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Online Privacy Policy
To underscore our commitment to privacy and our vision that good privacy is good business we have adopted this online privacy policy, which reflects and implements our corporate privacy principles in an online setting, for this Web site: http://www.screeningnetwork.com/, which is operated by ChoicePoint Inc., a LexisNexis Company, or its subsidiaries ("LexisNexis") , 1000 Alderman Drive, Alpharetta, GA, 30005. This site is not directed at children. To demonstrate our further commitment to online privacy, ChoicePoint, a LexisNexis Company, is a licensee of the TRUSTe® Privacy Program. TRUSTe is an independent organization whose mission is to build users' trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices. TRUSTe's certification covers the Web sites gathering and dissemination of information not any services or products. We have disclosed the information practices of our Web site to TRUSTe, and TRUSTe has reviewed and approved our online privacy practices for compliance with TRUSTe's online privacy standards. If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, please contact us at:
LexisNexis 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/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php. TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison with the Web site to resolve your concerns. ChoicePoint’s WorkPlace Solutions Inc., a LexisNexis Company, complies with the EU Safe Harbor framework, as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce, regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union. Their EU Safe Harbor Privacy Policy is available online at www.screeningnetwork.com. INFORMATION COLLECTION I. Personally-identifiable information. This site only collects personally-identifiable information from you if you choose to provide this information to us. Personally-identifiable information collected with your consent may include, for example, name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, driver's license information, social security number, date of birth, credit card or other payment information, vehicle information, employment information, educational information, user id and passwords if necessary to access secured areas of our site, any response you provide to survey questions, information relating to any orders you place, or any inquires you may make through our Web site. II. Cookies. "Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. This site uses cookies, however personally identifiable information is not collected, nor is it linked through the use of cookies. Cookies are used to determine whether a visitor is unique or whether the visitor has viewed our site before. This site also uses cookies to keep track of user ids and passwords, to manage your session, and/or for security purposes. While most browsers are set to accept cookies by default, you can set yours to refuse cookies or to alert you before accepting them. Your browser manufacturer has information on changing the default setting for your specific browser. Refusing to accept cookies may limit your ability to use certain features of our Web site. III. Nonpersonally-identifiable information. This site also collects nonpersonally-identifiable information. For example, as you browse this web site we may collect information about your visit, but not about you personally. Via web server logs, for example, we may monitor statistics such as: the number of people that visit our site, which page(s) are visited on our site, from which domain our visitors come (e.g., aol.com, hotmail.com, etc.), and which browsers people use to visit our site (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Safari (for Apple Computers), Mozilla Firefox, etc.). We may use an outsourcing program to assist us in analyzing this data to better tailor our Web site. INFORMATION USE AND CONSUMER CHOICE The information collected by this web site is used only for responding to your inquiries and otherwise corresponding with you, for processing transactions you request, maintaining your account (if you have one), for other purposes permitted by your organization's subscriber agreement(s) (if any), and for the administration, review and/or the improvement the content of our Web sites. In order to provide pre-employment screening services to you, we may supplement the personal information you submitted to us with information from third party sources. We may contact you by phone, mail, e-mail, or facsimile in response to your comments or inquiries, as part of the maintenance of your account with us (if you have one), or in order to complete a transaction that you requested. If you do not wish to receive automated e-mail communications from us in connection with the maintenance of your account you can either opt-out of receiving these communications or adjust the frequency with which we send then to you by going to “Edit Auto E-mail Notification Preferences” in the Account Administration section of our Website. You also can call us at (800) 640-4772if you would prefer that we not send you these types of communications or other communications regarding your account (other than billing-related communications). We will not contact you regarding promotional or marketing communications. ONWARD TRANSFER We may disclose information you provide to us to third parties in order to complete a transaction that you requested or as otherwise permitted by your organization's subscriber agreement (if any). In other cases, it may be necessary to disclose information you provide about yourself or third parties in order to obtain the information product you requested. We may outsource some tasks, including the operation of some website functions that require access to information you supply online. In such cases, however, we require that the companies acting on our behalf abide by our privacy policy and institute safeguards to protect the confidentiality of your information. We do not share, sell, rent, or trade personally-identifiable information with third parties for their promotional purposes. If our company or our assets are acquired by another company, that company will assume responsibility for the personal information collected by us through this Web site and it will assume the rights and obligations regarding the information collected through this Web site, as described in this privacy policy. Finally, please note that we may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform with the law or to comply with a legal process. ACCESS AND CORRECTION As an information company, we know the importance of accurate data. Therefore, we strive to maintain the accuracy of the information collected through this web site. Furthermore, we believe that the individual is invaluable in ensuring that data is complete and accurate. We will provide you with access to personally-identifiable information you provide through our web site for as long as we maintain that information in a readily accessible format. Similarly, we permit and encourage you to correct, update, and/or delete inaccuracies in the information you submit to us through our web site. If you wish to correct any inaccurate information you have submitted to this site, please either use mechanisms provided by the site or send an e-mail to: privacy@lexisnexis.com. We will respond to your inquiry within thirty days of receiving the request. SECURITY We take steps to protect against the loss, misuse, or unauthorized alteration of personally-identifiable information collected through this Web site. We recognize the importance of security for all personally-identifiable information collected by our Web site. We exercise care in providing secure transmission of your information from your PC to our servers. Once we receive personally-identifiable information, we take steps to protect its security on our systems. In the event we request or transmit sensitive information, such as credit card information, or Social Security Numbers, we use industry standard, secure socket layer ("SSL") encryption. We limit access to personally-identifiable information to those employees who need access in order to carry out their job responsibilities. OTHER WEB SITES This online privacy policy only applies to the Web site(s) identified in the first paragraph of this privacy policy. Our Web site, however, may include links to other Web sites which may be operated by other LexisNexis companies or by third parties. If you visit a Web site not listed above, we recommend that you review the online privacy policy of that Web site to determine how the operator of that Web site will handle personal information collected through that Web site. POLICY CHANGES We may revise this online privacy policy from time to time. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on the Web site, 30 days prior to implementing the change. EU
SAFE HARBOR PRIVACY POLICY ChoicePoint WorkPlace Solutions Inc. (“WorkPlace Solutions”), a LexisNexis Company, participates in the Safe Harbor Program administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce (“the Department”) for the transfer of Personal Information1 from the European Union (“EU”) to the United States. As part of our participation in the Safe Harbor Program, WorkPlace Solutions has adopted this policy (“Safe Harbor Policy”), which is consistent with the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles published by the Department. Our Safe Harbor Policy also reflects, where applicable, the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681 et. seq., (the “FCRA”) and its state law counterparts, which regulate many of the Personal Information products offered by WorkPlace Solutions (i.e., consumer reports). In the event of any conflict between this Safe Harbor Policy and our obligations under the FCRA or other laws, the law will control. Please note that in certain cases, consistent with the Safe Harbor Program, the notice, choice, and onward transfer principles below do not apply in cases where WorkPlace Solutions is transferring public record information from the EU to the U.S. without combining that information with nonpublic information, or in cases where WorkPlace Solutions is transferring publicly available information that has not been restricted by the transferor. However, as noted above, WorkPlace Solutions complies with the FCRA when applicable. NOTICE: WorkPlace Solutions seeks to inform individuals, either directly or by requesting our customers to do so, about the purposes for which we collect and use Personal Information about them, how to contact us with any questions or complaints (see below), the types of third parties to which we disclose Personal Information, and the choices and means we offer individuals for limiting the use and disclosure of Personal Information. In addition, WorkPlace Solutions provides additional notices that may be required by the FCRA either directly or through its customers. WorkPlace Solutions, for example, collects, maintains, uses, and discloses Personal Information about consumers in connection with the preparation of reports for employers and their joint users and agents, such as staffing firms or recruiters. These reports are used for employment eligibility determinations, including for purposes of evaluating a consumer for employment, promotion, reassignment, or retention as an employee. Personal Information, for example, may be collected, maintained, used, and disclosed in the performance of background checks on applicants and employees; for purposes of verifying prior employment and credentials such as education history and professional licensure and conduct; and investigations of possible employee misconduct. CHOICE: It is our policy to provide individuals with clear and conspicuous, readily available, and affordable mechanisms to exercise choice. Consistent with FCRA requirements, WorkPlace Solutions requires subscribers to obtain the written authorization of the consumer before furnishing a consumer report for employment purposes. In the event we collect Personal Information from the EU specifying medical or health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership or information specifying the sex life of the individual—we would provide consumers affirmative (opt in) choice if the information is to be disclosed to a third party or used for a purpose other than those for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized by the individual through the exercise of opt in choice. We also make reasonable efforts to treat Personal Information as “sensitive” if a third party providing us with that Personal Information treats and identifies it as being sensitive. In the case of other Personal Information other than consumer report information, we offer individuals the opportunity to choose (opt out) whether their Personal Information is (a) to be disclosed to a third party (other than our agents and contractors) or (b) to be used for a purpose that is incompatible with the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized by the individual. Finally, we allow individuals to opt-out of certain products and services as required by law and LexisNexis policies. For information about opt-out opportunities contact us by telephone at 1-888-203-7969 or by e-mail at consumer.center@lexisnexis.com ONWARD TRANSFER: Our disclosure of Personal Information to third parties will be done in compliance with the notice and choice principles above, where applicable, and, in cases where WorkPlace Solutions is providing the third party with a consumer report, we comply with FCRA requirements. In the event that we disclose Personal Information to our agents or contractors we either enter into a written agreement with the agent or contractor requiring that they provide at least the same level of privacy protection as is required by the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles or verify that other appropriate legal controls are in place to safeguard Personal Information. In addition, please note that it is possible that Personal Information may be subject to disclosure in order to comply with judicial, law enforcement, or other governmental subpoenas, warrants, or orders. SECURITY: We take reasonable precautions to protect Personal Information from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. We strive to protect Personal Information which we maintain or disseminate so it is not obtained by unauthorized individuals or used in unauthorized ways. We strive to know that our customers are legitimate and verify that they have an appropriate and lawful purpose for obtaining information. We continue implementing and updating security safeguards, as appropriate. DATA INTEGRITY: We take reasonable steps to ensure that data is reliable, relevant for its intended use, accurate, complete, and current. We also strive to assure that every source we use is reputable and reliable. In the case of consumer reports, WorkPlace Solutions has developed procedures to comply with the FCRA’s requirements regarding the accuracy of the information contained in consumer reports; restrictions on the information that can be included in consumer reports; and requirements regarding the reporting of certain public record information and the provision of contemporaneous notice to consumers that such information is being provided to an employer, if the information is not complete and up to date when it is provided. ACCESS: We strive to provide consumers with access to Personal Information about them that we hold and to allow consumers to correct, amend, or delete that information where it is inaccurate, except where the burden or expense of providing access would be disproportionate to the risks to the individual's privacy in the case in question, or where the rights of persons other than the individual would be violated. In some cases, depending upon the nature of your request and the Personal Information involved, we may need to direct you to the party that provided the data to us (such as our customer or a public record repository). We will respond to consumers’ requests’ within 30 days. In the case of our FCRA-regulated products, consumers have specified rights under the FCRA to obtain Personal Information that we maintain in their file. Consumers also have specific rights under the FCRA to dispute the accuracy and completeness of Personal Information in their file. For additional information see www.choicetrust.com/servlet/com.kx.cs.servlets.CsServlet?channel=welcome&subchannel=disclosure ENFORCEMENT: We take steps internally to verify that our privacy promises have been implemented as presented and take appropriate steps to remedy any deficiencies that we may identify. The Federal Trade Commission is the federal agency primarily responsible for enforcing the FCRA, including with respect to consumer reporting agencies such as WorkPlace Solutions. Additional information is available at http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/privacyinitiatives/credit.html . We participate in the EU Safe Harbor Privacy Framework as set forth by the Department of Commerce for WorkPlace Solutions. As part of our participation in the safe harbor, we have agreed to TRUSTe online dispute resolution for disputes relating to our compliance with the Safe Harbor Privacy Framework. If you have any complaints regarding our compliance with the Safe Harbor you should first contact us at privacy@lexisnexis.com. If contacting us does not resolve your complaint, you may raise your complaint with TRUSTe by Internet at http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php. For information about TRUSTe or the operation of TRUSTe's dispute resolution process, see http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php. The TRUSTe dispute resolution process shall be conducted in English. Additional information about obtaining an FCRA file disclosure and the procedures for disputing the accuracy or completeness of information in your file is available by contacting us by telephone at 888-497-0011 or 770-291-3411 or by e-mail at consumer.center@lexisnexis.com 1) "Personal Information" for purposes of this policy means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”); an identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identification number or to one or more factors specific to his physical, physiological, mental, economic, cultural or social identity that are within the scope of the EU Privacy Directive, received by WorkPlace Solutions from the EU, and recorded in any form. |
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