PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated July 06, 2023
This privacy notice for VMAXTANKS ("Company,"
"we," "us," or "our"), describes
how and why we might collect, store, use, and/or share
("process") your information
when you use our services ("Services"), such as
when you:
Download and use our mobile application (VMAXTANKS), 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. If 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 [email protected].
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 below 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
how you interact with
VMAXTANKS 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? We do not
process sensitive
personal information.
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 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 https://www.vmaxtanks.com/crm.asp?action=contactus,
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 VMAXTANKS does with any
information we
collect? Review the privacy notice in full.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
3. WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL
INFORMATION?
4. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
5. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
6. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
7. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
8. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
9. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
10. DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
11. DO VIRGINIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
12. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
13. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
14. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE
COLLECT
FROM YOU?
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal information you disclose to us
In Short: We collect personal information that you provide
to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide
to us when you express
an interest in obtaining information about us or our
products and Services, when you
participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when
you contact us.
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:
·
Mobile Device Access. We may request access or
permission to certain features from your mobile device, including your mobile
device's bluetooth, camera, and other features. If you wish to change our
access or permissions, you may do so in your device's settings.
·
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 for 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.
2. 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:
3. WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS
YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We only process your personal 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, 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
·
If 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
·
If the collection is solely for journalistic,
artistic, or literary purposes
·
If the information is publicly available and is
specified by the regulations
4. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR
PERSONAL INFORMATION?
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.
5. 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).
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process
your personal
information, we will either delete or anonymize such
information, or, if 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.
6. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
In Short: We aim to protect your personal information
through a system of organizational 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.
7. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to
children under 18 years
of age.
We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children
under 18 years of age. 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
has 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 have collected from children under age 18, please
contact us at
8. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: In some regions, such as Canada, you have rights
that allow you greater
access to and control over your personal information. You
may review, change, or
terminate your account at any time.
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
of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification
or erasure; (iii) to restrict the
processing of your personal information; and (iv) if
applicable, to data portability. In
certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object
to the 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 US ABOUT THIS
NOTICE?" below.
We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with
applicable data
protection laws.
If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are
unlawfully processing
your personal information, you also have the right to
complain to your Member State
data protection authority or UK data protection authority.
If you are located in Switzerland, you may contact the
Federal Data Protection and
Information Commissioner.
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 right 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.
If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights,
you may email us at
9. 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 technology 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.
10. DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC
PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: Yes, if you are a resident of California, you are
granted specific rights
regarding access to your personal information.
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the
"Shine The Light" law,
permits our users who 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 using the contact
information provided below.
If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and
have a registered account
with Services, you have the right to request removal of
unwanted data that you
publicly post on the Services. To request removal of such
data, please contact us
using the contact information provided below and include the
email address
associated with your account and a statement that you reside
in California. We will
make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the
Services, but please be aware
that the data may not be completely or comprehensively
removed from all our
systems (e.g., backups, etc.).
CCPA Privacy Notice
The California Code of Regulations defines a
"resident" as: (1) every individual who is in the State of California
for other than a temporary or transitory purpose and (2) every individual who
is domiciled in the State of California who is outside the State of California
for a temporary or transitory purpose All other individuals are defined as
"non-residents." If this definition of "resident" applies to
you, we must adhere to certain rights and obligations regarding your personal
information. What categories of personal information do we collect? We have
collected the following categories of personal information in the past twelve
(12) months:
We may also collect other personal information outside of
these categories through
instances where you interact with us in person, online, or
by phone or mail in the
context of:
Receiving help through our customer support channels;
Participation in customer surveys or contests; and
Facilitation in the delivery of our Services and to respond
to your inquiries.
How do we use and share your personal information?
More information about our data collection and sharing
practices can be found in this
privacy notice.
You may contact us by email at [email protected], or by
referring to the
contact details at the bottom of this document.
If you are using an authorized agent to exercise your right
to opt out we may deny a
request if the authorized agent does not submit proof that
they have been validly
authorized to act on your behalf.
Will your information be shared with anyone else?
We may disclose your personal information with our service
providers pursuant to a
written contract between us and each service provider. Each
service provider is a for[1]profit entity that
processes the information on our behalf, following the same strict
privacy protection obligations mandated by the CCPA.
We may use your personal information for our own business
purposes, such as for
undertaking internal research for technological development
and demonstration. This
is not considered to be "selling" of your personal
information.
VMAXTANKS has not disclosed, sold, or shared any personal
information to third
parties for a business or commercial purpose in the
preceding twelve (12) months.
VMAXTANKS will not sell or share personal information in the
future belonging to
website visitors, users, and other consumers.
Your rights with respect to your personal data
Right to request deletion of the data — Request to delete
You can ask for the deletion of your personal information.
If you ask us to delete your
personal information, we will respect your request and
delete your personal
information, subject to certain exceptions provided by law,
such as (but not limited to)
the exercise by another consumer of his or her right to free
speech, our compliance
requirements resulting from a legal obligation, or any
processing that may be
required to protect against illegal activities.
Right to be informed — Request to know
Depending on the circumstances, you have a right to know:
·
whether we collect and use your personal information;
·
the categories of personal information that we
collect;
·
the purposes for which the collected personal
information is used;
·
whether we sell or share personal information to
third parties;
·
the categories of personal information that we
sold, shared, or disclosed for a
·
business purpose;
·
the categories of third parties to whom the
personal information was sold,
·
shared, or disclosed for a business purpose;
·
the business or commercial purpose for
collecting, selling, or sharing personal
·
information; and
·
the specific pieces of personal information we
collected about you
In accordance with applicable law, we are not obligated to
provide or delete
consumer information that is de-identified in response to a
consumer request or to re[1]identify individual
data to verify a consumer request.
Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of a Consumer’s
Privacy Rights
We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your
privacy rights.
Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information
We do not process consumer's sensitive personal information.
Verification process
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. These
verification efforts require us to ask you to provide
information so that we can match it
with information you have previously provided us. For
instance, depending on the
type of request you submit, we may ask you to provide
certain information so that we
can match the information you provide with the information
we already have on file,
or we may contact you through a communication method (e.g.,
phone or email) that
you have previously provided to us. We may also use other
verification methods as
the circumstances dictate.
We will only use personal information provided in your
request to verify your identity
or authority to make the request. To the extent possible, we
will avoid requesting
additional information from you for the purposes of
verification. 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. We will delete
such additionally provided
information as soon as we finish verifying you.
Other privacy rights
·
You may object to the processing of your
personal information.
·
You may request correction of your personal data
if it is incorrect or no longer
·
relevant, or ask to restrict the processing of
the information.
·
You can designate an authorized agent to make a
request under the CCPA on
·
your behalf. 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 the CCPA.
·
You may request to opt out from future selling
or sharing of your personal
·
information to third parties. Upon receiving an
opt-out request, we will act upon
·
the request as soon as feasibly possible, but no
later than fifteen (15) days
·
from the date of the request submission.
To exercise these rights, you can contact us by email at [email protected],
or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this
document. If you have a
complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to
hear from you.
11. DO VIRGINIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY
RIGHTS?
In Short: Yes, if you are a resident of Virginia, you may be
granted specific rights
regarding access to and use of your personal information.
Virginia CDPA Privacy Notice
Under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA):
"Consumer" means a natural person who is a
resident of the Commonwealth acting
only in an individual or household context. It does not
include a natural person acting in a commercial or employment context.
"Personal data" means any information that is
linked or reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable natural person.
"Personal data" does not include de-identified data or publicly
available information. "Sale of personal data" means the exchange of
personal data for monetary consideration. If this definition "consumer"
applies to you, we must adhere to certain rights and obligations regarding your
personal data. The information we collect, use, and disclose about you will
vary depending on how you interact with VMAXTANKS and our Services.
VMAXTANKS has not sold any personal data to third parties
for business or
commercial purposes. VMAXTANKS will not sell personal data
in the future belonging
to website visitors, users, and other consumers.
Exercise your rights provided under the Virginia CDPA
More information about our data collection and sharing
practices can be found in this
privacy notice.
You may contact us by email at [email protected], by
visiting
https://www.vmaxtanks.com/crm.asp?action=contactus, or by
referring to the contact
details at the bottom of this document.
If you are using an authorized agent to exercise your
rights, we may deny a request if
the authorized agent does not submit proof that they have
been validly authorized to
act on your behalf.
Verification process
We may request that you provide additional information
reasonably necessary to
verify you and your consumer's request. If you submit the
request through an
authorized agent, we may need to collect additional
information to verify your identity
before processing your request.
Upon receiving your request, we will respond without undue
delay, but in all cases,
within forty-five (45) days of receipt. The response period
may be extended once by
forty-five (45) additional days when reasonably necessary.
We will inform you of any
such extension within the initial 45-day response period,
together with the reason for
the extension.
Right to appeal.
If we decline to take action regarding your request, we will
inform you of our decision and reasoning behind it. If you wish to appeal our
decision, please email us at [email protected]. Within sixty (60) days of
receipt of an appeal, 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 if denied, you may contact the Attorney
General to submit a complaint.
12. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
In Short: Yes, we will update this 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 and the
updated version will be effective as
soon as it is accessible. 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.
13. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may
email us at
[email protected] or contact us by post at:
VMAXTANKS
5850 SHELDON RD
BELLEVILLE, MI 48111
United States
14. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE
DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?
Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have
the right to request
access to the personal information we collect from you,
change that information, or
delete it. To request to review, update, or delete your
personal information, please
visit: https://www.vmaxtanks.com/crm.asp?action=contactus.