Privacy policy

Our U.S.A. Flight Academy

We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

Everyone has rights with regard to the way in which their personal data is handled.

This Privacy Policy applies to L3Harris Airline Academy (a Sector of L3Harris Technologies, Inc.), and its worldwide subsidiaries (“L3Harris” “we,” or “our“). This Privacy Policy also does not apply to the websites of our business partners or to any other third parties, even if their websites are linked to our website. We recommend you review the privacy policies/statements of the other parties with which you interact.

This Privacy Policy applies to the collection, storage and processing by us of personal data about our customers, suppliers, online users and other third parties (“you”), and we recognize that the correct and lawful treatment of this data will maintain confidence in the organization and will provide for successful business operations.

This policy sets out the basis on which personal data that we collect from you, or that is provided to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

Data protection principles

When processing your information, we comply with six principles of good practice.

These provide that your personal data must be:

processed lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent manner;
processed for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes;
adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary;
accurate and kept up to date;
kept for no longer than is necessary, and
processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security.

Information about you that we collect and process

We may collect and process personal data about you (such as your name, address, email address, phone number, etc., plus information such as username, IP address and similar fields recorded in security and access logs when accessing our websites) when you:

fill in forms or use the functions and services on our websites;
enter into a contract with us (e.g. by means of our sales representatives, through service agreements, as a supplier, or a business partner, etc.);
access our premises;
use our IT resources and communication systems (e.g., email, network, Wi-Fi, etc.);
correspond with us by phone, email, letters or otherwise;
apply to work for us;
purchase products from us, or send us products for repair, or
subscribe to any of our many services, or communication channels.

We may use the information you give to us for a number of different purposes. For each purpose, we are required to confirm the ‘lawful basis’ that allows us to use your information, as follows:

Purposes for which we will use the information about you	Lawful basis
To store your personal data in our Enterprise Resource Planning systems, for warehouse, accounting, sales, service, and purchase management purposes.	It will be necessary for the performance of the contract between you and us.
To store your personal data in databases linked to public-facing websites, for customer service, online ordering of products, and customer relationship management.	It will be necessary for the performance of the contract between you and us, and for our legitimate business interests, namely the correct management of the business relationship with our customers, as well as internal administrative purposes.
To store your personal data in our systems (including emails) and file shares for customer relationship, business contact, or supplier relationship management.	It will be necessary for the performance of the contract between you and us, and for our legitimate business interests, namely the correct management of the business relationship with our customers and suppliers, as well as internal administrative purposes.
To collect, store and use shipping information (including their communication to shippers and freight forwarders).	It will be necessary for the performance of the contract between you and us, and for our legitimate business interests, namely internal administrative purposes.
To screen your personal data against denied parties’ lists/systems for controlling the access to our premises.	It will be necessary for our legitimate business interests, namely the interest of preventing fraud and/or illicit behaviors and/or unlawful accesses as well as protecting our assets and premises.
To screen your personal and shipping data against denied parties’ lists/systems for carrying out import/export controls.	It will be necessary for our legitimate business interests, namely the interest of preventing fraud, crimes and/or unlawful behaviors, and for complying with a legal obligation to which we are subject under U.S. law.
To screen your personal data against denied parties’ lists/systems for processing employment applications, or in the context of acting as a sales consultant, distributor or other representative or of L3Harris.	It will be necessary for our legitimate business interests, namely the interest of preventing fraud, crimes and/or unlawful behaviors, and for complying with a legal obligation to which we are subject under U.S. law.
To screen your personal data against denied parties’ lists/systems for onboarding you as a customer or supplier to L3Harris.	It will be necessary for our legitimate business interests, namely the interest of preventing fraud, crimes and/or unlawful behaviors, and for complying with a legal obligation to which we are subject under U.S. law.
To store your personal data in our Active Directory systems for server, user, domain, or access management.	It will be necessary for our legitimate business interests, namely for the purposes of ensuring network and information security.

As stated in the table above, most of the collection and processing of your personal information by us is required by a legal obligation or, in the cases listed, it is necessary for the correct execution and management of the contract between you and us. If you do not allow us to collect or process that information, we will not be able to enter into, manage and execute a contract with you.

All other information we collect and process about you, although the collection may not be mandatorily required by law or essential for the execution of the contract, is necessary as such information is strictly connected with our legitimate business interests listed above, which do not override your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. Therefore, if you do not allow us to collect or process that information, we will not be able to enter into, manage and execute a contract with you, or let you access our premises and/or use our IT resources and communication systems.

In certain cases, for the same purposes, your data will also be transferred to non-EU countries: in particular, your personal information may be transferred to L3Harris Technologies Inc. in the US, managing our IT infrastructure, systems, software and programs as data processor, as well as to L3Harris Corporation in the US, acting as data controller for business management and administration purposes. In such cases, your personal information is transferred outside the EU, and L3Harris Airline Academy adopts the specific measures provided by the GDPR in order to protect your privacy, such as specific agreements which include the Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the EU Commission or the subscription of the EU-US Privacy Shield for the data transfer to the US. You may request the indication of the countries to which the personal information is transferred as well as the specific privacy measures adopted by L3Harris Airline Academy.

Information we collect about you from other sources

When you visit our websites, we may collect information about you such as the Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your username, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform. Additionally, through the use of tracking cookies, some of our websites may ask to collect additional information in order to further enhance your experience.

We may use the information we collect about you for a number of different purposes. For each purpose, we are required to confirm the ‘lawful basis’ that allows us to use your information, as follows:

Purposes for which we will process the information	Lawful basis
To administer our websites and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, and statistical purposes.	It will be necessary for providing you with the services expressly requested (e.g., browse the sites and use their functions) and for our legitimate business interests, namely for the purposes of statistics and for ensuring network and information security.
To ensure you receive the best experience possible when accessing and using our websites, measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you, and to deliver relevant advertising to you via third-party analytics and/or profiling cookies.	We will only do this if you give us your consent by some specific, informed, and unambiguous method (e.g., when you click on the “OK” or “Accept” button on a displayed cookie consent banner/pop-up).
We also collect information through the use of cookies including Google Analytics to understand general traffic patterns.	We will only use this information stored for statistical tracking purposes and not for individual identification. In no way does L3Harris Airline Academy relate personal information to these traffic pattern statistics.

You can change the settings on your internet browser to restrict the amount of information that we can collect when you visit our website. If you do not allow us to collect this information, then we may be unable to offer you the best experience possible when accessing and using our websites.

Disclosure of your information

You acknowledge that we have the right to share your personal information with:

Competent authorities and regulatory bodies to which we are, or may be, subject;
our auditors and quality assurance assessors;
online cloud providers;
selected third parties, including:
suppliers and subcontractors to the extent we reasonably consider that it is in your best interests for us to do so, or it is necessary for our legitimate business interests, and
analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimization of our sites.

We will disclose your personal information to third parties:

in the event that we enter into negotiations to sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets;
if L3Harris or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about you will be one of the assets transferred to the third party; or
if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply any contract between you or us, or our website terms of use, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of L3Harris, our customers, or others.

Identifying you as a customer

If you are a business client, we may identify you as a client of L3Harris in our marketing material or in legal directories, although we will never publicly disclose any confidential information about you without having obtained your prior consent. If you do not agree to us identifying you as a customer of L3Harris, please notify us by writing to our address (see Contacting Us section on our website), or by emailing us at marketing.cts@L3Harris.com.

Where we store your personal data

All information we collect and process about you is stored on our servers located in our various business units or hosted in secure cloud-based environments (e.g., Microsoft Azure Government).

We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely, including taking the following safeguards:

Entry controls. This includes physical controls in relation to our premises as well as computer security controls related to the access of data and information systems infrastructure. CCTVs are also utilized on our facilities.
Secure lockable desks and cupboards. Desks and cupboards are kept locked when not in use if they hold confidential information of any kind.
Methods of disposal. Paper documents are disposed of by shredding in a manner that ensures confidentiality.
Equipment. Our internal policies require that individual computer monitors do not show confidential information to passers-by and that users lock or log off from their computer when it is unattended.
Information security. L3Harris employs a number of industry-recognized best practices, ensuring our systems meet or exceed internationally recognized information security standards.

Some of the data that we collect may be processed by external personnel who work for us, our group companies or for one of our suppliers. This includes staff engaged in, among other things, the fulfillment of your orders, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. If you are concerned about the levels of data security for any of those suppliers, please let us know and we will endeavor to advise what steps will be taken to protect your data.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we will use significant measures to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access.

How long we will store your personal data

The length of time we will store your data will depend on the ‘lawful basis’ for why we are using that data, as follows:

Lawful basis	Length of time
Where we use/store your data because it is necessary for the performance of the contract between you and us.	We will use/store your data for as long as it is necessary for the performance of the contract between you and us.
Where we use/store your data because it is necessary for us to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject.	We will use/store your data for as long as it is necessary for us to comply with our legal obligations.
Where we use/store your data because it is necessary for our legitimate business interests.	We will use/store your data until you ask us to stop. However, if we can demonstrate the reason why we are using/storing your data overrides your interests, rights and freedoms, then we will continue to use and store your data for as long as it is necessary for the performance of the contract between you and us (or, if earlier, we no longer have a legitimate interest in using/storing your data).
Where we use/store your data because you have given us your specific, informed and unambiguous consent.	We will use/store your data until you ask us to stop.

Your rights

You have various legal rights in relation to the information you give us, or which we collect about you, as follows:

You have a right to access the information we hold about you free of charge, together with various information about why and how we are using your information, to whom we may have disclosed that information, from where we originally obtained the information and for how long we will use your information.
You have the right to ask us to rectify any information we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.
You have the right to ask us to erase the information we hold about you (the ‘right to be forgotten’). Please note that this right can only be exercised in certain circumstances and, if you ask us to erase your information and we are unable to do so, we will explain why not.
You have the right to ask us to stop using your information where:
- the information we hold about you is inaccurate;
- we are unlawfully using your information;
- we no longer need to use the information; or
- we do not have a legitimate reason to use the information.

Please note that we may continue to store your information, or use your information for the purpose of legal proceedings or for protecting the rights of any other person.

You have the right to ask us to transmit the information we hold about you to another person or company in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. Please note that this right can only be exercised in certain circumstances and, if you ask us to transmit your information and we are unable to do so, we will explain why not.
Where we use/store your information because it is necessary for our legitimate business interests, you have the right to object to us using/storing your information. We will stop using/storing your information unless we can demonstrate why we believe we have a legitimate business interest which overrides your interests, rights and freedoms.
Where we use/store your data because you have given us your specific, informed and unambiguous consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
You have the right to object to us using/storing your information for direct marketing purposes.

If you wish to exercise any of your legal rights in respect of the personal data which we hold about you, please contact L3Harris by writing to our address (see Contacting Us section on our website), or by emailing us at DPO.CTS@L3Harris.com.

You also have the right, at any time, to lodge a complaint with the competent Information Commissioners Office if you believe we are not complying with the laws and regulations relating to the use/storage of the information we collect about you.

Automated decision-making

We may use automated decision-making processes during selection (employee and cadet candidates) where specific prerequisite requirements, i.e. rights to work or education requirements, apply to the role or campaign for which you are applying.

Changes to our policy

Any changes we make to our policy in the future will be posted on our website and,where appropriate, notified to you by post or email. Please check our website frequently to see any updates or changes to our policy.

Contacting us

Questions, comments and requests regarding this policy are welcomed and should be addressed to:

L3Harris Airline Academy
Attn: Data Protection Officer
2 Gatwick Road
Crawley
West Sussex
RH10 9BG