Privacy Policy

Last Modified: 5th August 2015

This privacy policy applies only to this hitcontract.com web site (the "Site"), the technology platform for hiring IT specialists in to IT, electronic and other high-tech institutions (collectively, the "Service"). This privacy policy applies to your access to and use of hitcontract.com, whether as a guest or logged in as a Member, and is governed by the Terms of Service found at http://hitcontract.com/term-of-use. This privacy policy covers only data collected through the Site and not any other data collection or processing.

COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We collect personal information from you (such as your name, email address, gender, telephone number, skill set, resume, compensation details, a video of yourself, as well as any other documents, materials or additional information that you upload, send or otherwise provide, either upon request or otherwise), when you use the Site and Service or send emails to us. Please do not submit your personal information to us if you do not wish us to collect it.

COLLECTION OF OTHER INFORMATION

In addition to personal information, we may collect information about you automatically when you visit the Site, including but not limited to, your browser type, operating system, IP address the domain name from which you accessed the Site, as well as demographic data, and if you are accessing the Site with your mobile device, type of mobile device. In addition, we may record actions taken on the Site including, but not limited to, date and times of use, clicks, page views, the amount of time you spend on each page, and search queries. We reserve the right to match your IP address or other information with other information about you in any way permitted by applicable law. We will store this information on our equipment or the equipment of third parties that we have a relationship with for that purpose. If you access or use the Site on your mobile telephone or other mobile device, including tablets, we collect mobile device identifiers, including MAC address and IP address. We may create and assign to your device an identifier that is similar to an account number. We may collect the name you have associated with your device, device type, telephone number, country, and any other information you chose to provide, such as user name, geo-location or email address The collection of information may involve the use of cookies and web beacons. A web beacon is a small graphic image placed on a web page that is designed to allow us to monitor traffic on the Site. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your computer's hard drive by your web browser. Cookies allow us to identify your computer and find out details about your visit. Most internet browsers accept cookies automatically, but usually you can alter the settings of your browser to erase cookies or prevent automatic acceptance if you prefer. If you choose not to receive our cookies, you may not be able to use some of the core features of the site such as logging in and saving your preferences. The information collected by cookies and web beacons is not personally identifiable, it only includes general information about your computer settings, your connection to the internet e.g. operating system and platform, IP address, your browsing patterns and timings of browsing on the site and geographical location.

USE OF YOUR INFORMATION

By using this Site, you agree that we may collect, hold process and use your information (including personal information) for the purpose of providing you with the Services and developing our business which includes (without limitation):

  • providing part or all of your personal information to prospective Employers based on your selection of employment opportunities in which you are interested;
  • providing information to you about prospective Employers;
  • personalizing your visits to the Site to improve the Services provided to you;
  • informing you about the latest changes to the Site, products, or Services  that you might find interesting and helpful;
  • providing customer service and support
  • communicating (and personalizing such communication) with you;
  • remarketing to you;
  • conducting market research;
  • carrying out technical and statistical analysis to measure the performance of our Services and the Site;
  • creating aggregated and anonymized reports based on the collective user content submitted by users, and using such reports for marketing purposes and distribution to third parties at our discretion, so long as such reports do not disclose personal data about, or otherwise identify, a user specifically; and/or
  • preventing potentially illegal activities and activities that are detrimental to you or other users.

SHARING YOUR INFORMATION

In order to provide our Services to you, we may share information (personal and otherwise) about you with prospective Employers. These Employers, and/or servers to which your personal information may be transferred in order for such Employers to access such information, may be located in the United States, the United Kingdom, any member state of the European Union, Singapore or anywhere else in the world. By using the Site and Services, you consent to the transfer of your personal information outside of your state in the event that the processing of your information involves such a transfer, and understand that such other states may not provide the same protection for such information as your state provides. We reserve the right to disclose your personal information to comply with applicable laws and government or regulatory bodies’ lawful requests for information.  We may transfer, sell or assign any of the information described in this policy to third parties as a result of a sale, merger, consolidation, change of control, transfer of assets or reorganization of our business.

KEEPING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURE

We take the security of your personal information very seriously and have appropriate physical, technical and administrative procedures in place to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure as required by applicable laws.

UPDATING YOUR PREFERENCES

You can opt out of receiving communications from us (whether marketing communications, updates about upgrades to our system, or otherwise) by contacting us at info@hitcontract.com or, if available, clicking on the ‘unsubscribe’ link in the emails from us. Alternatively, you can write to us (including full details of your request) at the following address: Privacy, HITCONTRACT, Sodų g. 50, Zujūnai, Vilniaus raj., LT-14163, Lithuania.

ACCESSING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Residents of certain states, including without limitation, residents of the European Economic Area and Switzerland, have a right of access to their data. If you wish to review or receive copies of the personal information we hold about you, please send a certified letter to the address provided above with a copy of your passport or national identity card (for identity verification purposes) and the same will be provided to you. If you have any other privacy queries, please contact us (including full details of your request) at info@hitcontract.com or write to us (including full details of your query) at the following address: Privacy, HITCONTRACT, Sodų g. 50, Zujūnai, Vilniaus raj., LT-14163, Lithuania. We may charge a small administration fee (which will not be higher than applicable law permits) in relation to fulfilling a request for access to personal information. Residents of certain states, including without limitation, residents of the European Economic Area and Switzerland, also have a right, if their personal data is inaccurate, of rectification, erasure or blocking of such inaccurate personal data. You may edit your User Content (if there is an inaccuracy or otherwise), by following procedures set forth on the Site. If your personal data is inaccurate, you may alternatively request HITCONTRACT to rectify, erase or block the data by sending a certified letter, with a copy of your passport or national identity card (for identity verification purposes), to the above address with the exact nature of the requested action.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

If we change this privacy policy, we will post the revised privacy policy on this Site with an updated "Last Modified" date. For major updates, we may also email you or post a message on our home page notifying you of the change. All changes are effectively immediately when we post them on the Site.  PLEASE CHECK THIS PAGE OFTEN SO THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF ANY CHANGES, AS THEY ARE BINDING ON YOU. If you do not agree to any change(s), you may no longer access or use this Site or the Service. Your continued use of the Site and/or Service means that you accept and agree to the changes we have made.