TELCONTAR
PRIVACY POLICY
FOR THE TELEVOKE UNIVERSAL TELEMATICS SERVICE
June
1, 2003
Telcontar’s Televoke Universal Telematics
Service offers mobile
safety, security and convenience applications.
This Privacy Policy addresses the collection,
use and disclosure of information by Telcontar
through the Televoke Universal Telematics
Server™ product and related services (“Televoke”).
This Privacy Policy is available on
the Telcontar website at http://www.telcontar.com.
This Privacy Policy may be updated
from time to time as our services change and
expand, and such changes will be posted on
our website.
WHAT DOES TELCONTAR DO?
Telcontar
provides fully automated web and telephony
service platforms with a diverse set of applications
that enable Telcontar customers to provide
notification, tracking, and control of commercial
and personal assets, including automobiles,
computers and other valuable items, services
(“Telematics Services”) to end-users.
TELCONTAR AND YOU
Telematics Services are typically
provided directly to our customers (“Televoke
Customers”), who in turn offer these services
to either resellers or consumers and end-users
(“End-Users”).
In connection with Televoke Customers’
offering of Telematics Services to End-Users,
Telcontar will receive personal information
from or on behalf of the Televoke Customer
about End-Users.
Personal information means any information
that identifies, or may be used to identify,
an individual person.
For this reason, Telcontar asks that
Televoke Customers disclose their relationship
with us by providing notice to End-Users about
the Televoke Universal Telematics Service,
as well as a link to this Privacy Policy.
FROM WHOM DOES TELCONTAR GATHER INFORMATION
AND HOW?
Telcontar gathers, receives or maintains
both personal information and other identifying
data regarding End-Users from several sources:
- Customers.
Most personal information we receive
is from, through, or on behalf of Televoke
Customers from whom End-Users have purchased
Telematics Services. This information may
be provided via the Internet through a Televoke
Customer’s website, by facsimile, by email,
via voice user interface, or through a Televoke
Customer’s telephone call center.
- End-Users.
In some cases, information may be
collected directly from the End-User.
- Telematics
Devices. Tracking
and location information may also be received
from Telematics Devices that work in conjunction
with the Telematics Services.
- Data
Generated in Conjunction with Service.
Telcontar may also use and maintain
data generated in conjunction with the Telematics
Services, such as latitude and longitude
information of devices and End-User assets.
WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DOES TELCONTAR
RECEIVE?
Telcontar may collect, receive and/or maintain
the following personal information:
·
Name
·
Address
·
Telephone Numbers (which may
include work, home or other phone numbers)
·
Email Address
·
Password or other authentication
information
·
Time Zone
·
Security Question and Answer
In connection with Telematics Services used
for automobile tracking, Telcontar may also
collect, receive and/or maintain vehicle make,
model, license plate number, vehicle identification
number, or color of the automobile.
And in connection with some additional services
that require this information, Telcontar may
also collect, receive and/or maintain, from
or on behalf of Televoke Customers, other
information relating to the End-User such
as Social Security numbers, blood type, emergency
contact information, doctor’s name and telephone
number, allergies, primary and secondary drivers
for automobiles, etc.
Telcontar may also collect, receive or maintain
billing information, which can include credit
card numbers, the name on the account, other
billing or customer activation codes, and
other transaction related information.
However, credit card numbers are not
stored on the Televoke system, and are used
by third party billing services for payment
purposes only.
Finally, in connection with the Telematics
Services, tracking and location information
may be collected, received or maintained by
Telcontar in connection with each account
according to the type or level of services
the Televoke Customer or End-User has selected.
Other product specific information,
such as automobile engine or door status and
control, may also be collected.
HOW DOES TELCONTAR USE THE INFORMATION
IT RECEIVES?
Telcontar uses the information it receives
to deliver the Telematics Services, including
completing transactions, initiating and maintaining
user accounts, and tracking or locating assets
or initiating other actions requested by End-Users.
Telcontar
may
use contact information, such as your telephone
number and e-mail address, to contact you
regarding account status, changes to our products
and services, to confirm registration or to
address transaction or billing issues that
may arise.
Televoke Database Administrators,
or Televoke Customer’s or Televoke’s customer
service representatives, selected developers
and system administrators may have access
to personal information in order to provide
or maintain the Telematics Services, including
but not limited to for purposes of testing,
diagnostics, program fixes, and the like.
TO WHOM DOES TELCONTAR DISCLOSE INFORMATION?
Telcontar does not sell, transfer
or disclose to third parties the personal
information it receives, except under the
following circumstances:
·
Telcontar
may disclose, or may allow access to, personal
information to the Televoke Customer from
whom the End-User purchased the Telematics
Services, or to that Televoke Customer’s authorized
agents.
To learn more about how Televoke Customers
collect, use or disclose information about
End-Users, please refer to the privacy policy
of the Televoke Customer from whom you purchased
the Telematics Services.
·
Telcontar
may provide information to End-Users
who contact a Televoke Customer Service Representative
by emailing privacy@telcontar.com.
The
Customer Service Representative may give account
information to End-Users who provide appropriate
information identifying themselves as eligible
to receive such information.
You should not share account information,
such as specific contact information or passwords,
with anyone you do not want to have access
to account information.
·
Telcontar
may use or disclose information to others
as requested by the Televoke Customer or End-User.
·
Telcontar
uses third-parties to assist it in the maintenance
and operation of its products and services,
such as billing services, telecommunications
service providers, etc., and may share information
with such third parties for those purposes.
·
Telcontar may disclose information
when required by law or under the good-faith
belief that such disclosure is necessary in
order to conform to applicable law, comply
with legal process served on Telcontar, or
to protect the property or interests of Telcontar,
its agents and employees, personal safety,
or the public.
Under such circumstances, Telcontar
may be prohibited by law, court order or other
legal process from providing notice of the
disclosure, and Telcontar reserves the right
to not provide such notice in its sole discretion.
·
As its business evolves, Telcontar
may sell, transfer or otherwise share some
or all of its assets, including personally
identifiable information, in connection with
a merger, reorganization, or sale of assets,
or in the event of bankruptcy.
In such an event, identifying, tracking
or locating information may be one of the
assets transferred.
CAN YOU ACCESS INFORMATION IN YOUR ACCOUNT?
End-Users may make requests for access and/or
changes to their personal information by contacting
the Televoke Customer from whom they purchased
Telematics Services.
End-Users who are unable to contact
the Televoke Customer from whom they purchased
Telematics Services may email privacy@telcontar.com.
DOES
TELCONTAR PROVIDE SECURITY FOR INFORMATION
COLLECTED?
Telcontar
maintains safeguards designed to protect the
security of all the personal information that
it maintains. Telcontar has physical and electronic
security measures in place designed to prevent
the loss, misuse, and alteration of personal
information under its control.
Contacting Us With Questions or Concerns:
If you have any questions about this Privacy
Policy, you can contact: privacy@telcontar.com.
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