[Privacy Policy ]   The Internet, Privacy, and diversitytalent.com The Internet has become a great tool that enables users to accomplish tasks efficiently and gather data quickly. Unfortunately, it has also become a place where sites may gather personal information about you and your surfing habits without your knowledge. diversitytalent.com will never violate your privacy in this way. As a registered diversitytalent.com member, we assure you that all information you submit will be kept secure and confidential, and only the information that you select to be viewed will be released in our database.   diversitytalent.com's Privacy Policy diversitytalent.com's privacy policy is to respect and protect the privacy of our users. This policy statement tells you how we collect information from you and how we use it. Using the Internet should be a positive and fun experience, and we want to help make it so. The information you provide to diversitytalent.com is shared only when you register and open your profile to be searched. You have the right and ability to choose which potential employers and/or recruiters can view your profile, and in what combinations, e.g. employers only, recruiters only, etc. You may elect to register and simply use our full array of tools, and you may prohibit viewing of your profile by your current employer if they are registered with diversitytalent.com. Be assured that diversitytalent.com will not disclose any information that you input into your job searches or our numerous other search tools to third parties without your consent. We will not at any time sell this information to outside vendors or allow people other than the hiring managers who pay for our services to view your information. diversitytalent.com discloses user information in extreme special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interfering with (either intentionally or unintentionally) diversitytalent.com's rights or property, other diversitytalent.com users, or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities. diversitytalent.com may disclose user information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it. diversitytalent.com will analyze user information in aggregate, but will not track your individual preferences and uses. For example, we might say that diversitytalent.com's user base is x percent entry level job seekers, and x percent VP level job seekers, or that x percent of users spend x percent of their time on our site using a particular feature we offer. This data is used to customize diversitytalent.com content and advertising to deliver a better user experience to our candidates and clients. diversitytalent.com will not tolerate clients who search our database for candidate contact information and then use that information to solicit business or spam our candidates. If this behavior is clearly identified, we will file a complaint against that company, and that company will be banned from using our services in the future. Use of IP Addresses An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web. Web servers automatically identify your computer by its IP address. diversitytalent.com collects IP addresses for the purposes of system administration, to report aggregate information on usage habits, and to audit the use of our site. We do not normally link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable, which means that a user's session will be logged, but the user remains anonymous to us. We can and will use IP addresses to identify a user in extreme cases when we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance with our house rules or terms of service. Use of Cookies Cookies make Web surfing easier for you by saving your preferences while you are on our site. We never save passwords or credit card information in cookies. The use of cookies is an industry standard. By showing how and when guests use a site, cookies help us see which areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements and updates to the site are based on such data as total number of visitors and pages viewed. This information is most easily tracked with cookies. We use the information from cookies to provide services better tailored to our users' needs. diversitytalent.com's primary use of cookies is to identify your specific preferences. For example, once you save a search by geography, level, industry, etc., you have the option to save that information and rerun the search each time you visit our site by clicking on "run a saved search." Cookies are also used to help us recognize you, so the only permanent cookie we store on your local system is one that will remind us of your first name so that we can greet you as you return to our site. However, note that some parts of diversitytalent.com will not function properly if you have your browser set up to refuse cookies.   Links to Other Sites Users should be aware that when you are visiting our site, you could be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. There are links to other sites from diversitytalent.com that take you outside our service. For example, if you click on one of our partner links, trade journals, or associations, the result of that click would be that you are no longer on the diversitytalent.com site. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information. Please keep in mind that whenever you give out personal information online — for example, via message boards or chat — that information can be collected and used by people you do not know. While diversitytalent.com strives to protect our user's personal information and privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose online, and you do so at your own risk. Security The importance of protecting your security is of utmost concern to us. We exercise great care in providing secure transmission on information from your PC to our servers. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, DiversityTalent cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems. When credit card information is transmitted, we use industry standards like SSL encryption. Your diversitytalent.com password is protected so that only you can access it and view the member information related to that account. We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. We will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or email. Ultimately, you are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your password. Your Acceptance of These Terms By using this site, you signify your assent to diversitytalent.com's Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our site. Your continued use of this site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes. If you have questions or concerns regarding this site's privacy statement, you should contact us.