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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: November 5, 2021

Alderon Industries, Inc. manufactures water and wastewater control systems (“Products”) and provides cellular and internet-based services for the monitoring and management of certain Products (“Services”) on a subscription basis The Services may be made available through the website currently at portal.vizzy.site, through any optimized version of this website via a wireless device, or via mobile applications that we make available.

Alderon Industries, Inc. (“we,” “us” or “Alderon”) values your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect and handle information that we receive through the Services.

By accessing or using the Services, you consent to the collection, use, sharing and maintenance of your information by us as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to our collection, use, sharing or maintenance of your information as described below, you may not use the Services.

We reserve the right to change and update this Privacy Policy and such updated versions will be communicated within the Services or via e-mail or other methods. By continuing to use the Services after this Privacy Policy is updated, you consent to any such updated version of this Privacy Policy. In addition to this Privacy Policy, your access and use of the Services is governed by our Terms of Service.

How we collect and Use Information

Personally Identifiable Information. We collect personally identifiable information such as your name, contact information, company information or payment card information when you provide it to us directly, such as when you:

• Register and create an account to use the Services
• Purchase a subscription to the Services
• Email, call or communicate with us
• Sign up for email updates
• Inquire about the Services
• Contact us to request more information about the Services

Product Information. We also collect information about the Products associated with your account and Services. Through delivery of the Services, we monitor and receive information about Product use and function in order to facilitate your monitoring and management of your Products.

[User Contributions. Our Services may now, or in the future, include public forums for users to post and share information. You also may, at your option, choose to provide, upload, submit, store, send content and data, or other information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, "posted") on public areas of the Services, or transmitted to other users of the Services or third parties (collectively, "User Contributions"). Any User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. We cannot control the actions of other users of the Services with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons or that User Contributions will not be re-distributed to a wider audience. All User Contributions are deemed public and non-confidential information.]

Use of Your Personally Identifiable Information and Product Information

You agree that we may contact you through any and all contact information you provide to us. You also acknowledge and agree that we may use personally identifiable information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including personal information, as follows:

• To present, provide and deliver the Services to you or your company;
• To run reports on your Product usage;
• To facilitate your management of your Products;
• To process and complete transactions you have requested;
• To send you related information, including purchase confirmations, invoices, updates, security alerts and support and administrative messages;
• To respond to your comments and questions and otherwise provide customer service;
• To send you communications about Alderon and partner products, services, offers, promotions, news, upcoming events and geographically relevant information;
• To maintain and administer your account;
• To notify you about changes to the Services;
• To allow you to participate in interactive features on the Services;
• To present content and advertising that is customized to your interests;
• To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it;
• For any other purpose with your consent.

Sharing of Your Personally Identifiable Information or Product Information

We may share your information, including personal information, with our partners, subsidiaries, affiliates, contractors, service providers, buyer or successor in interest, and other third parties that support our business, including payment card processing companies.

We may share your information, including personal information, with any third parties who manufactured or sold the Product associated with your account. We may communicate information regarding your battery or product to these third parties for the purposes of contacting you regarding your battery or product, such as when it is recommended that your battery or product be replaced. In general, we require our third party service providers and vendors to restrict their use of such personally identifiable information received through our Services to the intended purposes.

We may also disclose your information, including personal information: (i) to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request; (ii) to enforce or apply our Terms of Service and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes; (iii) in the event of a merger, acquisition, change of control or other reorganization of Alderon; (iv) and if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Alderon, our customers, or others.

We may also share aggregated data about our users that does not identify any individual, with third parties without restriction.

Non-Personal Information

All non-personal information collected through the Services may be used and shared by us without any restriction.

The Services automatically collects certain standard internet log information that you do not visibly enter, such as your IP address, browser type, click stream data, HTTP protocol elements, and the status of cookies placed on your computer by Alderon.

In addition, in order to manage and improve our Services, we or our service providers may certain technologies such as cookies (small packets of information that are stored by your web browser) or web beacons (electronic images that allow us to count visitors who have accessed a webpage). These tools do not identify you personally and allow us to track and analyze aggregated usage data about our Services and its use.

Our Services may also use third party analytics vendors such as Google Analytics. Please click here for more information about how data is collected and processed in connection with the Google Analytics service: https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners. We and our third party vendors or partners use analytics data for a variety of purposes such as to improve the design and content of our Services and understand what users like to see.

You may choose to block or disable cookies from your device using your browser settings or options. However, this may impact your user experience and parts of the Services may not work for you. You cannot remove or block web beacons as they form part of the content of the web pages, however because they work in conjunction with cookies, turning off cookies will prevent web beacons from tracking your user activity on our site. The beacon can still account for an anonymous visit, but your unique information will not be recorded.

Do Not Track Disclosure. We may use the above technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party services or other online services. The Services does not monitor for or behave differently if your computer transmits a “do not track” or similar beacon or message.

Opt Out Tools and Choices. Some tools permit personalization of content viewed by you (for example, Google has tools that aim to deliver to you advertisements that reflect your interests or past browsing history). We may, now or in the future, make use of some of these tools. If you do not wish to participate in history/behavioral tracking to provide tailored content and advertising, you may opt-out by visiting the linked site below (current as of the last-update of this Privacy Policy, but subject to change by the applicable third party).

• Google’s Ads Settings https://www.google.com/settings/u/0/ads/authenticated or https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
• DoubleClick https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin
• NAI opt-out. http://optout.networkadvertising.org/#!/

Additional opt-out mechanisms and tools that may be of interest to you include:

• The Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal. http://optout.aboutads.info/
• The Direct Marketing Association’s opt-out tool. https://dmachoice.thedma.org/

Geographic Restrictions; Data Processing in the United States

The Services are not intended for access and use by visitors located outside of the United States or Canada. Alderon and its servers and technology supporting the Services are located in the United States. Information collected through the Services is processed, transmitted and stored in the United States. If you submit any personal information through the Services or our website (for example, if you provide your email in order to request materials) you understand that you are voluntarily consenting to the transmission of such information to a company in the United States and your information will be stored and processed in the United States. You acknowledge and consent to such collection, process, transmission and storage of your information in the United States.

Updating Your Personal Information

If you would like to update or correct your account information, go to your My Account page. To protect your privacy, you will be asked to enter your password upon submitting any updates or changes to your profile. You may also send us an email at developer@alderonind.com to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. In each such case, you must clearly identify the information that you wish to have changed or clearly indicate that you wish to have your personal information removed from our database. Note that despite any request for a change to or removal of your personal information, we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes, and there may also be residual information that will remain within our databases and other records, which will not be removed or changed.

Your Communication Choices

You may opt out of receiving promotional emails from Alderon by following the unsubscribe instructions contained in those emails. You may also change your communication preferences in your My Account profile. Should you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, including emails regarding your purchases, account, or other ongoing business relations.

Children’s Online Privacy

The Services are not designed for, or directed at, children 13 years of age or younger and Alderon will not intentionally collect or maintain information about anyone under this age. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we have received or collected information from or about a child under the age of 13 through the Services, please contact us at developer@alderonind.com.

California Privacy Notice

California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 provides certain rights to California residents, including the right to request information from a business, with whom the California resident has an established business relationship, regarding the business’s disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the immediately preceding year. To make such a request pursuant to Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, please send an email to developer@alderonind.com.

Canadian Privacy Notice

Certain Canadian laws, including Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act ((S.C. 2000, c. 5) (“PIPEDA”), provide certain rights to Canadian residents including the right to request information from an organization about the existence, use or disclosure of such resident’s personal information, to request access to that information, and to challenge the accuracy and completeness of the information and have it amended as appropriate. If you are a Canadian resident and would like to make a request regarding your information that under our control, please contact us at:

[Title]
[Address]
[E-Mail Address]

We will attempt to respond to your request within a reasonable time. Such response will be at minimal or no cost to you.

Security of Your Information

We use reasonable security measures and safeguards designed to protect personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction while it is under our control. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to the Services. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Services.

Scope of Privacy Policy and Updates

This Privacy Policy does not apply to third party apps, websites or tools that may be linked to our website, mobile application or the Services.. If you click on these links, you may be directed to a third party site which are governed by its own terms of use and privacy policy. We encourage you to review such third party’s terms of use and privacy policies.

We reserve the right to change and update this Privacy Policy and such updated versions will be communicated within the Services or via e-mail or other methods. By continuing to use the Services after this Privacy Policy is updated, you consent to any such updated version of this Privacy Policy.

Contact Us

For questions, comments or concerns about this Privacy Policy or about our privacy practices, please contact us at developer@alderonind.com.

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