The Adecco Group US Foundation

Privacy Policy

Latest update: December 2023

The Adecco Foundation, Inc. located at 4800 Deerwood Campus Parkway, Bldg. 800, Jacksonville, FL 32246 (“Adecco Foundation”, “we” or “us”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This General Privacy Policy (together with other documents referred to herein) describes what personal information we collect from you and how we process your personal information, which is accessible at https://www.adeccogroupfoundationus.org (“Website”).

When you visit this Website or when we interact with interested parties through an online registration form, we collect information about you, including Personal Information. “Personal Information” means information that identifies or relates to you, or as defined under applicable law.  The term “Personal Information” does not include data that cannot be linked to an individual (such as anonymous data).

Personal information we may collect from you

  • We use an online registration form to facilitate to the interested parties the requested information and to respond their queries (“Purpose”) according to “How we use your personal information” section. Please note that fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory fields. We need this information to conclude the purpose and comply your request. You promise to provide us with accurate, complete, and updated registration information about yourself. Other information or personal data you share with us is at your sole discretion. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
  • We will collect personal information on your visits to the Website including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs, content from surveys and contact forms and other communication data and the resources that you access. Our collection of this personal information will make your visit to the Website easier in the future as we will be able to suggest Content that is relevant to you based on the location you access the Website from.
  • We will collect any information you provide to us when you use our contact forms (for example “Contact us”). The provision of your personal information via our contact forms is not required; however, please note that fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory fields, because we need this information to comply with or respond to your request. If you offer to collaborate with us by donating money, please do not include any bank account or information related to your financials. We will contact you to facilitate this action. Other information or personal information you share with us when completing our contact forms is in your sole discretion. If you contact us, we will keep a record of that correspondence.
  • We use your personal information to send you direct marketing via e-mail when you opt in for this purpose in the relevant contact form. You may opt out of receiving future marketing communications at any time.
  • We also may collect Personal Information and other information about you when you choose to interact with us through social media platforms on which we are active. In addition, we also may collect the Personal Information you make available on your public social network profiles and on other public locations, including, without limitation, on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, or other company websites.
  • We may also store cookies as set out in more detail in our COOKIE POLICY. For more information about the information we collect about your equipment browsing actions, and patterns, please consult the “Cookies and automated technology” section below.
  • We also collect any other Personal Information you choose to provide to us or we obtain about you.

Sensitive Personal Information.

When you visit or interact with our Website, you are not required to submit information that may be considered sensitive, including your race or ethnic origin or data concerning your health or sexual orientation. If you decide to provide us with sensitive Personal Information, we will handle the information according to the practices identified in this General Privacy Policy.

How we use your personal information

Your personal information will be collected and handled by us for the following purposes:

  • To respond to your request or questions when you are contacting us. We will provide you the relevant information by email. Telephone and/or mail can be an option, but it is at our sole discretion to choose the communication system.
  • To best tailor Content and resources according to your preferences.
  • To send to you other information – such as Adecco Foundation upcoming events or newsletters – that may be of interest to you.
  • To help us create, publish, and improve Content most relevant to you.
  • To ensure that the Content provided through the Website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your device.
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Website, when you choose to do so.
  • To further develop and improve the Website and systems to better serve you.

Our use of your information as described above is permitted by applicable data protection law because it is:

  • necessary for our legitimate interests in pursuing the purposes set out above, and such interests in each case not being overridden by your privacy interests;
  • in some cases, necessary to meet our legal or regulatory responsibilities, such as disclosures to authorities, regulators or government bodies; or
  • in some cases, necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest and, when we use special categories of personal information, necessary for establishing. exercising or defending legal claims or where the processing relates to personal information manifestly in the public domain;
  • in limited circumstances, processed with your consent which we obtain from you from time to time, such as when you opt-in to receive marketing communications and news via email.

We do not make any automated decisions solely on automatic processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.

Do you have to give us your Personal Information?

You do not have to provide your Personal Information to us when generally navigating our Website. However, if you do not provide us with a required minimum, it may limit the services you can receive from us.

How long do you keep my Personal Information?

We retain your Personal Information as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes set out in this General Privacy Policy in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Sharing with third parties

To facilitate our efficient use of your information, and to provide you with the content and/or resources, we may disclose your information to third parties. However, this disclosure will only occur in the following circumstances:

  • To suppliers, contractors and agents: from time to time we may engage or employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include the hosting and/or maintaining of Website content, or the provision of certain features contained on the Website, the provision of marketing services or to provide financial updates upon your request.

Such recipients will only have access to your personal information as required by them to perform their functions, and are not permitted to use such personal information for any other purposes. These recipients will be subject to contractual confidentiality obligations.

  • To other entities belonging to the Adecco Group (i.e. any companies directly or indirectly controlled by Adecco). A list of Adecco Group companies is included here HTTPS://WWW.ADECCOGROUP.COM/WORLDWIDE-LOCATIONS/ including their suppliers, contractors and agents, which may be involved in the provision of the Website or the content, so that we can better serve you or, simply, to give response to your requests (e.g. when you use contact us forms).
  • To government or law enforcement authorities if we determine in our sole discretion that we are under a legal obligation to do so.

IP addresses and cookies

In addition to collecting Personal Information, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain statistical (non-identifiable) information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. This includes (i) details about your visits to our Website, which may include traffic data and location data, date and time of access, frequency and other communication data; and (ii) information about your computer and internet connection, which may include your IP address, operating system, browser type, and host domain; and (iii) details of referring website actions and patterns.

administration. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify you or any individual.

Cookies. We may collect information from you using a “cookie.” “Cookies” are small bits of data cached or stored on your computer based on your internet activity. They can be placed on your computer both by us as well as by third parties with whom we have a relationship, such as web analytic services and advertising networks. Cookies help us track and understand how individuals use and interact with our Website. For more information about our use of cookies on the Website, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

Web Beacons. We use a technology known as web beacons to collect your web log information. A web beacon is a small graphic used on a website or within an e-mail message designed to track pages viewed or messages opened. Web log information is gathered by the computer that hosts our Website (called a “webserver”) when you visit our Website. Web beacons in e-mails help us determine which of our e-mail messages were opened and whether a message was acted upon. They also help us analyze the effectiveness of our web pages by measuring the number of visitors to certain pages of our Website and how many visitors click on key elements of it.

Social Media Plug-ins. Our Website uses social media plugins (“Plugins”) from the social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram to enable you to easily share information with others. We may use information collected from the Plugins to learn about your interests and to help us better understand how to serve you. This information may include your preferences about how to contact you or further develop a business or professional relationship with you as well as demographic data.  For more information, please visit our Cookie Policy.

If your computer is shared with other people, we advise that you do not select the ‘remember my details’ option when that option is offered by the Website.

Where your personal information is stored and processed.

As explained in the “Sharing with third parties” paragraph above, we may share your personal information with the following:

  • Third party suppliers, contractors or agents: where we use a third-party supplier, contractor or agent, your personal information remains under our control and we have controls in place to ensure your personal information is adequately protected.
  • Other companies within Adecco Group: where is such is relevant to our services.

We endeavor to take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your personal information is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy.

International Users

This General Privacy Policy is intended for individuals located in the United States. Users who use the Website understand that their data will be collected, used, and stored in North America, in addition to other countries in the world (for example, in other countries from which IT functions are provided to us).Do we transfer or store your data outside the United States?

Your Personal Information may be transferred to and/or stored in any country where we conduct business, which includes outside North America. By using our Website or by otherwise providing information to us, you understand that the information from or about you or your use of our Website may be transferred to and/or stored in countries outside of your country of residence, including the United States. Data Security

Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, you should be aware that the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to the Website or any third party; for this reason, any transmission is at your own risk. We will use strict operational procedures and adequate, technical and organizational security measures to prevent any unauthorized access, change, deletion or transmission of this personal information.

Your rights. How you can access, correct and delete your personal information

You have certain legal rights with respect to the Personal Information that you provide and/or which we obtain about you depending on the state/country where you reside.  For example, if you are a resident of California, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) (Civil Code § 1798.100, et seq.) provides you with specific rights regarding your Personal Information depending on the nature of your relationship with us.

  • Right to be informed about collection or disclosure of your Personal Information:  You have the right to be informed of the categories of personal data that we collect about you as well as the categories of sources from which the personal data was collected. You also have the right to be informed of the business or commercial purposes for which we use, disclose your personal data as well as the categories of third parties with whom we share that personal data, as set forth in this General Privacy Policy.
  • Right to access and obtain a copy of your Personal Information:  You have the right to request to have access to the Personal Information that we collected about you and obtain a copy of them under certain circumstances. If applicable, once we have verified your identity, we will disclose the specific pieces of Personal Information we collected about you in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, in a readily useable format.
  • Right to delete your Personal Information:  In certain circumstances, you have the right to have your Personal Information deleted. You may make such a request at any time and we will evaluate if your request should be granted, however this right is subject to any legal obligations we may have to retain data. For situations where in accordance with the law, we determine that your request to have your personal data deleted must be granted, we will do so within the time limit set by the applicable data protection laws.
  • Right to opt-out of the “sale” or “sharing” of Personal Information:  We do not sell your personal data in the conventional sense. However, like many companies, we may use analytics services that are intended to analyze your interactions with our website, based on information obtained from cookies or other trackers, including for delivering interest-based content to you.

You can opt out of the use of cookies on our website by using your browser

Most browsers allow you to view, manage, delete, and block cookies for a website. You can find specific guidance on how to control cookies for common browsers linked below:

To learn more about certain cookies used for interest-based advertising by third parties, including through cross-device tracking, and to exercise certain choices regarding such cookies, please visit

  • Digital Advertising Alliance in the US
  • Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada
  • European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance
  • Australian Digital Advertising Alliance
  • Right to equal service for exercising your privacy rights:  Unless permitted by applicable law, we will not discriminate against you when you exercise your privacy rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act or other applicable law, including by: denying you goods or services; charging you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through the use of discounts or other benefits or by imposing penalties; providing you with a different level of quality of good or services; or suggesting that you will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level of quality of goods or services.

To exercise your rights, you can contact us at the following address: info@adeccogroupfoundationUS.org

You can also lodge a complaint about our processing of your personal information with your local data protection authority.

Marketing communications.

We will only send marketing communications to you via email where permitted by applicable law.

We will usually offer you a check box on the forms we use to collect your personal information where, if you agree to receive marketing communications, you have to click the box. Where we send marketing communications to you via email, you may opt out of receiving any further marketing communications by clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ or ‘opt-out’ function in the email. In addition, you can also exercise your opt-out right at any time by contacting us at info@adeccogroupfoundationUS.org and providing the following information: your name, your email address, a contact telephone number, the marketing communications you would like to opt out of receiving.

Verifying Your Identity

To exercise the rights described above, it may be necessary for us to verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the Personal Information relates to you. To exercise your rights, we will collect your name, e-mail and/or telephone to verify your identity. Upon receiving your request, we may also contact you via e-mail and/or other secured communication channel to verify your identity by asking you additional security questions in order to match your identity with the data we maintain about you.

For residents of California only, you, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your Personal Information.  Your authorized representative may be required to submit a declaration or affidavit demonstrating that they have the authority to act on your behalf.

Once we have verified your identity, we will disclose the specific pieces of Personal Information we collected about you, by mail or electronically, at your option, in a readily usable format that allows you to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.

Please note that if we cannot verify your identity, we are not obligated to provide you or your authorized representative information regarding your Personal Information.

To submit a request or for more information on how to submit a request, please contact us using the information listed in the “Contact” section below. Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an account with us.

Shine the Light

California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Code § 1798.83) permits users of our Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us using the information listed in the “Contact” section below.

Children’s privacy

Our Website is designed and intended for adults. By accessing and/or using our Website, you represent that you are a legal adult.  If you are not a legal adult, you must have your parent or legal guardian access and use the Website for you. If you want to purchase any goods or services that may be offered on our Website, such purchase(s) must be made by your parent or legal guardian on your behalf.

Our Website is not intended for, and we do not knowingly collect information from or otherwise market our website or other materials to children under thirteen (13) years of age. If you are a parent or guardian of a child under the age of thirteen (13) and believe that he or she has disclosed Personal Information to us, please contact us using the information listed in the “Contact” section below. You may review and request the deletion of your child’s Personal Information or prohibit the further use of such information.

Changes to this Policy

The terms of this Policy may change from time to time. We shall publish any material changes to this Policy through appropriate notices either on this website or contacting you using other communication channels.

Contact:

Questions, comments and requests regarding this Policy are welcomed and should be addressed to the Adecco Foundation, 4800 Deerwood Campus Parkway, Bldg. 800, Jacksonville, FL 32246, info@adeccogroupfoundationUS.org.

You can request a copy of mechanisms relating to a specific transfer of your personal information by contacting info@adeccogroupfoundationUS.org.

You can also contact our privacy team at the following address: privacy@adeccona.com.