Privacy Policy
11. User Information and Privacy Policy.
11.1 When you register on any of the HowCollective Sites or in connection with the Services, you will be asked to create an account and provide HowCollective with certain information, including but not limited to, a valid email address ("User Information"). You acknowledge and agree that you have no ownership rights in your account.
11.2 All User Information will be used in accordance with the terms of HowCollective's Privacy Policy. Please note, as set forth in the Privacy Policy, that HowCollective may collect certain User Information and may contact Users periodically in accordance with the terms of the Privacy Policy. In addition, HowCollective reserves the right to comply, in its sole discretion, with legal requirements, requests from law enforcement agencies or requests from government entities, even to the extent that such compliance may require disclosure of certain User Information. In addition, third parties may retain cached copies of User Information.
12. Questions and Notices. Questions concerning the use of the Sites should be directed to Feedback. Notices to HowCollective should be sent to the address listed on the Sites. We will send notice to you at the address submitted by you or to such other address as HowCollective reasonably determines is an appropriate address for you.
13. General. HowCollective contact information is listed on the Sites. HowCollective makes no claims that the Content is appropriate or may be downloaded outside of the United States. Access to the Content may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries, and such persons have no right to access or use the Sites. If you access HowCollective from outside of the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction. This Agreement and your Service Activation Agreement, if you have one, are governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of Illinois, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Jurisdiction for any claims arising under this Agreement or your Service Activation Agreement shall lie exclusively with the state or federal courts in the State of Illinois. The sole relationship between you and HowCollective is that of independent contractors. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of all or part of a provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts and provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. All provisions of this Agreement shall survive termination except those granting access or use to the Sites, and you shall cease all your use and access thereof immediately. You may not assign or transfer your obligations under this Agreement. No waiver of any term of this Agreement shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. Except as expressly provided by HowCollective in a particular "Legal Notice," or material on particular web pages of the Sites, this Agreement and your Service Activation Agreement where applicable, constitute the entire agreement between you and HowCollective.
14. Rules regarding Posting, Conduct and Security.
The following rules apply to your use of the Sites and/or the Services. The list of rules is for illustration only and is not a complete list of all posting, conduct and security rules.
14.1 Posting Rules:
(a) You may not post any Document to a Site that contains: (i) URLs or links to web sites other than to recruitment related pages on your company web site (to advertise your company or web site, see our Advertising Info page.); (ii) copyrighted material (unless you own the copyright or have the owner's permission to post the copyrighted material); (iii) trade secrets (unless you own them or have the owner's permission to post them); (iv) material that infringes on or misappropriates any other intellectual property rights, or violates the privacy or publicity rights of others; (v) irrelevant keywords or white text keywords (including any words embedded in the Document and hidden from the User); (vi) anything that is discriminatory, sexually explicit, obscene, libelous, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, or hateful; or (vii) anything that is embarrassing or offensive to another person or entity.
(b) You may not use a Document(s) to: (i) impersonate another person, living or dead; (ii) post false, inaccurate or misleading information, opinions or notices (commercial or otherwise) or chain letters; (iii) post advertisements, or solicitations of business (including, but not limited to, email processors, any pyramid scheme or "club membership"); provided, however that HowCollective may allow posting of certain training and business opportunities (see 14.1(e) below).
(c) Your Document(s) must contain sufficient detail to convey clearly to the User the nature and requirements of the job opportunity, or, in the case of Users seeking employment, your qualifications as a candidate for employment. Documents that encourage the User to "email for more details" are not permitted.
(d) In limited circumstances, at HowCollective's sole discretion, HowCollective allows non-traditional job postings such as education/training, business opportunities, franchise, and multi-level marketing opportunities to be posted on the Sites. These non-traditional job postings may require an investment of time and/or money by the User seeking the position. HowCollective reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to move, modify, or remove entirely a non-traditional job posting if HowCollective deems such job posting to conflict with the best interests of its Users or detract from the User experience.
(e) Postings must contain the accurate resume of a living individual seeking employment on a full-time, part-time, or contractual basis on his or her own behalf.
(f) HowCollective is under no obligation to monitor the Documents posted on the Sites, but it may monitor Documents at random. Documents found to violate the above Posting Rules may be removed at HowCollective's sole discretion.
14.2 Conduct Rules:
(a) You may not respond to postings by other Users in any manner or for any purpose other than that which is expected (i.e., to apply for the job or to initiate further discussion with the candidate). Communications soliciting the Employer's business are prohibited.
(b) You may not send unsolicited commercial email to Users.
(c) Protect your password. Your HowCollective account and any related Services accessed through such account are to be accessed and used solely by you. Upon your successful registration for a HowCollective account, you will be provided with a unique password that will permit you to access the account. You may not provide your password or otherwise permit access to your HowCollective account to any third party. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your information and password. You agree to protect and keep your password confidential, to change your password on a regular basis, and to maintain appropriate and regularly updated malware scanning and cleaning tools on your network and individual computer(s).You are responsible for all uses of your account, whether or not authorized by you. If others use your password to post inappropriate material on the Sites, you risk losing your access to the Sites. You agree to notify HowCollective immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or password.
(d) Report inappropriate postings or conduct to Feedback
(e) You may not delete or revise any material posted by any other person or entity.
(f) If at any time HowCollective comes to the understanding that you: (i) misled HowCollective regarding your business practices and/or services, or (ii) purchased services that do not represent your precise business, HowCollective reserves the right to terminate your Agreement.
14.3 Security Rules:
(a) Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Sites, including, without limitation: (i) accessing data not intended for such User or logging into a server or account which the User is not authorized to access; (ii) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (iii) attempting to interfere with service to any User, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Sites, overloading, "flooding", "mail bombing" or "crashing"; (iv) sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services; (v) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting.
(b) Violation of these Security Rules may result in civil or criminal liability. HowCollective will investigate occurrences which may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting Users who are involved in such violations.
15. Copyright Complaints.
15.1 HowCollective respects the intellectual property of others. It is HowCollective's policy to respond to claims of copyright and other intellectual property infringement. HowCollective will promptly process and investigate notices of alleged infringement and will take appropriate actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") and other applicable intellectual property laws. Upon receipt of notices complying with the DMCA, HowCollective may act expeditiously to remove or disable access to any material claimed to be infringing or claimed to be the subject of infringing activity and may act expeditiously to remove or disable access to any reference or link to material or activity that is claimed to be infringing. HowCollective will terminate access for Users who are repeat infringers.
15.2 Notifying HowCollective of Copyright Infringement: To provide HowCollective notice of an infringement, you must provide a written communication to the attention of "Trust and Site Security" care of [email protected] that sets forth the information specified by the DMCA (http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#512). Please also note that you may be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) if you materially misrepresent that an activity is infringing your copyright.
15.3 Providing HowCollective with Counter-Notification: If we remove or disable access to content in response to an infringement notice, we will make reasonable attempts to contact the owner or administrator of the affected site or content. If you feel that your material does not constitute infringement, you may provide HowCollective with a counter notification by written communication to the attention of "Trust and Site Security" at [email protected] that sets forth all of the necessary information required by the DMCA (http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#512). Please note that you may be liable for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees) if you materially misrepresent that an activity is not infringing the copyrights of others. If you are uncertain whether an activity constitutes infringement, we recommended seeking advice of an attorney.
Please note that Sections 16, 17 and 18 below contain terms and conditions that apply to specific Services (Resume Database, Recruitment Edge and Recruitment Analytics) and they are part of this Agreement if you are purchasing or using any of those specific Services or packages that include such Services (Sections 16 and 17 govern use of Standard Search and sections 16, 17 and 18 govern use of Search Pro).
16. Additional Terms in Connection with Use of Resume Database. If, in your Service Activation Agreement with HowCollective, you are purchasing Resume Database access, the following additional terms apply to you:
16.1 HowCollective grants you a limited, personal, terminable, non-transferable, non-exclusive right to access the HowCollective Resume Database via the Sites for the purpose of viewing and/or downloading a single copy of available paper and/or video resumes (collectively "Resumes") solely for your use.
16.2 The Resume Database is to be accessed and used solely by those Users whom you authorize to access the Resume Database through your account (each an "Authorized RDB User"). Each Authorized RDB User will be issued a unique Resume Database Seat (a "Seat") through which they can perform the actions described in 16.1. Each Seat must be purchased in advance by you and may be accessed by using unique login credentials. You are only permitted to assign one Seat per Authorized RDB User and Authorized RDB Users may not share their login credentials or Seat access amongst themselves, with any other co-workers or with any other third parties.
16.3 Authorized RDB Users may download, one at a time, up to either 50 Resumes per day (per Seat) or 3000 Resumes per month (per Seat) depending on the Resume Database product purchased by you in accordance with the terms of your Agreement. Please note that the term "download" shall include: (i) viewing or clicking on a Resume page; (ii) saving a Resume to a folder; (iii) printing a Resume; (iv) copying a Resume; (v) emailing or forwarding a Resume; and/or (vi) any other action that results or could result in your use of a Resume or any of the information contained therein.
16.4 Neither you nor your Authorized RDB Users may use the Resume Database in any way which, in HowCollective's sole judgment, adversely affects HowCollective's business, business prospects, the performance or function of any Site or the Resume Database, or interferes with the ability of other subscribers to access the Resume Database. Further, use of the Resume Database by you or by your Authorized RDB Users may not interfere with or violate, in any manner, the privacy election of HowCollective Job Seekers. You understand and agree that any violation of section 16 will give HowCollective the right to immediately terminate any and all access to the RDB and to terminate any corresponding Agreements.
16.5 You and your Authorized RDB Users may use your subscription to the Resume Database only for seeking candidates for employment and are specifically prohibited from using information contained in the Resume Database to (i) sell or promote any products or services, (ii) send emails that, in HowCollective's sole judgment, are excessive in frequency or contain job postings that are irrelevant to the work history of particular classes of Job Seekers or (iii) take any other action that is, in HowCollective's sole judgment, inconsistent with these Terms and Conditions, misleading or incomplete, or in violation of any Federal, State, Local law, statute, code, rule, or regulation. Company understands and agrees that if Company uses the Resume Database in violation of the preceding restrictions, then HowCollective may, at its sole discretion, either terminate Company's Agreement or transfer Company's Seats from the Resume Database to the Targeted Resume Database (a database that only contains individuals whom HowCollective has identified as appropriate candidates for sales positions where the majority of the compensation is to be derived from commissions).
16.6 HowCollective may terminate, suspend, update, alter or supplement, at its sole discretion, all or any part of the Resume Database at any time. By permitting access to the HowCollective Resume Database, HowCollective does not convey any interest in or to the Resume Database or any other HowCollective property or Services. All right, title and interest in and to the Resume Database is and shall remain in HowCollective.
17. Additional Terms in Connection with Use of Recruitment Edge Services. If, in your Service Activation Agreement with HowCollective, you are purchasing our Recruitment Edge Services, the following additional terms apply to you:
17.1 Recruitment Edge aggregates data from the open web by scanning professional networking sites, talent hubs, blogs, publications and journals, and scanning social networks to find talent. Recruitment Edge may solely be used for candidate lead generation purposes and to make initial contact with possible candidates and must not be used to evaluate a job applicant's eligibility for employment or a current employee's eligibility for continued employment, reassignment or promotion. You are prohibited from reviewing profiles of persons who are employed by you or who have already expressed interest in employment with you outside of the Recruitment Edge platform. Any information regarding a potential candidate that is obtained from Recruitment Edge is largely derived from public sources and is not guaranteed or verified to be accurate or up to date. Accordingly, such information should not be maintained in the individual's application file or in any subsequent employee file.
17.2 HowCollective grants Company a limited, personal, terminable, non-transferable, non-exclusive right to access Recruitment Edge via the Sites for the purpose of viewing and/or downloading a single copy of available profiles (collectively, "Profiles") solely for Company's internal use. Recruitment Edge is to be accessed and used solely by Company through its authorized Users. Company may download, one at a time, up to either 150 Profiles per day (per Recruitment Edge user license). Please note that the term "download" shall include: (i) viewing or clicking on a Profile page; (ii) saving a Profile to a folder; (iii) printing a Profile; (iv) copying a Profile; (v) emailing or forwarding a Profile; and/or (vi) any other action that results or could result in Company's use of a Profile or any of the information contained therein. In addition, if a search in Recruitment Edge yields a Profile for a potential candidate who is part of the HowCollective Search Database, then the search will count against that Search Database Seat's monthly download limit rather than the Recruitment Edge Seat's daily download limit.
18. Additional Terms in Connection with Use of Recruitment Analytics Services. If, in your Service Activation Agreement with HowCollective, you are purchasing any of our Recruitment Analytics Services, the following additional terms apply to you:
18.1 Use of Reports. HowCollective hereby grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-assignable (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement), worldwide right and license to: (a) store and use any Recruitment Analytics Services for your internal management, reference or informational purposes, and (b) distribute copies of any reports generated by the Recruitment Analytics Services (each a "Report"), subject to the conditions that (i) such copies may be distributed only in printed or static electronic PDF format, (ii) in providing a copy of any Report to a recipient, you may not charge the recipient any kind of fee or other consideration, and (iii) you shall not remove or modify any branding, marks, copyright or trademark notices, or any other notices or disclaimers set forth in any Report without HowCollective's prior written consent, or otherwise modify the Report in any way so as to falsely or otherwise misrepresent its content. Further, you may not issue press releases or make other public statements regarding any Report, or the contents or conclusions in same, without the express written consent of HowCollective.
18.2 Use of Your Data. If you have purchased Recruitment Analytics Services, then you may provide HowCollective with the names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, resumes and other personally identifiable information of Job Seekers sourced from your own files ("Job Seeker Data"). You hereby grant HowCollective a non-exclusive license to use, copy, modify, store, transmit and display Job Seeker Data solely to the extent reasonably required to provide and maintain the Services for Company's use. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you understand and agree that HowCollective may derive Aggregate Data from the Job Seeker Data and may use such Aggregate Data in accordance with section 4.6.
