Privacy Policy

Last Updated: June 4, 2002

CBIG, LLC ("CBIG") has created this Privacy Policy in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. Please read the following policy to understand how your personal information will be treated as you make use of the many features of our Website. When you use the Website, you consent to the use of your personal information by CBIG in the manner specified in this Privacy Policy. This policy may change periodically, so please check back from time to time. For your information, the date of the last update to this Privacy Policy is stated at the top of this document. In addition to this Privacy Policy, your use of the site is also subject to our Terms and Conditions.

THIS POLICY WILL EXPLAIN:

1. What information CBIG collects from you
2. Who else is collecting your information and with whom they can share it
3. Opt out?
4. Monitoring and enforcement
5. What are cookies, and how CBIG uses them
6. What kind of security is in place to protect your personal information
7. How you can access your information
8. Links to other Websites
9. How to contact CBIG

1. WHAT INFORMATION CBIG COLLECTS FROM YOU WHEN YOU VISIT OUR WEBSITE

CBIG does not collect any personally identifiable information from you (e.g., name, street address, telephone number, email address) unless you voluntarily choose to disclose such information. One of the basic principles of CBIG is that we ask only for the information we need to provide the service you have requested. We may specifically ask for information about you when you register with us to submit your resume or contact us with a question. We will need certain information such as name, street address, or email address in order to provide you with the appropriate service. We may also use this information to let you know of our latest products or services. You do not need to provide us with information to use the many features of the Website. You may choose to "opt out" of being contacted by choosing not to provide information to us. (See Section 3 below).

As we have stated, this Privacy Policy outlines what information is collected from you and how that information is used. References to "CBIG" in this Privacy Policy include the various offices and subsidiaries of CBIG, LLC. Therefore, when you agree to the use of your personal information by "CBIG" as outlined in this Privacy Policy, you are agreeing to allow CBIG, LLC, its offices, and its subsidiaries to use that information as disclosed here.

CBIG's collection of information is explained below:

Personal Information:

Registration and use of Extranet services: You may choose to register with CBIG. Registration is not a requirement to use the many features of the Website. Registration is, however, required in order for customers, clients, and business partners to use the Extranet features of our Website. To register, you must be eighteen (18) years of age or older. When you register, we ask for your name, email address, phone number, title, company name, and address. You may also provide your fax number and a second address. You may then access the Extranet by signing in to the CBIG.NET Application Management System using your last name as your user id and your email address as a password. Once you register with CBIG.NET, information will be shared in accordance with the . The information will be used solely for the purposes stated in the Agreement between the two companies. The information we collect will not be given out to third parties.

Email Alerts: You may sign up to receive email alerts on various matters, such as when new company information is posted to the Website, when new information is added to the CBIG calendar on the Website, or when new press releases are added to the Website. To subscribe for these alerts, you must provide CBIG with your email address. CBIG will only use your email address to send you the alert you requested. CBIG will not give your email address to third parties.

Resume Submission: CBIG allows you to submit your profile and resume to us from this Website. CBIG will ask for your name, street address, phone number, email address, geographic preference, desired career path, and travel preference. CBIG will also ask that you submit your resume. The information and the resume you submit will be used by CBIG to determine whether you would be a good candidate for CBIG. The information may be saved in CBIG' files in case you would be a good candidate for a future job. You may edit your personal information and resume at any time by using your username and password. The information will not be given to any third parties, but it will be shared internally on a need-to-know basis.

Contact and Questions: You may submit questions, comments, or concerns to us on the cbig.com Website. We will ask for your name, telephone number, email address, title, institution, street address, fax number, and your comment, question, or request for information. Any information that CBIG receives in this manner will not be shared with third parties. We will only use the information to respond to your inquiry and may share it internally to improve our service to you.

Use of IP Addresses: An Internet Protocol ("IP") address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web. Web servers automatically identify your computer by its IP address. When visitors request pages from cbig.com, our servers log the visitors' IP addresses. We do not normally link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable, which means that a visitor's session will be logged, but the visitor remains anonymous to us. CBIG collects IP addresses for the purposes of system administration and to audit the use of our site. We also use IP addresses to collect statistical information for marketing purposes.

Cookies: CBIG uses "cookies" to collect non-personal information, as more fully described in Section 5 below.

2. WHO ELSE IS COLLECTING YOUR INFORMATION, AND WITH WHOM THEY CAN SHARE IT?

CBIG is committed to keeping your personal information confidential. We will not sell, trade, or rent your personally identifiable information to third parties.

Other Information Collectors: Except as otherwise expressly discussed in this Privacy Policy, this document only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. To the extent that you disclose your information to other parties, such as outside links to other sites, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the personal information you disclose to them. To the extent that we feature third-party advertisements on our Website, these advertisers adhere to their own privacy customs and policies. Since CBIG does not control the privacy policies of third parties, you are subject to the privacy customs and policies of that third party. We encourage you to ask questions before you disclose your personal information to others.

3. OPT OUT

When you register at cbig.com, we give you the option of receiving communications from us at your email address. By clicking on the checkmarks beside the boxes on the applicable pages, you can opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners. If you decide to receive one or more of our many useful publications but later decide you would like to stop receiving that publication, you can opt out at any time by sending any email to info@cbig.com.

4. MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT

CBIG has no obligation to monitor the Website or the use thereof or to retain the content of any user session. However, CBIG reserves the right at all times to monitor, review, retain, and/or disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request or to cooperate with law enforcement and other authorities in investigating a claim of illegal activity. CBIG may use IP addresses to identify a user when we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance with our Terms and Conditions or to protect our service, Website, customers, or others.

5. WHAT ARE COOKIES AND HOW CBIG USES THEM

What are cookies? Cookies are pieces of information that a Website transfers to an individual's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. The cookie assigns you an ID, which allows CBIG to recognize you when you return to the cbig.com Website. This makes web surfing easier for you by saving your preferences while you are at our site. No personal information is collected. We never save passwords in cookies. The use of cookies is an industry standard -- you will find them at most major Websites. By showing how and when guests use a site, cookies help us see which areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements and updates to the site are based on such data as total number of visitors and pages viewed. This information is most easily tracked with cookies.

How does CBIG use cookies? We use the information from cookies to provide services better tailored to our users' needs. For example, we use cookies to track user trends and patterns. This helps us better understand and improve areas of cbig.com that our users find valuable. While both of these activities depend on the use of a "cookie," visitors to cbig.com always have the option of disabling cookies via their browser preferences.

How can I disable cookies? Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, note that some parts of cbig.com will not function properly or may be considerably slower if you refuse cookies. For example, without cookies, you will not be able to take full advantage of cbig.com's services, or you may have difficulty filling out forms.

Third-Party Cookies: You may occasionally get cookies from third parties. For example, to request a Web service from the cbig.com Website, you may get a cookie from the company that provides this information. CBIG does not control these cookies. The use of cookies sent by third-party servers is standard in the Internet industry.

6. WHAT KIND OF SECURITY IS IN PLACE TO PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Passwords: If you register [or submit a resume], your personal information is password-protected. However, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. Therefore, we recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. CBIG will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email. If you have logged into the cbig.com Website, remember always to log out when you have finished using our site. Also remember to close your browser window when you have finished using the site. 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. If you lose or forget your password, we will email it to you.

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, CBIG cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or any information provided by our online products or services, and you do so at your own risk. CBIG will not be liable for disclosures of your personal information due to errors in transmission or unauthorized acts of third parties. However, once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.

7. HOW YOU CAN ACCESS YOUR INFORMATION

If you have given CBIG information in the past and now wish to view, change, or delete such information, please contact CBIG at: info@cbig.com.

CBIG will make reasonable efforts to provide you with a copy of your information or to make the changes you have requested. In addition, if the information you have given CBIG has already been passed on to third parties, CBIG will not be able to make any changes to it. In some circumstances, such as to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, enforce our Terms and Conditions, or provide information required by law, the information you have requested be removed will be retained by CBIG in our files. Further, such prior information is never completely removed from our databases due to technical constraints and the fact that we back up our systems. Therefore, you should not expect that all of your personally identifiable information will be completely removed from our databases immediately in response to your requests. CBIG may charge you a reasonable fee for access to your information.

8. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

During your visit to the cbig.com Website, you may come across links that will take you to third-party Websites. CBIG does not control the content of or the information collected from these third-party Websites. These third-party Websites are not subject to the cbig.com Privacy Policy. Links to third-party sites do not constitute sponsorship, endorsement, or approval by CBIG of the content, policies, or practices of such sites. Therefore, we encourage you to review the privacy policies of these sites before you disclose your personal information to these other parties.

9. HOW TO CONTACT CBIG

Privacy and security are important to us all. We pursue a full-disclosure approach to care responsibly for the information you have entrusted to us, and we depend on information-sharing as our principal means to best serve you. This is why we are committed to building a trusting relationship with you. We will continually monitor customer feedback and seek to improve our services to meet your needs. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with the Website, or would like to provide comments, you can send us an email at info@cbig.com

Remember that your use of this Website is always subject to our Terms and Conditions. Please also take a moment to read the Terms and Conditions so that you are aware of the terms and conditions of our relationship.

Thank you for your cooperation. We hope you find the cbig.com Website helpful and convenient to use!