Our Commitment to Privacy
Marvel HR, Inc.® (“Marvel HR,” “we,” “us” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. Marvel HR provides quality human resource (HR) solutions to give business owners the necessary resources and experts. As part of this process, Marvel HR, collects information, including personal information, from people who are seeking HR and related services for their business (“clients”. In this Privacy Policy (“Policy”), we describe the information that we collect through our website MarvelHR.com (collectively “Sites”). In this Policy, we describe the information that we collect about you, including information collected through our Sites, and offline (e.g., through paper applications, surveys, or other offline data collection); how we use, disclose, and share your information; and how we protect your information. This Policy applies to all visitors to our Sites and users of our services, including viewers and users of our Sites, clients, and employees. Unless we distinguish among clients, prospective clients, employees, and other visitors to or users of our Sites and Apps, the practices described herein apply to all visitors to our Sites and users of our Apps.
Information We Collect
We may collect information about you from a variety of sources, including information we collect from you directly when you contact us via our website, phone call, or social media lead form, information we collect about you when you visit our Sites, use our services, view our online advertisements; and information we collect about you from other sources, such as third-party partners, data providers (such as identity and background check services), and affiliates (where permitted by law).
Information We Collect Directly From Potential Clients
We collect information directly from you, including personal information, when you visit our Sites, register for an email subscription, create an account on our Sites, request information from us, complete a form fill on our website or on our social media platform or choose to complete our surveys or questionnaires (either online or paper). We may collect this information from you at different phases of the client journey. Specifically, when you register with one of our Sites, we will collect your name, email address, phone number, and mailing address. The type of information that we request from you may depend on the Site and the service at issue but may include, where permitted by law:
We collect only the personal information from you that you choose to provide to us. If you choose not to provide certain information, however, then we may be unable to provide you with all of the features of our online product, such as applying for jobs.
Information We Collect Automatically When You Visit Our Sites or Use Our Apps
We may use cookies, web beacons, automated devices, and other technologies to collect information about you when you visit our Sites, including your browser type and operating system, web pages you view, links you click, your IP address, your interaction with the Sites; length of time you are logged into our Sites; and websites visited before our Sites. We also automatically collect the following information about your use of the Apps: mobile device ID and IP address; location and language information; device name and model; operating system type, name, and version; your activities within an App; and the length of time that you are logged into our Apps. Please see the section “What About Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies” below for more information about our use of tracking devices. We may use the information we automatically gather in anonymous or aggregated form to analyze ways to improve our Sites, Apps, or services. This information is also associated with your username and may be combined with other information, including personal information that we collect about you. If you view our Sites from a mobile device, with your permission, we also may collect your location information for the purpose of providing you with localized search results directions to our office and to serve relevant content information through our social media channels or Sites. You may turn off location-enabled features through the location settings on your mobile device.
Information We Collect From Other Sources
We may obtain information about you, either individually or in the aggregate, from other sources, such as third-party partners, affiliates, our clients and job applicants, and social networks, including, but not limited to, the following:
Any third-party social networking site controls the information it collects from you. For information about what they may use and disclose your information, including any information you make public, please consult their respective privacy policies. We have no control over how any third-party site uses or discloses the personal information it collects about you. Marvel HR is not responsible for the accuracy of the information we collect from other sources.
How We Use the Information We Collect About You
Potential Clients and Other Visitors to Our Sites
We use the information that we collect about you to fulfill your requests for services and products; to fulfill your requests for information about our services and products, to sign you up for our and our clients’ newsletters, and to inform you about the latest product developments and other information from us or from our business partners that we believe would be of interest to you. Specifically, we use the information that we collect about you for the following purposes, as applicable:
For All Sites and Visitors and Users
In addition to the uses described above, we also use the information that we collect from you—whether you are a client, potential client, employee, or just visiting our Site—for the following purposes:
All Personal Information of Clients, Potential Clients, and Other Visitors to Our Sites)
Affiliates
We may disclose the information we collect about you to our affiliates or subsidiaries; however, if we do so, their use and disclosure of your information will be subject to this Policy.
Service Providers
We may disclose the information we collect about you to our vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform functions on our behalf. For example, these providers may help us administer our Sites, digital marketing, or manage and administer events.
Other Non-Affiliated Third Parties
We may disclose the information that we collect about you to non-affiliated third parties, such as promotional partners and others with whom we have marketing or other relationships. Those third parties may use your information for their own marketing purposes, such as to market products and services that they believe would be of interest to you. We also may combine the information that we collect about you with other information that we obtain from third parties. This information may help us to determine what advertisements to direct to you, to place on our Sites and Apps, and where to advertise our services. As discussed in the advertising section below, you have the right to opt out of certain uses of your information. You also have the ability to opt-into the receipt of certain information from us and non-affiliated third parties. We may share your information to respond to your choices. We also may share your information for the following reasons:
Business Transfers
If we are or may be acquired by or merged with another company, if any of our assets are transferred to another company, or as part of a bankruptcy proceeding, we may transfer the information we have collected from you to another entity, as applicable.
In Response to Legal Process
We also may disclose the information we collect about you in order to comply with the law, a judicial proceeding, court order or other legal process, such as in response to a subpoena.
To Protect Marvel HR and Others
We also may disclose the information we collect about you where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person or violations of our Terms of Use or this Policy.
Aggregate and Anonymized Information
We may share aggregate or anonymized information about users with third parties for marketing, advertising, research, or similar purposes. For example, if we display advertisements on behalf of a third party, we may share aggregate demographic information about the users to whom we displayed the advertisements with that third party.
Opting Out of Marketing Communications
We may send you promotional email messages if you request to receive promotional information from us via email. You may stop receiving promotional email messages by following the information contained in the email message.
Job Applications for Positions with Marvel
In addition to our services, we also will collect personal information through our Sites for open positions within our own company. Candidates for positions with a Marvel HR company will be required to submit their name, mailing and email address, phone number, job history, and a resume. When you apply for a job with a Marvel HR company, we use your information only to fulfill your job application with a Marvel HR company. We may share your information with third parties to process your application or to conduct a background check, which may include a credit check.
Updating Your Personal Information
You may modify the information that you provided to us when you created your account (e.g., name, email address, user ID, and password) by logging into your account or you may contact your local <Company> office.
What About Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies?
When you interact with the Sites and Apps, we strive to make your experience easy and meaningful. We or our third party service providers use cookies, web beacons (including clear GIFs), and similar technologies to track user activity and collect Site and App data. We may combine this data with the personal information we have collected from you.
Do Not Track
Currently, our systems are unable to recognize browser do-not-track requests. You may opt-out of certain tracking, however, by manually adjusting the settings on your browser as discussed in this section. You also may opt-out of targeted advertising as discussed below.
Cookies
Cookies allow a web server to transfer data to a device for recordkeeping and other purposes. We and our third party service providers may use “cookies” on our Sites and Apps to, among other things, better serve you with tailored information and facilitate your ongoing access to and use of the Sites and Apps. There are two types of cookies: session-based and persistent cookies. In addition, we also allow vendors to use cookies on our Sites and Apps.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer you can edit your browser options to block them in the future. The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your computer from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Visitors to our Sites who disable their web browsers’ ability to accept cookies will be able to browse the Sites; however, many site features, such as the shopping cart, will not function if you disable cookies.
Web Beacons, Pixel Tags and Other Technologies
We and our third party service providers use web beacons, such as clear GIFs, web bugs or pixel tags, which are tiny graphics with a unique identifier similar in function to cookies. In contrast to cookies, which are stored on your computer’s hard drive, clear GIFs are embedded invisibly on web and mobile app pages. We may use clear GIFs in connection with our Sites and Apps to, among other things, track the activities of Site visitors and App users, help us manage content, and compile statistics about Site and App usage. We and our third party service providers also use clear GIFs in HTML emails to our customers, to help us track email response rates, measure the success of our marketing campaigns, identify when our emails are viewed and track whether our emails are forwarded.
Site Analytics
We use automated devices and applications, such as Google Analytics, to evaluate usage of our Sites, and to the extent permitted, our Apps. We also may use other analytic means to evaluate our Sites and Apps. We use these tools to help us improve our Sites’ and Apps’ performance and user experiences. These entities may use cookies and other tracking technologies, such as web beacons or local storage objects (LSOs), to perform their services. To learn more about Google’s privacy practices, please review the Google Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. You can also download the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on to prevent their data from being used by Google Analytics at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Advertisements
We display advertisements on our Sites and Apps. Some of the advertisements are based on the collection of personal information and others are based on the collection of aggregate information. Please see the bottom of this section for opt-out information. We use third parties such as network advertisers to serve advertisements on our Sites, Apps and on third party websites or other media. Network advertisers are third parties that display advertisements based on your visits to our Sites, and other websites you have visited. This enables us and these third parties to target advertisements to you and others with similar interests for products and services in which you might be interested. Third party ad network providers, advertisers, sponsors and/or traffic measurement services may use cookies, JavaScript, web beacons (including clear GIFs), Flash LSOs and other technologies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content to you. These third party cookies and other technologies are governed by each third party’s specific privacy policy, not this one. We may provide these third-party advertisers with information about your usage of our Sites, Apps and our services, including personally identifiable information. You may opt-out of many third-party ad networks. This website provides information regarding this practice by Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) members, and your choices regarding having this information used by these companies, including how to “opt-out” of third-party ad networks operated by NAI members. You also may contact About Ads at http://www.aboutads.info/choices for information about opting out of targeted advertising and your choices regarding having information used by About Ads member companies, including how to “opt-out” of third-party ad networks operated by About Ads members. You may opt out of the DoubleClick cookie by visiting the Google advertising opt-out page and Ad Settings. Opting out of one or more NAI members or About Ad members (many of which will be the same) only means that those members no longer will deliver targeted content or ads to you, but it does not mean you will no longer receive any targeted content or ads on our Sites, Apps or other websites. You may continue to receive advertisements, for example, based on the particular website that you are viewing. Also, if your browsers are configured to reject cookies when you visit this opt-out page, or you subsequently erase your cookies, use a different computer or change web browsers, your opt-out may no longer be effective. Additional information is available through the above links.
Biometric Information
Marvel HR uses “biometric technology,” including but not limited to time and attendance systems and/or temperature verification systems for the purposes of employee identification and timekeeping and protecting the health and safety of others. These devices may collect, store, and use biometric information of individuals in accordance with Marvel HR’s internal policies.
Marvel HR prohibits the collection, use, storage, possession, or disclosure of biometric information, as well as obtaining biometric information through any other means, unless pre-approved, in writing, by Marvel HR’s legal and compliance department. This prohibition applies to the use of systems used by <Company> and its clients in regards to its employees, temporary associates, and other individuals.
In some instances, Marvel HR provides clients with Marvel HR’ss own timekeeping terminals and related software services as well as temperature verification kiosks (“timekeeping and temperature verification systems”). In other instances, Marvel HR’s clients contract with vendors to provide timekeeping and temperature verification systems. These timekeeping and temperature verification systems may collect data, including template and temperature data, which may be considered “biometric information” under state laws including, but not limited to, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) 740 ILCS 14/1, Texas Bus. & Com. § 503.001, Washington Rev. Code § 19.35, and N.Y. Lab. Law § 201-A.
Some of the temperature verification systems used by Marvel HR and/or its clients employ thermal imaging to verify that an individual’s temperature does not exceed a particular threshold. As part of the verification process, thermal information may be collected for employees and temporary staff entering a client’s premises to protect the health and safety of employees, temporary associates, and other individuals.
Marvel HR will permanently destroy biometric information it possesses within a reasonable period of time or when the purpose for obtaining or collecting such data has been fulfilled, but no later than one year from our last contact with an employee or temporary associate. Additionally, Marvel HR, its clients, and its vendors, affiliates, subcontractors, and licensors may have access to the biometric information to store the data, delete/maintain backup copies, and/or to service the systems, drives or databases on which the data is collected, used, or stored. Following the end of our last interaction with employees, and temporary associates, Marvel HR’s clients have represented that they and their vendors will permanently destroy any biometric information relating to employees and temporary associates within a reasonable period of time or when the purpose for obtaining or collecting such data has been fulfilled, but no later than the timeframe specified in BIPA (three years), WA (one year), and TX (one year), based on their last interaction. In instances where Marvel HR provides its own timekeeping terminals and temperature verification systems, it will also permanently destroy any biometric information relating to employees and/or temporary associates within a reasonable timeframe, but no later than one year after our last interaction with employees and/or temporary associates.
Marvel HR, its clients, and its vendors use reasonable standards of care within their industries for any storage, transmittal or protection from disclosure of any biometric information they may possess, in a manner that is the same as or more protective than the way they store, transmit, and protect similar information. Marvel HR and its clients use reasonable care to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of all biometric information. Marvel HR, its clients, and vendors of <Company> and its clients do not sell, lease, trade, or otherwise profit from biometric information.
Security of Your Information
We want the information that you submit to us to be secure. We use commercially reasonable techniques and precautions to safeguard the information that you provide to us through our server. Notwithstanding our commitment to your information, please be aware that there is a risk that others could find a way to thwart our security systems. As a result, we cannot ensure or warrant the security or privacy of any information that you choose to submit to us.
User Generated Content
Portions of our Sites permit users to submit their own content for blogs or to respond to blog postings. Marvel HR is not responsible for the privacy of any information that you choose to submit through a public forum, such as a blog, or for the accuracy of any information contained in those postings. Any information that you disclose becomes public information. We cannot prevent such information from being used in a manner that may violate this Policy, the law, or your personal privacy.
Third-Party Links
At times, our Sites and Apps may contain links to other third-party websites. Any access to and use of such linked websites is not governed by this Policy, but, instead, is governed by the privacy policies of those third-party websites, and we are not responsible for the information practices of such third-party websites. You should review the privacy policies of those websites before using them.
Children’s Privacy
Our Sites, Apps, products and services are not intended for use by children. Marvel HR does not accept job applications from children under the age of 13, and does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13. If we discover that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with personal information, we will delete such information from our systems.
Terms of Use
Your use of our Sites, Apps, products and services, as well as any dispute over privacy, is subject to this Policy and our Terms of Use, including applicable limitations on damages and the resolution of disputes.
Additional Information for California Residents
Last Updated: January 1st, 2023
In this section, we provide additional information to California residents about how we handle their personal information, as required under California privacy laws including the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”), an amendment to the CCPA.
This section does not address or apply to our handling of:
Except for the Right to Opt-out and the Right of Non-Discrimination, this section does not apply to:
Under the CCPA, “personal information” is any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular California resident or household. It does not include publicly available data as defined by the CCPA. Since the CCPA requires that we disclose specific information about how we handle certain personal information collected about all California residents, the scope of this section may be different than the scope of our privacy policy above.
Categories of Personal Information Under the CCPA
Last Updated: January 1st, 2023
While our collection, use and disclosure of personal information varies based upon our relationship and interactions with you, in this section we describe, generally, how we have collected and disclosed personal information about residents in the prior 12 months (from the Last Updated personal information above). As further described in the Information We Collect section above, we may collect personal information from the following sources:
The table below identifies the categories of personal information (as defined by the CCPA) we have collected about California residents, as well as how we have sold or disclosed for a business purpose such information. For more information about the business and commercial purposes for which we collect, use and disclose personal information, please see the How We Use the Information We Collect About You and the Sharing Your Information sections above. Under the CCPA, a “sale” includes disclosing or making available to a third-party personal information, in exchange for monetary compensation or some other value or benefit. While we do not disclose personal information in exchange for monetary compensation, we may make certain categories of personal information available in order to receive certain benefits or services, such as when we make browsing information available to third party ad companies (through third party tags on our Sites) in order to improve and measure our ad campaigns and reach users with more relevant ads and content.
Personal Information Collected
California Residents’ Rights
CCPA Rights: In general, California residents have the following rights with respect to their personal information:
Do-not-sell (opt-out): California residents have the right to opt-out of our sale of their personal information. While we do not disclose personal information to third parties in exchange for monetary compensation, we may “sell” personal information as defined by the CCPA, via third party cookies and tags deployed on our website. However, we do not “sell” personal information about individuals that we know to be under 16 years old. You may opt-out of the sale of your personal information by <Company> by completing our Consumer Request Form and selecting the “Opt-out of Sale” option. You may also opt-out of “sales” via third party cookies on our websites by adjusting your Cookies Settings for our websites
Marvel HR Website
Marvel HR Cookie Settings
Please note that your settings are device and browser specific. So, if you use a different device or browser to access our websites, you will need to set your cookie preferences for each browser and device you use to access our website. Further, if you subsequently delete cookies, your preferences may be lost and need to be reset.
Submitting CCPA Requests. California residents may submit CCPA requests to know (access) their personal information through one of the following method:
In addition, California residents may opt of “sales” of their personal information by using our preference manager (to opt out of “sales” via third-party tags and cookies on our Sites).
When you submit a request to know or a request to delete, we will take steps to verify your request by matching the information provided by you with the information we have in our records. In some cases, we may request additional information in order to verify your request or where necessary to process your request. If we are unable to adequately verify a request, we will notify the requestor. Authorized agents may initiate a request on behalf of another individual by contacting us at the above link; authorized agents will be required to provide proof of their authorization and we may also require that the relevant resident directly verify their identity and the authority of the authorized agent.
For more information about our privacy practices, you may contact us as set forth in the Submitting CCPA Requests section above.
Our Use of Personal Information
Storage and Retention
We take the security, confidentiality, and integrity of your information seriously. We utilize technical, physical, and administrative safeguards that are designed to protect your information from unauthorized access, retrieval, disclosure, use, and modification. If we transmit, share, or use your information we utilize appropriate methods to prevent from any interception or unauthorized access to that data.
We will retain your information under each of the CCPA specified categories for no longer than is reasonably necessary under the “Our Use Of Personal Information” section above. We retain your personal information for the period you are actively using our services plus five (5) years, subject to exceptions permitted by applicable law.
Non-Discrimination
When exercising their rights under the CCPA, California Residents have the right to not receive discriminatory treatment. We cannot:
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We will post changes to this Policy on our Sites and changes will become effective upon posting. If we make a material change to this Policy, then we will highlight that change upon posting.
Contact Us
Please contact us at info@marvelhr.com if you have any questions regarding this Policy.
