Effective Date: June 01, 2023
Military Times (“we,” “us,” or “our”) shares your concerns about maintaining the integrity and privacy of information collected for the Best for Vets: Employers Survey. We are committed to protecting your privacy, and this privacy policy (“Policy”) is intended to describe our information collection and dissemination practices in connection with Military Times family of websites located at www.MilitaryTimes.com or any website or service that links to or refers to this Policy (collectively, the “Sites”).
Please review the entire Policy and feel free to contact us using the contact information below if you have any questions. By agreeing to participate in the Best for Vets: Employers Survey you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information in accordance with the Policy.
I. COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
We collect the following kinds of information in the Survey:
Contact information, such as you and your company’s full name, email address, mobile phone number, and zip code. This information is mandatory for you to answer in order to participate in the survey.
We also ask about Military-connected recruitment and employment practices, policies, and programs; Military-connected retention and support practices, policies, and programs; Recognition of military service; Support for attainment of civilian credentials; Current Partnerships with military-connected vendors and veteran owned businesses; Employment support for guard and reserve employees; Credit towards retirement for military service; company leadership with military experience; Inclusive workplace policies; and additional information requested about the company such as company logos and pictures that can be used in publication. This information is voluntary, and if you choose to not disclose it, you can opt to skip it and move to the next question.
Any other information you provide to us.
II. USE OF INFORMATION
We use the information we collect in the survey to:
■ Submission data will only be used to develop ranking lists and story content for publication in Military Times special Best for Vets Employers issue which includes Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times and Marine Corps Times. Additionally, similar stories to those that appear in our four magazines will also appear on our websites.
■ After publication of the current year’s rankings, outside of organizational contact information, and data that is allowed to appear on publicly facing company pages on the Military Times sites, the data is not used for any other purpose.
■ To contact you about other Best for Vets Survey opportunities.
III. PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION
Military Times will only publish aggregate results from the survey. Military Times may choose to highlight individual qualitative survey answers if deemed appropriate content by Military Times editorial
staff. Questions that Military Times has identified as potential for publication are stated as such in the survey.
Military Times will only publish the following information collected from the survey :
■ Company Name
■ Company size
■ Company Headquarters location
■ Overall Rank
■ Percent of employees who are veterans
■ Qualitative information on standout retention support programs
■ Qualitative information about support for attainment of a civilian credential
■ Information regarding policies for reservists
■ Information about policies for credit toward retirement for military service
■ Qualitative information about recruitment and hiring practices for people with disabilities
■ Qualitative information about recruitment/hiring policy/program/initiative specifically for military spouses and minority veterans
■ Any additional information requested about your organization such as pictures you provide and company logo
Individual submissions will not be published in whole or in part without the consent of the respondent (or organization survey represents) without the consent of the respondent.
IV. SHARING OF INFORMATION
We are committed to maintaining your trust. We will not share or sell any information collected for the Military Times Best for Vets: Employers Survey with any third parties for any reason.
V. SECURITY
We use reasonable measures to help protect information from loss, theft, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. You should understand that no data storage system or transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure. Data is password protected and only seen and used by the research team.
VI. YOUR CHOICES
You may opt out of our email newsletters by clicking the “unsubscribe” at the bottom of each newsletter and following the subsequent instructions. You may also opt out of all communications from Military Times by contacting us using the contact information below.
You may be able to refuse or disable cookies by adjusting your web browser settings. Because each web browser is different, please consult the instructions provided by your web browser (typically in the “help” section). Please note that you may need to take additional steps to refuse or disable Local Shared Objects and similar technologies. For example, Local Shared Objects can be controlled through the instructions on Adobe’s Setting Manager page. If you choose to refuse, disable, or delete these technologies, some of the functionality of the Sites may no longer be available to you.
California residents are entitled once a year, free of charge, to request and obtain certain information regarding our disclosure, if any, of certain categories of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. We do not share personal information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.
VII. THIRD-PARTY ADVERTISING, LINKS, AND CONTENT
Some of the Sites may contain links to content maintained by third parties that we do not control. We allow third parties, including business partners, advertising networks, and other advertising service providers, to collect information about your online activities through cookies, pixels, local storage, and other technologies. These third parties may use this information to display advertisements on our Sites and elsewhere online tailored to your interests, preferences, and characteristics. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties, and the information practices of these third parties are not covered by this Privacy Policy.
Some third parties collect information about users of our Sites to provide interest-based advertising on our Sites and elsewhere, including across browsers and devices. These third parties may use the information they collect on our Sites to make predictions about your interests in order to provide you ads (from us and other companies) across the internet. Some of these third parties may participate in an industry organization that gives users the opportunity to opt out of receiving ads that are tailored based on your online activities. Due to differences between using apps and websites on mobile devices, you may need to take additional steps to disable targeted ad technologies in mobile apps. Many mobile devices allow you to opt out of targeted advertising for mobile apps using the settings within the mobile app or your mobile device. For more information, please check your mobile settings. You also may uninstall our apps using the standard uninstall process available on your mobile device or app marketplace.
VIII. COOKIES
Cookies are small bits of information that are stored by your computer’s web browser. Pixel tags are very small images or small pieces of data embedded in images, also known as “web beacons” or “clear GIFs,” that can recognize cookies, the time and date a page is viewed, a description of the page where the pixel tag is placed, and similar information from your computer or device. Local Shared Objects (sometimes referred to as “Flash Cookies”) are similar to standard cookies except that they can be larger and are downloaded to a computer or mobile device by the Adobe Flash media player. To find out more above cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
We use cookies, Local Shared Objects, and similar technologies for technical reasons to enable the efficient operation of the Sites, to enhance the ease of use of the Sites, and to gather statistics on how you use our Sites. By using the Sites, you consent to our use of cookies and similar technologies. You may opt out of cookies and similar technologies in accordance with the “Choices” section above, but please understand that certain functionalities on the Site may no longer function for you if you choose to do so.
XI. CHILDREN
We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 13 without parental consent, unless permitted by law. If we learn that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with personal information, we will delete it in accordance with applicable law.
X. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Policy from time to time. When we update the Policy, we will revise the “Effective Date” date above and post the new Privacy Policy. We recommend that you review the Privacy Policy each time you visit the Sites to stay informed of our privacy practices.
XI. CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions about this Policy or our practices, please contact us at:
Military Times
901 N. Glebe Road, 5th Floor
Arlington, VA 22203
Email: mgreenberg@mco.com and