Privacy Policy
ELECAAS Electronic Industries FZCO and/or its affiliates (collectively “Elecaas”, “we” or “us”) collects information about you when you use our Website and other Products and Services (collectively, the “Services”) and through other interactions and communications you have with us.
Privacy Policy
ELECAAS Electronic Industries FZCO and/or its affiliates (collectively “Elecaas”, “we” or “us”) collects information about you when you use our Website and other Products and Services (collectively, the “Services”) and through other interactions and communications you have with us.
This privacy policy sets out the basis on which any information, including any personal data, we collect from you, or you provide us, will be processed by Elecaas. Each time you access or use our Website and Services or provide us with information, by doing so you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this privacy policy.
Scope and Application
This privacy policy (this “privacy policy”) applies to persons anywhere in the UAE who access or use our Website and Services (“Users”) as well as to our partners and customers or any other persons who use our Website and Services.
Collection of Information
Information You Provide to Us We collect information you provide directly to us through your access or use of the Website and Services, such as when you create or modify your account, request on-demand services, contact customer support, or otherwise communicate with us. This information may include: your name, email address, phone number, postal address, profile picture, payment method, financial and credit card information, and other information you choose to provide.
Please note that we do not knowingly collect, keep, or maintain personal information from children under the age of 18 through the Services, as we require that all users represent to us that they are at least 18 years old.
Information We Collect Through Your Use of Our Services
When you use our Services, we collect personal information (i.e. information that could be used to contact you directly such as full name, postal address, phone number, credit/debit card information, or email address) (“Personal Information”) and demographic information (i.e. information that you submit, or that we collect, that is not personal information; this may include, but is not limited to, post code, hometown, gender, username, device information, including the type of mobile device you use, a unique device identifier (for example, your device’s IMEI number, the MAC address of the device’s wireless network interface, or the mobile phone number used by the device), mobile network information, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile browser you use, time zone setting, device location, IP address, SMS data, transaction information, age/birth date, browsing history information, searching history information, and registration history information) (“Demographic Information” and, together with Personal Information, “Personal Data”).
We also use GPS technology to determine your current location. Some of our location-enabled Services require your personal data for the feature to work. If you wish to use the particular feature, you will be asked to consent to your data being used for this purpose.
Information We Collect from Other Sources
We may also receive information from other sources and combine that with Personal Data we receive from you or collect through our Services.
Use of Personal Data
We may use Personal Data which you provide to us, or we collect from you to:
- Provide, maintain, and improve our Services, including, for example, to facilitate payments, send receipts, provide products and services you request (and send related information), develop new features, provide customer support to Users, develop safety features, authenticate users, and send product updates and administrative messages;
- Perform internal administration and operations, including, for example, to prevent fraud and abuse of our Services; to troubleshoot software bugs and operational problems; to conduct data analysis, testing, and research; and to monitor and analyze usage and activity trends;
- Send you communications we think will be of interest to you, including information about products, services, promotions, news, and events of Elecaas and other companies, where permissible and according to local applicable laws of the UAE; and to process contest, sweepstake, or other promotion entries and fulfill any related awards.
- Notify you about changes to our Services.
- Allow you to participate in interactive features of our Services.
- Keep our Services safe and secure; and
- Personalize and improve the Services, including providing or recommending features, content, social connections, referrals, and advertisements.
Storage and Transfer of Personal Data
You agree that we have the right to transfer the Personal Data described in this privacy policy to and from, and process and store it in the United Arab Emirates. Where this is the case, we will take appropriate measures to protect your Personal Data in accordance with this privacy policy. By submitting your Personal Data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
To preserve the integrity of our databases, to carry out on-going Services on your behalf, for research, analytics and statistics purposes and to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations, we retain Personal Information and Demographic Information submitted by our partners and customers for a reasonable length of time. Elecaas is not responsible for the accuracy of the information you provide and will modify or update your Personal Information in our databases upon your request. If required by law or at your request, we will erase or archive from active use your Personal Information. By accessing or using the Services, you do hereby represent and warrant that you understand that all information submitted by you through the Services or otherwise to Elecaas may be used by Elecaas in accordance with applicable laws of the UAE, this privacy policy, and our customer terms of use.
Sharing of Personal Data
We may share Personal Data which we collect about you as described in this privacy policy or as described at the time of collection or sharing, including as follows:
Through Our Services
We may share your Personal Data:
- With our partners to enable them to provide the Services you request. For example, we share your name and your location details.
- With third parties to provide you with a service you requested through a partnership or promotional offering made by a third party or us.
- With third parties with whom you choose to let us share your Personal Data, for example other websites that integrate with our API or Services, or those with an API or Service with which we integrate; and
Other Important Sharing
We may share your Personal Data:
- With Elecaas subsidiaries and affiliated entities;
- With vendors, consultants, marketing and advertising partners, and other service providers who need access to such Personal Data to carry out work on our behalf or to perform any contract we enter into with them;
- In response to a request for information by a competent authority if we believe disclosure is in accordance with, or is otherwise required by, any applicable law, regulation, or legal process;
- With law enforcement officials, government authorities, or other third parties to enforce or apply our Terms of Service, to investigate potential breaches or if we believe your actions are inconsistent with our Terms of Service, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Elecaas or others.
- With third parties in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, consolidation or restructuring, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by or into another company.
- If we otherwise notify you and you consent to the sharing; With third parties in an aggregated and/or anonymized form which cannot reasonably be used to identify you
Your Choices
Marketing and Opting Out
Elecaas provides end users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners at the point where we request information about the visitor. You have the option to ask us not to process your Personal Data for marketing purposes and to remove it from our database, to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our Services.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may change this privacy policy from time to time. If we make significant changes in the way we treat your Personal Data, or to the privacy policy, we will provide you notice through the Services or by some other means, such as email. Your continued use of the Services after such notice constitutes your consent to the changes. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy policy for the latest information on our privacy practice.
Security Precautions
Your Elecaas profile is password-protected so that only you and authorized Elecaas employees have access to your account information. Elecaas staff will never proactively reach out to you and ask for any personal account information, including your password.
Elecaas makes every effort to ensure that your Personal Data is secured on its system. Elecaas has staff dedicated to maintaining our privacy policy as set forth herein and other privacy initiatives, periodically reviewing Web security and making sure that every Elecaas employee is aware of our security practices. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, Elecaas cannot guarantee the security of any Personal Data you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Elecaas expressly disclaims any liability that may arise should any other individuals obtain the Personal Data you submit to Elecaas.
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