Privacy Policy

HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

• We collect your personal information when you actively provide it to us through your interactions with us. 

• We may automatically collect personal information from you as you use our Apps and Services,  as a user or a participant, including recording communications, when enabled, or when you visit our Websites.

• We may receive personal information about you from a business or commercial partner or another user of our Apps and Services.  

• We may infer or derive personal information based on other information we collect, such as with Service features that provide conversational intelligence.

 

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
 

Personal Information you actively provide to us or we collect from third parties, business partners, other users, and service providers, or which is publicly available

 

Your contact information/Identifiers: Name, username, email address, phone number, identity documents, IP address, and any other identifiers a user provides when accessing or using the Apps or Services.

 

Your payment information: Billing name, address, and credit card or other payment information.

 

Other information: Social media profiles, LinkedIn URLs, custom profiles and any other information about you that you may voluntarily provide or any information about you that may be publicly available.

 

Personal information we collect through your interactions with: Absoulute Transport; our Websites; Apps and Services as a user or a participant

 

Account information:
 

• Account holders’ usernames and account numbers, Absoulute Transport phone number, language preference, title, department.

 

Information about your use of non-Absoulute Transport Services through integrations with our Websites, Apps and Services or otherwise:

 

• Social media account information, single-sign-on service tokens, Google/Apple/Microsoft sign in tokens.

 

User content:

 

• Files, any content of communication in any format (including  but not limited to documents, SMS, pictures, transcripts, notes, recordings, voicemails, etc.) or other information you or another user or participant upload, provide, grant access to or otherwise implement. *Note that users and participants control the content that they provide, and it may include any category of personal information.

 

Service Usage Data:

 

• Device information (such as IP address, ISP, device and operating system type, operating system and client version, client version, type of microphone or speakers, and other related information)

• System logs, including usage logs, backend logs, client logs

• Internal feature usage analytics  

• Cookie identifiers 

• Traffic data about the communications that take place through our platform (such as chat, video conferencing) which include, network monitoring data, and call detail records produced by a telephone call or other telecommunications transactions. The call detail record contains various attributes of the call, such as time, duration, completion status, source number and destination number.

• Quality of Service data

• Fraud and threat analysis data

• Connection type and related information (e.g., connected over WiFi)

 

Geolocation information: 

 

• Information about where you are located when using the Services.

 

SMS messages: 

 

• Content of blocked SMS messages that violate our spam rules.

 

Inferred or derived data:

 

• Inferred or derived data may include a summary of information included in recorded content processed by conversational intelligence. Users and participants control the content they provide.

 

Your communications with us:

 

• Surveys, voice and video calls and related recordings and transcripts, emails and messages, interactions with chatbots available as part of our Services or Websites, etc.

 

Other information:

 

• Any personal information that a user or guest voluntarily provides through their use of the Services, including synchronizing contact information, or through integrations with other applications.

 

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

 

We use your personal information for the following purposes, to: Communicate with you; Verify your identity to prevent fraud in compliance with applicable law; Create your account; Provide you with Absoulute Transport Services including respond to your requests for support; Develop and improve the Absoulute Transport Services; Manage your order and our customer relationship; Market and advertise our Services; Perform surveys; Provide internal training and ensure quality assurance; Improve and optimize your interactions with our teams; Connect you to and optimize your experience using our Website, Apps, and Services; Provide customers dashboards and reports; Conduct fraud and threat analysis and, detect and prevent spam or unlawful or abusive activity or other violations of our Acceptable Use Policy; Monitor performance  of our data centers and networks; Conduct analytics to improve Absoulute Transport’s Website, App and Service performance; Personalize your experience with our Websites, Apps and Services; Comply with applicable law including those regulating call detail records; and Perform billing for our Services.  

 

We may use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other similar technology to provide, maintain, support, and improve our Services and our interactions with you. 

 

SMS OPT IN AND PHONE NUMBERS COLLECTED FOR SMS PURPOSES WILL NOT BE SHARED WITH THIRD PARTIES OR AFFILIATES FOR MARKETING PURPOSES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

 

Limited Use for APIs

 

Absoulute Transport’s use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Absoulute Transport does not retain personal information from the Google Workspace API to develop, improve, or train generalized AI and/or ML models.

 

COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

 

We use cookies and similar tracking technology (collectively, “Cookies”) to collect and use personal information about you. For further information about the types of Cookies we use, the functions they perform, and how you can control Cookies, please see our Cookie Notice.

 

HOW, WHY, AND WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE SHARE WITH THIRD PARTIES

 

We may share and disclose your personal information (as identified in the section What Personal Information We Collect) solely for legitimate business or legal purposes as described in this Notice and in accordance with applicable law, with the following third parties:
 

• Absoulute Transport or any of its worldwide affiliates. A list of our current group companies is available on our public filings. 

• Business partners (e.g., resellers and other authorized third party agents) to market or sell our Services;

• Service providers, contractors, vendors or agents who operate on our behalf to:

  • Operate, deliver, improve and customize our Websites, Apps, and Services;

  • Provide support and technical services;

  • Send marketing and other operational communications related to our Websites, Apps, and Services;

  • detect fraud, enforce our acceptable use policy and protect our system and network infrastructure;

  • Conduct analytics in order to improve your experience using Absoulute Transport Websites, Apps and Services; and 

  • Provide offers and advertisements to customers based on their interests and interactions with us.

• Any third parties as part of, or in connection with, an actual or prospective corporate business transaction, such as a sale, merger, acquisition, joint venture, financing, corporate change, reorganization or insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership;

• Law enforcement agencies, regulatory or governmental bodies, or other third parties in order to respond to legal process, comply with any legal obligation; protect or defend our rights, interests or property or that of third parties; or prevent or investigate wrongdoing in connection with the Website, Apps or our Services; and/or

• Other third parties with your consent.

 

HOW WE RESPECT YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

 

We provide you with the opportunity to access, review, modify, and delete your personal information that we process.

 

Requests from End Users regarding personal information we process on behalf of our Customers as a Data Processor or Service provider

 

We provide our Services and Apps as ordered by our customers and in that context, we act as data processor or service provider on behalf of our customers.  In particular, when processing the content of communications such as voicemails, faxes, recordings, etc., in connection with our Services, we do so on behalf of our Customers and in accordance with their instructions as a data processor or service provider. This means that if you believe Absoulute Transport may have collected or stored personal information about you on behalf of a Absoulute Transport customer as a data processor or service provider or if you wish to access, review, modify or delete any content of your communications, under applicable law or otherwise, you should direct your request to that Customer.

 

 

Your Additional Privacy Rights as a Resident of Certain U.S. states

 

The rights described in this section apply only if you are a resident of a state within the United States that has an applicable and effective privacy law providing for the below rights. 

 

• Data portability: You can ask for a downloadable copy of your personal information in a machine-readable format. You can also request that we transmit the data to someone else where it’s technically possible.

• Knowledge and access: You may have the right to know more about personal information that we have collected and disclosed in the preceding 12 months. You may be able to access, receive details on collection, the purpose of processing, and any sharing that may have occurred.

• Deletion: You have the right to request Absoulute Transport to delete the personal information we have collected about you under certain circumstances.

• Non-discrimination for the exercise of your privacy rights: You have the right to not receive discriminatory treatment by Absoulute Transport for the exercise of your privacy rights.  

• Rectification: If you believe that any personal information we are holding about you is incorrect or incomplete, you can request that we change, correct, or supplement the data. You can also correct some of this information directly by logging into your account, if you are a customer. Please contact us as soon as possible if you notice any inaccuracy or incompleteness.

• Opt-out of selling or sharing your personal information: You have the right to request Absoulute Transport to stop sharing your personal information for the purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising or targeted advertising. You may opt out of having your cookie identifiers used for this type of sharing by turning on the Global Privacy Control at the browser level. Absoulute Transport does not sell your personal information as may be commonly understood. However, you may opt out of having your personal information shared with certain vendors that we use for providing insights about user interactions with our website and for delivering ads to you.

• No Automated Decision Making: We do not undertake any decision making about you based solely on automated processing, including profiling; however, certain features of our Services could be used by our customers for decision-making purposes.

 

We will not share your personal information with third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes unless you have agreed to such disclosure.

 

We will verify your request using your name and email. Depending on the nature of your request, we may need additional information to verify your identity. You may authorize an agent to make a request on your behalf to exercise your privacy rights under applicable privacy laws.

 

Certain U.S. states provide the right to appeal Absoulute Transport’s denial of an individual rights request.

 

To exercise your rights or to allow your authorized agent to exercise your rights, please contact, or have your authorized agent contact, our Privacy Team at compliance@absoulutetransport.com.

 

Absoulute Transport Customer Proprietary Network Information (“CPNI”) (US account holders only)

 

Title 47 of the United States Code, as amended by the Telecommunication Act of 1996, protects, among other things, CPNI of customers that have a US account, and regulates Absoulute Transport’s use of CPNI.

 

CPNI is information that relates to a Absoulute Transport US customer or end user collected in the course of providing voice services and includes information such as: phone numbers dialed and received by customers; portion of international calls, local or long distance calls; number of phone numbers assigned to an account; precise location of Absoulute Transport softphones; average length of customer calls; IP address of phone or softphone; internet connection, device type, operating system and software information; call detail records, usage data, service plans, and prices paid. CPNI does not include a customer’s basic contact information (such as name, phone number, and address).

 

Absoulute Transport collects CPNI while providing telecommunications and interconnected voice-over-Internet-protocol (interconnected VoIP) services. We use this information for several purposes, including billing and administrative purposes, to prevent fraud and abuse of our services, to provide call location information for public safety and in the provision of emergency services, or to offer personalized offers and services, which you may find valuable, through our agents and affiliates, in compliance with CPNI requirements.

 

Customers have a right, and Absoulute Transport has a duty, under federal law, to protect the confidentiality of CPNI. Absoulute Transport personnel are not permitted to access, use, or share any CPNI unless they are authorized and have a legitimate business need to do so. Absoulute Transport will not sell, share, disclose, or enable access to CPNI by any third party outside of our own agents and affiliates, except as required by law.

 

Customers have the right to opt out of Absoulute Transport’s use of their CPNI for the purpose of marketing communications-related services, (as defined by the law). The decision to opt out will not affect the Absoulute Transport service, however, your consent may enhance Absoulute Transport’s ability to offer products and services tailored to your needs. If you wish to opt out from receiving any marketing communications based on our use of your CPNI, you can do so at any time by notifying Absoulute Transport using one of the contact methods below. If you do not opt out, your consent will remain valid until you tell us otherwise. 

 

 

Unsubscribe from our mailing list

 

You can manage your communication preferences through the following methods:

• Following the instructions included in each promotional email from us to unsubscribe from that particular mailing

• Sending us an email at compliance@absoulutetransport.com.  

These choices do not apply to service notifications or other required communications that are considered part of certain Apps and Services, which you may receive periodically unless you stop using or cancel the App or Service in accordance with its terms and conditions.

 

 

HOW WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURED

 

Keeping your information secure is important to us. We have taken appropriate steps designed to reduce the risk that your personal information may be subject to loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.

 

 

HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

 

We will retain your personal information for no longer than is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which the information was originally collected unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law, for legal, tax or regulatory reasons, or other legitimate and lawful business purposes.

 

Where we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it.

 

 

INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

 

Your personal information may be transferred to, and processed in, countries other than the country in which you are resident. Specifically, information collected in the European Economic Area ("EEA") and the UK, may be transferred to and stored on our servers in the United States and Switzerland, and potentially in other countries where our group companies and third-party service providers and partners operate. These countries may have data protection laws that are different to the laws in your country (and in some cases, may not be as protective).

 

 

Data processed and purposes of data processing
 

Please see the relevant sections of this Notice, sections WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT  and HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, for information regarding the data categories processed by Absoulute Transport as a controller on our own behalf and the purposes.
 

As a processor to our customers, Absoulute Transport processes personal data that customers choose to submit to the services as customer-generated content, call detail records, usage data, and account information. The purposes for such processing is the provision, maintenance, support, and improvement of the services. 

 

Type of third parties to which Absoulute Transport discloses personal data and purposes
 

Please see the relevant section of this Notice:  HOW, WHY, AND WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE SHARE WITH THIRD PARTIES for more information regarding the type of third parties to which Absoulute Transport discloses personal data and for what purposes.

 

Independent Recourse Mechanism 
 

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this Notice, you may contact us at compliance@AbsouluteTransport.com. In compliance with the EU-U.S. DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF and the Swiss-U.S. DPF, Absoulute Transport commits to cooperate and comply respectively with the advice of the panel established by the EU data protection authorities (DPAs) and the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority (GRA) and the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) with regard to unresolved complaints concerning our handling of personal data received in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF and the Swiss-U.S. DPF. Under certain conditions, individuals may invoke binding arbitration through the Data Privacy Framework Panel. For more information, please see Annex I of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles.

 

Enforcement Authority
 

The Federal Trade Commission has jurisdiction over Absoulute Transport’s compliance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF) and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF).

 

Lawful Requests for Personal Information

We may be required to disclose personal information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.

 

 

Individual rights to access and to limit use and disclosure
 

Please see the relevant section in this Notice HOW WE RESPECT YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS  for information regarding how individuals can exercise their rights to access their personal data and to limit the use and disclosure of their personal data.

 

Liability for Onward Transfers
 

In the context of an onward transfer, Absoulute Transport has responsibility for the processing of personal information it receives under the EU-U.S. DPF, the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF and subsequently transfers to a third party acting as an agent on its behalf. Absoulute Transport shall remain liable under the EU-U.S. DPF Principles, the UK extension to the EU-U.S. DPF and the Swiss-U.S. DPF if its agent processes such personal information in a manner inconsistent with the Principles, unless Absoulute Transport proves that it is not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.

 

Standard Contractual Clauses
 

Absoulute Transport has taken (i) appropriate safeguards, including adherence to the Standard Contractual Clauses adopted by the European Commission for the transfer of your personal information outside the EEA, the UK and Switzerland to Absoulute Transport, and (ii) further technical and organizational measures to ensure that personal information will remain protected in accordance with this Notice and any applicable laws.

 

 

CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

 

Absoulute Transport does not knowingly provide products or services directly to children under the age of 16, or knowingly collect or solicit personal information from or about children under the age of 16 outside of the school offering, which is subject to the Children’s COPPA notice. If you believe that a child under the age of 16 has disclosed personal information to Absoulute Transport outside of the school offering, please contact compliance@AbsouluteTransport.com.

 

 

THIRD-PARTY SITES

 

This Notice does not apply to, nor are we responsible for, the privacy, information or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any site or service to which the Website or Apps link including but not limited to social media sites. The inclusion of a link on the Website or Apps does not imply our endorsement of the linked site or service. You should check the privacy notices of those sites before providing your personal information to them.

  

 

UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE

 

We may update this Notice from time to time in response to changing legal, technical, or business developments. If we make changes to our Notice, we will post those changes on this page in addition to updating the "Last Updated" or effective date at the top of this webpage. If we make material changes, we will notify you either by emailing you or by posting a notice of such changes prominently on this page prior to such material changes taking effect.

 

CONTACT US

 

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this Notice, please e-mail compliance@Absoulute Transport.com.