Steppe 2 is a privacy conscious global organisation and is strongly committed to your right to privacy. This Privacy Statement describes how Steppe 2 collects, uses, and discloses personal data on this website. By submitting personal data, a visitor to our website is agreeing to Steppe 2 use of such data as described in this privacy statement.

Curriculum Vitae

When you submit registration information and/or your resume, your information and your resume are hosted on our internal servers. If you apply for a job or elect to register with Steppe 2 at this website, Steppe 2 and its trusted partners will be able to view your information and your resume, but no one else will be able to view them. Steppe 2 requests your personal information at these collection points and maintains the information on their server which will be accessed by Steppe 2 and its partners and it is up to Steppe 2’s discretion to disclose such information. Steppe 2 believes that managing your career is a life-long process, and even after your information has been entered into the Steppe 2 resume database, Steppe 2 retains indefinitely all the information gathered about you in an effort to make your repeat use with Steppe 2 more efficient, practical and relevant.

Steppe 2’s Use of the Information

We use the information we gather on the Steppe 2 website for the purpose of fostering a positive user experience, delivering the services that we offer and, ultimately, to create sales opportunities. We may use your contact information that you provide in the online registration forms to contact you via telephone, e-mail, direct mail or other communications regarding profile fits, updates at the Steppe 2 site, such as new Steppe 2 opportunities and services which may be of interest to you, or for telemarketing purposes. Should you decide that you would no longer like to be contacted by Steppe 2, please notify Steppe 2 and our best efforts will be used to remove you from our contact list. If you do not wish to receive future e-mails from Steppe 2, please reply to the Steppe 2 e-mail solicitation by including “Unsubscribe” in the subject line. Accordingly, you should not receive similar e-mail solicitations from Steppe 2 in the future.

Disclosure of your Information to Others

Steppe 2 uses your information internally, with other Steppe 2-owned subsidiaries and affiliates, but does not disclose your personal information to third parties, except as set forth in the following three subparagraphs.

1. We may disclose such information if legally required to do so, if requested to do so by a governmental entity or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (b) protect the rights or property of Steppe 2 or its affiliated companies; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or (d) protect the personal safety of users or the public.
2. We may disclose such information if legally required to do so, if requested to do so by a governmental entity or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (b) protect the rights or property of Steppe 2 or its affiliated companies; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or (d) protect the personal safety of users or the public.
3. We may disclose and transfer such information to a third party who acquires all or a substantial portion of Steppe 2’s business, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets.

Passive Information Collection

Steppe 2 uses persistent “cookies” to help personalize and maximize your online experience and time online. The cookie indicates that a user has previously visited the Steppe 2 site, tracks user content/navigation trends, provides customized user messages and prevents users from registering more than once. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard drive by a webpage server. Cookies are not used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. These cookies are uniquely assigned to your computer, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

You may have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline all cookies if you prefer. Alternatively, you may be able to modify your browser setting to notify you each time a cookie is tendered and permit you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis. If you choose to decline cookies, however, that may hinder performance and negatively impact your experience on the Steppe 2 website.

Steppe 2 uses log files on JavaScript™ to collect domain information, referral information, browser information, pages visited, content viewed, files downloaded, and time spent per page. This information is then forwarded to our outside vendor for analysis.

Steppe 2 combines your personally identifiable information with passively collected information. For example, when a user registers for a relevant article under “Newsroom” on steppe2.com, Steppe 2 is able to determine who the user is (based on the user registration information) and where they came from (e.g. if the user clicked on a banner advertisement) and the specific article downloaded.

Security

Steppe 2 has implemented technical and organisational measures designed to secure your personal information, including firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems, secured servers and database security, from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. We continually update our network to protect the confidentiality of our data. Due to constantly changing environments; however, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes.

Texting and Emailing Applicants & ISAs

We are pleased to offer you the ability to opt-in to receive text messages and emails from Steppe 2. If you elect to enroll to receive text messages and/or emails from Steppe 2, you will receive easy-to-check text messages and emails related to Steppe 2. This information may include, but is not limited to, information such as job postings, assignment updates, weather alerts and reminders for upcoming events and services. Please contact your Steppe 2 Representative to learn how to enroll.

Texting Opt-Out

If at any time you wish to stop receiving text messages and/or emails from Steppe 2, you will have the option to opt-out by simply texting STOP after receiving a text from Steppe 2 or click ‘unsubscribe’ option embedded in the email.

Children

Steppe 2 is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Changes to Privacy Statement

If Steppe 2 decides to change its Privacy Statement, we will post those changes here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and to whom we will disclose it. We welcome your comments concerning this Privacy Statement. If at any time you have questions or concerns about Steppe 2’s Privacy Statement, or you believe that we have not adhered to this Statement, please contact us by e-mail at privacy@steppe2.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.