At Jobfox, Inc. (“Jobfox”
or “us”), we know you are concerned about your privacy, so we developed
this Privacy Policy to explain how we collect, use, and disclose your Personal Information.
As a guiding principal, our mission at Jobfox is to make a better job marketplace.
That means we take the information you provide us and make it publicly available
to a lot of people - all in order to help you find the right job. You control what
information is made publicly available, so if you do not want us to make certain
information publicly available, we give you that option. If you want to protect
your identity, we give you tools to help you do that, like the ability to block
certain domains from accessing your information. Read on and we will tell you how
this all works.
By registering with Jobfox and/or
using this site (the “Site”) or any other site that is operated
by Jobfox, you are accepting the policies and practices described in this Privacy
Policy. Each time you visit the Site or provide us with information you agree that
you are consenting to our use and disclosure of the information that you provide,
and consenting to receive emails, as described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy
Policy is incorporated into the Jobfox Terms of Service. If a term is capitalized
and not defined in this Privacy Policy, it is defined in the Terms of Service.
So we are clear about the terminology
we are using, when we use the phrase “Personal Information” in
this Privacy Policy, we mean information about you that is personally identifiable
to you, like your name, address, e-mail address, or phone number, as well as other
non-public information that is associated with the foregoing. When we use the phrase
“Non-Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we mean information
that is not associated with or linked to your Personal Information. Non-Personal
Information does not enable identification of or contact with, individual persons.
How We Collect Information
We receive and store information
you give us (either through the Site or in some other way). You may choose, as part
of the services available on the Site (the “Services”) Service,
to enter Personal Information, including your name, street address, email address,
credit card number and phone number. When you create your match profile on the Site,
we collect categories of information relevant to your profile, including your contact
information, information about your experience, education, desired salary, and travel
limitations. When you submit a resume to us, we collect whatever information you
include in your resume. We do all of this to help us in our effort to help you,
find the right job.
As you use our Service, we may also
passively collect certain information, including your Internet protocol address,
browser type, domain names, access times, and operating system. We also use Cookies,
clear GIFs, and navigational data like Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) to gather
information regarding the date and time of your use of the Service. This type of
information is collected to make our Services more useful to you and to help us
improve the Site.
If you feel that the services of
Jobfox.com could be useful for a third party you know (e.g. your friends or family
members etc), you may use our referral service. If you choose to use our referral
service to tell a friend about our site, we will ask you for your friend”s
email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting
him or her to visit the site. Jobfox stores this information for the sole purpose
of sending this one-time email and tracking the success of our referral program.
We currently contract with several
online partners to help manage and optimize our Internet business and communications.
We use the services of a marketing company We currently contract with several online
partners to help manage and optimize our Internet business and communications. We
use the services of a marketing company to help us measure the effectiveness of
our advertising on other web sites and how visitors use our Site. To do this, we
use web beacons, clear GIFs and cookies provided by our marketing company on this
Site. The information we collect helps us learn things like what kinds of customers
our Site attracts, which of our products most interest our customers, and what kinds
of offers our customers like to see. Although our marketing company logs the information
coming from our Site on our behalf, we control how that data may and may not be
used.
An “Internet protocol address”
or “IP address” is a number that is automatically assigned to your
computer by your Internet access provider when you use the Internet. In some cases
your IP address stays the same from browser session to browser session; but if you
use a consumer internet access provider, your IP address probably varies from session
to session. We track IP addresses solely in conjunction with session cookies to
our web page flow.
“Cookies” are small
pieces of information that a web site sends to your computer”s hard drive while
you are viewing a web site. We may use both session Cookies (which expire once you
close your web browser) and persistent Cookies (which stay on your computer until
you delete them). Persistent Cookies can be removed by following Internet browser
help file directions. Our cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information.
How We Use Information
In general, we use your Personal
Information to help you find job opportunities. We also use your Personal Information
to contact you and provide you with information that may be useful or interesting
to you, including newsletters regarding changes and upgrades to the Services as
well as promotional e-mails. By using the Site, you agree to receive this information
from us. If you do not want us to send you emails or otherwise contact you, you
can always opt out of communications by clicking on the unsubscribe links provided
when we contact you.
From time-to-time, we may create
Non-Personal Information from Personal Information by excluding information (such
as your name and other contact information) that would personally identify you.
Generally, we use this Non-Personal Information in statistical analysis to help
us
patterns in the use of our Services. We reserve the right to use and disclose Non-Personal
Information in our discretion.
Links to Other Sites
This Web site contains links to
other sites. Jobfox is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites.
We encourage you to be aware when
you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site
that collects personally identifiable information.
This privacy statement applies only
to information collected by this Web site.
Disclosure of Information
We will disclose your Personal Information
to employers who may have postings for job openings (“employers”).
We do not control how employers use or disclose information they obtain from us,
including Personal Information, and those employers may also share your Personal
Information with other employers that may have job openings. Also, if you have come
to our Site by following a link from one of our affiliates or business partners
or by following a link in an online job posting from a potential employer, they
may use the information consistent with their privacy policy instead of this Privacy
Policy. Since we do not control how they may use your information, we encourage
you to read their privacy policies. In addition, we may disclose your Personal Information
to third parties with whom we have a co-branding or promotional relationship, including
other job sites and our third party support provider. If you would like to know
the third party marketing partners to whom we have disclosed your Personal Information,
just let us know and we will tell you. If you would like to opt-out from having
your information shared with third party marketing partners, either click on the
unsubscribe link provided when we contact you or send an e-mail to privacy@jobfox.com
asking to be removed from future third party marketing communications. Jobfox does
not own the data collected on our third party support pages.
Disclosure of Information
In addition, we may disclose your
Personal Information:
(a) if such disclosure is made to comply with the law or an order issued by a court
or an authorized administrative agency, respond to a subpoena, legal process, warrant,
court order or to protect the rights or property of Jobfox or its affiliated companies,
prevent a crime, or protect the personal safety or rights of others;
(b) to our service providers for the purpose of providing services on our behalf,
such as customer service (help), credit card processing, information technology
services, and hosting services;
(c) as part of a merger or consolidation, or part of the sale of all or substantially
all the stock or assets of the business to which the information pertains; and
(d) as part of a disposition in a bankruptcy proceeding in a transaction approved
by the bankruptcy court.
Please be aware that when you voluntarily
display or distribute Personal Information on the Site or in other ways, that information
can be collected and used by others. This may result in unsolicited messages from
third parties. We cannot be responsible for Personal Information you voluntarily
display, disclose or distribute on the Site or in any other way.
Although we currently do not have
any corporate affiliates, such as a parent company, subsidiaries, joint ventures,
or other companies under a common control (collectively, “Affiliates”),
we may in the future. We will share some or all of your Personal Information with
these Affiliates, in which case we will require our Affiliates to honor this Privacy
Policy.
How to Limit the Ability of
Others To See Your Information
Giving you tools to help you protect
your contact information is a vital part of our mission. The Services provide you
the option to the option to block people accessing the Site from certain domains
from viewing your information.
You need to be careful, because
your resume or other information you provide to us may reveal your identity. It
is up to you to make sure you are comfortable with the information you provide.
Jobfox does not have any obligation to modify: (1) potentially identifying information
in your Disclosed Profile, or (2) your resume to remove or mask information that
may identify you. Your “Disclosed Profile” means your Personal
Information that Jobfox may disclose to an employer (including your resume) according
to the settings you choose in your profile.
Employers Use of Your Disclosed
Profile
Note that Jobfox does not have
any control over how an employer uses and discloses your Personal Information, including
information you provide directly to that employer. You acknowledge and agree that
(1) Jobfox does not evaluate any employer’s privacy practices, and (2) Jobfox
will not have any liability for any actions of any employer. You should know
that employers to whom we may disclose your Disclosed Profile may share your Disclosed
Profile with others.
Accessing and Controlling
Your Information
We are committed to giving you control
over your Personal Information. You may access the Personal Information you provide
to us, and may modify or delete that information, by logging into to your account
and editing it. If you request that we delete your Personal Information we will,
but we may retain Non-Personal Information that was derived from your Personal Information,
and we may also retain your Personal Information in our backup files for a period
of time. Please remember, however, that if we have already disclosed some of your
Personal Information, we can not access that Personal Information any longer and
can not force the deletion or modification of that Personal Information by the parties
to whom we have made those disclosures.
Security
Jobfox is committed to protecting
the security of your Personal Information. We use a variety of industry-standard
security technologies and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from
unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. In particular, all credit card transactions
on our site are conducted using SSL encryption. Even though we have taken steps
to ensure that your Personal Information is not intercepted, accessed, used, or
disclosed by unauthorized persons, you should know that we cannot fully eliminate
security risks associated with Personal Information. You assume all responsibility
and risk for your use of the Site and the information you post or access through
the Site.
User Feedback
If you provide feedback, any such
comments and any email we receive becomes the property of Jobfox. We may use feedback
for marketing purposes or to add to or modify our Services without paying any royalties
or other compensation to you.
Changes
This Privacy Policy is subject to
occasional revision, and if we make any material changes to it, we will either alert
you via e-mail or post an alert on our home page. If you object to any such changes,
you must cease using our Service and request that we delete your profile. Continued
use of our Service following notice of any such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement
of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes.
All such changes will apply to previously collected information.
Contact
If you have questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
privacy@jobfox.com.
Additional TRUSTe Protection
Jobfox is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program. TRUSTe is an independent, organization whose mission is to build user’s trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices. This privacy statement covers the Web site www.jobfox.com. Because this Web site wants to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices and have its privacy practices reviewed for compliance by TRUSTe.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact privacy@jobfox.com. If you do not receive acknowledgement of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should contact TRUSTe at http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison with us to resolve your concerns.
Thank you for using our Site.
Jobfox
7926 Jones Branch Drive, Suite 1100, McLean, VA 22102
Last Updated: January 22, 2009