PRIVACY STATEMENT
EFFECTIVE 2/4/2021
Abacus Technology respects your privacy and strives to treat the information you provide us, including your Personal Information, with the utmost care. This Privacy Statement applies to how Abacus collects and uses Personal Information from visitors to our public web site at www.abacustech.com (our “Site”). It explains how we collect, use, and disclose information collected from you and the rights and choices available to you.
Personal and Other Information
Through your interaction and use of our Site, Abacus Technology may collect “Personal Information” that identifies or relates to you as an individual. For example, Personal Information may include your name, physical address, telephone number, e-mail address, emergency contact details, and/or company affiliation.
Abacus may also collect “Other Information” through your interaction with and use of the Site. This may include browser and device information, application usage data, demographic information, geographic or geo-location information, and statistical or aggregated data.
Statistical or aggregated data does not directly identify a specific person, but it may be derived from Personal Information. For example, we may aggregate Personal Information to calculate the percentage of users in a particular zip code.
In some instances, we may combine Other Information with Personal Information. In such cases, we will treat the combined information as Personal Information.
Information You Provide to Us
If you provide Personal Information through our Site using one of Abacus Technology’s online contact forms, we store the Personal Information you provide to assist us in responding to your requests.
If you apply for a job at Abacus, the Personal Information we receive from you is used for employment consideration and other human resource purposes such as: communicating with you in writing, by telephone, or online; evaluating your application; analyzing our staffing needs and practices; or supporting other actions related to our hiring process and employee administration. We may combine your data with research tools and information from other sources. Unless you request otherwise, we may keep your Personal Information for future consideration. If you provide Personal Information through links to third party websites, you may be asked to provide additional information by these websites.
Information We Collect by Automated Tools
When you access our Site, Abacus Technology may collect Other Information by automated means, including the use of cookies, web server logs, and third-party analytics.
Cookies are small pieces of data or data files that are sent by a website to your web browser and stored on your computer. They are used to understand general traffic patterns on our Site. The Other Information stored in the cookie is used for statistical tracking and other purposes, but not for individual identification. Cookies are also used to pre-fill forms so that you do not need to re-enter the data, such as when you apply for a job online. We may use the aggregated data to provide feedback to our web designers, content providers, or business managers to assist them in improving our Site operations and service offerings.
You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. If you select this setting, however, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Site.
Additionally, our web servers may log Other Information such as your device type, operating system type, browser type, domain, and other system settings as well as the language your system uses and the country and time zone where your device is located. We may also record Other Information such as the address of the webpage that referred you to our Site and the IP address of the device you use to connect to our Site. Additionally, we may log Other Information about your interaction with our Site such as pages you visit.
How We Use Your Personal Information
In accordance with applicable laws, Abacus Technology may use your Personal and Other Information for the purposes listed below:
- to send you information you “opted-in” to receive
- to contact you in the event of an emergency
- to evaluate your qualifications for employment and contact you, as appropriate, for employment opportunities
- to support human resource functions including employee administration and analysis of hiring and recruitment processes
- to identify, prevent, and protect against cybersecurity intrusions and other security events, espionage, fraud, unlawful activity, and other claims and liabilities
- to comply with and enforce applicable legal requirements and standards consistent with industry best practices and our corporate policies
- to help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our Site, products and services, databases and other technology assets, and business operations
- to develop and improve our Site, products and services, and infrastructure through research, data analysis, and operational testing.
Information We Share
Abacus Technology may disclose Personal or Other Information for the purposes listed below:
- when required by law or other legal proceedings
- when we submit bids and proposals for contracts from governmental or private entities
- when formally requested by law enforcement authorities or other government entities
- when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect business operations and/or prevent financial loss
- when necessary to comply with an investigation of suspected or actual espionage, cybersecurity or security events, or other fraudulent or illegal activity
Online Recruiting Information
Abacus Technology may collect online recruiting information from individuals who visit our Site and are interested in pursuing job opportunities with the firm. To this end, our Site may provide you with the opportunity to review and apply for available positions listed in an online jobs database and assist those individuals needing reasonable accommodation for a specified disability.
If you choose to proceed and gain access to this database through our Site, you will be linked to a third-party website hosted and maintained by one or more of our service providers (“Online Recruiting Site”). The Online Recruiting Site will allow you to provide information (e.g., your resume, employment application, contact information, positions of interest) that will be shared with Abacus recruiters and hiring managers to evaluate your eligibility for employment and contact you as appropriate. Please note that third-party vendors may be responsible for operating the Online Recruiting Site, and their privacy practices may differ from those of Abacus Technology. We encourage you to review such privacy policies and terms of use posted on the Online Recruiting Site prior to submitting any Personal Information in connection with your employment application.
Privacy of Children
Abacus Technology does not knowingly collect or use any Personal Information from children under the age of 18 on the Site. We do not knowingly allow children to communicate with us or use any of our online services. If you are a parent and have become aware that your child has provided us with Personal or Other Information, please contact us at webmaster@abacustech.com.
How We Protect Personal Information
While Abacus Technology is committed to protecting your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure, we cannot fully eliminate all security risks. Abacus maintains safeguards to protect Personal Information, but no Internet system can be 100% secure.
Links to Other Websites
This Abacus Technology Privacy Statement only applies to our Site. You should be aware that links on our site may direct you to other websites that we do not control. Abacus Technology has no control over the privacy notices, policies, or practices of these other websites, and is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of websites to which we link, list, rank, or identify by means of a search. Abacus Technology takes no responsibility for the products, services, policies, or actions of third parties or the content of third-party websites. When you leave our Site and go to a third-party website, we encourage you to read the privacy policies and notices posted on these other sites.
Changes to this Privacy Notice
Abacus Technology periodically reviews and updates this Privacy Notice. If any changes are made to this Privacy Notice, we will post the revised notice here and update the effective date.