Data Privacy and Non-Disclosure Agreements

Southland respects employees’ privacy as well as the privacy interests of its clients, subcontractors, vendors, customers, and other third-parties. This commitment is in line with our core value of integrity. Through acting with integrity, we earn and maintain the trust we have with each other and all third-party constituencies.

Southland protects against theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, and improper use of your private information and that of third-parties. Southland will only collect, store, and use personal, customer, subcontractor, and vendor information needed for legitimate business purposes after obtaining appropriate and any required consent granted by our personnel and others. Notwithstanding, all personnel must be vigilant to maintain the confidentiality, security, and privacy of data. Southland provides cybersecurity training, and all personnel are required to fulfill established training requirements.

Almost all of our projects are governed by a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDAs). Every Southland employee has signed a Confidentiality Agreement vowing to keep the company and our clients’ data confidential. Those documents are binding legal obligations to protect the data of Southland and the customers and vendors with whom we do business.

NDAs set forth what is defined as “confidential information” that we or our counterparties (or both) are willing to share for a specific business purpose(s) and restrict access to the confidential information under the terms of the NDA. Southland, our customers, vendors, and other third-parties may wish to restrict access to information relating to specific contracts or projects and treat such information as confidential. This means that employees must be vigilant in protecting our company and clients’ confidential data. Employees are prohibited from uploading and/or disclosing confidential information to AI websites such as ChatGPT, Claude AI, Gemini, DeepSeek, MetaAI, Microsoft Co-Pilot, Mistral’s LeChat, GPT4, etc.

Each employee has a duty to be aware of all the restrictions set forth in NDAs concerning any confidential information we share or that is entrusted to us. Before communicating any details about a contract or project that is subject to an NDA, we are required to ensure that the party with whom we are communicating (verbally or in writing, including in text messages, emails, social media, or other platforms) is authorized to receive the confidential information.

If you are uncertain whether a project or contract is subject to an NDA, or if you have a question about an existing NDA and restrictions on disclosure of confidential information, contact your supervisor, manager, or the general counsel before sharing any information.