Securitas Electronic Security Singapore Pte Ltd (SESS) respects your privacy. Securitas Electronic Security Singapore Pte Ltd using mapping, GPS locational services to users of ww5.uscan.sg (the "Website") and/or users of Uscan applications (the "Application") (collectively referred to as the "Services"). When you use our services, you’re trusting us with your information. We understand this is a big responsibility and work hard to protect your information and put you in control.
This Privacy Policy is meant to help you understand what information we collect, why we collect it, and how you can update, manage, and delete your information. This Privacy Policy covers:
To use our Services, you must be 18 years of age or older. If you are under 18, you may not download or use the Services.
In this Privacy Policy, the term "personal information" means information which you provide to us which personally identifies you, such as your name, email address and, in certain circumstances, your location and route information or other data which can be reasonably linked to such information by SESS.
You can adjust your Privacy Settings in the Uscan app and choose which personal information we may collect about you and how your information is used.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you believe that your privacy has been compromised in the course of using the Services, please contact SESS at: dpo@securitas-singapore.com. You may send SESS other requests, responses, questions and complaints by website/contact us at: Contact Us (securitas-singapore.com).
Please note that when you use our Services , SESS will set up an account (the "Account" or "SESS Account"). SESS will collect and use your information, including meta-data (as described below), in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This is the case whether or not you choose to actively register your Account, for example, by adding your email address or logging with your Google Account . SESS may allow you to use the Services whether or not you choose to register your Account. If you choose to use the SESS Services without registering your account you may do so by skipping the registration process. If you do so:
If you do register your Account:
SESS collects information to provide better services to all its users - from figuring out stuff like what’s the best route, to more complex things like monitoring traffic so you know when to leave, and showing you relevant ads while using SESS. The information SESS collects, and how that information is used, depends on how you choose to use our services and how you manage your privacy controls.
Information you create or provide to us:
You may also provide additional information that will be used to personalize the Services and enhance your experience with the Services. For example, if you provide us with your "home" and "work" information, we may provide you with what we think is the preferred route between those locations.
Information we collect as you use our services
We collect information about your activity in the Services, which we use to provide you with the Services of SESS, including features which are meant to personalize your experience. This includes things like finding you the preferred route and proposing favorites or destinations commonly traveled by you to streamline your search and travel. The activity information we collect may include:
Meta-data (information about your device, browser and app use):
SESS collects information about the use of the Services and information from the device you have SESS installed on or the browser from which you use our Services. For example:
We use various technologies to collect and store information, including, cookies, Advertising ID available on Android mobile devices or similar technologies, local storage, browser web storage, application data caches, databases, and server logs.
We use your information to deliver our services. For example:
To protect SESS, our users, the public and for Legal reasons
We may also use and process your information and content, using different technologies to the following purposes:
We’ll ask for your consent before using your information for a purpose that isn’t covered in this Privacy Policy.
The Services are based on a community of users publicly sharing information with SESS and with other members of that community.
In particular, users may choose to share personal information such as name, age, gender, picture, their location information, reports and other files. This information may be shared either directly to the Services and to all users, such as in the case of traffic reports, or just to your friends on SESS. This information may also be shared via third party services (such as social networks) which interact with the Services upon such users’ choice.
You should not upload content to the any third party Services or made to public and known to others. Therefore, you must exercise caution and common sense when submitting information. At the very least you should demonstrate the same degree of caution as when publishing personal information by means other than the Internet and cellular services.
We, at SESS, take great measures to provide you with the best experience you can have while using the Services. However, SESS has no control over the conduct of any user and disclaims all liability in this regard. Users are advised to carefully and thoroughly consider not to make public or available any information and carefully examine all necessary details related to any communication with other users prior to any engagement or communication being made.
Participating in any user’s activities as a result, directly or indirectly, from using Uscan, is entirely at your own risk. SESS is not a party to any agreement entered into between the users in any circumstances. The user has the sole and ultimate responsibility regarding compliance with all laws, regulations or any other duty. We do not accept any liability for any loss, damage, cost or expense that you may suffer or incur as a result of or in connection with your participation in any activity or event initiated, held or conducted by a user or a third party nor in connection to any agreement between the users or third parties, including any activity or event related in any way, directly or indirectly, the Services or the use thereof.
When SESS shares your information, SESS does not sell, rent or lease your personal information to third parties.
SESS will not share your personal information with others, without your permission, except for the following purposes and to the extent necessary in SESS’s good-faith discretion:
Please note that your username and some other information will be visible to others. Note that your username will be included along with any information you submit for posting (such as traffic reports or chat messages). It will therefore be visible to others. Also - your friends on SESS will see your name & profile photo and any other information you chose to share with them.
You should not choose to share any information between your SESS account and your personal social network account.
You can always review and update certain information by visiting your Account & Login settings (such as your phone, name, photo and more) or the SESS destination list (to update your home, work and favorites).
If you find that the information associated with your Account is not accurate, complete or updated, then you should make all necessary changes to correct it. Please keep in mind that false, incorrect, or outdated information may prevent you from setting up an Account and impair the ability to provide you with Services.
Your in-app Privacy Settings provide you with quick access to settings and tools that let you safeguard your data and decide how your information can make Uscan services work better for you.
There are other ways to control the information Uscan collects when you signed in to a Uscan Account, including device-level settings: your device may have controls that determine what information we collect. Hence, you should not modify location settings on your device when using Uscan as the system requires actual location for work activities report.
If you would like us to delete your Account, please use the "Delete Account" function available under the in-app Privacy Setting. On receiving such a request, SESS will use reasonable efforts to delete such information, however please note that information may not be deleted immediately from our back-up systems. We aim to initiate the deletion process immediately after your request. Once we receive your request, your data will no longer be used to personalize your SESS experience. We then begin a process designed to safely and completely delete the data from our storage systems. This process generally takes around 2 months from the time of deletion. As with any deletion process, things like routine maintenance, unexpected outages, bugs, or failures in our protocols may cause delays in the processes and time frames defined in this policy. We maintain systems designed to detect and remediate such issues.
Some data you can delete whenever you like, some data is deleted automatically, and some data we retain for longer periods of time when necessary. This section describes why we hold onto different types of data for different periods of time.
SESS may use anonymous, statistical or aggregated information (including anonymous location information), in a form that does not enable the identification of a specific user, to properly operate the Services, to improve the quality of the Services, to enhance your experience, to create new services and features, including customized services, to change or cancel existing content or service, and for further internal, commercial and statistical purposes (including advertising).
SESS may also use anonymous, statistical or aggregated information collected on the Services, in a form that does not enable the identification of a specific user, by posting, disseminating, transmitting or otherwise communicating or making available such information to users of the Services, to the Services’ providers, partners and any other third party. For example, GPS information that we receive from your mobile device may be provided to map editors in an aggregated and/or anonymous form to help improve the map and solve map problems, traffic data may be provided to cities, and aggregated ads analysis may be provided to advertisers.
SESS may use cookies and similar technologies on the Services. Cookies are packets of information sent by the Website’s servers to your web browser and then sent back by the browser each time it accesses the Website’s servers.
SESS may use cookies for various purposes, such as to save you the need to re-enter your username and password each time you log in, to facilitate the use of the Website, to collect statistical information, to verify information, and to customize the Website to your personal preferences and for information security purposes.
Some of the cookies may expire when the session ends and you exit your browser. Other cookies are saved on your computer’s hard drive. If you wish to block the Website’s cookies, then please use the help button in your browser and follow the necessary instructions. However, bear in mind that disabling cookies may complicate or even prevent your use of the Website, or certain features thereof.
SESS does not allows advertisers to run ad campaigns on the Services.
It is clarified that we are not responsible for the content of said advertisements and the products delivered or services rendered thereby by third parties and you irrevocably and unconditionally agree that we shall not be held responsible or liable for any loss, damage, cost or expense that you may suffer or incur as a result or in connection thereof.
SESS considers information security to be a top priority. SESS services are built with strong security features that continuously protect your information. SESS implements systems, applications and procedures to secure your personal information, to minimize the risk of theft, damage, loss of information, or unauthorized access or use of information. For example, we review our information collection, storage, and processing practices, including physical security measures, to prevent unauthorized access to our systems. In addition, we restrict access to personal information to SESS employees, contractors, and agents who need that information in order to process it. Anyone with this access is subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligations and may be disciplined or terminated if they fail to meet these obligations.
The insights we gain from maintaining our services help us detect and automatically block security threats from ever reaching you.
However, these measures are unable to provide absolute assurance. Therefore, although SESS takes great efforts to protect your personal information, SESS cannot guarantee and you cannot reasonably expect that SESS’s databases will be immune from any wrongdoings, malfunctions, unlawful interceptions or access, or other kinds of abuse and misuse.
We regularly review this Privacy Policy and make sure that we process your information in ways that comply with it.
Data transfers
We store data on servers located around the world and your information may be processed on servers located outside of the country where you live. Data protection laws vary among countries, with some providing more protection than others. Regardless of where your information is processed, we apply the same protections described in this policy.
When we receive formal written complaints, we respond by contacting the person who made the complaint. We work with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of your data that we cannot resolve with you directly.
European requirements
If European Union (EU) or United Kingdom (UK) data protection law applies to the processing of your information, we provide the controls described in this policy so you can exercise your right to request access to, update, remove, delete, and restrict the processing of your information.
You can also export a copy of data in your SESS account if you want to back it up or export your information to another service. You can log in to the dashboard by going to the SESS website, then Settings, then choose Download your data archive. Note that in order to access the dashboard you will need a SESS account with a valid email address to receive your data archive.
You also have the right to object to the processing of your information.
We process your information for the purposes described in this policy, based on the following legal grounds:
We ask for your agreement to process your information for specific purposes and you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can manage your settings at any time, including your in-app Privacy Settings.
We process your information for our legitimate interests and those of third parties (such as partners including advertisers, in order to report use statistics) while applying appropriate safeguards that protect your privacy. This means that we process your information for things like:
We process your data to provide a service you’ve asked for under a contract (including our terms of use).
We’ll process your data when we have a legal obligation to do so, for example, if we’re responding to legal process or an enforceable governmental request.
If you have questions, you can contact SESS and our data protection office at: privacy@SESS.com. And you can contact your local data protection authority if you have concerns regarding your rights under local law.
Brazilian requirements
If Brazilian data protection law applies to the processing of your information, we provide the controls described in this policy so you can exercise your right to:
Where we ask for your consent to process your information for specific purposes, you do not have to provide your consent but where you choose to do so, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can manage your settings at any time, including your in-app Privacy Settings. You also have the right to obtain information about the effects of not providing your consent to processing for specific purposes.
We’ll process your data when we have a legal obligation to do so, for example, if we’re responding to legal process or an enforceable governmental request. If you have questions, you can contact SESS and our data protection office at: dpo@securitas-singapore.com. And you can contact your local data protection authority if you have concerns regarding your rights under Brazilian law.
U.S. State Law requirements
Some U.S. state privacy laws like the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) require specific disclosures for state residents. This Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how SESS handles your information:
State laws like the CCPA and VCDPA also provide the right to request information about how SESS collects, uses, and discloses your information. And they give you the right to access and correct your information and request that SESS delete that information. The VCDPA also provides the right to opt out of certain forms of profiling and targeted advertising. Finally, the CCPA and VCDPA provide the right to not be discriminated against for exercising these privacy rights.
SESS may from time to time change the terms of this Privacy Policy. Substantial changes will take effect 30 days after SESS has posted a:
Other changes will take effect 7 days after their initial posting on the Website. However, if SESS amends this Privacy Policy to comply with legal requirements, the amendments will become effective immediately upon their initial posting, or as required.
You agree to be bound by any of the changes made in the terms of this Privacy Policy. Continuing to use the Services will indicate your acceptance of the amended terms. If you do not agree with any of the amended terms, you must avoid any further use of the Services.