Terms and Conditions
Use of Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub
These Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Notice, Safer Recruitment Policy, Data Protection Policy and Website Terms and Conditions of Use govern your use of the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub (Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub) and your relationship with Wycombe Abbey (Wycombe Abbey, we or us). Please read them carefully as they affect your rights and liabilities under the law. Please note that to use any of the services provided on the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub, you are required to register as an authorised user on the site.
1. Use of the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub
The Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub is provided to you free of charge for your personal use subject to these Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Notice and Website Terms and Conditions of Use. By using the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Notice and Website Terms and Conditions of Use.
THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DO NOT AFFECT YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS.
2. Amendments
We may update these Terms and Conditions from time to time and any changes will be notified to you via a suitable announcement on the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub. The changes will apply to the use of the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub after we have given notice. If you do not wish to accept the new Terms and Conditions you should not continue to use the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub. If you continue to use the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub after the date on which the change comes into effect, your use of the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub indicates your agreement to be bound by the new Terms and Conditions.
3. Registration
Please ensure that the details provided by you on registration or at any time are correct and complete. Please inform us of any changes to the information that you provided when registering by updating your personal details.
4. Password and security
When you register to use the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub you will be asked to create a password. You must keep this password confidential and must not disclose it or share it with anyone. You will be responsible for all activities that occur or are submitted under your password.
If you know or suspect that someone else knows your password you should notify us by contacting us on [email protected] immediately.
If Wycombe Abbey has reason to believe that there is likely to be a breach of security or misuse of the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub, we may require you to change your password or we may suspend your account in accordance with the relevant paragraph below.
5. Excluded Services
The services provided by the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub do not include the provision of computer or other necessary equipment to access the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub. To use the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub you will require Internet connectivity and appropriate telecommunication links. We shall not be liable for any telephone or other costs that you may incur.
6. Intellectual property
The content of the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub is protected by copyright, trademarks, database and other intellectual property rights. You may retrieve and display the content of the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub on a computer screen, store such content in electronic form on disk (but not any server or other storage device connected to a network) or print one copy of such content for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you keep intact all and any copyright and proprietary notices. You may not otherwise reproduce, modify, copy or distribute or use for commercial purposes any of the materials or content on the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub without written permission from Wycombe Abbey.
No licence is granted to you in these Terms and Conditions to use any trademark of Wycombe Abbey or its affiliated entities.
7. Limitations
You may not use the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub for any of the following purposes:
● disseminating any unlawful, harassing, libellous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material;
● transmitting material that encourages conduct that constitutes a criminal offence, results in civil liability or otherwise breaches any relevant laws, regulations or code of practice;
● gaining unauthorised access to other computer systems;
● interfering with any other person's use or enjoyment of the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub;
● breaching any laws concerning the use of public telecommunications networks;
● interfering or disrupting networks or web sites connected to the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub; and
● making, transmitting or storing electronic copies of materials protected by copyright without the permission of the owner;
Wycombe Abbey reserves the right to refuse to post material on the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub or to remove material already posted on the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub.
You will indemnify us against all losses, liabilities, costs and expenses reasonably suffered or incurred by us, all damages awarded against us under any judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction and all settlements sums paid by us as a result of any settlement agreed by us arising out or in connection with:
● any claim by any third party that the use of the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub by you is defamatory, offensive or abusive, or of an obscene or pornographic nature, or is illegal or constitutes a breach of any applicable law, regulation or code of practice;
● any claim by any third party that the use of the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub by you infringes that third party's copyright or other intellectual property rights of whatever nature; and
● any fines or penalties imposed by any regulatory, advertising or trading body or authority in connection with the use of the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub by you.
8. Availability of the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub
Although Wycombe Abbey aims to offer you the best service possible, Wycombe Abbey makes no promise that the services at the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub will meet your requirements. Wycombe Abbey cannot guarantee that the service will be fault free. If a fault occurs in the service, you should report it to us by email at [email protected] and we will attempt to correct the fault as soon as we reasonably can.
Your access to the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub may be occasionally restricted to allow for repairs, maintenance or the introduction of new facilities or services. Wycombe Abbey will attempt to restore the service as soon as it reasonably can.
9. Wycombe Abbey’s right to suspend or cancel your registration
Wycombe Abbey may suspend or cancel your registration immediately at our reasonable discretion or if you breach any of your obligations under these Terms and Conditions. You can cancel this agreement at any time by informing us in writing. If you do so, you must stop using the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub.
The suspension or cancellation of your registration and your right to use the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub shall not affect either party's rights or liabilities.
Paragraphs 9, 10 and 13 of these Terms and Conditions shall survive cancellation.
10. Wycombe Abbey’s liability
The Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub is provided by Wycombe Abbey without any warranties or guarantees. You must bear the risks associated with the use of the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub and the Internet.
The Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub provides content from other Internet sites or resources and while Wycombe Abbey tries to ensure that material included on the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub is correct, reputable and of high quality, it cannot accept responsibility if this is not the case. Wycombe Abbey will not be responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of such information or for any technical problems you may experience with the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub. If Wycombe Abbey is informed of any inaccuracies in the material on the site we will attempt to correct the inaccuracies as soon as we reasonably can.
In particular, we disclaim all liabilities in connection with the following:
● incompatibility of the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub with any of your equipment, software or telecommunications links;
● technical problems including errors or interruptions of the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub;
● unsuitability, unreliability or inaccuracy of the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub; or
● inadequacy of the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub to meet your requirements.
To the full extent allowed by applicable law, you agree that we will not be liable to you/or any third party for any consequential or incidental damages (including but not limited to loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of anticipated
savings, wasted expenditure, loss of privacy and loss of data) or any other indirect, special or punitive damages whatsoever that arise out of or are related to the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub.
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude Wycombe Abbey’s liability for personal injury or death caused by its negligence.
11. Third Party Websites
As a convenience to Wycombe Abbey users, the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub includes links to other web sites or material which are beyond its control. Wycombe Abbey is not responsible for content on the Internet or any other website outside the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub.
12. Applicable Law
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and any disputes will be decided only by the English courts.
13. International Use
Wycombe Abbey makes no promise that materials on the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub are appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United Kingdom and accessing the Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub from territories where its contents are illegal or unlawful is prohibited. If you choose to access this site from locations outside the United Kingdom, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
14. Data Retention
The information collected about you will be stored in our recruitment database. If you have not logged into your account or made a job application for a six-month period, you will be contacted and asked if you would like to retain your profile or have the opportunity to have your account and all personal information deleted. You can request your account be deleted at any time by contacting us at [email protected] or by logging into the Recruitment Hub and deleting your account personally.
15. Subject Access Requests
To obtain a copy of the information we hold about you, email the Head of Compliance on [email protected] or write to: Head of Compliance, Wycombe Abbey, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 1PE.
16. Miscellaneous
You may not assign, sub-license or otherwise transfer any of your rights under these Terms and Conditions.
If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of that provision will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect.
If you breach these Terms and Conditions and Wycombe Abbey ignores this, Wycombe Abbey will still be entitled to use its rights and remedies at a later date or in any other situation where you breach the Terms and Conditions.
Wycombe Abbey shall not be responsible for any breach of these Terms and Conditions caused by circumstances beyond its control.
A person who is not a party to these Terms and Conditions shall have no right under the Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of these Terms and Conditions but this shall not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from that Act.
The Wycombe Abbey Recruitment Hub is owned and operated by Wycombe Abbey, Girls’ Education Company Limited, a charity registered in England and Wales whose registered office is at Wycombe Abbey, Frances Dove Way, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 1PE. Our Charity number is 310638. Company No. 47031
If you have any queries please contact us at [email protected]
Member of staff Director of People
Reviewed March 2023