Your privacy is important to us. We strive to provide a safe and secure environment in which you can receive the services that are important to you while respecting your rights to privacy. In order for you to use Maplejobs’ services, Maplejobs requires certain personal information from you. This Privacy Policy explains the purpose of collection and use of your personal information. Information will be requested as needed for Maplejobs registration; jobseeker profile and resume creation; and the placing of sundry orders. Maplejobs will use your personal information for the following purposes: * to release information (your profile, including contact information, and resume) to employers or recruiters * to produce aggregate statistics and reports * to send you our newsletter and/or other material, should you choose to receive them * to advise of any surveys or other activities in which you might like to participate. Additionally, in order to provide certain services to employers or jobseekers or persons interested in purchasing materials offered by Maplejobs, we may request that you provide personal information, including your credit card number, contact information, billing information and any other information from which your identity is discernible. We also may gather certain information about your use of the Maplejobs websites, such as what areas you visit and what services you access. Certain information about your computer hardware and software may be collected by Maplejobs. This information can include, but is not limited to, your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used to evaluate different aspects of the Maplejobs websites. The information may also be used for site security and law enforcement purposes. Any feedback you submit to Maplejobs becomes our property, and we can use such feedback (such as success stories) for marketing purposes or to contact you for further information. As a registered user of this site, you will have access to your own personal information and will be able to make changes to any incorrect information. We do not disclose to third parties your personal information, combined personal and demographic information or information about your use of Maplejobs except as follows: * We may disclose such information to third parties if you consent to such disclosure. For example, if you indicate that you would like to receive information about the products or services of third parties at the time you register, we may supply your contact information to third parties such as employers, recruiters, data aggregators, marketers or others for the purpose of sending you e-mail or otherwise communicating with you. * We may disclose such information to companies and individuals we employ to perform functions on our behalf. Examples may include hosting our web servers, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. These companies and individuals will have access to your personal information as necessary to perform their functions, but they may not share that information with any other third party. * We may disclose such information if legally required to do so, if requested to do so by a governmental entity or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (b) protect the rights or property of Maplejobs or its affiliated companies; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or (d) protect the personal safety of users or the public. * We may disclose and transfer such information to a third party who acquires all or a substantial portion of Maplejobs' business, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets. In addition, in the event Maplejobs becomes the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, Maplejobs or its trustee in bankruptcy may sell, license or otherwise dispose of such information in a transaction approved by the bankruptcy court. Maplejobs may also share aggregated anonymous information about visitors to the Maplejobs websites with its clients, partners and other third parties so that they may understand the kinds of visitors that visit our site and how those visitors use the site. We attempt to limit access to our resume database only to paying employers, recruiters, hiring managers, headhunters, and human resource professionals, as well as law enforcement and national security agencies, but cannot guarantee that other parties will not gain access to this database. We are not responsible for the use made of resumes by third parties who access such resumes while they are in our database. You may remove your resume from our database at any time. However, employers, recruiters and others who have paid for access to that database or to obtain a copy of that database, as well as parties who have otherwise gained access to the database, may have retained a copy of your resume in their own files or databases. We are not responsible for the retention, use or privacy of resumes in these instances. Maplejobs has sourced or undertaken reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes. When you place an order online with Maplejobs, your credit card information is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer ("SSL") protocol. SSL makes it difficult for your credit card information to be intercepted or stolen while being transmitted. Maplejobs uses a service company to process its credit card transactions. For further information on this company's privacy and security practices, please click here. Maplejobs is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. This site contains links to other websites over which we have no control. Maplejobs is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of other websites to which you choose to link from the Maplejobs website. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those other websites so you can understand how they collect, use and share your information. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and to whom we will disclose it. If you require clarification about this Privacy Policy, please contact jobseekerquery@hq.maplejobs.com Activating the “Submit” button signifies your acceptance to be bound by this Privacy Policy. Last Updated: 05/15/2005