ContractMonkey ContractMonkey Privacy Policy


ContractMonkey is committed to protecting your privacy tot give you a powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the ContractMonkey Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the ContractMonkey website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

COLLECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

ContractMonkey collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home address or telephone number. ContractMonkey also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by ContractMonkey. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by ContractMonkey for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the ContractMonkey Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through ContractMonkey, this information may be collected and used by others.

ContractMonkey encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from ContractMonkey so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. ContractMonkey is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the ContractMonkey and ContractMonkey family of Web sites.

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION


ContractMonkey collects and uses your personal information to operate the ContractMonkey Web site and deliver the services you have requested. ContractMonkey also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from ContractMonkey and its affiliates. ContractMonkey may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

ContractMonkey does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. ContractMonkey may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, ContractMonkey may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to ContractMonkey, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

ContractMonkey keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within ContractMonkey, in order to determine what ContractMonkey services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within ContractMonkey to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

ContractMonkey Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on ContractMonkey or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of ContractMonkey; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of ContractMonkey, or the public.

Contractors and Job Seekers
The information that you, your referees, or others post, upload, input, provide or submit to Contract Monkey, in regard to yourself, is considered to be personal and as such we give you full control over it. When requesting a reference the information submitted by your referee will not be available to you although will be available to perspective employers revieiwng your online profile. By accepting this Pivacy Policy you accept that information submitted by referees on you at your request will not be available to you without permission from the referee.
We will only release information you have entered about yourself when you make it visible to potential employers by activating your profile online.
We give you the choice of making your information available in two stages, the first being when your basic resume details are viewable to be searched on, however your name and contact details will not be exposed. The second stage is when you are contacted by an employer, at which time you will be asked permission to release your full details to the employer. Only employers who have become members of Contract Monkey or persons employed by Contract Monkey will be able to contact you. To protect your privacy further we allow you to blacklist certain domain names, which you enter, from seeing you or your details when a search is made. We will endeavour to ensure that our search services are used only be employers or recruitment agencies seeking contractors or employees. We will terminate the use of our site by any business or person where we determine they are using Contract Monkey for anything other than seeking contractors or employees. Whilst we try to protect you as much as we reasonably can it is also your responsibility to protect your information by maintaining the confidentiality of your login name and password. You agree to notify Contract Monkey immediately you are aware of any unauthorised use of your credentials or any other breach of security.
Employers

Referees


USE OF COOKIES

The ContractMonkey Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a 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. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize ContractMonkey pages, or register with ContractMonkey site or services, a cookie helps ContractMonkey to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same ContractMonkey Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the ContractMonkey features that you customized.

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 prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the ContractMonkey services or Web sites you visit.

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

ContractMonkey secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. ContractMonkey secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
ContractMonkey will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. ContractMonkey encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how ContractMonkey is protecting your information.

CONTACT INFORMATION
ContractMonkey welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you believe that ContractMonkey has not adhered to this Policy, please contact ContractMonkey at support@contractmonkey.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.