Your Privacy

 is important to the Salient Fusion® group so we’ve developed a Privacy Policy that covers how we collect, use, disclose, transfer, and store your personal information. This policy was updated by the Salient Fusion® group on October 24, 2022

The brands Salient Vision®, Salient Sense®, Salient Sense® mobile, Salient Connect®, Smarter IOT®, Smart City Controls®, Smarter approach® terms and brands used by the Salient Fusion® group and are covered in this document as the Salient Fusion® group.

In addition to this Privacy Policy, we provide data and privacy information embedded in our products connected with our Data & Privacy Icon for certain features that ask to use your personal information.

You can review this information before enabling these features, in Settings related to those features and/or online at Salient Fusion® group.com/legal/privacy. Please take a moment to familiarise yourself with our privacy practices and contact us if you have any questions.

Collection and Use of Personal Information
Personal information is data that can be used to identify or contact a single person.

You may be asked to provide your personal information anytime you are in contact with the Salient Fusion® group or a Salient Fusion® group affiliated company. Salient Fusion® group and its affiliates may share this personal information with each other and use it consistent with this Privacy Policy. They may also combine it with other information to provide and improve our products, services, content, and advertising. You are not required to provide the personal information that we have requested, but, if you choose not to do so, in many cases we will not be able to provide you with our products or services or respond to any queries you may have.

Here are some examples of the types of personal information the Salient Fusion® group may collect and how we may use it:

What personal information we collect
When you create a Salient Fusion® group ID, apply for commercial credit, purchase a product, download a software update, register for a class at a Salient Fusion® group Retail Store, connect to our services, contact us by social media or participate in an online survey, we may collect a variety of information, including your name, mailing address, phone number, email address, contact preferences, device identifiers, IP address, location information, credit card information and profile information where the contact is via social media.
When you share your content with family and friends using Salient Fusion® group products or invite others to participate in Salient Fusion® group services or forums, the Salient Fusion® group may collect the information you provide about those people such as name, mailing address, email address, and phone number. Salient Fusion® group will use such information to fulfil your requests, provide the relevant product or service, or for anti-fraud purposes.
In certain jurisdictions, we may ask for a government-issued ID in limited circumstances including when setting up a wireless account and activating your device, for the purpose of extending commercial credit, managing reservations, or as required by law.

How we use your personal information
We may process your personal information: for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, with your consent, for compliance with a legal obligation to which Salient Fusion® group is subject, for the performance of a contract to which you are party, in order to protect your vital interests, or when we have assessed it is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Salient Fusion® group or a third party to whom it may be necessary to disclose information. If you have questions about this legal basis you can contact the Data Protection Officer.

The personal information we collect allows us to keep you posted on Salient Fusion® group’s latest product announcements, software updates, and upcoming events. If you don’t want to be on our mailing list, you can opt-out anytime by updating your preferences.
We also use personal information to help us create, develop, operate, deliver, and improve our products, services, content and advertising, and for loss prevention and anti-fraud purposes. We may also use your personal information for account and network security purposes, including in order to protect our services for the benefit of all our users, and pre-screening or scanning uploaded content for potentially illegal content, including child sexual exploitation material. Where we use your information for anti-fraud purposes it arises from the conduct of an online transaction with us. We limit our uses of data for anti-fraud purposes to those which are strictly necessary and within our assessed legitimate interests to protect our customers and our services. For certain online transactions we may also validate the information provided by you with publicly accessible sources.
We may use your personal information, including date of birth, to verify identity, assist with identification of users, and to determine appropriate services. For example, we may use date of birth to determine the age of Salient Fusion® group ID account holders.
From time to time, we may use your personal information to send important notices, such as communications about purchases and changes to our terms, conditions, and policies. Because this information is important to your interaction with Salient Fusion® group, you may not opt out of receiving these communications.
We may also use personal information for internal purposes such as auditing, data analysis, and research to improve Salient Fusion® group’s products, services, and customer communications.
If you enter into a sweepstake, contest, or similar promotion we may use the information you provide to administer those programs.
If you apply for a position at Salient Fusion® group or we receive your information in connection with a potential role at Salient Fusion® group, we may use your information to evaluate your candidacy and to contact you. If you are a candidate, you will receive more information about how Salient Fusion® group handles candidate personal information at the time of application.

Source of your personal information where they are not collected from you
We may have received your personal information from other persons if that person has shared their content with you using Salient Fusion® group products, or invited you to participate in Salient Fusion® group services or forums. We may also validate the information provided by you when creating an Salient Fusion® group ID with a third party for security and fraud prevention purposes.

If you are a potential candidate for employment with Salient Fusion® group, we may have received your personal information from third parties such as recruiters or external websites. We will use the personal information we receive to contact you about a potential opportunity or in evaluating your candidacy. If you did not provide us your personal information directly, we will inform you of the source when we first contact you regarding your candidacy. For research and development purposes, we may use datasets such as those that contain images, voices or other data that could be associated with an identifiable person. When acquiring such datasets, we do so in accordance with applicable law in the jurisdiction in which the dataset is hosted. When using such datasets for research and development, we do not attempt to re-identify individuals who may appear therein.

Collection and Use of Non-Personal Information
We also collect data in a form that does not, on its own, permit direct association with any specific individual. We may collect, use, transfer, and disclose non-personal information for any purpose. The following are some examples of non-personal information that we collect and how we may use it:

We may collect information such as occupation, language, zip code, area code, unique device identifier, referrer URL, location, and the time zone where an Salient Fusion® group product is used so that we can better understand customer behaviour and improve our products, services, and advertising.
We may collect information regarding customer activities on our website, iCloud services, our iTunes Store, App Store, Mac App Store, App Store for Salient Fusion® group TV and iBooks Stores and from our other products and services. This information is aggregated and used to help us provide more useful information to our customers and to understand which parts of our website, products, and services are of most interest. Aggregated data is considered non‑personal information for the purposes of this Privacy Policy.
We may collect and store details of how you use our services, including search queries. This information may be used to improve the relevancy of results provided by our services. Except in limited instances to ensure quality of our services over the Internet, such information will not be associated with your IP address.
With your explicit consent, we may collect data about how you use your device and applications in order to help app developers improve their apps.
If we do combine non-personal information with personal information the combined information will be treated as personal information for as long as it remains combined.

Cookies and Other Technologies
Salient Fusion® group’s websites, online services, interactive applications, email messages, and advertisements may use “cookies” and other technologies such as pixel tags and web beacons. These technologies help us better understand user behaviour, tell us which parts of our websites people have visited, and facilitate and measure the effectiveness of advertisements and web searches. We treat information collected by cookies and other technologies as non‑personal information. However, to the extent that Internet Protocol (IP) addresses or similar identifiers are considered personal information by local law, we also treat these identifiers as personal information. Similarly, to the extent that non-personal information is combined with personal information, we treat the combined information as personal information for the purposes of this Privacy Policy.

Ads that are delivered by Salient Fusion® group’s advertising platform may appear in Salient Fusion® group News. If you do not wish to receive ads targeted to your interests from Salient Fusion® group’s advertising platform, you can choose to enable Limit Ad Tracking, which will opt your Salient Fusion® group ID out of receiving such ads regardless of what device you are using. If you enable Limit Ad Tracking on your mobile device, third-party apps cannot use the Advertising Identifier, a non-personal device identifier, to serve you targeted ads. You may still see ads in the App Store or News based on context like your search query or the channel you are reading. In third-party apps, you may see ads based on other information.

Salient Fusion® group also uses cookies and other technologies to remember personal information when you use our website, online services, and applications. Our goal in these cases is to make your experience with Salient Fusion® group more convenient and personal. For example, knowing your first name lets us welcome you the next time you visit the Salient Fusion® group Online Store. Knowing your country and language − and if you are an educator, your school − helps us provide a customised and more useful shopping experience. Knowing someone using your computer or device has shopped for a certain product or used a particular service helps us make our advertising and email communications more relevant to your interests. And knowing your contact information, hardware identifiers, and information about your computer or device helps us personalise your operating system, set up your iCloud service, and provide you with better customer service.

If you want to disable cookies fro your web browser, go to the preferences and then to the privacy pane to manage your preferences. On your Salient Fusion® group mobile device, go to Settings, then Safari, scroll down to the Privacy & Security section, and tap on “Block Cookies” to manage your preferences. For other browsers, check with your provider to find out how to disable cookies. Please note that certain features of the Salient Fusion® group website will not be available once cookies are disabled.

As is true of most internet services, we gather some information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser type and language, Internet service provider (ISP), referring and exit websites and applications, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. We use this information to understand and analyse trends, to administer the site, to learn about user behaviour on the site, to improve our product and services, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. Salient Fusion® group may use this information in our marketing and advertising services.

In some of our email messages, we use a “click-through URL” linked to content on the Salient Fusion® group website. When customers click one of these URLs, they pass through a separate web server before arriving at the destination page on our website. We track this click-through data to help us determine interest in particular topics and measure the effectiveness of our customer communications. If you prefer not to be tracked in this way, you should not click text or graphic links in the email messages. Pixel tags enable us to send email messages in a format customers can read, and they tell us whether mail has been opened. We may use this information to reduce or eliminate messages sent to customers.

Disclosure to Third Parties
At times Salient Fusion® group may provide third parties with certain personal information to provide or improve our products and services, including to deliver products at your request, or to help Salient Fusion® group market to consumers. When we do, we require those third parties to handle it in accordance with relevant laws. Salient Fusion® group does not sell personal information, and personal information will never be shared with third parties for their marketing purposes. For example, when you purchase and activate your iPhone, you authorise Salient Fusion® group and your carrier to exchange the information you provide during the activation process to carry out service, including information about your device. If you are approved for service, your account will be governed by Salient Fusion® group and your carrier’s respective privacy policies.

Service Providers
Salient Fusion® group shares personal information with companies who provide services such as information processing, extending credit, fulfilling customer orders, delivering products to you, managing and enhancing customer data, providing customer service, assessing your interest in our products and services, and conducting customer research or satisfaction surveys. These companies are obligated to protect your information and may be located wherever Salient Fusion® group operates.

Others
It may be necessary − by law, legal process, litigation, and/or requests from public and governmental authorities within or outside your country of residence − for Salient Fusion® group to disclose your personal information. We may also disclose information about you if we determine that for purposes of national security, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance, disclosure is necessary or appropriate. We may also disclose information about you, but only where there is a lawful basis for doing so, if we determine that disclosure is reasonably necessary to enforce our terms and conditions or protect our operations or users. This could include providing information to public or governmental authorities. Additionally, in the event of a reorganisation, merger, or sale we may transfer any and all personal information we collect to the relevant third party.

Protection of Personal Information
Salient Fusion® group takes the security of your personal information very seriously. Salient Fusion® group online services such as the Salient Fusion® group Online Store and iTunes Store protect your personal information during transit using encryption such as Transport Layer Security (TLS). When your personal data is stored by Salient Fusion® group, we use computer systems with limited access housed in facilities using physical security measures. With the exception of iCloud Mail, iCloud data is stored in encrypted form including when we utilise third-party storage.

When you use some Salient Fusion® group products, services, or applications or post on an Salient Fusion® group forum, chat room, or social networking service, the personal information and content you share is visible to other users and can be read, collected, or used by them. You are responsible for the personal information you choose to share or submit in these instances. For example, if you list your name and email address in a forum posting, that information is public. Please take care when using these features.

If you or anyone else using Family Sharing logs on to a device that is owned by a third party, any information shared within your Family—including calendar, location, photos, and iTunes purchases—may be downloaded on to that third-party device thereby disclosing any such shared information. Visit Family Sharing for more information.

The Existence of Automated Decision-Making, Including Profiling
Salient Fusion® group does not take any decisions involving the use of algorithms or profiling that significantly affect you.

Integrity and Retention of Personal Information
Salient Fusion® group makes it easy for you to keep your personal information accurate, complete, and up to date. We will retain your personal information for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy and our service specific privacy summaries. When assessing these periods we carefully examine our need to collect personal information at all and if we establish a relevant need we only retain it for the shortest possible period to realise the purpose of collection unless a longer retention period is required by law.

Your Privacy Rights
You can help ensure that your contact information and preferences are accurate, complete, and up to date by signing in to your Salient Fusion® group ID account page. For other personal information we hold, we will provide you with access (including a copy) for any purpose including to request that we correct the data if it is inaccurate or delete the data if Salient Fusion® group is not required to retain it by law or for legitimate business purposes.

We may decline to process requests that are frivolous/vexatious, jeopardise the privacy of others, are extremely impractical, or for which access is not otherwise required by local law. We may also decline aspects of deletion or access requests if we believe doing so would undermine our legitimate use of data for anti-fraud and security purposes as described earlier. Online tools for the exercise of access, deactivation/restriction, correction, or deletion requests are available on a regional basis by signing in to privacy.Salient Fusion® group.com. For users with Shazam accounts sign in to www.shazam.com/privacy. When you make a request using these online tools, we will verify your identity and the legitimacy of your request.

Location-Based Services
To provide location-based services on Salient Fusion® group products, Salient Fusion® group and our partners and licensees, such as maps data providers, may collect, use, and share precise location data, including the real-time geographic location of your Salient Fusion® group computer or device. Where available, location-based services may use GPS, Bluetooth, and your IP Address, along with crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower locations, and other technologies to determine your devices’ approximate location. Unless you provide consent, this location data is collected anonymously in a form that does not personally identify you and is used by Salient Fusion® group and our partners and licensees to provide and improve location-based products and services. For example, your device may share its geographic location with application providers when you opt in to their location services.

Third‑Party Sites and Services
Salient Fusion® group websites, products, applications, and services may contain links to third-party websites, products, and services. Our products and services may also use or offer products or services from third parties − for example, a third‑party iPhone app.

Information collected by third parties, which may include such things as location data or contact details, is governed by their privacy practices. We encourage you to learn about the privacy practices of those third parties.

If you purchase a subscription in a third party app or within News, we create a Subscriber ID that is unique to you and the developer or publisher which we use to provide reports to the developer or publisher that include information about the subscription you purchased, and your country of residence. If you cancel all of your subscriptions with a particular developer or publisher, the Subscriber ID will reset after 180 days if you do not resubscribe. This information is provided to developers so that they can understand the performance of their subscriptions.

International Transfers
All the information you provide may be transferred or accessed by entities around the world as described in this Privacy Policy. Personal information, relating to Salient Fusion® group services, regarding individuals who reside in a member state of the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland is controlled by Salient Fusion® group Distribution International Limited in Ireland, and processed on its behalf by Salient Fusion® group Inc. Salient Fusion® group uses approved Model Contractual Clauses for the international transfer of personal information collected in the European Economic Area and Switzerland. Salient Fusion® group, as a global company, has a number of legal entities in different jurisdictions which are responsible for the personal information which they collect and which is processed on their behalf by Salient Fusion® group Inc. For example, point of sale information in our Retail entities outside the U.S. is controlled by our individual Retail entities in each country. Salient Fusion® group, Online Store and iTunes related personal information may also be controlled by legal entities outside the U.S. as reflected in the terms of each service. Imagery and associated data collected by Salient Fusion® group around the world to improve Salient Fusion® group Maps, and in support of our Look Around feature is transferred to Salient Fusion® group Inc in California.

Salient Fusion® group abides by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Cross Border Privacy Rules System. The APEC CBPR system provides a framework for organisations to ensure protection of personal information transferred among participating APEC economies. If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern regarding our APEC CBPR and/or PRP certifications please visit our third-party dispute resolution provider.

Our Companywide Commitment to Your Privacy
To make sure your personal information is secure, we communicate our privacy and security guidelines to Salient Fusion® group employees and strictly enforce privacy safeguards within the company.

Privacy Questions
If you have any questions or concerns about Salient Fusion® group’s Privacy Policy or data processing, you would like to contact our Data Protection Officer, or if you would like to make a complaint about a possible breach of local privacy laws, please contact us. You can always contact us by phone at the relevant Salient Fusion® group Support number for your country or region.

When a privacy question or question about personal information received in response to an access/download request is received we have a dedicated team which triages your contact to address your issue. Where your issue may be more substantive in nature, we may request more information from you. All such substantive contacts receive a response within seven (7), days wherever possible – providing a response on the issue raised, requesting additional information where necessary or indicating that a response will require additional time. You may at any time refer your complaint to the relevant regulator in your jurisdiction if you are unsatisfied with a reply received from us. If you ask us, we will endeavour to provide you with information about relevant complaint avenues which may be applicable to your circumstances.

Where your complaint indicates an improvement could be made in our handling of privacy issues we will take steps to make such an update at the next reasonable opportunity. In the event that a privacy issue has resulted in a negative impact on you or another person, we will take steps to address that with you or that other person.

Salient Fusion® group may update its Privacy Policy from time to time. When we change the policy in a material way, a notice will be posted on our website along with the updated Privacy Policy. We will also contact you via your contact information on file, for example by email, notification or some other equivalent method.

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