Privacy Policy of AVER LLC
AVER LLC (“AVER”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how we collect, use, and disclose personal information generally and in connection with our website (“Website”) and explains the choices and rights individuals may have regarding their personal information.
- Data Collection
- Directly from you – If you contact us through email, text, or other electronic messaging, fill out a form on our Website, or join our mailing list, for example, you may provide your name and contact information.
- From a third party – If you apply for a position with us, for example, we may check your references.
- Automatically through your interactions with our website – As with any website, we collect your computer’s IP address, operating system, browser information, and other technical details needed to support your website interactions.
Here are further details about the personal information we collect, the sources from which we collect it, and the purposes for collecting it:
Sources of Information | Purpose of Processing | |
Identifiers such as name, contact information, and other identifiers | You (as Website visitor, employee, interacting with our business, etc.); third parties (such as service providers) | Establish a relationship, communicate with you, coordinate events and services, administer our human resources, comply with legal obligations |
Internet network and electronic activity device information, Website usage, IP addresses, account login information, etc. | You (as a Website visitor or anyone connecting with us electronically, or as an employee) | Communicate with you, comply with legal obligations, improve the services we offer, provide services. For more information about cookies and similar technologies we may collect, please see the section below titled “Cookies and Similar Technologies” |
Audio, electronic, visual, or similar information | You (as an employee) | Provide and improve the services we offer |
Professional or employment-related information | You (as an employee or applicant) | Administer our human resources (including payroll) |
Education information | You (as an employee or applicant) | Administering our human resources |
Sensitive Personal Information | You (as an employee or applicant) | Comply with applicable legal requirements, administer our human resources. We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes other than those permitted by California law. |
Protected classifications under state or federal law | You (as an employee or applicant) | Comply with applicable legal requirements |
Note on Biometric Data: We may act as a service provider for various entities, including government agencies. In our capacity as a service provider, we may process biometric information solely to perform services on behalf of, and in accordance with the written instructions of, our clients. We do not collect, store, retain, or share this biometric data for our own commercial purposes or outside of our direct business relationships.
- Sale and Sharing of Personal Information
AVER does not “sell” or “share” personal information as those terms are defined under data privacy laws. AVER has not sold or shared personal information in the last twelve (12) months.
- Disclosure of Personal Information
AVER may disclose your personal information to third parties under certain conditions, primarily when the third party has contracted to provide services. Here are details about the categories of personal information disclosed within the last twelve (12) months, the category of third party to whom this information was disclosed, and the purpose of the disclosure:
Categories of Information Disclosed | Third Parties to Whom This Information Was Disclosed | Business or Commercial Purpose of Disclosure |
Name, contact information and other identifiers | Service Providers performing services on behalf of AVER; government entities (such as those who we have contracts with) | AVER uses service providers, for example, to help improve our Website; assist with Website security; provide analytic, legal or insurance services As a part of providing services on behalf of AVER, our vendors may need to process your personal information. AVER may share personal information with government entities to comply with contractual requirements and/or legal requirements. |
Internet network and electronic activity device information, Website usage, IP addresses, account login information, etc. | Service Providers performing services on behalf of AVER | See above |
Employment information (including sensitive identifiers such as social security numbers or certain demographics) | Government entities (such as those who we have contracts with and the IRS) | Comply with applicable contractual and legal requirements |
Protected classifications under State or Federal Law | Government entities (such as those who we have contracts with) | Comply with applicable contractual and legal requirements |
- Data Retention Periods
We retain your personal information (all categories unless mentioned above) as long as needed to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it and to meet our legal obligations. We will not retain personal information for longer than is reasonably necessary for the purposes disclosed above. The criteria we use to determine the specific retention of personal information varies but may include the type of personal information, reasons and purposes for collection, and whether the retention or deletion is necessary to comply with legal obligations.
- Your Rights
Depending on where you are located or reside and circumstances related to the personal information we collect, you may have certain rights regarding the personal information we collect about you. Below you may learn more about your privacy rights, how to exercise them, and what you may expect from that process.
- Right to know and access personal information: You may have the right to request that we disclose: (1) the categories of personal information we have collected about you; (2) the sources from which we collected the personal information; (3) the business or commercial purpose for the collection, selling or sharing of personal information; (4) the categories of third parties to whom we disclose personal information; (5) the categories of personal information that we sold or disclosed for a business purpose; and (6) the specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
- Right to opt-out: You may have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information, the use of your personal information for targeted advertising, and the use of your personal information for profiling.
- Right to correct: If you find that we have inaccurate personal information about you, you may have the right to request that we correct that inaccurate personal information, taking into account the nature of the personal information and the purposes of processing the personal information.
- Right to delete: You may have the right to request that we delete your personal information. There are some exceptions to this right.
- Right of data portability: You may have the right to obtain a copy of your personal data in a portable and readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another controller without impediment. There are some limits to this right.
- Right to non-discrimination or retaliation: We will not discriminate or retaliate against you for exercising your privacy rights.
“Shine the Light”: California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, may permit individuals who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request to us using the contact information provided below.
If we decline your request, partially or fully, you may appeal the decision to our senior management. You may have additional appeal rights.
- Cookies and Similar Technologies
For information about the choices you may have in regard to our use of cookies, please refer to the cookie banner that accompanies this Website. Additionally, you may decide how cookies are handled by your device in your browser settings and some devices may allow you to control certain cookies through device settings.
- Links to Third Party Websites
Links to third party websites are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave the AVER Website. AVER has not reviewed all these third-party sites and does not control and is not responsible for any of these sites, their content or their privacy policies. Thus, AVER does not endorse or make any representations about them, or any information, software or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this Website, you do this entirely at your own risk.
- Email Opt-Out Preferences
You may choose to stop receiving AVER’s marketing emails by following the unsubscribe instructions included in these emails or by contacting us. Please note that it may take up to ten business days for your opt-out request to be processed. Even if you do opt-out of marketing emails, we may continue to send certain account-related emails.
- Data of Children
We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under sixteen (16) years of age and have not done so within the last twelve (12) months. If we learn that we have collected personal information from someone under sixteen (16), we will take steps to delete the personal information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at the information below. Note that we may collect limited personal information about a child from an employee for the purpose of providing specific employee benefits.
- How to Contact Us
10 G Street NE, Suite 600A
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: 1-888-238-2119
- Changes to this Privacy Policy