ExponentHR

Terms of Use

Your employer has entered into an agreement with Exponent Technologies, Inc. ("Exponent Technologies") to provide certain human resources services, including this website and the materials and documents contained herein.  Your employment relationship with your Company is not affected by the agreement between your Company and Exponent Technologies.  You are not an employee of Exponent Technologies and Exponent Technologies assumes no control or right or responsibility for the direction or supervision of your employment. The services, including the website, are provided solely for the benefit of the Company and it is in the sole discretion of the Company the extent to which it provides the services, including the website, to you for use. 

Acceptance of Terms
By using any website of Exponent Technologies in any manner, you agree to accept and comply with the terms and conditions of use as stated below, including agreeing to indemnify and hold harmless Exponent Technologies from all related claims of any nature. These terms and conditions may be updated at any time without notice. You should visit this page periodically to review the then-current terms of use.

Intellectual Property
All services, materials and information contained in this website are the property of Exponent Technologies and are protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws.  Click on the Copyright Notice below for more information regarding these protections.  You may view, print or download copies of the materials from this website solely for use related to performance of your job duties and obligations with the Company, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. No material from this web site may be otherwise copied, reproduced, modified, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any other way without prior written permission from Exponent Technologies.

You agree that any and all comments, information, feedback and ideas regarding our company, products or services that you communicate to Exponent Technologies will become the property of Exponent Technologies, and Exponent Technologies shall be entitled to full rights of ownership, including without limitation, unrestricted right to use or disclose such information in any form, medium or technology now known or later developed, and for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to you.

You agree not to de-compile, reverse engineer, disassemble, tamper with or unlawfully use or reproduce any of the information, software, copyrighted or trademarked material, trade secrets or other proprietary information contained herein.

No Legal, Insurance, or Investment Advice
No services, materials or information offered through this website should be construed to be the rendering of legal, insurance or investment advice or counsel. You are responsible for obtaining your own competent legal, insurance and investment advice from qualified providers at your own expense.

Termination and Monitoring
Exponent Technologies may at any time, in its sole discretion and without notice, make changes to the services, materials and information described in this website or discontinue any services described or provided herein.

You agree that Exponent Technologies may, in its sole discretion, terminate your access to this website at any time without notice. You also agree that Exponent Technologies has the right to monitor your access and use of its websites without notification to you.

Privacy and Security
All personal information is subject to the Privacy Notice of Exponent Technologies which may be accessed by clicking on Privacy Notice at the bottom of this page.

Access to and use of password protected or secured areas of this website is restricted to authorized users only. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any username and password that you choose, or is chosen by your Company's web administrator on your behalf. You are solely responsible for any activity that occurs under your username and password. Unauthorized access to password protected or secured areas of this website is prohibited and may lead to discipline from your Company, up to and including termination and/or criminal prosecution.

You acknowledge and agree that the security of information transmitted over the Internet and the World Wide Web can never be guaranteed. You hereby waive any and all claims against Exponent Technologies in this regard and acknowledge that Exponent Technologies is not responsible for any interception or interruption of any communications over the Internet and World Wide Web or for any changes to or losses of data.

Indemnification
By using this website in any manner, you agree to these terms and conditions, including agreeing to indemnify, defend and hold Exponent Technologies, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, suppliers and any other third party, without limitation, harmless from and against any and all third party claims, liabilities, damages, losses or expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees and costs) arising out of, based on or in connection with any violation of these terms and conditions.

Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SERVICES, MATERIALS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS". TO THE GREATEST EXTENT ALLOWABLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY WARRANTY (EXPRESS OR IMPLIED) OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTIBILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR TITLE IS HEREBY EXCLUDED.

EXPONENT TECHNOLOGIES USES REASONABLE EFFORTS TO INCLUDE ACCURATE AND TIMELY INFORMATION ON THIS WEBSITE. HOWEVER, YOU SHOULD NOT ASSUME THAT THE SERVICES, MATERIALS OR INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS WEBSITE ARE ERROR FREE OR ARE SUITABLE FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

YOU AGREE THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL EXPONENT TECHNOLOGIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES SUFFERED BY YOU INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION:

.         LOST PROFITS OR DAMAGES FOR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION

.         COSTS OF REPLACEMENT GOODS

.         LOSS OR DAMAGE TO PROGRAMS OR DATA ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE OR ANY LINKED SITE

.         DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF OR RELIANCE ON THE SERVICES, MATERIALS OR INFORMATION PRESENTED ON THIS WEBSITE OR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE CONTENT HEREIN

.         DAMAGES ARISING FROM VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES OR OTHER CODE THAT HAS CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES

.         DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY BREACH OF SECURITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION THROUGH THE INTERNET, EVEN IF EXPONENT TECHNOLOGIES WAS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

THIS WEBSITE MAY CONTAIN TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. EXPONENT TECHNOLOGIES PROVIDES THIS CONTENT 'AS IS' AND MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, BASED ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN. EXPONENT TECHNOLOGIES IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, AT ANY TIME, AND TO INCLUDE THOSE CHANGES IN FUTURE VERSIONS.

Links to Other Sites
This website may provide, for your convenience and information only, links to certain other World Wide Websites. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this website, you do this entirely at your own risk. Exponent Technologies is not responsible for the content of other sites.

EXPONENT TECHNOLOGIES DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, TO ANY SUCH LINKED SITES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY TERMS AS TO THE ACCURACY, OWNERSHIP, VALIDITY OR LEGALITY OF ANY CONTENT OF A LINKED SITE.

Governing Laws
You are solely responsible for the content of your communications and their legality under all laws and regulations. You agree not to use this website to distribute, link to or solicit content that is defamatory, harassing, unlawful, libelous, harmful to minors, threatening, obscene, false, misleading, or infringing a third party intellectual or privacy rights.

Access to and use of this website are subject to all applicable international, federal, state and local laws and regulations. You agree not to use the website in any way which violates such laws and regulations. All matters relating to your access and use of this web site shall be governed by the federal laws of the United States and the laws of the State of Texas. Exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any actions or disputes arising out of, or relating to or in any way connected with your access and/or use of this website or the materials and documents contained herein shall be submitted to binding arbitration in Dallas County, Texas administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with its Commercial Arbitration Rules.

Privacy Notice

Introduction
Welcome to the website of Exponent Technologies, Inc ("Exponent Technologies") in which we may make use of personal information that you provide to us for the purpose of serving you better. We understand that you are concerned about the privacy of personal information. Accordingly, we have created this Privacy Notice which sets forth the privacy principles and describes the practices that will be followed with respect to the privacy of users of this site. From time to time, alterations to the ExponentHR website or other services offered by Exponent Technologies may necessitate changes to this Privacy Notice and you are advised to review it periodically. By using the ExponentHR website, you consent to the collection and use of your personal information by Exponent Technologies.

How is personal information collected and used?
Personal information is used by Exponent Technologies to develop and deliver services, process transactions, respond to your questions and to fulfill legal and regulatory obligations. For example, we allow you to edit and update personal information online and allow you to download forms that have imported your personal information.

To conduct our business, we may collect and maintain a variety of personal, non-public information about you and, if applicable, your company and employees. For companies, this information may include location data, employee data, payroll data and benefit plan data. For employees, personal information may include name, address, Social Security number, employment status, spouse and dependent information, salary and benefits data, and passwords.

We may collect information about you from a variety of sources including:

Your direct access and use of our website.

The submission of paper forms to us by you or your employer.

Information obtained about you directly or indirectly from third parties.

Our transactions and experience with you and your employer.

On-line forms and through Internet technology, including the use of "cookies" and "IP addresses."

Exponent Technologies may share personal information in a variety of ways, including:

We use your personally identifiable information to communicate with you in the course of your employment or client relationship.

 

We may transfer our database of employee information to a third-party contractor who provides employment verification services or third party administration services on behalf of Exponent Technologies. Such third-party contractors are contractually bound to hold all such information in confidence and do not share such information with any parties other than Exponent Technologies.

We will provide certain personally identifiable information to third party benefit providers in conjunction with the administration of benefit plans.

If you are an employee, most of your personal information is also available to your employer. However, Exponent Technologies does not provide information regarding your physical and/or mental health to any third party for any purposes, unless compelled by a governmental or legal authority.

We may disclose information in special cases when we have a good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (b) protect and defend our rights or property; (c) enforce our website Terms of Use; or (d) act to protect the interests of our users or others. For example, we report information regarding your compensation and withholding to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.

If necessary to respond to an apparent medical emergency, we may disclose selected employee information.

We do not sell or rent personal information collected through this site to anyone. However, Exponent Technologies may provide aggregate statistics about visitors to our sites, such as volume, traffic patterns, and related site information to reputable third-party vendors, but these statistics will include no identifiable personal information.

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to sell various elements of the Exponent Technologies’ business. In the unlikely event that we sell all or a portion of Exponent Technologies, we will transfer personal information associated with that business as part of such a sale.

What are cookies and how are they used?
Like many other commercial web sites, we may utilize a standard web technology called "cookies" to collect and store information about how our site is used. Cookies were designed to help a web site operator determine that a particular user had visited the site previously and thus save and remember any preferences that may have been set while the user was browsing the site. They also enable us to pre-populate, or automatically fill out, forms and schedules. Cookies are small strings of text that web sites can send to your browser. Cookies do not retrieve any other data from your hard drive or obtain your e-mail address. If you are simply browsing a Exponent Technologies informational site, a cookie may be used to identify your browser as one that has visited the site before.

We may also make use of memory-based cookies in support of authenticating the user of certain Exponent Technologies web applications. Similarly, if you are a registered user of a site providing service to Exponent Technologies clients (and have a user ID and password), we may use cookies so that we can provide personalized information based on preferences you have indicated while using the site. Although you have the ability to modify your browser to either accept all cookies, notify you when a cookie is sent, or reject all cookies, some of these options may require that you re-enter your User ID and Password each time you enter the site.

You should disable the use of cookies on any system that provides multiple-user or common access, as this option may allow users to view another person's previously entered User ID and Password and potentially enter the site. Check the Security menus in the Internet Options screen of your browser to set the appropriate usage of cookies.

What is an IP Address and how is it used?
IP addresses are numbers that are automatically assigned to your computer, and, if associated with other individually identifiable information, could be considered personal information. We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer and improve our websites. Your IP address is also used to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information, some of which we aggregate and then share with our strategic alliances or potential strategic alliances companies. We also use your IP address to keep track of the information you have seen on our sites. 

How can you correct, access, and update your information?
You may view and edit your personal information at any time by contacting us using the link provided on the web site.

How can you help protect your information?
Information you submit through our website, as well as the information we send back to you while you are visiting our website, is protected while passing through the Internet using strong encryption ("scrambling" to make it incomprehensible) when necessary. Our secure server software encrypts information, ensuring that Internet communications through our website stay private and protected.

Also remember to sign out of the registered site and close your browser window when you have finished your work. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if others have access to your computer.

Your account information is not stored on our Web server. It is stored on our secured corporate computer systems.

Other sites
Exponent Technologies sites may contain links to other sites, including those of our business partners. While we seek to link only to sites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, we are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by other sites or for the content of what is offered on those sites.

What are your choices regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information?
If you have voluntarily provided information, you consented to the collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Notice. If, in connection with your use of a particular service, we ask to use your data in a way not described in this Privacy Notice and you do not wish to permit that use, you can choose not to use the particular service.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this notice, please contact Exponent Technologies.

Information On Our Website Security
The information for the accounts you have with ExponentHR from Exponent Technologies, Inc. is kept secure and confidential through multiple security features and procedures.

To ensure the security of your confidential account information, we use proven security software to encrypt the information before it is transmitted through the Internet. We only allow confidential information to be submitted for transmission if your browser is compatible with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), our security software. If your browser is not compatible, you will receive a message indicating your transaction can not be completed because of the security risk.

SSL establishes a secure connection between two parties (for example, your browser and our web server). It is used to implement HTTPS, the secure version of HTTP, and is an open technology supported across various browsers (for example, Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer). Exponent Technologies, Inc. requires that you use an SSL-enabled browser to communicate with the secure area of our site. You know you are visiting the secure area of our site when the URL begins with "https://...".

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secured. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or receive from us. This is especially true for information transmitted via e-mail. We have no way of protecting unencrypted information sent to us until it reaches our servers. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our servers.

Our corporate network systems, which store your account information, use industry standards.  We have data security staff whose responsibilities include the security of the information we process and store.

If you have further questions or comments regarding security, please let us know.
 

Copyright Notice

ExponentHR and Exponent Technologies are the sole property of and registered trademarks of Exponent Technologies, Inc ("Exponent Technologies"). All services, materials and information contained in this website are the property of Exponent Technologies, Inc. and are protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. No material from this web site may be copied, reproduced, modified, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way without prior written permission from Exponent Technologies.