Privacy Policy

Your Privacy Matters

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We Adhere to the Following Principles

1. About BluePipes and the Information We Collect

User Provided Information

BluePipes is a professional networking service that lets you connect with other professionals, connect your profile with employers and communicate with other professionals and employers. To accomplish this, each BluePipes Member creates his or her own profile by directly submitting information relevant to the member into BluePipes. Therefore, each Member's profile constitutes a list of information that the member has provided to BluePipes. This information is hereafter referred to as "User Provided Information".

We define three categories of User Provided Information. "Contact Information" is the first category of User Provided Information. "Profile Information" is the second category of User Provided Information. "Communication Information" is the third category of User Provided Information.

Contact Information includes:

• Email addresses
• Telephone numbers
• Personal physical addresses

Profile Information includes:

• Current and previous employment information of any type
• Education information
• Career skills
• Document uploads
• Background information
• Application Signing Statements
• Photos, videos or other shared content uploaded by the Member to his or her profile.
• Any other information or digital documents you enter into BluePipes accepting Contact Information and Communication Information

Communication Information includes:

• Any information you enter into BluePipes for the purpose of messaging, connecting, inviting or otherwise communicating with any other member in any way and for any purpose.

Information Not Directly Submitted by Members or Other Website Users to BluePipes

We also collect some information from Members, as well as from all other visitors to the BluePipes website, that is not personally identifiable, such as, but not limited to, each Member's server information, IP address, and browser-type. This information is hereafter referred to as Technical Information.

2. Use of Information Obtained by BluePipes

Contact Information

We share or display your Contact Information in the following cases:

• When you apply for a job, then we share your Contact Information with the selected Employer(s).
• When you request to "Connect Profile" with another Member, then we share your Contact Information with the Member's Company.
• When you request to "Connect Profile" with a Company/Employer, then we share your Contact Information with that Company/Employer.
• When you request to "Share Profile" with another Member, then we share your Contact Information with the Member's Company.
• When you request to "Share Profile" with a Company/Employer, then we share your Contact Information with the specified Company/Employer.
• When you request to "Send Documents" including your Resume, Application or any other documents generated by BluePipes, then your Contact Information will be shared with the email recipients you designate.
• When you request to "Download" documents including your Resume, Application or any other documents generated by BluePipes, then your Contact Information will be displayed on the requested documents.
• When we send notifications to you relating to your use of the BluePipes service or BluePipes website, then we may display a subset or all of your Contact Information in the notification we send to you.
• If the you so choose, when we send regular notifications, weekly updates, or other news regarding the BluePipes service or the BluePipes website, then we may display a subset or all of your Contact Information in the notification we send to you.
• When you Invite someone to join BluePipes, then we may display a subset of your Contact Information in the notification we send to your invitee.
• When you invite another Member to Connect with you on BluePipes, then we may display a subset of your Contact Information in the notification we send to your invitee.

We also use your Contact Information in the following cases:

• We use your contact information to deliver notifications via email and text message regarding various webisite activity including but not limited to messages received via the BluePipes messaging system, connection requests, profile update requests, etc.
• We use your contact information to conduct market research for BluePipes' internal use only; and/or to market BluePipes to you (e.g., new features and applications, announcements, opportunities of interest); and to respond to and service related inquiries.

Except as expressly set forth herein, a Member's Contact Information will never be shared with or displayed to any other person. Except as expressly set forth herein, Members and their connections, and other Members within their personal networks (depending on the level of sharing a Member has chosen) communicate on BluePipes with each other through the BluePipes service, without disclosing email addresses, phone numbers or personal physical addresses.

Profile Information

We share or display your Profile Information in the following cases:

• When you apply for a job, then we share your Profile Information with the selected Employer(s).
• When you request to "Connect Profile" with another Member, then we share your Profile Information with the Member's Company.
• When you request to "Connect Profile" with a Company/Employer, then we share your Profile Information with that Company/Employer.
• When you request to "Share Profile" with another Member, then we share your Profile Information with the Member's Company.
• When you request to "Share Profile" with a Company/Employer, then we share your Profile Information with the specified Company/Employer.
• When you request to "Send Documents" including your Resume, Application or any other documents generated by BluePipes, then your Profile Information will be shared with the email recipients you designate.
• When you request to "Download" documents including your Resume, Application or any other documents generated by BluePipes, then your Profile Information will be displayed on the requested documents.
• When we send notifications to you relating to your use of the BluePipes service or BluePipes website, then we may display a subset or all of your Profile Information in the notification we send to you.
• If the you so choose, when we send regular notifications, weekly updates, or other news regarding the BluePipes service or the BluePipes website, then we may display a subset or all of your Profile Information in the notification we send to you.
• We display a subset of your Profile Information visible to all BluePipes Members in the form or your profile and as visible to you by selecting this link.
• We display a subset of your Profile Information visible to the public including search engines.

Connected Profile as it Relates to Profile Information and Contact Information

BluePipes allows you to connect your profile with Companies/Employers that use BluePipes. You connect your profile with Companies/Employers in any of the following ways:

• By selecting "Connect Profile" on another Member's profile
• By selecting "Connect Profile" on another Member's mini-profile
• By selecting "Connect Profile" on a Company's/Employer's profile
• By selecting "Connect Profile" on a Company's/Employer's mini-profile
• By selecting "Apply" on a Job Posting
• By selecting "Connect Profile" or "Apply" anywhere on the website

Upon connecting your profile with a Company/Employer, BluePipes shares ALL of your User Provided Information with the specified Company/Employer and adds the specified Company/Employer to your list of Connected Companies.

As long as a Company/Employer remains on your list of Connected Companies, the Company/Employer will automatically receive any and all modifications, additions or updates to your User Provided Information. You can Disconnect from any connected Company/Employer by visiting your list of Connected Companies and selecting the option to Disconnect. Upon completion of the Disconnect process, the specified Company/Employer will be removed from your list of Connected Companies and the specified Company/Employer will cease receiving any and all modifications, additions or updates to your User Provided Information.

Connected Profile as it Relates to Employment Application Signing Statements

When you connect your profile with any Company/Employer on BluePipes you agree to, and agree to sign electronically, the standard "Employment Application Signing Statements" for the specified Company/Employer. The Employment Application Signing Statements are as follows:

• Drug Free Environment: The Company is committed to providing a drug free work environment. All applicants being considered for employment will be required as a condition of employment to take and pass a drug screening test. I agree to take such tests as may be required in the future and to hold The Company harmless for the results.
• Release of Medical Information: I authorize the release of ANY and ALL medical information pertaining to my employment to The Company AND to its client facilities pursuant to this application for employment.
• Permission to Contact Previous Employers and Schools: I hereby authorize any person, company, and or educational institution I have listed as a reference on my employment application to fully disclose in good faith any information they may have regarding my qualifications for employment. I will not hold any prospective or former employer, educational institutions, nor any other persons giving references, liable for the exchange of this information along with any other reasonable and necessary information that is necessary and inherent to the employment process.
• Permission for Background Check: I hereby authorize The Company, and their designated agents and representatives to conduct a review of my background causing a consumer report and/or an investigative consumer report to be generated for employment purposes, retention purposes, promotion, or reassignment unless revoked in writing. I understand that the scope of the consumer report/investigative consumer report may include, but is not limited to, the following areas: Verification of social security number; current and previous residences; employment history including all personnel files; education including transcripts; character references; credit history and reports; criminal history records from any criminal justice agency in any or all federal, state, county jurisdictions; birth records; motor vehicle records to include traffic citations and registration; workers compensation for employment; and any other public records. I authorize the company to conduct interviews with third parties relative to my character, general reputation, personal characteristics or mode of living. I further authorize any individual, company, firm, corporation, or public agency (including the Social Security Administration, military, and law enforcement agencies) to divulge any and all information, verbal or written, pertaining to me to the background service or its agents. I further authorize the complete release of any records or data pertaining to me which the individual, company, firm, corporation, or public agency may have, to include information or data received from other sources. I hereby release the background service, the Social Security Administration, and its agents, officials, representatives, or assigned agencies, including officers, employees, or related personnel both individually and collectively, from liability to the extent permitted by law for damages of whatever kind, which may, at any time, result to me, my heirs, family, or associates because of compliance with this authorization and request to release. If an investigative consumer report is conducted I understand that I have the right to request additional information about the nature of the report and a copy of the report by calling the background service.
• Policies Acknowledgement and Compliance: I have read, understand, and will comply with the Drug Free Environment, Medical Authorization Information, and Permission to Contact Previous Employers policies and release the requested information as noted above to The Company directly related to my application for employment. I attest that I am the applicant and the information provided in this application is complete, true, and accurate, to the best of my knowledge, and I understand that any misrepresentation, falsification or willful omission shall be sufficient reason for refusal of, or dismissal from employment and or employment consideration, and may be a violation of state law(s) that could result in civil penalties. I further understand that this employment application is not a contract for employment and that any individual who is hired may voluntarily leave employment At-Will and that employment by the company (employer) may be terminated or withdrawn at any time with or without notice or cause. I understand that any oral or written statements to the contrary are hereby expressly disavowed and should not be relied upon by the prospective or existing employee. I understand and acknowledge that I may be required to submit to a physical examination as a condition of employment with the company, should an offer of employment be extended to me.

Communication Information

We share or display your Communication Information in the following cases:

• Communication Information is shared only with and between the communicating members.

Opting In to Automated Calls and Text Messages

In all cases where you select for BluePipes to share your Personal Information with a third party as described above, you agree to receive automated phone calls and text messages from those specific third parties for the purposes of marketing their goods and services to you and in accordance with your rights under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act or any other applicable state laws.

Privacy Policy Limitations when You Share Your Information

This Privacy Policy governs how BluePipes uses your information. It does not govern how third parties with whom you choose to share the information you provide BluePipes use your information. Therefore, BluePipes is not responsible for how third parties use your information in cases where you take the aforementioned actions to share your User Provided Information with third parties including but not limited to applying for jobs, connecting your profile, sending your profile and/or downloading and disseminating your profile data in any way. Therefore, after your information has been passed on to third parties in these circumstances, we will have no access to such passed on information and its use is at the discretion of the third party. You agree to deal directly with said third parties regarding all claims, disputes and correspondence regarding their use or of your information and absolve BluePipes of any and all responsibility and liability for any third party's use of your information in these circumstances.

Privacy Policy Limitations and BluePipes Sharing of Your Information

Except as explained herein, or where you are expressly informed otherwise, we do not sell, rent, share, trade or give away any of your User Provided Information or Technical Information unless required by law or for the protection of your Membership. However, BluePipes may share User Provided Information, Technical Information, and aggregate usage information in a non-personally identifiable manner with advertisers and other third parties in order to present to Members and other users of the BluePipes website more targeted advertising, products and services; provided that, in such situations, we will never disclose information that would personally identify you. As set forth above, BluePipes may (i) use your email address to conduct market research for BluePipes' internal use only; and/or (ii) use your email address to market BluePipes to you (e.g., new features and applications, announcements, opportunities of interest). BluePipes may contract with a third party to conduct such research and marketing; provided that such third party will be fully bound by an obligation of confidentiality to BluePipes and may not use any personally identifiable information provided by BluePipes other than as expressly instructed by BluePipes and in strict compliance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Links

The BluePipes Website contains links to other websites. This includes links that are placed there by BluePipes (such as in advertisements), as well as by other BluePipes Members. Please be aware that BluePipes is not responsible for the privacy practices of any other website. We encourage all Members and other users of the BluePipes website to be aware of when they leave our website, and to read the privacy policies of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by BluePipes through the BluePipes website.

Use of Cookies

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user's computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on the BluePipes website. However, we do not and will not use cookies to collect private information from any Member or other user of the BluePipes website which they did not intentionally submit to us other than as stated in this Privacy Policy. We use both "session ID cookies" and "persistent cookies." We use session ID cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site. A session ID cookie expires when you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. Note also that Members may optionally use a cookie to remember their email in order to automatically log in to our website. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browser's "help" file; however, please note that, if you reject cookies or disable cookies in your web browser, you may not be able to use the BluePipes website.

3. Changes in Our Privacy Policy

If we change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our web site so Members and other users of the BluePipes website are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If we are going to use Members' or other users' personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify those Members and users via email or by placing a prominent notice on our website.

4. Invite a Contact

If a Member elects to use our "Connect" feature to invite a contact to become a Member of the BluePipes service, we ask them for that contact's email address. BluePipes will automatically send the contact an email inviting them to join the site. BluePipes stores this email address for the purpose of: (i) automatically adding the respondent to the "connection list" of the Member sending the invitation; (ii) sending reminders of the invitation and (iii) sending emails on recent updates by the Member on BluePipes to the Member's invited contact. BluePipes will never sell these email addresses or use them to send any other communication besides invitations and invitation reminders. Any person who receives an invitation may email privacy@bluepipes.com to request the removal of this information from our database.

5. Security

The BluePipes account of every Member is password-protected. BluePipes takes every precaution to protect the information of Members, as well as information collected from other users of the BluePipes website. We use industry standard measures to protect all information that is stored on our servers and within our database. We limit the access to this information to those employees who need access to perform their job function such as our customer service personnel. If you have any questions about the security on our website, please email privacy@bluepipes.com.

6. Email and Text Message Choice/Opt-out

Members who no longer wish to receive our email updates or text messages may opt-out of receiving these communications by following the instructions contained in the applicable email or text message or by logging-in and changing their settings in the "Account Settings" section of the BluePipes website. You can access this page by clicking on the "Account" link on the top right of your BluePipes homepage.

7. Third Party Advertising

The ads appearing on this Web site are delivered to Members by our Web advertising partners. Our Web advertising partners may use cookies. Doing this allows the ad network to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement. In this way, ad networks may compile information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. BluePipes does not have access to or control of the cookies that may be placed on the computer of any Member or other user of the BluePipes website by the third-party ad servers or ad networks.

This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by BluePipes only, and does not cover the use of cookies by any other party.

8. Members and Users Located Outside of the United States of America

We have made an effort to protect the personal information of all Members and other users of the BluePipes website, and to the extent applicable, we attempt to comply with local data protection and consumer rights laws. If you are unsure whether this privacy policy is in conflict with the applicable local rules where you are located, you should not submit your personal information to the BluePipes website. IN ADDITION, IF YOU ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION, YOU SHOULD NOTE THAT YOUR INFORMATION WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE UNITED STATES, THE LAWS OF WHICH MAY BE DEEMED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION TO HAVE INADEQUATE DATA PROTECTION (see, for example, European Union Directive 95/46/EC of 24 October 1995, a copy of which can be found here). Members and other users of the BluePipes website located in countries outside of the United States of America who submit personal information do thereby consent to the general use of such information as provided in this privacy policy and to the transfer of that information to and/or storage of the information in the United States of America.

9. Contacting BluePipes

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, BluePipes' privacy practices, or your dealings with BluePipes, please emailprivacy@bluepipes.com.