Ubiety Privacy Statement
Last Updated: March 28, 2025
Welcome to the HomeAware™ User Privacy Statement, provided by Ubiety Technologies Inc. (“HomeAware,” “Ubiety,” “we,” “us,” and “our”). Your privacy is important to us. We understand you might have questions about the types of Personal Data we collect, how we use it, and what choices you have with respect to it. If so, we hope that this Privacy Statement will answer your questions (and, if it doesn’t, you can contact us at the address below).
When This Privacy Statement Applies
This Privacy Statement applies to Personal Data collected when you use the HomeAware™ sensor and any other hardware (“Products”) and HomeAware™ Web and Mobile Apps (“Services”). As used throughout this Privacy Statement, the term, “Personal Data,” refers to any information that is used or reasonably could be used to identify an individual. If you are a user of the HomeAware™ sensor, we encourage you to share this Privacy Statement with your family members and guests whose information may be collected.
Sources of Personal Data
We collect Personal Data directly from you, for instance when you register with us and when you use our Products or Services. We also may collect Personal Data about you from other sources, such as from other HomeAware™ users who provide us with information about you when they use our Products or Services. We also use common technologies, such as cookies, to collect information about our users, administer our website, and analyze trends about how our Products or Services are used.
Our Collection of Personal Data
We may collect the following categories of Personal Data:
- Contact Information, such as names, street addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers;
- Account Information, like username and password and payment and service history;
- Financial Information that you provide for billing purposes, like payment card details which are collected and stored by our third-party payment processor on our behalf;
- Product Setup and Technical Information that is provided when you’re installing or using your HomeAware™ sensor, such as the boundaries that you set for your Protected Area, your home WiFi network information and signal strength, your sensor’s model and serial number, your sensor’s power status and WiFi connectivity, and any error messages from your sensor;
- Electronic Device Information for any electronic devices that enter a Protected Area, like device type, host name, carrier, previous WiFi networks visited, and permanent or temporary identification numbers, location information for the devices that are in the Protected Area as well as the time periods those devices are in the Protected Area, and other metadata (not including the content of any communications sent by a person) emitted by electronic devices;
- Customization Information that you give us to personalize your HomeAware™ experience, including information that you provide about devices entering into Protected Areas (like the names or phone numbers associated with those devices), the contact information for your emergency contacts, and information you allow us to access from your phone (like your contacts or photos) or from third party service providers that you choose to integrate with HomeAware™ (like home camera video feeds or alarm status notifications);
- Usage Information that is created when you communicate within the App , respond to our notifications, or otherwise interact with the App or website;
- Geolocation Information concerning the presence of registered users within a HomeAware™ Protected Area;
- Web Browsing & Mobile App Information from cookies and other automated technologies that collect information about the date and time of access to our website and App and other information like the IP addresses, Internet Service Providers, and devices, operating systems, and web browsers used to access our website and App and track how you use our website and App as well as the web addresses of the sites you come from and go to next.Additionally, we may collect any other category of Personal Data that you voluntarily provide to us. This may include, for instance, any information that you provide through our “contact us” addresses or customer support tools.HomeAware™ is intended for personal household use. Data protection and privacy laws in your state may impose certain responsibilities on you and your use of HomeAware™.
How We Protect Personal Data
The HomeAware™ sensor is intended for use only in the United States of America, and all of our information is stored in the United States. We use encryption and other appropriate, industry-standard security controls. We limit access to your Personal Information within our company to only those with jobs requiring such access and train our employees on the importance of privacy and security. You can also help protect your Personal Information by keeping your mobile device secure, choosing a strong password and changing your password often, not sharing your username or password with anyone, and avoiding unknown or untrusted WiFi networks.
How We Use Personal Data
We use the Personal Information we collect to:
- Provide our Products or Services to you and other HomeAware™ users;
- Establish and manage your account and profile;
- Personalize your experience with our Products or Services;
- Identify and authenticate you so you can access content and use our Products or Services;
- Allow you to save and share content through our Products or Services;
- Increase and maintain the safety and security of our network and Products or Services and prevent misuse or violations of our Terms of Use and Service;
- Communicate with you and provide customer support;
- Enhance your interaction with certain third-party products or services (for example, to enable you to view content from your home alarm or video feed, or allow your alarm provider to more efficiently respond to events at your home);
- Perform analytics (including market and consumer research and trend analysis);
- Operate, evaluate, develop, manage and improve our business (including operating, administering, analyzing and improving our Products or Services; developing new Products or Services; managing and evaluating the effectiveness of communications; and performing accounting, auditing, billing reconciliation and other internal functions);
- Detect and prevent fraud and other criminal activity; and
- Comply with and enforce legal requirements and relevant industry standards and policies.
We also may use the Personal Information we collect about you in other ways for which we provide specific notice and obtain your consent if required by applicable law.
How We Share Personal Data
We do not share Personal Data for any commercial or marketing purpose unrelated to the activation and delivery of our Products or Services without asking you first. We never rent or sell our customer lists. We may share your Personal Data with:
- Service providers who we hire to help us provide our Products or Services (like a third-party billing service or marketing providers), Third Party Business Partners with whom we are jointly offering Products or Services, or for a business purpose like auditing, compliance, fixing bugs, adding you to and removing you from communications lists, or detecting security incidents. Our service providers are prohibited from using your information for any purpose other than performing the service they have been hired to perform;
- Individuals who you have authorized to receive your Personal Data, such as other HomeAware™ users, any persons you have designated as your emergency contacts, or emergency responders;
- Government, law enforcement, or regulators, in response to a request, if required by law or legal process, upon your consent, or as necessary to prevent physical harm or financial loss;
- Operating systems and platforms on your own electronic devices;
- Other Apps or third-party service providers that you choose to allow to integrate with our App;
- Social networks you choose to use with our App.
We may share aggregated and anonymized information for various purposes, including to raise awareness about crime trends, or to demonstrate how HomeAware™ is being used by customers.
We reserve the right to transfer any Personal Data we have about you in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets (including in the event of a merger, acquisition, joint venture, reorganization, divestiture, dissolution or liquidation).
Data Retention
We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is reasonably necessary to perform the purposes listed in the Section above, “How We Use Personal Data.”
Your Choices
If you do not want your Personal Data to be used for the purposes described in this Privacy Statement, or would like your Personal Data deleted, you must withdraw from the User program by contacting us at the address listed below and requesting that your Personal Data be deleted. We will attempt to comply with your request, unless we must maintain your information to comply with a legal requirement.
You may opt out of receiving promotional communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions in the communications you receive. We do need to send you certain communications about our Products and Services, and you will not be able to opt out of those communications (for example, communications about billing).
“Do Not Track” Notice:
Because the providers of “do not track” and similar signals do not yet operate according to common, industry-accepted standards, we currently do not respond to those signals. For more information on "Do Not Track", please visit www.allaboutdnt.com.
Policies for Children
Our Products and Services are intended for use by adults. Our Products and Services are not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect or store Personal Data from children under the age of 13.
Updates to our Privacy Statement
This Privacy Statement may be updated periodically and without prior notice to reflect changes in our Personal Information practices. We will post a notice on our website and App to notify you of material changes and will indicate at the top of the notice when it was last updated.
Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, or suggestions related to our privacy practices, or would like us to update information we have about you or exercise any other privacy rights, you may email us at: privacy@HomeAware™.com
Or write to us directly at:
Ubiety Technologies Inc., 213 West Institute Place, Suite 408, Chicago Illinois 60610-3121.
