Privacy Policy

Updated: January 12, 2011
Career Alliance, its subsidiaries and affiliates values and protects your privacy. We thank you for the trust that you place in us and we want you to know that the information you share with us will be treated with care.

The objective of this Online Privacy Statement is to disclose and explain what "Personally Identifiable Information” ("PII") and other information we collect, use, and share and to explain the privacy choices that you can make. We encourage you to read this Online Privacy Statement, as well as those of all websites that you visit.

This Online Privacy Statement applies solely to: (1) information collected by Career Alliance, its subsidiaries and affiliates and all services and web pages available under those Career Alliance websites that display, link to, or incorporate by reference this Online Privacy Statement ("Website"), or (b) e-mail, as described in this Online Privacy Statement; and (2) United States visitors to this Website.

Career Alliance may provide links to third-party websites. This Online Privacy Statement does not apply to any information you may provide while on such sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies on those sites before providing any of your PII on such sites.

WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT

When you visit this Website, we collect information, including PII, that you provide, such as during your registration as a user or your application for a product or service. When browsing this Website, you may choose not to provide us with any PII, such as by not registering.

We or our vendors automatically collect your "IP Address" used to connect your computer to the Internet, browser type and version, operating system, and computer platform. We or our vendors may use "Cookies" or similar technologies, sometimes in combination with "Web Beacons," to collect some statistical data when you receive our e-mails or browse this Website, such as e-mail response rates, average time spent on this Website, pages viewed, information searched for, access times, and other relevant information about your online experience. Cookies and Web Beacons set by Career Alliance or by our Vendors do not capture any PII.

Cookies are widely used, and most web browsers are configured initially to accept Cookies automatically. If you prefer not to accept Cookies, you may adjust your browser settings to notify you when a Cookie is about to be sent, or you may configure your browser to refuse Cookies automatically. However, if you turn off Cookies, or refuse to accept a request to place a Cookie, some features and services on this Website may not function properly and the advertising you receive when you visit this Website may not be as relevant to you or tailored to your interests.

HOW WE USE AND SHARE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Career Alliance does not sell or share PII collected via this Website or via the e-mails covered by this Online Privacy Statement with entities outside of Career Alliance so that they can independently market their own products and services directly to you. Career Alliance may share your information within our Career Alliance family of companies as required or permitted by law.

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways: To personalize your experience - your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs. To improve our website - we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you. To improve customer service - your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs. To send periodic e-mails - The e-mail address you provide for order processing, may be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your order, in addition to receiving occasional company news, updates, related product or service information, etc. Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future e-mails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each e-mail.

SECURING YOUR INFORMATION

Career Alliance use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect your PII from unauthorized access and use. We offer the use of a secured server. All supplied sensitive information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted to be accessible by those Career Alliance employees authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. After registering with Career Alliance, your PII will not be stored on our servers. Do not use e-mail to send any PII, since it would be unencrypted and can be read by anyone who receives or intercepts it.

UPDATING YOUR INFORMATION

If you wish to correct or update the PII related to information you provided to Career Alliance, please use your User ID and Password to log in to out home page. You will then have access to your PII and can correct our update it.

CALIFORNIA ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT

Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.

CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT COMPLIANCE

We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act); we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.

ONLINE PRIVACY STATEMENT ONLY

This online privacy statement applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.

CONTACTING CAREER ALLIANCE

If you have registered with Career Alliance and have questions about this Online Privacy Statement, please call Customer Service at the phone number provided below.

CHANGES TO THIS ONLINE PRIVACY STATEMENT

Career Alliance reserves the right to change this Online Privacy Statement at any time by posting revisions on this Website. Such changes will be effective upon posting.

www.careeralliance.net

1300 Clay Street, 6th Fl.

Oakland, CA 94612-1427509 USA

E-mail: cats@careeralliance.net