Information Collection and Use
First Advantage Corporation, Inc. ("First Advantage") is the sole owner
of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or
rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed
in this statement. First Advantage collects information from our visitors
and users of our Web site and uses the information: internally for marketing
and administration purposes, in the fulfillment of our service commitment
to you and as legally required under the law.
Information Collected From Site Visitors
Some of this site's Web pages may ask visitors to submit contact information
(such as name, business name and/or email address) in order to receive
product information, special offers, newsletters or the like. This information
is used to contact visitors in the manner for which they have expressed
an interest.
Information Collected Through ScreenDirect
By using ScreenDirect to open an Employment Screening Account, we request
information from the user on our account application form. This information
includes: contact information (such as, name business name and business
address) and financial information (such as credit card number or billing
information). This information is used for account establishment, billing,
fulfillment of orders and customer service.
Use of Cookies and Pixel Tags
Cookies are bits of electronic information that a Website can transfer
to a visitor's hard drive to help tailor and keep records of his or her
visit to the site. Cookies allow Website operators to better customize
visits to the site to your individual preferences. The use of cookies
is standard on the Internet and many major Websites use them. First Advantage
may use cookies to help provide you with a better experience on our site,
however, we do will not store user information or personally identifiable
information in cookies. In addition to cookies, First Advantage may use
pixel tags, also known as beacons, spotlight tags or web bugs, to improve
our understanding of site traffic, visitor behavior, and response to promotional
campaigns as a supplement to our server logs and other methods of traffic
and response measurement. We also may implement pixel tags provided by
other companies, and limit the collection of information for the same
purpose. We do not store user information or personally identifying information
in pixel tags.
Log Files
We may use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track
user movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate
use. IP addresses are not linked to user information or personally identifiable
information.
Sharing
We may share aggregated demographic information with our partners. This
aggregated demographic information is not linked to any personal information
that can identify any individual person. Furthermore, it may be necessary
to transmit certain collected information to a reputable third party vendor
to: fulfill our service commitment to you or to process your credit card,
in these instances, First Advantage will require all recipients of such
information to maintain the information as confidential information and
agree not to disclose such information to third parties. First Advantage
may disclose certain information as required by law, court order or pursuant
to a government or law enforcement authority request or in a good faith
belief that disclosure is necessary or advisable under the circumstances.
Links
This Web site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that First
Advantage is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites.
We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read
the privacy statements of each and every Website that collects personally
identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information
collected by this Web site.
Surveys & Contests
First Advantage may occasionally solicit user participation in surveys
or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely
voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose
the information requested. Information requested may include contact information
(such as name, business name or email address) and demographic information
(such as job function or type of business). Contact information will be
used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be
used for purposes of improving this site and/or First Advantage products
and services.
Security
This Web site takes every precaution to protect our user's information.
When users submit sensitive information via the Web site, this information
is protected both online and off-line. First Advantage implements a variety
of security measures to maintain the safety of your business information.
User information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible
by a limited number of employees who have specific access rights to such
systems. When you place orders or review results or access your account
information, we offer the use of a secure server. All sensitive/credit
information you supply is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we
also take numerous steps that protect our user's information off-line.
Access to user information is restricted in our offices. Only employees
who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, for billing
or customer service) are granted access to user identifiable information.
All employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices.
Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information
on are kept in a secure environment, behind locked doors.
Business Transfer
As we continue to develop our business, we may acquire or divest businesses
and/or assets, or be acquired ourselves. In such transactions, customer
information generally is one of the transferred business assets.
Correction/Updating User Information:
If a user's information changes (such as physical or email address), you
will be given the opportunity to update such information. This can usually
be done by emailing Customer Service or by contacting your Sales Account
Manager. Access to User Information First Advantage provides access to
user information collected through your purchase of our services, participation
in First Advantagedirect!, or that you voluntarily provide, by offering
you the opportunity to review and correct inaccuracies in your user information.
In order to review or correct user information collected on this website,
you must send a written request to First Advantage including: (1) your
name, business name, complete address, account number, purchase date and
order reference number if the request is related to a particular purchase;
(2) your name and e-mail address if you elected to voluntarily receive
information from First Advantage. First Advantage will process your request
to review or correct your user information within 30 days of receipt.
First Advantage will not process any third party requests. Requests should
be mailed to: First Advantage Legal Department 150 2nd Avenue North, Suite
1200, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Choice/Opt-in
Our users are given the opportunity to opt-in for having their information
used for purposes not directly related to the purpose for which it was
submitted. For example, our account application form has an opt-in mechanism
so that users who wish to receive information on discounts, deals or promotions
may be added to our email address lists. Users who no longer wish to receive
promotional materials may opt-out of receiving these communications by
the opt-out mechanism referenced in the communication.
Notification of Changes
By using our Web site, you consent to the collection and use of the information
you provide according to this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to
change our Privacy Policy from time to time, if this policy is changed,
we will post these changes on this page so that you are always aware of
what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances
we disclose it. If you have questions about this policy please contact
us at: First Advantage Legal Department 150 2nd Avenue North, Suite 1200,
St. Petersburg, FL 33701 (t)866.400.FADV