Privacy Statement

Overview

At Amidon Contracting Solutions, Inc. (“Amidon”), we are committed to respecting the privacy of the people who use our Website and our Portal (the “Users”). We strive to provide a safe, secure user experience. This Privacy Statement sets forth the online data collection and usage policies and practices that apply to www.AmidonContractingSolutions.com (the Amidon Website”) the portal that you can access from the Website (the Amidon Portal”) and any other Web Sites maintained by Amidon (collectively along with the Amidon Website and the Amidon Portal referred to as the "Amidon Sites") and does not apply to information we collect in any other fashion.

Your data will be stored and processed in whole or in part in the United States. The information we gather on the Amidon Sites may be shared within the Amidon-affiliated companies on a worldwide basis in order to deliver the products and services we offer to our customers "Affiliated companies" means entities that control, are controlled by or are under common control with Amidon, Inc. Your information may also be shared with any other company that Amidon is under contract with either as a subcontractor, a prime contractor, customer or any other arrangement as we may decide in our sole discretion is necessary or desirable to deliver the products and services to our customers.

The Amidon Sites contain links to other Web sites over which we have no control. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of other Web sites to which you choose to link from our Sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those other Web sites so you can understand how they collect, use and share your information.

Collection and Use of Information by Monster

In some areas of the Amidon Sites, we request or may request that you provide personal information, including your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, credit card number, social security number, contact information, billing information and any other information from which your identity is discernible. In other areas, we collect or may collect demographic information that is not unique to you such as your ZIP code, age, preferences, gender, interests and favorites. Sometimes we collect or may collect a combination of the two types of information.

We also gather or may gather certain information about your use of the Amidon Sites, such as what areas you visit and what services you access. Moreover, there is information about your computer hardware and software that is or may be collected by us. This information can include without limitation your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses, but is not linked to your personal information.

In some cases, we may ask you to submit information about third parties, such as your subcontractors. If you do provide such information, you are representing and warranting to us that you are authorized by that person to submit the information, and you and they consent to the use of that information in accordance with the policies and practices described in this Privacy Statement.

Our Use of Your Information

We use the information we gather on the Amidon Sites, whether personal, demographic, collective or technical, for the purpose of operating and improving the Amidon Sites, fostering a positive user experience, and delivering the products and services that we offer.

We may also use the information we gather to inform you of other products or services available from us or our affiliated companies.

We may use your contact information in order to send you e-mail or other communications regarding updates at the Amidon Sites, to solicit you for bids or opportunities, to contact you about your opinion of current products and services or potential new products and services that may be offered. We may also provide additional communications, promotions and information on new Amidon products, services, or opportunities which may be of interest to you. The nature and frequency of these messages will vary depending upon the information we have about you.

In addition, you may receive free informational e-mails or newsletters from us relating to topics that may be of special interest to you.

We have areas on the Amidon Sites where you can submit feedback. Any feedback you submit in these areas becomes our property, and we can use such feedback (such as testimonials) for marketing purposes or to contact you for further information.

Choices Regarding the Disclosure of Personal Information to Others

We do not disclose your personal information to third parties, or your combined personal and demographic information or information about your use of the Amidon Sites (such as the areas you visit or the services you access), except as set forth below.

1. If you are a vendor or subcontractor, we disclose information that you provide and any other information about you or your performance to our customer, or other persons with whom we are under contract concerning any project that you may be working on.
2. We disclose information to third parties if you consent to such disclosure. For example, if you indicate that you would like to receive information about the opportunities, products or services of third parties at the time you register for a Amidon account, we supply your contact information to third parties such as data aggregators, marketers or others for the purpose of sending you e-mail or otherwise communicating with you. We use data we have about you (such as the interests and preferences you have expressed) to determine whether you might be interested in the opportunities, products or services of a particular third-party.
3. We disclose information to companies and individuals we employ to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include hosting our Web servers, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. These companies and individuals will have access to your personal information as necessary to perform their functions, but they may not share that information with any other third party.
4. We disclose information if legally required to do so, if requested to do so by a governmental entity or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (b) protect our rights or property or our affiliated companies; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or (d) protect the personal safety of users or the public.
5. We disclose and transfer information to a third party who acquires all or a substantial portion of our business, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets. In addition, in the event we become the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, we or our trustee in bankruptcy may sell, license or otherwise dispose of such information in a transaction approved by the bankruptcy court. You will be notified of sale of all or a substantial portion of our business to a third party via email or through a prominent notice posted on the Amidon Sites.

Other Uses of Information

We also may share aggregated anonymous information about visitors to the Amidon Sites with our clients, partners and other third parties so that they can understand the kinds of visitors to the Amidon Sites and how those visitors use the Amidon Sites.

Use of Cookies

We reserve the right to use "cookies" to help personalize and maximize your online experience and time online. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard drive by a Web page server. Cookies are not used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to your computer, and can only be read by a Web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Amidon pages, or register for services, a cookie helps us to recall your specific information (such as user name, password and preferences). When you return to Amidon, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the features that you customized. We also use cookies to track click streams and for load balancing.

You may have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline all cookies if you prefer. Alternatively, you may be able to modify your browser setting to notify you each time a cookie is tendered and permit you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis. If you choose to decline cookies, however, that may hinder performance and negatively impact your experience on Amidon and the Amidon Website.

Use of Web Beacons

The Amidon Sites may contain electronic images known as Web beacons (sometimes called single-pixel gifs) that allow us to count users who have visited those pages. Web beacons are not used to access your personally identifiable information; they are a technique we use to compile aggregated statistics about our Web site usage. Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the Web beacon resides.

You may not decline web beacons, however, they can be rendered ineffective by declining all cookies or modifying your browser setting to notify you each time a cookie is tendered and permit you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis.

Retention of Your Information

We may retain indefinitely all the information we gather about you in an effort to make your repeat use of Amidon or the Amidon Website more efficient, practical, and relevant.

Security of the Personal Information

We have implemented commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes.

Minors

The Amidon Sites are not intended for children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18.

Changes to Privacy Statement

If we decide to materially change our Privacy Statement for the Amidon Sites, we will post those changes through a prominent notice on the web site so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and to whom we will disclose it.

If at any time, you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Statement or believe that we have not adhered to this Privacy Statement, please feel free to email us at contactus@AmidonContractingSolutions.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly answer your question or resolve your problem.

Contact Information

Amidon Contracting Solutions, Inc. is a North Carolina corporation with its principal place of business at 3160 Pearces Rd, Zebulon, NC 27597 does business. Amidon Contracting Solutions, Inc. is the legal entity which determines the purposes and means of processing the information gathered at the Amidon Sites

This Privacy Statement is in addition to and does not alter the Terms and Conditions for your use of the Amidon Sites, which Terms and Conditions are expressly incorporated herein by reference.