Photon Sail Technologies Processor
Privacy Policy
Effective date: 2022-08-11
Scope
Photon Sail Technologies Pte. Ltd. , its affiliates and subsidiaries (“we”, “us”, “our”,
“Photon Sail”) recognizes that your privacy is important and we take it
seriously. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, receive, use, store,
share, transfer and process your information, as well as your rights in
determining what we do with the information that we collect or hold about you
when you access or use (a) our websites and online properties, including
www.a4x.io and our career portal (collectively, the “Sites”), (b) our
Cloud-based IoT Platform, including console.a4x.io and any dashboards or
portals that we make available to our customers, users and others
(collectively, the “IoT Platform”) and (c) the Uni-Smart Cloud. The Sites, the
IoT Platform and any services we provide in connection with one or more of the
foregoing are collectively referred to as the “Services.”
This Privacy Policy also covers our
processing of information collected on behalf of and under the direction of our
Clients through OEM branded Mobile Applications and Photon Sail APIs. The
processing of such information is limited to the purpose of providing the
service for which our Clients has engaged us and Photon Sail has no direct
relationship with the individuals whose Personal Data it processes. If you are
a customer of our Clients and would no longer like to be contacted by one of
our Clients that use our service, please contact the Client that you interact
with directly. We will retain personal data we process on behalf of our Clients
for as long as needed to provide services to our Client. Photon Sail
Technologies will retain this personal information as necessary to comply with
our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
The Services may contain links to other
websites or online services that are operated and maintained by third parties
and that are not under the control of or maintained by us. This Privacy Policy
does not apply to how third parties collect, use, disclose or retain
information. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these
third-party websites or services.
If you have an unresolved privacy or
data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact our
U.S.-based third party dispute resolution provider (free of charge) at https://feedback-form.truste.com/watchdog/request.
If you have any questions or concerns
regarding the data protection practices, please do not hesitate to contact:
Photon Sail Customer Service Department:
dial 400-615-8992; email to support@a4x.io
You are not obliged to provide to us
your Personal Data (as defined below). However, we may be unable to provide you
with certain products and/or Services if you decline to provide such data.
Definitions
In this Privacy Policy,
Personal Data means information recorded, electronically or otherwise that can
be used to identify an individual or reflect the activity of an individual,
either from that information alone, or from that information and other
information we have access to about that individual.
User Data refers
to the data submitted by users or collected by Photon Sail in order to provide
its services, such as user name, contact information, etc., when user registers
for an account on Photon Sail's website, interfaces with Photon Sail's products
or services. For clarity, User Data includes, but is not limited to, Personal
Data.
Smart Devices refers to those nonstandard computing devices produced or
manufactured by hardware manufacturers, with human-machine interface and the
ability to transmit data that connect wirelessly to a network, including: smart
home appliances, smart wearable devices, smart air cleaning devices, etc.
What Personal Data do We Collect
1. Information You Voluntarily Provide
Us.
• Account Data: When you register an
account with us, we may collect your name and contact details, such as your
name, email address, mailing address, phone number, user name, and login
credentials.
• Transactional And Purchase/Payment
Details: If you purchase Photon Sail’s Services, either online or offline, we
may collect your records/dates of purchases, invoice information, billing
address, payment method, or bank account, account holder information, and debit
card numbers for the business partnership.
• Session Data: During your sessions of
communications with our staff, such as consultations with our business team, or
online interactions with the customer service team about our products or
Services, we will collect your session records and relevant information, which
is limited to the following: customized session ID, session time, your company
name, as well as information you voluntarily provide. The purpose of such
collection is to analyze your concerns raised during the session, so that we
can enhance and improve our services and identify usage trends, or in order to
address your problems. However, please be reminded that we will not collect any
sensitive personal information related to your identity.
• Name and Occupational Information in
Communications with Us: When you visit our websites, fill out our online forms,
or engage with our support team, we may collect your name and occupational
information, such us your name, email address, and work/company information.
• Job Application Information: When you
apply to work for us, we may collect your education and professional experience
related information, such as school attended, course of study, academic degree
obtained, grades, employment history, professional certification/licenses
received.
2. Information We Collect Automatically.
When you use our Sites and Services, we
may collect certain information, including Personal Data, about your use of the
Sites and Services:
• Device Information: When you interact
with our Sites and Services through hardware, we may automatically collect
device information, such as the unique device ID number of your device, IP
address, wireless connection information, operating system type and version,
browser type and version, push notification identifier, and mobile network
information.
• Usage Data: During your interaction
with our Sites and Services, we may automatically collect usage data relating
to visits, clicks, downloads, messages sent/received, and other usage of our
Sites and Services.
The major purpose of collecting and
using such data is to improve the products or services we provide to you, and
to collect different volumes of data because of the different types functions of the products or services.
• Log Data: When you access or use our
Sites and Services, any act you engage that may pose any risk to us will be
recorded in form of log files. This may include without limitation, system
logs, exception logs, or logs describing how your operations may pose risk to
us. Logs may be uploaded to backend.
Please note that one cannot identify a
specific individual by using device information or log information alone.
However, if these types of non-personal information, combined with other
information, may be used to identify a specific individual, such non-personal
information will be treated as Personal Data. Unless we have obtained your
consent or unless otherwise provided by data protection laws and regulations,
we will aggregate and desensitize such non-personal information.
3. Information We Acquire from Third
Parties
In some cases, and as permitted by law,
we may obtain your Personal Data from a third party. For instance:
• You may authorize a third party to
transmit data to us;
• We may obtain certain data from
third-party partners, for instance, public information, including company name,
company contact person, company email address, etc.;
• Data related to you provided by
others, for example, when other users purchase products or services for you,
they may provide us with your Personal Data, which may include your name,
mailing address, and contact information.
Cookies and Similar Tracking
Technologies
When you visit the Sites and Services,
we and service providers on our behalf may send one or more “cookies,” which
are small data files, to your devices to uniquely identify your browser and let
us help you log in faster and enhance your navigation through the Sites.
Cookies help us measure, for example, the total number of visitors to our
Sites, the number of visitors to each page of our Sites, how our users use and
interact with the Services, and the domain names of our visitors” Internet
service providers. You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to
indicate when a cookie is being sent. If you do not want cookies to be
installed on your device, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that
allows you to decline the use of cookies. Please be aware that some features of
the Sites and Services will not function properly if the ability of your device
to accept cookies is disabled.
We may also use web beacons to track
usage patterns of users of the Services. Additionally, we may use HTML-based
emails sent to our users to track which emails are opened by recipients. The
information is used to enable more accurate reporting and make the Services
better for you.
We honor do-not-track signals or similar
technologies that our systems detect and identify. We do not track, plant
cookies, or use advertising when such do-not-track (DNT) browser mechanism is
in place on your device.
As described in this Privacy Notice, we
and/or our third parties on our digital property(ies)
may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect information and
infer your interests for interest-based advertising purposes. If you would prefer
to not receive personalized ads based on your browser or device usage, you may
generally express your opt-out preference to no longer receive tailored
advertisements. Please note that you will continue to see advertisements, but
they will no longer be tailored to your interests.
To opt-out of interest-based advertising by participating companies in the
following consumer choice mechanisms, please visit:
-Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA)’s self-regulatory opt-out page
(http://optout.aboutads.info/) and mobile application-based
"AppChoices" download page (https://youradchoices.com/appchoices)
-European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA)'s consumer opt-out
page (http://youronlinechoices.eu)
-Network Advertising Initiative (NAI)’s self-regulatory opt-out page
(http://optout.networkadvertising.org/).
In the mobile environment, most mobile operating systems offer device-based
opt-out choices that are transmitted to companies providing interest-based
advertising. To set an opt-out preference for a mobile device identifier (such
as Apple's IDFA or Android's GAID), visit the device manufacturer's current
choice instructions pages, or read more about sending signals to limit ad
tracking for your operating system here: http://www.networkadvertising.org/mobile-choices.
Please note that these settings must be performed on each device (including
each web browser on each device) for which you wish to opt-out, and if you clear
your cookies or if you use a different browser or device, you will need to
renew your opt-out preferences.
Purpose and Legal Basis for Processing
Personal Data
The purpose for which we may process
information about you are as follows:
To Provide Our Services to You. We
process your account data, device information, User Data, log data, location information(such as IP address), and Smart Device data in
order to provide Services that you have requested or purchased. For example,
you can connect the App and Smart Devices and control Smart Devices through
Apps, and securely store your pictures and videos when purchasing cloud storage
services. The legal basis for this processing is to perform our contract with
you according to our Terms of Use.
• To Operate and Improve Our Services.
We process your device information, usage data, location information and Smart
Device data to analyze trends and to track your usage of our Sites and Services
as necessary to develop and improve our websites, and provide our users with
more relevant and useful content. The legal basis for this processing is to
perform our contract with you according to our Terms of Use.
• Account Management. We process your
Personal Data to create and manage accounts when you register with us. The
legal basis for this processing is to perform our contract with you according
to our Terms of Use.
• Handle Contact and Support Request. We
process your Personal Data to contact you to offer help based on diagnostic
information about your Smart Devices, to fulfill your requests, respond to your
inquiries and to provide support; Especially when you encounter usage problems
when using Photon Sail products or services, please contact Photon Sail
customer service team in time so that we can locate your problem more quickly
and provide solutions. The legal basis for this processing is to perform our
contract with you according to our Terms of Use.
• Marketing Communication. We process
your Personal Data to inform you about Services that we believe may be of
interest to you. If we do so, each communication we send you will contain
instructions permitting you to opt-out of receiving future communications of
that nature. The legal basis for this processing is your consent.
• Non-Marketing Communication: We
process your Personal Data to send you important information regarding the
Services, changes to our terms, conditions, and policies and/or other
administrative information. Because this information may be important, you may
not opt-out of receiving such communications. The legal basis for this
processing is to perform our contract with you according to our Terms of Use.
• Research. We process your Personal
Data for our internal business purposes, such as data analysis, audits,
developing new products or services, enhancing and improving the Services and
identifying usage trends. The legal basis for this processing is to perform our
contract with you according to our Terms of Use.
• Legal Compliance. We disclose
information if we are legally required to do so, or if we have a good faith
belief that such use is reasonably necessary to:
• comply with a legal obligation,
process or request;
• enforce our Terms of Use and other
agreements, policies, and standards, including investigation of any potential
violation thereof;
• protect the rights, property or safety
of us, our users, a third party or the public as required or permitted by law;
or
• detect, prevent or otherwise address
security, fraud or technical issues.
If there is any change in the purposes
for processing your Personal Data, we will inform such change to you via email
and/or a prominent notice on our website of such changes of purposes, and
choices you may have regarding your Personal Data.
Who do We Share Personal Data with?
At Photon Sail, we only share Personal
Data in ways that we tell you about. We do not sell your Personal Data to third
parties. Without your consent, we will not disclose your Personal Data to
third-party companies, organizations, or individuals except in the following
cases:
• To our third-party service providers
who perform certain business-related functions for us, such as website hosting,
data analysis, payment and credit card processing, infrastructure provision, IT
services, customer support service, e-mail delivery services, and other similar
services to enable them to provide services to us.
• To our customers and other business
partners who provide you, directly or indirectly, with your Smart Devices,
and/or networks and systems through which you access and use our Sites and
Services.
• To subsidiaries or affiliates within
our corporate family for purpose of regular business activities based on our
instructions and in compliance with applicable law, this Privacy Policy and
other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
• To an affiliate or other third party
in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment,
transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or
stock (including without limitation in connection with any bankruptcy or
similar proceedings). In such an event, you will be notified via email and/or a
prominent notice on our website of any change in ownership, and choices you may
have regarding your Personal Data.
• As we believe in good faith that
access to, or use, preservation, or disclosure of the information is reasonably
necessary or appropriate to:
(a) Comply with applicable law,
regulation, legal process, or lawful governmental request;
(b) Enforce our Terms of Use and other
agreements, policies, and standards, including investigation of any potential
violation thereof
(c) Protect the rights, property or
safety of us, our users, a third party or the public as required or permitted
by law.
(d) Perform risk management, screening
and checks for unlawful, fraudulent, deceptive or malicious activities.
Data Transfer
Photon Sail operates globally, and
Personal Data may be transferred, stored and processed outside of the country
or region where it was initially collected. Also, the applicable laws in the
countries and regions where we operate may differ from the laws applicable to
your country of residence. Under the Personal Data protection framework and in
order to facilitate our operation, we may transfer, store and process your
Personal Data in jurisdictions other than where you live.
We protect Personal Data in accordance
with this Privacy Policy wherever it is processed and take appropriate
contractual or other steps to protect it under applicable laws.
The European Commission has determined
that certain countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA), the UK or
Switzerland can provide adequate protection of Personal Data. Where Personal
Data of users in the EEA, Switzerland, or the UK is being transferred to a
recipient located in a country outside the EEA, Switzerland, or the UK which
has not been recognized as having an adequate level of data protection, we
ensure that the transfer is governed by the European Commission’s standard
contractual clauses. You can review the agreement on the basis of approved EU
standard contractual clauses per GDPR Art. 46.
If you would like further details on the
safeguards we have in place under the data transfer, you can contact us
directly as described in this Privacy Policy.
Security
We use commercially reasonable physical,
administrative, and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security
of your Personal Data. Photon Sail provides various security strategies to
effectively ensure data security of user and device. As for device access,
Photon Sail proprietary algorithms are employed to ensure data isolation,
access authentication, applying for authorization. As for data communication,
communication using security algorithms and transmission encryption protocols
and commercial level information encryption transmission based on dynamic keys
are supported. As for data processing, strict data filtering and validation and
complete data audit are applied. As for data storage, all confidential
information of users will be safely encrypted for storage. If you have reason
to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if
you feel that the security of any account you might have with us has been
compromised), you could immediately notify us of the problem by emailing support@a4x.io in
accordance with the section below.
Data Subject Rights
We respect your control over your
information and, upon request, we will confirm whether we hold or are
processing information that we have collected from you. You also have the right
to amend or update inaccurate or incomplete personal information, request
deletion of your personal information, or request that we no longer use it. Under
certain circumstances we will not be able to fulfill your request, such as if
it interferes with our regulatory obligations, affects legal matters, we cannot
verify your identity, or it involves disproportionate cost or effort, but in
any event we will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe and
provide you an explanation. In order to make such a request of us, please email
us at support@a4x.io
Please note that for personal information about you that we have obtained or
received for processing on behalf of a separate, unaffiliated entity--which
determined the means and purposes of processing, all such requests should be
made to that entity directly. We will honor and support any instructions they
provide us with respect to your personal information.
We acknowledge that you have the right
to access your personal information. Photon Sail Technologies has no direct
relationship with the individuals whose personal data it processes. An
individual who seeks access, or who seeks to correct, amend, or delete
inaccurate data should direct his query to the Photon’s Client (the data
controller). If requested to remove data we will respond within a reasonable
timeframe.
We will retain personal data we process
on behalf of our Clients for as long as needed to provide services to our
Client. Photon Sail Technologies will retain this personal information as
necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce
our agreements.
You do not have to pay a fee for
executing your personal rights. According to different data protection laws,
your request of personal rights will be handled within 15 business days, or
within 30 calendar days due to different response requirement.
In your request, please make clear what information
you would like to have changed, whether you would like to have your Personal
Data deleted from our database or otherwise let us know what limitations you
would like to put on our use of your Personal Data. Please note that we may ask
you to verify your identity before taking further action on your request, for
security purposes.
You may:
• Request access to the Personal Data
that we process about you;
• Request that we correct inaccurate or
incomplete Personal Data about you;
• Request deletion of Personal Data
about you;
• Request restrictions, temporarily or
permanently, on our processing of some or all Personal Data about you;
• Request transfer of Personal Data to
you or a third party where we process the data based on your consent or a contract
with you, and where our processing is automated;
• Opt-out or object to our use of
Personal Data about you where our use is based on your consent or our
legitimate interests.
You may opt-out from receiving
marketing-related emails through the email selection or other communications
from us on a going-forward basis by emailing support@a4x.io
. We will comply with your opt-out request as
soon as reasonably practicable. Please also note that if you do opt-out of
receiving marketing-related messages from us, we may still send you important
administrative messages, and you cannot opt-out from receiving administrative
messages.
Your California Privacy Rights
California Civil Code Section 1798.83
permits users of the Software that are California residents to request certain
information regarding our disclosure of Personal Data to third parties for
their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us in
accordance with the “support@a4x.io ” section below.
We do not disclose Personal Data to third parties for their direct marketing
purposes without your consent.
Data Retention
We process your Personal Data for the
minimum period necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy,
unless there is a specific legal requirement for us to keep the data for a
longer retention period. We determine the appropriate retention period based on
the amount, nature, and sensitivity of your Personal Data, and after the
retention period ends, we will destruct your Personal Data.
1- For as long as you require us to
fulfill the products and services you request from us as defined in the Terms
of Use;
2- Personal Data will no longer be
retained when you request to remove your Personal Data, we will accordingly
complete the task.
When we are unable to do so for
technical reasons, we will ensure that appropriate measures are put in place to
prevent any further such use of your Personal Data.
Children’s Privacy
Protecting the privacy of young children
is especially important to us. The Services are not directed to individuals
under the age of thirteen (13) (or such other age provided by applicable law in
your country/region of residence), and we request that these individuals do not
provide any Personal Data to us. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from
any child unless we first obtain permission from that child’s parent or legal
guardian. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from any
child without permission from that child’s parent or legal guardian, we will
take steps to remove that information.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to
reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any material changes,
we will notify you by email (send to the e-mail address specified in your
account) or by means of a notice on this website prior to the change becoming
effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest
information on our privacy practices.
Contact Us
If you have a question about this
Privacy Notice, or wish to inquire about our personal information handling
practices, please contact us as follows:
Photon Sail Technologies Pte. Ltd.
182 Cecil Street, #23-02 Frasers Tower
Singapore 069547
support@a4x.io