Jobfinderusa.com Privacy Policy


Job Finder Publications (“jobfinderusa.com” or “us”), is committed to the responsible use or your personal information. We developed this privacy policy to explain how we gather, use, and disclose personal information which may be collected on the jobfinderusa.com website (the “Site”). This policy applies to data gathered on the jobfinderusa.com website does not apply to any other information or website. In this policy, the term “Personal Information” refers to information that is personally identifiable to you, like your name, home address, phone number, and email address.

Jobfinderusa.com may update its privacy policy from time to time. When we change the policy in a material way a notice will be posted on the Site along with the updated privacy policy.


Why we collect personal information

jobfinderusa.com collects personal information from its users in order to effectively provide access to private and secure areas of the site to post and manage original content (such as resumes and job postings). All users should be aware, that when they voluntarily display (e.g., public resume or job posting) or distribute personal information (such as their email address or resume), that information can be collected and used by others. This may result in unsolicited messages from third parties for which jobfinderusa.com is not responsible.


How we collect and use your personal information

Job seeker sign up: When you sign up as a job seeker, we gather information such as your first name, last name and email address; you may choose to provide optional information such as your address.

Resume and Personal History: When you create a resume using our site, we collect whatever information you choose to include in your resume. This personal information includes contact information, your education, work history, and legal work status.

Employer sign up: When you sign up as an Employer, we gather information such as your first name, last name, email address, company name, and company address; we request optional information such as your company website address.


Information gathering and use

You have the right to access, correct, update, and/or delete your information at any time. If you no longer desire to use the Site, or if your personally identifiable information changes, you may correct, update or delete your account through your “My Account” page.

Deleting a resume: If you delete a resume from the the Site, all references to that resume are removed from the the Site; however if you have applied for a job, the email containing your resume cannot be deleted once it has been delivered.

Job applications: When you apply for jobs using a stored resume, a complete copy of the resume you selected is provided via email to the employer and is also stored under the job you applied for. Each submitted resume will include the contact information you have provided in your account profile. This information is accessible to the employer when they "view" your resume through their jobfinderusa.com account.

Job postings: When you post jobs using the site, certain information is required for each job posting, including company name, contact information and job details. Once you post a job to the site, the information provided in each job posting is accessible to visitors of the site.


Security

The security of your personal information is important to us. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.


Credit card information

We do not currently offer any services or products to job seekers that require or use credit card information. Employers must provide credit card information to purchase online job credits, which are in turn, used to post jobs on jobfinderusa.com. We do not retain any user credit card information on our servers.

We use a credit card processing company to bill employers when they purchase online job credits. This company does not do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any other purposes.


Cookies

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on this site. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site.

We use both session ID cookies and/or persistent cookies. We use session cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site. A session ID cookie expires when you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browser’s “help” file. If you choose “Remember me on this computer” from the login page, we set a persistent cookie to store your password, so you don’t have to enter it more than once. If you reject cookies, you may still use the Site, but your ability to use some areas of the Site will be limited.

IP address

We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our website. We will not track any other information regarding your IP address.


Links

Jobfinderusa.com contains links to third-party sites that are not owned or controlled by Job Finder Publications. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies only to information collected by jobfinderusa.com.


Surveys or promotions

From time-to-time we may provide you the opportunity to participate in promotions or surveys on our site. If you participate, we will request certain personally identifiable information from you. Participation in these surveys or promotions is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code).


Communications from jobfinderusa.com

Jobfinderusa.com will send you strictly service-related announcements on occasions when it is necessary to do so. For instance, if you submit a request to reset your account password, or if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, we might send you an email. Generally, you may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature. If you do not wish to receive them, you have the option to delete your account.

When you sign up for an account, based upon the personally identifiable information you provide us, we will send you a welcome email to verify your username and password. We will also communicate with you in response to your inquiries, to provide the services you request, and to manage your account. We will communicate with you by email.


Information sharing and disclosure

We do not link aggregate user data with personally identifiable information.


Legal disclaimer

We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our the Site.


Business transitions

In the event, Job Finder Publications, Inc. goes through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your personally identifiable information will likely be among the assets transferred. You will be notified via email any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.


Fraud

Please be aware that email fraud is an ongoing concern for virtually all businesses and individuals on the internet today. Jobfinderusa.com will never initiate a request for your personal information via email or pop-up window. If you receive an email or see a pop-up window on our site that is requesting personally identifiable information, please do not respond and immediately contact us at: with any details you may have about the incident.


Contacting us

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Updated: May 9, 2011
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Job Finder Publications, 1240 SE Maynard Road, Suite 104, Cary, NC 27511 USA.


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