EquiOpportunity Ltd. is a registered limited company in the United Kingdon and have our registered office at 15 Friars Gardens, Hughenden Valley, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP14 4LT. Our company registration number is 14444646. We can be contact via our contact page or ad***@eq*************.uk . This privacy policy will explain how we use the personal data we collect from you when you use our website. Our website address is: https://equiopportunity.co.uk/
This privacy policy applies between you, the User of this Website, and EquiOpportunity, the owner and provider of this Website. EquiOpportunity takes the privacy of your information very seriously. This privacy policy applies to our use of any and all Data collected by us or provided by you in relation to your use of the Website.
This privacy policy should be read alongside, and in addition to, our Terms and Conditions which can be found at: https://equiopportunity.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/
Please read this privacy policy carefully.
In this privacy policy, the following definitions are used:
Data: collectively all information that you submit to EquiOpportunity via the Website. This definition incorporates, where applicable, the definitions provided in the Data Protection Laws;
Cookies: a small text file placed on your computer by this Website when you visit certain parts of the Website and/or when you used certain features of the Website. Details of the cookies used by this Website are set out in the clause below (COOKIES);
Data Protection Laws: any applicable law relating to the processing of personal Data, including but not limited to the GDPR, and any national implementing and supplementary laws, regulations and secondary legislation;
GDPR: the UK General Data Protection Regulation;
EquiOpportunity, we or us: EquiOpportunity, a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 14444646 whose registered office is at 15 Friars Gardens, Hughenden Valley, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP14 4LT;
UK and EU Cookie Law: the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 as amended by the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 & the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2018;
User or you: any third party that accesses the Website and is not either (i) employed by EquiOpportunity and acting in the course of their employment or (ii) engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to EquiOpportunity and accessing the Website in connection with the provision of such services; and
Website: the website that you are currently using, www.equiopportunity.co.uk, and any sub-domains of this site unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions.
In this privacy policy, unless the context requires a different interpretation:
a. the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
b. references to sub-clauses, clauses, schedules or appendices are to sub-clauses, clauses, schedules or appendices of this privacy policy;
c. a reference to a person includes firms, companies, government entities, trusts and partnerships;
d. “including” is understood to mean “including without limitation”;
e. reference to any statutory provision includes any modification or amendment of it;
f. the headings and sub-headings do not form part of this privacy policy.
This privacy policy applies only to the actions of EquiOpportunity and Users with respect to this Website. It does not extand to any websites that can be accessed from this Website including, but not limited to, any links we may provide to social media websites.
For purposes of the applicable Data Protection Laws, EquiOpportunity is the “data controller”. This means that EquiOpportunity determines the purposes for which, and the manner in which, your Data is processed.
You may not transfer any of your rights under this privacy policy to any other person. We may transfer our rights under this privacy policy where we reasonably believe your rights will not be affected.
If any court or competent authority finds that any provision of this privacy policay (or part of any provision) is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision will, to the extent required, be deemed to be deleted, and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of this privacy policy will not be affected,
Unless otherwise agreed, no delay, act or omission by a party in exercising any right or remedy will be deemed a waiver of that, or any other, right or remedy.
This Agreement will be governed by and interpreted according to the law in England and Wales. All disputes arising under the Agreement will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts.
EquiOpportunity does not advise on which freelancers to hire or which clients to take on. We are not a recruitment agency, we are just providing the platform on which to self-recruit. Therefore we do not claim liability on any financial losses or misconduct.
We may collect the following Data, which includes personal Data, from you:
a. name;
b. date of birth;
c. gender;
d. job title;
e. profession;
f. contact information such as email addresses and telephone numbers;
g. financial information such as credit/debit card numbers;
h. IP address (automatically collected);
i. location;
j. images provided by yourself;
k. skills, education and qualifications;
l. employment and work history;
in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.
EquiOpportunity will collect your Data from you in a number of ways, for example:
a. when you contact us through the Website, by telephone, post, e-mail or through any other means;
b. when you register with us and set up an account to receive our products/service;
c. when you enter a competition or promotion through a social media channel;
d. when you make payments to us, through this Website or otherwise;
e. when you use our services;
in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.
To the extent that you access the Website, we will collect your Data automatically, for example:
a. we automatically collect some information about your visit to the Website. This information helps us to make improvements to Website contect and navigation, and includes your IP address, the date, times and frequency with which you access the Website and the way you use and interact with it’s content.
b. we will collect your Data automatically via cookies, in line with the cookie settings on your browser. For more information about cookies, and how we use them on the Website, see the section below, headed “COOKIES”.
EquiOpportunity may also receive your data indirectly from the following sources: PayPal or other third party payment method.
EquiOpportunity collects your data so that we can: process your subscriptions, manage your account, e-mail you with updates if you receive a message, e-mail you with updates if a yard/owner places an advert or if there’s a suitable freelancer profile, e-mail you with updates if a new blog post is made
When EquiOpportunity processes your order, it may send you data to, and also use the resulting information from, credit reference agencies to prevent fraudulant purchases. PayPal processes all payments made via this site, please see their privacy policy for further information https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/paypal-and-your-data
EquiOpporunity stores your data with Bluehost hosting provider with a dedicated VPN. The following security precautions are carried out: daily backups, malware detection and removal, domain privacy plus protection, SSL certificate
EquiOpportunity will keep your data for as long as you hold a profile with us. If you decide to remove your profile, we will delete your data automatically.
We may share your Data with the following groups of people for the following reasons:
a. third party payment providers who process payments made over the Website to enable third party payment providers to process user payments and refunds;
in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.
When users create profiles or place an advert on the site we collect the data given, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included.
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our website, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or simular technology. For further information, visit https://allaboutcookies.org/
EquiOpportunity uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website including: keeping you signed in, understanding how you use our website
If you create a profile on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you fill in your details in the future. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you post an advert, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the advert you just posted. It expires after 1 day.
There are a number of different types of cookies, however our website uses:
Necessary – Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
Functionality – EquiOpportunity uses these cookies so that we recognise you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
Analytics: Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Performance – Performance cookies are used to understand and analyse the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Advertising – EquiOpportunity uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. EquiOpportunity sometimes shares limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.
You can set your browser to not accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they prodive in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time. Website administrators can also see that information.
Unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law, we will only hold your Data on our systems for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this privacy policy or until you request that the Data be deleted.
Even if we delete your Data, it may persist on backup or archival media for legal, tax or regulatory purposes.
If you have an account on this site, or have posted an advert, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
EquiOpportunity would like to make sure you are fully aware of all your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – you have the right to request EquiOpportunity for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to retification – you have the right to request that EquiOpportunity correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request EquiOpportunity to complete information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – you have the right to request that EquiOpportunity erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – you have the right to request that EquiOpportunity restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – you have the right to object to EquiOpportunity’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – you have the right to request that EquiOpportunity transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our e-mail: ad***@eq*************.uk
Profiles and adverts may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
The EquiOpportunity website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy only applies to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
EquiOpportunity keeps it’s privacy policy under regular review and places updates on this webpage. The privacy policy was last updated on 28 June 2023.
EquiOpportunity reserves the right to change this privacy policy as we may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on the Website and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the privacy policy on your first use of the Website following the alterations.
EquiOpportunity may, from time to time, expand or reduce our business and this may involve the sale and/or transfer of control of all or part of EquiOpporunity. Data provided by Users will, where it is relevant to any part of our business so transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this privacy policy, be permitted to use the Data for the purposes for which it was originally supplied to us.
We may also disclose Data to a prospective purchaser of our business or any part of it.
In the above instances, we will take steps with the aim of ensuring your privacy is protected.
If you have any questions about EquiOpportunty’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us. E-mail us at: ad***@eq*************.uk
Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that EquiOpportunity has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office: https://ico.org.uk/
