This Service Privacy Policy (the "Policy") explains the privacy practices of Utilis Israel Ltd., Utilis, Inc., Utilis SAR Ltd and Utilis Japan, all trading as Asterra ("ASTERRA", “we”, “us”, “our) ”and how we handle personal information that we collect through ASTERRA’s Customer Portal (the “Portal”), U-Collect and U-View applications for mobile devices (the “App(s)”). The Portal is used for providing users with access to data analyses and products purchased, and the Apps allow users to implement, report and view data and findings (all together, the “Services”).

We have created this Privacy Policy to explain how we collect, use, disclose and otherwise process personal information in connection with operating our Services. This Privacy Policy describes the practices concerning the information collected about you by us when using our Services

In addition, this Privacy Policy explains the rights and choices available to you with respect to your personal data

Please carefully review this Privacy Policy. To the extent permitted by applicable law, by providing us your personal information or otherwise using the Services, you are agreeing to this Privacy Policy

Registration to the Service is mandatory. Our Services are intended for organizational use by its authorized users. To use the Services, we collect and process some personal information about you, which you or your organization have provided to us when registering to our Services, including the your full name, business email address, business phone number, the organization information and the corresponding business address, and if applicable, bank details and billing address

We refer to this as “Registration Information”.

You can submit an inquiry through our online contact forms, by emailing us or by other methods provided on the Service. When you contact us, we may ask you to provide us the following information: full name, email address, phone number and any other information you choose to share with us as part of your inquiry ("Inquiry Information"). We may ask you to provide additional information to allow us to handle your inquiry.

If you opt-in to receive periodic updates about our products and technologies, including information about our business and offers(“Newsletter”), we will collect and process the email address you provided.

We process the content you feed to the Service (or that ASTERRA feeds to the Service on your behalf), such as information relating to leaks, pipelines, deficiency assessment and ground infrastructure assessment. We refer to this as “Client Content”. Client Content shall not include any personal information of you or others.

YOU ARE SOLELY LIABLE FOR PROTECTING THIRD PARTIES’ AND YOUR OWN PRIVACY, AND FOR VERIFYING THAT NO PERSONAL INFORMATION IS INCLUDED IN THE CLIENT CONTENT. WE WILL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIMS OR DAMAGES THAT MIGHT INCUR TO YOU OR TO THIRD PARTIES THAT ARE RELATED TO PERSONAL DATA PROVIDED IN THE CLIENT CONTENT.

We collect device data from your device components, such as your Unique Device ID (UDID), system clock information and geo-location information.

We refer to this as “Device Data”.

You may provide us feedback or troubleshooting information by sending us an Inquiry, sending us an e-mail to any of our designated addresses or by other methods provided on the Service, leaving reviews in the app store or any other form of communication. We will process the data you choose to provide, which may include your full name, email address and the content of your feedback

We refer to this as “Feedback”.

When you use the Service, we record and collect certain information about your interaction with the Service, including the IP address from which you access the Service, time and date of access, type of device and browser used, language used, links clicked, and actions taken while using the Service, including through Google Analytics and HotJar. ("Analytics Information").

We may also aggregate and/or de-identify any information that we collect, such that the information no longer identifies any specific individual. We may use, disclose, and otherwise process such information for our own legitimate business purposes - including historical and statistical analysis and business planning - without restriction.

You are not legally required to provide us your information. However, our Service will not be available to those choosing not to provide the Information we request. If you refrain from providing the required Information you will not be able to use the Service.

We collect and use your Registration Information, Device Data and the Client Content in order to provide you with, maintain and administer the Service and for customer support purposes.

We will use your Feedback, Inquiry Information, Analytics Information and the Client Content collected via our Service for maintaining, developing and enhancing our Service and for data analysis processes within ASTERRA, such as success metrics, development of products, etc.

We will use your Inquiry Information to contact, handle and respond to your inquiry.

Subject to your consent to receive our Newsletter, we will process your email address that you provided to us to send you our Newsletter. You may 'opt-out' of using your information for Newsletter communications by sending an email to: [email protected], or as otherwise provided in our Newsletter.

We will use the information we collect to prevent fraud, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce this Policy and take other actions otherwise permitted by law.

We will not sell, rent, or license your information; however, we may share Information about you for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, as follows:

We may share your information with members of our family group of companies, who help us process the data for the purposes set out above.

We will share your information, including Client assets GIS layers, product deliverables GIS layers, photos, video, sound and location data, with our service providers who assist us with the internal operations of our business and the Service, such as GIS Cloud. These companies are authorized to use your personal information in this context only as necessary to provide these services to us and not for their own business purposes, Subject to the following additional Policies:

GIS Cloud: Privacy Policy

Your use of such third-party platforms and the platforms’ use of your information and the content you post, share or email through them, are governed by their respective terms of use and privacy policy, not this Policy.

If you have abused your rights to use the Service, or violated any applicable law, we may share your information with competent authorities and with third parties (such as legal counsels and advisors), for the purpose of handling of the violation or breach.

If we are required to disclose your information by a judicial, governmental, or regulatory authority, acting within its legal authority, we will comply and share only the Information we are obligated to provide.

If the operation of the Service or the business is organized within a different framework, or through another legal structure or entity (such as due to a merger or acquisition), we will share your information only as required to enable the structural change in the operation of the Service and the business.

We use various types of cookies and other types of trackers, which help us to administer and operate the Service.

These trackers are mainly used for maintaining, developing and enhancing our Service and for data analysis processes within ASTERRA, as explained above.

If you wish to block cookies, you may do so through the settings of your browser or device. You can delete cookies that are already on your device and you can set your browser to prevent them from being placed going forward. Please refer to help menu of your device or browser for further information. Please also bear in mind that disabling cookies may adversely affect your user experience on the Service.

For more information about Google cookies, click here. For information about opting-out of Google cookies, click here. For more information about HotJar cookies, and about opting-out, click here.

We will retain your Information for the duration needed to support our ordinary business activities operating the Service. Thereafter, we will still retain your personal information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, establish and defend legal claims and enforce our agreements. Where there is no longer a need to retain your personal information, such information will be deleted by us.

We implement measures to reduce the risks of damage, loss of information and unauthorized access or use of information, by keeping the information stored in the AWS RDS servers in Oregon and Ireland. However, these measures do not provide absolute information security. Therefore, although efforts are made to secure your personal information, it is not guaranteed, and you cannot expect that the Service will be immune from information security risks.

Utilis Israel Ltd., Utilis, Inc., Utilis SAR Ltd and Utilis Japan are joint data controllers for the purposes of the personal data we process via the Service.

Email: [email protected]

The legal basis for collecting and processing your Registration Information, Inquiry Information, Device Data and the Client Content, is the performance of our contract with you or with your organization, and our legitimate interests in providing you or your organization with the Service and responding to your inquiry.

The legal basis for collecting and processing the email address you provided to deliver you with the Newsletter is your explicit consent when you subscribe to the Newsletter.

The legal basis for processing your Feedback, Inquiry Information, Analytics Information and the Client Content is our legitimate interest in maintaining, developing and enhancing our Service and for data analysis processes within ASTERRA, such as success metrics, development of products, etc.

The legal basis for processing your Information for the purpose of handling instances of abusive use of the Service is our legitimate interests in defending and enforcing against violations and breaches that are harmful to our business.

The legal basis for sharing your information with competent authorities, or other third parties, if you violated the law or abused your rights to use the Service, is our legitimate interest in protecting our business from abuses and violation of law.

The legal basis for required disclosures of your information to a judicial, governmental, or regulatory authority is our legitimate interest in protecting our business from abuses and violation of law and our compliance with legal obligations (if the disclosure is mandated under EU law, the laws of an EU member state or the laws of the UK).

The legal basis for sharing your information in the event of a change in our corporate structure is our legitimate interests in our business continuity

Information we collect from you may be processed in Israel, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States and Japan.

When we transfer your information from within Europe or UK to other jurisdictions outside Europe or UK, we will ensure that appropriate data transfer mechanisms apply, such as adequacy decisions of the EU Commission or European/UK standard contractual clauses.

You have the following rights:

Right of access: you may request information on, or a copy of, your Information processed by us. Upon your request, this information will be provided to you electronically.

Right to rectification: If your Information is inaccurate or incomplete, you may request to have it rectified or completed.

Right to erasure: You may ask us to delete or remove your Information in some circumstances, such as where we no longer need it, or when you withdraw your consent.

Right to restrict processing: You may ask us to restrict or ‘block’ the processing of your Information in certain circumstances, such as where you contest the accuracy of your Information or object to us processing it.

Right to data portability: where you have provided consent for processing of your Information or where the data processing is necessary to perform a contract with you, you may ask us to provide you with your Information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, that can be shared with others.

Right to object: You may ask us at any time to stop processing your Information.

Right to withdraw consent: If we rely on your consent to process your Information, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time without having to provide a reason for withdrawal.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at: [email protected]

We reserve the right to ask for reasonable evidence to verify your identity before we provide you with information. Where we are not able to provide you the information that you have asked for, we will explain the reason for this.

Subject to applicable law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. You can file a complaint with the supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, place of work or place of an alleged infringement of the GDPR. For a list of supervisory authorities in the European Economic Area, click here.

If you are in the UK, you can lodge a complaint to Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) pursuant to the instructions provided here

We do not knowingly collect information or data from children under the age of 18 or knowingly allow children under the age of 18 to use the Service. If we gain actual knowledge of the information from or about a child, we reserve the right to immediately delete the account and wipe all related information from our servers. You are responsible for any and all account activity conducted by a minor on your account.

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy from time to time, to reflect changes in our practices and Service or changes in applicable laws. When this Privacy Policy is updated, we will update the date of this Privacy Policy accordingly. Continued use of the Service after such date constitutes acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy. If we make material changes to how your Information is collected, accessed, or otherwise used as a result of your use of the Service or if your rights under this Privacy Policy are materially impacted by changes to our privacy practices, we will inform you by additional means such as notification to your email address. Please check this Privacy Policy periodically for changes.

Last update: July, 2022.