Privacy Policy

Acceptance of Privacy Policy
The following Privacy Policy applies to DiversityInHospitality.com (DIH) and WomenInHospitality.com (WIH), which are both online initiatives owned and operated by Goodwin & Associates Hospitality Services LLC. Your privacy and trust are important to us and we are committed to safeguarding and protecting the privacy of all users that access DIH and WIH. We will use our best efforts to ensure that the information you submit to us remains private. Please read the following policy to understand our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your personal information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, there is a link available at the bottom of every page of DIH and WIH. Our most recent Privacy Policy is detailed below and was last updated on January 2, 2008.

By visiting DIH/WIH, networking, creating an account and profile, subscribing to our e-newsletter, or responding to a job posting on DIH/WIH, it is implied that you agree to this Privacy Policy. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY PART OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, THEN PLEASE REFRAIN FROM VISITING DIH/WIH. We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time. We encourage you to check the date of the Privacy Policy to ensure that you have read and understand the most current version. If you continue to use DIH/WIH after changes have been posted to this Privacy Policy, then it is also implied that you have agreed to the changes.

Information Collection
By visiting DIH/WIH, you understand and agree to your personal information being collected and used in the following ways:

Registration — You must register in order to fully utilize the job search function, candidate matching service, and networking applications on DIH/WIH. During registration, you will be required to provide certain categories of information, including your name, address, email address, and password. In addition, you may also choose to provide other categories of information, such as prior work history, job related skills, and other job search related information. We encourage our users to provide all of these fields of information so that you may maximize the effectiveness of the job search and candidate matching services.

E-newsletter Subscription — In order to subscribe to our monthly e-newsletters, you will be required to provide a valid email address for delivery. By doing so, you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and granting us permission to use that email address to send monthly e-newsletters. All registrations for accounts on DIH/WIH automatically include a subscription to our monthly e-newsletter. These e-newsletters may contain editorials, advertorials, advertisements, partner logos, information on upcoming events, and links to other websites. You always have the right to unsubscribe and opt-out from receiving these e-newsletters by using the opt-out link included in every e-newsletter.

Networking — By using the FaceBook application and networking on DIH/WIH, you agree to abide by common social networking ethics. This includes providing only accurate information and refraining from harassment by using inappropriate or offensive language. When you enter a social network you are doing so voluntarily and at your own risk. Other users will be able to view and store any personal information, comments, pictures, and videos that you share through this section. We advise using caution when posting information or participating in dialogue with other users, as it is impossible to accurately identify the user's name, age, or motives. We are not responsible for any claims that may arise due to information that is posted or shared through the networking section of DIH/WIH.

Passive Collection of Information — In addition to the information that you actively provide on DIH/WIH by the methods described above, we also collect information about how you interact with our sites. We collect passive information for testing purposes and to help improve a user's experience. This data is compiled to form broad aggregate demographic data and related usage information for internal purposes and for disclosure to third parties such as clients and content partners. The types of passive information collected by DIH/WIH include, without limitation, your IP address, which type of browser you are using, where you go on our sites, and how long you stay on any part of our sites. Passive information does not identify you by name, and we do not link your IP address to your personally identifiable information.

Refer a Friend — You can choose to let a friend know about DIH/WIH through our Refer a Friend program. If you choose to use the Refer a Friend program, we will ask you for your friend's name and email address. We will send your friend an email inviting them to visit DIH or WIH to learn more about our services. We will not store your friend's contact information without their permission.

Optional Information — At various other points during your visit to DIH/WIH, you may be asked to provide information about yourself. For example, you may indicate that you wish to participate in a partner company sponsored contest. At this point your information would become the property of both DIH/WIH and the partner co-sponsoring the contest. In instances such as this, we are not responsible for the information that the partner company receives. Participation in surveys or contests or the use of other services that require the input of additional information is completely voluntary on your part, and you have the choice about whether to disclose the information necessary to use these features of our sites.

Use of Information
The information that you supply on DIH/WIH enables us to provide job search and candidate matching services and distribute e-newsletters. In addition, we use your information to customize our sites, e-newsletters, and events to your interests and enhance your overall experience. DIH/WIH tries to recognize you using various methods, including having you log in with your email address and your password. Once DIH/WIH recognizes you, pages, advertisements, and other content may be customized for you so that we can see what interests you the most. In addition, as described above, DIH/WIH utilizes passive information to learn more about how you interact with our sites. This passive information may be combined with your other information for purposes such as testing and improving your experience at our sites and the compilation of broad aggregate demographic data and related usage information for internal purposes and for disclosure to third parties such as advertisers and content partners. This aggregate passive information does not contain any personal information that can identify any individual user.

Responding to a Job Posting — When you respond to a job posting on DIH/WIH, you are responding directly to the employer. Under no circumstances do we share or publicize your confidential response to any particular company. We also have no control whatsoever of what the company does with your information. We strongly encourage you to read the company's Privacy Policy before sending in your confidential information.

Users of Candidate Connect — Candidate Connect is a searchable database of jobseekers' profiles. Personally identifiable information posted on Candidate Connect is not confidential and may be viewed by any employer who has been authorized by us to use this component of DIH/WIH. We use our best efforts to grant access to our resume database only to recruiters, hiring managers, headhunters, and human resource professionals authorized to use Candidate Connect. You may remove your candidate profile from our searchable database at any time. However, recruiters who have paid for access to the database may have retained a copy of your resume in their own electronic or paper files. We have no control over the privacy protection and retention period of your information once you send it to a prospective employer on our site.

We are not responsible for the retention, use, or privacy of resumes or any of your identifying information once it is transmitted to a prospective employer.

Contacting You by E-Mail — We may use your personal contact information periodically in order to send you emails regarding updates on DIH/WIH. The frequency of these messages will vary depending upon your profile. In addition, we will send you a monthly e-newsletter and notices relating to topics that may be of special interest to you, including job opportunities, job advice, and local events. Finally, if you specifically provide us with permission at the time of registration, you may also receive commercial emails. Out of respect for the privacy of our users, we present the option to opt-out of receiving many of the newsletters and/or commercial emails whenever we send out such messages. However, certain communications from us, such as service announcements and administrative messages are considered part of DIH/WIH membership and you may not opt out of receiving them. Email messages from third parties are not governed by the opt-out provisions of this Privacy Policy, but all such third parties are strongly encouraged to include opt-out procedures in their messages to you.

Sharing of Information
We do not rent, sell, or share your personal information with other people or nonaffiliated companies. However, your information may be shared through Candidate Connect with our employees, clients, and Corporate Partners who have been granted access to Candidate Connect. We may also be required to share your personal information when responding to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims. You have the option to share your personal information during networking sessions on DIH/WIH.

Your Ability to Access and Edit Your Account Information and Preferences
You can access and edit all your account information at anytime by logging in to your account on DIH/WIH with your username and password. We use this procedure to better safeguard your information. You may also unsubscribe and opt-out of receiving future communications by following instructions contained in the messages you receive.

Security
Numerous security measures and procedures have been put in place to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and protect the loss and alteration of information posted online and collected from users. Your DIH/WIH account is password protected. Our employees, clients, and Corporate Partners are also required to enter a valid password when accessing Candidate Connect before viewing your personal contact information. As always, data transmissions over the Internet are never 100% secure and you are using the Internet and visiting DIH/WIH at your own risk. Thus, we do not guarantee, nor should you expect absolute privacy for the personal information you post and any other information you may post on DIH/WIH, such as the information communicated on the networking pages.

Cookies
Part of our customized service involves using cookies so that we can recognize you and provide a more personalized experience. A "cookie" is a chunk of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer. Your browser settings must be set to accept cookies before you can log-in or customize. Most browsers are set up to accept cookies, but you can usually change your browser settings to refuse them. We do not use cookies to retrieve personal information about you from your computer. This policy does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers on our web sites. We use cookies to locate your name and account information when you log in to DIH/WIH so that you can access your account information. When you log in to DIH/WIH, the cookie is set, and when you sign-out, the cookie is removed.

Links and Advertisements
The pages of DIH/WIH, our articles, our e-newsletters, and our networking sections may contain links to other websites. These websites are owned and operated by other businesses and are not affiliated in any way with DIH/WIH or Goodwin & Associates. We are not responsible for the content on their sites, their privacy policies, their hiring and recruitment practices, their goods or services, their use of cookies, or any transactions that occur through their websites.

Children's Privacy
We support the Children's On-line Privacy Protection Act and will not knowingly collect any personal information or provide any services to children under the age of 13. No part of our website is structured to attract anyone under age 13. Children under the age of 13 are not permitted to access DIH/WIH or subscribe to our e-newsletter.

Policy Changes
We are dedicated to providing the best service possible to all of our clients and visitors of DIH/WIH. We are also dedicated to staying on top of today's available technology. We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy at any time to meet the needs of our clients, our visitors, changing laws, and new evolutions in technology. You are advised to periodically visit this page to stay familiar with our current privacy policy.

Copyright/Trademark
DiversityInHospitality.com and WomenInHispitality.com are owned and operated by Goodwin & Associates. All content on all pages of DIH/WIH and our e-newsletters is protected by intellectual property laws, including and not limited to applicable copyright and trademark laws. You may only access this information through the Internet for your own personal, non-commercial use. You may not copy, reproduce, sell, republish, transmit, or display any portion of this content onto a website, Intranet, database, directory, written document, or your personal computer. You may not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or insert any codes to any part of DIH/WIH that would alter the content or functionality of the site.

Contact Us
Please contact us with any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy by emailing info@WomenInHospitality.com. Thank you.