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Privacy

1. General Statement:

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. This privacy statement explains our policies and practices regarding online customer information. It is through this disclosure that we intend to provide you with a level of comfort and confidence in how we collect, use, and safeguard personal and other information we collect or that you provide through this website, and how you can contact us if you have any questions or concerns. It is our sincere hope that by explaining our data handling practices we will develop a trusting and long-lasting relationship with you. By using the site, you agree to the terms of this privacy statement.

2. Information About Our Organization and Website:

This Privacy Statement applies to smartdevicelink.com. smartdevicelink.com is administered by SmartDeviceLink Consortium, Inc. ("SDLC"), 332 E. Lincoln Avenue, Suite 200, Royal Oak, MI 48067.

Our website contains specifications, developer guides and other documentation pertaining to SmartDevliceLink technology. Additional information about SmartDeviceLink can be obtained at smartdevicelink.com.

3. Personally Identifiable Information We Collect From You:

When you visit smartdevicelink.com we will not collect any personal information about you unless you provide it to us voluntarily. Personal data includes information that is particular to you such as name, street address, telephone number, and email address. If you opt not to provide us with personal information you can still access our website, however you will be unable to create log in credentials, generate and/or register an Application ID, feature your application in the Application Directory, or use the SDL software emulator.

Our primary goal in collecting personal information from you when you visit smartdevicelink.com is to provide you the functionality and services that you need to have a meaningful and customized experience while using the site features.

This site uses session “cookies” to collect personally identifiable information in order to verify log in credentials. An explanation for how session cookies work is included in Section 7 – Methods to Collect Information.

Please keep in mind that if you disclose personally identifiable information or other sensitive data through smartdevicelink.com chat room, message board, or other public online forums, this information may be collected and used by others.

4. How We Use the Personally Identifiable Information We Collect:

Personally identifiable information collected on smartdevicelink.com may be used:

  • Fulfill a site user request (e.g., create log in credentials or submit an application)
  • Respond to your comments or requests for information
  • Meet a request for or to develop new products or services
  • Make the user experience more customer friendly
  • Contact you if necessary in the course of your development efforts or application submission
  • Generate site analytics that improve our site layout, content, product offerings and services
  • Compile user data that is stored in our corporate database and may be used for other purposes
  • Match personal data collected here with data about you that we collect through other sources
  • Comply with legal requirements

5. Other (Non-Personally Identifiable) Information We Collect From Site Visitors:

smartdevicelink.com collects other information, non-personally identifiable information from site visitors. This means that we do not track these items on an individual basis that identifies the site visitor, but rather gather and collect this information on an aggregate [or anonymous] basis that includes all site visitors. Non-personal information includes tracking the site pages that are visited or the amount of time spent on our site.

Our primary goal in collecting aggregate information from you is to be able to perform site metrics that allow us to improve the functionality of the website. We need to collect aggregate information in order to track page visits and peak site usage times, and to perform site clickthrough analysis and site layout re-design.

We may use session and persistent “cookies,” session logs, spotlight ads/web beacons/GIF/pixel tags, banner ads or links, and third-party click tracking analytics tools (such as DART, Omniture tags, DoubleClick, Efficient Frontier, and Google Analytics) to collect aggregate or other non-personally identifiable information about site visitors. An explanation for each of these items and how they work is included in Section 7 – Methods to Collect Information.

6. How We Use the Aggregate or Non-Personally Identifiable Information We Collect:

Non-Personally identifiable information collected on smartdevicelink.com may be used to:

  • Compile aggregate and statistical data to help in website design and to identify popular features
  • Measure site activity to allow us to update our site to better meet user wants and needs
  • Make the user experience more customer friendly

SDLC utilizes non-personal data for the purpose of performing analytics on the user’s experience while visiting this site. This analysis:

  • Is performed on an aggregate level and does not identify you or your information personally
  • May involve the use of a third-party vendor acting on behalf of smartdevicelink.com
  • Is performed in order to improve our website and the user experience
  • Third-party vendors with which SDLC has entered into contracts to perform site analytics and which are provided aggregate information covered by this privacy statement are to use that information only to perform those services, and they may not share or resell this information

7. Methods to Collect Information:

A “cookie” is a small text file that helps us in many ways to make your visit to our website more enjoyable and meaningful to you. For example, cookies avoid you having to log in every time you come back to one of our websites. They also allow us to tailor a website or advertisement to better match your interests and preferences. There are a couple different types of cookies.

A “session” cookie is stored only in your computer’s working memory (RAM) and only lasts for your browsing session. When you close all your browser’s windows, or when you shut down your computer, the session cookie disappears forever.

A “persistent” cookie is stored on your computer’s hard drive until a specified date, which could be tomorrow, next week, or 10 years from now. Persistent cookies stay on your computer until either a) they expire, b) they are overwritten with newer cookies, or c) you manually remove them. Most browsers can be configured not to accept cookies, however, this may prevent you from having access to some site functions or features.

This site may use third-party click tracking analytics tools (such as DART, Omniture tags, DoubleClick, Efficient Frontier, and Google Analytics) to capture clickthrough statistics.

SDLC may use spotlight ads/web beacons/GIF/pixel tags which are site instrumentation tools that help us to determine, for instance, whether a page has been viewed or not and, if so, how many times. Emails or electronic newsletters we send may use tools (e.g., pixel tags or web beacons) to gather email metrics and information to improve the reader’s experience such as how many of the emails are opened, if they were printed or forwarded, the type of device (e.g., mobile or PC) from which they were opened, and the city, state, and county associated with the applicable IP address. In general, any electronic image viewed as part of a webpage, including an ad banner, can act as a web beacon.

When you visit our website the server housing the pages automatically generates a “session log.” We use session logs to help us determine how people travel through our site. In this way, we can structure our pages so that the information most frequently visited is easier to find. By tracking page visits, we can also determine if the information we’re providing is being used. The only data gathered is the Internet Protocol (IP) address from which you came, the website that referred you, the pages you visited and the date and time of those visits.

Users may be directed to smartdevicelink.com via banner ads or site links. Ads or site links that are placed by smartdevicelink.com use cookies or web beacons to deliver metrics on the effectiveness of the ads or links. They do not collect personal information from the user.

8. Sharing Your Information:

SDLC does not share, sell, or rent personally identifiable information with independent companies for their own use without providing you a choice.

Personal information that you provide to us in the course of using our site features or requesting a product or service through this website may be gathered and stored in one or more of our corporate databases and be used for purposes of contacting you for things like promotional offers, marketing programs, or other communications from this website or other SDLC programs and services.

We may share personal information that we collect about you with members of SDLC. We share this information within the SDLC as a normal part of conducting business and offering SDLC technology and services to our customers.

Vendors, contractors or partners of SDLC who have access to your personal information in connection with providing services for SDLC are required to keep the information confidential and are not permitted to use this information for any other purpose than to carry out the services they are performing for SDLC.

Site metrics for smartdevicelink.com may be shared with the SDLC. The information shared will be aggregate data and will not include any of your personally identifiable information.

SDLC will disclose your personal information, without notice, if (1) in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on SDLC, its affiliates or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of SDLC, its affiliates or this site; or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of SDLC or affiliate personnel, users of their websites, or the public; or (2) if required to do so by law.

9. Access To and Control Over the Use of Your Information:

To correct or update your personal information contact us by accessing the site and go to the Profile page.

The scope of access available for this request is for information stored in the database that holds the data for smartdevicelink.com. Any personal information that has been collected from you on other Company websites will not be accessible or changeable through the processing of this request.

10. Security of Your Information:

Safeguarding information of visitors to our website is important to us. We use systems, policies and procedures to maintain accuracy of information and to protect information from loss, misuse or alteration.

When you send personal information, such as email address or telephone numbers, to smartdevicelink.com we use “Secure Socket Layers” or SSL to protect your data. SSL is encryption technology that helps safeguard your personal information against misuse by unauthorized individuals.

Vendors, contractors or partners of smartdevicelink.com who have access to your personal information in connection with providing services for smartdevicelink.com are required to keep the information confidential.

Vendors are not permitted to use this information for any other purpose than to carry out the services they are performing for smartdevicelink.com.

11. Processing of Personal Data:

By visiting this site and by providing your personally identifiable information to us, you understand and consent to the collection, use, processing, transfer, and disclosure of your personally identifiable and non-personally identifiable information globally — including to the United States – in accordance with this Privacy Statement. Therefore, by visiting this site and by providing such information, you consent to the transfer of such information across country borders, and to the use, processing, and disclosure of such information in global locations. Your consent shall be deemed to include your consent to transfer of the personally identifiable or non-personally identifiable information to locations that may have different levels of privacy protection than in your own country.

12. Links to Other Sites:

smartdevicelink.com provides links to other websites. We encourage you to review the privacy statements of all sites that you visit, including those whose links are provided so that you can understand how those sites collect, use and share your information. smartdevicelink.com is not responsible for the privacy statements, content or data handling practices on other websites.

13. Children’s Privacy:

SDLC does not knowingly intend to collect personal information from children under 13 years of age.

If a child has provided us with personal information a parent or guardian of that child may contact us at the email address listed in section 14 if they want this information deleted from our records. We will then make reasonable efforts to delete the child’s information from the database that stores information for smartdevicelink.com.

14. Contacting Us:

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this online privacy statement for smartdevicelink.com, smartdevicelink.com privacy practices, or have any questions regarding the contents of this website please email us at support@smartdevicelink.com.

SDLC is committed to working with consumers to obtain a fair and rapid resolution of any complaints or disputes about privacy and the handling of your data. smartdevicelink.com will be happy to respond to your questions and comments.

15. Privacy Statement Effective Date and Revision Days:

Occasionally we may update the SDLC privacy statement in order to reflect any changes to the website or our privacy practices.

The effective date of this privacy statement is June 9th, 2017.

Your California Privacy Rights

A California resident who has provided Personal Information to a business with whom he/she has established a business relationship for personal, family, or household purposes ("California customer") is entitled to request information about whether the business has disclosed Personal Information to any third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes. In general, if the business has made such a disclosure of Personal Information, upon receipt of a request by a California customer, the business is required to provide a list of all third parties to whom Personal Information was disclosed in the preceding calendar year, as well as a list of the categories of Personal Information that were disclosed.

However, under the law, a business is not required to provide the above-described lists if the business adopts and discloses to the public (in its privacy policy) that it does not disclose a customer's Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes unless the customer consents to such a disclosure. Rather, the business may comply with the law by notifying the customer of his or her right to prevent disclosure of Personal Information and providing a cost free means to exercise that right.

As stated in our Privacy Policy, we do not share information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes unless you agree to such disclosure. If you opt-in to sharing your information with a third party for its marketing purposes, we will only share information in connection with that specific promotion, as we do not share information with any third party on a continual basis. To prevent disclosure of your Personal Information for use in direct marketing by a third party, do not opt-in to such use when you provide personally identifiable information on one of our sites. Please note that whenever you opt-in to receive future communications from a third party, your information will be subject to the third party's privacy policy. If you later decide that you do not want that third party to use your information, you will need to contact the third party directly, as we have no control over how third parties use information. You should always review the privacy policy of any party that collects your information to determine how that entity will handle your information.

California customers may request further information about our compliance with this law by mailing us at SmartDeviceLink Consortium, Inc. 332 E. Lincoln Avenue, Suite 200, Royal Oak, MI 48067. Please note that we are only required to respond to one request per customer each year, and we are not required to respond to requests made by means other than through this physical mailing address.

Effective Date: June 9, 2017