Meritec Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 26, 2024

This Online Privacy Notice pertains to Meritec's main website and other external Meritec websites linked to this Notice (referred to as the “Sites”). Here, we outline the types of personal information we collect on these Sites, how we utilize it, who we share it with, and the options available to users regarding its use. Additionally, we detail the security measures we implement to safeguard this information and provide avenues for users to contact us about our privacy practices. Certain Sites may offer further insight into privacy practices specific to their operations. Meritec’s internal networks and systems, as well as the processing of personal information related to employees and authorized Meritec network users, are governed by internal company policies and procedures.

Read the Meritec Privacy Statement for California Residents for additional information on how we process your personal information.

Information We Collect

Users of our Sites may submit various types of personal information, including:

• Contact information: such as name, postal address, telephone number, and email address.
• Employment information: including job title, division, employer details, and military rank.
• Login credentials for the Sites: such as username, password, and login timestamps.
• Additional personal details from current or prospective suppliers and subcontractors: such as Social Security number, diversity-related information (such as ethnicity), federal tax ID number, disability status, and civil and criminal court history.
• Personal information from job applicants: such as resumes or CVs, cover letters, work authorization details, salary history, educational background, information on security clearances, citizenship status, and, for positions with U.S.-based Meritec entities, ethnicity, race, and gender.
• Any other personal information included in content provided by users.

Information Collected By Automated Means

When navigating our Sites, we may employ automated means to gather specific information using technologies like cookies, web server logs, web beacons, and JavaScript, as permitted under applicable regulation(s).

Cookies are small files that websites send to your computer or other internet-connected device to uniquely identify your browser or store information and settings. Our Sites utilize various types of cookies, including HTTP and HTML5 cookies, as well as Flash cookies and other forms of local storage. Your browser settings may allow you to manage cookie notifications, restrict or disable certain cookies, or delete Flash cookies. However, please be aware that disabling cookies may limit your access to certain features on our Sites or other online services. For more details, please refer to the Meritec Cookie Policy.

In addition to cookie-based data collection, our web servers may log information such as your device type, operating system, browser, domain, language preferences, and geographical location. We may also record details like the referring web page and the IP address of your device when connecting to our Sites. Furthermore, we may track your interaction with our Sites, including the pages visited. To facilitate this, we may employ "web beacons," which are small files linking web pages to specific web servers and associated cookies.

Both we and others (such as our service providers and advertising networks) may collect personal information about our visitors’ online activities over time and across third-party websites. Our Sites are not designed to respond to “do not track” signals from browsers.

The providers of other third-party plug-ins on our Sites, such as embedded videos and social sharing tools, may use automated means to collect information regarding your use of the Sites and your interactions with the plug-ins. This information is subject to the privacy policies or notices of the third-party plug-in providers and is not subject to Meritec’s Online Privacy Notice.

How We Use the Information We Collect

We may use the information described above to:

• provide products and services;
• send you promotional materials or other communications;
• communicate with you regarding special events, programs, offers, surveys, and market research, and administer your participation in them
• respond to inquiries;
• process employment applications, including by assessing qualifications, verifying information, and conducting reference or other employment-related checks;
• evaluate potential suppliers and subcontractors and manage our relationships with them;
• provide and administer human resources services for Meritec employees.
• perform data analyses, including anonymization and aggregation of personal information. 
• operate, evaluate, and enhance our business, including developing new products and services, managing communications, analyzing products, services, and communications, and performing accounting, auditing, and other internal functions;
• protect against, identify and prevent cybersecurity and other security events, espionage, fraud and other unlawful activity, claims and other liabilities; and
• comply with and enforce applicable legal requirements, relevant industry standards and our policies.

Additionally, we may use the information collected through automated means for the purposes mentioned above by:

(i) Customizing users’ visits to our Sites.

(ii) Analyzing how users interact with our Sites and online advertisements.

(iii) Delivering content tailored to users’ interests.

(iv) Managing our Sites and other aspects of our business.

Legal Basis of Processing

We exclusively utilize your information to fulfill our legitimate interests in maintaining our online presence and conducting data analyses, to communicate with you, to detect and prevent unlawful or unethical conduct, or to comply with any legal obligations imposed upon us.

Interest-Based Advertising

On our Sites, we may gather data on your online activities to deliver personalized advertisements about products and services aligned with your specific interests. This section of our Online Privacy Notice outlines the details and provides instructions on how to exercise your preferences.

You may encounter specific ads on other websites because we may engage in advertising networks. These networks enable us to tailor our messaging to users based on demographic, interest-based, and contextual factors. By utilizing automated methods such as cookies, web server logs, and web beacons, these networks track your online behavior over time. They utilize this data to display advertisements that cater to your individual interests. The information collected by our ad networks may encompass details of your visits to websites participating in the relevant advertising networks, including the pages or ads you view and your interactions on those sites. This data collection occurs both on our Sites and on third-party websites within the ad networks, aiding us in assessing the efficacy of our marketing endeavors.

Learn how to opt out of this ad network interest-based advertising.

Information We Share

We uphold strict confidentiality regarding the personal information we gather about you. We do not sell or otherwise disclose personal information we collect about you, except as described in this Online Privacy Notice. Exceptions to this policy may include sharing such information with service providers who carry out tasks on our behalf per our instructions. Additionally, we may share certain personal details with our affiliates for purposes aligned with this Online Privacy Notice.

Furthermore, we may disclose information about you in scenarios such as: 

1.  if required to do so by law or legal process mandating disclosure,

2.  to law enforcement authorities or other governmental entities, 

3.  when we deem disclosure necessary to prevent harm or financial loss, or

4.  in connection with investigations related to suspected or actual instances of espionage, cybersecurity threats, or fraudulent or illegal activities. Additionally, in the event of a sale or transfer of our business or assets (including reorganization, spin-off, dissolution, or liquidation) we reserve the right to transfer any personal information we possess about you.

Your Rights and Choices

We offer various options concerning personal information we collect from you. To update your preferences, request removal from our mailing lists, or submit any inquiries, please refer to the "How To Contact Us" section of this Online Privacy Notice. Depending on the laws applicable in your jurisdiction, you may also request access to your personal information at no cost, or ask us to correct, amend, transfer, delete, or block it by contacting us as specified below. Additionally, where permitted by law, you have the right to withdraw any previously provided consent or object to the processing of your personal information on legitimate grounds, and we will respect your preferences moving forward.

If you believe that your rights and choices have not been adequately addressed, you have the option to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

To exercise your rights as a data subject or consumer, please contact: info@meritec.com 

Data Transfers

We may transfer the personal information we collect about you to recipients in countries different from the one where the information was initially collected, including the U.S. These countries may not have data protection laws equivalent to those of the country in which the information originated. However, we ensure the protection of your information as outlined in this Online Privacy Notice when transferring it to other countries, such as the U.S.

If you are located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), the United Kingdom (“UK”), or Switzerland, we adhere to applicable legal requirements to safeguard your information when transferring it to countries outside of these regions that lack adequate data protection levels recognized by either the European Commission or the United Kingdom. This includes implementing data transfer agreements that incorporate the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses or the United Kingdom’s International Data Transfer Agreement with the relevant recipient, or ensuring the recipient has implemented Binding Corporate Rules. You can request a copy of these agreements by contacting us via the information provided in the “Contact Us” section below.

If you are located outside the EEA, the UK, or Switzerland, you acknowledge that we may transfer your information to countries with differing data protection laws than those of your own country.

How We Protect Personal Information

We maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information you provide on the Sites against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use.

Data Retention

Meritec will retain your personal information only for as long as is required for processing or conducting business or longer when required under regulatory or customer consent.

Links To Other Websites

Our Sites may include links to other websites for your convenience and reference. These linked websites operate independently of us and may have their own privacy notices or policies. We strongly recommend reviewing these policies. Please note that we are not responsible for the content, usage, or privacy practices of these linked websites, even if you access them directly from our site.

Updates To Our Online Privacy Notice

This Online Privacy Notice may undergo periodic updates without prior notice to reflect changes in our personal information practices. The latest version will be posted on our Sites, with the date of the most recent update indicated at the top of the notice.

Meritec Privacy Statement for California Residents

We at Meritec respect your concerns about privacy. This Meritec Privacy Statement for California Residents (“Statement”) supplements the Meritec Privacy Policy published on its website and other company privacy notices that reference this Statement. It applies solely to residents of California and addresses personal information we collect both online and offline. This Statement uses certain terms that have the meaning given to them in the California privacy laws.

Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of personal information about you: 

• Contact Information, including name, alias, mailing address, email address, phone number
• Personal Information, including ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, age, date of birth, gender, marital status, disability, military and veteran status 
• Identification Information, including Social Security number, federal tax ID number, driver’s license number, passport number, state identification card number
• Financial Information, including bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, and other similar information
• Unique Personal Identifiers, including device identifier; cookies, beacons, pixel tags, mobile ad identifiers and similar technology; customer number, unique pseudonym, or 
• user alias; other forms of persistent or probabilistic identifiers; account name and other log-in credentials; insurance policy number
• Internet and Other Electronic Network Activity Information, including IP address, browsing history, search history, digital communications with the company, and information regarding your interaction with websites, applications or advertisements
• Employment Information, including work history, salary history, work authorization information, information about security clearances, civil and criminal court history, skills, certifications, and other professional or employment-related information
• Education Information, including résumé or C.V., cover letters, education history
• Inferences: inferences drawn from any of the information identified above to create a profile about you reflecting your preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes

Of the personal information collected, we may collect the following categories of sensitive personal information about you:

• Personal information, including ethnicity, national origin
• Identification information, including Social Security number, federal tax ID number, 
• driver’s license number, passport number, state identification card number
• Financial information, including bank account number, credit card number, debit card 
• number, and other similar information
• Unique personal identifiers, including account name and other log-in credentials

How We Use the Information We Collect

We may use the above categories of personal information and sensitive personal information for certain business and/or commercial purposes, including as described in this table:

Prior Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personal Information 

We may have collected and used your personal information, as described in “Information We Collect” and “How We Use the Information We Collect” sections above, during the 12-month period prior to the effective date of this Statement. For personal information collected during such timeframe, we describe below: a. the categories of sources from which we may have obtained the personal information, b. the categories of personal information we may have disclosed for a business purpose and the categories of persons to whom we may have disclosed such information, and c. the categories of personal information we may have sold or shared to a third party, if any. 

a. Sources of Personal Information

We may have obtained personal information about you from various sources, including as described below.

Data Retention 

Your personal information will be retained as long as necessary to achieve the purposes described above in “How We Use The Information We Collect”, unless we (or our service provider(s)) must retain the information for a longer period to be able to run regular blocking/deletion routines, to take into account the applicable statute of limitation period, or to comply with a legal retention obligation. 

Your Rights and Choices 

We offer you certain choices in connection with the personal information we collect from you. If you are a California resident, the California privacy laws provide you with specific rights regarding your personal information. This section describes such rights and explains how to exercise those rights. Subject to applicable law, you have the right to request access to and correction or deletion of your personal information. You have the right to receive the requested information in a commonly used machine-readable format to the extent feasible, and to transmit this information to a third-party organization without cost. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. You can exercise these rights by contacting us as indicated in the “How to Contact Us” section below. In addition, you have the right to make a complaint with a data protection authority. 

How to Submit a Request. 

To exercise your right, you must submit a verifiable request to us using one of the means identified in the “How To Contact Us” section below. Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable request for your personal information. You may only submit a request twice within a 12-month period. We do not typically charge a fee to process a verifiable request. If we determine that your request warrants a fee due to its nature, we will explain our rationale for assessing a fee and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request. To exercise your rights as a data subject or consumer, please email info@meritec.com. 

Updates to This Statement 

This Statement may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our personal information practices. We will post the updated version on our Sites and indicate at the top of the Statement when it was most recently updated. 

How To Contact Us 

If you have any questions or comments about this Statement or the ways in which we collect and use your information described here, wish to exercise the rights and choices you may have, or want to request this Statement in an alternate form, please contact us using one of the methods described below: Global Data Subject Access Form: Click Here Email: info@meritec.com 

Updates To Our Online Privacy Notice

This Notice may undergo periodic updates without prior notice to reflect changes in our personal information practices. The latest version will be posted on our Sites, with the date of the most recent update indicated at the top of the notice.

How To Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about this Online Privacy Notice, or if you would like us to update information we have about you or your preferences, please email us at info@meritec.com. 

b. Disclosure of Personal Information for a Business Purpose 

We may have disclosed certain categories of personal information to certain categories of persons for a business purpose, including as described below.

c. Sale or Sharing of Personal Information 

We do not sell your personal information to third parties in exchange for monetary or other valuable consideration, nor do we share your personal information with third parties for cross‐context behavioral advertising. 

Meritec Corporation Cookie Policy

A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts.

More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:

• Assisting you in navigation
• Assisting in registration to our events, login, and your ability to provide feedback
• Analyzing your use of our products, services, or applications
• Assisting with our promotional and marketing efforts (including behavioral advertising)

Below is a detailed list of the cookies we use on our website. We classify cookies in the following categories:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies
• Performance Cookies
• Functional Cookies
• Targeting Cookies

You can opt-out of each cookie category (except strictly necessary cookies) by:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Performance Cookies

Performance cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all these services may not function properly.

Targeting Cookies

Targeting cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

By email: info@meritec.com 

By visiting this page on our website: https://meritec.com/resources/privacy-policy

By phone number: (440) 354-2100