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Privacy Policy
This privacy statement describes how CareerDots collects and uses the personal information you provide on our Web site:
www.careerdots.com. It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and how you
can access and update this information.
We collect the following personal information from you:
Contact Information such as name, email address, mailing address, phone number
Billing Information such as credit card number, and billing address
Unique Identifiers such as user name, account number, password
Preferences Information such as product wish lists, order history, marketing preferences
Demographic information such as age, education, gender, interests and zip code.
We also collect the following information about your business such as company name, company size, business type As is true
of most Web sites, we automatically gather information about your computer such as your IP address, browser type,
referring/exit pages, and operating system.
We use this information to:
Fulfill your order
Send you an order confirmation
Assess the needs of your business to determine suitable products
Send you requested product or service information
Send product updates or warranty information
Respond to customer service requests to administer your account
Send you a catalog
Send you a newsletter
Send you marketing communications
Administer contests and sweepstakes you entered, and notify you if you won
Respond to your questions and concerns
Improve our Web site and marketing efforts
Conduct research and analysis
Display content based upon your interests
Facilitate your transactions with other users
Enable you to post your resume, search job postings, and contact or be contacted by prospective employers
List you in our member directory made available only to other members
List you in our publicly accessible member directory.
If you do not want to be listed in our directory contact us at info@careerdots.com
Choice/Opt-Out
You may choose to stop receiving our newsletter or marketing emails by following the unsubscribe instructions included in these
emails or you can contact us at info@careerdots.com We enable you to create a profile, and share information such as messages,
photos, and videos with others. Please note that we cannot control the actions of others with whom you may choose to share your
pages and information.
Information Obtained from Third Parties
If you provide us personal information about others, or if others give us your information, we will only use that information for
the specific reason for which it was provided to us. You can import contacts from your Outlook or other email account address book
to invite them to become members of our site. We collect the username and password for the email account you wish to import your
contacts from and will only use it for that purpose.
Information Sharing
We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy statement. We
do not sell your personal information to third parties. We may provide your personal information to companies that provide services
to help us with our business activities such as shipping your order or offering customer service.
These companies are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us. We may also disclose your personal information as required by law such as to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request. If Careerdots.com is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our Web site of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information, to any other third party with your prior consent to do so.
We will share your personal information with other companies so that they can market their products or services to you. If you do not want us to share your personal information with these companies, contact us at info@careerdots.com We make your contact information available to other users that you transact with on this site to help complete the transaction.
These companies are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us. We may also disclose your personal information as required by law such as to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request. If Careerdots.com is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our Web site of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information, to any other third party with your prior consent to do so.
We will share your personal information with other companies so that they can market their products or services to you. If you do not want us to share your personal information with these companies, contact us at info@careerdots.com We make your contact information available to other users that you transact with on this site to help complete the transaction.
PayPal
If you choose to use PayPal to finalize and pay for your order, you will provide your credit card number, directly to PayPal.
PayPal's privacy policy will apply to the information you provide on the PayPal Web site.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
We may use cookies, for example, to keep track of your preferences and profile information. Cookies are also used to collect
general usage and volume statistical information that does not include personal information.
Web Beacons
Our Web pages contain electronic images known as Web Beacons (sometimes called single-pixel gifs) and are used along with
cookies to compile aggregated statistics to analyze how our site is used and may be used in some of our emails to let us know
which emails and links have been opened by recipients. This allows us to gauge the effectiveness of our customer communications
and marketing campaigns. Our Web pages may also contain electronic images known as Web Beacons (sometimes called single-pixel gifs)
that are set by our third party partners.
Web Beacons are used along with cookies enabling our partners to compile aggregated statistics to analyze how our site is used. We use a third party to gather information about how you and others use our Web site. For example, we will know how many users access a specific page and which links they clicked on. We use this aggregated information to understand and optimize how our site is used.
Web Beacons are used along with cookies enabling our partners to compile aggregated statistics to analyze how our site is used. We use a third party to gather information about how you and others use our Web site. For example, we will know how many users access a specific page and which links they clicked on. We use this aggregated information to understand and optimize how our site is used.
Links to Other Web Sites
Our Site includes links to other Web sites whose privacy practices may differ from those of CareerDots.com. If you submit personal
information to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy statements.
We encourage you to carefully read the privacy statement of any Web site you visit.
We encourage you to carefully read the privacy statement of any Web site you visit.
Security
The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the
personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet,
or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any
questions about security on our Web site, you can contact us at
info@careerdots.com We provide two means for you to make
a purchase
on our site. You can either use our order form or a third party payment option. If you use our shopping cart, the transmission of
sensitive information collected on our order form is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL). If you choose to use a
third party payment option to pay for your order, its privacy statement and security practices will apply to your information.
We encourage you to read that privacy statement before providing your information.
We encourage you to read that privacy statement before providing your information.
Additional Policy Information
Our Web site includes Widgets, which are interactive mini-programs that run on our site to provide specific services from another
company (e.g. displaying the news, opinions, music, etc). Personal information, such as your email address, may be collected through
the Widget. Cookies may also be set by the Widget to enable it to function properly. Information collected by this Widget is governed
by the privacy policy of the company that created it. You can log in to our site using sign-in services such as Facebook Connect or
an Open ID provider.
These services will authenticate your identity and provide you the option to share certain personal information with us such as your name and email address to pre-populate our sign up form. Services such as Facebook Connect give you the option to post information about your activities on this Web site to your profile page to share with others within your network. Our Web site offers publicly accessible blogs or community forums. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them.
These services will authenticate your identity and provide you the option to share certain personal information with us such as your name and email address to pre-populate our sign up form. Services such as Facebook Connect give you the option to post information about your activities on this Web site to your profile page to share with others within your network. Our Web site offers publicly accessible blogs or community forums. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them.
Correcting and Updating Your Personal Information
To review and update your personal information to ensure it is accurate, contact us at
info@careerdots.com
Notification of Privacy Statement Changes
We may update this privacy statement to reflect changes to our information practices.
If we make any material changes we will notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on this Site prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
If we make any material changes we will notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on this Site prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
Contact Information
You can contact us about this privacy statement by writing or email us at the address below:
CareerDots.com One Broadway, 14th Floor Cambridge, MA, USA 02412.
CareerDots.com One Broadway, 14th Floor Cambridge, MA, USA 02412.