Terms Of Use

Direct Support Connect®

Terms of Use

Direct Support Connect ® is a free job board for Minnesotans who are looking to hire direct support workers. It is also for Minnesota direct support workers, home care workers, and PCAs (Personal Care Assistants) who are looking for job opportunities. Direct Support Connect ® is solely designed to connect people who want to hire direct support workers and direct support workers who are looking for work.

Direct Support Connect ® and the Minnesota Department of Human Services are not responsible for losses caused by reliance on information presented or published on this site. Any person or entity that relies on this information does so at their own risk.

Direct Support Connect ® provides information; it does not provide direct services or legal advice. By using this site, you are agreeing to the Terms of Use, and agree to abide by the conditions described in this policy.

Data privacy

Direct Support Connect ® is dedicated to preserving your privacy and security while on the site. The Disability Services Division strives to retrieve the minimum amount of information necessary from its website visitors in order to provide a host of various services and resources. The site does not capture personal information without visitors' permission.

If during your visit to DirectSupportConnect.com you participate in a survey, fill out a web form or send an email, the following additional information will be collected:

  1. The email address and contents of the email; and
  2. Information volunteered to complete a web form or in response to a survey.

Security

For security purposes and to assure that this service remains available to all users, DirectSupportConnect.com uses special software programs for monitoring and auditing network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise to cause damage to this website.

Anonymous visitor information collection

For every visit to DirectSupportConnect.com, several common pieces of information are collected and stored in logs: Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, operating system, the date and time of the visit, and the addresses to which a visitor linked during a visit. DirectSupportConnect.com cannot and does not associate any of this information with individuals, distribute this information or use it in any manner other than for statistical analysis in improving the website for visitors.

Use of cookies

DirectSupportConnect.com does not use cookies to record any personal information. Cookies are used only to track if you are a first-time visitor or if you have visited in the past.

Disclosure of information

DirectSupportConnect.com does not sell, rent or publish any of the website visitors' personal or private information. It does not reveal specific information about subscribers or other personally identifiable data to unaffiliated third parties for their independent use. In addition, the DirectSupportConnect.com endeavors to restrict employee access to any personal information except where necessary to perform required duties.

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