Elite HR Connections Privacy & Data Policy
Elite HR Connections, respects your privacy and wants you to understand how we collect, use, and share data about you. By giving us your email or any personal information, with or without purchase, you agree to all the terms of the Privacy and Data Policy and the Terms of Use on this website.
You shouldn’t use any of our sites or purchase any of our products if you don’t agree with this Privacy and Data Policy, the Terms of Use, or any other agreement that governs your use of our sites or programs. If you have any questions about these policies, terms of use, or wish to unsubscribe you may contact us at: [email protected]
By visiting EliteHRConnections.com, you are consenting to our Privacy Policy.
- INTENDED AUDIENCE/USE: Elite HR Connections (collectively “we,” “us,” or “our”) provides this website (the "Site") and any other site that we have owned or operated, do own and operate, or may own or operate in the future, including social media sites (collectively, the “Sites”) to you, subject to these Privacy Policy. Unless stated otherwise, all references to the “Sites”, “Site”, “site”, or “sites” in the terms on this page include all such Sites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to your use of unaffiliated or third party websites to which any of our Sites may link to or direct you to. The Privacy Policy may be updated by Elite HR Connections from time to time without notice to you, so please check this page periodically for changes. By using these Sites after we post any changes to these terms, you agree to accept those changes, whether you have reviewed them or been notified about them. If at any time you choose not to accept these privacy policy, please do not use this Site or any of our other Sites. This Site and all the information, communications, software, scripting, photos, text, video, graphics, music, sounds, images, information, content, products, materials, and services found on this Site (collectively "Content"), is intended for the lawful use of Elite HR Connections’ customers, members, employees, and members of the general public who are over the age of 18. Elite HR Connections operates and controls this Site from its offices within the United States of America. Elite HR Connections makes no representation that the Content is appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to the Site from territories where the Content is illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. Some Content from this Site may be subject to export controls imposed by the United States and may not be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported: (1) into, or to a national or resident of, any country to which the U.S. has placed an embargo; (2) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's Specially Designated Nationals list; or (3) the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Denial Orders. Elite HR Connections is not and cannot be liable for any third-party use of its Content from this Site, in violation of any applicable law.
- When you submit information to us or visit any of our Sites, we use it in an ongoing nature to ensure you receive the information or purchases you’ve made with us, to deliver relevant future content via our email newsletters, to track how much you use our Sites or services, and to make future offers through our company or any other company that is involved in delivering your purchases, bonuses or content. By giving us your contact information at any time, you are granting us the right to contact you in the future in any manner necessary at our discretion for ongoing personal and professional development. You can unsubscribe from our email newsletters at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link found at the bottom of all our emails.
- If you want us to no longer contact you or store your information, just write us at [email protected] anytime with your request and we will begin removing you from our Site or content as appropriate and as soon as we can.
- APPLICABILITY & ELIGIBILITY: This privacy policy applies to our collection, use, disclosure, and protection of your data. It does not apply to third party websites, applications, or services. Before accessing, using, or interacting with our services, carefully review the terms and conditions of this privacy policy. Services are not directed to children under the age of 18. You may not use our services if you are under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect, use, or share Personal Information from children under 18. If a parent or legal guardian learns that their child provided us with Personal Information without his or her consent, please contact us and we will make commercially reasonable attempts to delete such Personal Information.
- INFORMATION & PASSWORDS: We collect personal information about our members and other customers. This information includes, but is not limited to, first name, last name, job title, employer’s name, work/personal address, work/personal email, work/personal phone number, and/or applicable payment data for orders placed for goods and services via the Site (e.g., credit card number, e-mail address, and expiration date) (collectively, your "Information"). This information is used to provide members and customers with goods and services, including membership services, event notifications, training, and more. We do not sell personal information to anyone and only share it with third parties who are facilitating the delivery of our services.
You represent, warrant and covenant to us that any and all Information and any other information or data you provide to us, is and will be true, accurate and complete when given to us, that in providing such information to us you will not knowingly omit or misrepresent any material facts or Information. You further consent and authorize us to verify your information as required for your use and access to our Site, as applicable.
Certain features and functions of the Site are not generally available to the public. In order to access and use such features and functions, we may require you to enter your email and password. Third parties may also, from time to time, provide you with additional codes or passwords necessary to perform certain transactions or otherwise access the Site. Your email, password, and any additional codes or passwords are collectively referred to herein as "IDs". Your IDs are personal to you. You agree that you will not allow another person to use your IDs to access and use the Site under any circumstances.
You are solely responsible for maintaining the strict confidentiality of your IDs and for any charges, damages, liabilities, or losses incurred or suffered as a result of your failure to do so. We are not liable for any harm caused by or related to the theft of your IDs, your disclosure of your IDs, or your authorization to allow another person to access and use the Site using your IDs. You agree to immediately notify us if you become aware of any unauthorized use of your IDs or other need to deactivate an ID due to security concerns.
- EVENTS & WEBINARS: We host events throughout the year, which may include conferences, webinars, and trainings (collectively “events”). If you are a member and register for one of our events, we will access the information in your member account to provide you with information and services associated with the event. If you are not a member and you register for one of our events, we will collect your name and contact information, which we will store in our database and use to provide you with information and services associated with the event. If you are a presenter at one of our events, we will collect information about you including your name, employer and contact information, and photograph, and we may also collect information provided by event attendees who evaluated your performance as a presenter. As an attendee, speaker, or sponsor/exhibitor, we will keep a record of your participation to provide you with post-event information including details on upcoming events you may be interested in.
We reserve the right to use any photograph/video taken at our events, without the expressed written permission of those included within the photograph/video. We may use the photograph/video in publications or other media material produced, used or contracted including but not limited to: brochures, invitations, books, newspapers, magazines, television, websites, etc. To ensure the privacy of individuals, images will not be identified using full names or personal identifying information without written approval from the photographed subject.
- MEMBERSHIP: When you become a member, we collect information about you including (but not limited to) your name, your employer’s name, your work address, and your email address. We may also collect your personal email address, a personal mailing address, and a mobile phone number. Members may voluntarily provide additional information in their membership profile, such as information about their educational background, number of years in the industry, and the like. Members may edit their profile at any time to change, add, or remove personal information.
We process your personal information for membership administration, to deliver member benefits, and to inform you of our events, content, and other benefits or opportunities associated with your membership. We may also use this information to help us understand our members’ needs and interests to better tailor our products and services.
- PUBLICATIONS: In addition to producing original content, we also subscribe to news feeds and blogs produced by others, which we often link to from our website. This means you may find yourself on our website or reading an email where we will offer you a link to another organization’s website for additional relevant content. At these times, you will be leaving our website. We are not responsible or liable for content provided by these third party websites or personal information they may happen to gather from you.
You may wish to subscribe to some of our publications without becoming a member. To receive our mailings/newsletters by email, you will need to create a profile with us, which involves providing us with at least your first name and last name, an email address, and the country in which you live. We do not share this information with any third party other than to store the information in our database.
You may manage your subscriptions by subscribing or unsubscribing at any time. If you have any difficulties managing your email or other communication preferences, please contact us at [email protected].
- ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION: Certain tools and settings are provided to help you access, correct, delete, or modify your personal information. We welcome you to contact us regarding the information we have collected about you, including the nature and accuracy of the data collected about you, to request an update, modification, or deletion of your information, to opt-out of certain services, or to withdraw any consent you may have granted. Please note that if you choose to delete your information or opt-out of the collection and use of your information, certain features may no longer be available to you.
- PAYMENT INFORMATION: We do not directly access, handle, or store your credit or debit card data. We may keep a record of your purchases. We may store your payment card's last four digits to facilitate future orders. To make purchases, you must submit your name, credit or debit card type, number, expiration date, security code, and billing address. All credit and debit card data is provided directly to one of our PCI-compliant payment processors. Per PCI Compliance, we do not accept credit card information via email. Please review their privacy policies listed below:
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Although we do not collect your financial information, we may collect related Personal Information, such as your name and contact information, to facilitate the applicable transaction. We use this data to send you promotional and other electronic and hardcopy communications. You will automatically receive marketing communications from us when you open an account. We use providers to deliver communications to you. You may opt-out of such emails by using the unsubscribe link in the email or by contacting us at [email protected], with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line. If you are a Member and/or Consumer with us, you may also change your marketing email settings within your account. Opting out of marketing communications does not opt you out of communications about your account or transactions.
- FEEDBACK: When you provide comments or feedback about our Site, the content on the Site, or our products or services ("Feedback"), we will not treat that Feedback as confidential, and we may use that Feedback for any purpose in our sole discretion so long as it does not personally identify you. Feedback will be used without attribution or compensation to you.
- EXTERNAL SITES: Our Sites may contain links to other websites, like our sponsor’s websites or links to booksellers, that may offer products or services that our customers might find useful. These third-party websites may request information from you when you arrive. In such instances, the collection and use of your personal information will be governed by the privacy policy applicable to that website. We do not control the privacy policies, contents or links that appear on these websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites or services before providing any of them with your personal information.
- MEMBER DIRECTORY: Members are allowed to share their information through our Member Directory to other members using this site. Members are invited to opt-in to having their information shared in the Member Directory. Member information will only be shared in the Member Directory if the member has opted-in to sharing such information.
- EXCEPTIONS TO PRIVACY POLICY: While we are committed to keeping your information secure and private, we have the following exceptions to our privacy policy. We will release specific information about you or your account to comply with any valid legal inquiry or process such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute or court order. We will also release specific information in special cases, such as if there is an attempted breach of the security of the Sites, or a physical or property threat to you or others. We may also transfer user information, including personally identifiable information, in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, the sale of related assets or corporate division or other fundamental corporate change. Further, the information you enter when making a purchase or an online donation will be shared with payment processors, financial gateways, and your credit card company to authorize credit card payments. Such information may also be shared with necessary third parties solely for the purpose or carrying out the transactions. Please note that if you give out personal information online through a discussion board or posting site, that information can be collected and used by third parties. Although we strive to protect our users’ privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of information you post in these forums. You disclose such information at your own risk.
- ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE(S): You may not use or allow others to use, your IDs and/or the Sites, directly or indirectly, nor upload, distribute, transmit, communicate, link to, publish or access any data, information or material through, using or otherwise in connection with the Sites, that: (a) is libelous, defamatory, vulgar or obscene, pornographic, sexually offensive or explicit, harmful or harassing, threatening, hateful, racially, culturally, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive, discriminatory or abusive; (b) violates any law or regulation or the rights of others; (c) causes duress, distress or discomfort to another or is likely to deter or discourage others from using the Sites; and/or (d) infringes any intellectual property, privacy or proprietary rights or confidentiality obligations of others. You are solely responsible and liable for any such activity, behavior, use and conduct. We have no liability and you bear the sole and exclusive risk associated with use of or reliance on the accuracy, quality, completeness, reliability or usefulness of any data, information or material in connection with your IDs.
You also may not use, nor allow others to use, your IDs, the Sites, directly or indirectly, to: (a) attempt to or actually disrupt, impair or interfere with, alter or modify the Sites or any information, data or materials posted and/or displayed by us or anyone else; (b) act in a way that affects or reflects negatively on us, the Sites, or anyone else; (c) collect or attempt to collect any information from others including, without limitation, personally identifiable information, without such party's prior consent. You agree to comply with all local, state, federal laws, statutes, rules and regulations, as well as any international treaties, which are applicable to your use of the Sites.
You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Sites, including, without limitation: (a) accessing data not intended for you or logging onto a processor, communications or access device or account which you are not authorized to access; (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Sites or to breach security or authentication measures, regardless of your motives or intent; (c) attempting to interfere with or disrupt the Sites or services to any user, processor, host or network, including, without limitation, by submitting a virus, worm or Trojan horse; or (d) sending unsolicited e-mail or other information, including promotions or advertising. Violations of system or network security or this Agreement may result in civil or criminal liability. We have the right to investigate occurrences which may involve such violations and may involve, provide information to and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.
- INTERACTIVE SERVICES: As a part of and in connection with your use of the Sites, you may have the opportunity to provide suggestions and feedback to us, such as through surveys, focus groups or other means, as well as access to and use of discussion groups, chat rooms, bulletin boards, announcements, and other interactive functionality ("Interactive Services"). If you participate in or use any Interactive Services, you are responsible for any information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, or other materials ("Content") you upload, post, link to or otherwise transmit (collectively "transmit") and the consequences thereof. YOU CAN BE HELD LEGALLY LIABLE FOR WHAT YOU TRANSMIT. If you choose to transmit any Content using such Interactive Services, you agree to do so solely for lawful purposes, in compliance with all applicable laws, and in a professional manner. You expressly agree that we have no responsibility for or control over the Content you may transmit using these Interactive Services. You agree not to use the Interactive Services to post jobs, market products, solicit resumes, collect email addresses, or conduct surveys except where such activity may be expressly called out by Elite HR as the purpose of the Interactive Services (such as Elite HR’s Job Board) or where such activity is expressly permitted under separate agreement with us. We make no representation that your use of the Interactive Sites will comply with applicable laws or that they were designed to comply with the applicable laws. Additionally, we do not represent, warrant, or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, quality, or reliability of any of the Content posted, displayed, linked to or otherwise transmitted via any Interactive Services. We also do not endorse any opinions expressed in or through any Interactive Services. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such Content.
Although we do not actively monitor, regulate, or pre-screen your use of the Interactive Services, we reserve the unconditional right (but not the obligation) to remove, move or edit any Content we in our sole discretion consider harmful, offensive, or unprofessional, disruptive, in violation of law, regulation or any agreement, including, without limitation:
- Content which is or may be in violation of this Agreement;
- Content that could reasonably be construed as a violation of federal, state, or international law prohibiting anti-competitive activities or unfair trade practices. For example, participants should not discuss detailed salary, wage, or benefit pay by a company or industry, since such a discussion might fall outside of the FTC/Dept. of Justice safe harbor provisions for sharing of salary, wage, and benefits information.
- Content that infringes any other person or entity's copyright, trademark, service mark, trade dress or privacy-related rights.
- Content that is unprofessional or is harmful to the image of the HR profession.
We have no liability or responsibility to you or any other person or entity for performance or nonperformance of such monitoring activities. Persons found in violation of this Section may have their access to such Interactive Services blocked, and, in certain cases, Elite HR Connections membership discipline procedures may be initiated. By submitting Content, you hereby grant to us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual license, with right to sublicense, to reproduce, distribute, transmit, create derivative works of, publicly display and publicly perform any Content you submit via the Interactive Services by all means and in any media now known or hereafter developed for any use or purpose, including, without limitation, the right to incorporate or implement the Content into any Elite HR Connections product or service, and to display, market, sublicense and distribute the Content as incorporated or embedded in any such product or service without compensation to you. In addition, by using the Services, you agree to release Elite HR Connections Management and its advertisers from any liability arising from Content transmitted by anyone on the Interactive Services, and you agree to release, hold harmless, indemnify, and defend the Elite HR Connections Management and its advertisers from any and all legal or civil actions and penalties and costs, including without limitation attorneys' fees, arising from any Content you transmit.
- MISCELLANEOUS: These terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree that any action at law or in equity that arises out of or relates to these terms will be subject to mediation in the State of Maryland. If any of these terms are found unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision will be considered severable from the remaining privacy policy and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions. These terms may be modified only by our posting of changes to this Privacy Policy on our Sites.
- RESOURECES: Elite HR Connections thought it would be helpful to create a resource page that other business professionals can use to access and see contact information for professional business services that we have used or currently use. The list will be continually evolving as we find different resources that are worth mentioning.
- ERRORS: While the information on this website has been verified to the best of our abilities, we cannot guarantee that there are no mistakes or errors.
- DISCLAIMER: Please note that some of the links and contact information provided are affiliate links and we may earn a referral fee from these contacts when our members utilize their services.
- DATA SECURITY: We use commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures to help secure Personal Information against loss, misuse, and alteration appropriate to the type of Personal Information processed. If a breach of your Personal Information occurs, we will notify you of the breach if required under applicable law. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT NO DATA TRANSMISSION OVER THE INTERNET OR DEVICE CAN BE GUARANTEED TO BE 100% SECURE. WHILE WE STRIVE TO PROTECT PERSONAL INFORMATION, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THE SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION AND YOU PROVIDE PERSONAL INFORMATION AT YOUR OWN RISK.
- COLLECTING YOUR INFORMATION: We collect your email address when you submit it, and some limited website information and behavior, in order to record and support your participation in the activities you select or in order to contact you or advertise to you later. If you register for an event/webinar, for example, the information you give us – your phone number, email, and address – is used to reserve your seat, to track your preferences, and to keep you informed about the seminar and related personal development content, offers, and events until you unsubscribe or ask for your data to be removed. If you visit our Sites, we may use Facebook, Google or other tracking tools to understand your behavior on our Sites and to deliver advertising to you in the future.
As a visitor to our Sites, you can engage in many activities without providing any personal information. In connection with other activities, such as utilizing registering for a seminar or participating in a sweepstakes, we may ask you to provide certain information about yourself by filling out and submitting an online form. It is completely optional for you to engage in these activities. If you elect to engage in these activities, however, we may ask that you provide us with personal information, such as your first and last name, mailing address (including ZIP code), e-mail address, telephone, credit card information, and any other personal information we feel is applicable. If you do not provide the mandatory data with respect to an activity, you will not be able to engage in that activity. In all cases, we will collect personal identification information like your email or phone number only if you voluntarily submit such information to us. We will also tell you how we use your information or if we share it with another party.
Except as otherwise provided in this policy, we will never sell any personal identification information about you as an individual user to any third party without having received your permission. If you supply us with your contact information you may receive periodic e-mails, mailings or calls from us with information on new products and services, important issues, or upcoming events. If you wish to be removed from any postal, email, phone, or other lists, please let us know by emailing us at [email protected]. You can also call us at the contact information above. Please provide us with your exact name, email address, mailing address, and phone. We will be sure your name is removed from the appropriate lists immediately.
When you use our Sites, we or our authorized technology services provider may also collect certain technical and routing information from you to facilitate your use of the Sites and its services or to contact you or advertise in the future. We use this information to administer the Sites and to understand and measure traffic patterns on the Sites so that we know which areas of our Sites are favorites of our users, which areas need improvement, and what technologies are being used so that we may continually improve our Sites for mobile and future technical platforms. This information is collected mostly in aggregate form, without identifying you or any user individually. However, in some cases we use tools like cookies, web beacons, analytics services, and advertising providers to gather data about you or your computer location. We may use this statistical data for statistical analysis, marketing, advertising, or similar promotional purposes. This data is often tracked by us and our technology services provider by using “cookies” or “pixels” during your visit. A cookie is a small amount of data that is transferred to your browser by a web server and can only be read by the server that gave it to you. It functions as your identification card and enables us to record your passwords, purchases, and preferences and to deliver targeted messages or advertising to you in the future. It cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. For some web pages that require an authorization, cookies are not optional. Users choosing not to accept cookies will probably not be able to access those pages. We also use Facebook “pixels” on many of our Sites so that we can understand your digital behavior and potentially later target you with related advertising. We also use Google Analytics to understand how long you might spend on our Sites or how you interact with our Sites.
If you ever choose to opt-out of targeted advertising with us, then please contact us at [email protected], so that we can remove your email from any advertising we may use.
As always, you can unsubscribe from any of our emails at any time via the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email you received from us. We do not store any information about you on our servers other than that which you submit into one of our forms, and in any case, we hold your sensitive information, like your credit card information, with software that keeps it encrypted. Any other information stored happens via cookies or pixels as described above, and as facilitated via 3rd party tools (like Facebook, Google or Teachable). Below are examples of how we may use any information to better communicate with you:
- Provide and administer services, including to display customized content and facilitate communication with other users;
- Process your requests and orders for courses, products, specific services, information, or features;
- Communicate with you about your account by:
- Responding to your questions and concerns;
- Sending you administrative messages and information, including messages from instructors and teaching assistants, notifications about changes to our service, and updates to our agreements;
- Sending you information and in-app messages about your progress in courses, rewards programs, new services, new features, promotions, newsletters, and other available courses (which you can opt out of at any time); Sending push notifications to your wireless device to provide updates and other relevant messages (which you can manage from the “options” or “settings” page of a mobile app);
- Manage your account preferences;
- Facilitate the Sites’ technical functioning, including troubleshooting and resolving issues, securing the services, and preventing fraud and abuse
- Solicit feedback from users;
- Market and administer surveys and promotions
- Learn more about you by linking your data with additional data through third-party data providers or analyzing the data with the help of analytics service providers;
- Identify unique users across devices;
- Tailor advertisements across devices;
- Improve our Sites and develop new products, services, and features;
- Analyze trends and traffic, track purchases, and track usage data;
- Advertise the Site on third-party websites and applications;
- As required or permitted by law; or
- As we, in our sole discretion, otherwise determine to be necessary to
- ensure the safety or integrity of our users, employees, third parties, the public, or our Sites
When you submit information to us, then, we use it in an ongoing nature to ensure you receive the information or purchases you’ve made with us, to deliver relevant future content via our newsletters, and to make future offers through our company or any other company that is involved in delivering your purchases.
As most of our programs are for ongoing educational purposes in the field of personal and professional development, you should assume we will continue to contact you in perpetuity via email or via social media in order to deliver our services, serve you related content, make recommendations, learn about your preferences, grant you products, deliver programs to you with or from other platforms or companies, advertise to you or look alike audiences, send you surveys, and other fulfillment or marketing purposes.
By using our Sites and submitting any information with us, you agree to these terms without exception and agree to waive liability and not hold us liable for any use of your information, in perpetuity, under any circumstances, including waiving your right to participate or initiate any class action complaints.
Again, if you want us to no longer contact you, just write us at [email protected] anytime with your request and we will begin removing you from our services or content as appropriate and as soon as we can.