The nextSource.com web site ("Website") is operated by nextSource Inc. (“nextSource”, "we" or "us").  We are committed to safeguarding your privacy online.  Please read our policy (“Privacy Policy”) to understand how your personal information will be treated as you use the Website.  In addition, please note that this policy may change from time to time, so check back periodically to review it.

This policy will let you know:

1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you
2. What cookies are and how they are used
3. How your information is used
4. Who is collecting your information
5. With whom your information may be shared
6. What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information
7. How you can access, update or delete your information
8. The kind of security precautions that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information
9. How we protect children’s privacy
10. What else you should know about your online privacy

1. What personally identifiable information do we collect from you?
We collect information in several ways from different parts of the Website.  Some personally identifiable information is gathered when you register for one of our many services.  During registration, we ask for information such as your individual/company name, mailing address, email address, phone numbers and the like.  With respect to employers and employment agencies (“clients”), we also ask for detailed job assignment information.  With respect to professionals seeking employment or projects, we also ask for your resume, professional skills, work history, education, certifications, test results and contact information of one or more professional references to assist us in the screening process.  The more information you provide (and the more accurate it is), the better we may be able to help you and customize your experience.  Once you apply for membership, you are no longer anonymous to us - you will receive an applicant ID and password allowing you to access the applicant auction and bid on those contracts and positions made available to you.  As an applicant your bid will go to a nextSource career broker who will contact you to begin your screening process for membership into the nextSource network.  Upon securing your membership, your bid will be released to the clients participating in the auction and you will gain access to the nextSource member auction and take advantage of the features of the Website.

We may also ask you for personally identifiable information at other times, including when you report a problem with our site or services.  If you contact nextSource, we may keep a record of that correspondence.  nextSource may also occasionally ask users to complete surveys that we use for research purposes.  Wherever nextSource collects personal information, we make an effort to include a link to this Privacy Policy on that page.
 
2. What are cookies and how do we use them?
As part of offering and providing customizable and personalized services, nextSource may use cookies to store and sometimes track information about you.  A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive.  All areas of nextSource where you are prompted to log-in require that you accept cookies.

Generally, we may use cookies to:

(1) Remind us of who you are and to access your account information (stored on our computers) to deliver to you a better and more personalized service.  Cookies enable us to have users log in securely without having to re-enter information every time they access the system.  This will increase the efficiency of working within the nextSource system.

(2) Estimate our audience size.  Each browser accessing nextSource is given a unique cookie which is then used to determine the extent of repeat usage and to help us communicate with you.  This information collected by cookies is sometimes called "clickstream" or "click trail" and may also describe which pages you have seen.

(3) Measure certain traffic patterns, which areas of the nextSource web site you have visited, and your visiting patterns in the aggregate.  We use this research to understand how our users' habits are similar or different from one another so that we can make each new experience on nextSource a better one.  We may use this information to better present the content that you and other users will see on our sites.

nextSource also collects IP addresses for system administration.

With respect to nextSource members, your personal information is provided to interested clients participating in the nextSource service.  Specifically, you will only be identified by your nextSource ID number until an interview is desirable at which time your name and contact information will be released to the interested clients.  For example, nextSource members’ resumes are stored in our database anonymously for searchable access by clients.  However, again, we will not provide the identity of members to the clients until an interview is desirable.  We will not release your personal information to third parties of any kind, including other professionals participating in the auction, without your express consent.  Likewise, assignment details and requirements provided by clients is only used to qualify members for assignment opportunities and is not shared with other clients.

nextSource may perform research on our users' demographics, interests, and behavior based on the information provided to us upon registration, during promotions, your use from our server log files, and from surveys.  We do this to better understand and serve our users.  This research is compiled and analyzed on an aggregated basis only.  nextSource may share this aggregated data with business partners or sponsors, but again, only in the aggregate, so that they too may understand how nextSource users, collectively, use career areas and our site.

If promotions are run on nextSource, they may be sponsored by companies other than nextSource or may be cosponsored by nextSource and another company.  Some or all data collected during a promotion may be shared with the sponsor.  If data will be shared, you will be notified before the time of data collection or transfer.  You can decide not to participate in the promotion if you don't want your data to be shared. 

Please be aware that nextSource may partner with advertisers or web sites that have links on our site.  These third parties may collect personally identifiable information about you on their sites.  The information practices of web sites linked to nextSource are not covered by this privacy statement, and you must check their privacy policies to see how they might use your personal information.

Data in the Aggregate:  nextSource may disclose aggregated user statistics (just as an example, it may be that 45% of our users are female) to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes. 

Other:  nextSource may also disclose account information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be violating the nextSource Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct or may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) nextSource's rights or property, other nextSource users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities.

Clients will be contacted during the process for various specific purposes including to schedule interviews, clarify job requirements and to announce a new service.  In addition, if you indicated upon registration that you are interested in receiving offers or information from nextSource and/or our partners, we may occasionally send you direct mail about products and services that we feel may be of interest to you.  Only nextSource (or agents working on behalf of nextSource and under confidentiality agreements) will send you these direct mailings and only if you indicated that you do not object to these offers.  If you do not want to receive the mailings, simply tell us when you give us your personal information.  Or, at any time you can easily edit your nextSource Account Information so you no longer receive such offers and mailings.  You will need your nextSource ID and Password to access your nextSource Account Information.

nextSource does not sell or rent user information to anyone.  We will notify you at the time of data collection or transfer if your data will be shared with a third party.  If you do not wish to allow your data to be shared, you can choose not to use a particular service or not to participate in certain promotions or contests. 

Your nextSource account can be deleted or deactivated, but doing so will result in not being able to access any ID/password protected area of the nextSource network.  To make any changes to your account other than those previously described or to delete or deactivate your nextSource account, please email us at ams@nextsource.com.  Residual information will remain within our archive records.
 
If you have forgotten your password, please click here to request a new password.  For all other problems signing in to nextSource, please click here and complete this form.

We strongly recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone.  nextSource will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email.  Also remember to log-out of your nextSource account and close your browser window when you have finished your work.  This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer, kiosk, or the like, in a public place like a library or Internet cafe. 

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, nextSource cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you do so at your own risk.  Once we receive your transmission, we will take reasonable efforts to ensure its security on our systems. 

9. What about children's privacy?
The Website is not intended to be used by children under the age of 13 and we do not knowingly gather or solicit information from such children.  If you are under the age of 13, you do not have permission to use the Website or register for membership.

10. What else should you know about your privacy?
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example on message boards, through email, or in chat areas - that information can be collected and used by others.  In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. 

Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account or other personal information.  If you voluntarily disclose it other than in accordance with our policies, it will not be protected.  So please be careful and responsible whenever you're online.

Additional Information
Please email info@nextsource.com if you have any questions regarding this statement or if you feel that we are not abiding by our posted Privacy Policy.