Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with our privacy practices and let us know if you have any questions, by sending an email to [email protected].
AYES delivers a live navigational assistance for visually impaired people. This is done by capturing a video feed of the environment via the camera on your mobile device and running our algorithms on these images. The images are only shared with AYES if we detect a defect off the algorithms. This captured data is never shared between external parties. This Privacy Policy is used to inform you about what we use for data processing and which personal data we collect and for what purpose.
This Privacy Policy is communicated to you in English. If you would like to receive the Privacy Policy in another language (French or Dutch) we kindly ask you to notify us. By using the software, you agree with our Privacy Policy, confirm to have read and understood the Privacy Policy, and give us your approval to use your personal data for the purpose of the service we offer to you and following this policy.
The responsible for the data controlling and processing: AYES INC ("AYES"), with registered offices at 2915 OGLETOWN ROAD, # 4393, NEWARK, DE 19713, USA with e-mail address: [email protected].
We understand and are committed to respecting the sensitive nature of children’s privacy online. We provide our Services for use by adults 17 years old and older and do not direct any of our content specifically at persons under 17 years of age. If we learn or have reason to suspect that a Services user is under age 17, we may exercise our right to terminate the account.
We primarily store your personal data in Europe but may also use other locations around the world. For example, your information collected through the Service may be stored and processed in the United States or any other so call ‘third country’ in which AYES, a company in the same group of companies as AYES or Service Providers maintain facilities. When we do transfer your data to a third country, we will use the transfer mechanism as approved by the GDPR (such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission, your consent or sending it to a country that received an adequacy decision of the European Commission.
As set out under the General Data Protection Regulation, we keep personal data in any event for as long as is necessary to achieve the purpose. The law does not stipulate specific storage periods for personal data. Other legislation may specify minimum storage periods, however If it does, we are under the obligation to observe these periods. Such legislation includes tax laws or laws governing financial undertakings specifically. Another reason for which we may keep your data longer is if we become involved in a lawsuit or other legal proceedings.
AYES may use registration, online surveys, and other online forms that ask you to provide your name, e-mail address, and other contact information. We will also ask if you are a visually impaired or sighted user. In the future, we may also ask for other information. But since we are asking, you will always know!
If you register with AYES through a third party account like Facebook, Google or Apple, then we will collect the information that you allow us to collect via the controls offered by your account with that provider.
We also collect and store data in order to provide the Services to you and to improve those Services. This section will give you more information about the kinds of information we collect, but the specific information we collect will depend on whether you are using our app or visiting our website.
(a) Cookies and Similar Technologies. From time to time, we may use the standard cookies feature of major browser applications, mobile device or wearable device you use to access our Services. We may also use similar technologies when you use our app. We do not set any personally identifiable information in cookies.
These technologies help us learn which areas of our Services are useful and which areas need improvement. You can choose whether to accept cookies and other web technologies by changing the settings on your browser. However, if you choose to disable these functions, your experience using our Services may be diminished and some features may not work as they were intended.