AWN Career Connections

AWN Career Connections Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting the Career Connections website. AWN, Inc., the owner and operator of Career Connections, is committed to respecting the privacy of our users. We are dedicated to providing a safe and secure user experience. This Privacy Policy tells you how we use personal information collected at this site. Please read this privacy policy before using the site or submitting any personal information. By using the site, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy. You are encouraged to review the privacy policy whenever you visit the site to make sure that you understand how any personal information you provide will be used.

The privacy practices set forth in this Privacy Policy are for the Career Connections website only. If you link to other websites, please review the privacy policies posted at those sites.

Collection of Information

We collect personally identifiable information, like names, postal addresses, email addresses, etc., when voluntarily submitted by our visitors. The information you provide is used to fulfill your specific request. Examples of areas where we collect or may collect this information are when you register for Career Connections, post your resume or create a company profile. This information is only used to fulfill your specific request, unless you give us permission to use it in another manner, for example to add you to one of our mailing lists. We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties that we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

We use collected information for the purpose of operating the Career Connections website, improving the features and functionality of the website and delivering the products and services that we offer. We may use your contact information in order to send you e-mail or other communications regarding website updates, changes to the services, new features or functionality, to contact you about your opinion of current products and services or potential new products and services that may be offered. We may also provide additional communications, promotions and information on new Career Connections opportunities and additional job postings that may be of interest to you. The nature and frequency of these messages will vary depending upon the information we have about you.

Cookie/Tracking Technology

A cookie is a small file that asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. They are also designed to save you time by telling the web server that you have returned to a specific page.

The Career Connections website may use cookie and tracking technology depending on the features offered. Cookie and tracking technology is useful for gathering information such as browser type and operating system, tracking the number of visitors to the website and understanding how visitors use the website. Cookies can also help customize the website for visitors. Personal information cannot be collected via cookies and other tracking technology, however, if you previously provided personally identifiable information, cookies may be tied to such information. Aggregate cookie and tracking information may be shared with third parties.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Distribution of Information

The information we gather on the Career Connections website may be shared within the AWN.com network of affiliated portal websites and companies on a worldwide basis in order to deliver the products and services we offer to employers such as searches for job seekers or in order to provide analysis of our databases such as aggregate profiling of our registered users.

We may share information with companies and individuals we employ to perform functions on our behalf, such as companies hosting our Web servers, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. These companies and individuals will have access to your personal information as necessary to perform their functions, but they may not share that information with any other third party.

We may share information with governmental agencies or other companies assisting us in fraud prevention or investigation. We may do so when permitted or required by law, or trying to protect against or prevent actual or potential fraud or unauthorized transactions, or investigating fraud that has already taken place. The information is not provided to these companies for marketing purposes.

Resumes and Profiles

We attempt to limit access to our searchable resume database only to paying employers, recruiters, hiring managers, headhunters, and human resource professionals, as well as law enforcement and national security agencies, but cannot guarantee that other parties will not gain access to this database. We are not responsible for the use made of resumes by third parties who access such resumes while they are in our searchable database. You may remove your resume or delete your profile at anytime, but employers, recruiters and others who have paid for access to the resume database as well as parties who have otherwise gained access may have retained a copy of your resume or profile in their own files or databases. We are not responsible for the retention, use or privacy of resumes or profiles in these instances.

Commitment to Data Security

Your personally identifiable information is kept secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure we have put in place commercially reasonable and suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. Only authorized employees, agents and contractors (who have agreed to keep information secure and confidential) have access to this information. All emails and newsletters from this site allow you to opt out of further mailings. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes.

When you place an order online at Career Connections, your credit card information is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer ("SSL") protocol. SSL makes it difficult for your credit card information to be intercepted or stolen while being transmitted. We use a service company to process its credit card transactions. For further information on this company's privacy and security practices, please click here.

Privacy Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about our privacy policy you may contact us using the information below:

By E-mail: jobs@awn.com
By Phone: (323) 606-4200

We reserve the right to make changes to this policy. Any changes to this policy will be posted.