Privacy Policy

Last Updated: July 1, 2023

Career Compass ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website at careercompass.com, including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto (collectively, the "Site").

Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Personal Data

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

• Register on our Site
• Sign up for our newsletter
• Participate in contests or surveys
• Contact us through our 'Contact' form
• Request information or assistance
• Purchase products or services

The personal information we may collect includes:

• Name
• Email address
• Mailing address
• Phone number
• Professional title and company
• Payment information (processed securely through third-party payment processors)
• Any other information you choose to provide

1.2 Automatically Collected Information

When you access our Site, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage, including:

• Device type, operating system, and browser information
• IP address
• Browsing actions and patterns
• Referring websites or applications
• Date and time of access
• Pages viewed and features used

1.3 Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our Site. A cookie is a small file placed on your device to enable certain features and functionality. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.

We use the following types of cookies:

• Essential cookies: Necessary for the basic functions of the website.
• Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website.
• Marketing cookies: Used to track visitors across websites to display relevant advertisements.
• Preference cookies: Enable the website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect from you for various purposes, including:

• Providing, maintaining, and improving our Site and services
• Processing your transactions and fulfilling your orders
• Sending you administrative information, such as updates, security alerts, and support messages
• Responding to your comments, questions, and requests
• Sending you marketing and promotional communications if you have opted in to receive them
• Monitoring and analyzing trends, usage, and activities to improve your experience
• Protecting our Site, users, and business partners from fraud, unauthorized activities, and other misuse
• Complying with legal obligations

3. Sharing of Your Information

We may share your information in the following situations:

3.1 Service Providers

We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing efforts.

3.2 Business Transfers

We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

3.3 Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena.

3.4 Vital Interests and Legal Rights

We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, or as evidence in litigation.

3.5 With Your Consent

We may share your information with your consent or at your direction.

4. Your Privacy Rights

4.1 Account Information

You can review and change your account information by logging into your account settings. You may also email us at [email protected] to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us.

4.2 Marketing Communications

You can opt out of receiving marketing emails from us by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails. Even if you opt out of marketing communications, we may still send you service-related emails.

4.3 Cookies

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Site.

4.4 Rights for EU, UK, and California Residents

If you are a resident of the EU, UK, or California, you may have additional rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to Know: You have the right to request information about the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Access: You have the right to access the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

5. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

6. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.

7. Third-Party Websites

Our Site may contain links to third-party websites and applications. Once you click on such a link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

8. Analytics Services

We may use third-party analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to help us understand how users engage with our Site. These services may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your use of the Site and report website trends. You can read Google's Privacy Policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

9. Children's Privacy

Our Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

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