Website Privacy Notice
Website Privacy Notice, effective November 15th, 2004 (as amended September 20, 2022)
Overview
Gibson Arnold & Associates Inc. (“Gibson Arnold & Associates”) is committed to respecting the privacy of our users. We strive to provide a safe, secure user experience. This Privacy Statement sets forth the online data collection and usage policies and practices that apply to our Web site. By using our Web site, you consent to the policies and practices described in this Statement.
Our site contains links to other Web sites over which we have no control. Gibson Arnold & Associates is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of other Web sites to which you choose to link from Gibson Arnold & Associates’ Web site. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those other Web sites so you can understand how they collect, use and share your information. This Privacy Statement applies solely to the information we collect on Gibson Arnold & Associates’ Web site, and does not apply to information we collect in any other fashion.
Collection of Personal Information
In some areas of our Web site, Gibson Arnold & Associates requests or may request that you provide personal information, including your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, contact information and any other information from which your identity is discernible. In other areas, Gibson Arnold & Associates collects or may collect demographic information that is not unique to you such as your ZIP code, age, gender and interests.
Collection of Technical Information
We also gather or may gather certain information about your use of our site, such as what areas you visit and what services you access. Moreover, there is information about your computer hardware and software that is or may be collected by Gibson Arnold & Associates. This information can include without limitation your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses.
Retention of Information
Since we believe that managing your career is a life-long process, we retain indefinitely all the information you submit to us in an effort to make your repeat use with us more efficient, practical, and relevant. Of course, you can correct or update your information and resume at any time. Moreover, you can request removal of your resume from our database at any time, in which event we will remove all our copies of your resume and other information except for an archival copy which is not accessible on the Internet.
Use of Information by Gibson Arnold & Associates
We use the information we gather on our Web site, whether personal, demographic, collective or technical, for the purpose of providing our services to you.
We may use your contact information in order to send you e-mail or other communications regarding new 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. Any feedback you submit in this area becomes our property, and we can use such feedback (such as success stories) for marketing purposes or contact you for further information.
Disclosure of Information to Others
We do not disclose to third parties your personal information, combined personal and demographic information or information about your use of our Web site (such as the areas you visit or the services you access), except as set forth in the following subparagraphs:
- We may disclose such information to third parties such as employers, recruiters or others for the purpose of sending you e-mail or otherwise communicating with you about potential job opportunities.
- We may disclose such information to companies and individuals we employ to perform functions on our behalf. Examples may include companies used for background checks or drug testing. These companies 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.
- We may disclose such 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 the rights or property of Gibson Arnold & Associates; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or (d) protect the personal safety of users or the public.
If you apply for a position through our Web site, you may be asked to provide information on your age, gender or race. Providing this information is voluntary; 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.
Resumes
Resumes uploaded to Gibson Arnold & Associates are not stored on Gibson Arnold & Associates’ Web site. Any resumes uploaded are immediately Gibson Arnold & Associates transferred to Gibson Arnold & Associates’ internal system, which is not accessible from the Internet.
Updating Your Information
No resume or other personal information is stored on Gibson Arnold & Associates’ web site. You may review, correct, update or change your information at any time by contacting your local Gibson Arnold & Associates office. In the event that you wish to remove your resume from consideration for possible job opportunities, you will need to contact a Gibson Arnold & Associates office. We will retain your resume and other information in our files unless you request to be forgotten (see <<Your Right to Be Forgotten>>, below). However, your resume will be “deactivated” and will no longer be considered for available positions.
Your Right to Be Forgotten
At any time, you can request in writing that we remove your information from our database. Should you choose to do so, after confirming your request, we will remove all copies of your resume and all your information from our database, with the exception of an archival copy which is not accessible from the internet. However, we cannot guarantee that you will not be contacted should your name and contact information be subsequently collected or referred to us.
Security
Gibson Arnold & Associates has implemented reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to secure your personal information 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. Should a data breach occur, you will be notified in accordance with the appropriate state and federal law.
Use of Cookies
Gibson Arnold & Associates uses “cookies” to help personalize and maximize your online experience and time online. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard drive by a Web page server. Cookies are not used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to your computer, 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. Because of our use of cookies, we can deliver faster and more accurate results and a more personalized site experience. We also use cookies to track click streams and for load balancing.
You may have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline all cookies if you prefer. Alternatively, you may be able to modify your browser setting to notify you each time a cookie is tendered and permit you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis. If you choose to decline cookies, you may hinder performance and negatively impact your experience on the Gibson Arnold & Associates Web site.
Use of Web Beacons
Gibson Arnold & Associates Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons (sometimes called single-pixel gifs) that allow us to count users who have visited those pages. Web beacons are not used to access your personally identifiable information; they are a technique we use to compile aggregated statistics about our Web site usage.
Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the Web beacon resides.
Changes to Privacy Statement
If we decide to change our Privacy Statement for Gibson Arnold & Associates, we will post those changes here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and to whom we will disclose it. If at any time, you have questions or concerns about Gibson Arnold & Associates’ Privacy Statement, please feel free to email us at webmaster@gibsonarnold.com or call us at 303-273-9420 and speak to one of our representatives.
Contact Information
Gibson Arnold & Associates & Associates, Inc.’s principal place of business is located at 1030 Johnson Road, Suite 100, Golden, Colorado 80401.
We welcome your comments concerning this Privacy Statement. If you believe that we have not adhered to this Statement, please contact us by e-mailing us at webmaster@gibsonarnold.com or by calling us at 303-273-9420. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.
