Privacy & Security Policy
When you submit confidential information on compensate.com’s site, we want you to do so with absolute confidence that your sensitive information is being handled with all the care and protection it deserves. We believe that data transmission with our online technology is even safer than the traditional method of sending diskettes or input worksheets through the mail.
Data Communication: When a user enters any of the compensate.com online client areas or salary survey web sites, we automatically employ encryption technology to provide maximum protection against unwanted interception of user information. We use Secure Sockets Layers encryption (an RC4 cipher with 128-bit encryption and MD5 message authentication), and while we cannot guarantee the absolute security of data submitted in this way, SSL encryption makes it very difficult for your information to be intercepted while being transferred. SSL is the same technology used by most e-commerce, online banking, and online stock trading web sites.
Client/Subscriber Access to Company Data: When a subscriber uses one of the queries in the Results section to retrieve market data, the query accesses a database that contains consolidated summary information only. Company-specific source data is stored in a separate location that cannot be accessed by a user. Compensate.com will never release company-specific information to anyone not associated with the source company itself.
Third Parties: Information that you submit to compensate.com, including but not limited to individual contact information and organization data such as compensation rates and policies, will be released to third parties only with your written permission or as agreed to by your participation in a specific data reporting instrument such as a particular salary survey, or if required by legal or government entity with appropriate jurisdiction. We do not sell individual customer names or other unique customer information to third parties and have no intention of doing so in the future. Compensate.com will sometimes hire a third party to perform tasks such as data entry and to conduct salary surveys and associated analyses. We will provide information to such third parties only as it is needed to complete their assignment. We require third parties who have access to confidential information to agree in writing to our confidentiality provisions.
Policy Changes: If we decide to change our privacy provisions, we will post those changes on this web page. If you ever have any questions or concerns about compensate.com's privacy provisions, please email us at info@compensate.com.
Terms of Use
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE COMPENSATE.COM SITE. Your use of this site is conditioned on your acceptance of the following terms and conditions. By using this site, you signify your assent to these terms and conditions. If you do not agree with any part of the following terms and conditions, you must not use this site.
1. OWNERSHIP. This site and all of its components are the copyrighted property of compensate.com, LLC ("compensate.com"). None of the content or data found on this site may be reproduced, republished, distributed, sold, transferred, or modified without the express written permission of compensate.com. In addition, the trademarks, logos and service marks displayed on this site (collectively, the "Trademarks") are registered and common law Trademarks. Nothing contained on this site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any of the Trademarks without the written permission of compensate.com.
2. USE OF SITE. [To be further developed. This would describe guidelines about appropriate and inappropriate uses of the site.] The following are examples of types of items….
- We can terminate your access to the Site, any AV Site or the Services at any time. We may also remove any Member Content or Community Content that you post without cause and without notice to you. This includes all materials related to your use of the Services or membership, including email accounts, Free Access accounts, clubs, photo albums, homepages, postings, profiles or other personalized information you have created while on the Site.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account number and/or password. You are responsible for all uses of your account, whether or not actually or expressly authorized by you.
- We may modify or discontinue our services or your account with us, with or without notice, without liability to you, any other user or any third party. We reserve the right to terminate your account if we learn that you have provided us with false or misleading information.
- You will not attempt to harvest any screen names or e-mail addresses for any commercial use.
- You will not impersonate any other person or misrepresent a relationship with any person or entity, including misrepresenting a relationship with compensate.com; similarly, you will not adopt a false identity if the purpose of doing so is to deceive or defraud another;
- You will not manipulate the Services so as to hide your identity or participation in Services on the Site (by using another person's identity, changing headers, or otherwise modifying any other possible identifier);
- If you violate any of the guidelines set forth above, or any other aspect of these Terms, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your rights to use the Services without giving you any notice.
3. PRIVACY. You have read the compensate.com Privacy Policy, the terms of which are incorporated herein, and agree that the terms of such policy are reasonable. You consent to the use of your company’s information by compensate.com and/or its third party providers in accordance with the terms of and for the purposes set forth in the compensate.com Privacy Policy.
4. EXCLUSION OF WARRANTY. COMPENSATE.COM, AND ANY THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS MAKE NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND REGARDING THIS SITE AND/OR ANY MATERIALS PROVIDED ON THIS SITE, ALL OF WHICH ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. COMPENSATE.COM AND ANY THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENCY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OF THE CONTENT OR DATA FOUND ON THIS SITE AND SUCH PARTIES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON- INFRINGEMENT, AND THOSE ARISING BY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE IN LAW OR FROM A COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.
Some compensate.com web pages contain links to other web sites. When you click on such a link, you are entering another web site for which compensate.com has no responsibility, nor does the presence of such a link constitute any guarantee or endorsement on our part for the linked entity.
5. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. COMPENSATE.COM ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY, AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR, ANY DAMAGES TO, OR VIRUSES THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR BROWSING IN THIS SITE OR YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIALS, DATA, TEXT, IMAGES, VIDEO OR AUDIO FROM THE SITE. IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPENSATE.COM OR ANY THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INJURY, LOSS, CLAIM, DAMAGE, OR ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS OR LOST SAVINGS), WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, WHICH ARISES OUT OF OR IS IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH (I) ANY USE OF THIS SITE OR CONTENT FOUND HEREIN, (II) ANY FAILURE OF THE SITE (III) THE PERFORMANCE OR NON PERFORMANCE BY COMPENSATE.COM OR ANY THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES TO SUCH PARTIES OR ANY OTHER PARTY. THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY AND DISCLAIMERS HEREIN SHALL APPLY REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, STRICT LIABILITY, NEGLIGENCE, OR OTHER TORT AND SHALL SURVIVE A FUNDAMENTAL BREACH OR BREACHES OF CONTRACT OR THE FAILURE OF THE ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT OR OF AN EXCLUSIVE REMEDY.
6. INDEMNIFICATION. You shall indemnify compensate.com and any third party providers and their officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any claim, cause of action or demand, including reasonable legal and accounting fees, brought by or on your behalf by third parties as a result of your use of this site.
7. GOVERNING LAW. These Terms of Service will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions or your actual state or country of residence. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision or portion of the Terms of Service to be unenforceable, the remainder of the Terms of Service will continue in full force and effect.
8. ASSIGNMENT. You may not assign, convey, subcontract or delegate your rights, duties or obligations hereunder.
9. MODIFICATION. Compensate.com may at any time modify these terms and conditions. Your continued use of this site will be conditioned upon the terms and conditions in force at the time of your use.
10. ADDITIONAL TERMS. Additional terms and conditions may apply to specific salary surveys, your company’s dedicated pages, or other portions of this site, and you agree to abide by such other terms and conditions.
11. SEVERABILITY. These terms and conditions shall be deemed severable. In the event that any provision is determined to be unenforceable or invalid, such provision shall nonetheless be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and such determination shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any other remaining provisions.
12. HEADINGS. The heading used in these Terms and Conditions are included by convenience only and will not limit or otherwise affect these Terms and Conditions.
13. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. These terms and conditions, together with those incorporated herein or referred to herein constitute the entire agreement between us relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes any prior understandings or agreements (whether oral or written) regarding the subject matter, and may not be amended or modified except in writing or by making such amendments or modifications available on this site.
