We, at eLabRat.com, are committed to protecting the privacy of our users, employers, job seekers and visitors alike.

As a general rule, we collect information about our users, for example the most frequently visited pages, what services members access the most, etc...  We use this information anonymously.  This information helps us determine how we can better serve our users and how we can continually create a better experience for you.  This privacy commitment discloses what information we gather, how we use it and how to change it.

eLabRat.com is a member of the VeriSign Secure Site program.  If you have any questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact eLabRat at feedback@eLabRat.com

Your Security

Information Collected on eLabRat.com

eLabRat gathers information about our users which they submit to our registration page. This information enables us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and to help our advertisers better understand the demographics of our audience. 

eLabRat gathers user information in the following processes:

Cookies

eLabRat minimizes the use of cookies to only those necessary to properly route users within our site. Refusing cookies will not affect our core functions of the job seeker registration and job searching, but may affect the user's ability to view offers from eLabRat and our partners.

eLabRat provides links to advertiser and partner websites. These sites may choose to use cookies to better promote their products and services.

Usage Tracking
eLabRat tracks information related to overall user traffic patterns throughout our site in order to make decisions regarding content and services.

Log Files
Log files are used to track and monitor traffic patterns on our site for maintenance purposes. The logs are not used to track or monitor personally identifiable information.

Optional Registration
eLabRat offers free voluntary registration to our users. During registration the user is required to supply a username, address, email, password, career objective, date of birth, marital status, and interests. This information is required if the user wants to participate in eLabRat services.

eNewsletters
eLabRat emails a free informational newsletter to our users. We gather the email addresses of users who voluntarily opt-in during our registration process. Users may remove themselves from this mailing list by sending an email with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line to feedback@elabrat.com from the email address receiving the eNewsletters.  

Refer Your Friend
Users can choose to electronically notify eLabRat of an individual who may be interested in our services. Users must provide eLabRat with the email address of the intended recipient. This information is not retained nor used for any other purpose than the intent of promoting our services to that individual one time.

User Feedback/Inquiries
Users have the ability to contact eLabRat to provide us with their feedback. eLabRat does not retain this information for any purpose other than to respond to the user.

Outside Links
This site contains links to other sites. Users will be taken to a separate site if they click on one of these links. eLabRat is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of any secondary websites. We encourage all users to review the privacy policy of any site they visit.

Other Circumstances
From time to time, eLabRat may sponsor sweepstakes, contests or other events which require the collection, processing, and storage of individual contact and demographic information to be used for the event. We do not require the user to provide additional information to participate in the event. eLabRat may also co-sponsor these events along with other companies in which case the user's individual contact and demographic information will not be released to third-party or non-participating organizations without the user's consent. eLabRat will request that co-sponsors of such events uphold the privacy and appropriate use of the registrants' information.

Use of Information

eLabRat uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience on our website, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the site or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users.

We also use information, which users voluntarily provide, in order to send out electronic newsletters and mailings. Users may opt-in on our registration page if they choose to receive secondary correspondence. Users may opt-out of receiving secondary mailings by utilizing the unsubscribe option as mentioned above.

eLabRat also creates internal reports on user demographics and traffic patterns for our advertisers and partners. eLabRat does not include any personally identifiable information in our reports. This information allows our advertisers to promote more effectively, and allows our users to receive advertisements that are pertinent to their needs.

Sharing of Collected Information

eLabRat uses the information described above to tailor our content and help our advertisers better understand our audience's demographics. This is essential in helping both parties fulfill their needs. We do not share any personally identifiable information with our advertisers. eLabRat does not control the practices of our advertisers. If you have questions about how one of our advertisers uses information about you when you click their ad and go to their content, please contact them directly.

eLabRat also participates in the Linkshare affiliate network and various co-marketing partnerships to promote our site. For this purpose, we receive and share information in order to analyze site traffic and pattern information so we can evaluate the effectiveness of these programs. eLabRat does not share or receive personally identifiable information for these site-to-site traffic-building programs

Changing/Updating

eLabRat offers users the ability to correct or change the information collected on our site. Users simply need to login and then return back to the appropriate registration page (job seeker or employer). The original information should be visible and users may now edit any information they wish. Once the changes are made, users must hit the Edit Registration button to update the database. Users may change this information at any time and as often as necessary. Users who are experiencing problems or who have any questions about how our services work can contact us at feedback@eLabRat.com

Security

eLabRat has created security guidelines to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of information collected from our website. Access to personally identifiable information is only provided to authorized eLabRat employees via a password. eLabRat employees are made aware of our security guidelines during our employee orientation process. Our security guidelines are reviewed quarterly based on our fiscal calendar.

We can be reached via e-mail at feedback@eLabRat.com or you feel free to call us toll free at (877) 352-2728. eLabRat takes online privacy seriously, and does not share the information users have submitted without their permission.