BETTER BUILT CALIFORNIA

PRIVACY POLICY

Terms and Conditions

1. Introduction

Welcome to Better Built California’s Hiring Initiative! By accessing and using our services, you agree to comply with the terms and conditions outlined below. These terms govern your use of our platform and your participation in our hiring initiative.

2. TCPA Disclosure

By providing your contact information, you agree that Better Built California and its partners may contact you via telephone, text messages, or emails for employment-related opportunities. You consent to receiving communication from multiple companies participating in our hiring initiative.

3. E-Verification for Employment

As part of our commitment to legal and ethical employment practices, Better Built California complies with the E-Verify program to verify the eligibility of our employees to work in the United States. By applying for opportunities through our initiative, you acknowledge and agree to undergo the E-Verification process if selected for employment.

4. Hiring Initiative Disclaimer

Participation in the Better Built California Hiring Initiative does not guarantee employment. While we strive to connect qualified candidates with hiring opportunities, we do not make any promises or guarantees regarding job placement. The application process is competitive, and selection is based on various factors, including but not limited to qualifications, experience, and employer requirements.

5. Use of Information

By submitting your application and personal information, you grant Better Built California the right to collect, process, and share your data with participating companies for the purpose of evaluating your candidacy for employment opportunities. We prioritize the protection of your privacy and adhere to our Privacy Policy in managing your information.

6. Modification of Terms

Better Built California reserves the right to modify, update, or revise these terms and conditions at any time. It is your responsibility to review this page periodically to stay informed about any changes. Continued use of our services implies acceptance of the updated terms.

7. Governing Law

These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of the state of California, without regard to that state’s conflict of law principles.

8. Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about these terms and conditions, please contact us at info@betterbuiltcalifornia.com

Our Privacy Policy was last updated March 2024 and is effective as of 03/01/2024.

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

“Account” means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

“Company” (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to Better Built California.

“Country” refers to United States.

“Cookies” are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

“Device” means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cell phone or a digital tablet.

“Do Not Track (DNT)” is a concept that has been promoted by US regulatory authorities, in particular the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites.

“Personal Data” is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

“Service” refers to the Website.

“Service Provider” means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.

“Usage Data” refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

“Website” refers to Better Built California, accessible from https://betterbuiltariziona.org. The purpose of the Website is to connect potential applicants to employers in the wall and ceiling trade.

“You” means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
Employment history, credentials, and skills
Social Security Number
Usage Data

Comments

When You leave comments on the site, We collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from Your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if You are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of Your comment, Your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of Your comment.

Media

If You upload images to the website, You should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (content from other websites, including videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other websites.

These websites may collect data about You, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor Your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if You have an account and are logged in to that website. We strongly encourage You to review the privacy policies on those websites.

How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If You have an account on this site, or have left comments, You can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about You, including any data You have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about You. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. We may also share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service or to contact You. We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us. We may share Your information in connection with Your application to connect You with employers in the wall and ceiling trade.

We may also disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

“Do Not Track” Policy

We track browsing activity and our Website responds to Do Not Track signals. Third parties may track your browsing activity. You can set Your preferences in Your web browser to inform websites that You do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable Do Not Tracking or “DNT” by visiting the preferences or settings page of Your web browser.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the privacy policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

By visiting this page on our website: https://betterbuiltcalifornia.org/contact-us/
By sending us an email: info@betterbuiltcalifornia.org