Karizma Management, LLC (hereinafter, "BackgroundCheck" or "BackgroundCheck.co") is committed to respecting the privacy rights of users of BackgroundCheck's website, BackgroundCheck.co (the "Website"). BackgroundCheck created this Privacy Policy to give you or your company (in either case, "You" or "Your") confidence as You visit and use the Website, and to demonstrate its commitment to fair information practices and to the protection of privacy.
This Privacy Policy is only applicable to the Website and not to any websites of third parties ("Third-Party Websites"), which may have data collection, storage and use practices and policies that differ materially from this Privacy Policy. For additional information, see the section concerning Third-Party Websites, below.
BY USING THE WEBSITE, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREE TO THE TERMS OF, THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND OR DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS PRIVACY POLICY, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY LEAVE THE WEBSITE.
Each time You use the Website, the then-current version of this Privacy Policy will apply. Accordingly, each time You use the Website You should check the date of this Privacy Policy (which appears at the end) and review any changes since the last time You used the Website. For additional information, see the section concerning Updates and Changes to Privacy Policy, below.
BackgroundCheck does not solicit or knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If BackgroundCheck obtains actual knowledge that it has collected personally identifiable information from a child under the age of 13, BackgroundCheck will immediately delete such information from its database. Because BackgroundCheck does not collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13, BackgroundCheck has no such information to use or disclose to third parties. BackgroundCheck has designed this Privacy Policy in order to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA").
Traffic Data
Like most website operators, BackgroundCheck automatically gathers information of the sort that browsers automatically make available, including: (i) IP addresses; (ii) domain servers; (iii) types of computers accessing the Website; and (iv) types of Web browsers accessing the Website (collectively "Traffic Data"). Traffic Data is anonymous information that does not personally identify You.
Cookie Policy
"Cookies" are text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit or certain emails that you open. A Cookie acts as a string of information that a website stores on a user's computer, and that the user's browser provides to the website each time the user submits a query to the website. The purpose of a Cookie is to identify the user as a unique user of the Website. BackgroundCheck uses Cookies.
BackgroundCheck uses cookies on the Website for the following purposes:
to customize your experience on the Website to your interests to ensure that you do not see the same advertisements or informational messages repeatedly, and to store your password so you do not have to re-enter it each time you visit the Website.
IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO HAVE COOKIES PLACED ON YOUR COMPUTER, YOU SHOULD SET YOUR BROWSERS TO REFUSE COOKIES BEFORE ACCESSING THE WEBSITE, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT CERTAIN OF THE SERVICES AND CERTAIN FEATURES OF THE WEBSITE MAY NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY WITHOUT THE AID OF COOKIES. IF YOU REFUSE COOKIES, YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY RESULTING LOSS OF FUNCTIONALITY.
You can learn more about how to delete or control cookies at www.aboutcookies.org.
Ad Serving
BackgroundCheck uses third-parties for advertising and analytics for pages that we host. These third-parties may place cookies on Your machine, use web beacons, gather IP addresses and log data to collect traffic and activity data to send to the United States in order to deliver relevant metrics, content, and advertising.
Personal Information
In order for You to use certain of the Services, You will be asked to provide BackgroundCheck certain information that personally identifies You ("Personal Information"). Personal Information includes, without limitation: (1) "Contact Data" (such as Your name, phone number, fax number, mailing address and e-mail address); (2) "Financial Data" (such as Your credit/debit card number and expiration date); (3) "Business Data" (such as the name of your corporation or limited liability company (LLC), the name and address of your corporation or LLC's registered agent, the name and address of the directors and officers of your corporation or members or managers of your LLC, and the name of your trademark and the goods and/or services provided under such trademark); and (4) "Demographic Data" (such as Your gender and zip code). In each case, You will be asked to provide Personal Information; the Website will not gather it surreptitiously. BackgroundCheck may supplement the Personal Information You provide with additional Personal Information gathered from public sources or from third-parties (e.g., consumer reporting agencies) who may lawfully provide such information to BackgroundCheck. You are under no obligation to provide Personal Information, with the caveat that Your refusal to do so may prevent you from using certain of the Services.
Information You Make Public
The Website may contain features (e.g.instant messages, electronic messaging, etc.) that permit You to upload, post, transmit, display, perform or distribute content, information or other, including Your Personal Information. Any information that You choose to disclose by means of such features becomes public information over which BackgroundCheck is unable to exercise control. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose Your Personal Information by means of such features, and You agree to assume all responsibility for doing so.
Traffic Data and Information Gathered Using Cookies
BackgroundCheck analyzes Traffic Data and information gathered using Cookies to help BackgroundCheck better understand who is using the Website and how they are using it. By identifying patterns and trends in usage, BackgroundCheck is able to better design the Website to improve Your experience, and to serve You more relevant and interesting content and advertisements. From time to time, BackgroundCheck may release Traffic Data and information gathered using Cookies in the aggregate, such as by publishing a report on trends in the usage of the Website. BackgroundCheck does not attempt to link information gathered using Cookies to Personal Information.
Personal Information
(i) Generally
BackgroundCheck uses Your Contact Data to send You information about BackgroundCheck and BackgroundCheck's products and services, and to contact You when necessary in connection with the Services. BackgroundCheck uses Your Financial Data to verify Your qualifications for certain Services and, when necessary, to bill You. BackgroundCheck uses Your Business Information to file corporate documents. BackgroundCheck uses Your Demographic Data to customize and tailor Your experience on the Website. As with Traffic Data and information gathered using Cookies, from time to time BackgroundCheck may release Demographic Data in the aggregate, such as by publishing a report on trends in the usage of the Website.
(ii) Disclosure Practices
Except under the following circumstances, BackgroundCheck will keep Your Personal Information private, and will not share it with third parties.
Disclosure in Connection with Services. BackgroundCheck discloses Personal Information to those who help it provide services, including without limitation those who perform technical, administrative, and data processing tasks such as hosting, billing, fulfillment, and data storage and security.
Social Media Disclosure. BackgroundCheck may disclose Your information and Your use of its services on social media platforms, including Facebook and LinkedIn.
By Law or to Protect Rights. BackgroundCheck discloses Personal Information when required to do so by law, or in response to a subpoena or court order, or when BackgroundCheck believes in its sole discretion that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of BackgroundCheck, third parties or the public at large.
Business Transfers; Bankruptcy. BackgroundCheck reserves the right to transfer all Personal Information in its possession to a successor organization in the event of a merger, acquisition, or bankruptcy or other sale of all or a portion of BackgroundCheck's assets. Other than to the extent ordered by a bankruptcy or other court, the use and disclosure of all transferred Personal Information will be subject to this Privacy Policy, or to a new privacy policy if You are given notice of that new privacy policy and an opportunity to affirmatively opt-out of it. Personal Information submitted or collected after a transfer, however, may be subject to a new privacy policy adopted by BackgroundCheck's successor organization.
Unpaid Accounts. If You fail to pay any balance owed in consideration of services, BackgroundCheck may, as permitted by law, report Your Personal Information, including without limitation Your unpaid balance, to consumer credit reporting services, collection agencies and others.
BackgroundCheck has implemented and maintains reasonable security procedures and practices to protect against the unauthorized access, use, modification, destruction or disclosure of Your Personal Information.
You must promptly notify us if Your credit, bank, other financial institution information, user name or password is lost, stolen or used without permission. In such and event, we will remove that credit card number, bank account information, other financial institution information, user name or password from Your account and updated our records accordingly.
BackgroundCheck wants Your Personal Information to be complete and accurate. As stated in the Website Terms of Use, by using the Website, You represent and warrant that all information You provide on any registration form or otherwise in connection with Your use of the Website and Services will be complete and accurate, and that You will update that information as necessary to maintain its completeness and accuracy. To confirm the completeness and accuracy of, or make changes to, Your Personal Information, visit Your personal profile. Through Your personal profile You may review and update You Personal Information that we have already collected.
BackgroundCheck neither owns nor controls Third-Party Websites. Accordingly, Third-Party Websites are under no obligation to comply with this Privacy Policy except with respect to Personal Information provided directly to them by BackgroundCheck. Before visiting or providing Personal Information to a Third-Party Website, You should inform Yourself of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of that Third-Party Website, and should take those steps necessary to, in Your discretion, protect Your privacy.
From time to time, BackgroundCheck may conduct contests, giveaways and other promotions (collectively, "Promotional Activities"). Any information submitted in connection with Promotional Activities will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. From time to time, BackgroundCheck may also ask You to participate in surveys designed to help BackgroundCheck improve the Websites or Services. Any Personal Information provided to BackgroundCheck in connection with any survey will be used only in relation to that survey, and will be disclosed to third parties not bound by this Privacy Policy only in aggregated form.
Although most changes are likely to be minor, BackgroundCheck reserves the right, at any time and without notice, to add to, update, change or modify this Privacy Policy, simply by posting such update, change or modification on this page. Any such addition, update, change or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the Website. Each time You use the Website, the then-current version of this Privacy Policy will apply. Accordingly, each time You use the Website You should check the date of this Privacy Policy (which appears at the end) and review any changes since the last time You used the Website. Unless BackgroundCheck obtains Your express consent, any revised Privacy Policy will apply only to information collected after the effective date of such revised Privacy Policy, and not to information collected under any earlier Privacy Policy.