Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 01/01/2025

FGS, LLC (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting and respecting the privacy of our website users. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you interact with our website.

FGS, LLC reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. The current version of the policy will be posted on the website. All changes will be effective immediately upon posting to the website.

IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA OR TEXAS RESIDENT, PLEASE SEE THE SECTION BELOW TITLED “CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY RIGHTS” OR “TEXAS CONSUMER PRIVACY RIGHTS” FOR ADDITIONAL TERMS THAT MAY APPLY TO YOU.

1. Information We Collect

We collect the following types of information when you visit our website:

A. Personal Information Submitted by You

We collect data that you voluntarily provide to us. This data may be collected directly by us or through one or more service providers that we have engaged for these purposes. This personal information collected may include, but is not limited to:

  • Name: Your full name.

  • Contact Information: Your email address, phone number, and mailing address.

  • Demographic Information: Demographic information you choose to provide, such as your ethnicity/race or gender.

  • Resume Content: Information included in your resume, such as employment history, education, skills, and other professional details.

  • Other: Any additional information or documents you submit in the application process, including for screening, security clearance and verification purposes. This includes all information you provide such as the information contained in communications with us, cover letters, references, certifications, and work samples. This also may include financial and criminal background information.

You are solely responsible for ensuring any information you submit is accurate, up-to-date, and relevant for the purpose for which you are providing it to us. Please note that submitting any employment applications to us does not require us to process or consider your application.

B. Personal Information Collected from Third Parties

We also collect your personal information from social media sites that you may engage with, such as LinkedIn, as well as third party application and recruiting platforms and service providers. This information may be information related to your LinkedIn account or device, as well as your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and other information the third party elects to send to us.

C. Technical Data and Usage Information

We also collect technical data and usage information through your interaction with our website. This may include:

  • IP Addresses

  • Device and Browser Information, such as your operating system, device type, browser type, and version.

  • Tracking Technologies: Our website uses cookies and other tracking technologies (such as web beacons and pixel tags)

  • Usage Data, such as the pages you visit, how long you stay on each page, and the links you click.

You can manage your options with certain tracking technologies through your browser settings. However, blocking or disabling certain tracking technologies may impact your use of the website.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect from you for the following purposes:

  • To Provide Our Website: To remember you when you return to our website, remember your preferences, and analyze how you use our website.

  • To Review and Process any Employment Applications: To process and evaluate your resume, applications, and any other materials you submit. This includes using your information to assess your qualifications for job opportunities, to communicate with you regarding your submissions, to provide you with relevant updates and notifications, and to perform security and clearance verifications. We also may use your information to contact you for potential future job opportunities.

  • To Administer and Improve Our Website: To diagnose problems with our servers and/or website, analyze how users interact with our website, identify areas for improvement, and enhance the overall user experience.

  • To Communicate with You: To send you relevant communications, including follow-up emails regarding your resume submission, important updates, newsletters, and other information. You may opt-out of these communications at any time. Please note that opting out of all communications from us may prevent us from contacting you or considering you for any employment opportunities.

  • To Protect Our Legal Rights and Comply with Laws: To enforce our terms of use, protect our intellectual property, and comply with applicable laws and regulations. This may involve using your information to prevent fraud, investigate suspicious activities, respond to legal inquiries, or submit reporting to government agencies.

3. Disclosing Your Information

FGS, LLC does not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes. However, we may disclose your information in the following limited circumstances:

  • Service Providers: We may disclose your information to our third-party service providers and vendors that work with us to provide the website and its various features and functions, including without limitation application and recruiting features.

  • Customers: We are a government contractor and in the course of our hiring practices we may be required to disclose certain personal information to one or more of our government customers or their identified agent for such purposes.

  • Legal Rights and Compliance: We may disclose your information if required by law or in response to a subpoena, court order, or other legal process, or if we believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, the safety of others, or in connection with an investigation of fraud or illegal activities.

  • Business Transfers: If FGS, LLC undergoes a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or part of its assets, your personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

4. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy or as required by law. If you submit your resume or other materials to us and later request we remove them, we will make reasonable efforts to delete or anonymize your data, unless we are required by law to retain it for a longer period.

5. Security of Your Information

We take reasonable administrative, physical, and technical precautions to safeguard your personal information. However, please note that no data transmission over the Internet or electronic storage method can be guaranteed to be totally secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

6. International Transfers of Data

FGS, LLC operates globally, and the information we collect may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States. By using our website, you consent to the transfer of your personal information to these countries.

7. Third Party Websites

This website may provide links to or be linked from one or more third party websites, which are outside of the control fo FGS, LLC. We do not control the privacy practices of any third party websites or platforms to whom you may directly provide your information. You should always review the privacy policy and practices of any third party website before you provide your personal information to them.

8. California Consumer Privacy Rights

This section outlines how Personal Information is collected, used, and disclosed by the business as required by the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 as amended (“CCPA”), as well as the rights California residents have under the CCPA. Any capitalized term not defined below or otherwise defined by the CCPA has the meaning given that term in the CCPA.

Personal Information Collected: In the last 12 months, FGS has collected the following categories of Personal Information:

  • Identifiers: real name, postal address, online identifier, internet protocol address (“IP Address”), email address, or other similar identifiers

  • Internet Activity: browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an internet website application, or advertisement.

  • Employment Information: professional or employment-related information

  • Education Information: education information, defined as information that is not publicly available personally identifiable information as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)

  • Inferences: drawn from information identified in this subdivision to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes

  • Sensitive Personal Information: race or ethnic origin


Sensitive Personal Information: FGS only uses and discloses Sensitive Personal Information for the purposes specified in Section 7027 as permitted by the CCPA.

Sources of Personal Information: Personal Information is collected directly from applicants, third party social media platforms and other recruiting or applicant platforms.

Purpose for Collecting Personal Information: FGS collects Personal Information for employment opportunities, legal compliance, federal reporting, security and clearance verification purposes, and website performance and administration among other business purposes.

Retention: Personal Information is retained as set forth in the Data Retention section above.

Disclosures: In the last 12 months, FGS has disclosed the categories of Personal Information listed above to the categories of third parties set forth in the “Disclosing Your Information” section above for the business purposes set forth above.

Selling and Sharing: FGS has not sold or shared personal information as contemplated by the CCPA in the last 12 months and has no knowledge that it has sold or shared Personal Information of a child under the age of 16.

Consumer Rights: Subject to certain exceptions, the CCPA confers the following rights on California consumers:

  • Right to request disclosure of certain information. California consumers have a right to request the following information: (a) the categories of Personal Information we collected from you, (b) the categories of sources from which the Personal Information was collected, (c) the business or commercial purpose for collecting your Personal Information, (d) the categories of third parties to whom we disclosed your Personal Information, and (e) the categories of Personal Information we disclosed. California consumers also have a right to access a list of categories of Personal Information we sold or disclosed for a business purpose, if any.

  • Right to request access. California consumers have a right to request that we disclose to you the specific pieces of Personal Information that we have collected about you in the 12-month period prior to your request and request a copy of your electronic Personal Information in a readily usable format.

  • Right to request correction of inaccurate data. California consumers have a right to request the correction of Personal Information we collected about you.

  • Right to request deletion. California consumers have a right to request that we delete Personal Information we collected from you.

  • Right to not receive discriminatory treatment. We will not discriminate against you as a result of your exercise of any rights conferred by the CCPA.

How to Exercise Rights: Consumers can make a request by e-mailing info@fgs-llc.com.

Verification: To verify your request, you must provide sufficient information to allow us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected Personal Information, and you must describe your request with sufficient detail to allow us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to your request. We may request additional information to allow us to verify you and the authenticity of your request. This information may vary depending on the Personal Information we already have.

Authorized Agent: You may only make a request to exercise your rights on behalf of yourself, or a parent or legal guardian may make a request on behalf of their minor child. You also have a right to submit requests to exercise your rights under the CCPA through an authorized agent. If an authorized agent contacts us to exercise the above rights, we will need to verify their identity as well as your identity. We will also require proof of your written authorization to the agent to be your agent and to make the specific request submitted, unless the agent is subject to a Power of Attorney under California probate laws. If the agent is a Power of Attorney under California probate laws, we may require evidence of that status.

Opt-Out Preference Signals and California’s “Do-Not-Track” Requirement. We currently do not honor “Do Not Track” requests.

9. Texas Consumer Privacy Rights

This Section provides additional terms that apply to Consumers of Texas. In the event of a conflict between this Section and the remainder of this Policy, this Section shall take precedence for Texas Consumers. In this Section only, any capitalized terms not defined in this Policy have the meanings set forth in the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”).

For information on categories of the Personal Data we process, including Sensitive Data, please see the sections above titled “Information We Collect”.

For information on the purpose of our processing of Personal Data, please see the section above titled “How We Use Your Information”.

For information on the categories of third parties to whom we share Personal Data, please see the section above titled “Disclosing Your Information”. We disclose all of the categories of Personal Data set forth above to such categories of third parties.

Texas Consumers have the right to make the following requests with regard to their Personal Data:

  • Request Access. You have the right to request confirmation whether or not we are processing your Personal Data and to access such Personal Data.

  • Right to Data Portability. You have the right to request to receive a copy of the specific pieces of Personal Data that we have collected about you and to request to have this delivered, free of charge, once per year either (a) by mail or (b) electronically in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily useable format that allows the individual to transmit this information to another entity without hindrance.

  • Request to Delete. The right to request deletion of certain of your Personal Data that we have collected and to have such Personal Data deleted, except where an exemption applies.

  • Request to Correct. The right to request that we correct inaccuracies in your Personal Data.

  • Request to Opt Out. You have the right to opt out of the processing of the Personal Data for purposes of: (a) targeted advertising; (b) the sale of personal data; or (c) profiling in furtherance of a decision that produces a legal or similarly significant effect concerning the consumer.


How to Exercise Your Rights. To exercise your Texas rights described in this Section, you or your authorized agent may submit your request to us by contacting us via email at info@fgs-llc.com.

Appeal. If we reject or deny your request, you may appeal our decision within a reasonable amount of time after receiving our denial by responding directly to the communication denying your request or by submitting your appeal to info@fgs-llc.com.


10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

FGS, LLC

113 Howard Street, STE 300

LaPlata, MD 20646

E-mail: info@fgs-llc.com

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