Official Site of The State of New Jersey

Welcome! Thank you for visiting the Working Papers for Minors site ("Website"), a Department of Labor and Workforce Development project. ("our," "we," "us").

Please be aware that we have a Privacy Policy and Information Collection Statement included in this Terms and Conditions of Use.

By proceeding beyond the Website home page or viewing or posting content to the website, you indicate your consent to, agreement with, and understanding of these terms. Please note that this policy is subject to change without notice and that it reflects our current business practices. By continuing to access and use the site, you indicate your consent to, agreement with, and understanding of such modifications, changes, or alterations. Please review these terms regularly, as they may be modified occasionally without notice.

 

Section A. Information Disclaimer

We make a great effort to provide secure, accurate, and complete information on this website. Any errors or omissions should be reported to us at MyWorkingPapers@dol.nj.gov for review.

We shall not be liable for damages or losses of any kind arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of information, including but not limited to damages or losses caused by reliance upon the accuracy or timeliness of any such information, or damages incurred from the viewing, distributing, or copying of those materials.

The materials and information on this website are provided "as is." No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third-party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to the contents of this web site or its hyperlinks to other Internet resources.

We disclaim any duty or obligation to maintain the availability of or update this website's information.

 

Section B. Links to Other Sites

This website provides links to other websites as a convenience to you. These include links to websites operated by third-party government agencies, nonprofit organizations, universities, and private businesses. When you use one of these links, you are no longer on this site, and this Information Collection Statement does not apply. When you link to another website, you are subject to that site's privacy notice and information collection practices. Any visitor who proceeds to those external sites and relies on any information obtained from them does so at his or her own risk and assumes all liability for damages that may result from accessing a third-party site linked to this website.

We exercise no control over the third-party organization's views, accuracy, copyright or trademark compliance, or the legality of the material contained on those websites and do not sponsor, endorse, or approve the information, content, products, materials, opinions, or services contained on such external sites.

Furthermore, when you follow a link to another website, some of their information may be incorrect or outdated. We do not warrant the accuracy, reliability, or timeliness of any information published by external sites.

 

Section C. Endorsement Disclaimer

Reference in this website to any specific commercial products, processes, or services, or the use of any trade, firm, or corporation name is for the information and convenience of the public and does not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by us.

 

Section D. Intrusion Detection

This website may be subject to monitoring to ensure the proper functioning of the systems, to provide security for the computer system's operation and information contained therein, to prevent unauthorized use, and to deter and investigate violations of law. There is no reasonable expectation of privacy in the use of this website.

Section E. Your Conduct

You may submit content (collectively, "User Created Content") to the website, provided you abide by these common-sense rules.

 

You may not:

• Violate any local, state, federal, and international laws and regulations, including but not limited to copyright and intellectual property rights laws regarding any content that you send or receive via these Terms;
• Transmit any material (by uploading, posting, email, or otherwise) that is unlawful, disruptive, threatening, profane, abusive, harassing, embarrassing, tortious, defamatory, obscene, libelous, or is an invasion of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, religiously or otherwise objectionable as solely determined by us;
• Be considerate of others' privacy; do not reference another person without their permission;
• Harass another;
• Impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation or agency relationship with a person or entity;
• Transmit any material (by any means) that:
• You do not have a right to make available under any law;
• Infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights of any party;
• Contains malware, viruses, disabling code, or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware, mobile devices, or telecommunications equipment;
• Transmit (by any means) any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation;
• Post any third-party links.

 

Section F. DMCA Notice

We respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask users of our website to do the same. In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other applicable laws, if you believe your copyright has been infringed, please email us at: MyWorkingPapers@dol.nj.gov 

To be an effective notice under Section 512(c) of the DMCA, your written notice must include all of the following:

• A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or if a single notification covers multiple copyrighted works at a single site, a representative list of such works at that site;
• Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit location of the material;
• Information reasonably sufficient to permit you to be contacted, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an email address;
• A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
• A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right allegedly infringed.

 

Section G. Correcting Your Information

We may also ask you to verify your identity and provide further details about your request.

• Correcting your Information: We will take reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy of the personal information we retain about you. It is your responsibility to ensure you submit true, accurate, and complete information to us and that you update us in a timely manner if your information changes. You may request that any inaccurate or incomplete personal information held by us or on our behalf is corrected by contacting us as set forth under "How Can You Contact Us?" below.
• Transferring your Information: Under certain circumstances, you may receive your personal information in a format that allows you to send it elsewhere or to direct us to transfer it elsewhere. This site uses the industry standard encryption software Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to enable secure data transmission. The URL in your browser will change to "HTTPS" instead of "HTTP" when this security feature is used. Your browser may also display a "padlock" or "key" symbol on its task bar to indicate a secure transmission. If these indicators are not present, information may be susceptible to interception by other parties. Most internet email communication is not considered secure. If you are communicating sensitive information, please consider sending it by other means.
• Contact Information: If after reviewing this Terms of Use, you have any questions, complaints, or privacy concerns or would like to make any requests concerning your personal information or obtain further information on safeguards, please send an email to MyWorkingPapers@dol.nj.gov 

 

Privacy Policy and Information Collection Statement

We respect your privacy and want you to know how we collect, disclose, and otherwise use ("Process") your information. This Information Collection Statement describes our practices in connection with the information we collect through this website. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy practices.

 

Definition of Personal Information

For purposes of this Information Collection Statement, "Personal Information" means any information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual's identity, alone or combined with other personal or identifying information linked or linkable to a specific individual.

 

What We Collect

The User Created Content you voluntarily provide to us or post to the website or use to access the website may include personal information, career or job search-related information, and documentation.

Information received from third-party services that you link, including:

• Account authentication and profile data (e.g., Google, LinkedIn)
• Data from third-party services linked by the user (e.g., Google, LinkedIn data)

Interactions with the Website and New Jersey Department of Labor staff, including:

• Information from sessions with a human advisor, coach, or New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
• Information shared with New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development staff member
• The output provided by New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development staff member (e.g., recommended actions)
• Support inquiries (e.g., technical, career-related), feedback, and other communications
• Site-generated data, including recommendations provided to you
• Interactions with the website and related metadata
• Information about the devices you use to access the site
• Website analytics data

This User Created Content will be used solely to provide you with the stated service on the website, enable us to monitor and improve the website, and report aggregate data about website use.

We take reasonable steps to protect the information you provide us from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. We have implemented appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to help safeguard and secure your information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Unfortunately, no security system is 100% secure; thus, we cannot ensure the security of all information you provide via our services.

Under no circumstances shall any User Created Information, with the exception of that which is publicly posted and visible to all, be sold, rented, given, or provided to any third party.

Other information we may collect about you:

• Cookies: Our services may use "cookies" and similar technologies (collectively, "Cookies"). Cookies are small text files that this website sends to your computer for record-keeping purposes, and this information is stored in a file on your computer's hard drive. Cookies make web surfing and browsing easier for you by saving your preferences so that we can use these to improve your next visit to our website.
• One of the purposes of cookies is to simplify website use. For example, a cookie may save a user's login details so that the user does not need to log in every time.
• Cookies are also used to determine how the website is used for statistical purposes.
• Product Analytics: We may use Google Analytics and similar technologies to help us better understand how visitors use this website.
• The information generated by the Google Analytics cookie about your use of this website is transmitted to and stored by Google. If you do not want your activity on this website to be tracked by Google Analytics, you may opt-out by using this link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
• From Other Sources: We may receive your personal information from other sources, such as public databases, social media platforms, people with whom you are friends or otherwise connected on social media platforms, and other third parties. For example, if you elect to connect your social media account to your website account, certain personal information from your social media account will be shared with us, which may include personal information that is part of your public profile or your friends' public profiles.
• Other Non-Personal Information: In addition to any personal information or other information that you choose to provide to us on our services, our third-party service providers and we may use a variety of technologies, now and hereafter devised, that automatically collect certain website usage information whenever you visit or interact with our services. This information may include browser type, operating system, the page served, the time, the source of the request, the preceding page view, and other similar information. We may use this information for various purposes, including enhancing or improving our services. In addition, we may also collect your IP address or some other unique identifier for the particular device you use to access the Internet, as applicable (collectively, referred to herein as a "Device Identifier"). A device identifier is a number automatically assigned to your device, and we may identify your device by its identifier. When analyzed, usage information helps us determine how our services are used, such as what types of visitors arrive at the services, what type of content is most popular, what type of content you may find most relevant, and what type of visitors are interested in particular kinds of content and advertising. We may associate your device identifier or website usage information with the personal information you provide, but we will treat the combined information as personal information.

 

When We Disclose Your Information

We may disclose your information as follows:

1. Among New Jersey Agencies and Departments: To better provide you with services and provide a consistent user experience, we may, according to any applicable laws or rules, share your information between New Jersey Agencies and Departments and potential Employers.
2. Disclosure Permitted by Law: We may disclose your personal information to law enforcement authorities, other government or public agencies or officials, regulators, and to any other person or entity having appropriate legal authority or justification for receipt of your information if required or permitted to do so by law or legal process, to respond to claims, or to protect our rights, interests, privacy, property or safety, and that of our affiliates, you or other third parties.

 

Other Important Information

1. Applications and Social Media Sites: Please note that we are not responsible for the collection, usage, and disclosure of policies and practices, including the data security, of other organizations, such as Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, or any other app developer, app provider, social media platform provider, operating system provider, wireless service provider or device manufacturer, including any personal information you disclose to other organizations through or in connection with the apps or our social media pages.