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MOBILE COMPUTING CORPORATION
PRIVACY POLICY
1. Introduction
Mobile
Computing Corporation (“MCC” or “we”)
is committed to maintaining the accuracy, security and privacy of
personal information in accordance with applicable laws. This
Privacy Policy is a statement of principles and guidelines for the
protection of the personal information of our website visitors, customers,
suppliers, service providers, and other individuals (“individuals” or “you”). The
objective of this Privacy Policy is to ensure responsible practices
in the collection, use and disclosure of personal information, in
accordance with laws applicable to MCC.
Your Consent
BY SUBMITTING PERSONAL INFORMATION TO MCC OR ITS AGENTS, YOU
AGREE THAT WE MAY COLLECT, USE AND DISCLOSE SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION
AS DESCRIBED IN AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY
AND AS PERMITTED OR REQUIRED BY LAW. Subject
to legal and contractual requirements, and reasonable notice, you may refuse
or withdraw your consent to certain of the purposes described in Section 4 by
contacting the MCC Privacy Officer. If you provide us with personal
information of another individual, you represent and warrant that you have all
necessary authority and/or have obtained all necessary consents from such individual
to enable us to collect, use and disclose such personal information for the purposes
set forth in this Privacy Policy. |
2. What personal information do
we collect?
Personal information
is information about an identifiable individual, as defined in
applicable privacy laws. Personal information
does not include aggregated information that does not allow an individual
to be identified. Generally speaking, an individual’s
business contact information, such as his or her name, title, business
address, business telephone and business facsimile numbers, are not
considered to be personal information. In addition, from
time to time, we may ask you to voluntarily provide us with more
detailed information regarding your business requirements. For
example, we sometimes ask individuals to complete surveys in order
to get a better sense of who our customers and prospective customers
are, what products and services may be of interest to them and insights
into our customer service and account support to MCC customers.
The
types of personal information we may collect includes your name, home
telephone number, home and e-mail addresses (if your contact information
is personal rather than business based), your method of contact
with us and your preferences, delivery instructions and other information
incidental to our supply of products and services, feedback and
comments you provide to us.
3. What are our Privacy Principles?
MCC
collects, uses and discloses personal information in accordance with
the following ten privacy principles which form the basis of this
Privacy Policy:
Principle 1 - Accountability
MCC is responsible
for personal information under its control and has designated a
Privacy Officer to be accountable for MCC’s
compliance with this Privacy Policy and applicable laws. Contact
information for the MCC Privacy Officer is provided in Section 10
below.
Principle 2 - Identifying Purposes for Collection of Personal
Information
MCC identifies
the purposes for which personal information is collected at or
before the time the personal information is collected. Some
of the identified purposes for which MCC collects, uses or discloses
of personal information are described in Section 4 below.
Principle
3 - Obtaining Consent for Collection, Use or Disclosure of Personal
Information
Your knowledge
and consent are required for the collection, use, or disclosure
of your personal information, except as required or permitted by
law. Consent may be express or implied, as permitted
by applicable laws. In obtaining consent, MCC uses reasonable
efforts to ensure that you are advised of the identified purposes
for which your personal information will be used or disclosed. In
determining the appropriate form of consent, MCC will take into account
the sensitivity of the personal information and your reasonable expectations. You
may withdraw consent at any time by contacting our Privacy Officer
in writing, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable
notice. MCC will advise you of the implications of such withdrawal.
Principle
4 - Limiting Collection of Personal Information
MCC limits the
collection of personal information, both the amount and the type
of information, to that which is necessary for the purposes identified
by MCC. Personal
information is collected by fair and lawful means, and not by misleading
or deceiving individuals about the purpose for which information
is being collected.
Principle 5 - Limiting Use, Disclosure, and Retention
of Personal Information
MCC does not
use or disclose personal information for purposes other than the
identified purposes for which it is collected or as required or
permitted by law. MCC
retains personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill
the identified purposes.
Principle 6 - Accuracy of Personal Information
Personal information
held by MCC is based on the information provided by you and used
only for the permitted purposes. MCC does not update personal information,
unless provided by you . We rely
on you to inform us of any changes to your personal contact information. To
update your personal information, please see Section 10.
Principle 7
- Security Safeguards
MCC protects
personal information by security safeguards appropriate to the
sensitivity of the information. MCC uses reasonable efforts
and security measures to protect personal information against loss
or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use,
modification, disposal or destruction. MCC protects personal
information and does not disclose such information to third parties
except for permitted purposes.
Principle 8 - Openness Concerning
Policies and Practices
MCC makes readily
available to individuals specific information about its policies
and practices relating to the management of personal information. MCC
makes information about its personal information policies and practices
available at www.mobilecom.com and upon request to the Privacy
Officer via the contact information provided below.
Principle 9 – Individual
Access to Personal Information Upon your written
request, MCC will inform you of the existence, use, and disclosure
of your personal information and, subject to certain exceptions,
will give you access to that information. If access is granted,
MCC will give you a reasonable opportunity to review the personal
information collected by MCC. Personal information
will be provided in an understandable form within a reasonable time,
generally within 30 days, and at minimal cost. You are able
to challenge the accuracy and completeness of the information and
have it amended as appropriate. If access is lawfully denied,
MCC will notify you in writing, give reasons for the denial, and
inform you of the recourses open to you.
Principle 10 – Questions
on the Privacy Policy
You may address
any questions concerning this Privacy Policy or challenge compliance
with this Privacy Policy to the MCC Privacy
Officer, whose contact information is set out in Section 10 below.
4.
Why do we collect personal information?
MCC,
and its affiliates, agents and service providers acting on MCC’s
behalf, may collect, use and/or disclose personal information for
the following purposes:
(a) to understand and respond
to the inquiries, feedback, needs and preferences of our customers,
website visitors and other individuals, including to communicate
with such individuals;
(b) to
conduct research and statistical analysis;
(c) to distribute
newsletters, promotional information and other material to individuals,
in any format or media, including via third party mailing houses
and email service providers;
(d) to develop,
enhance, market, advertise, sell or otherwise provide MCC and
its affiliates’ products
and services;
(e) to manage and develop MCC’s
and its affiliates’ businesses
and operations, including to apply for and maintain all necessary
regulatory licenses and permits;
(g) to update and verify our databases
and information provided by third parties;
(h) to establish and maintain
commercial relations with customers;
(i) to establish and maintain commercial
relations with service providers, suppliers, distributors, investors,
insurers, financial institutions, and affiliates, including to provide
products and services, administer accounts, facilitate deliveries, evaluate
risk and insurance requirements and check references,;
(j) to monitor
communications to ensure the quality of the products and services of
MCC, its affiliates, suppliers, distributors and other third parties;
(k)
to administer the physical and technological security of MCC facilities,
and the safety of our customers, visitors, personnel and other individuals,
through security surveillance and other security systems and
processes, in accordance with MCC’s policies and
applicable law;
(m) to comply with MCC’s audit
and security requirements, and to audit compliance with MCC’s
corporate policies, procedures, contractual obligations and applicable
laws;
(o) as
permitted by, and to comply with, any legal or regulatory requirements
or laws; and
(p) for any other
purpose to which an individual consents.
You may have
the right to opt-out of some of these identified purposes. In
order to specify your privacy preferences, please contact our Privacy
Officer. If you refuse or withdraw your consent to certain
purposes, we may not be able to provide you with our products,
services and information. 5. To whom do we disclose personal information?
In addition to disclosures identified in the purposes described
in Section 4, from time to time MCC may disclose personal information
to:
(a) its service
providers, including MCC affiliates, retained to perform functions
on MCC’s behalf or
to provide services to MCC, such as marketing and advertising;
and further provided such service provider does not collect,
use or disclose the personal information for any purpose other
than to perform such functions for MCC or as otherwise required
by law;
(b) a person or
entity, including MCC affiliates, to whom disclosure is required
in order to fulfill one or more of the purposes described in Section
4 of this Privacy Policy;
(c) law enforcement, courts and government
agencies, including those in foreign countries, where MCC or its
affiliates are required by law, such as in response to a subpoena,
warrant, order, demand or request by an agency with jurisdiction
to compel the disclosure of personal information; or
(d) any third party
with your consent or where disclosure is required or permitted by
law.
6. Privacy
and our Websites
Website Cookies
- When you access the MCC websites, we may
use a browser feature called a ‘cookie’ to collect information
that is not personally identifiable (such as the type of Internet
browser and operating system you use, the domain name of the website
from which you came, number of visits, average time spent on our
website, and pages viewed). A cookie is a small text file containing
a unique identification number that identifies your browser, but
not you, to our computers each time you visit one of our websites
that uses cookies. Unless you specifically inform us (e.g. by
sending us comments or an inquiry from our contact webpage), we will
not know who you are. In addition to the identified purposes
described in this Privacy Policy, MCC may use this cookie information
and share it with our affiliates and other organizations with whom
we have a commercial relationship to measure the use of our websites
and to improve the functionality and content of the websites. If
you wish, you can reset your browser either to notify you when you
have received a cookie or refuse to accept cookies. However,
if you refuse to accept cookies, you may not be able to use certain
features on our websites.
Website Links
-Our websites may contain links to other websites which are provided
to you as a convenience only. You are advised
that other third party websites may have different privacy practices
than MCC, and MCC has no responsibility for such third party websites.
7.
How can you obtain access to your personal information?
Upon your
written request and subject to certain legal exceptions, MCC will
inform you of the existence, use and disclosure of your personal
information and will give you access to that information. Access
requests must be sent in writing to our Privacy Officer at the address
set out in Section 10 below.
8. How do we protect personal information?
To
help protect the confidentiality of personal information, MCC uses
administrative and technological safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity
of the personal information. For instance, we operate
secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and
password protection systems. Personal information is stored
in secured locations and on servers located either at our offices
or at the facilities of our data storage providers and technology
service providers. Personal information may be stored in Canada
or with our affiliates and service providers in foreign countries,
including in the United States.
9. Changes to this Policy
MCC reserves
the right to modify or supplement this Privacy Policy at any time. We will post any changes to this Privacy Policy
on our website at www.mobilecom.com. However, MCC will seek
your consent if we want to collect, use or disclose his or her personal
information for purposes other than those to which you have already
consented unless otherwise required or permitted by law. Changes
to our Privacy Policy will be noted here so that you can be fully
informed about our privacy policies and practices.
Date last revised:
Description of Revision: 10.
Further Information
For more information about MCC’s privacy practices, to amend
or obtain access to your personal information, to opt-out or withdraw
your consent, or if you have privacy-related questions or concerns,
please contact the MCC Privacy Officer at:
MCC Privacy Officer
mzanel@mobilecom.com
Nothing
in this Privacy Policy or otherwise will create, or add to, any
right or claim (whether legal, equitable or otherwise) that any
individual or person may have at law or otherwise against MCC or
any third party or any of their respective directors, officers,
employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “MCC
Group”); nor will the existence of this Privacy Policy or its
application impose any obligations or liability upon the MCC Group,
or add to any such obligation or liability, that the MCC Group does
not already otherwise have to any individual or person at law or
otherwise.
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