Privacy and Security Policies for ICOET

Your User Account
To access many of the services available through the ICOET site, you will need to create an Account. You are required to provide your name, e-mail address, referral source, city of residence, country of residence. You will then create a user name and password. Your contact and personal information is primarily used in the construction of your resume. You are solely responsible for the accuracy of all information contained in your Account and in your resume. You can update your account at any time by clicking "Account" in the upper right hand corner of the page. You may modify your account by making your desired changes or emptying fields. Click "Save" and the process is complete. ICOET reserves the right to use aggregated, anonymous data about its users, including personal information you have provided, for purposes including deriving statistical data, advertising to potential employers and job seekers, determining compliance with various governmental program requirements.

Creating a Resume
ICOET's resume listing feature gives you the option of hiding portions of your resume from public view, including your name and contact information. You may also delete or change your resume information at any. To the extent that you choose to list your resume and do not choose to hide portions of resume from public view, your information will not be kept private. You are solely responsible for the accuracy of all information contained in your resume and what information contained in your resume is open to public view.

Applying For Our Programs
In order to determine if you are eligible for any of ICOET's government-funded services, you must provide contact information (for example, your name and address), unique identifiers (for example, your social security number), demographic information (for example, age, income level, family size, gender, citizenship, Selective Service registration, educational and work history, participation in or eligibility for other government programs, disability status, veteran status, homeless status, criminal record), and family information (for example, names, ages, relationship to you). This data is used only to determine your potential eligibility for one of ICOET's programs, and is not shared or made available to the public. You will not be contacted by a representative of ICOET

Public Forums
ICOET makes chat rooms, forums, and message boards available to you at the Web site, after you have created your account. Please remember that any information disclosed in these areas becomes public information. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Links to Other Sites
This Web site contains links to other sites which are beyond the control of ICOET. The privacy practices at these other sites may differ from the privacy and security policies of ICOET. ICOET cannot and does not guarantee the security and/or privacy of any information you disclose while visiting other sites. ICOET is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Cookies
You may be familiar with the use of "cookies", which are nuggets of information placed by a Web site in a storage place on your computer. ICOET does not use "cookies."

Security
ICOET uses industry-standard, SSL (secure socket layer) with 128 bit encryption to protect your information. In addition, your account is password-protected so that you, and only you, has access to this personal information.

We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. ICOET will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email. Also, remember to sign out of your ICOET account and close your browser window when you have finished your work. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer 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 ICOET strives to protect your personal information, ICOET cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit online, and you do so at your own risk. Once ICOET receives your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our system.

Children's Guidelines
We do not specifically collect information from children. If you are under 13 years old please do not disclose or provide any personal information on this Web site. ICOET does not allow any users under 13 years of age to use this site. ICOET does not provide any personally identifying information from any of its users less than 13 years of age, regardless of its source, to any third party, for any purpose. We believe that children should obtain their parents' (or other legal guardians') consent prior to giving out personal information. If you are concerned about your child's use of this Web site, we encourage you to use Web filtering software to supervise your child's access to the Internet.