PARKIN SECURITY CONSULTANTS PRIVACY POLICY

Parkin Security Consultants is a Consumer Reporting Agency (CRA) that prepares investigative consumer reports for authorized employers under the provisions of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and various other federal and various states’ laws governing consumer reports. Parkin Security Consultants values your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy describes our privacy practices with respect to our preparation and processing of investigative consumer reports and demonstrates our commitment to keep your personal information safe, secure and confidential.

Parkin Security Consultants will only collect applicant data pursuant to a written Authorization and Disclosure under the FCRA signed by the applicant, and will only disseminate consumer reports to employers as directed in the applicant’s written authorization. The information is collected for the sole purpose of fulfilling requests for consumer reports. In the course of fulfilling that request it may be necessary to disclose the personal information provided to third parties. We will disclose personal information to third parties only when necessary to complete the consumer report or in such cases as required by law.

By accessing and using our websites, you consent to the collection and use of personal information for background screening by Parkin Security Consultants as disclosed in this privacy policy. This privacy policy also discloses our information-gathering and dissemination practices for websites on the ParkinSecurity.com and ParkinSecurity.Instascreen.net domains.

Parkin Security Consultants will not sell, share, or rent any personal information, including email addresses, to any third party without your consent except in connection with performing your background screen as described above or as otherwise provided for in this Privacy Policy.   The data is maintained in a secured site and Parkin Security Consultants maintains strict policies and procedures in all aspects of its operation to protect the privacy of consumers.

You can browse our site without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. Once you give us your personal information, you are not anonymous to us. If you choose to provide us with personal information, you consent to the transfer and storage of that information on our servers located in the United States. We may collect and store the following personal information:

• email address, physical contact information, and (depending on the service used) sometimes financial information, such as credit card or bank account numbers;
• transactional information based on your activities on the sites such as content you generate or that relates to your account;
• billing and other information you provide to purchase a service;
• community discussions, chats, dispute resolution, correspondence through our sites, and correspondence sent to us;
• other information from your interaction with our sites, services, content and advertising, including computer and connection information, statistics on page views, traffic to and from the sites, ad data, IP address and standard web log information; and
• other supplemental information from third parties (for example, to vet your account as permitted by law; or if the information you provide cannot be verified, we may ask you to send us additional information, such as your driver license, credit card statement, or a recent utility bill or other information confirming your address, or to answer additional questions online to help verify your information).

Personal Information Disclosure: United States or Overseas

Parkin Security Consultants does not send, store or processes your Personally Identifiable Information (PPI), such as names, dates of birth, social security numbers and driver’s license numbers, outside the United States.  We strongly oppose the “offshoring” of Personally Identifiable Information (PII), that is sending PII overseas outside of the United States and its territories and beyond the protection of U.S. Privacy laws.

Parkin Security Consultants belongs to ConcernedCRA's ( http://www.concernedcras.com/) a group of Consumer Reporting Agencies (CRAs) dedicated to protecting consumer privacy by not offshoring PII.

Parkin Security Consultants has adopted the policy of ConcernedCRA’s and operates in as follows:

• Domestic Background Screening: Where a CRA (background screening firm) is providing background screening services for consumers in the United States based upon information available in the U.S., a firm displaying the ConcernedCRA’s seal certifies that it does not send data outside the U. S. or its territories for processing or preparation of a background check report or for any other reason. All work is done in the U.S.
• International Screening: Where there is an international background check for verification of employment, education, or a professional degree, or for a criminal record check, some information may have to go offshore by necessity since the information being sought is offshore. However, firms displaying the ConcernedCRA’s seal have taken measures to protect personal and confidential data: a.) Documentation or information such as passport numbers, or unique identification numbers and date of birth, are not sent to anyone overseas other than the actual verification provider (e.g. employer or school registrar) whenever possible. b.) Where it is necessary to utilize a local firm, the local firm will first be asked to provide local contact information so that the CRA can contact the foreign verifying party directly. c.) If, due to infrastructure or other issues in a foreign country, a foreign research firm must perform the verification, then the CRA or its agent has properly vetted the local firm, and will redact any unnecessary information.
• Where a CRA utilizes a third party service to perform domestic or international services in connection with providing background reports, firms that adopted this standard have made reasonable inquires to ensure that any provider is also following the ConcernedCRA’s standard.

Use — Our primary purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with a safe, smooth, efficient, and customized experience. You agree that we may use your personal information to:

• provide the services and customer support you request;
• resolve disputes, collect fees, and troubleshoot problems;
• prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities;
• compare information for accuracy, and verify it with third parties.

Our Disclosure of Your Information — We may disclose personal information to respond to legal requirements, enforce our policies, and respond to claims that a listing or other content violates the rights of others, or protect anyone's rights, property, or safety.

We may also share your personal information with:

• Service providers under contract who help with our business operations (such as fraud investigations and bill collection).
• Other third parties to whom you explicitly ask us to send your information (or about whom you are otherwise explicitly notified and consent to when using a specific service).
• Law enforcement or other governmental officials, in response to a verified request relating to a criminal investigation or alleged illegal activity. In such events, we will disclose information relevant to the investigation, such as name, city, state, zip code, telephone number, email address, User ID history, IP address, fraud complaints, and bidding and listing history.
• Without limiting the above, in an effort to respect your privacy and our ability to keep the community free from bad actors, we will not otherwise disclose your personal information to law enforcement, other government officials, or other third parties without a subpoena, court order or substantially similar legal procedure
• Other business entities, should we plan to merge with or be acquired by that business entity. (Should such a combination occur, we will require that the new combined entity follow this privacy policy with respect to your personal information. If your personal information will be used contrary to this policy, you will receive prior notice.)
  

Record Retention and Destruction — All information collected by Parkin Security Consultants is retained pursuant to the FCRA for a minimum of six years. When the information provided by applicants, employers, or third parties is destroyed by Parkin Security Consultants the destruction will be in accordance with the document disposal rules formulated by the Fair Trade Commission Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003 (FACTA) Disposal Rule, as amended or as mandated by any other rules in place at the time of destruction.

Cookies — Our ParkinSecurity.com web site does not use cookies at all. ParkinSecurity.Instascreen.net uses cookies for your convenience and to provide a means to identify you throughout the duration of your online session. Sensitive and personal information is never stored in cookies. We do not initiate cookies on behalf of third parties. Our cookies are "session cookies," meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of a session.

Marketing — We don't sell or rent your personal information to third parties.

Children's Online Privacy — Parkin Security Consultants does not offer services to children under the age of 13, and this web site is not directed to them. Parkin Security Consultants does not knowingly collect information about children under the age of 13.

Security — Your information is stored on our servers located in the United States. We treat data as an asset that must be protected and use a number of tools (encryption, passwords, physical security, etc.) to protect your personal information against unauthorized access and disclosure. Parkin Security Consultants uses Internet Encryption Software, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Protocol when collecting or transferring sensitive data such as social security numbers or credit card information. Any information you enter is encrypted at your browser, sent over the public Internet in encrypted form, and then de-encrypted at our server. Once we receive your personal information, it is accessible only to a small number of trusted Parkin Security Consultants employees who have been specially trained in processing this information. However, malicious or criminal third parties may attempt to unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications, and other users may abuse or misuse your personal information that they collect from the site. Therefore, although we work very hard to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information or private communications will always remain private.

Electronic Signature — If you sign a document electronically through our EchoSign® service their privacy policy can be found at www.echosign.com/public/static/privacyPolicy.jsp 

Billing Policy — We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express. All online orders are processed through 128 bit SSL encryption to protect your credit card information during your online transaction. All prices and figures are listed in US Dollars.

Refund Policy — All completed search services are nonrefundable.

Third Parties — Except as otherwise expressly included in this Privacy Policy, this document addresses only the use and disclosure of information we collect from you.

Massachusetts Data — Parkin Security Consultants maintains a Written Information Security Policy (WISP) as required by Massachusetts 201 CMR 17.00 Standards for the Protection of Personal Information of Residents of the Commonwealth.

How Consumers Dispute Information in a Consumer Report — If consumers who are the subject of a consumer report prepared by Parkin Security Consultants find incorrect or incomplete information, they have the right under federal law and various states’ laws to dispute it. Consumers may contact Parkin Security Consultants by calling 888-931-9900 and asking to speak with the Operations Manager.  The following link will take consumers to the document “A Summary of Your Rights Under the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act”: http://www.parkinsecurity.com/pdf/fcra_summary.pdf

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephen Ziemkowski
573 University Ave
Los Gatos, CA 95032
Steve2@parkin-sec.com
Phone: 408-827-3565
Toll free: 888-931-9900 x 3565

In accordance with California Civil Code § 1786.20 the representative named above will be able to assist you with additional information about Parkin Security Consultant’s privacy practices and policies in the event of a compromise.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on January 1, 2012.  We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the amended terms on this site. All amended terms automatically take effect 30 days after they are initially posted on the Site.

This was posted on ParkinSecurity.com on January 2, 2012 and revised January 26, 2012