Privacy Shield Principles and Purpose of Data Collection

This Privacy Statement applies to StealthPartners.com (“Web Site”) and services owned and operated by Stealth Partners, Inc. Please carefully read our privacy policy to understand how we will treat the information you provide while visiting this Web Site and our service. It also describes the choices available to you regarding the use of, your access to, and how to update and correct your personal information. This policy may change from time to time. Please check the policy each time you use our Web Site for the most current information.

The use of information collected through our service shall be limited to the purpose of providing the service for which the Client has engaged Stealth Partners, Inc.

Stealth Partners participates in the E.U./U.S. Privacy Shield Program for the transfer of personal data from the European Union and participating European Economic Area countries to the United States and has certified its compliance with the Privacy Shield Principles to the Department of Commerce. For additional information about Privacy Shield and to view our Privacy Shield Privacy Statement which governs personal data we transfer pursuant to that program, please visit Stealth Partners Privacy Shield Statement. This Privacy Statement applies to StealthPartners.com (“Web Site”) and services owned and operated by Stealth Partners Inc.

Collection and Use of Information

Tracking Technologies

We, and our partners, affiliates, or analytics and service providers, may employ tracking technologies such as cookies, beacons, scripts, and tags to analyze trends, to administer the Web Site, to track users’ movements around the Web Site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.

When you visit this Web Site, we may collect general Internet data, including your domain name, the web page from which you entered our Web Site, which of our web pages you visited, and how long you spend on each page. To collect this information, when you visit our Web Site, a “cookie” may be set on your computer. Cookies contain information that allows our web servers to recognize you whenever you visit. We utilize cookies to record session information, passwords, and the profile of subscribed clients at a site in order to provide better service when visitors return to our Web Site. We use the information we collect to study how this Web Site is used, so that we may improve and enhance your experience on our Web Site. We also use persistent cookies. A persistent cookie remains on your computer after you close your browser or turn off your computer.

If you reject cookies, you may still use our Web Site, although it is possible that some areas of our Web Site will not function properly if you do so. In particular, you may be required to accept cookies in order to complete certain actions on Stealth Partners Web Site. We do not provide this information to outside parties other than for such reasons. No personal information is stored in cookies. If you would like to learn how to opt out of cookies using your browser settings, click here. To learn how to manage privacy and storage settings for cookies, click here.

As is true of most web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. We do not link this automatically-collected data to personal information.

Third parties with whom we partner to provide certain features on our Web Site or to display advertising based on your web browsing activity, use Local Storage (HTML5) to store content information and preferences. Various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing HTML5.

We partner with a third party to display advertising on our Web Site or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our third party partner may use technologies such as cookies to gather information about your activities on this Web Site and other sites in order to provide you advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you interest-based ads, you may (i) click here if you are located in the European Union or (ii) control your cookies through your browser settings. If you do not want us to deploy browser cookies to your device when you visit our websites, you may set the browser to reject cookies or to notify the user when a web site tries to place cookies in the browser program. Rejecting cookies may affect your ability to use some of features offered by the website. If you use our website without setting your browser to block cookies, you consent to the placement of cookies on your device.

Information You Provide

When you provide information through this Web Site, we use it only for the business transaction for which it was collected. Based on the nature of your transaction with us, you may provide to us certain personal information such as first and last name; home address, or other physical address; an email address (so we may contact you); a telephone number; a social security number; or certain other information, such as date of birth, employment information, schools attended, licenses held and other information as required to process your transaction collectively, (“PI”). In general, we will use the information collected from you for the purpose for which you provided such information. We will not release your PI to third parties except as necessary for us to process your transaction.

Information Sharing

We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy policy. We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

We may provide your personal information to companies that provide services to help us with our business activities such as criminal searches and employment verification. These companies are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us.

We may also disclose your personal information:

• as required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process
• when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request,
• if Stealth Partners is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our Web Site of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information,
• to any other third party with your prior consent to do so

Stealth Partners, Inc
PO Box 31441
Laughlin, NV 89028-1441
877.798.7025
dave @ stealthpartners.com

User Access and Choice

If your personal information changes, or if you no longer desire our newsletters or similar marketing services, you may correct, update, amend or delete/remove it by making the change on our member information page or by contacting us by email, telephone or postal mail at the contact information listed below. We will respond to your request to access within 30 days. Stealth Partners will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you our marketing services. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Protection of Your Information

We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to guard the PI you provide to us. Our products and/or services online are transmitted through a secured socket layer (SSL) transmission. Further, we have security protocols and measures in place to protect the PI we maintain about you from unauthorized access or alteration. These measures include internal and external firewalls, physical security and technological security measures, and encryption of certain information (including login credentials). No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on our Web Site, you can contact us by emailing, calling, or writing to us at the address below.

Regarding Children

We define children as individuals under the age of 16. Our Web Site is not intended for the use of children and we do not intend to collect information about children through our Web Site.

Personal Information Disclosure: United States or Overseas

Personal information submitted to Stealth Partners for a background screening investigation may at times be transferred outside of the United States in order to perform the background investigation specifically when Stealth Partners is attempting to verify your credentials or professional history during times you were in another country outside of the United States. All personal information will be transmitted and stored in a secure manner in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Links to 3rd Party Sites

Our Web Site includes links to other websites whose privacy practices may differ from those of Stealth Partners. If you submit personal information to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy policies. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any website you visit.

Social Media Widgets

Our Web Site includes Social Media Features such as the Share this button, Facebook Like button, or interactive mini-programs that run on our Web Site. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our Web Site, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Web Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.

Testimonials

We display personal testimonials and other endorsements of satisfied customers on our Web Site. With your consent, we may post your testimonial along with your name. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, you can contact us by using the contact information provided below.

Changes to This Policy

Stealth Partners, Inc. may revise or update this privacy policy on occasion to reflect changes to our practices. If we make any material changes we will provide notification through the Company’s Web Site prior to the change taking effect. You should refer back to this page for the latest information and the effective date of any changes.

Information Related to Data Collected through Stealth Partners Services

Stealth Partners collects information under the direction of its Clients, and has no direct relationship with the individuals whose personal data it processes.

Choice

We collect information for our Clients, if you are a customer of one of our Clients and would no longer like to be contacted by one of our Clients that use our service, please contact the Client that you interact with directly.

Service Provider, Sub-Processors/Onward Transfer

Stealth Partners may transfer personal information to companies that help us provide our service. Transfers to subsequent third parties are covered by the provisions in this Policy regarding notice and choice and the service agreements with our Clients.

Access to Data Controlled by our Clients

Stealth Partners has no direct relationship with the individuals whose personal data it processes. An individual who seeks access, or who seeks to correct, amend, or delete inaccurate data should direct his query to the Stealth Partners Client. If the Client requests Stealth Partners to remove the data related to our marketing services and/or newsletters, we will respond to their request within 30 business days.

Data Retention

Stealth Partners will retain personal data we process on behalf of our Clients for as long as needed to provide services to our Client. Stealth Partners will retain and use this personal information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

PURPOSE OF DATA COLLECTION

Stealth Partners collects personal information to use in the processing of employment screening requests ordered by employers (?Customers?). Stealth Partners may engage third parties to assist in the processing of the background check or similar services to fulfill the requests of our Customers. Stealth Partners may disclose personal data to our Customers, the third parties engaged in assisting with the fulfillment of the background check, agents who have entered into an Agreement with Stealth Partners, or as required by law.

Privacy Policy

Stealth Partners Inc complies with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union to the United States. Stealth Partners Inc has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles.  If there is any conflict between the terms in this privacy policy and the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern.  To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, and to view our certification, please visit https://www.privacyshield.gov/

HR DATA

Stealth Partners Privacy Policy

Description: Stealth Partners Privacy Policy covers our collection and use of data. In addition, it explains the use of data as it relates to our website, its functionality, and the individuals access and choice.

Effective Date: 08/21/2017

NON-HR DATA

Document: Stealth Partners Privacy Policy

Description: Stealth Partners's Privacy Policy covers our collection and use of data. In addition, it explains the use of data as it relates to our website, its functionality, and the individuals access and choice.

Effective Date: 9/30/2016

VERIFICATION METHOD

Self-Assessment

Dispute Resolution

1. Liability. “We shall remain liable under the Principles if an agent processes such personal information in a manner inconsistent with the Principles, unless we prove that we are not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.”
2. Binding arbitration. “In some cases, if a dispute is not resolved by other means, individuals may invoke binding arbitration through the Privacy Shield panel.”

QUESTIONS OR COMPLAINTS?

If you have a question or complaint regarding the covered data, please contact Stealth Partners, Inc at:

David L. Warkentine
CEO
Stealth Partners, LLC
PO Box 31441
Laughlin, NV 89028-1441
dave @ stealthpartners.com
Phone: 877-798-7025

Privacy Shield organizations must respond within 45 days of receiving a complaint.

If you have not received a timely or satisfactory response from Stealth Partners, Inc to your question or complaint, please contact the independent recourse mechanism listed below

HR RECOURSE MECHANISM

EU Data Protection Authorities (DPAs)

Appropriate statutory body with jurisdiction to investigate any claims against Stealth Partners, Inc regarding possible unfair or deceptive practices and violations of laws or regulations covering privacy Federal Trade Commission

Contact Us:

Compliance Director
Stealth Partners, Inc
PO Box 31441
Laughlin, NV 89028-1441
877.798.7025
dave @ stealthpartners.com