The Gideons International has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. We hold ourselves accountable before God to protect any information you supply to us. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for our Career Website www.gideonsteam.org.
We developed this privacy statement to inform you of how The Gideons International will use information you submit through its Career Website. Your use of other services provided by The Gideons International is governed by any applicable terms of those services and the general Privacy Policy of The Gideons International.
Information Collection and Use
The Gideons International is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. The Gideons International collects information from users at several different points on our website.
This policy covers all application information you submit to The Gideons International, such as name, address, telephone number, email address, or other contact information; resume, previous work experience, and education; and type of employment sought and desired compensation.
The application information you submit may be used to assess your skills, qualifications, and interests against career opportunities; to verify your information and conduct reference checks; to communicate with you; to create and submit reports if and as required by law; and for other lawful purposes. Your application will be active for six (6) months and will only be considered for the position(s) you specifically applied for.
If you are offered and accept employment with The Gideons International, the information submitted will become part of your employment record and may be used for employment purposes.
You can choose what types of application information, if any, to submit. Submitting application information is voluntary. However, if you choose not to submit application information, the ability to consider you for employment may be limited.
Application information that is submitted is retained in accordance with applicable law.
Registration
In order to use this website, a user may first need to complete the registration form if registration is required.During registration the user is required to give contact information (such as name and email address). This information is used solely to communicate with the user about the information on our site for which they have expressed interest.
Cookies
A cookie is a unit of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is not linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes his browser, the cookie terminates. For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the user would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they may still use our site. The only drawback to this is that the user will be limited in some areas of our site.
Log Files
The Gideons International uses Internet Protocol addresses to administer the site and track user’s movement. Internet Protocol addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Sharing
Application information that is submitted may be shared with appropriate employees of The Gideons International for employment consideration purposes. Additionally, The Gideons International may release application information, including individually identifiable information, to third parties: (1) to comply with valid legal requirements such as a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order; or (2) in special cases permitted by law, such as a physical threat to you or others.
Links
This website may contain links to other sites not affiliated with The Gideons International. Please be aware that The Gideons International is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. Users are encouraged that when they leave our site they should read the privacy statements of each website that collects personally identifiable information.
Protection of Sensitive Information
When sensitive information is requested from users, that information is protected with the best encryption software presently available in the industry – Secured Socket Layer. While we use Secured Socket Layer encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also have in place procedures to protect user information off-line. Use of user information is restricted and monitored in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information.
Notification of Changes
Revisions in The Gideons International privacy policies will be posted on our website to ensure that users are always aware of what information is collected, how it is used, and under what circumstances, if any, it is disclosed. If at any point personally identifiable information is used in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, users will be notified by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not their information is used in this different manner. User information will only be used in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
Effective September 2015