PRIVACY POLICY
Please note that our privacy policy has changed, effective July 19, 2022.
Introduction
Selective Search Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company doing business as Selective Search (“Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”), respects the privacy of any individual accessing or using the Website (as defined below), or any other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Website (collectively, “you” or “your”). We are committed to protecting your privacy through compliance with this policy.
This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website https://www.selectivesearch.com (the “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
This policy applies to information we collect (as applicable): (i) on the Website; (ii) through email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website; and (iii) when you interact with or otherwise communicate through the Website.
This policy does not apply to information collected by: (i) the Company offline or through any other means other than the Website, including, without limitation, on any other website operated by the Company or any other third (including any of our affiliates); or (ii) any third party (including any of our affiliate), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or through the Website.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use the Website. By accessing or using the Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see “Changes to Our Privacy Policy” below). Your continued use of the Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
Children Under the Age of 18
Our Website is not intended for children under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any Personal Information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on this Website or through any of its features, register on the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. If we learn we have collected or received Personal Information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us at info@selectivesearch.com.
Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
We may collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including:
Information by which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, email address, telephone number or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (collectively “Personal Information”).
Information that is about you but individually does not identify you.
Usage data that may include information about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access the Website, and usage details.
We collect this information:
Directly from you when you provide it to us.
Automatically as it is generated by your use of the Website, or from the Website infrastructure itself.
From third parties, for example, our business partners.
Information You Provide to Us
The information we collect on or through this Website may include:
Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes information provided at the time of: registering to our Website, applying to serve as a candidate, or requesting further services from the Company. We may also ask you for information if or when you report a problem with our Website.
Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
Your responses to surveys and other questions that we might ask you to complete if you request information about the Company, or express a desire to use or otherwise participate in the services offered by the Company.
Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies
As you navigate through and interact with the Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
Information such as your device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, operating system, the pages of the Website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When accessing the Website by or through a mobile device, we may collect Usage Data that may include information such as the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
The information we collect automatically is only statistical data and does not include Personal Information, but we may maintain it or associate it with Personal Information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve the Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service.
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to the Website.
Web Beacons. Certain sections of the Website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
How We Use Your Information
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any Personal Information:
Provide and Maintain the Website: To present the Website and its contents to you and to monitor the usage of the Website.
Requested Information: To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
Notifications: To notify you about changes to the Website, as well as other news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already inquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information
Other Purposes: To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
Interactive Participation: To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Website.
Specific Identified Purpose: In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
Analytical Purposes: For other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve the Website, as well as our products, services, marketing and Website experience.
Consent: For any other purpose with your consent.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and 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:
Affiliates: To our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor and comply with the terms of this policy.
Service Providers: To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who have agreed to keep Personal Information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
Business Transfers: To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Company’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Information held by the Company about the Website users is among the assets transferred.
Specific Identified Purpose: To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
As Disclosed or Consented To: For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information, or any other purpose with your consent.
We may also disclose your Personal Information:
Compliance With Laws: To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
Enforcement Purposes: To enforce or apply our Terms of Use located at https://www.selectivesearch.com/terms-of-use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
Additional Obligations: If, in the good faith belief of the Company, such disclosure is necessary to: (i) comply with any other legal obligation; (ii) protect and/or defend the rights, property, or safety of the Company, its customers or other third parties; or (iii) protect against legal liability.
Processing of Your Information
The Service Providers we use may have access to your information, including Personal Information. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about your activity on the Website in accordance with their Privacy Policies.
Analytics – Google Analytics
We may use third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of the Website. The Company currently uses Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of the Website. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Website available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
Email Marketing – Salesforce
We may use your Personal Information to contact you with promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt-out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting us at info@selectivesearch.com. We may use Email Marketing service providers such as Salesforce to manage and send emails to you. Salesforce’s privacy policy can be viewed at https://www.salesforce.com/company/privacy/.
Links to Other Websites
The Website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by the Company. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Accessing and Correcting Your Information
You may send us an email at info@selectivesearch.com to correct or delete any Personal Information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.
Data Security
We have implemented measures designed to secure your Personal Information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of Personal Information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' Personal Information, we will notify you through a notice on the Website home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting the Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.
Contact Information
To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact the Company at: info@selectivesearch.com OR 35 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 1920, Chicago, IL 60601, Attn: Privacy Policy.