Eggsprout respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. We will never spam you or sell, distribute, or reveal your emails addresses and any other personal information without your consent. This is our privacy policy and we will comply with it, as well as applicable U.S. privacy law, when we gather and use information from users of our services.
Information Collected
When you use Eggsprout, we collect a variety of information.
- Information you provide. When using our site and services, you may provide information about yourself, such as name, address, and e-mail. This may occur when you register on Eggsprout and upload or create a resume. We may combine this information with other information we collect from your activity on our Web site, such as people or companies you choose to follow.
- Cookies. Cookies are bits of electronic information that can be transferred to a computer to uniquely identify that computer's browser. When you visit Eggsprout and use our services, we may place one or more cookies on your computer. The use of cookies helps us improve the quality of our services to you, such as remembering your login if you’ve chosen to. At any time, you may adjust settings on your browser to refuse cookies. However, if you choose to disable cookies, some of the free features and services on Eggsprout may not operate properly.
- Usage Information. When you use Eggsprout, your computer communicates a variety of information to computer servers, including the existence of cookies, your Internet Protocol address, and information about your browser program. We also create a record of what information you are requesting, such as the page or subject areas you're visiting.
Usage and Disclosure
Your privacy is important and we are committed to protecting information that identifies you personally, where you have chosen to keep it private. We will only share personal information that you provide outside the public areas of our services in the following circumstances:
- Consent. When you consent or direct Eggsprout to share the information. For example, if you choose to contact a company recruiter or another user through Eggsprout, your name and e-mail address will appear to the recipient of the message.
- Service providers to Eggsprout. When Eggsprout hires a service provider to help operate the services or our business, Eggsprout may give access to personal data only as necessary to perform the service for Eggsprout, and subject to the terms of this privacy policy.
- Legal obligation or protection from harm. When Eggsprout has a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the personal information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any requirement of law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce or investigate a potential violation of the Terms of Use, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise respond to fraud, security or technical concerns, or (d) protect the rights, property, or safety of Eggsprout, its users, or the public against harm.
- Merger or sale. When and if Eggsprout is involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of its business, personal information may be transferred along with the business
When you provide public information without identifying yourself, we will protect your personal identity as described above. If your account profile does not identify you personally, Eggsprout won't reveal your identity to third parties except in accordance with this policy.
Scope
This privacy policy will not apply to the following:
- Aggregated non-personal information and other information without personal identification. While we do not share your personal information with third parties unless permitted above, Eggsprout may share aggregate anonymous information with third-parties. This information does not personally identify individuals, but instead provides a helpful understanding of the groups of people who prefer certain types of information and services.
Third-Party Web Sites
Throughout Eggsprout, we may link to the Web sites of other companies and/or individuals. These third-party Web sites may collect personal information about users on those Web sites, and Eggsprout's privacy policy does not extend to these external Web sites and third parties. Please refer directly to these third parties and Web sites regarding their privacy policies.
Storage and Security of Information
Personal information will be processed and stored by Eggsprout in databases hosted in the United States. Eggsprout has taken reasonable steps to protect the information users share with us, including, but not limited to, setup of processes, equipment and software to avoid unauthorized access or disclosure of this information.
Contacting Eggsprout
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, or the privacy practices of Eggsprout, please contact us at contactus@eggsprout.com.
Please note that this policy may be amended from time to time. You should check back for the most current version before relying on any of the provisions in this privacy policy.
— December 2008
