PRIVACY STATEMENT

C4e, Inc. understands the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of your personal information and is committed to safeguarding the privacy of the users (including individuals and organizations) of our C4e’ Web sites.  Please read the following information which outlines our commitment to privacy and how C4e will treat your personal information as you use this site.

Collection and Use of Information

Personal Information
W hen you register to use this site, C4e collects some personal information from you including profile information (name, e-mail address, address, zip code, telephone number) and, if applicable, employment information (desired specialty, title, career objective, geographic location, compensation).  In the event you are submitting payment for a product or service, C4e will collect credit card information.  The profile information may be stored indefinitely and may be collected and processed in one or more databases maintained directly or indirectly by C4e.  Profile information will be used for identification, registration, authentication, and transaction processing during your visits to this site.  We may also contact you regarding changes to and new offerings on our site.

When you register to use this site, you will be offered the option to receive newsletters via e-mail directly from C4e and to receive other information, including third-party promotional offers from C4e'ss partners.  If you choose to receive such third-party promotional offers, C4e will forward your profile information to an outside marketing agency which will use the information to deliver targeted e-mail offers regarding products, services, special events, and promotions that may be of interest to you.  You will have the ability to discontinue receiving such third-party offers via a link within the body of each e-mail message you receive from C4e or by contacting us at any time at info@c4einc.com.
When you register to use this site, you will be able to specify whether your employment information (if applicable) will be available to potential employers in searchable databases and whether your contact information will be displayed to potential employers.  You may change your choices at any time by using the Edit Profile function on our site or by sending us e-mail at info@c4einc.com.
From time to time, C4e may also ask you for other information via surveys, such as information regarding your areas of interest, your likes and dislikes regarding the site, your career goals, services that you would like offered on this site, and other such information that will help us improve the service and features made available to you on this site.  The submission of any such information is at your option.    

Aggregate Information

C4e collects information about use of this site, such as the pages users visit most frequently, the services users access the most, and the links to C4e'ss partners that users most often visit.  C4e only uses such data in the aggregate.  This information helps us determine what is most beneficial for our users, and how we can continually improve the services and features provided to the users of our site.  We may share this collected information with our partners, but only in the aggregate, so that they too may understand how this site is used, in order to improve the services and features provided to you.  Such aggregate information will never contain any identifiable personal information.

User Submissions

In the event  that you submit information to C4e in the form of audio, video, or photographs, whether submitted via the site or otherwise, such information may be published or distributed by C4e to third-party clients and will be searchable and viewable by such third-party clients of C4e.  C4e uses its best efforts to grant access to this information only to such clients.  However, C4e is not responsible or liable if some other third party evades security measures and gains access to such information.  At any time, you may request that C4e cease publishing, distributing, or making available your information to third-party clients.  However, C4e'ss clients that have access to such information may have retained a copy of the information in their own files or databases.  C4e is not responsible for the retention, use, or privacy of your information in such instances.

Resumes

As a user of this site, you have the option of submitting or posting your resume to the site in order to apply for an employment opportunity online or participate in an employment exchange.  By doing so, your resume will be searchable and viewable and may be forwarded, transmitted, or ported to third-party clients of C4e (which may include recruiters and placement consultants).  C4e uses its best efforts to grant access to your resume only to such clients.  However, C4e is not responsible or liable if some other third party evades security measures and gains access to your resume.  At any time, you may remove or request the removal of your resume from our searchable database or the site or request that your resume not be forwarded.  However, C4e's clients that have access to the database or received your resume may have retained a copy of your resume in their own files or databases.  C4e is not responsible for the retention, use, or privacy of resumes in such instances.

IP Address

An IP (Internet Protocol) address is assigned to your computer each time you establish a connection on the Internet.  C4e uses your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer this site.  C4e does not link your IP address to any identifiable personal information.

Cookies

C4e may use "cookies"  to maintain your session on this site.  C4e does not use cookies to capture or store personal information from your computer.  The only personal information C4e receives is the information you provide to us.  However, this policy does not cover the use of cookies by any third-party advertisers whose banner ads appear on this site.  C4e does not have direct control over or access to any information collected via such banner ads.   If collected, such information is collected and controlled by a third party.

Disclosure of Information

C4e will not knowingly disclose to any third party your personal information or information about your individual visits to this site without your prior consent, except to the extent necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable laws, legal process served on C4e, or in legal proceedings where (i) such information is relevant or (ii) where C4e believes in good faith that the law requires such disclosure.  As described above, C4e may record and share aggregated information with our partners.  C4e uses its best efforts to protect your personal information.  However, C4e is not responsible or liable for the acquisition of your personal information by third parties without C4e's knowledge and C4e has no control over anything that occurs on servers not controlled by C4e.  Further, to the extent that you include your personal information (including e-mail address) on any resume you submit or post to the site, C4e cannot control the use of such information by third-party clients of C4e that obtain your resume from the site or C4e. 

User Communications

In the event that you communicate any information, feedback, data, questions, comments, suggestions or other items to C4e regarding C4e, this site and its contents, or the services offered on this site, any such communication shall be deemed not to be confidential and shall become the property of C4e.  C4e shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose and distribute such communication to others, without limitation.  C4e shall also have the unrestricted right to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, software, documentation, diagrams, drawings, schematics or techniques contained in your communication in any manner and for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products or providing services.

Security and Internet Use Considerations
We recommend that you do not divulge your C4e password to anyone.  C4e will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited e-mail.  Also, remember to sign out of your C4e account and close your browser window when you have finished your work.  This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or Internet cafe.

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, C4e cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you do so at your own risk.  Once we receive your transmission, we use our best efforts to ensure its security on our systems by using secure servers behind a firewall.

Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your C4e password and account information.  Please be careful and responsible whenever you are online.

Removing the Visibility of Your Information
You may remove the visibility of your information on the C4e site by:

• Setting your profile status to Inactive. This will allow your information to remain on the C4e site but will prevent it from appearing in an authorized search conducted by a third party on the C4e site.
• Selecting the "No" option on the Confidentiality question on the Registration page. This will allow your information to remain on the site and to appear in authorized searches conducted by third parties, but your contact information will not be visible to the searching third parties unless it is included within the text of an attached resume that you submitted.

Your Consent
By using this site, you consent to the collection, storage, and dissemination of personal information as described above.  C4e will post any changes to our privacy policy on this page so that you can readily review the most current policy.  As the policy may change from time to time, you should check back periodically.  C4e reserves the right to send you e-mail regarding changes to our privacy policy or any other matters C4e considers necessary for the administration of this site.

Contact C4e 
If at any time you have questions or concerns about C4e's privacy commitment or anything contained in this Privacy Statement, or if you would like to update or remove any of your information, or change your choices regarding the use of your information, please feel free to contact us at info@c4einc.com or call 210-225-4333to speak to one of our representatives.  

This information was last revised on October 7, 2001.