BTI Consultants informs our customers, applicants, and employees about the information we collect, how we use it, and whether it will be transferred to third parties. Where possible, we provide individuals with details prior to their providing information, or as soon thereafter as is practical.

BTI Consultants' goal in collecting your personal data is to provide you with the most personalized service possible. By knowing more about you, BTI Consultants is able to deliver leading staffing and employment services and, hence, a better service to you.

In general, personal information is requested when you contact us to look for employment or to search for a candidate to fill a job opening. We ask applicants for their names, addresses, and other personal information such as work experience, education, and skills. When hiring employees, we may also request personal information that is considered "sensitive", such as information necessary to provide health benefits.

The amount of personal information you are required to supply will normally be limited to only that which is necessary to supply our services to you.

Applicants and Employees: When you sign up for our job-search services through our on-line job application, we may ask you for your name, e-mail address, or other personal information such as work experience, education, and skills.

Our Preferred Candidate system includes a Personal Search Agent (PSA) that allows Web site visitors to create a job-search profile. The profile acts as an intelligent agent to identify those jobs in our database that match your criteria. When a matching job becomes available, our Preferred Candidate system will notify you. These e-mail notifications travel over the Internet via non-secure networks.

We will also use your contact information to send you e-mail messages about our company or job postings that fit your profile. Only BTI Consultants will send you these direct mailings. You may opt out of receiving future mailings via e-mail; see the Choice: Opt Out-Opt In section. At no time will we release your personal information to customers without your consent.

E-Learning Participants: For those who take advantage of Kelly's e-learning courses, we may request an e-mail address from you and ask that you create a special password to access your courses, test scores, and course history. For those courses with training fees, Kelly may also collect credit card information.

Cookies and Web Beacons: To help us provide better service, we sometimes collect anonymous information from visits to our sites through the use of "web beacons". These do not access your personal information, but rather allow Kelly to log users who have visited our Web sites. This anonymous information is sometimes known as "clickstream data". BTI Consultants or its vendors may use this data to analyze trends and statistics to help us provide better customer service. If you do not want your transaction details used in this manner, see the paragraph below on cookies.

Many BTI Consultants Web sites also use "cookies" to help personalize the online experience. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about that user. They also allow us to identify those computers when they return to a site. You can set your browser to notify you before you receive a cookie, giving you the option of whether to accept it. You can also set your browser to turn off cookies. If you do so, however, areas of some sites may not function properly. BTI Consultants uses both session ID and persistent cookies. A session ID cookie simply terminates once users close the browser. A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on the user’s hard drive for an extended period of time. These can be removed by following Internet browser help file directions.

Links: This Web site contains links to other Kelly sites that adhere to the same privacy principles. For links to non-Kelly organizations, BTI Consultants is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Retention of Personal Data: Personal data that is collected from you will be retained or destroyed according to company requirements and/or local laws.