With the fall semester in full swing, college students aren’t the only ones with homework to do. Higher education institutions in Maryland must comply with the state’s new privacy law, Maryland Code Title 10, Subtitle 13A, as of Oct. 1.
Privacy Notice
Effective as of June 24, 2024
Introduction
WJS Cyber Consulting, LLC d/b/a Zaviant (“Zaviant,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects the privacy of your information. This Privacy Notice is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the information you provide to us in using our website (“Site”) and the services provided through our Site (“Services”).
From time to time, we may change this Privacy Notice. If we do, we will post an amended version on this webpage. Please review this Privacy Notice periodically.
This Privacy Notice covers the following topics:
- Collecting and Using Information
- Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
- Third Party Processors
- Security
- Third Party Links
- Children’s Privacy
- Your Privacy Rights and Choices
- How to Contact Us
1. Collecting and Using Information
Personally Identifiable Information We Collect Online
We collect Personally Identifiable Information from you through your use of the Site and Services. “Personally Identifiable Information” is individually identifiable information about an individual consumer that we collect online and that we maintain in an accessible form. We collect the following types of Personally Identifiable Information: Information You Provide We may collect the following Personally Identifiable Information that you voluntarily provide to us:- Apply for a Job. To apply for an open job position, you will provide us with your name, resume, email address, physical address, and telephone number. We use Greenhouse to manage our applications. Greenhouse’s privacy policy is available here.
- Contact Us. To contact us, you will provide us with your name and email address.
- Usage Information. For example, pages on the Site you access, the frequency of access, and what you click on while on the Site.
- Device Information. For example, hardware model, operating system, application version number, and browser.
- Mobile Device Information. Aggregated information about whether the Site is accessed via a mobile device or tablet, the device type, and the carrier.
- Location Information. Location information from Site visitors on a city-regional basis.
How We Use Your Personally Identifiable Information
We use the Personally Identifiable Information we collect to provide the Services to you, to improve our Services and Site, and to protect our legal rights. In addition, we may use the Personally Identifiable Information we collect to:- Review your job applications;
- Contact you regarding our products and services that we feel may be of interest to you;
- Communicate with you about our Site or Services or to inform you of any changes to our Site or Services;
- Provide support;
- Maintain and improve our Site and Services;
- Defend our legal rights and the rights of others;
- Efficiently maintain our business; and
- Comply with applicable law.
How We Share Your Personally Identifiable Information
We may share the information that we collect about you in the following ways:- With service providers who perform data or Site-related services on our behalf (e.g., email, hosting, maintenance, backup, analysis, etc.). Any such service providers will be under an obligation to us to maintain the confidentiality of your Personally Identifiable Information;
- To service providers to prepare, deploy and analyze advertising content;
- To the extent that we are required to do so by law;
- In connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;
- To establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights, including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention;
- To any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that Personally Identifiable Information where, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure of that Personally Identifiable Information;
- To any other person or entity as part of any business or asset sale, equity transaction, merger, acquisition or in preparation for any of these events; and
- To any other person or entity where you consent to the disclosure.
2. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Like many other companies, we use cookies and other tracking technologies (such as pixels and web beacons) (collectively, “Cookies”). “Cookies” are small files of information that are stored by your web browser software on your computer hard drive, mobile or other devices (e.g., smartphones or tablets). For detailed information about the specific categories of cookies we collect and how we use them on the Site, you can access our Cookie Policy.3. Third Party Processors
To ensure that your Personally Identifiable Information receives an adequate level of protection, we have put in place appropriate procedures with the service providers we share it with to ensure that it is treated consistent with applicable data security and privacy laws. For example, we use third party marketing service providers.4. Security
We maintain commercially reasonable security measures to protect the Personally Identifiable Information we collect and store from loss, misuse, destruction, or unauthorized access. However, no security measure or modality of data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. Although we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personally Identifiable Information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.5. Third Party Links
The Site may contain links that will let you leave the Site and access another website. Linked websites are not under our control. This Privacy Notice applies solely to Personally Identifiable Information that is acquired by us on this Site. We accept no responsibility or liability for these other websites.6. Children’s Privacy
The Site and Services are not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from children under 13.7. Your Privacy Rights and Choices
The privacy choices you may have about your personal information are determined by applicable law and are described below.- Marketing Communications. To unsubscribe from our marketing emails, please click the unsubscribe link included in the footer of our emails. You also may submit a request to us at [email protected].
- “Do Not Track.” Signals Some internet browsers incorporate a “Do Not Track” feature that signals to websites you visit that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. Given that there is not a uniform way that browsers communicate the “Do Not Track” signal, the Site does not currently interpret, respond to or alter its practices when it receives “Do Not Track” signals.
- Opt-Out Preference Signals. Depending on your jurisdiction, you may opt out by broadcasting an Opt-Out Preference Signal, such as the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”) on browsers and browser extensions that support such a signal. To download and use a browser supporting the GPC browser signal, click here: https://globalprivacycontrol.org/orgs. If you choose to use the GPC signal, you will need to turn it on for each supported browser or browser extension you use.
- Cookies and Personalized Advertising. When you first visit our Site, you will be presented with a banner which offers you choices about whether to accept or reject cookies or tracking technologies of different types. If you wish to change your preferences, you can do so by clicking here:
- Request to Know. You may have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request.
- Request to Delete. You may have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete, as applicable) your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies.
- Request Correction of your personal information where it is inaccurate or incomplete. In some cases, we may provide self-service tools that enable you to update your personal information.
- Request Restriction of or Opt-out of our processing of your personal information where the processing of your personal information involves processing or sharing your sensitive personal information for certain purposes, or processing of your personal information for purposes of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you.
- Withdraw your Consent to our processing of your personal information. Please note that your withdrawal will only take effect for future processing and will not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal.
- No Discrimination. You have a right not to receive discriminatory treatment by us for the exercise of any privacy rights conferred by applicable laws.