Privacy Policy

WhosCreative, Inc., Website Privacy Statement

This document was last updated on June 01, 2008.

PRIVACY STATEMENT

Your privacy is important to us. We want you to feel comfortable using our site, and we understand the sensitivity of job searches. We want to provide a secure environment for people who use the whoscreative.com site, and we will make every effort to insure that the information you submit remains private. Please familiarize yourself with the following policy.

WhosCreative, Inc. is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Statement sets forth our current privacy practices with regard to the information we collect when you or your computer interact with our website. We strive to provide a safe, secure user experience. By accessing and using whoscreative.com, you acknowledge and fully understand WhosCreative, Inc's Privacy Statement and freely consent to the information collection and use practices described in this Website Privacy Statement.

Your data will be stored and processed in whole or in part in the United States. If you access the whoscreative.com Web site outside the United States, your usage of that site constitutes consent to the transfer of your data out of your country and to the United States.

The whoscreative.com Web site may contains links to other Web sites over which we have no control. Related services and offerings with links from this website, including vendor sites, have their own privacy statements that can be viewed by clicking on the corresponding links within each respective website. Online merchants and others who participate in WhosCreative, Inc. services are encouraged to participate in industry privacy initiatives and to take a responsible attitude towards consumer privacy. However, since we do not have direct control over the policies or practices of participating merchants and other third parties, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or contents of those sites. We recommend and encourage that you always review the privacy policies of merchants and other third parties before you provide any personal information or complete any transaction with such parties.

Collection and Retention of Information

WhosCreative, Inc. collects certain information from and about its users three ways:

  • Directly from our Web Server logs
  • With Cookies
  • Directly from Users

a. Web Server Logs.

When you visit our Website, we may track information to administer the site and analyze its usage. Examples of information we may track include:

  • Your Internet protocol address.
  • The kind of browser or computer you use.
  • Number of links you click within the site.
  • State or country from which you accessed the site.
  • Date and time of your visit.
  • Name of your Internet service provider.
  • Web page you linked to our site from.
  • Pages you viewed on the site.

b. Use of Cookies

WhosCreative, Inc. may use cookies to personalize or enhance your user experience. A cookie is a small 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 whoscreative.com pages, or register for services, a cookie helps us to recall your specific information (such as user name, password and preferences). Because of our use of cookies, we can deliver faster and more accurate results and a more personalized site experience. When you return to the whoscreative site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the features that you customized. We also use cookies to track click streams and for load balancing.

WhosCreative, Inc. reserves the right to share aggregated site statistics with partner companies, but does not allow other companies to place cookies on our website

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 reject cookies by changing your browser settings then be aware that this may disable some of the functionality on our Website and may negatively impact your experience on the whoscreative.com Web site.

c. Personal Information Users

Visitors to our website can register to purchase services. When you register, we will request some personal information including your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, facsimili number, credit card number, contact information, billing information and any other information from which your identity is discernible.

In addition, Whoscreative.com may indirectly collect information about you when you use certain third party services on our Web site. Such information will be subject to, and treated in accordance with, the policies and practices described in this Statement. Whoscreative.com may sometimes afford you the opportunity to provide descriptive, cultural, behavioral, preferential and/or life style information about yourself, but it is solely up to you whether you furnish such information. If you do provide such information, you are thereby consenting to the use of that information in accordance with the policies and practices described in this Statement. For example, such information may be used for the purpose of determining your potential interest in receiving email or other communications about particular products or services.

If you post any of your personal information in public areas of whoscreative.com, such as the searchable profile amd portfolio database, this information may be collected and used by others over whom Whoscreative, Inc. has no control. We are not responsible for the use made by third parties of information you post or otherwise make available in public areas of whoscreative.com.

We will retain indefinitely all the information we gather about you in an effort to make your repeat use with us more efficient, practical, and relevant. You can correct or update your whoscreative.com account profile and portfolio at any time. Moreover, you can request that your profile and Portfolio be removed from the whoscreative.com online database at any time, in which event we will remove all our copies of your account profile/portfolio information except for an archival copy which is not accessible on the Internet. To request removal send an email to feedback@whoscreative.com.

If you are purchasing a service, we will request financial information. Any financial information we collect is used only to bill you for the services you purchased. If you purchase by credit card, this information may be forwarded to your credit card provider. For other types of registrations, we will ask for the relevant information. You may also be asked to disclose personal information to us so that we can provide assistance and information to you. For example, such data may be warranted in order to provide online technical support and troubleshooting.

Disclosure of Personal Information to Others

We do not disclose your personal information to third parties, or your combined personal and demographic information or information about your use of whoscreative.com, except as set forth below.

  • To fulfill your service requests for services.
  • To protect ourselves from liability,
  • To respond to legal process or comply with law, or
  • In connection with a merger, acquisition, or liquidation of the company.
  1. We may disclose information to third parties if you consent to such disclosure. For example, if you indicate that you would like to receive information about the opportunities, products or services of third parties at the time you register for a whoscreative.com account, we supply your contact information to third parties such as employers, recruiters, data aggregators, marketers or others for the purpose of sending you e-mail or otherwise communicating with you. We use data we have about you such as the interests and preferences you have expressed to determine whether you might be interested in the opportunities, products or services of a particular third-party.
  2. We may disclose information to companies and individuals we employ to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include hosting our Web servers, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. These companies and individuals will have access to your personal information as necessary to perform their functions, but they may not share that information with any other third party.
  3. We may disclose information if legally required to do so, if requested to do so by a governmental entity or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (b) protect our rights or property or our affiliated companies; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or (d) protect the personal safety of users or the public.
  4. We may disclose and transfer information to a third party who acquires all or a substantial portion of our business, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets. In addition, in the event we become the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, we or the trustee in bankruptcy may sell, license or otherwise dispose of such information in a transaction approved by the bankruptcy court.

Whoscreative, Inc. may also share aggregated anonymous information about visitors to its Web site with its clients, partners and other third parties so that they may understand the kinds of visitors to the whoscreative.com site, and how those visitors use the site.

If you apply for a position through a co-branded site, you may be asked to provide information on your age, gender or race. Some employers are required by law to gather this information from job applicants for reporting and record keeping requirements. You should understand that if provided, this information will be used by employers only in accordance with applicable law and will not be used in making any employment decisions. All information provided will be kept separate from your expression of interest in any job opportunity. Providing this information is strictly voluntary and you will not be subject to any adverse action or treatment if you choose not to provide this information.

Posting of Profiles and Portfolios to Whoscreative.com

If you register and post a profile and portfolio on whoscreative.com, other users or members of whoscreative.com will have access to your profile and portfolio. Such information may be collected and used by others over whom we have no control. We are not responsible for the use made by third parties of information you post or otherwise make available in the whoscreative.com site.

Security

Whoscreative, Inc. has implemented reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to secure your personal information you provide from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes.

Access by you to your information is available through a unique user name and password. The password is encrypted and we recommend that you not divulge it to anyone. In addition, your registration information resides on a secure server that only selected WhosCreative, Inc. personnel have access to.

When you place an order online at whoscreative.com, your personal details and credit card information are scrambled using SSL encryption technology before being sent over the Internet. Although we cannot guarantee encryption or the privacy of your personal details and credit card information, SSL makes it very difficult for your information to be stolen or intercepted while being transferred. WhosCreative, Inc. uses a service company to process its credit card and e-banking transactions. For further information on this company's privacy and security practices, please visit this page. WhosCreative, Inc is not responsible for any intercepted information sent via the Internet, and you hereby release WhosCreative, Inc from any and all claims arising out of or related to the use of intercepted information in any unauthorized manner.

Use of Information Provided by Subscriber Members and Job Posters

We use the information we gather on the whoscreative.com Web site, whether personal, demographic, collective or technical, for the purpose of operating and improving the whoscreative.com Web site; cultivating a positive user experience; and delivering the products and services that we offer.

We may also use the information we gather to inform you of other products or services available from WhosCreative, Inc, or to contact you about your opinion of current products and services or potential new products and services that may be offered.

We may use your contact information in order to send you e-mail or other communications regarding updates at the whoscreative.com site, such as new WhosCreative, Inc. opportunities and additional listings which may be of interest to you. The nature and frequency of these messages will vary depending upon the information we have about you.

We have an area where you can submit feedback at feedback@whoscreative.com. Any feedback you submit in this area becomes the property of WhosCreative, Inc., and we can use such feedback (such as success stories) for marketing purposes or to contact you for further information.

User Responsibility

It is the responsibility of every individual who registers and posts to use the whoscreative.com site in a manner that is legal, respects the privacy of others, and does not infringe the copyrights of others. It is also the responsibility of subscribers and members not to republish postings by other people without their consent.

If you believe a posting individual is not acting responsibly, please let us know. We consider personal attacks as inappropriate behavior, and repeat offenders will be removed and prevented from posting.

USE OF WEB BEACONS OR GIF FILES

WhosCreative, Inc. Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons -sometimes also called single-pixel gifs - that allow whoscretive.com to count users who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services. WhosCreative, Inc. may include Web beacons in promotional e-mail messages or newsletters in order to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon.

Some of these Web beacons may be placed by third party service providers to help determine the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns or email communications. These Web beacons may be used by these service providers to place a persistent cookie on your computer. This allows the service provider to recognize your computer each time you visit certain pages or emails and compile anonymous information in relation to those page views, which in turn enables us and our service providers to learn which advertisements and emails bring you to our website and how you use the site. WhosCreative, Inc. prohibits Web beacons from being used to collect or access your personal information.

ACCESSING WEB ACCOUNT INFORMATION

We will provide you with the means to ensure that personally identifiable information in your web account file is correct and current. You may review this information by contacting us by sending an email to our support attendant at feedback@whoscreative.com.

Opting Out/Discontinuation

Our whoscreative.com gives users the ability to remove their information from our database and the opportunity to opt-out of or discontinue receiving communication from us. To request deletion of your account, send an email to feedback@whoscreative.com

POLICY CHANGES

Whoscreative.com has the discretion to occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "updated" date at the top of this Privacy page. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. As we introduce new products and features in the future, we will post clarifications to our Privacy Policy here.

Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.

Children

Whoscreative.com is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly solicit information from any child under the age of 13. Should a child whom we know to be under 13 send personal information to us, we will use that information only to respond directly to that child (or a parent or guardian) to inform him or her that we must have parental consent before receiving his or her personal information.

CONTACTING US

If you have questions or concern regarding our Privacy Statement, its implementation, failure to adhere to this Privacy Statement and/or our general practices, or WhosCreative, Inc.'s commitment to your privacy please send an email to us at feedback@whoscreative.com or write to:

WhosCreative, Inc.
Attention: Privacy Statement Personnel
2452 Black Rock Turnpike
Unit 011
Fairfield, CT 06825

WhosCreative, Inc. will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly respond and resolve any problem or question.