This Privacy Statement covers AccessQuery, Inc. This entity is known as "we", "us", "company", and "our" throughout this statement.

Your privacy is our priority

We are committed to protecting our customers' personal and financial information. In the course of providing you with our products and services, we need to collect and maintain certain nonpublic personal information about you. This Privacy Statement answers some questions about what nonpublic personal information we collect, what we do with it, and how we protect it.

What types of nonpublic personal information do we collect?

When you open an account with us as an employer, we collect the following types of information:

  • Information provided by you using the employer registration page, or other forms, such as your name, address, business tax identification number or social security number, and passwords.
  • Information provided by you using our online forms such as credit card numbers and billing addresses.
  • Information about your transactions, such as account balance, account activity, applicant resumes, and payment history.

When you apply for a job as a job seeker, we collect the following types of information:
  • Information provided by you using the job application form, such as your name, phone number, email address, and resume containing your work history.
  • Information provided by you indirectly through the resume that you submit through our system.

When you open an account with us as an affiliate or market partner, we collect the following types of information:
  • Information provided by you using the affiliate registration page, such as your name, contact information, social security number or tax identification number, and passwords.
  • Information about your account activity and payment history.
  • Referring URLs and IP addresses of the users who access our content through your web sites.
  • Search terms, frequency, and usage statistics of your users who access our content through your web sites.

What types of nonpublic personal information do we disclose?

We may disclose nonpublic personal information about you that we collect, primarily to make available to you the employment products and services that we and our business partners provide. We do not disclose nonpublic personal information about former customers to anyone, except as permitted or required by law.

To what types of entities do we disclose nonpublic personal information?

We may disclose certain information about you to our affiliated companies and to other employment services providers with which we have joint marketing agreements or that offer products and services with us or on our behalf. By sharing information about you and your accounts, transactions, and other customer relationships with our affiliated companies and other employment services providers, we can provide you with a broader range of products and services, improve your experience with us, and better serve your employment needs.

We may also disclose information that we collect from you such as your name, contact information, and customer relationships with us to nonaffiliated third parties that perform services, such as marketing or market research, on our behalf. For example, we may provide your name, address, phone number, and/or e-mail address to vendors who send our e-mail or regular mail.

We will disclose your name, contact information, and credit card numbers to payment processing partners and affiliates who perform payment fulfillment services for us. These transactions are secured using accepted encryption practices for the Internet.

We require that all entities with which we share your nonpublic personal information, including companies that process or service transactions for us, agree to keep your information confidential. We also prohibit them from using or disclosing your information except for the limited purpose and to the persons for whom disclosure was intended, or as otherwise permitted by law.

We do not sell your personal information to third-party marketers or any other entity for any purpose.

What opt outs of disclosure are available and how can they be exercised?

The law allows you to "opt out" of our sharing nonpublic personal information about you in certain circumstances with affiliated and nonaffiliated companies; that is, you may direct us to not make such disclosures. We do not currently share information about you with any affiliate or third party that triggers this opt-out right. Therefore, there is no need for you to opt out. If in the future we desire to disclose your information in a way that is inconsistent with this policy, we will notify you in advance and provide you with the opportunity to opt out of such disclosure.

How do we protect the confidentiality and security of nonpublic personal information?

We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that meet or exceed industry standards to guard your nonpublic personal information. We protect your account information by placing it on the secure portion of our Web site, using firewalls and other security technology to protect our network and systems from external attacks, and requiring you to enter a unique user name and password to access your account information online. Also, our servers have been enabled with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to prevent unauthorized parties from viewing the nonpublic personal information that you provide or access during a secure session (look for the padlock icon on your browser). In addition, we use digital certificate services to authenticate that you are transacting with our Web site.

Our employees (for example, customer service and compliance personnel) and third-party service providers (for example, software programming personnel) have access to your nonpublic personal information only on a need-to-know basis. We conduct regular internal audits of our business practices and procedures, examining confidentiality standards and information access in order to protect your personal information.

What about protecting children's privacy online?

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market our products and services to children.

What should I know about "cookies"?

Cookies" are small amounts of data that a Web site can send to your Web browser and store on your computer. Cookies do not contain personal information about you (unless you knowingly provide it). Cookies can note that your browser was used to visit certain sites, pages, or advertisements on a certain date.

We use cookies to enhance navigation and the functionality of our Web site, to securely verify your identity, and to personalize aspects of your experience on our site. We also use cookies to let us know how visitors are using our Web site so that we can improve our site and your experience on it. We permit certain third-party ad servers to set cookies and use related technology (such as Web beacons) through our Web site to track performance of advertisements and to collect aggregate data on Web page viewing.

You do have control over cookies. Most browsers can be set to notify you when a cookie is being placed on your computer. You can set most browsers to refuse to accept cookies, although this may affect your Internet experience. You can also erase cookies that are already on your computer. For more information on working with cookies, consult the user manual, FAQ, or Help function of your specific browser and operating system software.

How can customers access and update their nonpublic personal information that we collect?

We take measures to ensure that your nonpublic personal information is accurate and up-to-date. You can also access and update certain nonpublic personal information that we collect about you. To access and update your mailing address or your home or work phone numbers for your employer or affiliate account, log on to our Web site using your user name and password. At the top of the employer pages, or on the left hand side of the affiliate pages, there are links that take you to your account information page. Using the account information page, you can update your nonpublic personal information.


For answers to other questions regarding our Privacy Statement, please e-mail support@accessquery.com or call us at 1-858-361-2384.


(c) AccessQuery, Inc. All rights reserved.

December 2004