Notice of Privacy Policy - Effective 07/1/07
Introduction
Marketstaff, Inc. respects your privacy. We make use of any personal information that you provide to us for the purpose of serving you better. We have created this privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") to demonstrate our firm commitment to online privacy. This "Notice of Privacy Policy" discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for Marketstaff, Inc.'s Websites which include Marketstaff.com and our password-protected Internet service platforms which are available primarily to us, our clients, our employees and their families. This Privacy Policy applies to all information that you provide to Marketstaff, and that Marketstaff maintains electronically, whether you provide the information through Marketstaff.com or through other means. Additionally, this Privacy Policy applies to any personal information obtained from your use (and, if applicable, your family's use) of Maketstaff's Website. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any information that you may provide to third parties; for example, other sites linked to Marketstaff's Websites. You should contact such third parties directly to determine their respective privacy policies. As used herein, the terms "Marketstaff," "we," "our" and "its" when referring to Marketstaff, Inc. and its related companies are used only for convenience and are not intended to be an accurate description of ownership, operation or corporate/legal relationships.
What information does Marketstaff collect?
If you are an employee or client of Marketstaff, we collect and maintain a variety of personal information about you and, if applicable, your company and employees. This information may be collected through our website SM or through paper forms submitted by you. For employees, the information we maintain includes, among other things:
- your name, your phone number and address (street and e-mail)
- age, marital status and occupation
- information about your job history and employment status
- information about your salary and benefits, including health benefits, your time off, your retirement plans, your
- social security or taxpayer identification number
- your recruiting and training history
- information about your family members such as their names, addresses and social security numbers
We may make some or all of this information available for your or your worksite employer's use on Marketstaff.com. For clients, examples of this information include:
- your location
- your number of worksite employees
- the gross payroll of worksite employees assigned to your location
- your SIC codes
- information about insurance and other benefit plans
Depending on the use that you make of Marketstaff's Web sites, we may also collect your Internet Protocol (IP) Address (which is the unique address of your computer), information about your interests and preferences, and, if you decide to send us your resume, information included in your resume. From time to time, we may conduct surveys or offer contests or other promotional events, and gather additional personal information from you in connection with those events. Marketstaff may store and analyze log files from user sessions.
What is this information used for?
We use your personal information in the course of your employment or client relationship with Marketstaff. Among other things, we use this information to provide you with the services available on Marketstaff.com.SM For example, we allow you to edit and update personal information online and allow you to download forms that have been pre-populated with your personal information. We also use your information for other things which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Contacting You.
Marketstaff uses your personally identifiable information to communicate with you in the course of your employment or client relationship. We may also contact you to tell you about products and services provided by Marketstaff's strategic alliances and other third-party organizations. While we must be able to contact you for matters relating to your employment or your client relationship, if you do not wish to receive e-mail communications from Marketstaff regarding strategic alliance offers or other third-party products and services, you may opt out of receiving such communications by following the procedure set forth in such e-mail. Marketstaff will continue to contact you for matters relating to your employment or your client relationship.
- Use of IP Address.
IP addresses are numbers that are automatically assigned to your computer, and, if associated with other individually identifiable information, could be considered personal information. We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer and improve Marketstaff's websites. Your IP address is also used to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information, some of which we aggregate and then share with our strategic alliances or potential strategic alliances companies. We also use your IP address to keep track of the information you have seen on our sites.
- Use of Cookies.
Cookies are a standard technology used by commercial web services to store small pieces of information on your hard drive by sending a small string of text to your browser. They make your use of Marketstaff's Web sites more pleasing and efficient by "personalizing" your user interface, for example, or identifying which parts of a site you have previously visited. They also enable us to pre-populate, or automatically fill out, forms and schedules. They enable us to tailor the information you receive and to assist third party organizations with whom we have strategic alliances by identifying you as an Marketstaff client, employee or Marketstaff website user. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, unless you have configured yours not to accept them. In order for us to provide you with services on Marketstaff.com, your browser must accept cookies, as they are essential for site administration and security. Marketstaff does not use cookies either to collect individually identifiable information or to collect non-individually identifiable information using a cookie that is combined with a personal identifier.
- Other General Information.
If you send us your resume, we use that information to assist you with job placement. Marketstaff may also collect the name of the domain from which you access the Internet (e.g.; aol.com); the date and time you access Marketstaff's Web sites; and the Internet address of any Web site from which you link directly to Marketstaff's Web sites; as well as collecting and storing other information in a user's log file. A user's log file tells Marketstaff where a user comes from when entering an Marketstaff Web site; which part of the Marketstaff Web site the user visits as well as where the user goes when leaving the Marketstaff Web site; and how much time the user spends in the Marketstaff Web sites. In addition, Marketstaff may collect e-mail addresses and other personal information from persons who are not current employees or clients of Marketstaff.
- Rewarding Use of Marketstaff websites.
Marketstaff may use information it collects in order to reward or provide incentives to employees, client companies or other Marketstaff Web site users for visiting Marketstaff Web site; using services provided on the Marketstaff Web site; or for visiting the Web sites of Marketstaff's strategic alliances.
With whom is this information shared?
Marketstaff shares personal information only as described below:
- Other Marketstaff Companies and Third-Party Contractors.
We may share your information among related companies of Marketstaff, even if the related company is not a party to your client service or employment agreement. In addition, we may from time to time transfer our database of employee information to third-party contractors who analyze such information on behalf of Marketstaff for the purpose of, among other things, targeting e-mails to employees regarding strategic alliance offers, or who mail marketing materials to employees regarding strategic alliance offers. Additionally, we may from time to time transfer our database of employee information to a third-party contractor who provides employment verification services on behalf of Marketstaff. Such third-party contractors are contractually bound to hold all such information in confidence and do not share such information with any parties other than Marketstaff.
- Your Worksite Employer.
If you are an employee, most of your personal information is also available to your individual worksite employer. However, Marketstaff does not provide information regarding your physical and/or mental health to any third party for any purposes, unless compelled by a governmental or legal authority.
- Governmental Authorities, Compliance with Law and Protection of Marketstaff and Others.
We provide information to governmental authorities when required to do so by law (for example, we report information regarding your compensation and withholding to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities). Marketstaff will also provide personally identifiable information to third parties if compelled to do so by an appropriately empowered governmental or legal authority, or, as necessary, to protect Marketstaff's rights or the rights of third parties.
- Benefit Plan Providers.
Marketstaff will also provide personally identifiable information to its third-party benefit providers in conjunction with the administration of its benefit plans.
- Medical Emergencies.
If necessary to respond to an apparent medical emergency, Marketstaff may disclose selected employee information.
- Strategic Alliances.
Marketstaff has entered into marketing agreements, strategic alliances and other relationships with third-party organizations that may offer or provide products and services to you, sometimes under discounted or preferential terms. We sometimes agree to give these third parties (including potential parties to strategic alliances) aggregated, non-personally identifiable information about our clients, employees or visitors. If you initiate an inquiry with respect to a third party's product or service by clicking on the icon or link relating to such product or service on Marketstaff's Web sites, we may furnish such third party with certain personal information regarding you for the purpose of, among other things, pre-populating forms or facilitating the exchange of information between you and the third party. If you do not wish to have any of your personal information furnished to such third-parties, do not access any of the third-party products and services included on Marketstaff's web sites.
- Business Transfers.
As Marketstaff continues to develop its businesses, it may sell various aspects of its business. If Marketstaff sells a portion of its business, it will transfer personal information associated with that business as part of such a sale. Also, in the unlikely event that Marketstaff or substantially all of its assets are acquired, personal information regarding employees and clients will be one of the transferred assets.
What access do you have to information you provide?
You have access to much of your personal information through Marketstaff.com.SM, where you can view and update most of the personal information we maintain.
Security measures
Marketstaff makes access to your personally identifiable information subject to certain security measures, including technological controls such as "firewalls", in accordance with industry standards. When the use of an Marketstaff website involves the transmission of confidential information about you or Marketstaff, we use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to establish a secure connection between your PC and our server. SSL allows the transmission of encrypted information from your PC to our server and back again and is the industry standard for Internet platform security. No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so while Marketstaff strives to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information that you transmit to Marketstaff.
Disclaimer of responsibility for privacy policy and content at linked sites
Marketstaff's Web sites may provide you with links to other Web sites. We are not responsible for those sites and cannot control the use of information that you submit once you reach those sites, nor can we control the content of what is offered on those sites or on links from those sites. You should contact such third-party Web sites directly to determine their privacy policies.
Use of information from third parties
We may use information about you provided to us by third parties (such as credit reporting agencies or strategic alliances) in order to offer you their services and products, to improve our own services, or to evaluate your eligibility for our services.
This is not a children's website
Marketstaff does not knowingly solicit data from children, and we do not knowingly market to children.
Applicable only to U.S. residents
Marketstaff's Web sites are designed for and intended only for the use of client companies located in the United States and employees who are U.S. citizens or are residents of the United States If you are a client company that is located outside of the United States, you are not authorized to access Marketstaff's Web sites.
Marketstaff employees and privacy
Marketstaff trains all Marketstaff employees about the importance of privacy. It is Marketstaff's policy to give access to your information only to those employees who require it to carry out the responsibilities of their jobs.
Changes in these policies and practices
Marketstaff reserves the right to change its privacy policies and practices periodically, without providing individual notice, by updating this Privacy Policy notice. You agree that it is your responsibility to monitor such updates and that your continued use of Marketstaff's Web sites after such revisions have been made constitutes your full acceptance of such revised terms and conditions.
More information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please write to:
Marketstaff, Inc.
Attn: info@marketstaff.com
29 N. Wacker Drive - Suite 707
Chicago, IL 60606
Fax: 312-346-4949
Telephone: 312-346-4971