Privacy Statement

Whitaker-Taylor, Inc. is 100% committed to respecting and protecting the privacy of visitors to our web site as well as the privacy of our customers. For visitors, we've designed our web site so that, in general, you can visit us on our web site without identifying yourself or revealing any personal information. For job applicants, once you choose to provide us personally identifiable information (any information by which you can be identified), you can be assured that it will only be used to make sure we can contact you in response to your desire to pursue employment with Whitaker-Taylor, Inc.

Collection of Personal Data

Whitaker-Taylor allows visitors to our website to contact us by entering their full name and email address. You may also enter comments or questions. Visitors may also choose to apply for employment though our website. Visitors may enter their Name, Email, Phone, Comments, and upload an electronic version of their resume.

Our site does not track personal information beyond a user entering their information on the Contact Us and Careers page.

If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may correct, update, amend, delete/remove or deactivate it by emailing our Customer Support at contact@whitakertaylor.com or by contacting us by telephone or postal mail at the contact information listed below. We will respond to your request to access within 30 days. There is no way for a user to update their contact information with Whitaker-Taylor via our website.

A user can email us at contact@whitakertaylor.com if they would like correct, update, and/or delete any personally identifiable information.

Use of Personal Data

The personal data that is collected when a visitor submits a question or comment through the Contact Us page is only used as a means of making sure we can respond to your inquiry. The information is initially shared with the Operations Manager and then to the appropriate resource in the company that is best positioned to respond to the inquiry.

The personal data that is collected when a visitor applies for employment online through the Careers page is only used as a means of making sure we can respond to your application for employment. The information is initially shared with the Operations Manager and then with the Human Resources Manager who will process the application.

Whitaker-Taylor does not sell visitors information to third parties. We do not share, sell, rent or trade your personally identifiable information with third parties for their promotional purposes. Whitaker-Taylor does not use Service Providers. This personal information is not stored in a data base and is only used to reply to the original inquiry. Whitaker-Taylor will not use personal data provided through our website to market any of our services.

We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on this site. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site.

We use persistent cookies. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browser’s “help” file. [www.cookiecentral.com] We set a persistent cookie to enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. If you reject cookies, you may still use our site.

Security

We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personally identifiable information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can send email us at contact@whitakertaylor.com.

Privacy Policy Updates

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the home page, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page.

Visitors to our website also have the option of sending inquiries to Whitaker-Taylor via regular mail to 1349 West Peachtree ST NE Suite 1995 Atlanta, GA 30309. Any questions about our site can be emailed to contact@whitakertaylor.com or made by phone to our offices at 404-253-7760.

This policy is effective 01/01/2009.

TRUSTe

Whitaker-Taylor is a Participant in the TRUSTe Privacy Seal Program. TRUSTe is an independent organization whose mission is to advance privacy and trust in the networked world. As this Web site, www.whitakertaylor.com, wants to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices and have its privacy practices monitored for compliance by TRUSTe. This privacy statement covers www.whitakertaylor.com.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact us at contact@whitakertaylor.com. If you do not receive acknowledgment of your inquiry, or if your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should then contact TRUSTe at http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php. TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison with the Web site to resolve your concerns.

Whitaker-Taylor complies with the EU Safe Harbor framework as set forth by the Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.

Dispute Resolution

Whitaker-Taylor participates in the EU Safe Harbor Privacy Framework as set forth by the United States Department of Commerce. As part of our participation in the safe harbor, we have agreed to TRUSTe dispute resolution for disputes relating to our compliance with the Safe Harbor Privacy Framework. If you have any complaints regarding our compliance with the Safe Harbor you should first contact us by phone at 404-253-7760 or via email at contact@whitakertaylor.com.

If contacting us does not resolve your complaint, you may raise your complaint with TRUSTe by Internet at http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php , fax at 415-520-3420, or mail at Watchdog Complaints, TRUSTe, 55 2nd Street, 2nd floor, San Francisco, CA, USA 94105.

If you are faxing or mailing TRUSTe to lodge a complaint, you must include the following information: the name of company, the alleged privacy violation, your contact information, and whether you would like the particulars of your complaint shared with the company. For information about TRUSTe or the operation of TRUSTe's dispute resolution process, see http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php or request this information from TRUSTe at any of the addresses listed above. The TRUSTe dispute resolution process shall be conducted in English.