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Sightec (Israel) Ltd (“Sightec“, “we“, “our”, “us“, or the “Company”) respects the privacy of its users and customers, and is committed to protecting the personal information you may share with us (these and any others with respect to whom we collect personal data, shall collectively be referred to as “Users”, “Customers”, “you” or “Data Subjects”).
Sightec helps its Customers meet the challenges of autonomous flight, by providng image-based situational awareness, orientation and navigation technologies that function in real-time.
This policy and notice (the “Privacy Policy”) explains the types of information we may collect from you, that we may receive about you or that you may provide in the course of your interest in our services and business transactions. We are transparent about our practices regarding the information we may collect, use, maintain and process and describe our practices in this policy and notice. Please read the following carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
For the purposes of EU GDPR law (“GDPR”), Sightec is a data controller (the “Controller”) in relation to the personal data of our Costumers and prospective Customers, employees, vendors and website visitors. However, in relation to the personal data processed as part as our services through Customer’s use of our technology, we will usually be a data processor (the “Processor”).
Summary: we collect various categories of personal data in order to meet our contractual obligations, and also to meet various legitimate interests, such as fraud prevention and marketing.
We may collect data about you in connection with your transactions with us, in processing data for you or in order to provide our services. One type of data is non-identifiable and anonymous information (“non-personal data”). We also collect several categories of personal data (“Personal Data”).
We elaborate here on two categories of Personal Data we may collect from, on behalf of, or in connection with our Users.
Data we collect about you from your transactions with us:
Personal Data which is being gathered consists of any details which are personally identifiable provided consciously and voluntarily by you, or by an organization you represent or are associated with or through your use of the website (as described below). This may include your name (first and last), email address, phone number, position and organization name and other information you may choose to provide to us. Additionally, we may obtain location data related to the geographic location of your laptop, mobile device or other digital device on which our website is used.
You do not have any legal obligation to provide any information to us, however, we require certain information in order to perform contracts, or to provide any services. If you choose not to provide us with certain information, then we may not be able to provide you or your organization with some or all of the services.
We may also collect the email addresses of people who communicate with us via email or other media or create accounts and login credentials.
By registering or submitting requests for support or information via the website, we will collect details, including also your name, company name, phone number and personal or company email you provided, address and other such information. We may use this information to offer our services and support.
Data that we process on behalf of our Users and in order to improve our services:
We collect Personal Data of our Users, such as usernames, contact information, IP addresses and data associated with support cases, depending on the services provided by our Users.
We also process information included in texts submitted by Users in order to provide the services and to improve our services to Users.
Additionally, information gathered by Costumers using our technology is processed by us.
Summary: we collect Personal Data when you or your organization send it to us, or when a vendor, distributor or other business partner, sends it to us so; we collect Personal Data through our website and services, and through our interactions with you.
When you use the website, we are aware of it and may gather, collect and record the information relating to such usage, either independently or through the help of third-party services as detailed below. This may include technical information and behavioral information such as User’s Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your uniform resource locators (URL), operating system, type of browser, browser plug-in types and versions, screen resolution, Flash version, time zone setting, the User’s ‘clickstream’ on the website, the period of time the User visited the website, methods used to browse away from a page, and any phone number used to call our customer service number. We likewise may place cookies on your browsing devices (see section ‘Cookies’ below).
We collect Personal Data required to provide services when you register interest and/or submit a request. In addition, we collect your Personal Data, when you provide us such information by entering it manually or automatically, or through your use of our website and services, or in connection with site visits, in the course of preparing a contract, or otherwise in engaging with us. We also may collect Personal Data when you call us for support, in which case we collect the information you provide us. We also collect data obtained by Customer while using our service.
Summary: we process Personal Data to meet our obligations, protect our rights, and manage our business.
We will use Personal Data to provide and improve our services to our Users and others and meet our contractual, ethical and legal obligations. All Personal Data will remain accurate complete and relevant for the stated purposes for which it was processed, including for example:
Processing which is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract:
Processing which is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party of providing an efficient and wide-ranging service to clients:
Processing which is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject:
we may collect personal data of our Customers’ personnel, which will be used for the purposes set out above.
Summary: we share Personal Data with our service providers, partners, and group companies, and authorities where required.
We transfer personal data to third parties in a variety of circumstances. We endeavor to ensure that these third parties use your information only to the extent necessary to perform their functions, and to have a contract in place with them to govern their processing on our behalf. These third parties may include business partners, suppliers, affiliates, agents and/or sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with you. They may assist us in providing the services we offer, processing transactions, fulfilling requests for information, receiving and sending communications, analysing data, providing IT and other support services or in other tasks, from time to time. These third parties may also include analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our website, and our marketing.
We periodically add and remove third party providers. At present our third-party providers to whom we may transfer personal data include also the following:
In addition, we may disclose your personal data to third parties if some or all of our companies or assets are acquired by a third party including by way of a merger, share acquisition, asset purchase or any similar transaction, in which case personal data may be one of the transferred assets. Likewise, we may transfer personal data to third parties if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal or audit or compliance obligation, in the course of any legal or regulatory proceeding or investigation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms and other agreements with you or with a third party; or to assert or protect our rights, property, or safety, or those of our customers or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction and to prevent cybercrime.
For avoidance of doubt, we may transfer and disclose non-personal data to third parties at our own discretion.
Summary: we store your Personal Data across multiple locations globally
We store your Personal Data in servers owned or controlled by us, or processed by third parties on our behalf, by reputable cloud-service providers (see the following section regarding international transfers).
Summary: we transfer Personal Data within and to the EEA, USA, Israel and elsewhere, with appropriate safeguards in place.
Personal Data may be transferred to, and stored and used at, a destination outside the European Union that may not be subject to equivalent Data protection laws to those of the EU and is not an adequate country. Where your Data is transferred outside of the EEA, we will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your Data is subject to appropriate safeguards, and that it is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy (including, inter alia, Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)).
We may transfer your personal data outside of the EU, in order to:
Summary: we retain Personal Data according to our data retention policy, as required to meet our obligations, protect our rights, and manage our business.
Company will retain personal data it processes only for as long as required in our view, to provide the services and as necessary to comply with our legal and other obligations, to resolve disputes and to enforce agreements. We will also retain personal data to meet any audit, compliance and business best-practices.
Data with respect to which we are the Processor may be deleted only on action and/or instruction of the Controller, except where such data must be retained by us, in our judgment, as above.
Data that is no longer retained may be anonymized or deleted. Likewise, some metadata and statistical information concerning the use of our services are not subject to the deletion procedures in this policy and may be retained by us. We will not be able to identify you from this data. Some data may also be retained on our third-party service providers’ servers until deleted in accordance with their privacy policy and their retention policy.
Summary: with your consent, we place cookies on your device. You control our use of cookies through a cookie management tool on our websites, or through your device and browser.
When you access or use our services or website, we may use industry standard technologies such as cookies, pixels and similar technologies, which store certain information on your computer or browsing device and which will allow us to identify the computer or device and, in some cases, to identify them with the user, and to enable automatic activation of certain features, and make your user experience more convenient and effortless. We use different types of cookies: some cookies are strictly necessary; they are required for the operation of our website and services under our terms with you. We also use analytical and performance monitoring cookies, which allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website and services when they are using it. Finally, we use functionality cookies which are used to recognize you when you return to our Site. This enables us to personalize content to your preferences, including for example, your choice of language or region.
Different cookies are kept for different periods. Session cookies are used to keep track of your activities online in a given browsing session; these cookies generally expire when the browser is closed but may be retained for a period on your device. Permanent cookies remain in operation even when you have closed the browser. Third-party cookies are installed by third parties with the aim of collecting certain information to research behavior, and demographics. Third puarty cookies on our site include, for example, Google Analytics. Likewise, YouTube cookies and others that enable integration of third-party service providers, may be embedded on our site. Third party cookies will be retained according to the terms of those third parties, and you can control those cookies in your browser settings.
We use cookies and other technologies on the basis that they are necessary for the performance of a contract with you, or because using them is in our legitimate interests of improving, optimizing and personalizing our services, and these are not overridden by your rights.
Most browsers will allow you to erase cookies from your computer’s hard drive, block acceptance of cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. However, if you block or erase cookies your online experience on our website and services will be limited.
How to disable cookies: the effect of disabling cookies depends on which cookies you disable but, in general, the website and some services delivered through it may not operate properly, may not serrecognize your device, may not remember your preferences and so on, if cookies are disabled or removed. However, allowing or disabling cookies is your choice and in your control. If you want to disable cookies on our site, you need to change your browser settings to reject cookies. How you can do this will depend on the browser you use. Further details on how to disable cookies can be found here:
Our services and website may, from time to time, contain links to external sites. We are not responsible for the operation, privacy policies and practices or the content of such sites.
Summary: we take data security very seriously, invest in security systems, and train our staff. In the event of a breach, we will notify the right people as required by law.
We take great care in implementing, enforcing and maintaining the security of the personal data we process, whether as Processor or as Controller. We implement, enforce and maintain security measures, technologies and policies to prevent the unauthorized or accidental access to or destruction, loss, modification, use or disclosure of personal data. We likewise take steps to monitor compliance of such policies on an ongoing basis. Where we deem it necessary in light of the nature of the data in question and the risks to data subjects, we may encrypt data. Likewise, we take industry standard steps to ensure our website and services are safe.
Note however, that no data security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee that unauthorized access, leaks, viruses and other data security breaches will never occur.
Within Sightec we endeavor to limit access to personal data to those of our personnel who: (i) require access in order for us to fulfil our obligations, including also under its agreements, and as described in this Privacy Policy, and (ii) have been appropriately and periodically trained with respect to the requirements applicable to the processing, care and handling of the Personal Data, and (iii) are under confidentiality obligations as may be required under applicable law.
We will act in accordance with its policies and with applicable law to promptly notify the relevant authorities and data subjects in the event that any personal data processed by us is lost, stolen, or where there has been any unauthorized access to it, all in accordance with applicable law and on the instructions of qualified authority. We shall promptly take reasonable remedial measures.
Summary: depending on the law that applies to your Personal Data, you may have various data subject rights, such as rights to access, erase, and correct Personal Data, and information rights. We will respect any lawful request to exercise those rights.
Data subjects with respect to whose data GDPR applies, have rights under GDPR and local laws, including, in different circumstances, rights to data portability, rights to access data, rectify data, object to processing, and erase data. It is clarified for the removal of doubt, that where personal data is provided by a Customer being the data subject’s employer, such data subject rights will have to be effected through that Customer. In addition, data subject rights cannot be exercised in a manner inconsistent with the rights of our employees and staff, with our proprietary rights, and third-party rights. In addition, these rights may not be exercisable where they relate to data that is not in a structured form, for example emails, or where other exemptions apply. If processing occurs based on consent, data subjects generally have a right to withdraw their consent.
Where we are the Controller, a data subject who wishes to modify, delete or retrieve their Personal Data, may do so by contacting us (info@sightec.com). Note that we may have to undertake a process to identify a data subject exercising their rights. We may keep details of such rights exercised for its own compliance and audit requirements. Please note that Personal Data may be either deleted or retained in an aggregated manner without being linked to any identifiers or Personal Data, depending on technical commercial capability. Such information may continue to be used by us.
Data subjects in the EU have the right to lodge a complaint, with a data protection supervisory authority in the place of their habitual residence. If the supervisory authority fails to deal with a complaint you may have the right to an effective judicial remedy.
Minors. We do not knowingly collect or solicit information or data from or about children under the age of 16 or knowingly allow children under the age of 16 to register for our services. If you are under 16, do not register or attempt to register for any of our services or send any information about yourself to us. If we learn that we have collected or have been sent Personal Data from a child under the age of 16, we will delete that Personal Data as soon as reasonably practicable without any liability to us. If you believe that we might have collected or been sent information from a minor under the age of 16, please contact us at: info@sightec.com, as soon as possible.
Changes to this Privacy Policy. The terms of this Privacy Policy will govern the use of the services, website, and any information collected in connection with them. We may amend or update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most current version of this Privacy Policy will be available at: https://www.sightec.com/privacy/ Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective as of the stated “Last Revised” date and your continued use of our services will constitute your active acceptance of the changes to and terms of the Privacy Policy.
We aim to process only adequate, accurate and relevant data limited to the needs and purposes for which it is gathered. We also aim to store data for the time period necessary to fulfill the purpose for which the data is gathered. We only collect data in connection with a specific legitimate purpose and only processes data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Our policies and practices are constantly evolving and improving, and we invite any suggestions for improvements, questions or comments concerning this Privacy Policy, you are welcome to contact us (details below) and we will make an effort to reply within a reasonable timeframe.
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Last Revised: November 21, 2022