We at
Skills4u.com are committed to good privacy practices regarding your personal
information. Your loyalty as a Education/Training seeker, customer or visitor
is important, and we hope that our concerns regarding your privacy, as
described in this policy (the "Privacy Policy" or
"Policy"), demonstrate our commitment to making your experience
with Skills4u.com an enjoyable and satisfying one.
Although
Skills4u.com respects the privacy of all those who visit our Web sites and use
our online services, we do collect information from our visitors, including
Education/Training seekers and customers. This Privacy Policy governs your
interaction with the Skills4u.com web site and your registration for and use of
Skills4u.com's online services (collectively, the "Services"). Except
as set forth within this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use and other
published guidelines, we do not release personally identifiable information about
out members and visitors without their permission.
Note that,
by using the Services, you signify your agreement to this Privacy Policy. If
you do not agree to this Policy, please do not use the Services. Your
continued use of the Services subsequent to changes to this Policy will mean
that you accept the changes; therefore, please bookmark this page and review
it periodically. If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, or
any other privacy issues in connection with the Services, please e-mail us at
feedback@skills4u.com.
A. The information we gather.
Skills4u.com
gathers two types of information about users:
1. Non-personally
identifiable information (information that does not identify a specific
individual): When visitors use the Services, we collect and aggregate
information indicating, among other things, which pages were visited, the
order in which they were visited, and which links were "clicked."
Collecting such information involves the collection and logging of IP
addresses, operating system, and browser software used by each user of the
Services. Although such information is not personally identifiable, we can
determine from the IP address a visitor's Internet Service Provider and the
geographic location of his or her point of connectivity.
The
non-personally identifiable information we collect helps us identify the most
popular areas of our web site and determine the effectiveness of our
promotional activities. In addition, we may disclose some of this information
to advertisers to inform them of the number of people who have seen and/or
clicked through their advertisements.
We collect
non-personally identifiable information in part through the use of
"cookies" - that is, small text files placed on your computer's
hard drive - that help us determine the type of content and pages to which
you link, the length of time you spend at any particular area of the
Services, and the Services you choose to use. Cookies also tell us which
advertisements you have seen on our Services, allowing us to continue to
provide many of these Services at little or no cost to you. Essentially,
cookies are your identification cards for the Skills4u.com computers or servers
that placed them there. Cookies are only read by the server that placed them,
and are unable to execute any code or virus; they will not permit a Web site
operator to learn any personally identifiable information (see below) about
you unless you have previously provided that information to the Web site
operator or you have set the preferences in your browser to provide this
information.
Cookies
allow Skills4u.com to serve you better and more efficiently, and to personalize
your experience with the Services - for example, by allowing us to save your
password so that you do not have to reenter it each time you use the
Services. Nevertheless, you should be able to control how and whether cookies
will be accepted by your web browser. For more information on how to do so,
please refer to the documentation accompanying your browser.
Please note
that our advertisers and their designees, as well as other third parties, may
collect information about you through cookies or other technologies when they
serve advertisements through the Services or when you visit their Web
site(s). Additionally, the Services contain links to other third party Web
sites, including co-branded or other affiliated sites which may or may not be
owned or operated by or in conjunction with Skills4u.com. You acknowledge that we
do not monitor or control the information collection or privacy practices of
any third parties, and are not responsible for their practices or the content
of their web sites, including their use of any information (such as IP
number, browser type, or operating system) collected when visitors or Members
"click through" links to their sites or view advertisements served
by them. Even though certain information collected by such third parties
might not identify you personally, we strongly encourage you to become
familiar with their privacy practices, and to contact such third parties if
you have any questions about their respective privacy policies.
2.
Personally identifiable information: In certain areas of the Services - such as
those in which you Announce intention of seeking education/training, complete
a requirement profile, submit your resume, create a new account, or enter
Skills4u.com-sponsored contests or promotions - we may request that you provide
us with certain personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail
address, name, zip code, profession, or work experience. We will, in such
situations, seek to identify which informational items are required and which
are optional.
Education/Training
seekers should post their requirement profiles on Skills4u.com only if they wish
such information to be viewed by Skills4u.com's customers. At any time,
Education/Training seekers may elect that their profile not be searchable by
Skills4u.com's customers by logging into their account and changing the status of
their profile or, if that is not possible, they may contact Skills4u.com at support@skills4u.com and we will make the
change for them.
In addition,
Education/Training seekers may elect to make their profile searchable by
Skills4u.com customers on a confidential basis only. In this case, the user's
name, contact information will not be displayed to customers performing
searches on Skills4u.com. If the customer desires to contact the confidential
Education/Training seeker regarding a training service, they will send an
email to the Education/Training seeker through the Skills4u.com system. Skills4u.com
will forward the email to the seeker's email address. The seeker's email
address will not be provided directly to the customer.
The
Services are not available to children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly
collect personally identifiable information from children under 13 years of
age.
Please note
that Skills4u.com cannot control the acts of users of the Services. All members
and visitors should be aware that, when they disclose personally identifiable
information in a profile or other medium, the information may be collected
and used by others to send that person unsolicited email from other parties
outside Skills4u.com. In the event that you encounter any Skills4u.com user who is
improperly collecting or using information about you or other users, please
contact feedback@contact.com.
B. How we use (and do not use) the information we gather
Please take some time to familiarize yourself with the different
ways we use the information we gather. Keep in mind that, while Skills4u.com
encourages all third parties involved - including but not limited to its
advertisers - to adhere to our policies regarding the privacy of our visitors
and members and to otherwise handle personal information in a responsible manner,
we cannot and do not assume any responsibility for any actions or omissions
of third parties, including the manner in which they use information received
either from Skills4u.com or independently. Nevertheless, in the event you
encounter any third party associated with, or who claims association with
Skills4u.com, who you feel is improperly collecting or using information about
you, please contact feedback@skills4u.com
. We will be happy to forward your message to the third party or contact the
third party on your behalf.
1. How we
use (and do not use) non-personally identifiable information: We use
non-personally identifiable information in aggregate form to build higher
quality, more useful Services by performing statistical analyses of the
collective characteristics and behavior of our visitors and members, and by
measuring demographics and interests regarding specific areas of the
Services. We may provide statistical information based on this data to
advertisers and other current and potential business partners. We may also
use the aggregate data to inform these third parties as to the number of
people who have seen and clicked through links to their sites.
2. How we
use (and do not use) personally identifiable information: Skills4u.com does
not sell, re-sell or distribute for re-sale your personally identifiable
information. Skills4u.com's customers may only use the information provided in
profiles of Education/Training seekers to evaluate seekers' qualifications
for the customer's open job opportunities. Education/Training seekers should
be aware, however, that Skills4u.com has no way to control how a customer
actually uses the service and how they use the profile information. If you
believe a Skills4u.com customer is using personally identifiable information
inappropriately, please notify Skills4u.com at feedback@skills4u.com.
Please note
that Skills4u.com reserves the right to disclose information submitted by or
concerning any visitor or member as we reasonably feel is necessary to
protect our systems or business. Specifically, but without limitation, we
reserve the right to disclose such information when a visitor or member is in
violation of our Terms of use or other published guidelines, or partakes (or
is reasonably suspected of partaking) in any harmful, infringing or illegal
activity, even without a subpoena, warrant, or other court order, and to
disclose such information in response to court and governmental orders, civil
subpoenas, discovery requests, and as otherwise required by law, as well as
in response to allegations of infringement. We cooperate with law enforcement
agencies in identifying those who may be using our servers or services for
illegal activities. We also reserve the right to report any suspected illegal
activity to law enforcement for investigation or prosecution, or to suspend
or terminate your membership in connection with any suspected illegal or
infringing activity. Finally, Skills4u.com reserves the right to assign, sell,
license, or otherwise transfer to a third party your personally identifiable
information in connection with an assignment, sale, joint venture, or other
transfer or disposition of any portion or all of Skills4u.com's or its affiliated
entities' assets or stock.
Subject to
the foregoing, Skills4u.com uses your personally identifying information in
several ways:
to customize various aspects of the Services to
your preferences;
to determine which advertisements or sponsor
messages will appear on your screen;
to send to you Skills4u.com solicitations, product
announcements, and the like that we feel may be of interest to you (you
may "opt out" of receiving these materials, as provided
below);
to send to you certain e-mail messages that are
critical to your use of the Services, such as system status updates or
order confirmations (because these messages contain important
information, you may not be able to "opt out" of receiving
such messages);
to "pre-populate" forms that are
displayed for the purpose of collecting individual data by Skills4u.com
and/or its sponsors (in no case will pre-populating a form automatically
transfer any data to an advertiser or other third party - only if you
voluntarily request that such data be transferred will any such transfer
take place, e.g., by clicking the "Submit" button); and
as may be necessary to support the operation of the
Services, such as for billing, account maintenance, and record-keeping
purposes.
In addition
to the circumstances described above, Skills4u.com may disclose your personally-identifiable
information to third parties as follows:
When a Education/Training seeker posts a profile on
Skills4u.com on a non-confidential basis, such information will be shared
with Skills4u.com's customers. (Note that at any time, Education/Training
seekers may elect that their profile not be searchable by Skills4u.com's
customers by logging into their account and changing the status of their
profile or they may contact Skills4u.com at support@skills4u.com
and we will make the change for them.)
When a Education/Training seeker elects to make his
or her profile searchable by Skills4u.com customers on a confidential basis
only, the user's name, contact information will not be displayed to
customers performing searches on Skills4u.com. If the customer desires to
contact the confidential Education/Training seeker regarding a training
availability, it will send an email to the Education/Training seeker
through the Skills4u.com system. Skills4u.com will forward the email to the
seeker's email address. The seeker's email address will not be provided
directly to the customer.
If you "opt in" to receive promotional
materials (see below), information you have made available to Skills4u.com
may be made available to third parties who provide goods or services
that we believe may be of interest to you.
If you provide us with your credit card
information, we will not release that information to third parties
unless necessary to complete a transaction between you and such a third
party. Credit card transactions are handled by a third-party financial
institution, which receives the credit card number and other personal
identifying information only to verify the credit card numbers and
process transactions.
All information made available to Skills4u.com may be
made available to our contractors and consultants, and professional
advisors (such as attorneys or accountants), but only to the extent
necessary for them to perform services on our behalf, and only under a
duty of confidentiality.
3. "Opting In": You may choose to "opt in" to
receive promotional materials from Skills4u.com and/or its affiliates,
advertisers, or other business partners. You will be given the opportunity to
"opt in" to receive such materials at every point at which we
collect personally identifiable information through the Services. You may
change your "opt in" status or "opt out" with respect to
such materials at any time by contacting us at feedback@skills4u.com. You may also
contact those third parties directly.
C. Deleting or correcting personal information.
If you would
like to have your personally identifiable information removed from Skills4u.com's
database, or would like to correct an error in such information, please
contact us at feedback@skills4u.com , and we will use reasonable efforts to
comply with your request. Keep in mind, however, that there will be residual
information that will remain within Skills4u.com databases, access logs, and
other records, which may or may not contain such personally identifiable
information. The residual information will not be used for commercial
purposes; however Skills4u.com reserves the right, from time to time, to
re-contact former customers or users of Skills4u.com.
D. Questions?
Questions regarding this Privacy Policy should be directed to feedback@skills4u.com.
