Cyber Defense Technologies (CDT) is committed to the privacy of those individuals who visit and interact with www.cyberdefensetechnologies.com (Site). This Privacy Policy is meant to help you understand what personal data is collected, why it is collected, and how you can update, retrieve, and request removal of your information.
By visiting this Site, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, do not use the Site.
Please note that the practices described in this Privacy Policy apply only to information gathered online on the Site. They do not apply to personal data submitted to CDT offline or to websites maintained by third-party websites (such as social media accounts, news sites, recruiting sites, and ecommerce accounts), which may be linked from the Site.
CDT is the sole owner of the information collected on the Site. CDT does not share your personal information with companies, organizations, or individuals outside of the company.
Personal Data Collected By CDT
CDT collects personal data about individuals when they specifically and knowingly provide this information for purposes disclosed or otherwise known to them at the time they provide their information or for the wider purposes set out below. This includes voluntary submission of an email address and CDT an email which includes the individual’s personal information.
Providing personal information that we request is optional and disclosures are made voluntarily.
Non-Personal Information Collected By CDT
In addition, when you interact with the Site, our servers may keep an activity log that does not identify you individually (“Non-Personal Information”). Generally, we collect the following categories of Non-Personal Information:
- Demographic data such as:
- Age
- Gender
- Title
- Five-digit zip code
- Device information about your computer, mobile device, or other device that you use to access the Site. This information may include:
- IP address
- Geolocation information,
- Unique device identifiers,
- Browser type,
- Browser language,
- Other transactional information;
- Usage information about your use of the Site. This information includes a reading history of the pages you view. We use this information to provide you with a more customized experience on the Site;
- Additional “traffic data” such as time of access, date of access, software crash reports, session identification number, access times, and referring website addresses; and
- Search terms and search results.
How CDT Uses the Personal Data Collected
CDT may use the the personal data collected or provided for the following purposes:
- Responding to contact requests and requests for information;
- Providing products and services, running day-to-day business operations, and otherwise operating our business;
- Processing employment applications, evaluating employment qualifications, and contacting individuals regarding employment opportunities where appropriate;
- Preparing and submitting bids and proposals to customers, including government and private sector entities;
- Managing our relationship with you and the organization you represent;
- Protecting CDT, its employees, and its business partners against cybersecurity and other security events, espionage, fraud, and other unlawful activity, and claims and other liabilities;
- Protecting CDT’s personnel and property;
- Exercising CDT’s legal rights; and
- Complying with and enforcing applicable legal requirements, industry standards, and CDT’s policies.
CDT’s jobs page on the Site is managed by Capterra (CATS), a third-party vendor. If you apply for employment with CDT, CATS will collect certain personal information about you and share it with CDT. CDT will not use this information for any purpose other than to evaluate your employment application and for human resources processing. Unless you request otherwise, the third-party vendor may keep your personal information for future use, including consideration for future employment opportunities with CDT. Please note that the privacy policies of the third-party vendor operating the jobs page on the Site may differ from CDT’s.
Except in rare circumstances where CDT’s is required by law to disclose or otherwise process your personal information, CDT will only process your personal information as necessary for the purposes explained to you when the information is collected or otherwise set out in this policy.
CDT does not sell, lease, rent, or license the personal information it collects to third parties.
CDT may disclose personal and information to third parties in the following circumstances:
- To perform services for customers (for example, with a prime contractor for which CDT is a subcontractor);
- To third-party service providers to facilitate the services they provide (for example, third-party payroll processors);
- To submit bids for proposals from customers;
- To protect CDT’s rights, privacy, safety, or property, and that of its customers, employees, its affiliates, users, and others;
- To support an investigation of cybersecurity and other security events, espionage, fraud, and other illegal activity;
- When requested by law enforcement or other government authorities;
- When required by law, regulation, court order, or other legal process; and
- For any other legal purpose.
CDT requires the third-party business partners to which it provides personal information to protect and maintain that information in confidence, and not to license, sell or otherwise transfer such information except to or as directed by CDT.
Securing Information
CDT implements commercially reasonable and appropriate technical, physical, and administrative measures to prevent the loss of, misuse of, disclosure of, alteration of, destruction of, and unauthorized access to the personal information you provide. However, CDT cannot eliminate all security risks associated with the electronic transfer and storage of information. In the event that any of your personal data stored and managed by CDT has been compromised, CDT will contact you in a timely manner.
Transfers of Information
CDT is headquartered in the United States and its systems are based in the United States. Any information you provide through the Site and our online services will be transferred out of your country and to the United States. By providing personal information through the Site and our online services, you expressly consent to the transfer of this information to the United States and other countries. If you do not want your personal information transferred to the United States, do not use the Site and our online services or provide personal information through them.
CDT or its service providers may also transfer your personal information from the European Economic Area (EEA) to other countries, some of which have not yet been determined by the European Commission to offer an adequate level of data protection according to EEA standards. For transfers to countries not requiring a level of data protection that meets EEA standards, CDT uses a variety of legal mechanisms to protect your personal information, including contractual provisions and written assurances from service providers.
Children under the Age of 13
The Site and online services are not directed to or intended for children under the age of 13. CDT does not knowingly solicit, store, or use personal information of children under the age of 13. Children under the age of 13 should not register for services or provide any personal information, including name, address, telephone number or email address to CDT through the Sites or our online services. If CDT becomes aware it has inadvertently collected Personal Information of children under the age of 13, CDT will delete such information, promptly.
Third-Party Websites
The Site contains links to websites operated by third parties (such as social media accounts, news sites, recruiting sites, and ecommerce accounts) to provide users additional information. CDT does not control these third-party sites and services and is not responsible for the content of these sites or the products, services, or actions of the third parties operating them. The privacy policies of these third-party sites and services govern your use of and sharing of data with them and CDT does not control and is not responsible for these privacy policies. You are strongly recommended to review the privacy policies of these websites.
Changes to the CDT Privacy Policy
CDT reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time, for any reason, without notice, other than posting of the amended Privacy Policy on this Site. Changes are effective on the date CDT posts the revised Privacy Policy to the Site and supersede all previous versions of the Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy was last updated in October 2023.
Contacting CDT
If you have questions about CDT’s Privacy Policy or wish to access or amend your information, please contact us at info@cyberdefensetechnologies.com.