Privacy Statement

Your application and any additional information you provide to us will be added to our applicant database and will be used to review your skills, experience, and interest against job openings at Verbal Beginnings, LLC, and for reporting purposes as may be required by law. Personal information is required for us to provide some services to you. In addition, some of the services we provide require that we disclose your personal information to third parties, such as to companies that help us to provide our services. If you are not willing to provide your personal information and have it disclosed to third parties in accordance with this Policy, you will not be able to use our services.

Policy Scope

This policy outlines how we collect, use, and store personal information of users who visit our websites. The term "Sites" refers to www.verbalbeginnings.com. "Personal information" is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable person is someone who can be identified, directly or indirectly, through an identifier such as a name, an ID number, location data, an online identifier, or any other factor related to their identity. Aggregate and de-identified information is not considered personal information as it cannot be used to identify an individual without additional information.

In order to provide some of our services, we require personal information from you. Additionally, some of our services necessitate the disclosure of your personal information to third-party companies that assist us in delivering our services. If you are unwilling to provide your personal information and allow its disclosure to third parties in compliance with our Policy, you will not be able to use our services.

Our websites may have links to other websites that do not follow the policies we have outlined here. These third-party websites may ask for personal information from you and, in some cases, share information about your activities on their site with us. We suggest that you read the privacy statements of all third-party websites you visit to understand how they handle your information.

We strongly believe in protecting privacy on the Internet. However, we cannot be held responsible for the actions of third-party websites or services. We advise you to review the privacy statement of each third party and understand their privacy practices before providing them with any personal information.

Personal Information Collected

The following is the information that we may collect from you:

  • Name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and other contact information
  • Username and passwordWork authorization status
  • CV, résumé, cover letter, previous work experience, and education information
  • Knowledge, skills, abilities, and preferences, including learning agility, aptitude, and working style
    and preferences
  • Professional and other work-related licenses, permits, and certifications held
  • Referral names and contact information for referrals
  • Information relating to character and employment references
  • Information related to your browsing and email actions, which may include Internet protocol (“IP”) addresses, browser type, referring/exit pages, the files viewed on our site (e.g., HTML pages, graphics), operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data
  • Any other information you choose to provide to us (e.g., employment preferences, willingness to relocate, current salary, desired salary, awards, or professional memberships)

We may also use various technologies to collect information from your computer or device and about your activities on our sites.

How We Use Your Personal Information

  • Assess your background and interest against our available opportunities to determine your suitability for employment
  • Manage your account and provide support
  • Verifying your information and carrying out reference checks and/or conducting background checks (where applicable) if you are offered a job
  • Communications with you by email, postal mail, telephone and/or mobile devices about products or services that may be relevant to you
  • We may receive and collect certain personal information automatically, including analytics regarding our Sites, information your Internet browser automatically sends when you visit our Sites, and information collected by cookies and web beacons
  • Creating and/or submitting reports for legal compliance purposes

Sharing Of Personal Information

We may share your personal information with third-party service providers as necessary to provide the services you request. We may also share your information when required by law to protect your rights and safety or with your consent. Please note that we do not sell your personal information.

  • We may share your personal information with service providers that we have authorized to
    perform certain services on our behalf. These services may include fulfilling orders, processing
    credit card payments, delivering packages, providing customer service and marketing assistance,
    performing business and sales analysis, supporting our website's functionality, and supporting
    contests, promotions, sweepstakes, surveys and other features offered through our website.
    These service providers may need access to your personal information to perform their functions,
    but they are not allowed to share or use this information for any other purposes.

    • In certain situations, we may need to disclose your information. This could happen if we
      receive a subpoena or a similar investigative demand, a court order, or a request for
      cooperation from a law enforcement or other government agency. We may also disclose
      your information to establish or exercise our legal rights, defend against legal claims, or
      as otherwise required by law. In such cases, we may choose to raise or waive any legal
      objection or right available to us.
    • “When we deem it necessary to disclose information in connection with our efforts to
      investigate, prevent, or take action against illegal activities, suspected fraud, or other
      wrongdoing, it is done to protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of our
      company, our users, our employees, or others. We may also disclose information to
      comply with applicable laws, cooperate with law enforcement, or enforce our terms and
      conditions, as well as other policies and agreements.”

      • In the event of a major corporate transaction, such as the sale of our business, a
        divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale, or in the unlikely event of
        bankruptcy, we may disclose your information. Additionally, we may share your
        information with third parties only if you explicitly provide us with your consent to
        do so.

Third-Party Privacy Policies: If we share your personal information with any third parties, they may have their own privacy policies that describe how they use and disclose personal information. Once we have shared your personal information with those third parties, their policies will govern the use, handling, and disclosure of your personal information. If you want to learn more about their privacy practices, we encourage you to visit the websites of those third parties. Please note that these third-party entities or their servers may be located either inside or outside the United States.

Aggregated and Non-personal Information: We may share non-personal and aggregated information that we collect with third parties under the circumstances outlined in this Policy. Additionally, we may combine the non-personal information we gather with information collected from other sources. This combined data may be used to develop and deliver targeted advertising on our website and third- party websites and apps. We may also share aggregated information with third parties, such as advertisers, advisors, and investors, for the purpose of conducting general business analysis. For instance, we may inform our advertisers about the number of visitors who access our website’s most popular features or services. This information does not contain any personal information and may be used to develop website content and services that we hope you and other users will find of interest and to target content and advertising.

Your Privacy Rights

Accessing Your Information
If you have a membership account with us, you can review and update certain personal information associated with your account online by logging in. Alternatively, you can contact us to review and update your personal information. For more information on how to contact us, please see the details provided below.

Your Choices About Collection and Use of Your Information
If you choose not to provide us with certain information, you may not be able to use some features of our sites. This may include registering as a member, purchasing products or services, participating in surveys, asking questions, or initiating other transactions on our sites.

Opt-Out
If you do not want to receive promotional emails from us, you have the option to unsubscribe by clicking on the “unsubscribe” or “opt-out” link in the marketing emails we send. If we process your data with your consent, you can withdraw that consent by contacting us at any time.

If you request to exercise your data protection rights, we may have to limit them if fulfilling that request would expose personal data about someone else or if we are legally required to keep or use the data.

California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you have the following rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) concerning your personal information:

  • Right to Know: You have the right to request a notice from us that describes the following:
    • The categories of personal information that we have collected about you.
    • The categories of sources from which we have collected your personal information.
    • The business purpose for collecting your personal information.
  • Right to Copies: You may request copies of the specific pieces of personal information we have about you.
  • Right to Deletion: You may request that we delete any personal information we have about you, to the extent that the information is not necessary for us to:
    • Complete a transaction with you
    • Protect against security vulnerabilities or detect security incidents
    • Exercise free speech or ensure the right of another individual to exercise the right of free speech; or
    • Comply with our legal obligations.
  • Right to Non-Discrimination:  You have the right not to be discriminated against through the denial of services or the provision of services at different prices or a different quality as a result of your exercise of your CCPA rights.

Children

Our website is intended for individuals who are 18 years of age or older, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from anyone under the age of 18. We kindly request that if you are under 18, please refrain from submitting any personal information to us or filling out any forms on our website. If we discover that we have inadvertently collected personal information from someone under the age of 18, we will promptly delete that information.

Changes to this Notice

Verbal Beginnings may update or modify this Privacy Notice periodically. If any significant changes are made to this Privacy Notice, we will post it on our Website’s home page prior to or at the time of the change taking effect. We recommend that you keep yourself updated by reviewing this Privacy Notice periodically to stay informed about any changes. The “Effective Date” displayed at the top of this Privacy Notice will show you when this Privacy Notice was last updated.

Contact Information

To exercise any of your rights related to your personal data, including updating, changing, or removing your data or asking questions about our privacy practices, please contact us.

  • Via Mail: Verbal Beginnings, LLC, Attn: Compliance Department 7090 Samuel Morse Drive, Suite 100 Columbia, Maryland 21046