Privacy Policy

Your Privacy on the Internet

Protecting an individual’s privacy on the Internet is crucial to the future of Internet-based business and the overall movement towards a true Internet economy. The Emerald Recruiting Group has created this privacy statement to demonstrate our firm commitment to protecting the privacy of all clients. This policy outlines our personal information handling practices for this website. This Privacy Statement covers this website and other sites that reference this Privacy Statement. Some Emerald Recruiting Group partners, programs and/or sites may have their own, possibly different, privacy statements.

Global Privacy Fundamentals

Our privacy practices reflect current global principles and standards on handling personal information. These principles include notice of data use, choice of data use, data access, data integrity, security, onward transfer, and enforcement/oversight. We abide by the privacy laws in the States where we do business.

Consent

By using this Website, you consent to the collection and use of the information as described here. If we decide to make changes to this Privacy Statement, we will post the changes on this site so that you will always know what information we collect, and how we use it. From time to time, as may be required by applicable law, we may also seek your explicit consent to process certain data and information collected on this website or volunteered by you.

Collection and Processing of Your Personal Data

To serve you better and understand your needs and interests, The Emerald Recruiting Group stores, and uses personal information with adequate notice and consent, along with required filings with data protection authorities, when applicable. If you visit our web site, we may record your IP address and use cookies and other Internet technologies (referred to below as Automated Tools and Embedded Web Links) to gather general information about our visitors and their interests. The technologies used and the information collected are described in more detail below. We may collect additional data and process any information that you volunteer to us.

Use and Purpose of Collected Personal Data

The information Emerald Recruiting Group collects to understand your needs and interests helps us deliver a consistent and personalized experience. We will use such information only as described in this Privacy Statement and/or in the way we specify at the time of collection. We will not subsequently change the way your personal data is used without your consent, as required by applicable law. Some of the ways we may use your personal data include, but are not limited to:

Provide the services that you request
Keep you up to date on the latest announcements, and other information. This may occasionally include information from other companies or business partners about products and services that could be of value to you
Provide information about our services to your individual interests.
Create personal profile areas and view protected content
Contact clients, provide customer feedback and support
Offer various marketing or promotional activities on the theemeraldrecruitinggroup.com or affiliate websites. (Personal data may be collected to administer those programs)
Conduct voluntary questionnaires and surveys in order to provide better products and services to our customers and end users.
Support recruitment inquiries and meet contractual obligations.

Automated Tools

In addition to the information you provide, The Emerald Recruiting Group may also collect information during your visit to Emerald Group’s website through automated tools, which include Web beacons, cookies, embedded Web links, and other commonly used information-gathering tools. These tools collect certain standard information that your browser sends to our website such as your browser type and language, access times, and the address of the website from which you arrived at Emerald’s website. Using these tools, Emerald is also able to confirm receipt of e-mails that the recipient consented to receive, and can track other information such as pages visited on the Emerald Recruiting Group website along with other aggregate data that is not related to a particular individual.

Embedded Web Links

Emails from The Emerald Recruiting Group often contains links designed to lead you to a relevant area on the Web, after redirection through our servers. The redirection system allows Emerald Group to change the destination URL of these links, if necessary, and to determine the effectiveness of our marketing initiatives. In emails, such links may also allow Emerald to determine if you have clicked on a link in the email, and the information about this interaction may be connected to your personal identity. If you do not want Emerald to collect information about the links you clicked, you can simply choose not to click on the links in an e-mail that The Emerald Group sends you.

We use cookies to deliver personalized content, to save you having to re-enter your password repeatedly, and to tailor our information offerings to how you and others use the site.

E-mail Addresses

If you choose to give us your e-mail address, we will communicate with you via e-mail. We do not share your e-mail address with others outside of The Emerald Recruiting Group. You can choose not to receive any more e-mail at any time. Depending on how your e-mail application is set up, information about you may be transmitted automatically when you send an e-mail to The Emerald Recruiting Group.

Sharing Your Personal Data

The Emerald Recruiting Group operates a number of Web sites. Any data and information that you volunteer or that is otherwise collected on one of our sites in the United States or Canada may be sent electronically to a server in another country. We safeguard your privacy interests around the world by ensuring that this Emerald Recruiting Group site adheres to our data protection principles described in this statement.

We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties for marketing purposes. We may respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process by disclosing your personal data and other related information, if necessary. We also may choose to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims. Circumstances may arise where, whether for strategic or other business reasons, The Emerald Recruiting Group decides to buy, sell, merge or otherwise reorganize businesses. Such a transaction may involve, in accordance with applicable law, the disclosure of personal information to prospective or actual purchasers, or the receipt of it from sellers. It is The Emerald Recruiting Group’s practice to seek appropriate protection for information in these types of transactions.

Security of Your Personal Data

The Emerald Recruiting Group is committed to protecting the personal data you share with us. Emerald Group uses a combination of industry-standard security technologies, procedures, and organizational measures to help protect your personal data from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Emerald supports online security using secure server technology because we want your data to be safe.

Links to Other Sites

This site may contain links to other sites. Emerald Group is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other websites outside of The Emerald Recruiting Group.

Choice/Opt-Out

We communicate with users who subscribe to our services on a regular basis via email, and we may also communicate by phone to resolve complaints or investigate suspicious transactions. We may use your email address to confirm your opening of an account, to send you information about changes to our services, and to send notices and other disclosures as required by law. Generally, users cannot opt out of these communications, but they will be primarily informational in nature rather than promotional. Emerald Group provides you with the opportunity to exercise an opt-out choice if you do not want to receive other types of communication from us such as emails or updates from us.

Data Retention

The Emerald Recruiting Group will not retain your personal data longer than is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by applicable laws or regulations.