Privacy Statement
Career Partners International, LLC — Updated 7/9/2026
We self-certify compliance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework program (EU-U.S. DPF).
Introduction
Career Partners International, LLC and its partner firms (collectively "CPI") is an organization of professional career management firms offering career, learning, and networking resources. CPI delivers the highest quality and most personalized consultation to individuals facing career transition or growth situations.
CPI is committed to protecting the privacy rights of all persons with whom it deals. To demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, CPI has made its information and privacy practices available in this statement. Our Sites may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
This Privacy Statement sets forth the online data collection and usage policies and practices that apply to the CPI Site including notification about:
- Any personally identifiable information of yours or third party personal identification that is collected from you through the website
- How your personal information is used
- With whom your personal information may be shared
- What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of your personal information
- The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under the control of CPI
- How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information
If you have questions or concerns regarding the privacy of your personal information, please write to CPI's Privacy Officer at 21 E State Street, Suite 200, Columbus, OH 43215.
Consent
By using the CPI website at http://cpiworld.com, https://ct2.cpiworld.com, https://momentum.cpiworld.com/, and https://www.retirementoptions.com/, you consent to the policies and practices described in this Privacy Statement.
What is Personal Information?
Personal information is information that can be explicitly used to identify or contact you as an individual (e.g. name, email address, mailing address, phone number, credit card number). Personal information is considered information that is (1) recorded in any form; (2) is about, or pertains to a specific individual; and (3) can be linked to that individual. Personal information is collected by CPI only when you specifically and knowingly choose to receive information or services from CPI or its associate companies. You will be informed that your personal information is being collected, the purpose for which it is being collected and that you have a right of access to the information.
Information We Collect
We collect personally identifying information, such as your name, street address, email address, and phone number, and other information that would be related to the delivery of the services we are providing. CPI uses the information we gather on the CPI Websites, whether personal, demographic, collective or technical, for the purpose of operating and improving the CPI Websites, fostering a positive user experience, and delivering the products and services available from CPI or its affiliated companies.
CPI uses the information for:
- Monitoring information to ensure compliance with Career Partners International policies
- Editorial and feedback solicitation purposes
- Establishing and maintaining communication, including marketing, advertising and other beneficial services
- Compliance with federal, state, provincial or municipal laws
Personal information that you provide to the CPI Websites will not be made available to third parties outside of CPI without explicit permission from you. We do not disclose to third parties your personal information, combined personal and demographic information or information about your use of the CPI Websites.
CPI websites are not intended for children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18.
Demographic and profile data is collected at our site. We use this data to tailor our visitor's experience at our site, showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences. If we are going to use your personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify you via email or by telephone.
Registration
When you register for services using any of the CPI Websites, CPI will request personal information from you, including your name and email address. Information collected by CPI as part of the log-in/registration is NOT made accessible to the public, other users of the site or anyone not employed by CPI directly. This information is held in strict confidence and can be removed at your request at any time. Your personal information is used to communicate with you about your account and to provide you with information related to CPI services.
Information Supplied by Your Browser / Use of Cookies
We collect cookies on our websites and use Google Analytics for aggregate data. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard drive to collect information about your activities on a website. Cookies give us an idea of which parts of our site users are visiting. We use this information only as anonymous aggregate data to determine how many people visit our site, which features are used most frequently, and which browsers are primarily used. We do not use it to track or record information about individuals.
Accepting cookies is voluntary; however, if you decline cookies you may not be able to use some features of the CPI Websites.
How We Share Your Data
CPI may make aggregate information about our users available to third parties for the purposes of marketing, advertising and other beneficial services. The information gathered on the CPI websites may be shared within CPI, LLC and its Associate Companies acting on our behalf, who are subject to confidentiality agreements.
YOUR PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION WILL NOT BE EXCHANGED OR SOLD TO ANY OTHER BUSINESS OR VENDOR.
Prior to disclosing Personal Information to a third party, CPI will notify the individual of such disclosure and allow the individual the choice (opt out) of such disclosure.
We may disclose your personal information to other CPI companies, agents, contractors and individuals we employ to perform functions on our behalf. Only the information necessary to perform a specified business function will be disclosed. These companies and individuals will have access to your personal information only as necessary to perform their functions, but they may not share that information with any other third party and are subject to strict terms of confidentiality.
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information if legally required to do so, if requested to do so by a governmental entity or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (b) protect the rights or property of CPI or its affiliated companies; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or (d) protect the personal safety of users or the public.
How and Where We Store Your Data
We only keep your personal data for as long as we need in order to provide the services you have requested and/or as long as we have your permission to keep it. Some or all of your data may be stored outside of the European Economic Area ("the EEA"). We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated as safely and securely as it would be within the EEA and under the GDPR.
Security
CPI will take reasonable steps to protect your information from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration or destruction. Areas of this website that collect your information use industry standard secure socket layer encryption (SSL).
Access
Individuals have the right to access data that CPI holds about them and may request access to such information through the inquiry process by contacting info@cpiworld.com or +1-919-401-4540. CPI will allow an individual access to their Personal Information to correct, amend or delete inaccurate information.
EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the UK Extension, and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework
Career Partners International, LLC and its U.S.-based covered entities comply with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework program (EU-U.S. DPF), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework program, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework program (Swiss-U.S. DPF) as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce. To learn more about the Data Privacy Framework program, and to view our certification, please visit https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/.
European Union, United Kingdom, and/or Swiss individuals with DPF inquiries or complaints should first contact Career Partners International, LLC:
Sue Rowley, Executive Vice President, Corporate Services & TechnologyCareer Partners International
Galleria at PNC Plaza, 21 E State Street, Suite 200
Columbus, OH 43215
+1-919-401-4540
info@cpiworld.com
Career Partners International, LLC has further committed to refer unresolved privacy complaints under the DPF Principles to an independent dispute resolution mechanism, Data Privacy Framework Services, operated by BBB National Programs. If you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your complaint, or if your complaint is not satisfactorily addressed, please visit https://bbbprograms.org for more information and to file a complaint. This service is provided free of charge to you.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) replaces the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and was designed to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, to protect and empower all EU citizens data privacy and to reshape the way organizations across the region approach data privacy. You may also have the right to make a GDPR complaint to the relevant Supervisory Authority. A list of Supervisory Authorities is available here: ec.europa.eu.
Links to Other Sites
This Privacy Statement applies solely to the information we collect on the CPI Websites, and does not apply to information we collect in any other fashion. Users should be aware that when you are on CPI sites, you could be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. CPI is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other websites that may be linked to this site.
Changes to this Policy
Career Partners International, LLC is the legal entity which determines the purposes and means of processing the information gathered at the CPI Websites. The privacy policy may be amended from time to time. If we plan to make significant changes to our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement at least 30 days before they take effect. If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, you can send e-mail to info@cpiworld.com or call 1-919-401-4540.
Questions or Concerns
If you have any questions or concerns about the information contained in this privacy statement, please contact our Office at:
info@cpiworld.comGalleria at PNC Plaza, 21 E State Street, Suite 200
Columbus, OH 43215
If you do not receive acknowledgment of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you may contact:
- In Canada: Office of the Privacy Commissioner at info@privcom.gc.ca — https://www.priv.gc.ca/
- In the United States: Federal Trade Commission at 1-877-FTC-HELP — http://www.ftc.gov
- In the European Union: ec.europa.eu
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