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GigAlert.com Website Privacy Policy Statement

This document was last updated on September 28, 2009.

0. PREFACE

GigAlert.com values your privacy. Doug Macklem, GigAlert.com's CEO, has been the victim of identity theft in the past and completely understands the need to keep your private information private. This is a growing crime with the ability to greatly disrupt lives. In many cases little investigation is done and seemingly less prosecution. His case was one that was never solved and barely investigated.

Please see our Staying Safe Online page for additional recommendations and references for staying safe on the Internet.

1. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

GigAlert.com is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy Statement sets forth our current privacy practices with regard to the information we collect when you or your computer interact with our website. By accessing www.gigalert.com, you acknowledge and fully understand GigAlert.com's Privacy Policy Statement and freely consent to the information collection and use practices described in this Website Privacy Policy Statement.

2. PARTICIPATING MERCHANT POLICIES

Related services and offerings with links from this website, including vendor sites, have their own privacy policy statements that can be viewed by clicking on the corresponding links within each respective website. Online merchants and others who participate in GigAlert.com services are encouraged to participate in industry privacy initiatives and to take a responsible attitude towards consumer privacy. However, since we do not have direct control over the policies or practices of participating merchants and other third parties, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or contents of those sites. We recommend and encourage that you always review the privacy policies of merchants and other third parties before you provide any personal information or complete any transaction with such parties.

3. INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT

GigAlert.com collects certain information from and about its users three ways: directly from our Web Server logs, the user, and with Cookies.

3.1. Web Server Logs

When you visit www.gigalert.com, we may track information to administer the site and analyze its usage. Examples of information we may track include:

  1. Your Internet protocol address.
  2. The kind of browser or computer you use.
  3. Number of links you click within the site.
  4. State or country from which you accessed the site.
  5. Date and time of your visit.
  6. Name of your Internet service provider.
  7. Web page you linked to our site from.
  8. Pages you viewed on the site.

3.2. Use of Cookies

GigAlert.com may use cookies to personalize or enhance your user experience. A cookie is a small 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. For example, if you personalize a web page, or navigate within a site, a cookie helps the site to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. Hence, this simplifies the process of delivering relevant content and eases site navigation by providing and saving your preferences and login information as well as providing personalized functionality.

GigAlert.com reserves the right to share aggregated site statistics with partner companies, but does not allow other companies to place cookies on our website unless there is a temporary, overriding customer value (such as merging into GigAlert.com a site that relies on third-party cookies).

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 reject cookies by changing your browser settings then be aware that this may disable some of the functionality on our Website.

3.3. Personal Information Users

Visitors to our website can register to use FREE services or, in some cases, purchase services. When you register, we will request some personal information such as name, address, email, telephone number, and other relevant information. If you are purchasing a service, we will request financial information. Any financial information we collect is used only to bill you for the services you purchased. If you purchase by credit card, this information may be forwarded to your credit card provider. For other types of registrations, we will ask for the relevant information. You may also be asked to disclose personal information to us so that we can provide assistance and information to you. For example, such data may be warranted in order to provide online technical support and troubleshooting.

We will not disclose personally identifiable information we collect from you to third parties without your permission except to the extent necessary including:

  • To fulfill your service requests for services.
  • To protect ourselves from liability,
  • To respond to legal process or comply with law, or
  • In connection with a merger, acquisition, or liquidation of the company.

4. USE OF WEB BEACONS OR GIF FILES

GigAlert.com does not employ the use of web beacons or GIF files.

5. ACCESSING WEB ACCOUNT INFORMATION

We will provide you with the means to ensure that personally identifiable information in your web account file is correct and current. After logging into your account you may change any of the personal information you provided during registration by visiting the account management page. You may review this information by contacting us by sending an email to our support attendant here - Ask Us a Question.

6. CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT

GigAlert.com has the discretion to occasionally update this privacy policy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "updated" date at the top of this Privacy page. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy policy statement to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy policy statement and any updates.

7. MEMBERSHIPS

We offer two types of website user accounts, Individual and Business. The details of our privacy policy statement for each type of account are outlined below.

Individual Accounts

  • Signing up for an Individual account allows you to post a Gig. A Gig is a service you need performed by a Business account holder. Gigs range from Health & Beauty, Construction & Trades, Legal, and many other categories of services.
  • Signing up for an Individual account also allows you to set up a profile to be notified when a job is posted that you may be interested in. Notifications can be sent via email or text message. You may also elect to not receive notices but view jobs matching your profile when you sign into your account.
  • All services provided to Individual accounts by this site are FREE so go ahead and sign up! What are you waiting for?
  • Since all Individual services are FREE you will not be asked for any financial data such as credit card information.
  • GigAlert.com will only ask for your name, email address, phone number, and cell phone number (optional - required for text message notifications).
  • You can change any information we collect by signing into your account and visiting the Account Management page.
  • Collecting basic information helps prevent fraudulent accounts from being created.
  • We perform email verification to help prevent fraud.
  • All information stored in your account is password protected.
  • Passwords are stored using a one-way algorithm that greatly reduces the chance that a password can be decrypted. If you forget your password a new one will be generated for you as we will be unable to decrypt your old one.
  • Please protect your password and do not share it with anyone.
  • You may opt-in to be notified via email or text message when a job is posted that matches your profile. We will not contact you for any reason other than this.
  • To keep our site free we use one or more popular banner ad companies. They may use cookies to help serve ads. We do not share personal data with these companies or provide them access to your information.
  • A key ingredient to privacy is you. When posting a gig we ask that you do not disclose any personally identifiable information in your post such as name, address, phone number, etc. Our software will anonymously notify a business of your need and will prompt the business to respond. You will then be able to view the profile of any business interested in serving your need without them knowing who you are. You will make your own decision as to whether or not you want to contact a business after you review their profile. They will not receive any of your contact information in the notification of the gig. You will always be in full control of your gig and who you want to talk to.
  • When viewing a Business account profile they may provide links to external websites. Please review their privacy policies as we do not have any control over them and cannot be responsible for them.
  • We may store information on accounts and gigs indefinitely.
  • We use industry standard web analytics software to maximize the website experience. Data collected may include links clicked and IP addresses. We do not tie personally identifiable information to the log data. The data is only used to gauge the quality of your site experience and to maximize the site's usefulness to our visitors.
  • Search engines and other sites may index GigAlert.com postings to make available to their visitors.

Business Accounts

  • Business accounts will have an Individual account at their core. Please see the above Individual section as all Individual policies also apply to Business accounts. By having an Individual account a business is also allowed to post gigs for B2B services that they may require.
  • Business accounts will be prompted to enter additional information in order to define the business. Information such as company address, company phone, company email, and company website. This should be the same public facing information as would be posted in any other directory or company marketing material. Do not disclose personal information, unrelated to the business, that you do not wish to share with others as the business information will be displayed to individual account holders.
  • You can change any information we collect by signing into your account and visiting the Account Management page.
  • A Business account can be established for FREE so go ahead and register your business! What are you waiting for?
  • A Business account can respond to gigs for FREE! Free business leads are hard to beat in any economy!
  • A Business account can also post gigs for FREE! Have a B2B service you need performed? Post it here.
  • We offer some premium services to Business accounts for a nominal fee. These services include the posting of full-time and part-time job positions, premium search placements, and premium company profiles. These are all optional items. For these items we may temporarily collect credit card information in order to pay for these services.
  • We do not store credit card information. All payment information is used once to collect the nominal fee then discarded. Credit card transaction may require name, address, phone, card number, expiration date, etc.
  • All credit card transactions are transmitted over a secure gateway using SSL technology with a trusted Tier 1 merchant account provider.
  • Full and part-time job postings will be syndicated to other job sites and search engines for jobs, such as Indeed.com. Posting your job position here helps you reach the broadest audience possible to find the best job candidates. Please review their privacy policies as we have no control over them. These sites reach over 15 million unique visitors per month:

8. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

GigAlert.com services and www.gigalert.com does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. GigAlert.com does not target services or www.gigalert.com to children under the age of 13.

9. INTERNATIONAL USERS

Currently, www.gigalert.com is designed for use within the United States of America.

10. SECURITY

GigAlert.com makes every effort to store your data securely. However, there is no such thing as a perfectly secure application. We will apply software patches as necessary to keep our environment as secure as possible. GigAlert.com cannot guarantee complete safety and makes no such warranties.

11. DISCLOSURE

GigAlert.com does not sell or give away any personally identifiable information including email addresses. GigAlert.com will only disclose information when legally required to do so, at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation, to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our website and applicable laws or to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our website.

12. CONTACTING US

If you have questions regarding our Privacy Policy Statement, its implementation, failure to adhere to this Privacy Policy Statement and/or our general practices, please contact us here - Ask Us a Question.

GigAlert.com will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly respond and resolve any problem or questions.