Last update: 26.09.2025
Equal Opportunity (a trading name of EO Careers Ltd), together with AllAboutCareers Ltd, is committed to protecting and keeping confidential the information that we collect and that you provide to us. EO Careers Ltd and AllAboutCareers Ltd act as joint data controllers. Equal Opportunity is the trading name you see on this website, while your data is processed through AllAboutCareers Ltd’s secure systems.
We ask that you read this Privacy Statement carefully, as it contains information about:
• How and why we collect, store, use, and share personal information
• Your rights in relation to your personal information
• How to contact us if you have a complaint
We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. If you opt-in to receive emails from us, we will notify you of any changes or updates we make. If you do not opt-in to receive emails, you should check this page occasionally to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
Who is the data controller?
Organisation Name: EO Careers Ltd (trading as Equal Opportunity) and AllAboutCareers
Email address: mydata@allaboutgroup.org
Postal address: AllAboutGroup, Lytchett House, 13 Freeland Park, Wareham Road, Poole, Dorset, BH16 6FA
ICO Registration Numbers: EO Careers Ltd [ZC004421 ], AllAboutCareers Ltd [Z1906470]
What personal data do we collect about you?
When you sign up to EqualOpportunityCareers.co.uk, we collect, use, and share the following categories of personal data:
Your basic personal details:
Your name;
Your email address;
Your password;
Phone number (optional).
Information about your educational background and your academic plans:
The university or college you attend/attended;
Your academic stage, i.e. when you graduate;
The type of course you plan to study next such as LLB or LLM.
Your preferred course start date.
Sensitive data:
Your gender (optional);
Your ethnicity (optional);
Your disability status (optional);
If you identify as LGBTQ+ (optional).
Data about your economic background
If you were previously eligible for free school meals (optional);
If you are the first in your family to go to university (optional);
If you are from a low-income family (optional).
Data about your device and how you interact with our website:
When you use EqualOpportunityCareers.co.uk generally, even as an unregistered user, we may process data on your use of the website, including:
Which pages you visit;
The time of your visit;
How long you spend on each page;
How long you remain on the website;
The method/ by which you were referred to our website, e.g. via Google or social media channels;
Your general site browsing habits;
The type of device you used to access the website;
The type of web browser you used to access the website;
The type of operating system you used to access the website;
Your network location and IP address.
Data collection via Zoom or similar video conferencing tools
To engage with some of the sessions during our Virtual Law Fair, First Year Law Fair, Digital Campus, and our Diversity Programme you will need to use a video conferencing software program that we will choose to interact with exhibitors and speakers via video chat. You will have the option to turn off your camera and mute your microphone.
By what methods do we collect your data?
Data you voluntarily provide to us
When you access our website, register on our platform, and sign up for events, you voluntarily disclose your personal data to us such as your name, surname, email address, your educational background, and your sensitive data.
Data we automatically collect about you
When you access our website and use our platform, we collect data about you such as your IP address, your device type, and pages you visit our website through the use of cookies and similar technologies. For instance, we use Google Analytics to collect data about your IP address and how you browse our website.
Why do we collection this data and what do we do with it?
We collect, process, and share your personal data for the following purposes:
To send you promotional emails
Contacting you via email for market research purposes
To customise our website according to your interests.
To sell aggregated information about our users
To analyse how you use and interact with our website so that we can improve our content, product, and services
Sharing your data with third-party Employers and Law Schools (only where you have given explicit consent by ticking a box at signup).
Sharing your data with Law Schools (only where you have given explicit consent for that specific partner, e.g. BPP)
To analyse and measure the performance of marketing campaigns in aggregate (your personal details are not shared unless you consent)
Our lawful basis for collecting this data
When we collect, process, use, and share your data, we rely on one of the legal bases under Article 6 of the UK GDPR to justify our processing activities.
Consent (Article 6.1.a) – when we:
send you promotional emails about our services and similar opportunities
contact you for market research
customise our website according to your interests
share your data with third-party Employers and Law Schools (only when you tick a consent box)
share your data with specific law school partners (only when you tick a consent box)
Legitimate Interests (Article 6.1.f) – only for security, fraud prevention, and essential analytics
Contractual Necessity (Article 6.1.c) - to deliver services you sign up for, such as virtual events or vacation training management, where the processing is necessary for us to perform our contract with you
Explicit Consent (Article 9 UK GDPR) – when you submit sensitive personal data such as your race, gender, or sexual orientation.
Age restrictions
You must be aged 13 or older to register with EqualOpportunityCareers.co.uk. We will ask you to verify your age when completing the sign-up form, and this is why we ask for your date of birth.
Should we become aware that any site users under 13 are using the site, we will remove their profile and the personal data that we have collected.
Any personal information you choose to share on the site is at your own risk, but if you are concerned at all, and are aged between 13 and 17, we recommend that you seek advice from your parents or guardians before deciding to share your personal data with us.
Where is this personal data stored?
All of the data you give us consent to process when you sign up to EqualOpportunityCareers.co.uk is securely stored on our dedicated server which is managed by eUKhost at their UK Data Centre. The data centre is independently audited to ISO27001 standard and is protected from both physical and electronic intrusion at all times using some of the most sophisticated technologies.
Security is a top priority at the Data Centre. 24 x 7 on-site security guards, ID-based access policy, electronic access controls, external and internal CCTV monitoring, and perimeter fencing with controlled gate access safeguard the data hall from unauthorised access.
All of the data you give us consent to use by opting into cookies on your browser is processed by Google Analytics or Google Ad Manager. We also use the Facebook tracking pixel and Google remarketing tracking pixel to serve remarketing adverts. As part of our remarketing campaigns your data may also be encrypted and uploaded to social media platforms for the purpose of creating custom or lookalike audiences.
3rd Party Data Processors we may use to help process your data.
Here is a list of the 3rd party data processors we may use to store or process your personal data:
Leadpages
Google Analytics
DoubleClick for Publishers (Google)
Eventbrite
Beehiiv
Sprout Social
Survey Monkey
Mailchimp
eUKHost
Heart Internet
Pathable
Zoom
Microsoft Clarity
We are committed to ensuring that all of the above third-party data processors that process personal data on our behalf are fully compliant with the GDPR.
We do not enter into contracts with other data processors unless they can demonstrate the steps they have taken toward compliance.
International Data Transfers
When we transfer your data outside the UK or a country without an adequacy status, we rely on the data transfer mechanisms enshrined under Article 46 of the UK GDPR.
When we transfer data subject to the UK GDPR out of the UK, we implement the UK International Data Transfer Agreement(IDTA) which is approved by the UK Data Protection Authority(ICO). The UK IDTA can be found here.
To learn more about how we comply with the international data transfer requirements under the UK GDPR, you may contact us for more information.
Security Measures and Procedures
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have analysed the risks presented by our processing and have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
EqualOpportunityCareers has an SSL Certificate installed. This means when you are browsing on our website a secure connection will be established, and the connection between your browser and our server will be secure. You can see that our SSL Certificate is working correctly because a padlock or green bar will show in the address bar in your browser, depending on which one you use.
This is a method of cryptography that encrypts the data that is sent from your browser to our server. This means that if a hacker was to intercept that message, they will only be able to see a cryptographic code that it is impossible for them to break. Only the intended recipient of this data (i.e. our secure server) will be able to understand and process it.
You can access and update your own personal data via the Account Settings page once you have logged in. You can only access this data by entering your password. This password is encrypted within our database.
We regularly review our information security policies and measures and improve them where necessary. We also conduct regular testing and reviews of our measures to ensure they remain effective. We also make sure that any data processors we use implement appropriate technical measures.
How long do we retain your data?
The GDPR states that personal data should be stored for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data is processed. With that in mind, we only store personal data on our users for a maximum of up to five years, unless you withdraw consent earlier or request deletion. For university client leads (e.g. BPP), data may be retained for a shorter period if required by the client’s own privacy policy.
As the majority of our users register as school students, school leavers, undergraduates, or graduates, we feel that five years is a legitimate amount of time for those individuals to still be deemed active job seekers in the early careers market.
We prompt all registered users on an annual basis to update their data processing preferences, so if you would like us to store and process your data for longer than five years, it is advisable for you to update your consent preferences when prompted.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website.
Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide whilst visiting such sites, and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Your rights as a Data Subject & Controlling your data DATA
Once you have registered as a member of EqualOpportunityCareers.co.uk, you are entitled to:
Access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection, and withdrawal of consent.
How to exercise your rights
To exercise your rights, you may contact either EO Careers Ltd or AllAboutCareers Ltd using the details above. As joint controllers, we will coordinate to make sure your request is answered.
How to submit a complaint to the UK Data Protection Authority
If you have any concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority in the UK.
For the UK, this is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ICO’s contact details can be found on their website at https://ico.org.uk.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk
If you are based in the EU, you can get in touch with the relevant data protection authority in your country of residence. You can check the following directory to learn more:
