This Policy may be amended from time to time. In this Privacy Policy, we describe the type of data, including personal data (collectively, "data"), that we collect from you when you use our Website and/or mobile application (collectively, "our software") and certain Scoutek products and services (collectively, “our services”) and how we use and disclose that data.
Payment Method: This is either a PayPal account, Credit Card information or similar information which is used to make payments for products and services.
Scoutek Mobile Application: All software written by Scoutek and licensed under Scoutek's Terms and Conditions used to run on a mobile device. This explicitly excludes software developed by third parties that Scoutek may "interface" with to extend the functionality of the overall system (e.g., a “plugin.”). Any such code is governed by the terms and conditions and privacy policy set forth by the owner of such software.
Scoutek Website: Any website that is the property of Scoutek, including but not limited to everything hosted under the top-level domains Scoutek.com and Scoutek.net.
Scoutek Account: An account created and stored on Scoutek Servers which contains your name, email, personal or business bio and timezone. It is accessed via an email address and password.
Scoutek Account Type: There are three options for your Scoutek Account Type:
Scoutek Products: Scoutek has a virtual "store" for which consumers may purchase products listed in the store. Scoutek may sell products that Scoutek owns all rights to as well as products owned by third parties which Scoutek acts solely as a reseller of such products.
Scoutek Services: This shall encompass both the use of the Scoutek Website and Mobile Applications as well as the wireless services which can be purchased through Scoutek and used to provide devices, such as trail cameras, wireless communication. Scoutek is a reseller of wireless services for several of the major wireless carriers.
Scoutek Social Services: Scoutek generates certain pages in the website which is viewable by either private individuals, groups or by the general public. All photos, names, comments or other personal data that is displayed will only be displayed if the person whose data is begin displayed initiates "submitting" that data to be displayed.
We collect data for various reasons, such as:
What we collect and share depends largely on the interaction that takes place between you and Scoutek, most of which can be categorized under the following:
When you purchase Scoutek Products or Services, we collect the minimum information to process your payment and create your customer account. This information may include name, shipping address, zip code, email address, phone number, and a brief description of your Payment Method, such as "VISA ending in ****1234". SCOUTEK DOES NOT DIRECTLY COLLECT OR RETAIN ANY OF YOUR PAYMENT METHOD INFORMATION. Scoutek uses a third-party service provider to process your credit card or PayPal transactions. Scoutek will defer any responsibility of safe-guarding your Credit Card information to those third party companies that actually receive it. Your Credit Card information is transmitted directly from your browser or mobile app running on your computer or device directly to the Credit Card Processor and is never sent to Scoutek. The only information Scoutek will receive is a brief description of the Payment Method used in that transaction and an internal Transaction ID which allows Scoutek to match up the purchase with the transaction/charge by the third party service provider. The third party service provider used is a company called Braintree, a division of PayPal.
Based on the setting of your Scoutek Account Type other users of Scoutek may be able to see your name and any bio data you have provided. In addition you have the option of "sharing" a camera with other users, which will give them access to all photos, photo tags, camera settings, and other data pertaining to that camera. You also have the option to give another Scoutek user administrative privileges to your camera which gives that user the ability to change camera settings, delete photos and modify any other settings pertaining to that camera.
You have the ability to change your Scoutek Account Type and bio data, remove users from following you or stop sharing a camera with other users at anytime.
You may also initiate "posting" photos and comments to public or private forums, blogs or walls (collectively "website"). Any photos, comments or other data related to the post will then be visible to all who can access those posts via the website or mobile app. We invite you to participate with community posts and discussion forums. If you choose to submit a post, your name, bio, photo and any other information that you choose to provide may be visible to the public. We are not responsible for the privacy of any information that you choose to post to our website or for the accuracy of any information contained in those postings. Any information that you disclose becomes public information so please use caution and good judgement before posting any photos or data. We cannot prevent such information from being used in a manner that may violate this Policy, the law or your personal privacy. Scoutek makes none of your data available to others without you initiating what you desire to be available and who you desire it to be available to.
All users must also agree to our Terms & Conditions prior to activating their account or transmitting any post.
When you purchase products and services from Scoutek, it may be required that we provide a minimal amount of information to the vendors, partners or services providers. Examples of this would be, but not limited to, your shipping address in the case where the product you purchased comes from the third party and the third party is handling the shipping.
Scoutek takes your privacy seriously and the abuse of unsolicited email ("spam"). Scoutek does not share our customer data, including email lists, with any outside marketing companies or campaigns.
We use cookies on our Website and client portals (collectively our “Website”). We use these tools to identify you when you visit our Website, to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website, to improve our Website and the services that we provide, for analytics purposes and as discussed in this section.
By continuing to use our Website, you are agreeing to the placement of cookies on your computer by us. You may withdraw your consent at any time.
If you do not wish to accept cookies in connection with your use of this Website, you must stop using our Website and disable cookies via your browser settings for this Website or globally (see below). Please note that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of our Website, and may prevent you from being able to access certain features on our Website. For further information about deleting or blocking cookies, please visit: http://www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-delete-cookies/.
Cookies. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit our Website. There are two types of cookies:
You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit our site.
Please note that internet browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the 'options' or 'preferences' menu of your internet browser. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful. Otherwise you should use the 'Help' option in your internet browser for more details.
Generally our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and also allows us to improve our Website. The cookies used on our Website are primarily only used for the essential features like secure areas. Without these cookies, we cannot provide the requested services. We use these cookies to:
Accepting these cookies is a condition of using the Website, so if you prevent these cookies we can't guarantee how the Website or the security on our Website will perform during your visit.
At times Scoutek's Websites and/or Scoutek Software Products may contain links to other external non-Scoutek sites. Scoutek is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such linked Websites.
Our products and services are not designed for children under the age of 15. If we discover that a person under the age of 15 has submitted information directly to us, we will endeavor to delete the information from our systems.
All servers, services and data contained in the Scoutek system is currently being hosted by Amazon Cloud-Based servers.
Although our best efforts are made to keep the Scoutek System online and operational, there are no fail-proof computer systems and by continuing to use the Scoutek Websites and Software Products you agree to hold Scoutek harmless for any damage that may be caused by any outages in said products and services.
If at any time you choose to cease using Scoutek Software Products, you may ask for your data to be removed from our servers by writing to support@Scoutek.com. We may retain your information if it is required to comply with legal obligations and/or defense in case of violation of our Terms of Service and/or Privacy Policies. We may also have copies of your information in backups made for security purposes, but these backups will not be accessible as separately delineated information. Please note, however, that you must retain a copy of all data that you have placed on our servers in the case of any loss; further, if you cease using our software and/or services, we will not be responsible for retention of any of your data.
Your approval of the collection and storage of information during the process of technical support can be withdrawn at any time by writing to support@Scoutek.com.
This Privacy Policy is current as of the Effective Date set forth above. We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time, so please be sure to check back periodically. We will post a "notice of change" to this Privacy Policy on our website or mobile apps "dashboard". If we make any changes to this Privacy Policy that materially affect our practices with regard to the personal information we have previously collected from you, we will endeavor to provide you with notice in advance of such change by highlighting the change on our website. We may also require from time-to-time that you re-approve the changes in these policies via electronic acknowledgment.
If you have any questions or concerns, or you feel that this Privacy Policy has been violated in any way, please let us know immediately by contacting support@Scoutek.com.