Distinctive HR is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology
that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy
applies to the Distinctive HR site and governs data collection and usage.
By using the Distinctive HR site, you consent to the data practices described
in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Distinctive HR collects personally identifiable information, such as your email
address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Distinctive HR also
collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as
your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically
collected by Distinctive HR. This information can include: your IP address,
browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This
information is used by Distinctive HR for the operation of the service, to
maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use
of the Distinctive HR site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information
or personally sensitive data through Distinctive HR public message boards,
this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Distinctive HR
does not read any of your private online communications.
Distinctive HR encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites
you choose to link to from Distinctive HR so that you can understand how those
Web sites collect, use and share your information. Distinctive HR is not responsible
for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Distinctive HR
and Distinctive HR family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
Distinctive HR collects and uses your personal information to operate the Distinctive HR
Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Distinctive HR also uses
your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services
available from Distinctive HR and its affiliates. Distinctive HR may also
contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services
or of potential new services that may be offered.
Distinctive HR does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Distinctive HR may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business
partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases,
your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone
number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Distinctive HR
may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send
you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All
such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to
provide these services to Distinctive HR, and they are required to maintain
the confidentiality of your information.
Distinctive HR does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such
as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
Distinctive HR keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within
Distinctive HR, in order to determine what Distinctive HR services are
the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising
within Distinctive HR to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested
in a particular subject area.
Distinctive HR Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice,
only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is
necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process
served on Distinctive HR or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or
property of Distinctive HR; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect
the personal safety of users of Distinctive HR, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The Distinctive HR Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online
experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page
server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.
Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, 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 Distinctive HR pages, or
register with Distinctive HR site or services, a cookie helps Distinctive HR
to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process
of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses,
and so on. When you return to the same Distinctive HR Web site, the information
you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Distinctive HR
features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically
accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies
if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience
the interactive features of the Distinctive HR services or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Distinctive HR secures your personal information from unauthorized access,
use or disclosure. Distinctive HR secures the personally identifiable information
you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from
unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit
card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use
of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
Distinctive HR will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect
company and customer feedback. Distinctive HR encourages you to periodically
review this Statement to be informed of how Distinctive HR is protecting your
information.
Contact Information
Distinctive HR welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy.
If you believe that Distinctive HR has not adhered to this Statement, please
contact Distinctive HR at lynn@distinctivehr.com.
We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the
problem.