Privacy Policy
PowerTransitions is a privacy conscious organization strongly committed to your
right to privacy. This Privacy Statement defines the commitment of
PowerTransitions to protect the privacy of personal information that is
collected or used in the course of conducting business on our Website. By
submitting identifying data, a visitor to our Website is agreeing to
PowerTransitions’ use of such data as described in this privacy
statement.
PowerTransitions Use of Information
We use the information we gather on the PowerTransitions Website to foster a
positive user experience, deliver the services that we offer, and to create
business development opportunities. If you choose to email us, we may use the
contact information you provide to contact you regarding our services.
Should you decide that you do not want to be contacted by PowerTransitions, let
us know and we will remove you from our contact list.
Disclosure of Your Information to Others
PowerTransitions uses your information internally. We do not disclose your
personal information to third parties, except for one of the following reasons:
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If you are one of our “candidates” and engage with us to assist you
in your job search, we may disclose your resume or contact information to
appropriately selected recruiters or hiring managers. We do this solely on the
behalf of and benefit for our candidates: PowerTransitions does not accept
referral fees of any kind. A candidate may request to not participate in this
type of referral.
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If you are a client or candidate of PowerTransitions, we may disclose
personally identifiable information to our expert contractors whom we hire to
perform functions on your behalf. These individuals may have access to your
personal information as necessary to perform their functions, but they may not
share it with any other third party.
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We may disclose personally identifiable information if legally required to do
so, if requested to do so by a governmental entity, 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 PowerTransitions
(c) Prevent a crime or protect national security
(d) Protect the personal safety of users or the public
We may disclose or transfer personally identifiable information to a third party
who acquires all or a substantial portion of PowerTransitions’ business.
User Feedback
PowerTransitions welcomes ideas and feedback from you about all aspects of our
Website. We may store feedback that users send to us. Your feedback may be used
to better administer and refine our content and services. We may also use the
information and ideas you send to us to improve or promote the site; but we
will not publish your name in association with any information you provide
without first contacting you and gaining your permission.
Passive Information Collection
PowerTransitions uses temporary "cookies" to help personalize and
maximize your online experience. The cookie indicates whether or not a user is
logged into the PowerTransitions site, tracks user navigation trends, and
provides customized user messages. 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.
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 PowerTransitions Website.
PowerTransitions uses log files to collect visitor information, referral
information, browser information, pages visited, content viewed, files
downloaded and time spent per page.
Security
PowerTransitions has implemented reasonable technical and organizational
measures designed to secure your personal information, including firewalls,
secured servers and database security, 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.
Children
PowerTransitions services are not intended for children under 13 years of age.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
External Links
PowerTransitions provides numerous links to other Websites. While these links
are carefully selected by a staff member, Websites can change quickly and can
be subject to hacking and vandalism. PowerTransitions is not responsible for
the content, privacy, or security of the external sites to which we link.
Changes to Privacy Statement
If PowerTransitions decides to change its Privacy Policy, 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. We welcome your
comments concerning this Privacy Statement. If at any time you have questions
or concerns about PowerTransitions Privacy Statement, or you believe that we
have not adhered to this Statement, please contact us by email at
info@powertransitions.net, or call us at 415.392.4909 and speak to us. We will
use every reasonable effort to promptly determine and remedy the problem
Updated: 5/11/04