Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 30, 2024

 

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which Career Driver (“Career Driver,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, maintains, and discloses information collected from users (“User” or “you”) who express an interest in our driving training and job placement opportunities and provide their personal data through our service. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines our practices and procedures regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and other relevant data protection laws in the United States.

You agree that Career Driver may collect and use your information for the purpose of providing it to their clients, who may contact you for education, training, financing, and job placement assistance.

 

INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

 

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

• Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service. This includes applications to jobs through the Career Driver website and any online advertising.

• Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where “control” means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest, or other securities entitled to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority.

• Career Driver (referred to as either “Career Driver,” “We,” “Us,” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to Career Driver Inc., 156 W 56th Street, NY 10019.

•Clients refers to Career Driver’s Clients who will utilize your data collected by Career Driver.

•Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device, or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

• Country refers to: United States

• Device means any device that can access the Service, such as a computer, a cellphone, or a digital tablet.

• Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

• Service refers to the Website.

• Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Career Driver. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by Career Driver to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of Career Driver, to perform services related to the Service, or to assist Career Driver in analyzing how the Service is used.

• Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

• Website refers to Career Driver, accessible from www.careerdriver.com.

• You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

 

COLLECTING AND USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

TYPES OF DATA

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

·       Full name

·       Contact information (such as address, email address, and phone number)

·       Date of birth

·       Driver’s license information

·       Employment history

·       Educational background

·       Social Security Number (SSN) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) (only if required by law or with your explicit consent)

·       Usage Data

·       Any other information you voluntarily provide to us

 

USAGE DATA

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, 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.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

 

TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES AND COOKIES

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

• Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.

• Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service 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 Career Driver, 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).

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. Learn more about cookies on the Free Privacy Policy website article.

 

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

• Necessary / Essential Cookies

Type: Session Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

 

• Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

 

• Functionality Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

 

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

 

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

By providing your phone number, you hereby grant explicit consent for Career Driver and Career Driver Clients to contact you via text message or phone, utilizing automatic telephone dialing systems or an artificial or prerecorded voice, at the specified phone number, regardless of its listing on any Do Not Call Registry.

Please note that all communication, both incoming and outgoing, between Career Driver, Career Driver Clients, and yourself may be subject to monitoring or recording for the purpose of ensuring quality assurance and compliance.

Career Driver may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.

• To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.

• For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the employment contract or training contract for the positions, roles, or training services You have applied for or of any other contract with Us through the Service.

• To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products, or contracted services, including the security updates when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

• To provide You with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or inquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.

• To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.

• For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.

• For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing, and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

• With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You regarding your application for a job role via Career Driver.

• With Clients: We may share your personal information with clients pertaining to the training program you have inquired on. This will only be to contact you regarding your inquiry into the training opportunity specified, financing for the training, or job placement assistance related to the training provided. 

• For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Career Driver assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.

• With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services, or promotions.

• With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.

 

Please note: SMS consent and customer phone numbers will not be shared with any third party for marketing purposes.

 

CONSENT TO CONTACT AND USE OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION

By providing your contact information and other sensitive personal information, you expressly consent to Career Driver and any client contacting you via phone, email, and text message for the purpose of discussing and facilitating your placement in our driving training programs. You also acknowledge and consent to Career Driver and any client collecting and processing sensitive information about you to provide education, financing, and job placement assistance services and services related to driver training programs.

 

OPT-OUT AND ASSISTANCE

If you wish to stop receiving text messages or phone calls from Career Driver or Career Driver Clients, you can reply with “Stop” to any text message received. You may also contact us directly for assistance or to opt-out of receiving future communications. To request help, reply with “Help” to any text message received.

 

RETENTION OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Career Driver will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. Career Driver will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

 

TRANSFER OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at Career Driver’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of Your jurisdiction. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer. Career Driver will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of Your data and other personal information.

 

DELETE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You. Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service. You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us. Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

 

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS

If Career Driver is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

LAW ENFORCEMENT

Under certain circumstances, Career Driver may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

Career Driver may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation

• Protect and defend the rights or property of Career Driver

• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service

• Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public

• Protect against legal liability

 

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

 

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers. If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent’s consent before We collect and use that information.

 

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third-party link, You will be directed to that third-party 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.

 

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

 

CONTACT US

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact us using the following email address:

 

Email: info@careerdriver.com

 

By using Career Driver’s employment placement service and providing your personal information, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described herein.