Privacy Notice

Effective Date: 03/28/2025

This Privacy Notice describes the data practices of Government Technical Services Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, “GTSC” or the “Company”). We have created this Privacy Notice to explain how we collect, use, disclose, and otherwise process data in connection with your use of our services.

1. Overview

This Privacy Notice, including our Terms of Use, applies when you access or use GTSC.com, including subsidiary company websites and mobile-optimized sites, submit job applications via our careers pages, provide information by contacting us through our messaging fields, or otherwise interact with us (collectively, the “Services”).

The terms of this Privacy Notice do not apply to those services or other websites that state that they are subject to a different privacy or data policy. This Privacy Notice also does not apply to GTSC’s processing of employee data.

2. Data We Collect

GTSC collects data directly from you and third-party sources for various business purposes, such as your name and contact information, as further described in this Privacy Notice. We may also collect analytics and other usage information based on your interaction with our Services. GTSC uses the information collected to operate our businesses and websites, communicate with and respond to you, and to comply with laws, rules, and our policies, including our Terms of Use.

Information You Provide To Us

GTSC collects identifiers and other personal information that you provide to us, such as when you send us a message through our Contact Us pages. We may also collect information when you sign up to receive notifications or other communications from us. The types of information we collect directly from you may include:

Identification information, such as your name (first and last)
Contact information, such as your e-mail address, mailing address, and phone number
Applicant information, such as your educational and professional experience, and demographic information

GTSC processes this information for administration of job applications and to provide you with the information and services that you have requested, such as notification of recruiting updates and retainage fee schedules for applicable clients, as well as to alert you (under appropriate circumstances with your consent) of any business offerings that you might have interest in. We may also use this information to better understand our users’ needs and interests to help tailor our services.

Information From Third Parties

We work with third parties, including background screening vendors, to acquire data about you. This may include further employment information to authenticate your application or verify your credentials. We may also collect personal information in connection with data access or deletion requests submitted by authorized agents on your behalf, or through other publicly available sources.

Data Generated About You

GTSC uses cookies and other tracking technologies, such as Google Analytics, to automatically collect certain information about you when you interact with our Services. For example, our web servers track various technical details about your site visit, including:

Details about the devices that are used to access our Services (such as the IP address, type of operating system, and web browser)
Dates and times of visits to, and use of, our Services
Information about how our Services are used (such as the content that is viewed or downloaded and how users navigate between our webpages)
URLs that refer visitors to our Services
Search terms used to reach our Services

We use this information for a variety of purposes, including authentication of job applicants, recording of user preferences and settings, responding to reports of technical issues with our Services, ranking the relevancy and accuracy of the content on our Services, and support of GTSC’s internal audit and fraud prevention efforts. We may also use this information in aggregate form for purposes of internal, statistical analysis of website traffic and to promote GTSC jobs or events to appropriate users.

To learn more, please review the section on Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies below.

3. How We Share Your Data

We do not sell your personal information to anyone. In limited circumstances, as generally described below, we may disclose your information within GTSC’s family of companies, to our service providers, and as required by laws, rules, and our policies. If we need to share or otherwise process your data for purposes other than for which the information was originally collected, we will notify and seek your consent as appropriate.

We may share your personal information with:

GTSC affiliates and subsidiaries.
Service providers that perform services on our behalf, including:
- Job applicant screening and support providers
- Technology providers (including technology support, e-mail and web hosting providers, marketing and advertising support providers, e-mail and text communications providers)

Unless prohibited by applicable law, we reserve the right to transfer the information we maintain in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets. If we engage in such a sale or transfer, we will — where required by applicable law — make reasonable efforts to direct the recipient to use your personal information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Notice. After such a sale or transfer, you may contact the recipient with any inquiries concerning the processing of your personal information.

In addition, we may share your personal information to comply with legal and regulatory requirements and to protect against and prevent fraud, illegal activity (such as identifying and responding to incidents of hacking or misuse of our websites), and claims and other liabilities.

4. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

GTSC uses cookies and similar technologies to operate and provide our Services, including to allow you to navigate between pages efficiently, record user settings, and improve user experiences across our Services. We also use cookies in connection with our Services to help recognize user devices and stated user preferences. Below is some general information about cookies, and then more specific information about the types of cookies and other tracking technologies that GTSC may use.

General Information About Cookies

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating web domain on your subsequent visits to that domain. Session cookies are deleted automatically when you close your browser, while persistent cookies may remain on your device after the browser is closed (for example to reference your user preferences when you return to the same site). Most web pages contain elements from multiple web domains so when you visit the website, your browser may receive cookies from several sources.

What Types Of Cookies Does GTSC Use?

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential in order to operate our Services and to enable you to move around GTSC’s website and use its features. Without these cookies, certain services you have asked for, such as navigating between pages or accessing your member account page, cannot be provided.

Performance and Analytics Cookies

GTSC may use performance cookies to provide you with certain advanced website functionalities or to provide enhanced and more personal features in connection with providing our Services. This may include storing changes you make on your job applicant page or recognizing the platform from which you access the site. These cookies are not used to track your browsing on other sites.

We also use analytics cookies to analyze how our visitors use our Services and to monitor website performance. This allows us to provide a high quality experience by customizing our offerings and quickly identifying and fixing any issues that arise. For example, we use Google Analytics to set performance cookies on our Services, in order to keep track of applicant activity and to assess which pages are most popular, which method of linking between pages is most effective, and to determine why some pages are receiving error messages.

Browser Controls

You have choices on how we use cookies and similar technologies. Please note that if you disable certain cookies, certain site functionalities and features may no longer be accessible and other Services may not be personalized to you. Below are some ways that you may be able to disable certain cookies or adjust your cookie settings.

You may adjust your browser setting to disable certain cookies by following the instructions for your browser as explained at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies. The “Help” or “Preferences” menu on most Internet browsers contains information on how to disable cookies, or you can visit www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-control-cookies. As described above, some of our Services may not function properly if certain cookies are disabled.

Do Not Track. Most browsers also have a setting for Do Not Track (DNT) signals. DNT is a mechanism for allowing Internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites through their browser settings. At this time, GTSC does not respond to DNT signals.

Mobile Device Controls

You may also be able to adjust your cookie settings on your mobile device. Some mobile device operating systems, such as Android and iOS, allow users to opt out of mobile advertising IDs for ads personalization. For more information on controlling your mobile cookie choices, please visit the Apple privacy control page for iOS devices and your settings in the Permission Manager for Android devices.

5. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for which the information was collected, depending on the purpose(s) for which the information was collected, the nature of the information, any contractual relationship that may govern the retention of the information, and our legal or regulatory obligations. If you request deletion of your GTSC member account, we will terminate your access to our Services. We will further destroy or choose to further retain personal information in de-identified or aggregated form, in accordance with applicable law.

6. How We Protect Your Information

GTSC maintains reasonable and appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the information we maintain against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure, or use. All of the GTSC web servers are registered as secure servers using industry-standard certificate techniques. This enables all communication between our servers to be verified when services are requested between computers. However, no system is 100% secure. We cannot warrant the security of any information that you send us, and we cannot guarantee that your personal information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.

7. Your Rights

You have choices about how your personal information is processed, including the right to access or delete it. If you want to check whether we have your personal information, or otherwise exercise your data rights, send us an e-mail at info@gtsc.com or call us at (703) 988-7784.

8. General Data Protection Regulation

If you are based in the EU or EEA and interact with us, the processing of your personal data (or personal information) may fall under the General Data Protection Regulation. We only collect and process personal information where we have one or more lawful grounds to do so. These include processing data to fulfill our contracts and provide requested services or features to you, for purposes of GTSC’s legitimate interests or those of other parties, to fulfill our legal obligations, or based on consent.

Data Controller

GTSC is the data controller for the personal information collected in connection with the use of our Services in the European Economic Area (EEA) and the United Kingdom. Data controllers determine the purposes and means of processing personal data under GDPR Article 4.

Lawful Basis for Processing Data

We only collect and process personal information where we have one or more lawful grounds to do so. In this section, we identify the legal grounds on which we rely to process personal information under GDPR Article 6.

In some cases, GTSC processes personal information to fulfill our contracts with specific parties, such as to facilitate job applications and registrations. GTSC’s processing of certain personal information may also be necessary to comply with our legal obligations.

In other cases, GTSC has a legitimate interest to process the personal information that we collect, such as to develop, administer and support our products and services; to operate, evaluate and improve our business; to support our recruitment activities; to benefit the public interest; or to comply with export control regulations and other legal obligations. It may be also necessary for GTSC to process personal information to establish, exercise or defend against fraud, illegal activity, and claims and other liabilities, including by enforcing the Terms of Use that govern the Services we provide. GTSC will rely on legitimate interests as a basis for data processing where the processing of personal information is not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.

If GTSC relies on consent for the processing of your personal information, we will seek such consent at the time we collect your personal information.

International Transfers

We may transfer your personal information to countries other than the country in which the data was originally collected for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice. For example, if you are located outside of the United States, we typically transfer your personal information to the United States, where GTSC is located. We rely on legally-provided mechanisms to lawfully transfer data across borders. In some cases, the countries to which we transfer personal information may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information. In general, we will process your data in ways that are compatible with the purposes for which it was originally collected and will make the requisite disclosures where appropriate.

Concerns

If you have concerns, questions or requests about how we process personal data, you may send us an e-mail at info@gtsc.com. If you reside in the EEA, you have the right to file a complaint with the applicable supervisory authority. Please refer to list of National Data Protection Authorities for further information: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/article29/item-detail.cfm?item_id=612080. If you reside in the United Kingdom, you may file a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office: https://www.gov.uk/data-protection/make-a-complaint.

9. Changes to This Privacy Notice

As laws, regulations, and industry standards evolve, GTSC may make changes to our Services and may further revise this Privacy Notice from time to time. When we update this Privacy Notice, we will post the changes to this page and update the effective date on this page. In cases where we make changes that materially alter your privacy rights, we will provide additional notice as appropriate, such as by e-mail or other contact information you have provided and given requisite consent for. We encourage you to review our Privacy Notice to stay informed.

10. How to Contact Us

You may contact us with questions, comments, or complaints about this Privacy Notice or our data practices, or to exercise your privacy rights. Our contact information is as follows:

By e-mail: info@GTSC.com
By phone: (703) 988-7784
By fax: (703) 574-0664
By postal mail:
Government Technical Services Corporation
14200 Park Meadow Dr., Suite 250N
Chantilly, VA 20151