U-Trace Service • Privacy Policy
IMPORTANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION
Effective date: January 1, 2025
U-trace is committed to providing
meaningful privacy protection to its customers. Account information, vehicle
information, driving and geolocation information are covered by our Privacy
Policy. Account information, vehicle information, driving and geolocation
information are obtained when a U-trace GPS tracker is activated in your
vehicle and when you register for U-trace services.
The information we collect may be
anonymized or aggregated. Information is anonymized when it is altered in a way
that makes it impossible to reasonably identify you or your vehicle.
Information aggregation is the process of combining high-level data from
multiple sources or data sets that, by definition, cannot be reasonably linked
to you or your vehicle. This data may be shared with a third party for any
reason after it is anonymized or aggregated.
WHO DOES THIS PRIVACY POLICY APPLY TO?
This policy applies to you and any other
person who uses or drives your vehicle while a U-trace GPS tracker is in use,
as well as any person who registers for our Services.
You or any other person who uses or drives
a vehicle while a U-trace GPS tracker is in use, as well as any person who
registers for the Services, are covered by this Privacy Statement. We refer to
the owner, lessor or user of a vehicle equipped with an operational U-trace GPS
tracker, when we use terms such as “you”, “your” and “yours”. Whether the
person owns, rents or lends the vehicle, this Privacy Policy applies to any
person using a vehicle equipped with a U-trace GPS tracker. If you own or rent
your car and someone else uses it or the Services, you must make them aware
that the U-trace Services are activated on your car and advise them to read
this Privacy Statement. Where “U-trace” is used.
DATA WE COLLECT AND USE
The following types of information are
collected from you, your vehicle's active tracker, data you enter into our App,
and other companies as specified below.
Account details include
Personal data, such as your name, address,
telephone number, email address, login credentials, credit card number and
other billing information.
Vehicle related information includes
Information about your vehicle, such as
make, model, year, and vehicle identification number (VIN) Information about
the health of your vehicle, such as fuel economy, odometer readings, and
diagnostic data Information that might suggest someone has tampered with your
adapter Information about the on/off times of your vehicle's ignition.
Geolocation and driving data includes
Information such as your vehicle's
location, last known location, speed, accelerometer and g-force data, trip
identification, individual turn-by-turn trips and associated logs, captured
geographic areas, harsh driving events, overspeeding events, driving time, and
other comparable details about how the vehicle is used.
How we collect information
The information mentioned above is
collected from you (for example when you use our App), from your vehicle
(through the use of tracking equipment in your vehicle) and from other sources.
How we use information
U-Trace may use your account information,
vehicle information, and driving and geolocation information for the following
purposes: To provide you with services, including monitoring, maintaining, and
updating the U-Trace system, To implement and configure specific software or
system changes and/or updates, To correspond with you regarding your account or
the services provided, For troubleshooting, usage evaluation, and research
purposes, To improve our product and service training, To improve our products
and services generally, To ensure your safety or the safety of others, To
prevent and identify fraud or misuse of our service.
Data Sharing – Account and Vehicle Data.
Except as explicitly stated in this
Privacy Policy, U-trace does not engage in any activity of selling, licensing
or sharing information that identifies our customers without the consent of the
person with whom the information will be shared.
We may share your account login
information and vehicle-related information with third parties for the purposes
set out below.
We will share your credit card information
with credit card service providers necessary for processing with a company that
acquires or enhances our business, or with appropriate third parties to comply
with our legal obligations.
Our service providers, such as companies
that store or process information on our behalf and help us provide the
Services to you, help us evaluate the Services, or help us operate our
business.
A company that buys or takes control of our
company in order to manage it or provide additional services you have
requested.
When a law enforcement agency sends us a
subpoena, warrant, court order, or other legal request.
Your decisions regarding the collection,
use and sharing of information
The services we provide are subject to
certain collection and sharing policies. You may need to opt out of these
services or accept limited features in order to stop the collection or sharing
of certain information.
How U-Trace interacts with you
U-Trace may use notifications via in-app
messages, by email using any email address you have provided to us to contact
you regarding the Services (including cancellation of the Services), or by
telephone.
By adjusting your notification settings in
the app and updating your contact information, you can manage your
communication preferences and update or correct your contact information.
How U-Trace protects your data
We use administrative security measures to
help prevent the loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration,
destruction or theft of your information. Our employees receive training on how
to properly access, use and disclose customer information, as well as the
importance of maintaining confidentiality.
In accordance with our procedures, only
those with a legitimate business need for access are authorized to view
sensitive personally identifiable information.
We will contractually require all
third-party service providers to maintain comparable technical, physical and
administrative safeguards designed to protect your information from loss,
misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, destruction or theft if
we transfer or otherwise make available to them information that identifies you
or the vehicle.
No program is 100% secure, and while we
take great care to protect the personal information we collect and store, we
cannot guarantee that our security measures will stop every unauthorized
attempt to access, use, or disclose personal information. If you become aware
of a security issue, please contact a customer service representative via the
Customer Service tab located in the app menu. We will work with you to resolve
any issues.
How long does U-Trace record your data?
Until we no longer need the information to
provide you with services, operate our business, communicate with you,
troubleshoot problems, or fulfill our legal or contractual obligations, we may
retain the information we collect. When we no longer need the information, we
will delete it. By sending an email to admin@U-Trace.com from the email address
linked to your U-Trace account, along with the IMEI number of your U-Trace
device, you can request that your personal data be deleted. Until we no longer
need it to operate our business, communicate with you, troubleshoot problems,
provide you with services, or fulfill our legal or contractual obligations, we
may retain the information we collect.
Changes to this Privacy Statement
As our business and services grow or
evolve, or as required by law, we may update this Privacy Statement from time
to time. You should check back regularly for updates, as if we do, we will post
the most recent version in the U-Trace App. We will take reasonable steps in
the App and on our website to notify you of any changes we make to the
practices described in this Privacy Statement if you are a customer. If
required by law, we will obtain your consent before making any changes.
How to contact U-Trace
U-Trace wants you to be satisfied with the
products and services it offers. Contact admin@U-Trace.com if you have any
questions or concerns regarding the functionality or performance of your
adapter or U-Trace services.
For specific requests regarding our privacy
policies, contact:
U-trace Address Suite City Country
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