Privacy and Security Policy

Welcome to the career and recruiting sections of tjx.com (the Website), the website for The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX). TJX and its affiliates are the TJX Businesses. The career and recruiting sections of the Website are sometimes referred to as the Career Section.

This Privacy and Security Policy applies to and is a part of the Website. The Website is also governed by the Website's Terms of Use. By using the Website or by applying for a position online or furnishing your resume or other personal information to us as described below you signify your assent to the conditions stated in the Privacy and Security Policy and the Terms of Use. If you do not agree with this Privacy and Security Policy and our Terms of Use, please do not use our Website or apply for a position on-line, or provide us your resume or other personal information. In the event any of the terms of this Privacy and Security Policy directly conflict with the Website Terms of Use, the terms of this Privacy and Security Policy shall control.

TJX wants to make your experience online convenient and safe. We want you to know what information we collect, how we may use that information, how we protect that information, and how we share that information. Personal information is non-public information about an identifiable individual, as more particularly described under applicable privacy legislation. This Privacy and Security Policy does not apply to information that is not personal information or to information we collect in any other manner or on any other website of the TJX Businesses.

What Information We Collect

We collect information you provide to us. For example, when you use the Career Section to submit information to us, create or update your profile, submit or update your resume, or apply for a job, you are voluntarily providing us your personal information.

In addition, each time you visit our Website, our servers or the servers of parties who may assist us in hosting or operating the Career Section from time to time may automatically collect certain information describing your visit, including your IP address and browser information. By itself, an IP address is not personally identifiable, although this information may be combined with other personal information. This automatically collected information provides us with data regarding the use of the Website and Career Section in order to make them operate more efficiently.

How We Use the Information We Collect

When we do collect information from you when you use the Career Section of the Website, we will use it for recruitment or hiring purposes only. Managing your career is a lifelong process. Accordingly, we may maintain indefinitely your resume and any other information you submit to us, together with information we may gather in connection with your application, for future reference so we can consider you for additional positions or review your later applications as effectively and efficiently as possible. Such information is also maintained for archival and recordkeeping purposes.

On rare occasions we may also be required to disclose your information if required by law or other governmental requests such as court or government agency requests for information, subpoenas, or orders, or as we may reasonably determine to be necessary to protect our rights or the rights of others, to deter fraud, to avert harm to persons or property, or to enforce our Website Terms of Use or this Privacy and Security Policy.

How You Can Update or Change Your Resume

You can update or edit your resume and/or any other information you submitted to us in this Career Section at any time and from time to time simply by utilizing your confidential password and the Update Profile feature.

Those With Whom We Share Your Information

Since we utilize the Career Section for career opportunities at all of our divisions, we will share your personal information among the TJX Businesses (which are affiliates owned by TJX, including A.J. Wright, Bob's Stores, T.J. Maxx, HomeGoods and Marshalls in the United States, Winners and HomeSense in Canada, and T.K. Maxx in the United Kingdom). They shall only use this information consistent with the purposes identified in this statement. Thus, you may be contacted by a division of TJX other than the company to which you originally applied, or for a position other than the one for which you originally applied. It is possible that your information may also be transferred as an asset in connection with a merger or sale (including any transfers made as a part of an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding) involving all or part of the TJX Businesses or as part of a corporate reorganization, stock sale or other change in control and may become subject to the acquirer's policies.

Certain personal information we collect about you will also be shared with third parties who perform services for us or with whom we contract for the purposes described in this Privacy and Security Policy. For example, we may use third parties to host the Career Section of our Website or help us operate certain of its features. However, these third party service providers are given the information that they need to perform their designated functions and we do not authorize them to use or disclose your personal information for any other purpose.

Policies for Children

We do not seek nor will we knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 13.

Links to Other Sites

When you use our Website, you may discover that it contains links to other sites that are not owned or operated by the TJX Businesses. These links are not intended to be referrals or endorsements of the linked sites and the TJX Businesses are providing them only as a convenience. As such, the TJX Businesses do not warrant, represent or assume any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, completeness or operation of any linked site (or any site contained in a linked site), or the practices or privacy and other policies contained in any linked site (or any site contained in a linked site). You should familiarize yourself, therefore, with the specific legal, privacy and security information contained in any such linked sites.

Our Website may also contain links to other sites operated by the TJX Businesses. We advise you to review the legal, privacy and security information for each such site to which you link, as the terms and conditions of use and the personal information you provide vary from website to website. This Privacy and Security Policy and Terms of Use apply solely to your personal information collected under the Career Section, and does not apply to information we collect in any other fashion or on any other website.

Use of Cookies

We and some of our third-party service providers may use cookies or similar technology. A cookie is a small text file written by an Internet server to a Website user's browser where information is exchanged between them, and which is stored on a computer's hard drive to allow us to recognize and track users on our Website and assist us in providing users with a productive online experience. Cookies enable us to store information about your use of our website such as the areas you visit and the length of your stay. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies and can be reset by using the Help portion of the toolbar to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent. Should you choose to disable any cookies associated with the Website, you will not be able to take full advantage of all the Website's features, but you should be able to navigate the Website without difficulty.

How We Protect Your Information

We and any third party service providers which help us operate the Career Section from time to time employ various security measures designed to help protect the personal information that is collected about you, including instituting software firewalls to protect the servers and network. Unfortunately, no transmission of information over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure and therefore we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any such information.

Please also note that you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and other means of access to the Website or the information you submit to the Career Section. Please immediately notify TJX of any unauthorized use of your password or other access to the Career Section. We also request that you protect your personal information by never providing o including your social security number, drivers license number, government issued identification number, credit card numbers or bank account numbers in your profile, your resume, or any cover letter or other information or communication you submit to us.

Additional Terms of Use and Prohibited Uses

The Career Section of the Website is also governed by the Website's Terms of Use. The content of the Career Section is constantly changing, and despite our efforts, the Career Section may contain inaccuracies or typographical or other errors, and we apologize for any inconvenience. The TJX Businesses make no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of any career opportunity posting or any other recruiting content. Changes are made periodically to the postings and content, and may be made at any time.

Use of the Career Section is limited to the purpose of submitting your own resume, your own profile and other information, or applying for a job on your own behalf only. Recruiters representing candidates are not permitted to send candidates' resumes in response to job postings on this Website. The posting of employment opportunities by TJX or the TJX Businesses on the Website is not a solicitation or request for the engagement of any recruiter or search agency's services.

The following is expressly prohibited on the Website: posting any incomplete, false or inaccurate biographical information or information which is not your own resume; including any social security, drivers license, governmental identification, credit card or bank account number or similar non-public information in your resume, your profile or in any other information you submit to us; revising or deleting any material posted by any other person; posting the resume of anyone other than yourself; using any device, software or technique to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website; using the Website or any content for any commercial or public purpose; or disclosing or sharing your password for access to non-public areas of the Website with any other person or entity, or using your password for any unauthorized purpose.

Also, if you access the Website from outside of the United States, you do so at your own risk, and we are not responsible for compliance with the laws of any foreign jurisdiction.

Contact Information

If you have questions regarding this Privacy and Security Policy, you may contact us at the following address:

The TJX Companies, Inc.
770 Cochituate Road
Framingham, MA 01701
Attn: Home Office Staffing Re: Privacy and Security Policy

Changes to Our Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy and Security Policy by updating this posting from time to time. Your use of our Website and submission of your profile, your resume or other information to the Career Section following any such change constitutes your agreement to be bound by the changed terms. For this reason, we request that you please refer to this statement often for the latest information, and always before you make any submission of information to us.

This statement was last updated as of December 14, 2004.

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