Privacy Policy
Your privacy & personal data
Skilled Search respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy notice explains how we lawfully process your personal data, including the collection, use, storage, and transfer of your data. The notice provides information about your privacy rights and our obligation to lawfully protect your privacy while using services provided by Skilled Search.
Who is responsible for your data?
Skilled Search (“we”, “us”, or “our”) is responsible for your personal data and is the designated “data processor”.
Skilled Search Ltd is a private company limited by guarantee in England.
Registration number: 14775861
Registration address: 33 Dumfries Drive, Derby, United Kingdom, DE22 3XT
If you have any questions about this privacy statement or how and why we process personal data, please contact Skilled Search’s Data Protection Officer on: Email: info@skilledsearch.co.uk
Personal data we collect about you.
We may collect, use, store and transfer the following kinds of personal data about you,
when you submit it to us:
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Email communications: If you get in touch with us by submitting a message through our website Contact form, we will record your first name, last name, email address, phone number and any message you send.
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Marketing and Communications Data: If you sign up to receive the Skilled Search Newsletter, we will collect your email address.
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Reservations data: If you book a table with us using our online reservation form, we will record your name, phone number, party size, booking date and email address.
Cookies and Website analytics
We use cookies, which are small text files that are placed on your computer when you visit. We do this to make our website work more efficiently and to promote our news, products, and services on social media.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to track and analyse web traffic in order for us to improve our website and provide us with essential marketing data (e.g., number of page views to our site in a month). Only anonymous data is stored, and we take care to avoid any personal data being sent to Google Analytics. We collect this data under the “legitimate interest” lawful basis.
Microsoft Clarity
Clarity helps us understand how users interact with our website. It collects non-personally identifiable information (PII) through the use of cookies and similar technologies. This includes data such as:
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Session Recordings: Clarity tracks how users move their mouse, click, and scroll on our site.
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Heatmaps: It provides aggregated visual representations of the areas where users interact most.
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Device and Browser Information: Clarity collects anonymized information such as browser type, screen size, and device type to help us improve the user experience.
This data is used for website improvement and optimization purposes and does not personally identify users. For more information, you can view Microsoft’s privacy policy.
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Meta Pixel
Meta Pixel helps us track actions visitors take on our website and allows us to provide more tailored advertising on Meta platforms (such as Facebook and Instagram). When you visit our website, Meta Pixel collects the following types of data:
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User Actions: Such as pages viewed, products purchased, and forms submitted.
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Device Information: Including your IP address, browser type, and device identifiers.
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Cookie Data: Meta Pixel uses cookies to track users across different websites and browsers.
The information collected through Meta Pixel is shared with Meta (Facebook) and may be used to deliver personalized advertisements based on your browsing habits. For more details on how Meta handles your data, visit their privacy policy.
How we use your personal data
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will
use your personal information for the following reasons:
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To respond to requests and enquiries from you, which you have submitted via our email address or website contact form.
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Where you have consented (subscribed) to receive email marketing communications (the Skilled Search Newsletter) from us.
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Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
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We process personal data collected through Clarity and Meta Pixel based on your consent. When you first visit our website, we ask for your consent to place cookies on your device through a cookie consent banner. By accepting, you agree to the collection of data via Clarity and Meta Pixel. You may withdraw your consent at any time by adjusting your browser settings or using the options below.
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How to Manage Your Cookie Preferences
You can manage or block cookies at any time by changing your browser settings. For more information on how to do this, please visit the help section of your browser. You may also:
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Disable Meta Pixel tracking by using Meta's ad settings or opting out of personalized ads through third-party tools such as YourAdChoices or the Network Advertising Initiative.
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Adjust cookie preferences directly on our website through the "cookie settings" option.
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Your communication preferences
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The Skilled Search website offers an email Newsletter Subscription service, allowing users to voluntarily sign up to receive information about the Skilled Search programme. If you subscribe to these updates, we will collect your email address. By submitting the Newsletter subscribe form you are subscribing to the Skilled Search newsletter, your information will be securely transferred to Skilled Searchs’ marketing platform, Mailchimp.
If you have previously subscribed, you can use the Unsubscribe link at (at the bottom of all Newsletters) to opt-out of receiving further Skilled Search Newsletters from us. You can update your preferences at any time.
If you Unsubscribe from the Skilled Search newsletter, we will keep a note of your email address and your request so that we can make sure you are excluded from future Newsletters.
Sharing your personal information
We will not pass on your personal data to any other third parties without your consent unless the law requires us to do so.
If we buy or sell any business or assets in which case, we may disclose your Information to the seller or buyer of such business or assets.
Skilled Search facilitates online event registration via our website and on occasion third party websites such as Street Food Market providers. Personal information may be collected via event registration forms and the type of information collected will vary. We may share registrant information with third parties in association with the event such as event organisers, however we will never pass your details to third parties in order for them to contact you without your express consent.
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Data collected through Clarity is stored by Microsoft and may be processed by third-party analytics services. Similarly, data collected by Meta Pixel is shared with Meta and used for advertising purposes. We retain this data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy, after which it is anonymized or securely deleted.
For more information on how long your data is retained by third-party providers, you can refer to the privacy policies of Microsoft and Meta.