Pinnacle Technical Resources, Inc. (“Pinnacle”) 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 the Pinnacle Web Site (referred to herein as the “Web Site”) and does not apply to information we collect in any other fashion.
Your data will be stored and processed in whole or in part in the United States. The information we gather on the Web Site may be shared within the Pinnacle affiliated companies in order to deliver the products and services we offer. “Affiliated companies” means entities that control, are controlled by or are under common control with Pinnacle.
Collection and Use of Information by Pinnacle
In some areas of the Web Site we request 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. An example of an area on the Web Site where we collect personal data is the page where you can post a resume. Moreover, there is information about your computer hardware and software that is or may be collected by us. This information can include without limitation your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses, but is not linked to your personal information.
Our Use of Your Information
We use the information we gather on the Web Site whether personal, demographic, collective or technical, for the purpose of operating and improving the Web Site and delivering the products and services that we offer.
We may use your contact information in order to send you e-mail or other communications regarding updates at the Web Site, to contact you about your opinion of current products and services or potential new products and services that may be offered. We may also provide additional communications, promotions and information on new career opportunities and additional job postings 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 areas on the Web Site where you can submit feedback. Any feedback you submit in these areas becomes our property, and we may use such feedback to contact you for further information.
Choices Regarding the Disclosure of Personal Information to Others
We do not disclose your personal information to third parties, or your combined personal and demographic information or information about your use of the Web Site except as set forth below.
- We disclose information to third parties if you consent to such disclosure.
- We disclose information to companies and individuals we employ to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include hosting our Web servers, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, and providing customer service. These companies and individuals 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 disclose 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 our rights or property or our affiliated companies; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or (d) protect the personal safety of users or the public.
- We disclose and transfer information to a third party who acquires all or a substantial portion of our business, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets. In addition, in the event we become the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, we or our trustee in bankruptcy may sell, license or otherwise dispose of such information in a transaction approved by the bankruptcy court. You will be notified of sale of all or a substantial portion of our business to a third party via email or through a prominent notice posted on the Web Site.
Personal Information on Resumes and Profiles
Since Pinnacle is a Staffing Company, we store your resume in our database, but do not allow it to be searchable by potential employers. If you consent to being submitted for a specific job opportunity, then potential employers will have access to your resume.
Use of Cookies
We use “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. 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, however, that may hinder performance and negatively impact your experience on the Web Site.
Access to and Modification of Your Information
You may review, correct, update or change your information at any time. You may also opt out of receiving newsletters and certain other information from Pinnacle. We retain indefinitely all the information we gather about you in an effort to make your repeat use of the Web Site more efficient, practical, and relevant.
Security of the Personal Information
We have implemented commercially 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.
Children
The Web Site is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Changes to Privacy Statement
If we decide to materially change our Privacy Statement for the Web Site, we will post those changes through a prominent notice on the Web Site 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 this Privacy Statement or believe that we have not adhered to this Privacy Statement, please feel free to email us at ptr_feedback@pinnacle1.com or call us at 1-214-740-2424 and speak to one of our representatives. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly answer your question or resolve your problem.
Contact Information
Pinnacle is the name under which Pinnacle Technical Resources, Inc., a Texas corporation with its principal place of business at 5501 Lyndon B Johnson Freeway, Suite 600, Dallas Texas, 75240, and certain of its affiliated companies, do business. Pinnacle Technical Resources, Inc. is the legal entity which determines the purposes and means of processing the information gathered at the Web Site.
