TERMS OF USE
Thank you for visiting https://stechnologyconsulting.com (the “Site”), provided to you by Strategic Technology Consulting, LLC (herein referred to as “STC”). Use of the Site is governed by these terms of use (the “Terms”), which includes the Site Privacy Policy (the “Policy”). By accessing and interacting with the Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms and, as applicable, the Policy. You should read these Terms and the Policy carefully prior to using the Site. STC may modify these Terms and/or the Policy at any time, and any such modification(s) will become effective immediately upon STC posting the modified Terms or Policy to the Site. STC encourages you to visit the Terms and Policy pages periodically to check for updates.
OWNERSHIP
The Site and all material contained on or downloadable through the Site, including, but not limited to, text, images, documents, graphics, photos, video, audio and other multimedia content (the “Site Content”), and all intellectual property rights embodied in the Site Content, are the exclusive property of STC or its licensors. STC grants you a license to print out single copies of materials and documents available through the Site for your own personal or non-commercial use, but you may not modify (including, by way of example and not limitation, by removing or obscuring any copyright, proprietary right or trademark notice or legend from any Site Content), excerpt from or edit such Site Content, or further reproduce or distribute such Site Content. Except for the limited reproduction rights granted to you in the immediately preceding sentence, you may not download, copy or otherwise reproduce, publish, excerpt from, modify, edit or distribute the Site Content without the prior, written permission of STC.
The posting of Site Content to the Site by STC does not constitute a waiver of any rights of STC or its licensors in the Site Content, or transfer to you or anyone else any rights in or to the Site Content. Without limiting the foregoing, no right or license is granted to you to use any trademarks or service marks of STC.
LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
The Site may contain links to third-party websites. These links are provided to you solely for your information and convenience. STC does not control the content or operation of third-party sites, and makes no representation, warranty or endorsement with respect to the products or services depicted or offered on such sites. Your use of such third-party sites will be subject to the terms of use, privacy policy and other policies as the operators of the sites have established. STC is not responsible for these third-party websites or their content or security.
DISCLAIMER
THE SITE AND THE SITE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED AS-IS AND WITH ALL FAULTS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, STC DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICE. STC MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE IS SECURE, WILL OPERATE WITHOUT ERROR OR BE AVAILABLE FOR YOUR USE, NOR THAT THE SITE CONTENT IS COMPLETE, ACCURATE, UP-TO-DATE OR FREE FROM ERRORS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE BREADTH OF THE FOREGOING, YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT BY ACCESSING THE SITE, YOU ARE ASSUMING ALL RISK OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE, AND THAT TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU USE OR RELY ON THE SITE OR SITE CONTENT, YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY DETERMINED TO DO SO, UNDERSTANDING AND ASSUMING ALL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH USE OR RELIANCE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU AND YOU ALONE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO OR FAILURE OF YOUR COMPUTER, NETWORK OR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ARISING AS A CONSEQUENCE OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR SITE CONTENT. IF APPLICABLE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTIES TO APPLY TO YOU, THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS WILL APPLY TO YOU TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT SHALL STC, ITS PARENT ENTITIES, ITS AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS, OR ANY OTHER PARTY PURPORTING TO CLAIM THROUGH ANY OF THE FOREGOING, BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY TYPE WHATSOEVER ARISING OR ALLEGED TO HAVE ARISEN FROM THE USE OF THE SITE OR SITE CONTENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF BUSINESS, REVENUE, PROFITS, USE, DATA, GOODWILL OR OTHER ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE, HOWEVER SUCH DAMAGES ARISE, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT OR IN TORT (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, NEGLIGENCE), EVEN IF STC IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless, STC, its subsidiaries, affiliates, joint ventures, business partners, licensors, officers, directors, employees, agents, and successors in interest from and against any claims, losses, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) arising from your use of the Site or Site Content, the breach of these Terms or the Policy, and/or any representations or warranties made by you with respect to Submissions (as defined below) made by your or on your behalf to or through the Site.
YOUR CONDUCT ON THE SITE
You agree that you shall not submit, post, introduce, distribute, upload or transmit to or through the Site: (a) material that is illegal, indecent, obscene, libelous, defamatory, disparaging, false or misleading; (b) unsolicited advertising, promotional material, or other forms of solicitation; (c) material that would infringe or violate the intellectual property, privacy or other rights of third parties; (d) any virus, worm, Trojan horse or other malicious, disabling or destructive code, or (e) a signature, avatar, screen name or other identifier that impersonates another person or otherwise misleads as to the source of a Submission or posting. You further agree that you shall not engage in any activity on or in connection with the Site (i) meant to compromise or circumvent Site security, including by way of example and not limitation, the use of any forged TCP/IP headers or header components, or to derive passwords of third parties in an attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site or STC’s systems or data, (ii) that introduces any code or device meant to scrape or otherwise collect Site Content or related Site information, or monitor Site use, or (iii) that unduly stresses the Site, including by way of example and not limitation, mass downloading of Site Content or engaging in or facilitating denial of service attacks on the Site. Any breach of these provisions by you, or any other unauthorized or prohibited use of the Site or Site Content may subject you to civil liability or criminal prosecution under applicable laws.
SITE SUBMISSIONS BY YOU
The Site may provide opportunities for you to submit information, inquiries, feedback or other materials to STC (each, a “Submission”, and, collectively, “Submissions”). All Submissions, whether submitted via e-mail, web form or otherwise, irrespective of any legends included in or on such Submissions, shall be deemed non-confidential by STC. By delivering a Submission to the Site, you hereby grant to STC a fully paid-up, non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide and royalty-free license to use such Submission as STC deems appropriate (and subject to any limits on use set forth in the Policy). You agree that STC may reproduce, transmit, distribute, adapt, perform, display and create derivative works from or based upon your Submission(s). STC reserves the right at any time and without notice to reject, refuse to accept or post, or delete or remove any Submission.
In the event the Site permits active interchanges among participants – for example, forums, bulletin boards or other opportunities for parties to share information and ideas – you acknowledge and agree that, subject to the immediately following sentence, STC is under no obligation to, and may not prescreen, edit or otherwise review such postings before they are made available through the Site. Notwithstanding the foregoing, STC reserves the right at any time, for any reason and without notice, to remove or delete postings or to shut down any on-line forums or other exchanges facilitated through the Site. No such postings shall be deemed to reflect the opinions or views of STC, its owners, directors, officers or employees. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, STC shall in no event be liable or responsible to you or anyone else for any such postings.
To the extent you submit any Submission, or participate in any Site-facilitated exchange, you hereby represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights in and to all Submissions and postings made by you or on your behalf. You further represent and warrant that any such Submissions or postings will not infringe, dilute or constitute a misappropriation of any third-party’s copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property right, violate any person’s right of privacy or publicity, or constitute obscene, indecent, unlawful, defamatory or libelous material.
If you are under the age of 13, you may not register with or otherwise make Submissions to the Site. If you are over the age of 13, but under 18, Submissions may be submitted on your behalf only with the prior permission of your parent(s) or legal guardian(s). Any parent or legal guardian agreeing to these rules for the benefit of an individual between the ages of 13 and 18 acknowledges and agrees that he or she is fully responsible for such Submissions, and for any legal liability that may apply under these Terms or the Policy with respect to such Submission(s) or registration or use of the Site by a minor for whom permission has been granted by him or her.
CHOICE OF LAW
These Terms are subject to and shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, without regard to its conflicts of laws provisions. By using the Site, you waive any claims that may arise under the laws of other states, countries, territories or jurisdictions, and agree that any dispute, legal action or proceeding between you and STC that concerns or relates in any way to your access and use of the Site, Site Content, Submissions, postings or other material or any information available via the Site shall be brought exclusively in federal or state court, as applicable, in the State of Delaware. Any proceedings to resolve or litigate any dispute in any forum will be conducted solely on an individual basis. Neither you nor STC will seek to have any dispute heard as a class action or in any other proceeding in which either party acts or proposes to act in a representative capacity.
CONTACTING STC
Any questions, claims or issued related to the Site, the Site Content, Submissions or your use of the foregoing should be addressed to info@strattechnologies.com.
PRIVACY POLICY
STC, including its parent companies, affiliates, joint ventures and business partners (collectively, “STC”), brings a diverse set of capabilities to our U.S. government customers in defense, intelligence, civilian, health care, and state and local markets. Included in our core values are Respect and Accountability. We apply these values to the protection of personal information obtained from individuals through our websites and in the course of doing business. The purpose of this Privacy Notice (the “Notice”) is to provide information about how STC collects and uses your personal information, with whom STC shares the information, and your rights and choices with respect to the use of the information. The Notice also describes some of the security measures STC takes to protect your information and how you may contact STC about its privacy policies.
INFORMATION STC COLLECTS AUTOMATICALLY
STC collects certain information by automated means when you visit our websites:
STC web servers log your computer’s IP addresses, operating system, and browser software, as well as the pages you access. We use this data, in aggregated form, to perform statistical analyses of the collective characteristics of our visitors and to measure overall user demographics and interests regarding specific areas of the website.
STC’s websites use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information to help STC analyze how users engage with STC’s websites. The cookies transmit the information they collect to Google servers in the United States for storage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
STC’s websites do not use cookies other than those used by Google Analytics and targeted advertising campaigns run by third-party agencies. You may refuse to accept non-essential cookies by clicking the ‘settings’ button from the cookies pop-up banner and toggling off non-essential cookies on the next screen.
HOW STC USES THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
STC may use the personal information we collect about you or that you provide to us for the following purposes:
Responding to requests for information, including requests made through forms found on our websites;
Providing products and services, performing our contracts, and otherwise operating our business;
Processing employment applications, evaluating candidate employment qualifications, and contacting individuals regarding employment opportunities where appropriate;
Performing human resources functions for STC and its employees;
Providing marketing, partner or corporate communication notices;
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 STC, its employees, and its business partners against cybersecurity and other security events, espionage, fraud, insider threats, and other unlawful activity, and claims and other liabilities;
Protecting STC personnel and property;
Exercising STC legal rights; and
Complying with and enforcing applicable legal requirements, industry standards, and STC policies.
Except in rare circumstances where STC is required by law to disclose or otherwise process your personal information, STC will only process your personal information as necessary for the purposes explained to you when the information is collected or as otherwise described in this notice.
HOW WE SHARE THE PERSONAL INFORMATION STC COLLECTS
STC does not sell, lease, rent, or license the personal information it collects to third parties.
STC may disclose personal information to third parties in the following circumstances:
To third-party service providers to facilitate the services they provide (for example, third-party payroll processors and auditors);
To submit bids for proposals from the government or commercial customers;
To perform contractual services for customers (including, for example, with a STC subcontractor or a prime contractor for which STC is a subcontractor);
To protect STC’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, insider threats, and other illegal activity;
In the event of a merger, sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or any portion of STC business assets or stock;
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.
STC routinely 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 as directed by STC.
MANAGING INFORMATION: YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES
On STC’s website, you can sign up to receive certain types of information about STC by email. For instance, by registering for an account on our careers site, you are joining an “opt-in” list to receive communications related to open positions at STC. If you no longer wish to receive these communications, we provide an option for you to opt-out of our communications.
TRANSFERS OF INFORMATION
STC is headquartered in the United States in the State of New Jersey, and its business information systems are primarily located in the United States. If you are not located in the United States, we want to advise you that any personal information you provide through STC’s website and third-party online services will be transferred out of your country and to the United States. By providing personal information through STC’s website and third-party online services, you expressly consent to the transfer of this information to the United States and other countries in which we may operate in support of our customers. If you do not want your personal information transferred to the United States, please do not use STC’s website and third-party online services or provide personal information through them.
CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13
STC’s websites and online services are not directed to or intended for children under the age of 13. STC does not knowingly solicit, store, or use personal information of children under the age of 13, except as permitted by law. 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 STC through its websites or online services. If STC becomes aware it has inadvertently collected personal information of children under the age of 13, STC promptly will delete such information.
SECURING INFORMATION
STC is committed to maintaining the security of the information collected on our website STC implements commercially reasonable and appropriate technical, physical, procedural, 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, no Internet-based information system is completely secure and STC cannot eliminate all security risks associated with the electronic transfer and storage of information, including your personal information. STC accepts no liability for events for which STC is not responsible or for which STC does not have control. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with STC or its users is no longer secure, please immediately notify STC in accordance with the “Contact Us” section.
THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
STC’s website contains links to websites operated by third parties to provide users additional information. These links include links to social media services (such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube). STC does not control these third-party sites and services and is not responsible for the content of these websites or the products, services, or actions of the third parties operating them. The privacy policies of these third-party websites and services govern your use of and sharing of data with them and STC does not control and is not responsible for these privacy policies. If you link to or from our website using other websites, you should review carefully the privacy policy on those third-party sites to determine what rules may apply to the use and disclosure of your personal information by the operators of those sites.
ASSIGNMENT
STC reserves the right to assign, transfer, or delegate any or all of its rights, obligations and responsibilities under these Terms of Use to any third party, including but not limited to ,any subsidiary, affiliate, successor or acquirer of the Company. Such assignment may occur with or without prior notice to the user. By accessing this website, the user agrees that STC may freely assign its rights and obligations herein.
CHANGES TO STC’S PRIVACY NOTICE
STC reserves the right to amend this Privacy Notice at any time, for any reason, without notice, other than posting of the amended Privacy Notice at this Website. STC suggests you check this page regularly to see our most up-to-date Privacy Notice. Changes are effective on the date STC posts the revised Privacy Notice to its website and supersede all previous versions of the Privacy Notice.
This Privacy Notice was last updated on 4 August 2023.