Privacy Statement
Overview
RockfordEmployment.com is committed to respecting the privacy of our users. We strive to
provide a safe, secure user experience. This Privacy Statement sets forth the
online data collection and usage policies and practices that apply to all of our
Web sites (unless a different privacy statement is specifically made
applicable). By using a RockfordEmployment.com Web site, you consent to the policies and
practices described in this Statement.
Our sites contain links to other Web sites over which we have no control.
RockfordEmployment.com is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of other Web
sites to which you choose to link from a RockfordEmployment.com Web site. We encourage you to
review the privacy policies of those other Web sites so you can understand how
they collect, use and share your information. This Privacy Statement applies
solely to the information we collect on a RockfordEmployment.com Web site, and does not apply
to information we collect in any other fashion.
Collection and Retention of Information
In some areas of our Web sites, RockfordEmployment.com requests or may request that you
provide personal information, including your name, address, e-mail address,
telephone number and any other information from which your
identity is discernible. In other areas, RockfordEmployment.com collects or may collect
demographic information that is not unique to you such as your ZIP code, age,
preferences, gender, interests and favorites. Sometimes we collect or may
collect a combination of the two types of information. Examples of areas on
RockfordEmployment.com Web sites where we collect personal or combined personal and demographic
data are pages where you can open a RockfordEmployment.com account, sign up to use a service,
post a resume, enter a contest or purchase a product
We also gather or may gather certain information about your use of our site,
such as what areas you visit and what services you access. Moreover, there is
information about your computer hardware and software that is or may be
collected by RockfordEmployment.com. This information can include without limitation your IP
address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site
addresses.
RockfordEmployment.com may sometimes afford you the opportunity to provide descriptive,
cultural, behavioral, preferential and/or life style information about yourself,
but it is solely up to you whether you furnish such information. If you do
provide such information, you are thereby consenting to the use of that
information in accordance with the policies and practices described in this
Statement. For example, such information may be used for the purpose of
determining your potential interest in receiving email or other communications
about particular products or services.
Please remember that if you post any of your personal information in public
areas of RockfordEmployment.com, such as in online forums or chat rooms,
or in the searchable resume database, such information may be collected and used
by others over whom RockfordEmployment.com has no control. We are not responsible for the use
made by third parties of information you post or otherwise make available in
public areas of RockfordEmployment.com.
Since we believe that managing your career is a life-long process, we retain
indefinitely all the information we gather about you in an effort to make your
repeat use with us more efficient, practical, and relevant. Of course, you can
correct or update your RockfordEmployment.com account profile, resume and your RockfordEmployment.com
Networking profile at any time. Moreover, you can delete your resume from
RockfordEmployment.com's online database, remove your RockfordEmployment.com Networking profile or close your
RockfordEmployment.com and/or RockfordEmployment.com Networking account(s) at any time, in which event we
will remove all our copies of your resume, RockfordEmployment.com or RockfordEmployment.com Networking
account profile information and RockfordEmployment.com Networking profile information except
for an archival copy which is not accessible on the Internet.
Use of Information by RockfordEmployment.com
We use the information we gather on a RockfordEmployment.com Web site, whether personal,
demographic, collective or technical, for the purpose of operating and improving
the RockfordEmployment.com Web site, fostering a positive user experience, and delivering the
products and services that we offer.
We may also use the information we gather to inform you of other products or
services available from RockfordEmployment.com or its affiliated companies or to contact you
about your opinion of current products and services or potential new products
and services that may be offered. (The term "affiliated companies" is defined in
the section of this Statement entitled "Contact Information.")
We may use your contact information in order to send you e-mail or other
communications regarding updates at the RockfordEmployment.com site, such as new RockfordEmployment.com
opportunities and additional listings which may be of interest to you. The
nature and frequency of these messages will vary depending upon the information
we have about you. In addition, at the time of registration for RockfordEmployment.com, you
have the option to elect to receive additional communications, information and
promotions including without limitation free informational newsletters from
RockfordEmployment.com relating to topics that may be of special interest to you, such as
career management advice.
We have an area where you can submit feedback. Any feedback you submit in this
area becomes our property, and we can use such feedback (such as success
stories) for marketing purposes or to contact you for further information.
Disclosure of Information to Others
We do not disclose to third parties your personal information, combined
personal and demographic information or information about your use of a RockfordEmployment.com
Web site (such as the areas you visit or the services you access), except as set
forth below.
- We may disclose such information to third parties if you consent to
such disclosure. For example, if you indicate that you would like to receive
information about the products or services of third parties at the time you
register for a RockfordEmployment.com account, we may supply your contact information to
third parties such as employers, recruiters, data aggregators, marketers or
others for the purpose of sending you e-mail or otherwise communicating with
you. We may use data we have about you (such as the interests and preferences
you have expressed) to determine whether you might be interested in the
products or services of a particular third-party
- We may disclose such information to companies and individuals we employ
to perform functions on our behalf. Examples may include hosting our Web
servers, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit
card payments, and providing customer service. These companies and individuals
will have access to your personal information as necessary to perform their
functions, but they may not share that information with any other third party.
- We may disclose such information if legally required to do so, if
requested to do so by a governmental entity or if we believe in good faith
that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply
with legal process; (b) protect the rights or property of RockfordEmployment.com or its
affiliated companies; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or (d)
protect the personal safety of users or the public.
- We may disclose and transfer such information to a third party who
acquires all or a substantial portion of RockfordEmployment.com's business, whether such
acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a
substantial portion of our assets. In addition, in the event RockfordEmployment.com becomes
the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary,
RockfordEmployment.com or its trustee in bankruptcy may sell, license or otherwise dispose of
such information in a transaction approved by the bankruptcy court.
If you have a RockfordEmployment.com Networking profile, other users of RockfordEmployment.com Networking may
access your profile, however, they will not have access to contact information
which is not displayed in any RockfordEmployment.com Networking profile.
RockfordEmployment.com may also share aggregated anonymous information about visitors to each
of its Web sites (for example, the number of visitors to RockfordEmployment.com's Diversity
area) with its clients, partners and other third parties so that they may
understand the kinds of visitors to RockfordEmployment.com's site and how those visitors use
the site.
RockfordEmployment.com supplies technology, hosting and related services to other leading
companies to power recruitment areas on their Web sites (sometimes referred to
as "private label recruitment areas"). Personal and/or demographic information
supplied by you in private label recruitment areas becomes part of the RockfordEmployment.com
database, but it is not accessible by anyone other than you, RockfordEmployment.com and the
company concerned without your consent.
Information gathered on a page in a private label recruitment area, or on a
co-branded page (such as that of a contest co-sponsored by RockfordEmployment.com and another
company), may become the property of the other company or of both RockfordEmployment.com and
the other company. In that instance, the use of such information by the other
company may be subject to the privacy policy of that company and, in any event,
RockfordEmployment.com is not responsible for that company's use of your personal or
demographic information.
If you apply for a position through a co-branded site, you may be asked to
provide information on your age, gender or race. Some employers are required by
law to gather this information from job applicants for reporting and record
keeping requirements. You should understand that if provided, this information
will be used by employers only in accordance with applicable law and will not be
used in making any employment decisions. All information provided will be kept
separate from your expression of interest in any job opportunity. Providing
this information is strictly voluntary and you will not be subject to any
adverse action or treatment if you choose not to provide this information.
Resumes
Since RockfordEmployment.com is a career site, we give you the option of putting your resume
in our database. There are two ways of doing this:
- You can store your resume in our database, but not allow it to be
searchable by potential employers. Not allowing your resume to be searchable
means that you can use it to apply for a job online, but employers and
recruiters will not have access to search it through our resume database
product.
- If you allow your resume to be searchable, then all parties with access to
our searchable resume database (or copies thereof) will have access to your
resume. Additionally, portions of your searchable resume (but not your contact
information) may be made public in your Networking profile on RockfordEmployment.com
Networking.
We attempt to limit access to our searchable resume database (or copies
thereof) only to paying employers, recruiters, hiring managers, headhunters, and
human resource professionals, as well as law enforcement and national security
agencies, but cannot guarantee that other parties will not gain access to this
database. We are not responsible for the use made of resumes by third parties
who access such resumes while they are in our searchable database. However, the
portions of your searchable resume (not your contact information) that are
automatically made public in your Networking profile on RockfordEmployment.com Networking are
accessible to anyone who uses the RockfordEmployment.com Networking product. You may remove
your resume from our searchable database, or delete your profile from RockfordEmployment.com
Networking, at any time. However, employers, recruiters and others who have paid
for access to that database or to obtain a copy of that database, as well as
parties who have otherwise gained access to the database, and those who have
accessed RockfordEmployment.com Networking, may have retained a copy of your resume or
Networking profile in their own files or databases. We are not responsible for
the retention, use or privacy of resumes or profiles in these instances.
Use of Cookies
RockfordEmployment.com uses "cookies" to help personalize and maximize your online
experience and time online. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard
drive by a Web page server. Cookies are not used to run programs or deliver
viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to your computer, and
can only be read by a Web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to
save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have
returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize RockfordEmployment.com pages, or
register for services, a cookie helps us to recall your specific information
(such as user name, password and preferences). Because of our use of cookies, we
can deliver faster and more accurate results and a more personalized site
experience. When you return to the RockfordEmployment.com site, the information you previously
provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the features that you
customized. We also use cookies to track click streams and for load balancing.
You may have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers
automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to
decline all cookies if you prefer. Alternatively, you may be able to modify your
browser setting to notify you each time a cookie is tendered and permit you to
accept or decline cookies on an individual basis. If you choose to decline
cookies, however, that may hinder performance and negatively impact your
experience on the RockfordEmployment.com Web site.
Use of Web Beacons
RockfordEmployment.com Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons
(sometimes called single-pixel gifs) that allow us to count users who have
visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services. Web beacons are not used
to access your personally identifiable information on RockfordEmployment.com; they are a
technique we use to compile aggregated statistics about our Web site usage
Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number,
time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the Web
beacon resides.
Updating Your Information
You may review, correct, update or change your RockfordEmployment.com account profile
information at any time. Simply log into your RockfordEmployment.com account, go to your
Account Profile, review your account information and, if you wish, edit it with
the options provided. Click here
to access your Account Profile page.
If you opted to receive newsletters, commercial e-mails or other communications
from RockfordEmployment.com or third parties at the time you registered with RockfordEmployment.com, but
subsequently change your mind, you may opt-out by editing your Account Profile
as described above. If you previously opted not to receive such communications,
you may later opt-in by editing your Account Profile. .
Security
RockfordEmployment.com has implemented reasonable technical and organizational measures
designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from
unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee
that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or
use your personal information for improper purposes.
Children
RockfordEmployment.com is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not
knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Changes to Privacy Statement
If we decide to change our Privacy Statement for RockfordEmployment.com, we will post those
changes here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we
might use that information, and to whom we will disclose it. If at any time, you
have questions or concerns about RockfordEmployment.com's Privacy Statement, please feel free
to email us by clicking here.
Contact Information
RockfordEmployment.com is a name under which Jumpingtrout, Inc., a Illinois corporation with its
principal place of business at 7125 Windsor Lake Parkway Suite A Loves Park, Illinois 61111, and
certain of its affiliated companies worldwide, do business. ("Affiliated
companies" means entities that control, are controlled by or are under common
control with Jumpingtrout, Inc.) Jumpingtrout, Inc. is the legal entity which determines
the purposes and means of processing the information gathered at the RockfordEmployment.com Web
sites. The information we gather on any RockfordEmployment.com Web site may be shared within
Jumpingtrout, Inc. and its affiliated companies.
We welcome your comments concerning this Privacy Statement. If you believe that
we have not adhered to this Statement, please contact us by e-mailing us by
clicking here. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to
promptly determine and remedy the problem.
Thank you for using RockfordEmployment.com.
