Last Updated on 9/18/2009
Minority Recruit Online ("MR")
is committed to safeguarding your privacy. We strongly recommend you
read the following privacy policy so that you understand your rights
and obligations as you use the Website ("Site"). MR reserves
the right to amend, change, and/or modify this policy at any time.
- What personally identifiable
information do we collect from you?
MR collects information in several ways from different parts of the
Site.
We gather some personal information when you register: your name, Site
username, password and keyword and email address. We will alert you
to any material change to this privacy policy via email and site notices
at least 30 days in advance.
MR may also ask you for personal information at other times, including
(but not limited to) when you respond to a survey, post information
on the site, or report a problem. If you contact us, we may keep a record
of that correspondence. To change your personal information, contact webmaster@
minorityrecruitonline.com.
- What are cookies and how
does MR use them?
MR may use "cookies" to customize your experience on the
Site. Cookies store information that can track information about you.
A cookie is a small data file sent to your browser from a Web server
and stored on your computer's hard drive. We use both session ID cookies
and persistent cookies. The session ID cookie terminates when you close
your browser. A persistent cookie remains on yor hard drive for an extended
period of time. If you opt to disable cookies, MR will not be able to
provide you with access to any user-specific sections of the site, including
account information, change of address, and maintenance request.
MR uses cookies to:
- Remind MR of who you are so
you may access your account (stored on our computers). Cookies
also allow us to deliver personalized content to you. This cookie is
set when you register or sign in and modified when you sign out of the
services.
- Measure certain traffic patterns
of sites you’ve visited and your visiting patterns in aggregate.
MR may collect IP addresses for system administration and to report
aggregate information to Site sponsors (if any). The IP addresses collected
are not tied to your personally identifiable information.
- How does MR use your information?
We take your privacy seriously! We don’t share, rent or sell any personally
identifiable information you provide us to any third party other than
as outlined in this privacy policy.
MR's primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide a
customized experience. MR may occasionally send you notices about our
services or your account. You can choose to opt out from these communications
by contacting us at webmaster@
minorityrecruitonline.com. Only MR has direct online access to user accounts.
MR researches our users' demographics, interests, and behavior based
on the information provided upon registration, from our server log files,
or from surveys. MR does this to better understand and serve users.
This research is compiled and analyzed on an aggregated basis. MR may
share this aggregate data with MR, Minority Recruit, Inc. (“MRI”)
and Site sponsors (if any).
- Who is collecting information?
When you provide personal information to MR, we store or transmit it
through one or more servers owned and maintained by a third party Internet
service provider ("ISP"). The ISP shares this information
only with MRI unless you are specifically informed otherwise. If data
is being collected and/or maintained by any other company, we will notify
prior to the data collection or transfer. If you don’t want your data
shared, you can choose to opt out of using the service or product collecting
personal information.
Please be aware that sponsors of the Site or Websites that have links
on the Site may collect personally identifiable information about you
when you visit their sites. The information practices of Websites linked
to the Site are not covered by this privacy statement. You should refer
to the privacy policies of the other Websites, or contact their respective
webmasters to obtain information regarding their data collection and
use policies.
- With whom does MR share
your information?
As a general rule, MR will only disclose your personally identifiable
information to MRI (who agrees to keep such information confidential
in accordance with this Privacy Policy) for the purposes of providing
you web site services. MR may also disclose such information when MR
has your permission or under special circumstances, such as when MR
believes in good faith that the law requires it or under the circumstances
described below.
Sponsors: MR may disclose your personal information to sponsors,
but this is specifically described to you prior to data collection or
prior to transferring the data.
Organizations listed on the Site have separate privacy and data collection
practices. We have no responsibility or liability for these independent
policies. For more information regarding the organization, their services,
and their privacy policies, return to that organization’s home page
and click on their "Information," "Privacy Policy"
or similar link.
Third Party Data and Data in the Aggregate: Under confidentiality
agreements, MR may match user information with data collected by third
parties. Also, MR may disclose aggregated user statistics (for example,
45% of our users visit the Featured Employers area) in order to describe
MR's services to prospective customers, affiliates, partners, advertisers,
and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes.
Protection of Rights: MR may also disclose account information
in special cases when MR has reason to believe that disclosing this
information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action
against someone (i) who may be violating the Terms of Use Agreement [hyperlink text];
(ii) who may be violating or causing damage to or interference with
(either intentionally or unintentionally) the rights or property of
MR, MRI, other Site users, or any other person or entity; or (iii) to
protect the personal safety of employees of MR or MRI, other Site users,
any other person or entity or the general public. MR may disclose or
access account information when MR believes in good faith that the law
requires it and to ensure the integrity and operation of MR business
and systems.
Asset Transfers: MR continues to develop its business and in
doing so might choose to buy Websites, businesses or other assets. Customer
information is generally one of the transferred assets acquired in such
purchases. Also, if MR should choose to sell some or all of its assets,
customer information, including your information collected through this
Site, could be included in the transferred assets.
MR will notify you via email at the time of data collection or transfer
if MR intends to share, sell or transfer your data to a third party
other than MRI and you will always have the option of not permitting
the transfer.
- How you can access, update
or delete your information?
You may edit your information or reset a forgotten username or password
at any time by contacting the Site's Webmaster webmaster@
minorityrecruitonline.com. The webmaster will confirm completed changes
by email. You can request deleting or deactivating your account, but
doing so will end your access to the password-protected portion of the
Site. Please contact the Site's Webmaster at webmaster@
minorityrecruitonline.com or by phone (866- 249-7574) for further instructions
about deleting or deactivating your account.
- What kind of security precautions
are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of
personal information?
We take precautions to protect personal information. When users submit
sensitive information via the Web, their information is protected both
online and off-line.
The Site has a password access feature designed to permit only you (and
those you provide your password to) and MR or MRI to have direct access
to your account information. We will never ask you for your password
in an unsolicited phone call or email. Also remember to sign out
of your Site account and close your browser window when you have finished
your work online. This ensures others can’t access your personal
information and correspondence if you share a computer with someone
else or are using a computer in a public place, like a library or Internet
cafe.
No internet data transmission can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While
we strive to protect your personal information, we can’t ensure or
warrant the security of any information you transmit to MR or from the
Site, and you do so at your own risk. Once MR receives your transmission,
we will attempt to ensure its security on our systems.
We do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line.
All of our users' information is restricted in our offices. Only employees
who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our
billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access
to personally identifiable information. Furthermore, ALL employees are
kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Finally, the
servers that store personally identifiable information are in a secure
environment located in a locked facility provided by our ISP.
If you have any questions about the security of our Site, please contact
our Privacy Director at privacy@minorityrecruitonline.
com.
- What about children's privacy?
Children’s safety is very important to us. This Site is a general
audience Website and no portion is directed to children under 13. MR
does not collect personally identifiable information from any person
MR actually knows is a child under the age of 13. As mentioned above,
the Site is password-protected, which helps guard against children logging
on to the protected areas of the Site without the permission of their
parents or guardian.
- What else should you know
about your privacy?
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes
to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate
so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it,
and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the
right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review
it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify
you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our homepage.
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal
information online - for example through email - that information can
be collected and used by others.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of
your password and username and any account information. Please be careful
and responsible whenever you're online.
Questions and Suggestions
If, after reading this document, you
have any questions or need to reach us, you may do so by emailing our
Webmaster at webmaster@
minorityrecruitonline.com, or mailing us at: MINORITY RECRUIT Attn: Privacy
Director, 10045 Springfield Pike, Suite 5, Cincinnati, OH 45215