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= When and With Whom Do We Share Your Personal Information? = | = When and With Whom Do We Share Your Personal Information? = | ||
<p>'''In Short:''' We may share information in specific Situations described in this section and/or with the following third parties.</p> | |||
<p>We may need to share your personal information in the following situations:</p> | <p>We may need to share your personal information in the following situations:</p> | ||
'''Business Transfers.''' We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company. | |||
= How Long Do We Keep Your Information? = | |||
<p>We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for | <p>'''In Short:''' We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice unless otherwise required by law.</p> | ||
<p>We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than forty eight (48) months past the termination of the users account.</p> | |||
<p>When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, it this is not possible | |||
<p>When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, it this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.</p> | |||
= How Long Do We Keep Your Information Safe? = | = How Long Do We Keep Your Information Safe? = | ||
Revision as of 16:07, 15 October 2024
Introduction
This Privacy Notice for Comet Electronics LLC ("we", "us", or "our"), describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share ("process") your personal information when you use our services ("Services"), including when you:
- Visit our website at railrsm.com, or any website of ours that links to this Privacy Notice
- Download and use our mobile application (Rail RSM app), or any other application of ours that links to this Privacy Notice
- Engage with us in other related ways, including any sales, marketing, or events
Questions or concerns? Reading this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. We are responsible for making decisions about how your personal information is processed. It you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at support@cometind.com.
Summary of Key Points
This summary provides key points from our Privacy Notice, but you can find out more details about any of these topics by clicking the link following each key point or by using our table of contents to find the section you are looking for.
What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on now you interact with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. Learn more about personal information you disclose to us.
Do we process any sensitive personal information? Some of the information may be considered "special" or "sensitive" in certain jurisdictions, for example your racial or ethnic origins, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs. We do not process sensitive personal information.
Do we collect any information from third parties? We do not collect any information from third parties.
How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so. Learn more about how we process your information.
In what situations and with which parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties. Learn more about when and with whom we share your personal information.
How do we keep your information safe? We have adequate organizational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Learn more about how we keep your information safe.
What are your rights? Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information. Learn more about your privacy rights.
How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by visiting support@cometind.com, or by contacting us. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Want to learn more about what we do with any information we collect? Review the Privacy Notice in full.
What Information Do We Collect
In Short: We collect persona/ information that you provide to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or othewise when you contact us.
Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:
- names
- phone numbers
- email addresses
- usernames
- passwords
- contact preferences
Sensitive Information. We do not process sensitive information.
Application Data. If you use our application(s), we also may collect the following information if you choose to provide us with access or permission:
- Push Notifications. We may request to send you push notifications regarding your account or certain features of the application(s). If you wish to opt out from receiving these types of communications, you may turn them off in your device's settings.
This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our application(s), for troubleshooting, and tor our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
Google API
Our use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to Google API Services user Data Policy, including the Limited use requirements.
How Do We Process Your Information?
In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent.
We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:
- To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts. We may process your information so you can create and log in to your account, as well as keep your account in working order.
- To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user. We may process your information to provide you with the requested service.
- To send administrative information to you. We may process your information to send you details about our products and services, changes to our terms and
- To request feedback. We may process your information when necessary to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Services.
- To evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing, and your experience. We may process your information when we believe it is necessary to identify usage trends, determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing, and your experience.
- To identify usage trends. We may process information about how you use our Services to better understand how tney are being used so we can improve them.
What Legal Basis Do We Rely on to Process Your Information
In Short: We only process your persona/ information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal reason (i.e., legal basis) to do so under applicable law, like with your consent, to comply with laws or to provide you with services to enter into or fulfill our contractual obligations, to protect your rights, or to fulfill our legitimate business interests.
If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you.
We may process your information if you have given us specific permission (i.e., express consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose, or in situations where your permission can be inferred (i.e., implied consent). You can withdraw your consent at any time.
In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable law to process your information without your consent, including, for example:
- If collection is clearly in the interests of an individual and consent cannot be obtained in a timely way.
- For investigations and fraud detection and prevention.
- For business transactions provided certain conditions are met.
- If it is contained in a witness statement and the collection is necessary to assess, process, or settle an insurance claim.
- For identifying injured, ill, or deceased persons and communicating with next of kin.
- It we have reasonable grounds to believe an individual has been, is, or may be victim of financial abuse.
- If it is reasonable to expect collection and use with consent would compromise the availability or the accuracy of the information and the collection is reasonable. For purposes related to investigating a breach of an agreement or a contravention of the laws of Canada or a province
- If disclosure is required to comply with a subpoena, warrant, court order, or rules of the court relating to the production of records
- If it was produced by an individual in the course of their employment, business, or profession and the collection is consistent with the purposes for which the information was produced.
- It the collection is solely for journalistic, artistic, or literary purposes.
- If the information is publicly available and is specified by the regulations.
In Short: We may share information in specific Situations described in this section and/or with the following third parties.
We may need to share your personal information in the following situations:
Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
How Long Do We Keep Your Information?
In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice unless otherwise required by law.
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than forty eight (48) months past the termination of the users account.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, it this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
How Long Do We Keep Your Information Safe?
- HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
In Short: We aim to protect your persona/ information through a system of organizationa/ and technical security measures.
We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we
process- However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be
guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our
security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal
information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.
Do We Collect Information From Minors
- DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under f 8 years of age.
We do not knowingly collect, solicit data from, or market to children under 18 years of age, nor do we knowingly sell such personal information. By using the Services,
you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent's use of the Services. If we learn
that personal information from users less than 18 years of age nas been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete
such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may nave collected from children under age 18, please contact us at support@cometind.com.
What Are Your Privacy Rights?
- WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: Depending on your state of residence in the US or in some regions, such as Canada, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your
persona/ information. You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time, depending on your country, province, or state of residence.
In some regions (like Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy ot
your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; (iv) if applicable, to data portability; and (v)
not to be subject to automated decision-making. In certain circumstances, you may also nave the right to Object to tne processing of your personal information. You can
make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT IJS ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" below
We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Withdrawing_your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the
applicable law, you have the rignt to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact details
provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" below
However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your
personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent
Account Information
If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can:
- Log in to your account settings and update your user account
upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some
information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our legal terms and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.
It you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at Support@cometind.com-
Controls for Do Not Track Feature
- CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your
privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform tecnnology standard for recognizing and
implementing DNT signals has been finalized- As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates
your choice not to be tracked online If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised
version of this Privacy Notice.
California law requires us to let you know how we respond to web browser DNT signals- Because there currently is not an industry or legal standard for recognizing or
honoring DNT signals, we do not respond to them at this time.
Do United States Residents Have Specific Privacy Rights?
- DO UNITED STATES RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey Oregon,
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you may nave the rignt to request access to and receive details about the persona/ information we maintain about you and now we
nave processed it, correct inaccuracies, get a copy of, or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to Withdraw your consent to our processing of
your personal information These rights may be /jmited in some circumstances by applicable law. More information is provided below.
Categories of Personal Information We Collect
We have collected the following categories of personal information in the past twelve (12) months:
Category
Identifiers
- Personal information as defined in the California
Customer Records statute
- Protected classification characteristics under state
or federal law
- Commercial information
- Biometric information
E Internet or other similar network activity
G- Geolocation data
- Audio, electronic, sensory, or similar information
1_ Professional or employment-related information
J- Education Information
- Inferences drawn from collected personal
information
- Sensitive personal Information
Examples
Contact details, such as real name, alias, postal address, telephone or mobile
contact number, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol
address, email address, and account name
Name, contact information, education, employment, employment history, and
financial information
Gender, age, date of birth, race and ethnicity, national origin, marital status, and
other demographic data
Transaction information, purchase history, financial details, and payment information
Fingerprints and voiceprints
Browsing history, search history, online benavior, interest data, and interactions with
our and otner websites, applications, systems, and advertisements
Device location
Images and audio, Video or call recordings created in connection with our business
activities
Business contact details in order to provide you our Services at a business level or
job title, work history, and professional qualifications if you apply for a job with us
Student records and directory information
Inferences drawn from any of the collected personal information listed above to
create a profile or summary about, for example, an individual's preferences and
characteristics
Collected
YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
We may also collect other personal information outside of tnese categories through instances wnere you interact with us in person, online, or by pnone or mail in the
context of:
- Receiving nelP through our customer support cnannels;
- Participation in customer surveys or contests; and
- Facilitation in the delivery of our Services and to respond to your inquiries.
We will use and retain the collected personal information as needed to provide the Services or for_
- Category A -As long as tne user has an account With us
- Category 8 -As long as the user has an account with us
- Category H -As long as the user nas an account with us
Sources of Personal Information
Learn more about the sources of personal information we collect in 'NIHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?"
How We Use and Share Personal Information
Learn about how we use your personal intormation in the section, "
Will your information be shared with anyone else?
HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?"
We may disclose your personal information with our service providers pursuant to a written contract between us and each service provider. Learn more about how we
disclose personal information to in the section, "WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?"
We may use your personal information for our own business purposes, such as tor undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration.
This is not considered to be "selling" of your personal information.
We have not disclosed, sold, or shared any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months. We will not
sell or share personal information in the future belonging to website visitors, users, and other consumers.
Your Rights
You have rights under certain IJS state data protection laws. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by
law. These rights include:
Right to know whether or not we are processing your personal data
Right to access your personal data
Right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data
Right to request the deletion of your personal data
Right to obtain a copy of tne personal data you previously shared with us
Right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights
Right to opt out of the processing of your personal data if it is used for targeted advertising (or sharing as defined under Califomja'S privacy law), the sale of
personal data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects ("profiling")
Depending upon the state where you live, you may also have the following rights:
Right to obtain a list of the categories of third parties to which we have disclosed personal data (as permitted by applicable law, including California's and
Delaware's privacy law)
Right to obtain a list of specific third parties to which we have disclosed personal data (as permitted by applicable law, including Oregon's privacy law)
Right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal data (as permitted by applicable law, including California's privacy law)
Right to opt out of the collection of sensitive data and personal data collected through the operation of a voice or facial recognition feature (as permitted by
applicable law, including Florida's privacy law)
How to Exercise Your Rights
To exercise these rights, you can contact us by Visiting suppo@cometind.com, by emailing us at support@cometind.com, or by referring to the contact details at tne
bottom of this dæument.
Under certain IJS state data protection laws, you can designate an authorized agent to make a request on your benalf. We may deny a request from an authorized
agent that does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf in accordance with applicable laws.
Request Verification
upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person about whom we have the information in our system. We Will only
use personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. However, if we cannot verify your identity from the information
already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your identity and for security or fraud-prevention
purposes.
If you submit the request through an authorized agent, we may need to collect additional information to verify your identity before processing your request and the
agent will need to provide a written and signed permission from you to submit such request on your behalf.
Appeals
Under certain IJS state data protection laws, if we decline to take action regarding your request, you may appeal our decision by emailing us at
Support@cometind-com. We will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the
decisions. If your appeal is denied, you may submit a complaint to your state attorney general.
California "Shine The Light" Law
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as tne "Shine The Light" law, permits our users wno are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a
year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and
addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to
make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us by using the contact details provided in tne section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT LIS ABOUT THIS
NOTICE?"
Do We Make Updates to This Notice
- DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
In Short: Yes, we vvj/l update tms notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date at the top of this Privacy Notice. If we make
material changes to this Privacy Notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We
encourage you to review this Privacy Notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
How Can You Contact Us About This Notice?
- HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at support@cometind.com or contact us by post at:
Comet Electronics LLC
2301 Burlington
North Kansas City, MO 64116
United States
- HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?
Based on the applicable laws ot your country or state of residence in the IJS, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect trom you,
details about how we have processed it, correct inaccuracies, or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our
processing of your personal information. These rights may be limited in some circumstances by applicable law. To request to review update, or delete your personal
information, please Visit support@cometind.com.