• Last Updated: September 1, 2023
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SiteOwl, Inc. (“SiteOwl,” “we,” “our” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through its compliance with this privacy policy. This privacy policy explains our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use, disclosure, and security of certain information that we have access to when you access or use https://staging-siteowl-staging.kinsta.cloud (the “Site”), in particular “personal information” that can identify you (“User”, “you” or “your”). It is our sincere hope that by explaining our practices for handling information, we will develop a trusting and long-lasting relationship with you.

SiteOwl provides a SaaS-based platform and various mobile apps (as modified, collectively, the “Mobile Apps”) and together with the SaaS-based platform, as modified, collectively, the “SiteOwl Platform”) for building and maintaining commercial security, audio and fire systems (as modified, the “Security Systems Services”) for its end-user customers and service provider customers and their respective employees and business, technical and other users, including their authorized service providers and authorized clients, and other users that have been authorized by Customer to access and use the Security Systems Services.

Please note that by visiting, accessing or using the Site and the various other related content, services, features, functions, software and applications (together with the Site, collectively the “SiteOwl Services”), you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy.

• Access or use the Site.
• Engage with our chatbot or live agent to contact us or to get more information about SiteOwl.
• Sign-up for a demonstration of the Security Systems Services.
• Download any of our eBooks.
• Fill out any forms.
• Send an e-mail, text and other electronic messages through any of the SiteOwl Services to SiteOwl.

This policy also applies to information that we collect through services provided to us or to you by third-party companies, agents or contractors.

This policy does not apply to information (a) collected by us, or provided by you, when you access or use the SiteOwl Platform or the Security Systems Services or (b) collected by third parties not controlled by SiteOwl, including through any link that may be accessible from or through the SiteOwl Services.

Please read this privacy policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your only choice is not to visit, access or use the Site or any of the other SiteOwl Services. By visiting, accessing or using the Site, you agree to the terms and conditions of this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time as described in Changes to Our Privacy Policy below.

Minors under the Age of 18

Neither the Site nor any of the other SiteOwl Services are intended directly for minors under 18 years of age (or under the age of majority in your jurisdiction of residence). No one under age 18 (or the age of majority in your jurisdiction of residence) may provide any information on or through the Site or any of the other SiteOwl Services. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on or through any of the SiteOwl Services or any of their features or register on the Site, use any of the interactive or public comment features of any of the SiteOwl Services or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address or any screen name, username you may use or any pictures of you. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13 without the consent from a parent or legal guardian, please contact us at privacy@getsiteowl.com.

Information We Collect and How We Collect It

We collect or may collect several types of information if you visit, access and use the Site or any of the other SiteOwl Services, including information by which you may be personally identified:

• When you fill in forms or applications on or through the Site, name, email address, phone number, company name and job title;
• When you sign-up for a demonstration of the Security Systems Services, name, email address, phone number, company name and job title;
• Details of activities that you carry out through the Site or any of the other SiteOwl Services.
• Device and internet information such as the hardware model, operating system version, unique device identifiers, browser type and language information;
• Analytics information when you access or use any of the SiteOwl Services; and/or
• Information that is about you but individually does not identify you, such as the date and time of your website visit.



We may also collect information from and about you when you:

• Report a problem or concern with the Site or any of the other SiteOwl Services; and/or
• Contact us (records and copies of your correspondence, including email address).



We collect this information:

• Directly from you when you provide it to us.
• Automatically as you navigate through or use the Site or any of the other SiteOwl Services.
• From third parties, such as our business partners and other third parties that provide us or you with certain services.

Some of the information that we collect automatically may be statistical data and does not include personal information, but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties or you provide to us. This information helps us to improve the Site and the other SiteOwl Services, and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including 3 enabling us to:

• Estimate our audience size and better understand usage patterns.
• Store information about your preferences, enabling us to customize the Site according to your individual settings
• Recognize you when you return to the Site.

Certain situations may also involve you calling us or our calling you. Please be aware that we may monitor, and in some cases, record such calls for staff training or quality assurance purposes.

Data Minimization

We take every reasonable step to limit the volume of your personal information that we process to what is reasonably necessary.

Consequences of not providing Personal Information

If you do not provide certain personal information identified in this policy, we may not be able to provide you access to or use of certain of SiteOwl Services or the support that we otherwise could if you do provide this personal information.

How We Use Your Information

We will only use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information, as described in this privacy policy:

• Schedule and provide demonstrations of the Security Systems Services and other SiteOwl Services;
• When you sign-up for a demonstration of the Security Systems Services, name, email address, phone number, company name and job title;
• To send you promotional communications, such as providing you with information about services, features, surveys, newsletters, offers and events; and providing other news or information about us, our customers and our select partners.
• To enable marketing, remarketing and targeted advertising and similar services from us, including direct and indirect marketing and on-line behavioral advertising regarding our own and third party products and services that we believe may be of interest to you, including advertisement on third-party websites.
• To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
• Enhance the safety and security of all of the SiteOwl Services;
• Comply with a legal or regulatory obligation;
• In any other way we may describe when you provide the information; or
• For any other purpose with your consent.

Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

We use cookies for automatic information collection. A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the Site or some of the other SiteOwl Services. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to the Site. Information about website visitors may be collated and analyzed by third party services like Google Analytics.

Google Adwords

The Site uses Google AdWords to advertise on third party websites to previous visitors to our site. It could mean that we advertise to previous visitors who haven’t completed a task on our site, for example using the contact form to make an inquiry. This could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page or a site in the Google Display Network Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Site. Of course, any data collected will be used in accordance with this privacy notice, as well as Google’s privacy policy.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the Site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to a Site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics to improve the Site and the other SiteOwl Services and their related features, functionality and performance. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit a Site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit that Site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to the Site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to the Site by disabling cookies on your browser.

You can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Preferences page, and if you want to, you can opt out of interest-based advertising entirely by cookie settings or permanently using a browser plugin.

We do not combine information collected through the use of Google Analytics with your personal information.

Zoho

We use various Zoho applications (the “Zoho Applications”) in connection with sales, marketing, customer success, support and finance, including, its helpdesk application, marketing application and accounting application.

We also use the Zoho Applications to store contacts.

Zoho may uses cookies in connection with the Zoho Applications. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of Zoho and their use of cookies. A list of cookies used by Zoho can be found here: https://www.zoho.com/privacy/cookie-policy.html.

More information about Zoho and its privacy policy can be found here: https://www.zoho.com/privacy.html.

Outbrain

We use technology from Outbrain. Outbrain is a programmatic ad platform (similar to Google ads) which allows us to set up campaigns to present our content in the form of ads on other websites. These ads could be blogs, eBooks or any other form of content that we want to put it front of an audience.

With the help of a so-called widget, users are referred to additional content within our website and to websites of third parties which may also be of interest to you. The content displayed in the Outbrain widget is automatically controlled and delivered by Outbrain in terms of content and technology. Reading recommendations, usually integrated below an article, are determined based on the content the user has read so far.

Outbrain uses cookies, which are stored on the User’s device or browser, to display this additional content. Outbrain collects the User’s device source, browser type, and IP address, where the last octet is deleted for anonymization. Outbrain issues a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) which can identify the User when they visit a website where the Outbrain widget is implemented. Outbrain creates user profiles that aggregate user interactions (e.g. page views and clicks) from a browser or terminal device to derive the preferences of the UUID.

More information about Outbrain and its privacy policy can be found here: https://www.outbrain.com/privacy/.

Do Not Track Policy

We do not honor any web browser “Do Not Track” signals or other mechanisms that allow you to signal to operators of websites and web applications and services (including behavioral advertising services) that you do not wish such operators to track certain of your online activities over time and across different websites. At present, no universally accepted standards exist on how companies should respond to do-not- track signals. In the event a final universally accepted standard is established, we will assess and provide an appropriate response to these signals.

Third-party Responsibilities and Services

SiteOwl may use or partner with third-party companies, agents or contractors for various purposes in connection with our business and operations (e.g., storage of data and other information, CRM, the marketing and growth of our business and the performance of services on our behalf, such as gathering and analyzing information) (collectively, “Service Providers”). SiteOwl may share your information with these Service Providers, or they may otherwise have access to your information in the course of performing their responsibilities and providing services.

These Services Providers may have adopted their own privacy policies, which are not subject to control by SiteOwl. You should always review the policies of these Service Providers to make sure that you are comfortable with the ways in which they collect, use, maintain, protect and disclose your information. We do not list our current Service Providers because they change from time to time. If you would like the names of any of Service Providers, please email us at privacy@getsiteowl.com.

We do not have any control over that or how they collect, use, maintain, protect and disclose your information. Please be aware that cookies placed by third parties may continue to track your activities online even after you have stopped visiting, accessing or using the Site or using any of the SiteOwl Services, and those third parties may not honor “Do Not Track” requests you have set using your web browser.

Storage and Transfer of Your Information

We may store information that we collect (personal or otherwise) ourselves or in databases and servers owned and maintained by us, our affiliates, agents or Service Providers. If you access or use the Site or any of the other SiteOwl Services outside of the United States, information that we collect about you may be transferred to servers inside the United States and maintained in accordance with this policy. By allowing SiteOwl to collect information about you, you consent to such transfer and processing of such information without restriction. We may also store some information locally on your computer or other devices. For example, we may store information as local cache so that you can open the Site and view content faster.

Although Users from all over the world may access certain of the SiteOwl Services, keep in mind that no matter where you live or where you happen to use our services, you consent to us processing and transferring information in and to the United States and other countries whose data-protection and privacy laws may offer fewer protections than those in your home country.

Disclosure of Your Information

We will not sell your personal information. If that ever changes, we will notify you as described in Changes to Our Privacy Policy below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, disclosing your personal information in connection with a Change of Control (as defined below) shall not be considered a violation of this restriction

We may disclose personal information that we collect, or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

• To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
• To Service Providers, contractors and other third parties to support and deliver the Site and the other SiteOwl Services but only to the extent necessary for them to provide this support and delivery.
• To a potential or actual buyer, assignee or other successor (including its related advisors and agents) in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or other sale or transfer of some or all of SiteOwl’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by SiteOwl about Users of any of the SiteOwl Services is among the assets that may be or are actually transferred (collectively, a “Change of Control”).
• To our affiliates and business partners.
• For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
• With your consent.



We may also disclose your information:

• To comply with any court order, law or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
• To enforce or apply the Terms and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
• If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of SiteOwl, our Users or others.

Anonymized or Aggregated Information

SiteOwl may use, share and disclose information that is anonymized or in an aggregated form (i.e., in a form that does not identify you) without restriction so long as it does not violate this privacy policy or any applicable law.

Choices About the Use of Your Personal Information to Market to You

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your personal information:

• If you do not wish the Site to use your e-mail address/contact information to market or otherwise promote our own or third parties’ products or services to you, you can opt-out through the unsubscribe mechanism at the bottom of marketing emails. This opt out does not apply to information SiteOwl provides about any of the SiteOwl Services, for example product updates and transactions.

We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. You may be able to opt out of receiving personalized advertisements from companies who are members of the Network Advertising Initiative or who subscribe to the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising. For more information about this practice and to understand your options, please visit: http://www.aboutads.info and http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/. You may also use TRUSTe’s Preference Manager at http://preferences-mgr.truste.com.

Accessing and Correcting Your Personal information

You may change or correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us through your profile (if you have one) or by emailing us at privacy@getsiteowl.com. We may need to verify your identity to make any changes.

How Long We Store Your Personal Information

SiteOwl retains personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the identified purpose or as permitted or required by law, which may extend beyond the termination of our relationship with you.

We may retain certain information as necessary to prevent fraud or future abuse, or for legitimate business purposes, such as analysis of aggregated, non-personally identifiable information, or if required by law. All retained personal information will remain subject to this privacy policy.

To dispose of personal information, we may anonymize it, delete it or take other appropriate steps. Information may persist in copies made for backup and business continuity purposes for additional time.

Information Security

We understand that the security of your personal information is important. We provide administrative, technical, and physical security controls to protect your personal information as required by applicable law and in accordance to good industry practices, including encrypting your personal information at rest and in transit. However, despite our efforts, no security controls are 100% effective. SiteOwl cannot ensure or warrant the security of your personal information. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures for any of the SiteOwl Services.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where you have chosen (or we have given you) a password for access to and use of your account, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask that you not to share your password with anyone.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may make changes to this privacy policy from time to time. If we do make any such changes, we will use reasonable efforts to notify the Users by email. We will also post a notice that this privacy policy has been updated on the home page of the Site for at least 30 days. Previous versions will be available upon request by emailing us at privacy@getsiteowl.com. If we make significant changes to how we treat personal information that are materially less protective than provided in this policy, we will use reasonable efforts to notify you by e-mail if you have provided your e-mail address to us and/or through a notice on the home page of the Site and to attempt to get your consent to the changes. The date the privacy policy was last updated is identified above. You are responsible for ensuring that we have an up-to-date active and deliverable e-mail address for you, and for periodically visiting the Site and this privacy policy to check for any changes. Your continued access or use, and/or continued access or use after our efforts to contact you, of the Site or any of the other SiteOwl Services, means that you agree to be bound by such changes.

Survival

The policies indicated in this privacy policy will remain effective, even if you are no longer visiting, accessing or using the Site or any of the other SiteOwl Services.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at privacy@getsiteowl.com

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