Privacy Policy

1. Collection of Your Information

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect via the Service includes:

Personal Data

Personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, telephone number, and demographic information that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Service or when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Service. You are under no obligation to provide us with personal information of any kind, however your refusal to do so may prevent you from using certain features of the Service.

Derivative Data

Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Service, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Service.

Financial Data

Financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g., valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) that we may collect when you purchase, order, return, exchange, or request information about our services. We store only very limited, if any, financial information that we collect. Otherwise, all financial information is stored by our payment processor and you are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions.

Data From Social Networks

User information from social networking sites, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Google+, including your name, your social network username, location, gender, birth date, email address, profile picture, and public data for contacts, if you connect your account to such social networks.

2. Use of Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Service to:

• Create and manage your account
• Process your transactions
• Send you email newsletters, if you've opted in
• Email you regarding your account or job applications
• Enable user-to-user communications
• Fulfill and manage job applications and employment opportunities
• Request feedback and contact you about your use of the Service
• Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems
• Prevent fraudulent transactions and monitor against theft
• Assist law enforcement and respond to subpoenas

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.

Marketing Communications

With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.

Interactions with Other Users

If you interact with other users of the Service, those users may see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity.

Online Postings

When you post comments, contributions or other content to the Service, your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Service in perpetuity.

4. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

5. Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

6. Controls for Do-Not-Track Features

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online.

7. Email Communications and Consent

When you register for an account on ProGigFinder, you consent to receive email communications from us. These communications may include:

• Transactional emails: Account verification, password resets, job application updates, interview notifications, and payment confirmations
• Service updates: New feature announcements, platform improvements, and important service notifications
• Marketing communications: Weekly job digests, gig opportunities, career tips, and promotional content

Opt-In and Consent

By creating an account on ProGigFinder, you explicitly opt-in to receive email communications from us. All email addresses in our database are collected directly through our registration process on progigfinder.com, where users voluntarily provide their information. We do not purchase email lists or collect email addresses from third-party sources.

Unsubscribe Options

You can opt-out of marketing communications at any time by:

• Clicking the "Unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any marketing email
• Updating your email preferences in your account settings
• Contacting us at [email protected]

Please note that even if you opt-out of marketing emails, you will continue to receive essential transactional emails related to your account activity and job applications.

8. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. If you delete your account, we will delete your personal data within 30 days, except where retention is required by law.

9. Options Regarding Your Information

You may at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your account by:

• Logging into your account settings and updating your account
• Contacting us using the contact information provided below

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with legal requirements.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Email: [email protected]