Utility Reader Privacy Policy

This Application collects some Personal Data from its Users.

Owner

Utility Reader

Neposmart

3183-F Airway Ave.

Suite #114

Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Owner contact email:

support@utilityreader.com

Types of Data collected

Among the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or through third

parties, there are: first name; last name; email address; username; password; geographic

position.

Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated

sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data

collection.

Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected

automatically when using this Application.

Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Application is mandatory and failure to

provide this Data may make it impossible for this Application to provide its services. In cases

where this Application specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free

not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of

the Service.

Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact

the Owner.

Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this Application or by the owners of third-

party services used by this Application serves the purpose of providing the Service required

by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the

Cookie Policy, if available.

Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared

through this Application and confirm that they have the third party's consent to provide the

Data to the Owner.

Mode and place of processing the Data

Methods of processing

The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure,

modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.

The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following

organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition

to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in

charge, involved with the operation of this Application (administration, sales, marketing,

legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service

providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies)

appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties

may be requested from the Owner at any time.

Legal basis of processing

The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:

Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes. Note: Under some

legislations the Owner may be allowed to process Personal Data until the User objects to

such processing (“opt-out”), without having to rely on consent or any other of the

following legal bases. This, however, does not apply, whenever the processing of

Personal Data is subject to European data protection law;

provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User

and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;

processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is

subject;

processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the

exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;

processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the

Owner or by a third party.

In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the

processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or

contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

Place

The Data is processed at the Owner's operating offices and in any other places where the

parties involved in the processing are located.

Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to

a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such

transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of

Personal Data.

Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a country outside

the European Union or to any international organization governed by public international law

or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken

by the Owner to safeguard their Data.

If any such transfer takes place, Users can find out more by checking the relevant sections

of this document or inquire with the Owner using the information provided in the contact

section.

Retention time

Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they

have been collected for.

Therefore:

Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract

between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully

performed.

Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be

retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information

regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of

this document or by contacting the Owner.

The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User

has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn.

Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period

whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an

authority.

Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right to

access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot

be enforced after expiration of the retention period.

The purposes of processing

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Services, as well

as for the following purposes: Registration and authentication and Location-based

interactions.

Users can find further detailed information about such purposes of processing and about the

specific Personal Data used for each purpose in the respective sections of this document.

Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data

Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

Location-based interactions

Non-continuous geolocation (this Application)

This Application may collect, use, and share User location Data in order to provide location-

based services.

Most browsers and devices provide tools to opt out from this feature by default. If explicit

authorization has been provided, the User’s location data may be tracked by this

Application.

The geographic location of the User is determined in a manner that isn't continuous, either

at the specific request of the User or when the User doesn't point out its current location in

the appropriate field and allows the application to detect the position automatically.

Personal Data collected: geographic position.

Registration and authentication

By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Application to identify them and give them

access to dedicated services.

Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide registration and

authentication services. In this case, this Application will be able to access some Data,

stored by these third-party services, for registration or identification purposes.

Firebase Authentication (Google LLC)

Firebase Authentication is a registration and authentication service provided by Google LLC.

To simplify the registration and authentication process, Firebase Authentication can make

use of third-party identity providers and save the information on its platform.

Personal Data collected: email address; first name; last name; password; username.

Place of processing: United States – https://policies.google.com/privacy. Privacy Shield

participant.

The rights of Users

Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.

In particular, Users have the right to do the following:

Withdraw their consent at any time.

Users have the right to withdraw consent

where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.

Object to processing of their Data.

Users have the right to object to the

processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than

consent. Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.

Access their Data.

Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the

Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy

of the Data undergoing processing.

Verify and seek rectification.

Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their

Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.

Restrict the processing of their Data.

Users have the right, under certain

circumstances, to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not

process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.

Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed.

Users have the right,

under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.

Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller.

Users have

the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable

format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without

any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the Data is processed by

automated means and that the processing is based on the User's consent, on a contract

which the User is part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.

Lodge a complaint.

Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent

data protection authority.

Details about the right to object to processing

Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority

vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner,

Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular

situation to justify the objection.

Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct

marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time without providing any

justification. To learn, whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing

purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.

How to exercise these rights

Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact

details provided in this document. These requests can be exercised free of charge and will

be addressed by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month.

Additional information about Data collection and processing

Legal action

The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the

stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Application or the

related Services.

The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon

request of public authorities.

Additional information about User's Personal Data

In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide

the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the

collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

System logs and maintenance

For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third-party services may

collect files that record interaction with this Application (System logs) use other Personal

Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.

Information not contained in this policy

More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from

the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this

document.

How “Do Not Track” requests are handled

This Application does not support “Do Not Track” requests.

To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track”

requests, please read their privacy policies.

Changes to this privacy policy

The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving

notice to its Users on this page and possibly within this Application and/or - as far as

technically and legally feasible - sending a notice to Users via any contact information

available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the

date of the last modification listed at the bottom.

Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s

consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.

Definitions and legal references

Personal Data (or Data)

Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including

a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural

person.

Usage Data

Information collected automatically through this Application (or third-party services

employed in this Application), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the

computers utilized by the Users who use this Application, the URI addresses (Uniform

Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to

the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status

of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of

the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit

(e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path

followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and

other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.

User

The individual using this Application who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data

Subject.

Data Subject

The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.

Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal

Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.

Data Controller (or Owner)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly

with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data,

including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Application. The

Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Application.

This Application

The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.

Service

The service provided by this Application as described in the relative terms (if available) and

on this site/application.

European Union (or EU)

Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union

include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.

Legal information

This privacy statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations,

including Art. 13/14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation).

This privacy policy relates solely to this Application, if not stated otherwise within this

document.

Latest update: July 10, 2019