In
the following privacy policy, you can find detailed information about the
processing of your personal data by AUTHOR-ALARM L.L.C.
Basic Information about the Data Controller
Full Name of the Data Controller AUTHOR-ALARM L.L.C
Email Address support@author-alarm.com
Website www.author-alarm.com
The data controller does not process personal
data in such a quantity and in such a way that it would be required, in
accordance with legal provisions, to appoint a data protection officer.
3.
Purposes of Personal Data
Processing, Types of Personal Data Processed, and Legal Basis
AUTHOR-ALARM L.L.C. processes your personal data for the following
purposes:
1.) Purpose: Conducting communication
with individuals via email or telephone number
Types of
personal data processed for this purpose:
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Name
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Email address
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Phone number
How long we
retain the data for this purpose:
We will retain data for communication purposes for as
long as necessary to achieve the purpose of communication with you or until the
revocation of your consent to the processing of personal data for communication
purposes.
Legal basis:
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Individual's consent
Description
On our
website, we provide the option to contact us via email or a contact form on the
website. We use your email address and/or phone number for the purpose of
communicating with you, responding to your inquiries, sending offers, news, and
other information related to our products.
2.) Purpose:
Monitoring the GPS location of the vehicle and technical (telemetric) data of
the vehicle where the device is installed.
Types of
personal data processed for this purpose:
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GPS location of the vehicle
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Vehicle telematics
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User's name and surname
How long we
retain the data for this purpose:
We retain data on the GPS location of the vehicle and
vehicle telematics data for 1 year from capture or until we receive a request
to stop the GPS tracking of the user's vehicle.
Legal basis:
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Individual's consent
Description
Our vehicle theft prevention solutions allow for tracking the GPS
location of your vehicle and vehicle telematics data, which are crucial for
determining the vehicle's location in case it is stolen or damaged. If you do
not want the solution to record the GPS location of the vehicle, you cannot use
our devices.
3.) Purpose:
Registration of the user's account in the application.
Types of
personal data processed for this purpose:
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Name and surname
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Address
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Email address
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Phone number
How long we
retain the data for this purpose:
For the duration of using the user account in the
application or until we receive a request for deletion of the user's account.
Legal basis:
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Individual's consent
Description
To use our
solutions and enable their operation, the user must register their user account
in the application. When registering a user account, you must provide certain
personal data because the user account is the personal account of the
individual through which the individual manages the application and the device
in the vehicle.
4.) Purpose: Use
of the Author Alarm Application and Provision of its Functionality, Resolving
Technical Issues on Devices and in the Application.
Types of
personal data processed for this purpose:
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Name and surname
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Address
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Email address
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Phone number
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User ID
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GPS location
How long we
retain the data for this purpose:
For the duration of the user's account usage in the
application or until the receipt of a request to delete the user's account from
the application, or for an additional 24 hours after receiving a request to remove
the device from the user's account.
GPS location data of the vehicle is retained for one
year from capture or for an additional 24 hours after receiving a request to
remove the device from the user's account.
In case of user inactivity, data from the user account
will be deleted three years from the year the user ceased using the solution
and application.
Legal basis:
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Individual's consent
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Contractual legal basis
Description
To enable comprehensive use of our solutions, users must install a
dedicated application on their mobile devices, which provides monitoring of
device functionality or our solutions. Users also link the device installed in
their vehicle to their user account, enabling the execution of device
functionality. Users can manage their vehicle-installed device through the
application, including tracking the GPS location of the vehicle. If a user
wishes to remove the device from their user account, the data will be retained
for an additional 24 hours after the removal request to allow the user to
reconnect the device to their account. If not, the data is permanently deleted.
5.) Purpose: Use
of the Author Alarm Application and Provision of its Functionality, Resolving
Technical Issues on Devices and in the Application.
Types of
personal data processed for this purpose:
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Name and surname
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Address
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Email address
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Phone number
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User ID
-
GPS location
How long we
retain the data for this purpose:
For the duration of the user's account usage in the
application or until the receipt of a request to delete the user's account from
the application or a request to stop using 2FA.
Legal basis:
-
Individual's consent
Description
To ensure adequate security for user login to the user account, we
provide the option of two-factor authentication. By using 2FA, you will receive
an SMS with a unique password when logging into your user account, enhancing
the security of using the application. If we want to enable the use of 2FA, you
will need to provide a phone number to which the solution can send SMS messages
with unique access passwords. We will send SMS messages with unique passwords
to you with every login to the application.
6.) Purpose:
Improvement of the System, Preparation of System Updates and Solutions, and
Resolution of Issues in the Solution.
Types of
personal data processed for this purpose:
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Technical data about the operation of the application
(anonymized)
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Data about the operation of the device (anonymized)
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User ID
-
GPS location
How long we
retain the data for this purpose:
Technical data about the operation of the application
and data about the operation of the device in anonymized form are retained
permanently.
Legal basis:
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Legitimate interest
Description
7.) Purpose: Use of Cookies on Company
Websites
Types of personal data processed for this purpose:
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Necessary cookies
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Analytical cookies
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Marketing cookies
How long we
retain the data for this purpose:
For the
duration of the company's website usage or until receiving a revocation of
consent for cookie usage.
Some cookies
are time-limited and are stored for a limited time for the duration of the
cookie.
Legal basis:
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Legitimate interest
-
Individual's consent
Description
Cookies allow us to customize
the website to your needs, facilitate your use, and display content that is
important to you while avoiding content that is not relevant to you or
inappropriate. By using the company's websites, you agree to the use of
mandatory or necessary cookies. Mandatory cookies are essential for the
operation of the websites and do not store your personal data, serving for the
normal and proper operation of the websites. Non-mandatory cookies necessary
for the operation of various interfaces are only loaded with your consent. You
can learn more about cookies in the website cookie policy.
4.
Collection of Your Personal Data
We collect personal data in the following ways:
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Data you provide to us directly: You may provide us with
your personal data when you contact us via email or phone, register for an
account on our website or in our application, place an order for our products,
or subscribe to receive news and offers.
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Data collected automatically: When you visit our website,
we may collect certain information automatically, such as your IP address,
browser settings, and information about your operating system. This information
is collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies.
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Data from third-party sources: We may receive your
personal data from third-party sources, such as business partners or publicly
available sources.
We may share your personal data with the following categories of recipients:
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A processor who provides hosting and server services
for us,
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A processor who provides accounting services for us,
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A processor who takes care of the delivery, servicing,
and installation of our solutions to customers,
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A processor responsible for processing payments for
our services,
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A processor who is responsible for the development of
the Author application.
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A processor who provides 2FA (Two-Factor
Authentication) services.
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Government authorities to whom we are required to send
data based on legal requirements.
Contract processors may process personal data only within the framework
of the controller's instructions and may not use personal data for pursuing any
of their own interests.
6.
Processing of Children's Personal
Data
We do not knowingly process personal data of children
under the age of 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your
child has provided us with their personal data without your consent, please
contact us, and we will take appropriate steps to remove the data.
7.
Transfer of Data to Third
Countries or International Organizations
Company AUTHOR-ALARM L.L.C. does not transfer your collected data to
third countries or international organizations, nor do we share them with users
from third countries. However, for payment
processes we use Stripe. You can view their privacy policy at
https://stripe.com/en-se/privacy.
8.
Information on Individual Rights
Regarding Personal Data Processing
As an individual whose personal data is processed by
AUTHOR-ALARM L.L.C., you have the following rights:
1. Right to Withdraw Consent
If you, as an individual, have consented to the processing of personal
data for one or more purposes, you have the right to withdraw your consent at
any time.
Upon receiving your withdrawal of consent for one or more purposes of
processing, the controller will immediately cease processing your personal data
for that purpose.
The withdrawal of consent for the processing of personal data does not
affect the lawfulness of the processing of personal data concerning you prior
to your withdrawal or the use of this personal data for legal or contractual
purposes.
You can withdraw your consent at any time and without any cost through
the following methods:
1. In electronic messages by clicking
on the designated unsubscribe link.
2. By sending a form with the
withdrawal of consent.
3. By sending an email requesting the
withdrawal of consent for the processing of personal data.
4. By deactivating your user account.
2. Right to Access Personal Data Processed
You have the right to obtain confirmation from the controller as to
whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed and to access
personal data concerning you, along with the following information: the purpose
of processing, the type of personal data concerning you, the recipients of your
personal data, the expected period of storage of personal data, the source of
personal data.
3. Right to Correct Inaccurate Personal Data
At any time, you have the right to request that the controller correct
or supplement inaccurate or incomplete personal data concerning you.
The controller will inform you of the correction of your personal data
without delay, no later than 30 days after the correction is made.
4. Right to Restrict Processing of
Personal Data
From the controller, you have the
right to request that the controller restrict the processing of your personal
data when:
1. You contest their accuracy, for a
period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the data.
2. The processing is unlawful, and you
oppose the erasure of personal data and request the restriction of their
processing.
3. The controller no longer needs the
personal data for processing purposes, but you require them for the
establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
4. You have objected to processing
pending the verification of the legitimate grounds of the controller.
5. Right to Erasure of Personal Data
("Right to be Forgotten")
In the event that your personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes
for which it was processed, you have withdrawn consent to the processing of
personal data for specific purposes, or there is no other legal basis for their
processing, or the personal data have been processed unlawfully, you have the
right to request the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue
delay from the controller.
In the event of the erasure of personal data upon your request, the
controller will inform you of the erasure.
The right to erasure is not absolute, and you should be aware that data
required by law or for the conclusion or performance of a contract cannot be
deleted. We will inform you about this.
6. Right to Object
In addition to the right to withdraw consent, you can, at any time, in
the case of the use of your personal data for informational or direct marketing
purposes, request in writing the cessation of the use of your data for this
purpose. In the case of objection to processing for marketing purposes, the
controller will immediately cease processing personal data for marketing and
informational purposes.
7. Right to Data Portability
You have the right to have personal data that you provided
to the controller transferred directly to another controller, where technically
feasible.
You can exercise all the rights mentioned in the above
section of this statement by submitting a request to exercise each individual
right. You can send a request to exercise your rights by email to:
support@author-alarm.com .
10.
Existence of Automated
Decision-Making, Including Profiling
The controller does not make automated decisions or create
profiles of individuals.
We reserve the right to modify or update this data protection statement
without prior notice. The currently applicable version is the one published
here.
Any changes to this data protection statement will be published on this
website.
Version: 2.0, dated November 30, 2023