TechForce Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) covers information TechForce Foundation (“TechForce Foundation” or “we”) collects from users and visitors of TechForce and related services. TechForce Foundation respects your right to privacy and is committed to protecting your privacy including the handling of your personal information. This Policy sets out details of the information that we may collect from you and how we may use that information. By using our site, you consent to this Policy.

01. Information we collect from you

When you visit TechForce , we may collect or ask you to provide certain information in a variety of ways, such as create an account or submit . This information may include: Personal Information that identifies you such as name, date of birth, email address, and .

• Information Provided/Submitted by You
  Contact details, such as:
  
  • name
  • address
  • email address
  • phone number
  • Professional and educational background/interests.
• Information we Get from Your Use of
  Information from Third Parties Cookies and similar technologies (i.e. Google Analytics) Devices (i.e. IP Address) Logs, including information to collect general data about the movement of visitors through our site.

02. How we use your personal information

We may use your Personal Information to:

• Create and manage your account when your register on;
• Verify your identity and accessibility to our service;
• Provide you with technical and customer support;
• Communicate with you and manage your service participation;
• Evaluate and improve the quality of our services and websites;
• Provide you with a customized experience when you visit ;
• Provide our service;
• Enforce our legal rights or comply with legal requirements; and
• Connect you with employers.

We will not intentionally disclose to any third party your name, address, email address, or telephone number without your prior consent, except to the extent necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable laws or where relevant in legal proceedings. By registering with TechForce , you are agreeing to accept email correspondence through and from TechForce Foundation, relating to employment opportunities, account information or issues and general employment information, including our newsletter or special information or messages, including promotional content from employers and/or third parties as deemed appropriate by TechForce Foundation. You may opt-out of any emails sent by TechForce Foundation by clicking on any UNSUBSCRIBE link in emails received from the company. We honor all requests that we receive, however please allow up to 15 days for this request to process. Alternatively, the email recipient can send an Unsubscribe message to us at TFCinfo@techforce.org

03. How we protect your information

When you submit personal information via , your information is protected both online and off-line with what we believe to be appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

04. Accessing and deleting your personal information

When you create an account and log-in to your ‘My Account’ area, it is protected by your password and may only be accessed by you. you can manage the content and information in your Account at any time, by logging into your Account. You are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share this password with anyone.

Please note that TechForce Foundation reserves the right to remove from our database, any information which includes any content that we consider to be illegal or offensive.

05. Managing your personal information

We retain your information as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services or we have an ongoing, legitimate business need to do so. We also retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations and resolve disputes. We store your information as long as it is necessary for the purpose for which we have collected it. When we no longer have a ongoing, legitimate business need to process your Personal Information, we will either delete it or anonymize it or, if it is possible (i.e. your Personal Information is stored for backup archives) then we will securely store your Personal Information and isolate it from any further processing until the deletion is possible.

06. Third party links and services

TechForce may contain links to third-party websites, applications and services, as well as embedded images or other third-party content and features. Your use of these features may results in the collection, processing or sharing of information about you, depending on the feature. We are not responsible for the content, features, security or practices of any third parties. We do not vet, endorse, or make any representations about third parties or their websites, applications or services. The information you choose to provide to or that is collected by these third parties is not covered by this Policy.

07. Collection of information about children

Our services are for general audiences and are not designed to be used by children. We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of thirteen (13), unless we have obtained parental consent through activities such as marketing promotion.

08. Changes to our privacy policy

TechForce Foundation may update this Policy at any time, at least annually to reflect new legal requirements, changes within our business, or to clarify our practices. Please periodically refer back to this Policy to learn what changes, if any, have been made based on the effective date posted with the updated Policy.

09. Contact us

If you have any questions or comments, please contact us: TFCinfo@techforce.org