INTRODUCTION

This Privacy Policy describes how Certu Systems, Inc. (“Certu Systems“, “we“, “us“, or “our“) collects, uses, and discloses information when you use our website (www.certusystems.com) (the “Website”), mobile applications, and our other products and services (collectively, the “Services”) or when you interact with us. 

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time in which case, the update will be reflected by revising the Effective Date at the top of this Policy. We encourage you to read this Privacy Policy carefully to learn about information that we collect, use, and share that personally identifies you (“personal information” or “personal data”). 

COLLECTION OF INFORMATION

We collect and process personal information about individuals (“you”, “your”) who visit our Website or interact with us online or offline. Certain parts of our Website may ask you to provide personal information voluntarily. For example, we may ask you to provide certain personal information (such as your name, contact details, company name, profile information) to find out more about us or our Services, apply for a role with Certu Systems or otherwise submit inquiries or make contact with us. We may also collect personal information, such as your contact and job details and feedback, when you attend our events, take part in our surveys, or through other business or marketing interactions we may have with you. You may choose to provide additional information when you communicate with us or otherwise interact with us, and we will keep copies of any such communications for our records. 

If you send or disclose any sensitive personal data to us (e.g., social security number, driver’s license number, state or federal ID numbers, passport number or other similar identifiers, birth date, home address, home phone number, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number or any other financial information), you consent to our processing and use of such sensitive personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to our processing and use of such sensitive personal data, you should not submit such information to us. For those visiting our Website, online platforms, or engaging with us through social media, the information we collect automatically may include your IP address, your operating system, your browser ID, your browsing activity, and other information about your system and connection and how you interact with our Website, social media and online platforms. We may collect this information as a part of log files as well as the use of cookies or other tracking technologies. 

We may also get information about you from other sources, for example, if you have agreed to share information with one of our partners. 

USE OF INFORMATION 

We will only process your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy laws. We need certain personal data to provide our Services and may use the personal information we collect through our Website, social media, online platforms, business discussions for a few reasons, including:

• To perform a contract that you have with us or to take steps before entering into a contract with you;
• To provide, operate, optimize, manage and maintain our Website, including customizing and improving the content, navigation and layout, system administration and security;
• To send you information about Certu Systems and our Services for marketing purposes, in accordance with your marketing preferences;
• To monitor, and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Services;
• For recruitment purposes if you have applied for a role with Certu Systems;
• To respond to your online inquiries and requests, and to provide you with information and access to resources about the Services that you have requested from us;
• To compile aggregated statistics about usage and to better understand your preferences 
• To carry out research and development to improve our Services; 
• To carry out other legitimate business, and administrative purposes, as well as other lawful purposes; and
• To establish, maintain and/or fulfill relationships with our business partners, third-party vendors of products and/or services, as well as our business customers, where necessary.

SHARING OF INFORMATION

We may share information we collect about you, as described in this Privacy Policy, including sharing with our subsidiaries, other users of our Services and various third-party companies such as:

• Subsidiaries and affiliates. We may share your personal information with our subsidiaries and affiliates, including Certu Systems Thailand, Inc.; 
• Third-party vendors and other service providers. We may share your personal information with our third-party vendors, contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them;
• Business transfers. We may share your personal information with a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restricting, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Certu Systems’ assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Certu Systems about Services users and/or Website visitors is among the assets transferred;
• Compliance with laws. We may share your personal information to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including responding to government or regulatory requests or with law enforcement agencies or for an investigation related to public safety, in any applicable jurisdiction;
• Legal rights. We may share your personal information to enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you or your company and us, including agreements for subscriptions to the Services, and for billing and collection, or if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect our rights, property, or safety of Certu Systems, our customers, or others or to enable us to take precautions against liability;
• Service delivery.  We may share your personal information with shippers, carriers, brokers and other participants in the logistics, shipping and/or trucking industry only as necessary to provide the Services;
• To any other third party you authorize us to disclose it to; and
• Certu Systems may disclose aggregated information without restriction.

These third parties may use tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use the Services and/or the Website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different Website, applications, and other Services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. 

LOCATION AND RETENTION OF INFORMATION 

If you are using our Services from outside the United States, be aware that your information will be transferred to, and maintained on, IT infrastructure located within the United States and further that your information may be accessed within the United States and/or our team in Thailand. The collection, use, retention, and any other processing of your information will be governed by United States law, to the extent applicable, and further by the specific jurisdictions within the United States where that information is stored, unless otherwise specified. Accordingly, your information may be accessible to law enforcement and/or regulatory authorities according to applicable United States law.

We hold your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. 

YOUR RIGHT AND CHOICES 

It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current so please inform us if your personal data changes during your relationship with us. You also have rights and choices which you can exercise control over the following uses of your information:  

• Tracking Technologies. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies or block the use of other tracking technologies, some elements of the Services, and/or the Website may then be inaccessible or not function properly;
• Location Information. You can choose whether to allow Certu Systems to collect and use real-time information about your device’s location through the device’s privacy settings. If you block the use of location information, some elements of the Services may then be inaccessible or not function properly;
• We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI“) on the NAI’s website;
• Within our Services, we provide functionality allowing you to review and update certain aspects your personal information via your account profile page; and
• The Right to Delete: You may have the right to request we delete personal information collected from you.

SECURITY

The transmission of data over the internet is not completely secure. We will use our best commercial efforts to protect your personal data, but we cannot guarantee its security. Once we have received your data, we will use strict security measures to try to protect it against misuse, loss, unauthorized alterations, or interception when transferred electronically. We maintain electronic, physical, and procedural safeguards including the use of encryption technologies to protect your confidential information. 

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you would like further information about our privacy policy, you can email us at info@certusystems.com