CareerAccelerator, Inc. has created the mobile application called CareerAccelerator. We will refer to CareerAccelerator, Inc. and CareerAccelerator in this Mobile Application Privacy Policy as “CareerAccelerator", “us,” “we”, and “our”. CareerAccelerator is committed to respecting the privacy rights of users (“you”). CareerAccelerator created this Mobile Application Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) to explain its information collection and use practices and the protection of your information when you download, install and use our mobile application, including Our software and documentation (collectively, the “App”). Any terms capitalized but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the CareerAccelerator Mobile Application Use Agreement (“Use Agreement”).
We are committed to your data protection and data privacy. We recommend you read this Privacy Policy to better understand what information we collect, how we use it, and who we may share it with. Additionally, this Privacy Policy will provide you with details on how you can control the use and disclosure of your information.
By using Our App, our website located at https://careeraccelerator.squarespace.com/ (the “Website”) and any other linked pages, features, content, mobile applications, or any other services we offer from time to time by in connection therewith (collectively, the “Content and Services”), or by using the App, Website, Content and Services in any manner, you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined in this Policy, the Use Agreement , and you hereby consent that we will collect, use, and share your information in the following ways.
BY DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING AND CREATING AN ACCOUNT, YOU (A) ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THIS POLICY; (B) REPRESENT THAT YOU ARE 13 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER; (C) THAT YOU ARE A RESIDENT AND CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (D) THAT YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO ABIDE BY THE TERMS IN THIS POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS IN THIS POLICY, DO NOT DOWNLOAD, INSTALL OR USE THE APP, AND DELETE IT FROM YOUR MOBILE DEVICE.
Our registered users (“Members”) share their professional identities, organize their professional contacts, enter and organize career information and goals, compare career prospects, and provide an enhanced and quantitative framework for potential opportunities. We use the term “Designated Countries” to collectively refer to countries in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland and the term “Designated Country” to refer to a single country included in this region.
We believe that it's important for you to know what types of information we collect when you use our App. CareerAccelerator collects the information set forth below. Therefore, by using the App, your information will be collected, stored and used in the manner described below. In many cases you choose what information to provide.
We only collect and process your information as permitted by applicable law. These lawful bases include where it is: necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party; necessary for us to take steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract; necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests or those of a third party and not overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of any data subject; where you provide us with consent; or necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject. Under applicable law, we may be obliged to secure and maintain technical and organizational measures to protect the security of your data, investigate and report any (suspected) breaches of those technical and organizational measures, or comply with legal and regulatory obligations, including, but not limited to, complying with minimum retention periods for certain types of data.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE COLLECTION AND USE OF YOUR INFORMATION IN THIS MANNER, DO NOT USE CAREERACCELERATOR OR THE APP. You may also opt out of the collection and use of your information using the opt out method set forth in this Policy. If you choose to opt out, the App may not function effectively.
Although our websites currently do not respond to “do not track” browser headers, you can limit tracking through third-party programs and by taking the other steps discussed in this section. You may opt-out of CareerAccelerator’s use of certain cookies and similar Tracking Technologies by removing cookies or by setting your web browser and device settings to refuse cookies and similar Tracking Technologies. Please note that web browsers operate using different identifiers. As such, you must adjust your settings in each web browser and for each computer or device that you would like to opt-out on. Further, if you simply delete your cookies, you will need to remove cookies from your device after every visit to websites. You may download a browser plugin that will help you maintain your opt-out choices by visiting www.aboutads.info/pmc. You may block cookies entirely by disabling cookie use in your browser or by setting your browser to ask for your permission before setting a cookie. Blocking cookies entirely may cause some websites to work incorrectly.
We use, aggregate, and retain your Personal Information as needed to provide you with access to content, products, and services catered to your professional interests and for other legitimate business reasons. Some information is required in order to use our websites and for us to provide the Premium Services. At a high level, we use the Personal Information that has been provided by you directly or indirectly:
Our Content and Services provides you with a vehicle to assess your professional progress, job opportunities and prospects, and to determine the next steps in your career journey. The information that you provide is used to improve the content and usage of the App, interaction with the App, communicating with you about new features, and any other purpose for which the information was collected. We may also draw upon this information in order to adapt the App and Product to your needs, to research the effectiveness of these items, and to develop new features. We may use automated systems to provide content and recommendations to help make our Content and Services more relevant to our Members, thus, it is recommended that Members regularly review and maintain their information within the App and our Website.
CareerAccelerator may share information with service providers, affiliates, partners (such as professional career coaches and other third parties engaged to further the intent of the Website and App in line with the information set forth herein), and other third parties where it is necessary to meet the requirements of our Use Agreement, to provide the Content and Services, or for any other purposes described in this Policy.
By using the App, you may receive periodic email and text communications from CareerAccelerator, such as new feature notifications and other information. You may also receive in App communications from CareerAccelerator. You can opt-out of receiving certain types of emails and messages at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions contained in each message; however, you may continue to receive legally required notices and messages, provided that you continue to be a Member or to use our Content and Services.
We retain your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. We will retain Members’ Personal Information for so long as a Member’s account remains in existence or as needed to provide our Content and Services to our Members, to comply with our legal obligations, to resolve disputes, and to enforce our agreements. We may retain Personal Information after a Member has cancelled their membership if retention is reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations, meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, prevent fraud and abuse, or enforce this Policy and our Use Agreement. We may also retain Personal Information, for a limited period, if requested by law enforcement.
The security of your Personal Information is extremely important to us. CareerAccelerator has implemented and maintains reasonable security procedures and practices designed to protect against the unauthorized access, use, modification, destruction or disclosure of your personal information, however, despite these efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Both CareerAccelerator and users of the App must do their part to ensure the security of data. You should ensure that any Personal Information shared with us is done by way of your CareerAccelerator personal account. Additionally, you should secure your account by protecting it with a strong password. You should not disclose your password to anyone.
If you have reason to believe that the Personal Information that we hold about you, such as your account with the App, other program profile(s), or other membership information is no longer secure, please notify us of the problem by emailing us via the feedback function in the app or writing to our physical address in the “Contact Us/Opt Out” section below.
The App may contain links to other sites. CareerAccelerator does not own or control the content or links that appear on these sites and is not be responsible for the privacy and security practices employed by websites linked to, or from our App. This Policy does not apply to any such third party apps. The third parties to whom we may provide this information may include commercial partners, sponsors, licensees, researchers and other similar parties. Before visiting or providing Personal Information to a third party App, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of that third party app, and should take those steps necessary to, in Your discretion, protect your privacy.
We do not seek or knowingly collect any Personal Information about children under 13 years of age. If we become aware that we have unknowingly collected Personal Information from a child under the age of 13, we will make commercially reasonable efforts to delete such information from our database. If you are under the age of 13, please do not submit any Personal Information through our App, and rely on a parent or guardian to help you use our App. If CareerAccelerator obtains actual knowledge that it has collected Personal Information from a child under the age of 13, CareerAccelerator will promptly delete such information from its database. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us via the feedback function in the app.
The App, the Website, the Content and Services are the exclusive property of CareerAccelerator, and may not be copied, distributed, displayed, altered or modified, or reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means including, but not limited to, electronic, photocopy, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of CareerAccelerator. The corporate and product names, slogans, logos and other content contained on this site are the registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of CareerAccelerator or are used by the App with the permission of their owners. The use, copying or alteration of any trademark without the express prior written consent of CareerAccelerator or, where applicable, the registered owner's express prior written consent is strictly prohibited. The trademarks are protected under the Trademark Act and by state or common law.
THE APP IS PROVIDED TO YOU “AS IS” AND WITH ALL FAULTS AND DEFECTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, CAREERACCELERATOR (ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ITS AFFILIATES) EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO THE APP, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND WARRANTIES THAT MAY ARISE OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, USAGE, OR TRADE PRACTICE. WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE FOREGOING, WE PROVIDE NO WARRANTY OR UNDERTAKING, AND MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND THAT THE APP WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, ACHIEVE ANY INTENDED RESULTS, BE COMPATIBLE, BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR RELIABLE, OR WORK WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE, APPLICATIONS, SYSTEMS, OR SERVICES, OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, MEET ANY PERFORMANCE OR RELIABILITY STANDARDS OR BE ERROR-FREE, OR THAT ANY ERRORS OR DEFECTS CAN OR WILL BE CORRECTED.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF OR LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATIONS ON THE APPLICABLE STATUTORY RIGHTS OF A CONSUMER, SO SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL CAREERACCELERATOR HAVE ANY LIABILITY ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE APPLICATION OR THE CONTENT AND SERVICES FOR:
(a) PERSONAL INJURY, PROPERTY DAMAGE, LOST PROFITS, COST OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES; AND (b) DIRECT DAMAGES IN AMOUNTS THAT IN THE AGGREGATE EXCEED THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU FOR THE APPLICATION.
THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS WILL APPLY WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARISE OUT OF BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES WERE FORESEEABLE OR WE WERE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SO SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
You hereby indemnify CareerAccelerator and its affiliates from and against any losses, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation legal expenses and any amounts paid by CareerAccelerator or its affiliates to a third party in settlement of a claim or dispute) incurred or suffered by CareerAccelerator arising out of any breach by you of any provision of this policy or arising out of any claim that you have breached any provision of this Policy.
If you are located outside the United States or in a Designated Country and choose to provide your information to CareerAccelerator, your information (including your Personal Information) will be transferred to and processed in the United States or any other country in which CareerAccelerator operates. By providing your information to or making your information available to CareerAccelerator and using the App, you agree and consent to the collection, transfer, use, storage and disclosure of your information as described in this Policy. If you are located in a Designated Country, or other country with similar privacy laws, you should be aware that this Policy does not accord with applicable EEA laws regarding your Personal Information. If you are located in a Designated Country or other country with similar privacy laws, you should not download or use the App and you should not provide us with any of your information. IF YOU DO NOT CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION, TRANSFER, USE, STORAGE AND DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED IN THIS POLICY, DO NOT USE THIS APP.
If you would like CareerAccelerator to delete your Personal Information from its system, please contact us at the address included in the “Contact Us/Opt Out” section below or via the feedback function in the app with a request that we delete your Personal Information from our database. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to honor your request; however, we may retain an archived copy of your records as required by law or for other legitimate business purposes.
CareerAccelerator wants your Personal Information to be complete and accurate. By using the App, you represent and warrant that all information you provide in connection with your use of the App, Content and Services will be complete and accurate, and that you will update that information within the App and Website as necessary or able to maintain its completeness and accuracy.
Residents and citizens of certain regions may be afforded additional rights and disclosures. With that being said, currently, the App and Website are only available for use by United States residents and citizens and is only in compliance with United States law. CareerAccelerator is not seeking, targeting, or directing business to individuals who are not United States residents or and citizens. IF YOU ARE NOT A UNITED STATES RESIDENT AND CITIZEN, PLEASE DO NOT USE OUR APP OR WEBSITE,
For California residents, additional disclosures required by California law may be found in our California Privacy Notice.
We may modify or amend this Policy from time to time. If we change our Policy, we will post those changes in addition to updating the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Policy. We encourage you to read this Policy regularly. Where applicable, your continued use of our App, Website, or accessing our Content and Services shall constitute your acceptance of the modified or amended Policy. If there will be any changes made to the use of your Personal Information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify you by posting a notice on our website.
By using our App, you signify your acceptance of this Policy. If you do not agree to this Policy, please do not download, install or use our App.
CareerAccelerator respects your privacy rights. If you have any questions about this Policy or the use of your information, or if you would like to opt out of the collection of your Personal Information or request that your Personal Information be deleted from the App, please write to us via the feedback function in the app or at the address provided below. We will attempt to respond to all questions in a timely manner. Please note that you will be unable to use the App once your information has been deleted.
CareerAccelerator respects your privacy rights. If you have any questions about this Policy or the use of your information, or if you would like to opt out of the collection of your Personal Information or request that your Personal Information be deleted from the App, please write to us via the feedback function in the app or at the address provided below. We will attempt to respond to all questions in a timely manner. Please note that you will be unable to use the App once your information has been deleted.
Effective: 3/7/2022
This CareerAccelerator California Privacy Notice (“Notice”) describes the rights of Californians under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). The CCPA requires businesses like us that receive information from more than fifty thousand California consumers to provide certain information to them. We fully describe our practices to all our members and visitors in our Mobile Application Privacy Policy, but use this separate notice to ensure that we meet the CCPA’s requirements. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings attributed to them in our Mobile Application Privacy Policy.
The CCPA requires us to disclose whether we sell your personal information. We do not sell your personal information.
The CCPA provides Californians with the following rights:
Requests for Information: You (or your authorized agent) can request a copy of your Personal Information. Under the CCPA, you can also request that we disclose how we have collected, used, and shared your personal information over the past 12 months, including the categories of Personal Information that we collected and our purposes for doing so; the categories of sources for that information; the categories of third parties with whom we shared it for a business purpose and our purposes for doing so.
Our Mobile Application Privacy Policy describes the information we collect and its sources. This notice organizes that information around the personal information categories set forth in the CCPA.
CCPA Personal Information Categories and corresponding sources of this info.
Identifiers (e.g., real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, or other similar identifiers) | Information that you provide directly or through your interactions with our Content and Services (as defined in our Mobile Application Privacy Policy) or partners (as described our Mobile Application Privacy Policy) |
Characteristics of protected classifications under California or Federal law (e.g., your gender or age) (“Characteristics of Protected Classifications”) | Information that you provide to us directly and inferences that we make based on that information |
Commercial information (e.g., information regarding products or services purchased, obtained, or considered) | Information that you provide to us directly, such as to purchase services Your interactions with our Services Information from our partners |
Internet or Other Electronic Network Activity Information (e.g., browsing history, search history, and information regarding your interactions with our Services) | Your interactions with our Content and Services |
Geolocation Data | Information that you provide to us directly or through your interactions with our Services, as explained in our Mobile Application Privacy Policy |
Professional or Employment-Related Information | Information that you provide to us directly Information from you, partners, or other Members |
Inferences | Information that you provide to us directly or through your interactions with our Content and Services |
Personal information described in Cal. Civ. Code §1798.80(e)(such as name, address, telephone number, education, employment history, credit card or debit card number) | Information that you provide directly or through your interactions with our Content and Services |
Audio, electronic, visual or similar information | Information that you provide directly or through your interactions with our Content and Services |
While we do not sell your Personal Information, we may share it to support our own operational purposes in providing our Content and Services to you, as described in our Mobile Application Privacy Policy. These operational purposes, known as “business purposes” under the CCPA, are described below. In addition, we may share personal information at your direction, such as when you choose to communicate with other members through our Services.
If you have any questions about this Policy or the use of your information, or if you would like to opt out of the collection of your Personal Information or request that your Personal Information be deleted from the App, please write to us using the feedback option in the app or at the address provided below. We will attempt to respond to all questions in a timely manner. Please note that you will be unable to use the App once your information has been deleted.
Effective: 3/7/2022