Privacy Policy
Vested Technology LLC (“Vested”) recognizes that your privacy is very important and takes it seriously. This Privacy Policy describes Vested’s policies and procedures on the collection, use, disclosure, and sharing of your information (“Personal Data” as defined below) when you use the Vested Service.
1. Questions; Reporting Violations
If you have questions, concerns, or complaints about this Policy, or if you want to report any security violations please contact us at the following:
2. User Consent
By submitting Personal Data through our Site or Service (as defined under the Terms of Service), you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and you expressly consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
3. Users From Outside Of The United States
If you are a non-U.S. user of the Site, you acknowledge and agree that your Personal Data may be processed for the purposes identified in this Policy. In addition, your Personal Data may be processed in the country in which it was collected and in other countries, including the United States, where laws regarding processing of Personal Data may be less stringent than the laws in your country. By providing your data, you consent to such transfer.
4. Types Of Data We Collect
“Personal Data” means data that allows someone to identify or contact you, including, for example, your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, social security number or taxpayer ID, as well as any other non-public information about you that is associated with or linked to any of the foregoing data.
“Anonymous Data” means data that is not associated with or linked to your Personal Data; Anonymous Data does not, by itself, permit the identification of individual persons. We collect Personal Data and Anonymous Data, as described below.
User-Provided Information:
We may collect Personal Data from you, such as your first and last name, location, phone number, gender, e-mail and mailing addresses, professional title, company name, employment history, education history, personal summary, and password when you create an account to log in to our network (“Account”). If you provide us feedback or contact us via e-mail, we will collect your name and e-mail address, as well as any other content included in the e-mail, in order to send you a reply.
We also collect other types of Personal Data that you provide to us voluntarily, such as your operating system and version, product registration number, and other requested information if you contact us via e-mail regarding support for the Service.
If you use your LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, or other social networking site (“SNS”) account information to sign in to Vested, we will collect and store your SNS user ID.
If you choose to use our invitation service to invite a friend to the Service, we will ask you for that person’s email address and automatically send an email invitation. By providing your friends’ email addresses to Vested, you warrant that you have their consent to do so and for Vested to use this information as described above.
Information Collected Automatically
When you use the Service, we use persistent and session cookies and other tracking technologies to:
- store your username and password;
- analyze the usage of the Service;
- customize the Service to your preferences; and
- control the advertising displayed by the Service.
We may also gather additional information through other automated technologies to collect specific types of information, including about the devices or browsers used to access or interact with the Service.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file stored by a website in a user’s web browser. Cookies can avoid you having to log in every time you visit.
A session cookie is stored only in your computer’s working memory (RAM) and lasts for your browsing session. A persistent cookie remains on your computer after you close your browser.
Third Party Analytics and Advertising
Vested may allow third parties to help us collect and analyze information about your use of the Service, generate aggregate site usage statistics and provide content sharing services to support the Service. These third parties may also use cookies and similar technologies to collect similar information about your use of the Service.
5. Use Of Your Personal Data
A. General Use
In general, Personal Data you submit to us is used to:
- facilitate the creation of and completion of your profile on our Site;
- identify you as a user in our system;
- provide the Service;
- improve the quality of experience when you interact with our Site and Service;
- send administrative notifications, such as information about pending job offers;
- respond to your inquiries related to employment opportunities or other requests;
- send newsletters and other promotional materials related to our Service.
B. User Testimonials And Feedback
We occasionally publish user feedback and testimonials. We may identify our users by their first and last name and may also indicate their home city.
6. Disclosure Of Your Personal Data
We disclose your Personal Data:
A. Third Parties Designated By You
When you use the Service, the Personal Data you provide may be shared with the third parties that you designate to receive such information.
B. Third Party Service Providers
We may share your Personal Data with third party service providers to facilitate the services requested by Vested.
C. Affiliates
We may share some or all of your Personal Data with our parent company, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under a common control.
D. Public Profile
Certain portions of the information you provide may be displayed in your Profile, which by default is not for public viewing.
E. Other Disclosures
Vested may disclose Personal Data if it believes in good faith that such disclosure is necessary in connection with any legal investigation or to comply with relevant laws.
7. Third Party Websites
Our Site may contain links to third party websites. When you click on a link to any other website, you will leave our Site and another entity may collect Personal Data from you.
8. Your Choices Regarding Information
A. Email Communications
When you receive newsletters or promotional communications from us, you may indicate a preference to stop receiving further communications.
B. Changing Or Deleting Your Personal Data
You may change any of your Personal Data in your Account by editing your profile within your Account.
9. Security Of Your Personal Data
Vested is committed to protecting the security of your Personal Data. We use a variety of industry-standard security technologies and procedures to help protect your Personal Data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
10. Consent for SMS Communication
By providing your consent to receive SMS communications, you acknowledge and agree to receive text messages from Vested Technology LLC.
11. Changes To This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time for any reason. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy.