TECH-PRO PRIVACY POLICY
Introduction
Tech-Pro respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. We have created this Privacy Policy to identify and explain what happens with the information provided to or collected by Tech-Pro.
There are times when it is important for us to request information from you. Such requests may be part of registration, feedback, online surveys, forum, and/or form submittal. Some of our forms request users to provide personal information that is required for us to process the user’s request. Occasionally, other information is also requested from the user to determine the demographics of Tech-Pro’s audience. For example, we might ask for Name, Company Name, Address, E-mail Address. System and usage information may also be collected as described herein.
Tech-Pro may also collect information that you provide relating to employment opportunities with Tech-Pro. This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you submit information to us for purposes of prospective or continued employment, and sets forth our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. This policy applies to information we collect:
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- Via telephone conversations between you and Tech-Pro;
- Via documents that you may provide to Tech-Pro;
- In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and Tech-Pro;
- When you interact with our website;
- Via any advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this Policy.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to submit information to Tech-Pro, which failure may adversely impact prospective or existing employment. By submitting information to Tech-Pro, you agree to this policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your submission of information to Tech-Pro and/or your failure to object or otherwise respond to such changes shall be deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
The Information We Collect and How We Collect It
A. Tech-Pro collects several types of information from and about individuals seeking new or continued employment with Tech-Pro, including the following:
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- By which you may be personally identified, such as name, identifications numbers, employment history, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (”personal information”);
- That is about you but individually does not identify you; and/or
- About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our website, and usage details. We collect this information:
- Directly from you when you provide it to us.
- Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, and other tracking technologies.
- From third parties, for example, our vendors and business partners.
B. The information that Tech-Pro collects directly may include:
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- Information that you provide to us as part of an application for employment, or for consideration for continued employment;
- Any documents you provide to us as part of the application, hiring, or onboarding process for new or continued employment;
- Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us;
- Your responses to questionnaires or other forms that we might ask you to complete as part of the application, hiring, or onboarding process for new or continued employment.
C. Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
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- As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
- Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website;
The information we collect automatically is only statistical data and does not include personal information. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service. The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
Tech-Pro may provide links to Internet sites maintained by others. Tech-Pro is not responsible for the contents of, or any products or services offered in, those third-party web sites. You should be aware when you are leaving Tech-Pro’s web sites and be sure to read the privacy statements of each web site that collects personally identifiable information. Any links provided by Tech-Pro to any third-party web site are provided to you as a convenience only. You should not infer that Tech-Pro endorses or accepts responsibility for non-Tech-Pro web sites by the inclusion of any such links to those web sites.
Information from Minors
Tech-Pro does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age 16. If you are under the age of 16, do not provide any information to Tech-Pro for any purpose, including in connection with prospective or existing employment. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us.
How We Use Your Information
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
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- To consider you for prospective or continued employment
- To provide you with information that you requested from us.
- To notify you about any employment opportunities that may be of interest to you.
- To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
Disclosure of Your Information
Tech-Pro will only use the personal information we obtain from you for purposes relating to prospective or continued employment. Tech-Pro does not sell or otherwise share your personal information with any third parties, unless it is to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:
Tracking Technologies and Advertising: You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent.
We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (”NAI”) on the NAI’s website.
Your California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your personal information. To learn more about your California privacy rights, visit https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/privacy-laws.
Notice to European Users
Tech-Pro’s website and the services on this site are intended for users in the United States of America and Canada. Any information you enter on this website may be transferred outside of the European Union to the United States of America which does not offer an equivalent level of protection to that required in the European Union. In particular, you are advised that the United States of America uses a sectoral model of privacy protection that relies on a mix of legislation, governmental regulation, and self-regulation. Article 26 of the European Union’s Data Protection Directive (Directive 95/46/EC, 1995 O.J. (L 281) 31) allows for transfer of personal data from the European Union to a third country if the individual has unambiguously given his consent to the transfer of personal information, regardless of the third country’s level of protection. By using this website or the services therein, you consent to the transfer of all such information to the United States of America which may not offer an equivalent level of protection to that required in the European Union and to the processing of that information by the Company on its servers located in the United States of America as described in this Privacy Policy.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page with a notice that the policy has been updated on the website home page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the website home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our website and this policy to check for any changes.
Contact Information
To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us.