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Privacy Policy
We at Gowns and Gardens. doing business in the United States as Gowns and Gardens are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal data (as described in this policy) is processed fairly and lawfully in line with all relevant privacy legislation.

Your Data
As a career development services business, we collect, use, store and transfer the following information to provide, improve, and protect our Services:

The data we collect and process. You may give us personal information by visiting the website, filling in forms on the website, using our Services, or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail, or otherwise. This personal information includes the following data which are referred to in this Privacy Policy as ‘your data’, ‘your personal data’ or ‘your personal information’:

Personal information you provide when you register to use the website, subscribe to our Service, search for opportunities, enter a promotion or survey, and when you report a problem with the website. The personal information you give us may include your name, address, username and password, e-mail address, payment information (including bank account and payment card details), any information you have included on your CV or resume and feedback and survey responses; Technical data such as your internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, the web page you visited before visiting our sites, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this website; Usage data which tells us how you use our website, products and services; Marketing and communication data which tells us your preference in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences; and Sensitive personal data such as your race or ethnicity, your political opinions, religious beliefs, membership in a trade union, physical or mental health condition, sexual orientation, or criminal offenses. Please note that we do not ask for any sensitive personal information and request that you omit any such information from your CV or resume prior to submitting it to us.

How we use your data

Services. Our Services are designed to make it simple and easy for you to acquire career development products (resumes and CVs, interview preparation services, etc.) To make that possible, we store, use and transmit your data to internal staff and third-party service providers to enable us to register new customers, process payments and deliver our Services.

Usage. We also use your data, especially usage data, technical data, and data on how you use our Services, including the actions you take in your account (such as site visits, page interaction information, and search history), to evaluate and improve our Services.

Cookies and other technologies. We use technologies like cookies to provide, improve, protect, and promote our Services. For example, cookies help us with things like remembering your username for your next visit, understanding how you interact with our Services, and improving your experience based on that information.

Marketing. We also use your data to provide you with information about goods or services we feel may interest you. If you are an existing customer, we will primarily contact you by electronic means (i.e. e-mail) with information about goods and services which are similar to those that have been promoted to you in the past. We will contact you by electronic means only if you have provided your consent for such communication. If you do not want us to use your data in this way, select the ‘unsubscribe link in any e-mail communication from us.

Sharing your data
We may share information as discussed below, but we won’t sell it to advertisers or third parties.

Others working for Gowns and Gardens. uses trusted third parties (i.e. IT services, analytics services, etc.) to help us provide, improve, protect, and promote our Services. These third parties will access your information only to perform tasks on our behalf in compliance with this privacy policy, and we’ll remain responsible for their handling of your information per our instructions.

We do not disclose personal information to third parties for purposes that are materially different than what it was originally collected for. Should this change in the future, we will provide individuals with the option to opt-out.

Protecting your data

Stewardship of your personal data is critical to us and a responsibility we embrace.
We only process personal data where we have a legal basis for doing so. We review the personal data we hold on a regular basis to ensure it is being lawfully processed and that it is accurate, relevant, and up to date.

Before transferring personal data to any third party (e.g. suppliers, partners, customers, software solution providers, and back office support), we establish that there is a legal reason for making the transfer, which may include your consent.

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Your rights - individuals outside the European Union
Accessing Account Information. We will provide you with the means to ensure that personally identifiable information in your web account file is correct and current. You may review this information by contacting us by sending an email to our support attendant – info@gownsandgardens.com.

A Record of Data Transfer. Gowns and Gardens will provide the right to request and receive, once a year and free of charge, information about third parties to whom we have disclosed certain types of personal information (if any) about you for our direct marketing purposes in the prior calendar year, and a description of the categories of personal information Act. To make such a request, please send an email to info@gownsandgardens.com. and please include the phrase "Personal Information Privacy Request" in the subject line, the domain name of the website you are inquiring about, along with your name, address and email address. At our option, we may respond to such requests by providing instructions about how our users can exercise their options to prevent our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

California Online Privacy Protection Act. As required by the California Online Privacy Protection Act ("California Act") and the California Business and Professions Code, this Privacy Policy identifies the categories of Personally Identifiable Information (as that term is defined above and in the California Act) that we collect through our website about individual consumers who use or visit our website and the categories of third-party persons or entities with whom such personally identifiable information may be shared. See more about the California Act.

Where we store and transfer your data
The EU and the United States. We have customers all over the world but to provide you with services, we store, use and transmit information only in the United States.

Changes to our Company
If we are involved in a reorganization, merger, acquisition, or sale of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that deal. We will notify you (e.g. via e-mail to the e-mail address associated with your account) of any such deal and outline your choices in that event.

We may revise this privacy policy from time to time and will post the most current version on our website. If a revision meaningfully reduces your rights, we will notify you.

Contact
Have questions or concerns about our Services or our privacy policy? Contact us at info@gownsandgardens.com.

Cookies Policy

INFORMATION ABOUT OUR USE OF COOKIES
Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of Gowns and Gardens  (the Website). This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse the Website and also allows us to improve our Website. By continuing to browse the Website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies, unless you intend to block them (see clause 3 below).

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.

1. Our USE OF COOKIES
1.1 We use the following types of cookies:

1.1.1 Strictly necessary cookies: these are cookies that are required for the operation of the Website. These cookies assist with the functionality of the Website and the ones that we utilize may vary from time to time depending on the particular features that we offer via the Website.

1.1.2 Analytical/performance cookies: these are cookies that allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way the Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

1.1.3 Functionality cookies: these are cookies that are used to recognize you when you return to the Website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

1.1.4 Targeting cookies: these cookies record your visit to the Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make the Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

1.2 You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below. For more information about how we store and use your personal information, please see our Privacy Policy.
Cookie name    Cookie type    Purpose
CVSESS    Session tracking    Keeps user logged in
__ar_v4    Session tracking    Keeps user logged in

2. THIRD PARTY COOKIES
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

3. BLOCKING COOKIES
You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of the Website or may otherwise experience impaired functionality.

Some cookies will expire at the end of your session while others, including essential or important cookies may remain until they are deleted, removed or expire after a per-determined interval.

To find out how to allow, block, delete and manage the cookies on all standard web browsers, go to AboutCookies.org and select the browser and version you are using.