Hughes Marino Data Privacy Policy

Last Updated: December 31, 2024

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes the information collected by or on behalf of Hughes Marino, Inc. and its parent, affiliates, and subsidiaries (“Hughes Marino,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) through our website (“Site”) and our interactions with you both online and offline (collectively, “Services”), and how the information is collected, used, and shared. If you have questions or concerns about this Policy, please contact us as set forth below. This Privacy Policy does not apply to Hughes Marino job applicants, employees, or contractors. If you are an applicant, employee, or contractor, please visit our Applicant, Employee and Contractor Privacy Policy.

We may modify this Policy at any time. All changes will be effective immediately upon posting to the Site. Material changes will be conspicuously posted on the Site or otherwise communicated to you

IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA OR TEXAS RESIDENT, PLEASE SEE THE APPLICABLE CALIFORNIA OR TEXAS SECTION OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY BELOW FOR ADDITIONAL TERMS THAT MAY APPLY TO YOU

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with you or your household (“Personal Information”) when you use our Services. Personal Information is required to use certain Services. The Personal Information we collect falls into three categories: (a) information you provide to us; (b) information we collect through automated methods; and (c) information we collect from other sources (as further detailed below). We will collect, use, and share such Personal Information pursuant to this Policy and applicable law.

Information You Provide to Us

We collect Personal Information that you provide directly to us. If you elect to provide Personal Information, such as your name and email address, we will collect, use, and share such Personal Information pursuant to this Policy and applicable law. This may occur in the following ways:

Contact via Online Form. If you contact us, via the online form on our Site, we will collect and use your name phone number, and email address, and any additional Personal Information you provide in your message.

Business Contracts with Us. When a business contracts directly with us for the purchase of our products or services, we will collect the business contact information of those involved. The processing of any information provided in such a business context is governed by the contracts between that business and us.

Feedback. When you provide comments or feedback about our Site, the content on the Site, or our products, including product reviews (“Feedback”), we will collect Personal information that you submit along with your Feedback. However, we will not treat that Feedback as confidential, and we may use that Feedback for any purpose in our sole discretion so long as it does not personally identify you. Feedback may be used without attribution or compensation to you.

Data Automatically Collected

We may use automated technology to collect information from your computer system when you use our Site. This may include the following:

Tracking Technologies.

We may use cookies, web beacons, pixel tags and other tracking technologies (collectively “Tracking Technologies“) on our Site.

Tracking Technologies can either be “session” or “persistent”. Session Tracking Technologies exist only for so long as you are visiting the applicable Site and are typically deleted when you exit your web browser. Persistent Tracking Technologies exist for a set period of time, for example, up to several months or years. Each time you visit a Site that has implemented a persistent Tracking Technology, the persistent Tracking Technology is renewed will remain active until its predetermined expiration date. You can manually delete certain types of persistent Tracking Technologies through your browser settings.

Tracking Technologies may either be “first-party” or “third-party” technologies. We may not have control over how a third-party uses information collected through third-party Tracking Technologies.

Most browsers automatically accept Tracking Technologies. You can disable this function by changing your browser settings, but disabling cookies may impact your use and enjoyment of the Site. Not all features or functions of the Site may work properly if you disable Tracking Technologies. You cannot disable all Tracking Technologies, such as Tracking Technologies that are essential to the functioning of the Site.

The Tracking Technologies on our Site and Services may collect information such as:

IP addresses assigned to the computers and other devices you use;
your internet service provider;
device ID number;
approximate geographic location;
browser type;
Site pages visited;
websites you access before and after visiting the Site, and
data related to how and when you use the Site.

Data from Other Sources.

We obtain Personal Information about individuals from various third-party companies, including data brokers, third party companies, and public sources, and we may combine that Personal Information with other data we may already have. This enhances our existing data about our users, improves our ability to contact you, and enhances our marketing capabilities.

2. How We Use Your Information.

We use Personal Information that we collect for the following purposes:

As Stated or Agreed to at the Point of Collection. We may use Personal Information for the purposes stated or agreed-to (or as is obvious) at the point of collection. For example, we use Personal Information to respond to your questions, comments, or complaints. We may also use as otherwise requested or consented to by you.

Administration. We use Personal Information for administrative purposes, such as to inform our business strategies, and to understand the Site’s demographics and user preferences.

Site Management. We use Personal Information for Site management, such as troubleshooting problems, improving the content and functionality of the Site, statistical and other analyses of the Site, and to customize the Site to you and our users.

Business Analytics. We use Personal Information for business analytics purposes, including consumer and operations research, to assess the effectiveness of our Site, online services, marketing, and advertising, and to analyze market trends and customer demand.

Advertising and Communications. We may use Personal Information to send you advertisements or to perform targeted advertising, to notify you of new services, products or programs, to notify you of new features of our Site, to notify you of changes to our website terms or this Policy, and for other similar communications. You may opt-out of marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link in the email when included in such emails, by replying to the sender of the email, or by contacting us at privacy@hughesmarino.com with “Unsubscribe” in the subject line. Opting out of marketing communications does not opt you out of non-marketing communications.

To Protect Our Rights. We may use Personal Information to protect our legal rights or interests, or those of other parties, including to bring a legal action against you or anyone who may be causing harm to us, our Site, or to other users of the Site. We may also use Personal Information to seek business, financial or legal advice, and to respond to other legal requests.

How We Use Data Collected by Automatic Technologies. We use Tracking Technologies to: (i) make our Site function properly; (ii) provide personalized experiences; (iii) tailor our interactions with you; (iv) help with our marketing efforts; (v) provide us with valuable data and statistics about the usage and effectiveness of our Site and to help us improve our Site; and (vi) help us improve our Services.

Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics to collect and process information about your use of the Site. Google sets Tracking Technologies on your browser or device, and then your web browser will automatically send information to Google. Google uses this information to provide us with reports that we use to better understand and measure how users interact with our Site.

To learn more about how Google uses data, visit Google’s Privacy Policy and Google’s page on “How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps.” You may download the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for each web browser you use, but this does not prevent the use of other analytics tools. To learn more about Google Analytics cookies, visit Google’s “Google Analytics Cookie Usage on Websites” page.

Online Behavioral Advertising. We use third parties and/or service providers to provide interest-based advertising services, including social media ad networks. These services may serve advertisements on our behalf that are customized based on predictions about your interests generated from your visits to websites (including the Site) over time and across different websites. The data collected may be associated with your Personal Information. These advertisements may appear on the Site and on other websites and may be sent to you via email.

Ads. We use Google Ads to serve ads across various websites. Google uses Tracking Technologies to collect data about your visits to the Site to generate targeted advertisements to you on other websites that you visit. To opt-out of this type of advertising by Google, to customize your ad preferences, or to limit Google’s collection or use of such data, visit Google’s Safety Center and Google’s Ad Settings and follow Google’s personalized ad opt-out instructions. Opting out will not affect your use of the Site.

To change your preferences with respect to certain online ads or to obtain more information about ad networks and online behavioral advertising, visit National Advertising Initiative Consumer opt-out page or the Digital Advertising Alliance Self-Regulatory Program. Changing your settings with individual browsers or ad networks will not necessarily carry over to other browsers or ad networks. As a result, depending on the opt-outs you request, you may still see our ads. Opting-out of targeted advertising does not opt you out of all ads, just those targeted to you.

3. Retention of Personal Information

We will keep Personal Information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Policy, unless a longer retention period is permitted or required by law.

4. Disclosure of Personal Information

We may share Personal Information with the following categories of parties, in compliance with applicable laws:

Employees and Affiliates. We may disclose Personal Information with our employees and affiliates who have a need to know the information for our business purposes.

Third Parties and/or Service Providers. We may disclose Personal Information with third parties and/or service providers that provide services for us. For example, we may disclose Personal Information with vendors to help us host and manage the Site; provide targeted advertising and other marketing; improve the content and functionality of the Site; perform data analysis and statistical analysis; troubleshoot problems with the Site; and support or provide the security of the Site.

Government Officials / Law Enforcement. We will cooperate with law enforcement and other governmental agencies, and may disclose Personal Information: (i) if we believe in good faith we are legally required to disclose that Personal Information, (ii) if we are advised to disclose Personal Information by our legal counsel, or (iii) when necessary to identify, contact or bring a legal action against someone who may cause or be causing harm to, or interfering with the legal rights of, Hughes Marino or any other party.

Professional Advisors. We may disclose Personal Information with our professional advisors, such as our attorneys, accountants, financial advisors and business advisors, in their capacity as advisors to Hughes Marino.

Change in Ownership. In the event Hughes Marino is the subject of a change of control or in the event the Site changes ownership, in whole or in part, or in the event of a bankruptcy, receivership or a similar transaction, we may provide Personal Information to the subsequent owner(s).

Other. We may disclose Personal Information with third parties when explicitly requested by or consented to by you, or for the purposes for which you disclosed the Personal Information to us as indicated at the time and point of the disclosure (or as was obvious at the time and point of disclosure).

5. Use and Disclosure of Non-Personal Information.

Hughes Marino may collect, use, disclose, transfer and otherwise process de-identified and anonymized information that it receives or creates for any purposes in its sole discretion, in compliance with applicable laws. Hughes Marino is the sole and exclusive owner of such de-identified and anonymized information, including if Hughes Marino de-identifies Personal Information so that it no longer considered Personal Information under applicable laws.

6. Children’s Information.

The Site is not directed at children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect, sell, use, or share Personal Information from children under 18. If we obtain actual knowledge that any Personal Information has been provided by a child under the age of 16, we will promptly delete that information. If a parent or legal guardian learns that their child provided us with Personal Information without his or her consent, please contact us and we will make commercially reasonable attempts to delete such Personal Information.

7. Data Security

We use commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures to help secure Personal Information against loss, misuse, and alteration appropriate to the type of Personal Information processed. If a breach of your Personal Information occurs, we will notify you of the breach if required under applicable law.

You understand that no data transmission over the internet or device can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we strive to protect Personal Information, we do not guarantee the security of Personal Information and you provide Personal Information at your own risk.

8. Social Media

We are active on social media, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, X, and YouTube (“Social Media”). Anything you post on Social Media is public information and will not be treated confidentially. We may post (or re-post) on the Site and our Social Media pages any comments or content that you post on our Social Media pages.

The Site may use advertising networks and services offered by Social Media platforms, including X, to deliver advertising content. Use of these services requires Social Media platforms to implement Tracking Technologies to deliver ads to you while you access the Site and other websites.

Your use of Social Media is governed by the privacy policies and terms of the providers that own and operate those websites and not by this Policy. We encourage you to review those policies and terms.

9. Access from Outside the United States

If you access the Site from outside the United States, please be aware that Personal Information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States. Certain governmental authorities may not consider the level of protection of Personal Information in the United States to be equivalent to that required by the in other jurisdictions.

10. Third-Party Websites

The Site may link to, or be linked from, websites not controlled by us. We are not responsible for third parties’ privacy policies or practices. This Policy does not apply to any third-party websites or to any data that you provide to third parties. You should read the privacy policy for each website that you visit.

CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS’ PRIVACY RIGHTS

This Section provides additional terms that apply to residents of California. In the event of a conflict between this Section and the remainder of this Policy, this Section shall take precedence for California residents. In this Section only, any capitalized terms not defined in this Policy have the meanings set forth in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended, and including its implementing regulations (the “CCPA”).

The Collection, Source, Purpose and Sharing of Your Personal Information.

Categories of Personal Information. In the last twelve (12) months, we have collected the following categories of Personal Information:

Identifiers consisting of: real name, alias, postal address, internet protocol address (“IP Address”), email address, or other similar identifiers.
Internet Activity consisting of: browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an internet website, or advertisement.

Categories of Sources from Which Personal Information is Collected. The categories of sources from which your Personal Information is collected is described in Section 1 (Information We Collect).

Purposes for Collecting Personal Information. Our purposes for collecting your Personal Information are described in Section 2 (How We Use Your Personal Information).

Categories of Third Parties / Services Providers with Whom Personal Information is Disclosed for a Business Purpose. In the last 12 months we disclosed the categories of Personal Information listed above for our business purposes. The categories of third parties and / or service providers with whom we disclose Personal Information in the last 12 months are described above in Section 3 (Disclosure of Personal Information).

We do not collect Sensitive Personal Information and therefore have not used or disclosed Sensitive Personal Information for any reason other than the reasons for which it may have been provided to us.

Categories of Personal Information Sold or Shared for a Commercial Purpose.

In the last 12 months we Sold or Shared information the following categories of information for compensation or cross-contextual behavioral advertising:

Identifiers
Internet activity

See the section above titled “Categories of Personal Information” for more detail on the type of Personal Information in each category. You have the right to opt-out of the Sale of your Personal Information.

We do not have any actual knowledge that we have Sold or Shared Personal Information of any individual under the age of 16 for monetary compensation or for cross-context behavioral advertising.

California Residents Data Rights.

California Residents have the right to make the following requests with regard to their personal information:

Right to request disclosure of categories. California Residents have a right to request access to the following information: (a) the categories of Personal Information we collected from you in the 12 month period prior to your request, (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 with whom we disclosed your Personal Information; and (e) the categories of Personal Information we disclosed in the 12 month period prior to who your request. California Residents also have a right to access a list of categories of personal information we sold or disclosed for a business purpose in the last 12 months, if any.
Right to request access. California Residents 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 receive a copy of your electronic personal information in a readily usable format.
Right to correct inaccurate data. California Residents have a right to request the correction of Personal Information we collected about you.
Right to deletion. California Residents have a right to request that we delete Personal Information we collected from you. We will comply with such request, and direct our service providers to do the same, subject to certain exceptions permitted by applicable law.

Your Rights to Opt-Out of the Sale of Personal Information. California residents may direct us not to Sell their Personal Information at any time (this is your right to “opt-out”). You may submit your opt-out request here: “ DO NOT SELL OR SHARE MY PERSONAL INFORMATION“.

You can exercise your opt-out rights by using the opt-out banner at the bottom of this page or by contacting us directly through the contact information below. If you have already interacted with the opt-out banner and you would like to review or change your choices, you can access the banner by clicking on the circle icon at the bottom left of the page. Some browsers will allow you to set an opt-out preference signal that will then be communicated to a business that sells or shares personal information to inform them of your choice to opt-out.

Right to Non-Discrimination. California residents have the right to not receive discriminatory treatment for exercising any of their rights under the CCPA. Should you wish to exercise any of your rights as detailed above, we will not discriminate against you by offering you different services based solely upon your exercise of the above rights. If we choose to offer a financial incentives program in the future, additional terms will apply which may be an exception to this Section.

How to Exercise Your Rights. To exercise your California rights described in this Section, you may submit your request to us by contacting us at any of the following:
1-833-389-0117
Privacy@hughesmarino.com
Submit Form: California Privacy Related Concerns

Verifiable Consumer Request. In order 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. This information may vary depending on the Personal Information we already have.

We will only use Personal Information we collect during the verification process for the purpose of verifying your identity. If we are unable to verify your identity as required by applicable laws and regulations, we will decline to comply with your request, and let you know why.

Authorized Agents. 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.

TEXAS RESIDENTS’ PRIVACY RIGHTS

This Section provides additional terms that apply to residents of Texas. In the event of a conflict between this Section and the remainder of this Policy, this Section shall take precedence for Texas residents. 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 (the “TDPSA”).

Texas Residents Data Rights.
Texas Residents have the right to make the following requests with regard to their Personal Data:

Right to 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. Subject to certain exemptions, you have the right to receive a copy of the specific pieces of Personal Data that we have collected about you and 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 usable 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.
Right to Correction. The right to request that we correct inaccuracies in your Personal Data.
Right 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 consumer privacy rights described in this Section, you may submit your request to us by contacting us at any of the following:
1-833-389-0117
Privacy@hughesmarino.com
Submit Form: Texas Privacy Related Concerns

Your Rights to Opt-Out of the Sale of Personal Information. Texas residents may direct us not to share their Personal Information for targeted advertising at any time (this is your right to “opt-out”). You may submit your opt-out request here: “DO NOT SELL OR SHARE MY PERSONAL INFORMATION“.

Authentication of Your Request.
Once we receive your request, we will contact you to confirm receipt of your request, unless your request is a “Do-Not-Sell” or “Opt-out” request submitted through our automated processes. We will require sufficient information to verify your identity and the authenticity of your request. If you do not provide us with sufficient information, we may request additional information to verify your identity, the identity of the data subject of the request, and the authenticity of the request. Certain types of requests may require additional verification, as we are subject to higher standards of authentication for such requests. We will only use Personal Data we collect during the verification process for the purpose of verifying your identity. We may reject or deny your request as permitted or as required by law.

We will provide information in response to a consumer request free of charge up to twice annually. If a request is manifestly unfounded, excessive, or repetitive, we have the right to charge a reasonable fee to cover the administrative costs of complying with the request or we may decline to act on the request.

Appeal. If we reject or deny your request, you may appeal our decision within 30 days of receiving our denial by responding directly to the communication denying your request or by submitting your appeal to Privacy@HughesMarino.com. If you have concerns about the result of the appeal, may file a complaint with the Texas Attorney General on the Attorney General’s website, made available here.

Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns regarding this Policy, contact us at:

Hughes Marino
Phone: 1-833-389-0117
Email: Privacy@HughesMarino.com
Address: Attn: Legal Department
1450 Front Street
San Diego, CA 92101