Privacy Policy

Company
Franchise Focused Sales Limited as operator of the websites franchise-top-10.co.uk and ft10.co.uk takes the protection of the personal data of website visitors and candidates seeking new employed and self-employed opportunities very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy. This website is operated by Franchise Focused Sales Limited, 20-22 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7GU (the “Company”) as the responsible body and Data Controller.

Declaration of consent / consent including forms
As a user of this website, I agree that the personal data provided by me are stored, processed and used by Franchise Focused Sales Limited. Furthermore, I entrust Franchise Focused Sales Limited with forwarding the data collected to the companies, providers and their representatives selected by me in compliance with data protection regulations.

Collecting Data
The Company has collected your personal data and will process your personal data for the purposes of providing you with work-finding services. This includes for example, contacting you about career opportunities (self-employed or employed), assessing your suitability for those opportunities, updating our databases, putting you forward for career opportunities and developing and managing our services and relationship with you and our clients.

In some cases, we may be required to use your data for the purpose of investigating, reporting and detecting crime and also to comply with laws that apply to us. We may also use your information during the course of internal audits to demonstrate our compliance with certain industry standards.

The legal bases we rely upon to offer these services to you are:

Where we have a legitimate interest (see below)
To comply with a legal obligation that we have
To fulfil a contractual obligation that we have with you

The Company has collected (or may collect) the following personal data on you:

Your full name
Your email address
Your home address
Your telephone number(s)
Your career history

Legitimate Interest
This is where the Company has a legitimate reason to process your data provided it is reasonable and does not go against what you would reasonably expect from us. The Company has relied on a legitimate interest to process your personal data and our legitimate interests are as follows:

Managing our database and keeping work-seeker records up to date;
Contacting you to seek your consent where we may need it;
Providing work-finding services to you, including sending your personal information to our clients where you have demonstrated an interest in our client’s opportunity including passing on your CV, if it has been provided;
Contacting you with information about similar career opportunities;

Submitting Data
We transfer personal data to third parties only if this is necessary in the context of the contract, for example within the framework of the desired contract initiation to potential employers / franchisors or to companies affiliated with Franchise Focused Sales Limited within and outside the EU. A further transmission of your data does not take place unless you have expressly consented and requested to the transmission of your data.

Liability for Links
Our proposition contains links to external websites of third parties on whose contents we have no influence. Therefore, we cannot assume any liability for these third parties. The respective provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the contents of the linked pages. The linked pages were checked for possible legal violations at the time of linking. Illegal content was not recognisable at the time of linking. However, a permanent content control of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete evidence of an infringement. Upon notification of violations, we will remove such links immediately.

Privacy Policy for the use of Facebook plug-ins (Like-Button)
On our pages plugins of the social network Facebook (1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA) are integrated. The Facebook plugins can be recognized by the Facebook logo or the “Like-Button“ (“Like”) on our site. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. When you visit our pages, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook “Like-Button” while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the contents of our pages to your Facebook profile. As a result, Facebook can assign the visit to our pages to your user account. We point out that we as the provider of the pages are not aware of the content of the data transmitted and their use by Facebook. For more information, please see the privacy policy of Facebook If you do not wish that Facebook can assign to visit our pages to your Facebook user account at http:// facebook.com/policy.php, please log out of your Facebook user account.

Privacy Policy for the use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website for reports on website activity for website operators and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage. Google will also transfer this information to third parties if required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Google will never associate your IP address with other Google Inc. data. You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; However, please be aware that in this case you may not be able to fully use all the features of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Privacy Policy for the use of Google Adsense
This website uses Google AdSense, a service for integrating advertisements of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google AdSense uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). These web beacons can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on these pages. The information generated by cookies and web beacons on the use of this website (including your IP address) and delivery of advertising formats are transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the USA. This information may be shared by Google with Google affiliates. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data you have stored. You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; However, please be aware that in this case you may not be able to fully use all the features of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Data Retention
The Company will retain your personal data only for up to 7 years in order to keep you abreast of career opportunities.

Different laws may also require us to keep different data for different periods of time.

Revocation of consent
Your consent to the transmission of data to the companies affiliated with us can be withdrawn informally at any time by sending an e-mail to the e-mail address named at the end of this document.

Right to information, cancellation, blocking
At any time, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and a right to correct, block or delete this data. For further information on personal data you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.

Your rights as a user
Please be aware that you have the following data protection rights:

The right to be informed about the personal data the Company processes on you;
The right of access to the personal data the Company processes on you;
The right to rectification of your personal data;
The right to erasure of your personal data in certain circumstances;
The right to restrict processing of your personal data;
The right to data portability in certain circumstances;
The right to object to the processing of your personal data that was based on a public or legitimate interest;
The right not to be subjected to automated decision making and profiling; and
The right to withdraw consent at any time.

You can request free information from us about your personal data stored by us at any time. In addition, you are entitled to demand the correction, blocking or deletion of your personal data within the framework of the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulations. Please send your request by e-mail to: info@ft10.co.uk

For all questions regarding data protection, you can also contact the Data Protection Officer of Franchise Focused Sales Limited: Miss Amy O’Brien, Franchise Top 10, The Hiscox Building, Peasholme Green, York, YO1 7PR info@ft10.co.uk

Last Update: June 2018