Site terms and conditions

These website Terms and Conditions apply to your use of the michaelpage.com.cn website in conjunction with our PRIVACY POLICY. By using this website, you agree to comply with these Terms and Conditions as they apply from time to time. If you do not agree, please do not use the website.

Our recruitment services and our business relationship with you is also subject to our standard Terms and Conditions for clients and candidates, which can be provided by one of our specialist consultants when you are discussing your recruitment needs.

We may change these Terms and Conditions at our discretion and without notice and we suggest that you visit this page regularly to keep up to date with any changes.

Use of Website

The purpose of this website is to provide you with our services and general information. You must not breach any term of our Acceptable Use Policy set out below.

Links to or from other Sites

This Site contains links to external websites and there may be any number of automatic links to other sites, which may interest you. PageGroup does not accept any responsibility in respect of the content of those sites nor can it be assumed that PageGroup has reviewed or approved of such sites or their content, nor do we warrant that he links to these sites work or are up to date.

Disclaimer

The information and material on this website is intended to provide a general guide only. While PageGroup uses reasonable care in compiling and presenting the information and material on this website, we make no representation or warranty whatsoever regarding the accuracy, currency, completeness, adequacy, suitability or operation of this website, any services we may provide through it or the information or material it contains.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, PageGroup shall not be responsible or liable for:

(a) any loss, liability or damage suffered or incurred arising out of or in connection with any access to or use of this website or any of its content;

(b) any reliance on, or decision made on the basis of, information or material shown on or omitted from this website;

(c) any representation or otherwise in respect of the existence or availability of any job, vacancy, assignment or other engagement or appointment advertised on this website;

(d) any representation or otherwise that any employer or client will ask for a candidate's information, ask to interview or hire a candidate, or that any candidates will be available or will meet the needs of any employer or client;

(e) any breach of these Terms and Conditions by PageGroup caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control;

(f) any fault, delays, interruptions or lack of availability of this website and any of the services provided through this website, which may occur due to intermittent failures of this website or the need for repairs, maintenance or the introduction of new facilities or services;

(h) any representation that data provided through this website will be free of worms, viruses, Trojan horses or any other computer code that may adversely affect any communication;

(k) any information or material carried on any website operated by a third party which may be accessed from this website.

If any warranty cannot be excluded, to the maximum extent permitted by law, PageGroup’s liability will be limited to resupply of the relevant service, the cost of resupplying the service or the cost of repairing the services, at our option. In any event, PageGroup will not be responsible or liable for any indirect, consequential, incidental, exemplary, punitive or special damages, loss, liability or expense.

Signing Up on Our Website

If you upload your CV, submit your CV, apply for a job, sign up for Job Alerts, or create a My Page account you must ensure that the details provided by you at that or at any other time are accurate, up to date and complete.

You must immediately update and inform us of any changes to your information that you whether it be by making relevant changes to your CV or by updating your personal details using the My Page facility, so that we can communicate with you effectively and provide accurate up to date information to potential employers.

If you sign up to use My Page you will be asked to create a password and a login. In order to prevent fraud, you must keep this password confidential and must not disclose it or share it with anyone. If you know or suspect that someone else knows your password, you should notify us immediately. We accept no liability for any unauthorised use.

By using this site, you are solely responsible for any and all occurrences, which includes maintaining up-to-date, correct, accurate and complete information on your My Page account and uploading materials which do not breach or infringe the Intellectual Property Rights of any third party.

If PageGroup has reason to believe that there is likely to be a breach of security or misuse of our website, we may require you to change your password or we may suspend you’re My Page account.

We may suspend or cancel your account immediately at our reasonable discretion or if you breach any of your obligations under these Terms and Conditions or the Privacy Policy.

You can delete your My Page account and any corresponding job alerts within the account at any time by logging into My Page and selecting the “Delete Account” link.

The suspension or cancellation of your My Page account and your right to use the website shall not affect either party's statutory rights or liabilities.

Any information submitted may be accessed by PageGroup globally

Aggregate information

We may gather information and statistics collectively about all visitors to this Site which may include the information supplied by you which will help us to understand our users thereby creating a better recruitment process. We will not disclose individual names or identifying information. All data will be in aggregate form only. We believe this information helps us determine what is most beneficial for our users and how we can continually improve our online service. We may share this kind of aggregate data with selected third parties to assist with these purposes. Personal data is processed by us in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Intellectual Property

All trade marks, trade names, logos, information and material available on this website are the property of PageGroup and its licensors.

Any unauthorised reproduction is prohibited.

You may only access, use and print the information and material on this website for non-commercial or personal use provided that you keep intact all copyright and proprietary notices. You must not otherwise reproduce, adapt, store, transmit, print, display, commercialise, publish or create derivative works from any part of the content, format or design of this website.

If you seek to reproduce or otherwise use the content in any way it is your responsibility to obtain approval from us for such use where necessary.

Acceptable Use Policy

You must only use the services provided through this website for their stated purpose. You must not use the services provided by this website to:

(a) send, upload, display or disseminate or otherwise make available any unlawful, discriminatory, harassing, libellous, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, offensive, obscene, tortious or otherwise objectionable material or otherwise breach any laws;

(b) display, upload or transmit material that encourages conduct that may constitute a criminal offence, result in civil liability or otherwise may breach any applicable laws, regulations or code of practice;

(d) fraudulently or otherwise misrepresent yourself to be another person or a representative of another entity including, but not limited to, a PageGroup representative, or fraudulently or otherwise misrepresent that you have an affiliation with a person, entity or group;

Mislead or deceive PageGroup, its representatives and any third parties who may rely on the information provided by you, by providing inaccurate or false information, which includes omissions of information.

(e) disguise the origin of any material transmitted through the services provided by the website (whether by forging message/packet headers or otherwise manipulating normal identification information);

(f) send, upload or otherwise make available material which infringes any intellectual or industrial property right of any person (such as copyright, trademarks, patents, or trade secrets, or other proprietary rights of any party);

(g) send, upload, display or disseminate or otherwise make available material containing or associated with spam, junk mail, advertising for pyramid schemes, chain letters, virus warnings (without first confirming the authenticity of the warning), or any other form of unauthorised advertising or promotional material;

(h) send, upload or otherwise make available material containing viruses, trojans or any other material designed to impair, destroy or interrupt the performance of any hardware or software;

(i) obtain unauthorised access to or interfere with the performance of the servers which provide the services or any servers on any associated networks or otherwise fail to comply with any policies or procedures relating to the use of those servers; or

(j) collect, whether aggregated or otherwise, data about other users of the services.

March 2013