Privacy Policy - Horizon Robotics

Effective Date: January 1, 2021

Thank you for visiting Horizon.ai! Horizon Robotics Inc. (“Horizon Robotics”, “we”, or “our”) respects your concerns about privacy. This Privacy Policy explains our policies and procedures regarding information we collect from or about you via the website located at https://horizon.ai (the "Website"), Horizon Robotics’ social media pages, or direct interaction with our employees during the recruiting process and our practices for collecting, using, sharing, and protecting that information. This Privacy Policy also explains your choices and rights in relation to that information. Please read it carefully – it is important for you to understand how we collect and use your information, and how you can control it. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information obtained by us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by any third party.

If you do not agree to the processing of your personal information in the way this Privacy Policy describes, please do not provide your information when requested and stop using the Website. By providing information to us or by using our Website, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the policy and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our homepage or sending you a notification). Your continued use of this Website or our social media pages after we make such changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes. We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you access our Website to stay informed about our privacy practices.

Information We Collect

The personal information we collect will depend on the nature of your interaction with Horizon Robotics (for example, you may provide products or services to Horizon Robotics, you may purchase or use Horizon Robotics products or services, or you may simply request information about Horizon Robotics or its products), and may include the following types of information. Horizon Robotics collects information as part of its business operations, to provide services, to respond to requests and offer customer support, to fulfill legal and contractual obligations, and to build its innovative products. As you interact with Horizon Robotics, we may collect the following information:

Information you provide to us:

Contact information, such as your name, address, email address and phone number;
Communications and other feedback, including questions, vulnerability reports, and other messages you address to us directly such as email or online forms; and
Any information disclosed when engaging with us on social media.

Information we collect automatically:

We automatically collect certain information about your activity when you interact with us online. This includes:

Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses of the devices you're using to interact with us online;
Tools such as cookies and other local storage used by websites and web browsers to maintain information regarding your previous activities on a site;
Information regarding your internet connection including your Internet Service Provider, connection type, and approximate city level location of your internet connection based on IP address;
Information about how the device is interacting with our Website and social media accounts;
Type and version of your device’s operating system and web browser;
Specific interactions with our Website (such as which pages you viewed, in what order, and how long you engaged with each page); and
Error logs.

Please see our “Cookies and Similar Technologies Notice” found at https://horizon.ai/cookie-policy/ for further information, including your choices in relation to the use of these technologies. We may combine information that we receive from the various sources described above for the purposes identified in the next section.

How We Use the Information We Collect

We use the information we collect to:

Provide, maintain, analyze, and improve our Website;
Develop new products and services;
Communicate with you for a range of reasons (including providing information we think will be of interest to you, conducting surveys, and responding to your comments, questions, and requests);
Protect the rights and property of Horizon Robotics, our users, and others;
Detect, prevent, and respond to fraud, abuse, and security issues; and
Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected.

We may aggregate or de-identify information such that it is no longer linked to you or your device. This notice does not limit our ability to use or disclose aggregated or de-identified information that is not linked to you.

How We Share Information

We may share information about you as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:

With vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf;
In accordance with or as required by any applicable law, regulation, or legal process, such as in response to a subpoena, government inquiry, litigation, dispute resolution or similar legal process;
When we believe in good faith your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or policies, or doing so is necessary to either protect the rights, property and safety of Horizon Robotics or others or to investigate fraud;
In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company;
Between and among Horizon Robotics and our current and future parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and other companies under common control and ownership; and
With your consent or at your direction.

We may also share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be linked to you.

Social Sharing Features

Our Website may offer social sharing features and other integrated tools, which let you share information with other media, and vice versa. Your use of such features enables the sharing of information with your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with the entity that provides the social sharing feature. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit the privacy policies of the entities that provide these features.

Advertising and Analytics Services Provided by Others

We may allow others to provide analytics services and serve advertisements on our behalf across the Internet and in applications. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers and other technologies to collect information about your use of the Website and other websites and applications, including your IP address, web browser, mobile network information, pages viewed, time spent on pages or in apps, links clicked and conversion information. This information may be used by Horizon Robotics and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests on our Website and other websites and better understand your online activity. For more information about interest-based ads, or to opt out of having your web browsing information used for behavioral advertising purposes, please see our “Cookies and Similar Technologies Notice” found at https://horizon.ai/cookie-policy/ for further information.

Children’s Privacy

Horizon Robotics does not intentionally or knowingly collect personal information from minors without proper consent from a parent or legal guardian. If you believe that we may have collected personal information from a minor without the requisite consent, please let us know using the methods described at Contact Us and we will investigate and promptly address the issue. For these purposes, we define a "minor" to mean an individual who is under the age of majority in the territory in which they are resident.

Security

Horizon Robotics is committed to maintaining the privacy and integrity of your personal information no matter where it is stored. We take reasonable measures to help protect information about you from loss, theft, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will implement and maintain reasonable measures to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of the information transmitted through the Website or otherwise via the Internet; any transmission is at your own risk.

Transfer of Information to the U.S. and Other Countries

Horizon Robotics is a global company with its headquarters in Beijing. As such, we may transfer your personal information between US and China and to our affiliated companies in other countries. We may also transfer your personal information to our third party service providers, who may be located in a different country to you. We transfer information in order to operate efficiently, to improve performance, and to create redundancies in order to protect information in the event of an outage or other problem. We will process your personal information in a way that meets the commitments of this Privacy Policy and complies with the law wherever we transfer it. Whenever Horizon Robotics transfers personal information beyond the country of origin, we will do so in accordance with applicable laws.

California Privacy Rights and Additional Information

California Data Access and Deletion Rights

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) allows you to make certain requests about your personal information (as defined in the CCPA). Specifically, the CCPA allows you to request that we:

Inform you about the categories of personal information we collect or disclose about you; the categories of sources of such information; the business or commercial purpose for collecting your personal information; and the categories of third-parties with whom we share/disclose personal information.
Provide access to and/or a copy of certain personal information we hold about you.
Delete certain personal information we have about you.
Provide you with information about the financial incentives that we offer to you, if any.

Verification: Depending on the sensitivity of the information you are requesting and the type of request you are making, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity based on the information that we currently possess. This may include, at a minimum, verifying your contact information and matching it with our records.

Authorized Agent: You are also permitted to designate an authorized agent to submit certain requests on your behalf. In order for an authorized agent to be verified, you must provide the authorized agent with signed, written permission to make such requests or a power of attorney. We may also follow up with you to verify your identity before processing the authorized agent’s request.

The CCPA further provides you with the right not to be discriminated against (as provided for by applicable law) for exercising your access or deletion rights.

If you would like to exercise these rights please contact us by using the Contact Us form or send a letter to the mailing address below:

Horizon Robotics

ATTN: Privacy

Legal Department

10050 N Wolfe Rd, Cupertino, CA 95014, USA

California “Shine the Light” Disclosure

If you are a California resident you have the right to request information from Horizon Robotics regarding the manner in which we share certain categories of your personal information with third-parties, for the third-parties’ direct marketing purposes. We do not share personal information for such purposes.

Privacy Information for California Residents

The CCPA also requires us to provide California residents with particular information about our data collection and usage practices. In keeping with those requirements, below is a summary of the categories of personal information we collect, the sources and uses of such information, and the entities with which we share that information.

Additional information is available above in the Sections “How We Use the Information We Collect” and “How We Share Information.”

Categories of Personal Information Collected and Purposes

We collect the following categories of personal information in order to communicate with you, including for marketing and recruiting purposes:

Communications with Horizon Robotics, such as questions and other messages you address to us directly through online forms, by email, or by post
Contact informationsuch as your name, email address, and phone number
Research, survey, or sweepstakes information (including personal identifiers and user-generated content)collected if you participate in a survey or sweepstakes; includes information needed for you to participate and to fulfill your prize
User-generated contentsuch as comments, photos, videos, audio, any information you submit in public forums, reviews and feedback or testimonials you provide about Horizon Robotics or our products

We collect the following categories of personal information in order to operate and improve our Website:

Demographic information such as age and gender
Device information and identifiers such as IP address; browser type and language; operating system; platform type; device type; software and hardware attributes; and cookies
Geolocation information such as city, state and ZIP code associated with your IP address
Internet network and device activity data such as your activity on https://horizon.ai/ including the pages you visit and for how long, the page that referred you to our Website, and links clicked on https://horizon.ai/, your activity with Horizon Robotics content including email, whether you opened it, access times, error logs, and other similar information. Please see our “Cookies and Similar Technologies Notice” found at https://horizon.ai/cookie-policy/ for further information.

We collect the following categories of personal information for marketing and advertising purposes:

Contact information such as your name, email address, and phone number
Demographic information such as age and gender
Device information and identifiers such as IP address; browser type and language; operating system; platform type; device type; software and hardware attributes; and cookies
Geolocation informationsuch as city, state and ZIP code associated with your IP address
Internet network and device activity data such as your activity on https://horizon.ai/ including the pages you visit and for how long, the page that referred you to our Website, and links clicked on https://horizon.ai/, your activity with Horizon Robotics content including email, whether you opened it, access times, error logs, and other similar information. Please see our “Cookies and Similar Technologies Notice” found at https://horizon.ai/cookie-policy/ for further information.

We collect the following categories of personal information (examples of which are provided above) for purposes of bug detection, error reporting, security, fraud detection, and legal compliance, or as directed by the user:

- Communications with Horizon Robotics
- Contact information
- Demographic information
- Device information and identifiers
- Geolocation information
- Internet network and device activity data
- Research, survey, or sweepstakes information
- User-generated content

Sources of the Information We Collect:

We receive the categories of information we collect from you and your device activity, and our affiliates.

Categories of third-parties to whom we disclose the information:

In addition to sharing information with our service providers as described above in the “How We Share Information” section, we may share the information we collect with entities, including government entities for legal purposes; with your consent; and entities in connection with the sale or transfer of the business or its assets. The CCPA sets forth certain obligations for businesses that “sell” personal information. We do not engage in such activity (and have not in the past twelve months) as we understand such term to be defined under applicable law.

Contact Us

You have legal rights in relation to the personal information we hold about you (to the extent permitted under applicable laws and regulations). You may request access or corrections to the data we process about you. You may opt out of receiving promotional messages from Horizon Robotics by following the instructions in those messages. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about our ongoing business relations.

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, or to exercise any of your rights and choices as described herein, please contact us by using the Contact Us form or send a letter to the mailing address below.