Privacy Policy
Privacy Notice
This Notice describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the Watt Tieder website or in connection with our business dealings, as well as Watt Tieder’s practices for collecting, using, and disclosing that information. Watt Tieder takes your privacy very seriously and does not sell your personal information.
Notice to California Residents
Privacy policies specifically developed and maintained for California residents in compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) are found within this Privacy Policy. The CCPA gives residents of California the right to prevent businesses from selling their personal information. If you are a California resident who has provided personal information to us, you may exercise your rights under the CCPA and submit your requests in one of the following methods: (1) by submitting a request via our online Contact Form; or (2) by calling us toll free at (703) 749-1000. To authorize an agent to make a request on your behalf, please provide us with your first and last name, your email address, and your zip code, as well as a letter (signed by both you and your agent) authorizing the agent to make the request.
Collection of your Personal Information
For the purposes of this notice, “Personal Information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household, or as otherwise defined by the CCPA. Personal Information does not include information that is lawfully made available from government records, is deidentified or aggregate information, or is otherwise excluded from the scope of the CCPA.
The chart below provides a list of the categories of Personal Information we have collected, and whether each such category was used or disclosed for a business purpose in the preceding twelve months since this notice was last updated, as well as the categories of sources from which that information was collected, and the categories of third parties with whom we shared each such category of Personal Information. The examples of Personal Information provided for each category reflect each category’s statutory definition and may not reflect all specific types of Personal Information associated with each category.
Category | We Collect | We Disclose | We Sell |
A. Identifiers Examples: Name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, internet protocol address, email address, account name, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers. | Yes | Yes | No |
B. Categories of Personal Information listed in Cal. Civ. Code section 1798.80, subsection (e) Examples: Name, signature, social security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. | Yes | Yes | No |
C. Characteristics of Protected Classifications under California or Federal Law Examples: Race or color, ancestry or national origin, religion or creed, age (over 40), mental or physical disability, sex (including gender and pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military and veteran status. | Yes | Yes | No |
D. Commercial Information Examples: Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies. | Yes | Yes | No |
E. Biometric Information Examples: Physiological, biological, or behavioral characteristics, including DNA, that can be used, singly or in combination with each other or with other identifying data, to establish individual identity, such as imagery of the iris, retina, fingerprint, face, hand, palm, vein patterns, and voice recordings, from which an identifier template, such as a faceprint, a minutiae template, or a voiceprint, can be extracted, and keystroke patterns or rhythms, gait patterns or rhythms, and sleep, health, or exercise data that contain identifying information. | No | N/A | N/A |
F. Internet or Other Similar Electronic Network Activity Examples: Browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an internet website, application or advertisement. | No | N/A | N/A |
G. Geolocation Data Examples: Precise physical location. | No | N/A | N/A |
H. Sensory Data Examples: Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information. | No | N/A | N/A |
I. Professional or employment-related information. Examples: Job application or resume information, past and current job history, and job performance information. | Yes | Yes | No |
J. Non-Public Education Information (as defined in 20 U.S.C. section 1232g; 34 C.F.R. Part 99). Examples: Records that are directly related to a student maintained by an educational agency or institution or by a party acting for the agency or institution. | Yes | Yes | No |
K. Inferences Drawn from Personal Information Examples: Consumer profiles reflecting a consumer’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, preferences, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes. | No | N/A | N/A |
In the preceding twelve months since this notice was last updated, we have not sold any Personal Information.
Collection, Use, and Disclosure of Personal Information
We do not sell your Personal Information to anyone. We collect, use, and disclose your Personal Information only in accordance with the specific business purposes of delivering legal services and processing and evaluating job applicants. Watt Tieder also may disclose your Personal Information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Watt Tieder, or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Watt Tieder employees, users of Watt Tieder’s services, or members of the public.
To review this website, you do not need to provide any information that identifies you or your company, such as your name, you company’s name, your e-mail or physical address, your company’s e-mail or physical address, telephone numbers, or other information about you or your company. However, we will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested when you complete any Contact Form or ask questions about Watt Tieder’s services.
Exercise of Privacy Rights Under the CCPA
If you are a California resident, you may exercise the following rights.
- Right to Know. You may submit a verifiable request for information regarding the: (1) categories of Personal Information collected, used, or disclosed by us; (2) purposes for which categories of Personal Information are collected, used, or disclosed by us; (3) categories of sources from which we collect Personal Information; and (4) specific Personal Information we have collected about you during the past twelve months.
- Right to Request Deletion. Subject to certain exceptions, you may submit a verifiable request that we delete Personal Information that we have collected from you.
- Non-discrimination. You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of your CCPA privacy rights.
- Right to Opt-Out. We do not sell any Personal Information collected. However, in compliance with the CCPA, we allow California residents to opt out of any future sale of their personal information.
Requests for access to or deletion of Personal Information, and requests to opt-out, are subject to our ability to reasonably verify your identity considering the information requested and pursuant to relevant CCPA requirements, limitations, and regulations. To verify your access, deletion, or opt-out request, please provide us with your first and last name, your email address, and your zip code. We may deny your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service providers to:
- Complete the transaction for which we collected the Personal Information, provide a service that you requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform our contract with you;
- Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities;
- Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law;
- Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 seq.);
- Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information’s deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research’s achievement, if you previously provided informed consent;
- Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us;
- Comply with a legal obligation; or
- Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which you provided it.
Minors
We do not sell the Personal Information of minors under 16 years of age, or the Personal Information of any other person.
Do Not Track Signals
We do not track customers over time and across third party websites to provide targeting advertising and therefore we do not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals.
Contact Information
Watt Tieder welcomes your comments regarding this Notice. You may contact us by postal mail at the following address:
Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP
1765 Greensboro Station Place, Suite 1000
McLean, VA 22102
LAST UPDATED: July 1, 2020