jobs and news relevant to you. Should you decide that you no longer wish to receive this information, you can either e-mail the IT Department (it@theJMGroup.com), log on to the Candidate Community, click on "Edit my Profile" and then de-select JM Group jobs by email, or write to the IT Department, The JM Group Limited, 3a London Wall Buildings, London Wall, London, EC2M 5SY. We do reserve the right to disable your account or delete it for any reason without notice.

Automatic information
We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. Technology allows us to obtain certain types of information when your web browser accesses the Websites. Third parties might also do this on the Websites. Examples of information we collect and analyse using technology which is not readily apparent include the Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet; log in; e-mail address; password; computer and connection information such as browser type and version, operating system and platform; the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL), click stream to, through and from the Websites, including date and time; cookie number; pages viewed or searched for; your site history, and phone number used to contact us. A number of companies offer utilities designed to help you visit websites anonymously. We want you to be aware that these tools exist. The JM Group may gather information about all visitors to the Websites collectively as well as individually. The JM Group only uses such data to help determine how the online services can be improved. Please note that The JM Group does currently use cookies, please refer to our “Cookies Policy on http://www.thejmgroup.com/content_dynamic/display.asp?form_action=display&id=638&type_id=2

Cookies Policy

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie.

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently remembering your preferences, and generally improve your web site experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.

We can split cookies into 4 main categories:

Category 1: strictly necessary cookies
Category 2: performance cookies
Category 3: functionality cookies
Category 4: targeting cookies or advertising cookies

Category 1 - Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies services you have asked for, like register for job alerts, cannot be provided.

Please be aware our site uses this type of cookie

Category 2 - Performance cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.

By using our website and online services, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.

Category 3 - Functionality cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name and password) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymous and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

By using our website and online services, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.

Category 4 - targeting cookies or advertising cookies
These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisations.

We do have links to other web sites and once you access another site through a link that we have provided it is the responsibility of that site to provide information as to how they use cookies on the respective site.

You can find more information about cookies by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org or www.youronlinechoices.eu. Google also have a brief video which explains the use of cookies.

Disclosure of your Personal Data
Your personal details, including your CV may be sent to consultants working in other JM Group offices or prospective employers both within and outside the European Economic Area. The data protection laws in countries outside the EEA may not be as extensive as in the European Economic Area but the JM Group will at all times adhere to the data protection principles outlined in the Data Protection Act 1998.
Additionally you acknowledge that the JM Group might sell or buy assets or the whole or any part of its business undertaking or that someone else may take over the running of any of the Websites. The legal status of the JM Group or its ownership could also change. In this type of transaction, customer information generally is one of the assets transferred. You acknowledge that your data can be transferred as part of the process. 
If you give fax, phone or e-mail details you authorise the JM Group or its associates to contact you using that method. If you decide that you no longer wish us to communicate with you, or the details we hold on you change, or you decide to register with the Telephone Preference Service or Fax Preference Service in the UK or any equivalent you agree to tell us to enable us to update our records. If you have any questions about data protection please email all questions to the IT Department at it@theJMGroup.com

4. Download times

In order to make the Websites more user-friendly and to increase the amount of information a number of software applications are used on the Websites. The Websites use Flash software. This may take more time to load than conventional HTML web pages, especially if you are accessing a Website over a dial-up connection to the internet or via a mobile device such as a WAP phone or PDA or any other wireless connection. The Websites may also make use of Adobe Acrobat software, for example to display job descriptions or advertisements. Again Adobe Acrobat files are likely to take longer to download especially if you are accessing the Websites in one of the ways outlined above. By proceeding to download Flash or Adobe Acrobat parts of the site you acknowledge the increased download time and computing resource you will need.

5. Limitation on Types of Use

You may not modify, copy, distribute, disable, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information or services obtained from any of the Websites. You may not use the site for anything other than the purpose outlined in these Terms of Use and you may not use spiders or other robotic software tools to gather information from the website.

6. Liability Disclaimer

Please Read Carefully as this Section Limits your Ability to Claim Damages

The main purpose of the Websites is to provide information about career opportunities both permanent and temporary within the financial and technology industries and information about our management consulting services. The Websites also provide information about the services offered by The JM Group Companies.

The JM Group uses reasonable care to check the accuracy of information published on the Websites. You should note however that The JM Group does not give any warranty that any information will be accurate or up-to-date and the user acknowledges that the information, and services published on any of the Websites may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. The JM Group can not verify the information which is supplied by any other individual or organisation. In particular, and without limitation to the rest of these Terms of Use, if you are thinking of taking up employment or training and you are using any of the Websites to help with your research, you should seek advice from an appropriately qualified careers adviser in addition to the information provided on this site. The JM Group is not able to guarantee that its service will continue or be accurate during time of server failure.

Information contained in, or accessible via, any of the Websites changes on a regular basis. The JM Group and/or its associates may make improvements or alterations to any of the Websites at any time and without notice. The JM Group is not responsible in any way whatsoever for the content of any site accessed using the Websites, nor (because of its links with numerous other web sites) can it warrant that use of the site will be free from virus contamination.

You must make independent checks on the accuracy of any information obtained via any of the Websites before relying upon it and you should obtain adequate insurance to cover you from any harm that might result from use of any data provided by this site. The JM Group is not in a position to know for what purpose you will use this data and so cannot insure against loss.

The JM Group makes no representations about the suitability of the information and services contained on, or accessed via, any of the Websites for any purpose nor does it warrant that any post featured on any of the Websites was or is still vacant. All warranties, terms and conditions with regard to this information and services, including all warranties, terms and conditions, implied by statute, collaterally or otherwise, of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.

The JM Group shall not in any event be liable for any damages (whether indirect, incidental, special, consequential or otherwise) arising out of, or in any way connected with, the use of the Websites, or with any delayed access to, or inability to use any of the Websites, or for any information, products, and services obtained through any of the Websites, or otherwise arising out of the use of the Websites, whether based on contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, even if The JM Group has been advised of the possibility of damages. This does not affect the statutory rights of any person dealing as a consumer nor shall anything in these terms and conditions exclude or limit liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence or for fraudulent misrepresentation.

Links to Third-Party Sites
The Websites contain links to websites operated by parties other than The JM Group. The JM Group does not control these services and is not responsible for their content. A reference on any of the Websites to any person, employer, company, organisation, product, website or service does not constitute or imply their endorsement, recommendation or favouring by the The JM Group Companies.

The inclusion of third party information does not imply any endorsement of the material or any association with their operators. In particular, and without limitation to the rest of these Terms of Use, The JM Group has no control over any news groups, chat rooms or e-mail discussion forums which you may come across via this site. Additionally, and again without limitation to the rest of these Terms of Use, you should not download any material (including but not limited to pornographic, racist or obscene material) from the internet without first checking that it is legal to do so in your jurisdiction.

The JM Group reserves the right to remove any link or third party service at any time and without notice and shall not be obliged to give a reason for doing so. If you become concerned about the content of a site linked to or from any of the Websites or any news story please inform The JM Group immediately via e-mail to the IT Department it@theJMGroup.com. If your complaint is about unsuitable content you may also consider reporting the matter to the Internet Watch Foundation who can be contacted via their website at http://www.iwf.org.uk/.

8. Messages from the JM Group and its Associates

Any e-mail or other form of communication between representatives of The JM Group Companies and other parties will be deemed covered by these Terms of Use.

9. Messages to the JM Group

You are responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of their posting. If you submit information to us, by doing so you give us a non-exclusive royalty free licence to use it and you warrant that the material you send us (including but not limited to any details of jobs you have done and qualifications you possess) is true. The JM Group continually monitor e-mails sent to us and may bar e-mails which breach these Terms of Use.

If you provide your CV or other personal details via the Websites you do so in the knowledge that the internet and e-mail are not a secure environment.

Without limit to the legal requirements already imposed on you, you must not (and by e-mailing us you agree not to) do the following things: post material that reveals trade secrets; post material that infringes on any other intellectual property rights of others, which breaches the professional ethics of a profession or the privacy of others; post material that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, sexually explicit or discriminatory; or pretend to be another person.

10. No Unlawful or Prohibited Use

As a condition of your use of any of the Websites, you warrant to The JM Group that you will not use any of the Websites for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use.

11. Other General Terms

These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of England (where the Websites originate and are designed to be accessed) and are deemed to be made in London, England. You consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of any of the Websites. Use of any of the Websites is unauthorised in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this section.

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment or agency relationship exists between you and The JM Group as a result of your acceptance of these Terms of Use or use of any of the Websites. Each and every provision of these Terms of Use is separate and severable. If any part of these Terms of Use is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set out above, then the validity and enforceability of the remainder of the terms shall not be affected.

These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and The JM Group with respect to the Websites and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written, between you and The JM Group with respect to any of the Websites. A printed version of these Terms of Use and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to these Terms of Use to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. You will be responsible for all charges, fees, duties, taxes, and assessments arising out of the use by you of any of the Websites.

12. Variation of these Terms and Conditions

The JM Group reserves the right to change the terms, conditions and notices under which the Websites are offered including these Terms of Use. For this reason you should regularly visit these Terms of Use as the current version will be binding on you.

Original: April 2008
Reviewed: September 2009
Reviewed & Updated: September 2010
Reviewed & Updated: September 2011
Reviewed & Updated: September 2012
Reviewed & Updated: September 2014
Reviewed & Updated: July 2015