Hire and Retain Good People, L.L.C. (the "Company") is committed to protecting the privacy of our customer's personal information. This statement applies to the information that we collect from the Company web site, located at www.hireandretaingoodpeople.com. Amendments to this statement will be posted at this URL and will be effective when posted. Your continued use of this site following the posting of any amendment, modification or change shall constitute your acceptance thereof.

1. INFORMATION COLLECTED

We collect non-personally identifiable information about you in a number of ways including tracking your activities through your IP address, computer settings or most recently visited URL. We collect the following information about you when you (or your company) obtains a user account for you to use Web site: your first and last name, your work phone number, your work email address, your job title and the name of your supervisor. We collect information about your use of the Web site by tracking activities conducted under your username and password.

2. USE OF INFORMATION

In general, we will only use the information you provide to us for the purpose for which such information was provided. We may also use this information to deliver to you information about our company and the Web site, trend analysis, pattern detection, and site administration. Your information may also be used to contact you when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings from Company by following the instructions set forth in the opt-out section below.Information about you will not be sold to, or allowed to be used by any third party.

3. USE OF IP ADDRESSES

We use your IP Address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site.

4. USE OF COOKIES

When you use our Web site we might store some information on your computer. This information will be in the form of a "cookie" or similar file. Cookies are small pieces of information stored on your hard drive, not on our site. Cookies do not spy on you or otherwise invade your privacy, and they cannot invade your hard drive and steal information. Rather, they help you navigate a Web site as easily as possible. We use cookies to enhance your user experience.

5. SECURITY

The Company site has industry standard security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. While there is no such thing as "perfect security" on the Internet, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure the safety of your personal information.

6. OTHER WEB SITES; LINKS

Our Web site may contain obvious links to other Web sites. Hire and Retain Good People, L.L.C. is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

7. CORRECT; UPDATE

Hire and Retain Good People, L.L.C. allows its users the option to change or modify information previously provided. This may be done through your company administrator or by contacting the Company at brad.bartlett@hrgp-llc.com.

8. CHOICE; OPT OUT

You may opt-out of receiving communications from Hire and Retain Good People, L.L.C. by sending an e-mail to brad.bartlett@hrgp-llc.com.

9. PUBLIC FORUMS

This Web site makes a blog available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise good judgment when posting on the blog.

Contacting us:

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact us at brad.bartlett@hrgp-llc.com.

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1. LICENSE 

1.1 LICENSE GRANT

HRGP is the author of certain materials owned, created, copyrighted, and trademarked by HRGP. HRGP grants your company a non-transferable, non-exclusive license to use the information, images formulae, reports, and other content contained on this web site (the "Materials"), solely for use by you in your management capacity with your employer. You may not copy, reverse engineer, translate, port, modify or make derivative works of the Materials. You may not rent, disclose, publish, sell, assign, lease, sublicense, market, or transfer the Materials or use them in any manner not expressly authorized by this Agreement. You shall not derive or attempt to derive the source code, source files or structure of all or any portion of the Materials by reverse engineering, disassembly, decompilation or any other means. You shall not use the Materials to operate a service bureau or for any other use involving the processing of data of other persons or entities. HRGP retains all ownership rights in the Materials. The Materials are copyrighted and may not be copied, even if modified or merged with other Materials. You shall not alter or remove any copyright notice or proprietary legend contained in or on the Materials. You agree not to remove any proprietary rights notices of HRGP from the Materials.

1.2 RESERVATION OF RIGHTS

HRGP reserves any rights not expressly granted herein.

1.3 RESTRICTIONS

The Materials include the design and layout of the web pages generated by this server. Elements of these web pages are protected by trade dress and other laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part. No logo, graphic, sound or image from any of the web pages generated by this server may be copied or retransmitted unless expressly permitted by HRGP.

2. OWNERSHIP

2.1 MATERIALS

Except for the personality assessment items, narratives, and any O*Net content, the Materials are copyrighted and may not be copied, reproduced, modified, published, uploaded, posted, or distributed in any way, without prior written consent from HRGP. Except as expressly provided herein, HRGP does not grant any express or implied right to you under any copyrights, trademarks, patents or trade secret information.

2.2 TRADEMARKS

Products and services referenced herein are protected by either trademarks or registered trademarks of HRGP. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be protected by the trademarks of their respective owners.

3. LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES

Certain links in this area may let you leave the HRGP web site. The linked sites are not under the control of HRGP and HRGP is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. HRGP is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by HRGP of the site.

4. NO WARRANTY

HRGP AND/OR ITS LICENSORS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE MATERIALS PUBLISHED ON THIS SERVER FOR ANY PURPOSE. THE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK OF LOSS IN USING THE MATERIALS AND THE INTER-NET GENERALLY. THE MATERIALS ARE COMPLEX AND MAY CONTAIN NON-COMFORMITIES, DEFECTS OR ERRORS. HRGP AND/OR ITS LICENSORS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THE MATERIALS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

5. ERRORS AND CORRECTIONS

THE MATERIALS PUBLISHED ON THIS SERVER COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES AND/OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. HRGP AND/OR ITS LICENSORS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE MATERIALS AT ANY TIME.

6. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY

IN NO EVENT SHALL HRGP AND/OR ITS LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS OR THE INABILITY TO USE DATA, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE MATERIALS, PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THIS SERVER. IF HRGP'S DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SET FORTH WITH IN THIS AGREEMENT IS HELD UN-ENFORCEABLE OR INAPPLICABLE, YOU AGREE THAT HRGP'S LIABILITY SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL DOLLARS PAID TO HRGP LLC IN THE MOST RECENT 12 MONTHS FOR USE OF THE WEB SITE PRECEDING THE CLAIM.

7. LOCAL LAW

This server is operated from a location(s) in Kansas City, MO. HRGP makes no representation that the Materials are appropriate for use in other locations. If you access this server from other locations, you are responsible for compliance with local laws.

8. GENERAL

HRGP reserves the right to discontinue or modify any of the information contained on this server at any time. HRGP shall have the right to modify these terms and conditions at any time. The user may not assign any part of this Agreement without HRGP's prior written consent. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Massachusetts, exclusive of conflicts of laws principles. The user shall pay any taxes on the information or transactions, except for those based on HRGP's annual net income. If any provision of this Agreement is declared invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect. The user agrees to comply with all applicable laws in using this service or the information contained herein. No waiver of any obligation or right of either party shall be effective unless in writing, executed by the party against whom it is being enforced. Any such waiver shall not preclude a party from exercising any other right or later exercising the same right. Any notice under this Agreement shall be delivered by U.S. certified mail, return receipt requested, or by overnight courier to HRGP at the address below.

Hire and Retain Good People, L.L.C.

1 Long Swamp Road

Bourne MA 02532

(508) 833-7822

NOTICE ABOUT PERSONALITY ASSESSMENTS USED IN HRGP WEB SITE

The source for items on HRGP personality assessments is the International Personality Item Pool (citations below):

 

Goldberg, L. R. (1999). A broad-bandwidth, public domain, personality inventory measuring the lower-level facets of several five-factor models. In I. Mervielde, I. Deary, F. De Fruyt, & F. Ostendorf (Eds.), Personality Psychology in Europe, Vol. 7 (pp. 7-28). Tilburg, The Netherlands: Tilburg University Press.

 

Goldberg, L. R., Johnson, J. A., Eber, H. W., Hogan, R., Ashton, M. C., Cloninger, C. R., & Gough, H. C. (2006). The International Personality Item Pool and the future of public-domain personality measures. Journal of Research in Personality, 40, 84-96.

 

International Personality Item Pool: A Scientific Collaboratory for the Development of Advanced Measures of Personality Traits and Other Individual Differences (http://ipip.ori.org/). Internet Web Site.

NOTICE ABOUT POSITION DESCRIPTIONS AND O*NET

The O*NET system serves as the United States primary source of occupational information, providing comprehensive information on key attributes and characteristics of workers and occupations. The O*NET database houses this data and O*NET OnLine provides easy access to that information (http://online.onetcenter.org/).