Privacy Policy

Introduction

ESPO Corporation ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, use our services, or interact with us. Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site or use our services.

Information We Collect

Personal Information

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

• Submit a job application or resume
• Fill out a contact form or request information
• Register for our services or create an account
• Subscribe to our newsletter or communications
• Participate in surveys or promotions
• Contact us with questions or feedback

This information may include: name, email address, phone number, mailing address, job title, company name, resume/CV, work history, education, references, and other information you choose to provide.

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage, including:

• IP address and browser type
• Operating system and device information
• Pages visited and time spent on our site
• Referring website and search terms used
• Cookies and similar tracking technologies

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

• Recruitment Services: To match candidates with job opportunities, process applications, and facilitate placements
• Service Delivery: To provide, maintain, and improve our staffing and recruiting services
• Communication: To respond to your inquiries, send service-related notices, and provide customer support
• Marketing: To send you newsletters, promotional materials, and information about our services (with your consent)
• Analytics: To analyze website usage, improve our services, and enhance user experience
• Legal Compliance: To comply with legal obligations, enforce our terms, and protect our rights
• Business Operations: To process transactions, maintain records, and conduct internal research

How We Share Your Information

We may share your information in the following circumstances:

• Client Companies: We share candidate information with potential employers for job placement purposes (with your consent)
• Service Providers: We work with third-party vendors who assist with our operations (e.g., background check providers, payroll services, email platforms)
• Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred
• Legal Requirements: When required by law, court order, or to protect our rights and safety
• With Your Consent: We may share your information for other purposes with your explicit consent

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect and track information about your browsing activities. Cookies are small data files stored on your device. We use:

• Essential: Required for the website to work, such as remembering your light or dark theme and the job search you were on.
• Website analytics: We run our own analytics (Grafana Faro, on ESPO's servers) to see how the site is used: the pages you view, the campaign tag of a link that brought you here, your browser, device type and screen size, page load times and errors. A random session identifier is stored in your browser so visits can be counted. We do not record what you type into the job search, and we do not share this data with advertisers.
• Visitor identifier: a random identifier in a first-party cookie (espo_vid, kept up to 13 months) so a returning browser is counted once, as described under “Website Visits and Company Identification” below. It is not set if your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, or if you visit from the EU, EEA, UK or Switzerland.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may limit your ability to use some features of our website.

Website Visits and Company Identification

When you view a page, our servers record the page address (never what you type into a search box), the time, the site that linked you here, the visitor identifier described above, and your IP address. We use the IP address to look up, in public network registration data, which organization operates the network you are browsing from — for example a utility or an engineering firm — so we can understand which organizations are interested in our services and reach out to that organization. We report this at the organization level; we do not use it to identify you personally, and we do not buy data about you from other companies or use third-party tracking pixels.

• If you contact us: when you send a staffing inquiry through our contact form, we may link the pages your browser viewed on our site to that inquiry, so our team understands what you were looking for.
• Job seekers: browsing our job listings is never used as a sales signal, and we do not use website browsing data in any decision about a candidate or an employee.
• Global Privacy Control: if your browser sends this signal, we set no visitor identifier and link nothing to you; the page view is counted only at the organization level.
• EU, EEA, UK and Switzerland: we do not run analytics, set a visitor identifier or identify organizations for visitors from these regions.
• Retention: IP addresses are deleted within 7 days; organization level visit totals are kept; a browser's page history is kept up to 13 months.

Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These measures include encryption, secure servers, access controls, and regular security assessments. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law. For candidates, we may retain your information to consider you for future opportunities (unless you request removal). Website visit data is kept as described under “Website Visits and Company Identification”: IP addresses for up to 7 days, a browser's page history for up to 13 months, and organization-level visit totals until no longer needed. You can request deletion of your information at any time by contacting us.

Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

• Access: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you
• Correction: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
• Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information (subject to legal requirements)
• Opt-Out: Unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time
• Data Portability: Request transfer of your data to another service
• Object: Object to certain processing of your personal information

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided at the end of this policy.

California Privacy Rights

California residents have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including the right to know what personal information we collect, the right to delete personal information, and the right to opt-out of the sale of personal information. We do not sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising, and we honor the Global Privacy Control signal as a request to opt out. To exercise your rights, use our contact form or call 630-789-2525; we will not discriminate against you for doing so.

Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these external sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

Children's Privacy

Our services are not directed to individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a child, please contact us immediately.

International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your country of residence. These countries may have different data protection laws. By using our services, you consent to the transfer of your information to the United States and other countries where we operate. We do not run website analytics or organization identification for visitors from the EU, EEA, UK or Switzerland.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will post the updated policy on this page with a new "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Your continued use of our services after changes indicates your acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us: