Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) sets forth Kelmar Associates, LLC (“Kelmar” or the “Company”) policies regarding the collection and use of information relating to Kelmar’s web site located at www.kelmarassoc.com (“Site”). Certain areas of the Site contain information intended only for employees and clients. Accordingly, Kelmar reserves the right to limit certain areas of the Site to those persons who register and meet the qualifications imposed by us. This Policy addresses our privacy practices relating to general and registered use of our Site by visitors located within the United States. We encourage you to read this Policy before using our Site. By using the Site, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Policy. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of this Policy, please do not use the Site.

Links to Other Web Sites

This Policy only addresses Kelmar’s Site and does not cover the links within the Site linking to other websites. Those sites are not governed by this Privacy Policy, and if you have questions about how a site uses your information, you’ll need to check that site’s privacy statement.

Information We Collect and How We Use It

Kelmar does not collect any Personal Information from visitors to its Site or our users of Internet Services unless it is voluntarily provided. Personal Information (also referred to as personally identifiable information) is information that can be used to identify or contact you, such as your name, email address, address, telephone number or similar information. Kelmar only collects Personal Information that you choose to share with the Company, such as when: (1) contacting the Company via the Site (by clicking on the “Contact” button at the top of each web page), (2) submitting your resume online in response to a job posting, or (3) when Kelmar uses its website statistical analysis software. In this regard, when you visit Kelmar’s Site, we may, utilizing such software controlled directly by Kelmar or a third party provider, collect technical and navigational information, such as computer browser type, Internet protocol address, pages visited, and average time spent on our Web sites. This information may be used, for example, to alert you to software compatibility issues, or it may be analyzed to improve our Web design and functionality. Kelmar may also utilize your Personal Information in limited instances to comply with any applicable local, state and/or federal law or regulation of the United States.

Notably, Kelmar never trades, sells, or discloses your information with any unrelated parties outside of the Company except as necessary or appropriate to conduct Kelmar’s business activities, subject to appropriate confidentiality, privacy, and information security commitments, or to further your interests, or as permitted or required by law, or as authorized or directed by you.

Resume Submission

If your Personal Information is submitted through the Site when applying for a position with Kelmar, your Personal Information will be used solely for the purpose of accepting and evaluating you for the position. We may retain your Personal Information for a period of time for the purpose of considering your application for current or future positions at Kelmar, and for compliance with various state and federal affirmative action requirements.

Contacting Kelmar

If you contact Kelmar via the Site, we will only use your Personal Information contained in your email to respond to your specific inquiry or comments in the email. We may retain your email for a period of time, but will not use any of your Personal Information for any purpose other than responding to your email.

General Information and Accuracy

Any information you provide to Kelmar must be true, accurate, current, non-misleading, and consistent and relevant for the purpose for which you are providing the information. If you are a registered user, you must have the authority to provide the information submitted to and through the Site, and understand and agree that we may from time to time verify such authority.

Usage Data

The Site automatically tracks certain information about your behavior while visiting the Site. The information gathered includes, without limitation, the URL from which you accessed this Site, and which URL you visit next. We collect and store this aggregate information in order to measure the Site’s performance and improve the Site’s design and functionality. We may also share this aggregate information with third parties to illustrate how the Site is used and for other marketing purposes. If you are a registered user, we may use your Usage Data with or without your Personal Information, in order to measure the Site’s performance and improve the Site’s design and functionality. We may use your Personal Information to improve our marketing efforts, statistically evaluate site usage, improve our Site or customize our Site’s content, layout and services.

Security

Kelmar takes seriously the security of the information it collects, and maintains reasonable and appropriate, although not infallible, physical, electronic and procedural security safeguards. These security practices are intended to maintain the security of your online session, the confidentiality of Personal Information provided by a visitor to the Site, and Kelmar’s information systems from unauthorized access; however, Kelmar does not guarantee that its safeguards will always work. Examples of Kelmar’s security measures include, without limitation, firewall barriers, encryption techniques, and authentication procedures. We may also place cookies and similar files on your hard drive for purposes such as security, to facilitate site navigation, and to personalize your experience on our site. Our cookies do not identify you by name as an individual or by client number. Additionally, wherever we collect sensitive information, that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the web page.

Children

In order to respect the privacy of minors, Kelmar does not knowingly collect, maintain, or process Personal Information submitted online via our Internet Services by anyone under the age of 18. If we become aware that a user under the age of 18 has registered or is attempting to register, we will notify the user that he or she is not eligible for registration. We will then expunge any related Personal Information from our records.

Cookies

A cookie is a text file sent by a web server and placed on your computer by your web browser. Cookies can be usefully divided into two different types, session and persistent. Session cookies differ from persistent cookies primarily in that session cookies are temporary and expire and are normally deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies, in contrast, remain stored on your computer after you close your browser until they are deleted either because they expire or you delete them. Kelmar’s Site use cookies for cybersecurity purposes, to provide you with customizations of your experience, such as highlighting your recently viewed items, and track your activities on the Site. None of Kelmar’s cookies are strictly necessary to access our Site. You may reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to allow your browser to alert you when a cookie is set, however, certain parts of the Site may function differently and not as well. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our Site will issue cookies when you access our page. For more information about how to manage your cookies preferences, you should use the ‘help’ menu of your web browser or explore the customer support sections of your web browser. Please note that you need to configure each browser on each device that you use if you wish to opt-out or block some or all cookies. If you do not wish to receive advertising cookies, you may wish to visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) website by clicking here and the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) website here.

Updates to Privacy Policy

Kelmar may, in its sole discretion, update this Policy at any time and from time to time, by posting the amended Policy on this Site. The amended Policy shall be effective upon posting, and your access to or use of the Site following an update shall be deemed consent to the revised Policy. We urge each visitor to refer back to this page regularly and especially prior to providing or updating any Personal Information. This Policy may not be otherwise amended without the written consent of Kelmar. This Policy was last updated on July 24, 2018.

Contact, Questions, Comments, Complaints

If you would like to communicate with Kelmar regarding privacy issues or have questions, comments or complaints about this Policy or Site, please forward such communication to: webmaster@kelmarassoc.com.