Privacy Policy

Michigan Economic Development Corporation (“MEDC,” “our,” “us,” or “we”) is proud to offer the Michigan Career Portal, located at themichiganlife.org (the “Platform”), as part of the You Can in Michigan initiative, which provides a service to connect job seekers and employers (the “Services”).

We may update this Privacy Policy time to time, and your continued use of our Services or the Platform constitutes acceptance of any changes.

 

Information Collected

 

For Job Seekers:          To be able to take advantage of the Platform and Services as a job seeker, you will have to provide information about yourself, including your name, contact information (including phone number, email, and state of residence), employment interests, employment history, educational information, skills, licenses, certifications, and other credentials, etc., By uploading your resume/CV, which includes personal information, you consent to its use by employers registered on the Platform for employment purposes and as otherwise set forth in this Privacy Policy. You also agree that the information you provided is accurate, complete, and up-to-date.

 

Under no circumstances are you to provide your social security number or bank account information when using the Platform.

 

For Employers:           To be able to take advantage of the Platform and Services as an employer agent, you will have to provide information about yourself and your employer, including your name, business contact information, employer, employer address, business contact information (including phone number, email, and location of job opportunity), information about the job posting (including job description, pay/benefit information, etc.) By accessing the Platform, you agree to use any personal data and resumes/CVs of job seekers strictly for recruitment and employment purposes, in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and that you may not use any such information for any other purpose.

 

c.         Cookie Policy

 

To enhance your experience on the Platform, the MEDC uses a standard feature found in browser software called a “cookie.”

 

A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. By showing how and when visitors use the Platform, cookies help us track user trends and patterns. Cookies also prevent you from having to re-enter your preferences on certain areas of the Platform when you have entered preference information before. The Platform may use different cookie types as described below:

 

•           Strictly Necessary Cookies:  These cookies are required to use the Platform. For example, Strictly Necessary Cookies adjust the Platform’s data transmitted to match your Internet connection, get you to the secure versions of the Platform, and help provide services you specifically request.  If you set your browser to block these cookies, some parts of the Site will not work. Strictly Necessary Cookies do not store any Personal Information.

•           Performance Cookies: We may use these cookies to count visits and traffic sources to measure and improve Platform performance. These cookies do not store any Personal Information.

•           Functional Cookies: These cookies allow the Platform to remember your choices and provide enhanced functionality and more personalized features. Depending on the context, Functional Cookies may store certain types of Personal Information as needed to provide functionality.

 

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. To learn more about cookies, please visit, http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.

 

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of the Platform. Our analytics service provider generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies. You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Services 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: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.

 

You can delete cookies already stored on your computer. Please visit the “Help” option in your browser menu to learn how to do this. Deleting cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of this website.

 

·       Provide information or Services requested by you;

·       Manage our relationship with you;

·       Improving the effectiveness of our Platform, marketing endeavors, and Services;

·       Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal or unauthorized activities and protect our rights and property;

·       Provide customer service;

·       Notify you of any information concerning the Services;

·       Send you automated email messages, text messages (message and data rates may apply), or marketing materials regarding our Services;

·       Send you newsletters and other communications that you can opt-out of;

·       Send you direct mail offerings;

·       Send you email communications about our Services, promotions, events, or other important information that you opt into;

·       Send you email communications about content you included on our Services;

·       Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support messages;

·       Enable you to participate in the Platform’s features;

·       Identify your Services preferences and informing you of new or additional products, services, and promotions that may be of interest to you;

·       For internal business purposes such as trainings and business development;

·       Notifying you about important changes to our Website; and

·       For purposes disclosed at the time you provide your information or as otherwise discussed in this Privacy Policy.

MINORS AND COPPA COMPLIANCE

The Services are only available for adults 18 or older. If you are under 18, you may use our Platform only through a parent or guardian. In cases where you - a parent or guardian - have authorized a minor under 18 to use our Platform, you recognize that you are fully responsible for: (i) the online conduct of such minor; (ii) controlling the minor's access to and use of our Platform; and (iii) the consequences of any misuse by the minor. You acknowledge that we have no obligation to monitor the content accessible on or through our Platform.

Children under 13 years of age are prohibited from using the Services and the Platform. No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on the Platform. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under 13, even with verified parental or guardian consent. If you are under 13, you are prohibited from providing us with any personal information about yourself, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use.

If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13, we will delete that information in accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at talent@michigan.org, and we will take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is deleted from our records.

TRANSFER OF DATA

Your Personal 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 in your jurisdiction. We will take steps reasonably designed to treat your Personal Information securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, as further described below.