Privacy Policy

AWS Privacy Policy 

Last updated: August 2023 

1. INTRODUCTION 

AWS Security, Inc. ("AWS") takes your privacy seriously. We believe in protecting your information. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to describe how AWS collects, uses and shares information about our customers, whether obtained through our call center or online interfaces (e.g., website and mobile applications) owned and controlled by us, including www.AllWaysSafe.com (collectively referred to herein as the “Site”). Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. If you do not understand any aspects of our Privacy Policy, please feel free to Contact Us as described in Section 7 of this Privacy Policy. 

Please Note: AWS Security, Inc. does not and will not sell, for monetary gain, your personal information unless such circumstances outlined in the parargraph of TRANSFER IN THE EVENT OF SALE OR CHANGE OF CONTROL 

Our Privacy Policy explains: 

Information We Collect and Why We Collect It. How We Use and Share Your Information. Access to Your Information and Choices. Security of Your Information. Changes to Our Privacy Policy. Questions and How to Contact Us. California Privacy Rights. 

SCOPE; THIRD PARTY SITES 

This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect at and through the Site. Our Site also contains links to third party sites that are not owned or controlled by AWS. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our Site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personal information. 

ADDITIONAL TERMS 

Please reference our Terms of Sale which apply to your purchase of our products. Please also note that use of our Site is subject to the Website Terms of Use. Moreover, if you subscribe to AWS’s monitoring services or activate service offerings made available in connection with a AWS product that does not require a monitoring subscription, use of those services are also subject to the Terms of Service. 

2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND WHY WE COLLECT IT 

AWS collects certain information to enable you to take full advantage of our offerings when you register at our Site, order products or services either through the Site or through our call center, communicate with customer service representatives, participate in our contests, surveys, promotions, activities, or otherwise communicate with us. If you choose, you can visit the Site without providing us with any information about yourself. 

We seek to limit the collection and use of customer information required to deliver service to our customers, which includes advising our customers about our products, services and other opportunities, for advertising, and to administer our business. 

PERSONAL INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE TO US WHEN YOU BECOME A CUSTOMER 

Types of personal information we collect when you become a customer and provide it to us include: 

  • Name 

  • Address 

  • Billing address 

  • Shipping address 

  • Email address 

  • Telephone number 

  • Credit card, debit card and bank account numbers (solely for payment purposes) 

PERSONAL INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE TO US WHEN YOU SUBSCRIBE TO MONITORING SERVICE 

Types of personal information we collect when you become a subscriber to monitoring services and you provide it to us include: 

  • Whether the location is a home, apartment or business 

  • Name and telephone number for friends or family you would like to be contacted in the event of an alarm 

  • Information such as your “safe word” and log-in credentials used to verify your identity if you forget your log in credentials for your AWS account 

  • Email address 

  • Telephone number 

  • Zone list, which helps us identify where the alarm activity is coming from at your premise 

  • Information such as your alarm activity stored in your online account. This activity includes, but is not limited to, when the alarm is armed and disarmed, and when an alarm event is triggered 

PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH THE SECURITY CAMERA OR OTHER CAMERA-ENABLED PRODUCTS 

When you enable the recording features of your security camera or other camera-enabled products (for example, AWS’s video doorbell product), we will record, store, and process video and/or audio recordings from the device, depending on how you configure the camera and its settings. This may include capturing and making available to you portions of the recording data as part of a notification or analysis of the data to identify motion or other events. We process and store information from your camera-enabled product so that we can send you alerts when there is an event. If you have the recording features enabled, during the subscription period applicable to your camera-enabled product we will capture, process, and store video and audio recordings from your camera for at least 5 days from the date such data is first recorded and stored on our systems ("AWS's date of first capture"). During your subscription period, you will be able to access those recordings for up to 20 days from AWS's date of first capture of such data. 

NOTE: Privacy laws in your state may impose certain obligations on you and your use of security camera or other camera-enabled products. You (not AWS) are solely responsible for ensuring that you comply with any applicable laws when you use such camera-enabled products. For example, you may be required to display a notice (even inside your home) that alerts visitors to your home that you are using a security camera or other camera-enabled products that are recording audio and video. Please also consider that recording and sharing of video that involves other people may affect their privacy rights. 

NON-PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION WE COLLECT AUTOMATICALLY 

As is true with most websites, we collect certain non-personally identifiable information automatically as you use our Site, such as: 

  • IP address 

  • Browser type 

  • Computer or device type 

  • Unique device identifiers for mobile devices or tablets 

  • Operating system version 

  • The website from where you navigated to our Site 

  • Time and date of using, accessing, or otherwise interacting with our Site 

  • The pages on our Site that you view 

  • The name of your Internet service provider (ISP) 

NON-PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH COOKIES AND ANALYTICS PARTNERS 

We use cookies, web beacons, and other technologies to receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with our Site through your computer or mobile device. Cookies may store unique identifiers, user preferences and other information. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some website features or services may not function properly without cookies. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service, including for storing user preferences. 

AWS PRODUCT OR ACCOUNT INTERACTION WITH THIRD PARTIES 

If AWS offers any product or account connections or integrations with third-party products, applications, functionality, or services (collectively, “Third-Party Products and Services”), and you choose to enable or connect to such Third-Party Products and Services through the means authorized and directed by AWS and/or such third-party partners, you acknowledge and agree that we may share certain information about you with such third parties for account authentication and management, and to enable the activation, connection and integration with and to such Third-Party Products and Services on such third parties’ platforms. For example, when you elect to use Third-Party Products and Services, such as AWS’s Amazon Alexa, Apple Watch or Google Assistant (as, if or when each is introduced), you agree that we may provide certain data about you to such partners in order to enable the activation, connection and integration with and to such Third-Party Products and Services you intend to use or otherwise choose to activate. In some cases, AWS or the third-party partner will instead (or also) ask for permission to control the AWS products and services and/or Third-Party Products and Services that you have activated and connected to as contemplated hereunder. Your consent is required to allow any of these exchanges or requests for control and you will be able to revoke or disable it at any time. 

In addition, AWS may share information with such third-party partners with your permission. For example, when you enroll or activate Third-Party Products and Services, you may be asked for your permission to share certain data between AWS and our partner. AWS requires your consent before sharing information in these circumstances. We may also receive information from our partners and other sources and combine that with the information in your AWS account to determine eligibility and efficacy of our programs. 

Additional information about the limited circumstances in which information from your AWS account may be shared with third parties is described below in the section titled "How we Use and Share Your Information". 

Any AWS data that you choose to share with a third party, either directly or by or on behalf of AWS through the authorizations, integrations and connections permitted hereunder, is governed by that third party’s privacy policy while in that party’s possession. 

Any data that AWS receives from third parties will be processed and stored by AWS and will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This information may be processed in the same ways as any other data that is a part of your AWS account. 

NO INFORMATION FROM CHILDREN OR TEENS UNDER AGE 18 

This Site is not directed to, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from, children or teenagers under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please do not attempt to register with us at this Site or provide any personal information about yourself to us. If you are under the age of 18, you may only use this Site under the supervision of your parents or guardians. 

THIRD-PARTY SITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA 

Our Site may contain links to other websites operated by third parties and may include social media features such as, but not limited to: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest buttons or links. These third-party sites may collect information about you if you click on a link and the social media sites may automatically record information about your browsing behavior every time you visit a site that has a social media button. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing the link, not this privacy policy. 

THIRD PARTIES 

We collect information from third parties, such as service providers that we use, analytics companies, and advertising and marketing partners. 

3. HOW WE USE AND SHARE YOUR INFORMATION 

TO PROVIDE PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND INFORMATION 

As described above, we collect information from you so that we can provide products and services that you purchase from us, and to provide information that you request from us. This includes sending you alarm alerts and important service information about your alarm and our services. We use your personal information to contact you about your orders, process credit card / debit card transactions, and ship our products to you. We may send you information about our products and services, and new offerings. We may provide information to third party service providers that help us process orders and fulfill and deliver products and services that you purchase from us. You may opt out of receiving future communications (with the exception of alarm alerts and service information) from us by logging into your account and editing your profile. You may also opt out of receiving commercial e-mail from us by following the instructions in each e-mail. 

If you subscribe for monitoring services, or make other purchases through the Site, your credit card or debit card information (such as card type and expiration date) and other financial data that we need to process your payment may be collected and stored by the payment processors with which we work. We may also collect some limited information, such as your postal code, mobile number, and details of your transaction history, all of which are necessary to provide the monitoring services or products. In addition, the payment processors generally provide us with some limited information related to you, such as a unique token that enables you to make additional purchases using the information they’ve stored, including recurring payments if you become a subscriber, and your card’s type, expiration date, and certain digits of your card number. 

We use third parties to assist with providing our products and services to you (including our alarm monitoring services and dispatching emergency responders), host our Site, send out email updates about the Site, provide marketing and advertising services for us, and process payments. These service providers will have access to your personal information in order to provide these services, but when this occurs we implement reasonable contractual and technical protections to limit their use of that information to help us provide the service. 

YOUR CONSENT 

Except as otherwise provided in this Policy, we will not share personal information with companies, organizations or individuals outside of AWS. 

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 

We will share personal information with third party companies, organizations or individuals outside of AWS if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to: 

  • Meet any applicable law, regulation or subpoena. 

  • Enforce applicable Terms of Sale and Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations. 

  • Detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues. 

  • Protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of AWS, our users, customers or the public as required or permitted by law. 

  • Under certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your personal information in response to valid requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.  Under these circumstances we will require a subpoena. 

  • If we are contacted and asked to voluntarily produce any information, including, but not limited to video and / or audio recordings, we will ask for your written permission before doing so. If you decline, we will decline on your behalf. 

TRANSFER IN THE EVENT OF SALE OR CHANGE OF CONTROL 

If the ownership of all or substantially all of our business changes or we otherwise transfer assets relating to our business or the Site to a third party, such as by merger, acquisition, bankruptcy proceeding or otherwise, we may transfer or sell your personal information to the new owner. In such a case, unless permitted or otherwise directed by applicable law, your information would remain subject to the terms of the applicable privacy policy in effect at the time of such transfer. 

4. ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION AND CHOICES 

You can access and update certain information we have relating to your online account by logging into your online account and visiting the “monitoring” section to update contact information for your alarm monitoring and dispatch. Under the “log in” section you can update your email address and password. If you have questions about personal information we have about you can Contact Us or call us at 888.557.SAFE (7233) or 718.822.6535. You can opt-out of receiving marketing and promotional e-mails from AWS by using the opt-out or unsubscribe feature contained in the e-mails. 

You can close your online account by calling us at 888.557 SAFE (7233) or 718.822.6535. If you close your account, we will no longer use your online account information or share it with third parties. We may, however, retain a copy of the information for a period of time reasonably necessary for archival purposes, and to avoid identity theft or fraud. 

5. SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION 

We use commercially reasonable physical, technical and administrative security measures and safeguards to protect the confidentiality and security of your personal information. However, since the Internet is not a 100% secure environment, we cannot guarantee, ensure, or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. There is no guarantee that information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards. It is your responsibility to protect the security of your login information. Please note that e-mails and other communications you send to us through our Site are not encrypted, and we strongly advise you not to communicate any confidential information through these means. 

6. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY 

Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your consent in accordance with applicable law. We will post any privacy policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice as we deem appropriate. We will also keep prior versions of this Privacy Policy in an archive for your review. 

7. QUESTIONS AND HOW TO CONTACT US 

If you have any questions, concerns, complaints or suggestions regarding our Privacy Policy or otherwise need to contact us, please Contact Us, call us at 888.557.SAFE (7266) or 718.822.6535, or contact us by US postal mail at the following address: AWS Security, Inc. 10 St. Charles St., Suite 7A, Thornwood, New York 10512 

 

8. CALIFORNIA PRIVACY NOTICE 

Effective: January 1, 2020 

CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS 

If you are a resident of California, this California privacy notice applies to you and supplements AWS’s main Privacy Policy. This California privacy notice is intended to provide certain additional information to you as required by the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). 

“Personal information” as used in this California privacy notice applies to information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with you or your household such as your real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers. Personal information does not include publicly-available information and certain other information that is regulated by other applicable laws. 

We do not sell or monetize our users’ personal information in the traditional sense (i.e., get paid to share your personal information). However, the CCPA defines the term “sale” very broadly, and it likely includes the sharing of personal information with third parties. 

YOUR RIGHTS 

Right to Know 

You have the right to request that we provide certain information to you about our collection of your personal information. Such information shall cover the 12-month period preceding our receipt of your request. Upon our receipt of your verified request, we will provide you with the following: 

  • The categories of personal information we have collected about you 

  • The categories of sources from which we have collected your personal information 

  • Our business or commercial purpose(s) for collecting or selling your personal information 

  • The categories of third parties with whom we have shared your personal information; and 

  • The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you 

You have the right to request that we provide certain information to you about our disclosures and sale of your personal information. Such information shall cover the 12-month period preceding our receipt of your request. Upon our receipt of your verified request, we will provide you with the following: 

  • The categories of personal information we have collected from you 

  • The categories of personal information we have sold about you and the categories of third parties to whom we sold such information, by category or categories of personal information for each category of third parties to whom the personal information was sold; and 

  • The categories of personal information that we disclosed about you for a business purpose 

You may only make a verifiable “Right to Know” request twice within a 12-month period. 

Right to Opt-Out 

We never monetize your personal information, however, we may share it with certain strategic partners, social media partners, advertising partners and networks, and other third parties that provide offers we think may be of value to you as discussed below, which could be considered a “sale” under the CCPA. You have the right at any time to opt-out of this sharing and the potential sale of your personal information by contacting our office. 

Right to Delete 

You have the right at any time to request that we delete your personal information. However, in some cases we cannot delete all or some of your personal information as required or permitted by applicable laws. 

Right to Non-Discrimination 

We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights under the CCPA, such as by denying you products and services, charging you different rates or prices, including use of discounts or penalties, or suggesting or providing a different level of service or quality of products to you. 

CONTACT 

To submit a request to exercise your “Right to Know” or “Right to Delete” rights provided in this California privacy notice, please call us at 888.557.7233 or 718.822.6535  to submit your request. We will evaluate the request and take action where required to do so. If you have an AWS account, we may direct you to your account in order to fulfill your request where applicable. 

Depending on the nature of your request, we may have to verify your identity when you contact us. We may do this by asking you to: 

  • Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized agent. 

  • Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it. 

We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm that the personal information relates to you. 

We endeavor to respond to your request as soon as we can. If we are not able to respond to your request within 45 days, we will let you know that we may require additional time (up to 90 total days). 

You may also use an authorized agent to exercise your rights on your behalf. If you wish to use an authorized agent, we require that your authorized agent provide written proof to us that he or she is authorized to act on your behalf, and we may also require your authorized agent to verify his or her own identity. To appoint an authorized agent, please Contact Us at our office at: AWS Security, Inc. 10 St. Charles St., Suite 7A, Thornwood, New York 10512 (for Right to Know or Right to Delete requests) or (for Right to Opt-Out requests) or Contact Us by phone at 888.557.7233 or 718.822.6535. 

INFORMATION WE COLLECT 

If You are a Visitor to Our Website or Interact With Us: 

  • We have collected the following categories of personal information from consumers in the last twelve (12) months: 

  • Identifiers (such as your name, address, email address, telephone number, unique device identifiers for mobile devices or tablets, visitor identification number, and IP address) 

  • Commercial information (such as products or services you considered, or other purchasing or consuming information) 

  • Internet or other electronic network activity (such as information about your interaction with our site, your browser type, computer or device type, visitor identification number, operating system version, the website you navigated from to reach out site, timestamp information about your visit to our site, the pages on our site that you view, and the name of your internet service provider) 

  • Geolocation data (such as your approximate location based on IP address) 

  • Inferences (such as creating a profile about your preferences based on your interaction with us and our website) 

  • Our sources for this information: 

  • We receive this information directly from you when you provide it to us, participate in our contests, surveys, promotions, or other activities, and when you communicate with us 

  • Some of this information is collected automatically when you visit our website 

  • Our business purposes for collecting this information: 

  • To send you updates about new products and to suggest products and services to you that we think you may be interested in 

  • To operate and improve our business, products and services, website, and mobile applications  

  • Third parties we disclose this information to: 

  • Certain third parties help us to host our website, send email updates about the website, provide marketing and advertising services for us 

  • We work with social media partners such as Facebook, LinkedIn and X (formally known as Twitter) 

  • Any other person or entity to whom we are obliged by applicable law or regulation or subpoena to make the disclosure  

If You Are an AWS Customer: 

  • In addition to the information above, if you have purchased a AWS product from AWS or a service from AWS in the last twelve (12) months, we have collected the following categories of personal information: 

  • Identifiers (such as your login credentials and information about your household. We additionally may collect contact information of users’ family and friends for alarm notification purposes) 

  • Protected classification characteristics (if you respond to our optional customer surveys) 

  • Financial Information (such as your payment information when you make a purchase) 

  • Internet or other electronic network activity (such as information about your and your devices) 

  • Audio, visual, and similar information (if you use our security cameras or other camera-enabled products, we collect information such as audio and video recordings from such devices) 

  • Inferences (such as a profile based on information reflecting your activity and preferences) 

  • Our sources for this information: 

  • We receive this information directly from you when you purchase, setup and use our products and services, and when you communicate with us 

  • We sometimes combine information that you voluntarily provide to us with information that we automatically collect when you visit our websites or interact with our products and services  

  • Our business purposes for collecting this information: 

  • To deliver our products and services to you 

  • To send you alarm alerts and important service information about your alarm and our services 

  • To communicate with you about your orders and purchases 

  • To send you updates about new products 

  • To provide monitoring services to you, if you enable them 

  • To detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues 

  • To operate and improve our business, products and services, website, and mobile applications  

  • Third parties we disclose this information to: 

  • If you choose to enable account connections or integrations with third-party products such as AWS’s Amazon Alexa, Apple Watch or Google Assistant, we may share your information with such third-party products. This is only done with your consent, and you can revoke or disable these connections and integrations at any time 

  • If you subscribe to our monitoring or emergency dispatch services, we disclose your information to third parties to facilitate those services 

  • If you request setup assistance, we may disclose your information to third parties to assist you with setup services 

  • We do not sell or share your information for marketing purposes. 

If You Are a California Resident: 

  • In addition to the above, if you are a California resident, then in the last twelve (12) months, we may have collected the following categories of personal information: 

  • Identifiers (such as your name, email, household information and other identifying characteristics) 

  • Our sources for this information: 

  • We receive this information directly from you when you purchase, setup and use our products and services, and when you communicate with us 

  • We sometimes combine information that you voluntarily provide to us with information that we automatically collect when you visit our websites or interact with our products and services  

  • Our business purposes for collecting this information: 

  • To operate and improve our business, products and services, website, and mobile applications 

  • Third parties we disclose this information to: Our service providers, such as our backend hosting provider, monitoring facilities, payment processors and interactive service partners 

Note that in addition to what is disclosed above, we may share your personal information with our service providers in order to operate and deliver our products and services, operate our website, and help us in other areas of our business. For more information about how we use service providers, please review the section titled, “HOW WE USE AND SHARE YOUR INFORMATION” in our main Privacy Policy.