Privacy Policy
PRIVACY STATEMENT
This confirms that AutoHire is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program. This
privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for www.AutoHireSoftware.com.
TRUSTe is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to build users'
trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information
practices. Because this web site wants to demonstrate its commitment to your
privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices and have its
privacy practices reviewed for compliance by TRUSTe. By displaying the TRUSTe
trustmark, this web site has agreed to notify you of:
- What personally
identifiable information of yours or third party personally identification
is collected from you through the web site
- The organization
collecting the information
- How the information
is used
- With whom the
information may be shared
- What choices are
available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of the
information
- The kind of
security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse or
alteration of information under AutoHire control
- How you can correct
any inaccuracies in the information. If you feel that this company is not
abiding by its posted privacy policy, you should first contact
user@AutoHireSoftware.com If you do not
receive acknowledgment of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily
addressed, you should then contact TRUSTe at http://www.truste.org.
TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison with the Web site to resolve your concerns.
Information Collection and Use
AutoHire is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will
not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what
is disclosed in this statement. AutoHire collects information from our users at
several different points on our website.
Registration
In order to use this website, a user must first complete the registration form.
During registration a user is required to give their contact information (such
as name and email address). This information is used to contact the user about
the services on our site for which they have expressed interest. It is optional
for the user to provide demographic information (such as income level and
gender), and unique identifiers (such as social security number), but
encouraged so we can provide a more personalized experience on our site.
Order
We request information from the user on our order form. Here a user must
provide contact information (like name and shipping address) and financial
information (like credit card number, expiration date). This information is
used for billing purposes and to fill customer's orders. If we have trouble
processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch with the
user.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing
information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any
personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes
their browser, the cookie simply terminates. For instance, by setting a cookie
on our site, the user would not have to log in a password more than once,
thereby saving time while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they may
still use our site. The only drawback to this is that the user will be limited
in some areas of our site. For example, the user will not be able to
participate in any of our Sweepstakes, Contests or monthly Drawings that take
place. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our
users to enhance the experience on our site. Some of our business partners use
cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to
or control over these cookies.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's
movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP
addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and
advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify
any individual person.
We use an outside shipping company to ship orders, and a credit card processing
company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain,
share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary
purposes.
We partner with another party to provide specific services. When the user signs up
for these services, we will share names, or other contact information that is
necessary for the third party to provide these services. These parties are not
allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of
providing these services.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we AutoHire
are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage
our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy
statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable
information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by
this Web site.
Newsletter
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information
such as name and email address.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or
contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and
the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information.
Information requested may include contact information (such as name and
shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level).
Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey
information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and
satisfaction of this site.
Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our
site, we ask them for the friend's name and email address. AutoHire will
automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site.
AutoHire stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time
email. The friend may contact AutoHire , Inc. at www.AutoHireSoftware.com to request the removal
of this information from their database.
Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When
users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is
protected both online and off-line.
When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as
credit card number and/or social security number), that information is
encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry -
SSL. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the
bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet
Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just
‘surfing'.
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do
everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our users'
information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted
in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific
job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are
granted access to personally identifiable information. Our employees must use
password-protected screen-savers when they leave their desk. When they return,
they must re-enter their password to re-gain access to your information.
Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy
practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, our
employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on
privacy, and what they can do to ensure our customers ' information is
protected. Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable
information on are kept in a secure environment, behind a locked cage. If you
have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an email to
user@AutoHireSoftware.com
Supplementation of Information
In order for this website to properly fulfill its obligation to our customers,
it is necessary for us to supplement the information we receive with
information from 3rd party sources.
For
example, to determine if our customers qualify for one of our credit cards, we
use their name and social security number to request a credit report. Once we
determine a user's credit-worthiness, this document is destroyed. (or) In order
for this website to enhance its ability to tailor the site to an individual's
preference, we combine information about the purchasing habits of users with
similar information from our partners, Company Y & Company Z, to create a
personalized user profile. When a user makes a purchase from either of these
two companies, the companies collect and share that purchase information with
us so we can tailor the site to our users' preferences.
Special Offers We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and
username. Established members will occasionally receive information on
products, services, special deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the
privacy of our users we present the option to not receive these types of
communications. Please see our choice and opt-out below.
Site and Service Updates
We also send the user site and service announcement updates. Members are not
able to un-subscribe from service announcements, which contain important
information about the service. We communicate with the user to provide
requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account via email
or phone.
Correction/Updating Personal Information
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as your zip
code), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavor to provide
a way to correct, update or remove that user's personal data provided to us.
This can usually be done at the member information page or by emailing our
Customer Support. [Some sites may also provide telephone or postal mail options
for updating or correcting personal information].
Choice/Opt-out
Our users are given the opportunity to ‘opt-out' of having their information
used for purposes not directly related to our site at the point where we ask
for the information. For example, our order form has an ‘opt-out' mechanism so
users who buy a product from us, but don't want any marketing material, can
keep their email address off of our lists. Users who no longer wish to receive
our newsletter or promotional materials from our partners may opt-out of
receiving these communications by replying to unsubscribe in the subject line
in the email or email us at user@autohiresoftware.com
[Some sites are able to offer opt-out mechanisms
on member information pages and also supply a telephone or postal option as a
way to opt-out.] Users of our site are always notified when their information
is being collected by any outside parties. We do this so our users can make an
informed choice as to whether they should proceed with services that require an
outside party, or not.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our
Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we
use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we
decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from
that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an
email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information
in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the
privacy policy under which the information was collected.