Last Updated: November 18, 2021

The Chamber of Huntsville/Madison County ( “us,” or “we”), owners and operators of A Smart Place, are committed to protecting your privacy through our compliance with this policy (the “Privacy Policy”).

This Privacy Policy describes our privacy practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting and disclosing information that we may collect from you or personal information about you that may be collected, used, or disclosed when you visit or use A Smart Place (the “Website”). This policy does not apply to information we may collect in other situations, like offline or by email. Nor does this policy apply to the practices of third parties who may provide services or features on our site.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. By registering on this Website, or submitting any information through this Website, or by otherwise accessing this Website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and consent to the policies and practices described for the collection, use or disclosure of your information.

Information We Collect and How We Collect It

Information You Provide to Us may be used by us without limitation, including the disclosure and reporting of any information that you provide, including but not limited to information that you provide directly by inputting or uploading your information to our Website and including but not limited to information that is gathered by administrators of the site and / or by automatic logging of your activity on the site.

When you register with or use this website, we may ask you to provide information, including but not limited to:

Registration Information. Information by which you and/or your business may be identified, such as name, phone number, mailing address, and email address (“personal information”).

Employment Information. As a registered user of the site you may elect to post a resume, which may include personal information and information about your experience, education, skills or any other information that you choose to provide, including business Information, correspondence and financial information related to transactions or other information sent through the Website.

Surveys. While using this site you may provide information in response to online or email surveys.

Automatic Information Collection.

When you download, access, and use our application and/or website, we may use technology automatically to collect:

Website Activity Details. We may also collect information about the parts of our application or website you use and related information including and not limited to your scores and results in response to assessments and surveys, your viewing activity and response to a broad variety of features, links and media on our Website and/ or third party websites you visit when you leave our website. We may work with third parties who collect information about you when you use our website.

Other information. We may collect information about your IP address, operating system and browser type and additional information about your usage of the Website and related media.

Information Collection Technologies.

The technologies we use for automatic information collection may include: Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website.

Flash Cookies. Certain features of our site may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from and on our Website.

You can choose whether or not to share personal information. If you choose not to share, some parts of our sites and some services may be more difficult or impossible to use. Your browser may give you the ability to reject cookies or turn off location-based capabilities. If you choose not to disable these features, some parts of our sites and some services may be more difficult or impossible to use. If you do not want us to collect information about you or your device do not use this site and do not download the application or if you have downloaded the application then you must uninstall it from your device.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

To fulfill the services. We use the information to provide you with the application and its contents, including to provide you with tailored job opportunities, as well as education, training, media and networking recommendations.

Third party services. We may share your information to third parties, including our affiliates and licensors, so that they can provide you with services on the Website.

We use the information to respond to your requests or questions. For example, we may use your information to help you access your account if you forget your password, or provide information regarding new site developments and information about our services and affiliated third parties.

We use your information to help us improve our products and services. We may use information to customize and improve your experience. For example, we might look at usage trends to make sure our Website is easy to use. For security purposes. We may use information to protect our company, our customers, or our Website.

To provide updates. For example, we may send you email notifications about your account, transactions, or changes to our Website, or policies. For our legitimate business purposes. We will also use your information to fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it. We may also use the information you provide to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection. We may combine information that we receive about you from third parties with information we already have.

As otherwise permitted by law.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose any information about our users, and also aggregate information that does not identify any individual, without restriction. We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:

• To our subsidiaries, affiliates, and licensors.
• Service Providers: We share information with contractors, service providers and other third parties we use to support our business.
• To protect rights, and for safety: If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety to the Chamber of Huntsville/Madison County, our clients, our customers, our users or others.
• For legal purposes: To comply with any court order, law or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
• For any other purpose when you provide the information.

Otherwise with your consent.

To comply with any court order, law or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. You have access to the following control over your information:

• Tracking Technologies and Advertising: You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe’s website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
• Disclosure of Your Information: You may withdraw your consent to the future disclosure of personal information that you have previously authorized us to share with others, such as your resume or other employment information, by contacting asmartplace.com

Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration and disclosure. However, the internet is a public place. We cannot promise that your information will remain secure. We encourage you to use caution when sharing information. Do not share your password with other people and choose secure passwords.

Our servers are located in the United States. If you are outside of the United States, your information may be sent to the United States. By using our Website, and by giving us your information, you consent to such transfer. You also understand that the United States may not provide you with as much protection as the laws of your country.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our application, you are responsible for keeping this information confidential. We ask you not to share this information with anyone.

Third-Party Sites and Your Privacy

Our sites and applications may contain links to third party sites, including payment processing sites. If you click on one of those links, you will be taken to sites we do not control. This policy does not apply to the practices of that site. You should read third party privacy policies carefully.

Your California Privacy Rights

California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits users of our Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an e-mail to asmartplace.com

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will post the new privacy policy on this page.