Rugged Robotics Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes the privacy practices of Rugged Robotics (also “we”, “us”, or “our”), and how we handle personal information that we collect through our website at www.ruggedrobotics.com and other website or service that we own or control and that links to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Service” or “Services”).

Personal Information We Collect

We collect the following categories of personal information about you:

Information you provide to us:

• Contact information, such as your first and last name, company name and professional title, email and mailing addresses, phone number, along with any other information you elect to provide in any free-form fields such as “how can we help?”.
• Communications that we exchange with you, including when you contact us with questions, feedback, or otherwise.
• Usage information, such as information about how you use the Services and interact with us, including information associated with any content you upload to the Services or otherwise submit to us, and information you provide automatically when you use any interactive features of the Services.
• Marketing information such as your preferences for receiving our marketing communications and details about your engagement with them.
• Other information not specifically listed here, which we will use as described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.

Automatic data collection. We and our service providers may automatically log and combine information about you, your computer or mobile device, and your interactions over time with the Services, online resources, and our communications, such as:

• Device data, including your computer’s or mobile device’s operating system type and version, manufacturer and model, browser type, screen resolution, device type (e.g., phone, tablet), IP address, unique identifiers, language settings, and general location information such as city, state, or geographic area.
• Online activity data, including pages, screens and/or features you viewed, accessed and/or used, how long you spent on a page, screen and/or feature, the website you visited before browsing to the Services, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page, screen and/or feature, access times, duration of access, and whether you have opened or otherwise engaged with our communications, such as our marketing emails, or clicked links or files within them.

We use the following tools for automatic data collection:

• Cookies, which are text files that websites store on a visitor‘s device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser for the purpose of helping you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, enabling functionality, and helping us understand user activity and patterns.
• Local storage technologies, like HTML5, that provide cookie-equivalent functionality but can store larger amounts of data, including on your device outside of your browser in connection with specific applications.
• Web beacons, also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs, which are used to demonstrate that a webpage or email was accessed or opened, or that certain content was viewed or clicked.

Information we obtain from other sources:

• Social media. We may maintain pages on social media platforms, such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and other third-party platforms. When you visit or interact with our pages on those platforms, the platform provider’s privacy policy will apply to your interactions and their collection, use and processing of your personal information. You or the platforms may provide us with information through the platform, and we will treat such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
• Other sources. We may obtain personal information from other third parties, such as marketing partners, publicly-available sources, social media services, and data providers. We may combine information collected through this sources with other information collected through our Services.

How We Use Personal Information

We use personal information for the following purposes or as otherwise described at the time of collection:

To operate our Services:

• Provide, operate, maintain, secure, and improve our Services.
• Provide information about our Services.
• Communicate with you about our Services, including by sending you announcements, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages.
• Understand your needs and interests, and personalize your experience with our Services and our communications.
• Respond to your requests, questions, and feedback.

Research and development. As part of these activities, we may create aggregated, de-identified or other anonymous data from personal information we collect. We may use this anonymous data and share it with third parties for our lawful business purposes, including to analyze and improve the Services, and promote our business.

Direct marketing. We may send you direct marketing communications as permitted by law, including by email. You may opt-out of our marketing communications as described in the “Opt-out of marketing communications” section below.

Compliance and protection, including to:

• Comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities.
• Protect our, your or others’ rights, privacy, safety, or property (including by making and defending legal claims).
• Audit our internal processes for compliance with legal and contractual requirements and internal policies.
• Enforce the terms and conditions that govern our website and Services.
• Prevent, identify, investigate and deter fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity, including cyberattacks and identity theft.

How We Disclose Personal Information

We may share personal information with the following individuals or entities:

Service providers. Companies and individuals that provide services on our behalf or help us operate the Services or our business (such as hosting, information technology, customer support, email delivery, and website analytics services).

Other customers and prospects. We may share information about our customers and prospects with other customers and prospects. Such information is generally limited to business contact information and  the identification of the individual as a customer or prospect of the Company.

Professional advisors. Professional advisors, such as lawyers, auditors, bankers, and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us.

Authorities and others. Law enforcement, government authorities, and private parties, as we believe in good faith to be necessary or appropriate for the compliance and protection purposes described above.

Business transferees. Acquirers and other relevant participants in business transactions (or negotiations for such transactions) involving a corporate divestiture, merger, consolidation, acquisition, reorganization, sale or other disposition of all or any portion of the business or assets of, or equity interests in, our business (including, in connection with a bankruptcy or similar proceedings).

Your Choices

Opt-out of marketing communications. You may opt out of marketing-related emails and other communications by following the opt-out or unsubscribe instructions in the communications you receive from us or by contacting us as provided in the “How to Contact Us” section below. You may continue to receive Services-related and other non-marketing emails.

Cookies. Most browser settings let you delete and reject cookies placed by websites. Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. If you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use all functionality of the Service and it may not work properly. For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your browser and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Do Not Track. Some Internet browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you visit. We currently do not respond to “Do Not Track” or similar signals. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.

Other Sites and Services

Our Services may contain links to websites and other online services operated by third parties. In addition, our content may be integrated into web pages or other online services that are not associated with us. These links and integrations are not an endorsement of, or representation that we are affiliated with, any third party. We do not control websites or online services operated by third parties, and we are not responsible for their actions. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such third-party sites or services.

Security

We use reasonable organizational, technical, and administrative measures designed to protect against unauthorized access, misuse, loss, disclosure, alteration, and destruction of personal information we maintain. Unfortunately, data transmission over the Internet cannot be guaranteed as completely secure. Therefore, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of personal information.

Retention

We keep personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, while we have a business need to do so, or as required by law (e.g. for tax, legal, accounting, or other purposes), whichever is longer.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Where we do so, we will update the date of this Privacy Policy and post it on the website. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will let you know.