Official Privacy Statement
JobMatcher.ca Inc. is committed to respecting the privacy of our users. We
strive to provide a safe, secure user experience. This Privacy Statement sets
forth the online data collection and usage policies and practices that apply to
the JobMatcher.ca Web site. By creating an account on the JobMatcher.ca Web
site, you consent to the policies and practices described in this Statement.
Your data will be stored and processed in whole or in part in Canada and United States. If you access the JobMatcher.ca
Web site from Canada, your
usage of the site constitutes consent to the transfer of your data out of Canada to the United
States and acknowledgement that United States governments, courts of law
enforcement or regulatory agencies may obtain disclosure of your data through
the laws of the United
States.
Our sites contain links to other Web sites over which we have no control. JobMatcher.ca
is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of other Web sites to
which you choose to link from the JobMatcher.ca Web site. We encourage you to
review the privacy policies of those other Web sites so you can understand how
they collect, use and share your information. This Privacy Statement applies
solely to the information we collect on the JobMatcher.ca Web site, and does
not apply to information we collect in any other fashion.
Collection and Retention of Information
In order to provide you the services of JobMatcher.ca, in some areas of our Web
sites, JobMatcher.ca requests or may request that you provide personal
information, including your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number
credit card number, (if applicable), contact information, billing information
and any other information from which your identity is discernible. In order to
continually enhance your use of JobMatcher.ca and to provide you requested
information about JobMatcher.ca third party partners, in other areas, JobMatcher.ca
may collect demographic information that is not unique to you such as your
postal code, preferences, interests and favourites.
Sometimes we collect or may collect a combination of the two types of
information. Examples of areas on the JobMatcher.ca Web site where we collect
personal or combined personal and demographic data are pages where you can open
a MyJobMatcher account, sign up to use a service,
post a resume, enter a contest or purchase a product.
In addition, JobMatcher.ca may indirectly collect information about you when
you use certain third party services on our Web site. Such information may be
used for the purpose of determining your potential interest in additional
services offered by our third party partners.
We also gather or may gather certain information about your use of our site,
such as what areas you visit and what services you access. Moreover, there is
information about your computer hardware and software that is or may be
collected by JobMatcher.ca. This information can include without limitation
your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web
site addresses. This information is used to evaluate different aspects of the JobMatcher.ca
Web Site. The information may also be used for site security and law
enforcement purposes.
JobMatcher.ca may sometimes afford you the opportunity to provide descriptive,
cultural, behavioural, preferential
and/or life style information about yourself, but it is solely up to you
whether you furnish such information. For example, such information may be used
for the purpose of determining your potential interest in receiving email or
other communications about particular products or services.
Please remember that if you post any of your personal information in public
areas of JobMatcher.ca, such as in online forums or chat rooms, such
information may be collected and used by others over whom JobMatcher.ca has no
control. We are not responsible for the use made by third parties of
information you post or otherwise make available in public areas of JobMatcher.ca.
Since we believe that managing your career is an on-going process, your job
application history is retained by JobMatcher.ca for eighteen (18) months. Of
course, you can correct or update your My JobMatcher
account profile and resume at any time. Moreover, you can delete your resume
from our online database or close your My JobMatcher.ca account at any time, in
which event we will remove all our copies of your resume and My JobMatcher.ca
account profile information except for an archival copy which is not accessible
on the Internet that does not contain any personal identifying information.
Use of Information by JobMatcher.ca
We use the information we gather on the JobMatcher.ca Web site, whether
personal, demographic, collective or technical, for the purpose of operating
and improving the JobMatcher.ca Web site, fostering a positive user experience,
and delivering the products and services that we offer.
We may also use the information we gather to inform you of other products or
services available from JobMatcher.ca or its affiliated companies or to contact
you about your opinion of current products and services or potential new
products and services that may be offered. (The term "affiliated
companies" is defined in the section of this Statement entitled
"Contact Information.")
We may use your contact information in order to send you e-mail or other
communications regarding updates at the JobMatcher.ca site, such as new JobMatcher.ca
opportunities and additional listings which may be of interest to you. The
nature and frequency of these messages will vary depending upon the information
we have about you. In addition, at the time of registration for My JobMatcher.ca,
you have the option to elect to receive additional communications, information
and promotions including without limitation free informational newsletters from
JobMatcher.ca relating to topics that may be of special interest to you, such
as career management advice.
We have an area where you can submit feedback. Any feedback you submit in this
area becomes our property, and we can use such feedback (such as success
stories) for marketing purposes or to contact you for further information.
Disclosure of Information to Others
We do not disclose to third parties your personal information, combined
personal and demographic information or information about your use of the JobMatcher.ca
Web site (such as the areas you visit or the services you access), except as
set forth in the following four subparagraphs.
1. 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 for a My JobMatcher.ca
account, 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 use data we have about
you (such as the interests and preferences you have expressed) to determine
whether you might be interested in the products or services of a particular
third-party.
2. 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.
3. We may
disclose such information if legally required to do so, if requested to do so
by a governmental entity, including a governmental entity of the United States,
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 JobMatcher.ca or its affiliated companies; (c) prevent a crime or
protect national security; or (d) protect the personal safety of users or the
public.
4. We may disclose
and transfer such information to a third party who acquires all or a
substantial portion of JobMatcher.ca's 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 JobMatcher.ca becomes the subject of a
bankruptcy proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, JobMatcher.ca or its
trustee in bankruptcy may sell, license or otherwise dispose of such
information in a transaction approved by the bankruptcy court.
JobMatcher.ca
may also share aggregated anonymous information about visitors to its Web site
with its clients, partners and other third parties so that they may understand
the kinds of visitors that visit JobMatcher.ca's site and how those visitors
use the site.
JobMatcher.ca and its affiliates supply technology, hosting and related
services to other leading companies to power recruitment areas on their Web
sites (sometimes referred to as "career site hosting recruitment
areas"). Personal and/or demographic information supplied by you in a
career site hosting recruitment area becomes part of the JobMatcher.ca
database, but it is not accessible by anyone other than you, JobMatcher.ca and
the company concerned without your consent.
Information gathered on a page in a career site hosting recruitment area, or on
a co-branded page (such as that of a contest co-sponsored by JobMatcher.ca and
another company), may become the property of the other company or of both JobMatcher.ca
and the other company. In that instance, the use of such information by the
other company may be subject to the privacy policy of that company and, in any
event, JobMatcher.ca is not responsible for that company's use of your personal
or demographic information.
Resumes
Since JobMatcher.ca is a career site, we give you the option of putting your
resume in our database. There are two ways of doing this:
1. You can
store your resume in our database, but not allow it to be searchable by
potential employers. Not allowing your resume to be searchable means that you
can use it to apply for a job online, but employers and recruiters will not
have access to search it through our resume database product.
2. If you allow
your resume to be searchable, then all parties with access to our searchable resume
database (or copies thereof) will have access to your resume.
In addition,
you can also elect to make your resume confidential which means that your
contact info and current employer will be not be displayed to all parties with
access to our searchable resume database.
We attempt to limit access to our searchable resume database (or copies
thereof) 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 searchable 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.
Use of Cookies
JobMatcher.ca uses "cookies" to help personalize and
maximize your online experience and time online. A cookie is a text file that
is placed on your hard drive by a Web page server. Cookies are not used to run
programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to
your computer, and can only be read by a Web server in the domain that issued
the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to
save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have
returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize JobMatcher.ca
pages, or register for services, a cookie helps us to recall your specific
information (such as user name, password and preferences). Because of our use
of cookies, we can deliver faster and more accurate results and a more
personalized site experience. When you return to the JobMatcher.ca site, the
information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the
features that you customized. We also use cookies to track click streams and
for load balancing.
You may have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers
automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting
to decline all cookies if you prefer. Alternatively, you may be able to modify
your browser setting to notify you each time a cookie is tendered and permit
you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis. If you choose to
decline cookies, however, that may hinder performance and negatively impact
your experience on the JobMatcher.ca Web site.
Use of Web Beacons
JobMatcher.ca Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons
(sometimes called single-pixel gifs) that allow us to count users who have
visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services. Web beacons are not
used to access your personally identifiable information on JobMatcher.ca; they
are a technique we use to compile aggregated statistics about our Web site
usage
Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie
number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which
the Web beacon resides.
Updating Your Information
You have the right to demand that your personal information be deleted from JobMatcher.ca.
You may review, correct, update or change your My JobMatcher.ca account profile
information at any time by simply logging into your My JobMatcher.ca account,
going to your Account Profile, and editing it
with the options provided. Click here to log in to your account. You may
review, delete, correct, update or change your resume on JobMatcher.ca at any
time by simply logging into your My JobMatcher.ca account, going to Manage resumes, and deleting it or editing it with the
options provided. Click here to log in to your account. You can request that
your My JobMatcher.ca account be deleted by contacting JobMatcher.ca.
If you opted to receive newsletters, commercial e-mails or other communications
from JobMatcher.ca or third parties at the time you registered with My JobMatcher.ca,
but subsequently change your mind, you may opt-out by editing your Account
Profile as described above. If you previously opted not to receive such
communications, you may later opt-in by editing your Account Profile.
Security
JobMatcher.ca has implemented 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 at JobMatcher.ca, 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. JobMatcher.ca
uses a service company to process its credit card transactions. For further
information on this company's privacy and security practices, please click here.
Children
JobMatcher.ca is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not
knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Changes to Privacy Statement
If we decide to change our Privacy Statement for JobMatcher.ca, 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 at any time,
you have questions or concerns about JobMatcher.ca's Privacy Statement, please
feel free to email us at notification@JobMatcher.ca or call us at
1-866-394-1520 and speak to one of our representatives.
Contact Information
JobMatcher.ca has its principal place of business in Kanata, Ontario
and certain of its affiliated companies worldwide, do business.
("Affiliated companies" means entities that control, are controlled
by or are under common control with JobMatcher.ca Inc.). JobMatcher.ca Inc. is
the legal entity which determines the purposes and means of processing the
information gathered at the JobMatcher.ca Web site. The information we gather
on the JobMatcher.ca Web site may be shared within JobMatcher.ca Inc. and its
affiliated companies.
We welcome your comments concerning this Privacy Statement. If you believe that
we have not adhered to this Statement, please contact us by e-mailing us at info@JobMatcher.ca or by calling us at
1-866-394-1520. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly
determine and remedy the problem.
Thank you for using JobMatcher.ca.
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