Viasat General Privacy Notice,Viasat, Inc.
and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, “Viasat,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respect and ,value your privacy.
In this General Privacy Notice (“Notice”), we describe our information practices with ,respect to the general Viasat websites that post this Notice, which include but are not limited to ,www.viasat.com, www.exede.com, and www.wildblue.com(the “Sites”), and information that we ,obtain from individuals who otherwise interact with Viasat, but who are not customers of our internet ,services and related products and services (the “Services”) (“Subscribers”).
This Notice excludes ,Subscriber-only access areas thereof that post a different privacy policy or notice such as ,http//mail.exede.netor http://account.viasat.com(“Customer Portals”).
The privacy policies or notices ,applicable to Subscribers can be found on our Subscriber websites and Customer Portals (“Subscriber ,Privacy Policies”).
By accessing the Sites, or for non-Subscribers by interacting with Viasat in any way, ,including but not limited to through phone, email, or mail, you consent to our data collection, use and ,disclosure practices as described in this Notice.,INFORMATION WE COLLECT, SOURCES,AND HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION,ADVERTISEMENTS AND ANALYTICS,INFORMATION DISCLOSURE,TRANSFER OF INFORMATION,DATA SECURITY,LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES AND THIRD-PARTY SERVICES,SPECIAL INFORMATION FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS,OUR COMMITMENT TO CHILDREN’S PRIVACY,CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE,CHOICES REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION,HOW TO CONTACT US,INFORMATION WE COLLECT, SOURCES,AND HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION,Information You Provide to Us,Information we, our service providers and/or third-party services may collect may include: (1) personally ,identifiable information, which is information that identifies you personally, such as your first and last ,name, e-mail address, phone number, and address (“Personal Information”).
and (2) demographic ,information, such as your gender, age, zip code, interests, and inquiries (“Demographic Information”).
,Except to the extent required by applicable law, Demographic Information is “non-Personal ,Information” (i.e., data that is not Personal Information under this Notice).
In addition, Personal ,Information, once “de-identified” (i.e., the removal or modification of the personally identifiable ,elements, or the extraction of non-personally identifiable elements) is also non-Personal Information ,and may be used and shared without obligation to you, except as prohibited by applicable law.
To the ,extent any non-Personal Information is combined by or on behalf of us with Personal Information we ,collect directly from you we will treat the combined data as Personal Information under this Privacy ,Notice.
,Generally, you may interact with us, including browsing through the Sites, without giving us any ,Personal Information about yourself.
When you request information about our products, services, or ,events, you may voluntarily provide us with Personal Information, including your name, address, phone ,number and/or email address.
We use the Personal Information that you provide to respond to your ,information requests regarding our Services, and may also use it for any other purposes not prohibited ,by applicable law or inconsistent with this Notice or representations made by us in writing at the time of ,collection.
provided, however, that Subscriber information may be subject to additional terms set forth ,in the applicable Subscriber Privacy Policies.
,We reserve the right to collect, use, share and transfer non-Personal Information to the fullest extent ,not prohibited by applicable law or inconsistent with this Notice or representations made by us in ,writing at the time of collection.
provided, however, that Subscriber information may be subject to ,additional terms set forth in the applicable Subscriber Privacy Policies.
We will retain your Personal ,Information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice, as needed to ,provide Services and to comply with our legal obligations.,Information You Post and Other User Posts,Any comments or information that you post on public websites, including the Sites, is publicly available ,and may be viewed, collected and used by others, including Viasat, except as may be prohibited by ,applicable law.
Viasat is not responsible for the privacy of any information that you choose to post on ,the Sites or for the accuracy of any information contained in those postings.,Information Automatically Collected,We, our service providers, and/or third-party services may also automatically collect certain information ,about you when you access or use the Sites or otherwise contact us (“Usage Information”).
Usage ,Information may include IP address, device identifier, browser type, operating system, information ,about your use of the Sites, and data regarding network connected hardware (e.g., computer or mobile ,device).
Except to the extent required by applicable law (e.g., an IP address in certain jurisdictions), or to ,the extent Usage Information is combined by or on behalf of Personal Information that is subject to this ,Notice, we do not consider Usage Information (excluding, unique device identifiers) to be Personal ,Information subject to our description of data practices under this Notice and we reserve the right to ,collect, use, share and transfer Usage Information to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law ,or inconsistent with this Notice or representations made by us in writing at the time of collection.
,provided, however, that Subscriber information may be subject to additional terms set forth in the ,applicable Subscriber Privacy Policies.
,For instance, when you interact with Viasat, we may automatically collect information on you regarding ,how you contacted us.
This information may include your method of contacting us (email address or ,phone number), the date and time you contacted us, and the frequency to which you have contacted us.
,In addition, Viasat may collect and store the contents of those interactions that you’ve had with us.
,The cookies, tracking pixels, or similar now and hereafter known technologies or services (“Tracking ,Technologies”) on our Sites may collect Usage Information about your activities and interactions with us ,and the Sites.
For instance, we may use third-party services, such as Google Analytics, that use Tracking ,Technologies to conduct analytics of our Sites, and we, our service providers and third-party services ,may automatically collect Usage Information about your use of the Sites, including the areas or pages of ,the Sites that you visit, the amount of time you spend using the Sites, the number of times you return, ,and other Site usage data.
This information helps us to trackand understand how visitors use our Sites, ,and improve the performance and user experience of our Sites.
,Some information about your use of the Sites and certain third-party services may be collected using ,Tracking Technologies across time and services,and used by us and third parties for purposes such as to ,associate different devices you use, and deliver relevant ads and/or other content to you on the Service ,and certain third-party services.
See below regarding certain choices you may have regarding these ,activities.,Disabling Cookies and How We Respond to Do Not Track Signals,Regular cookies may generally be disabled or removed by tools available as part of most commercial ,browsers, and in some instances blocked in the future by selecting certain settings.
Browsers offer ,different functionalities and options so you may need to set them separately.
Also, tools from ,commercial browsers may not be effective with regard to Flash cookies (also known as locally shared ,objects), HTML5 cookies, or other Tracking Technologies.
For information on disabling Flash cookies, go ,to Adobe’s website http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/disable-local-shared-objects-flash.html.
,Please be aware that if you disable or remove these technologies, some parts of the Sites may not work ,and that when you revisit the Sites your ability to limit browser-based Tracking Technologies is subject ,to your browser settings and limitations.
,Your browser settings may allow you to automatically transmit a “Do Not Track” signal to online services ,you visit.
Note, however, there is no consensus among industry participants as to what “Do Not Track” ,means in this context.
Like many online services, we currently do not alter our practices when we ,receive a “Do Not Track” signal from a visitor’s browser.
,One way to potentially identify cookies on our website is to add the free Ghostery plug-in to your ,browser (www.ghostery.com) which according to Ghostery will display for you traditional, browser-,based cookies associated with the websites (but not mobile apps) you visit and privacy and opt-out ,policies and options of the parties operating those cookies.
We are not responsible for the completeness ,or accuracy of this tool or third-party choice notices or mechanisms.
For specific information on some of ,the choice options offered by third party analytics and advertising providers, see the next section.,ADVERTISEMENT AND ANALYTICS,We may use third parties such as network advertisers to assist us in displaying our advertisements on ,third-party websites, and to evaluate the success of our advertising campaigns.
Some of these ads may ,be tailored to your interestsbased on your browsing of the Sites and elsewhere on the internet, ,sometimes referred to as “interest-based advertising” and “online behavioral advertising” (“Interest-,based Advertising”), which may include sending you an ad on a third-party service afteryou have left the ,Site (i.e., “retargeting”).
This enables us to target our advertisements for our products and services.
,Third-party ad network providers, advertisers, sponsors and/or traffic measurement services may use ,cookies, JavaScript, web beacons (including clear GIFs), Flash LSOs and other Tracking Technologies to ,measure the effectiveness of the ads they place for us and to personalize advertising content.
The ,practices related to these third-party cookies and other Tracking Technologies are governed by each ,applicable third party’s specific privacy policy, not this Notice.
,You may choose whether to receive some Interest-based Advertising by submitting opt-outs.
Some of ,the advertisers and service providers that perform advertising-related services for us and third parties ,may participate in the Digital Advertising Alliance’s (“DAA”) Self-Regulatory Program for Online ,Behavioral Advertising.
To learn more about how you can exercise certain choices regarding Interest-,based Advertising, visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/and http://www.aboutads.info/appchoices,for information on the DAA’s opt-out program for mobile apps.
Some of these companiesmay also be ,members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”).
To learn more about the NAI and your opt-out ,options for their members, see http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/.
Please beaware that, ,even if you are able to opt out of certain kinds of Interest-based Advertising, you may continue to ,receive other types of ads.
Opting out only means that those selected members should no longer deliver ,certain Interest-based Advertising to you, but does not mean you will no longer receive any targeted ,content and/or ads (e.g., from other ad networks).
Also, if your browsers are configured to reject ,cookies when you visit these opt-out webpages, or you subsequently erase your cookies, use a different ,device or web browser or use a non-browser-based method of access (e.g., mobile app), your NAI / DAA ,browser-based opt-out may not, or may no longer, be effective.
We support the ad industry’s Self-,regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising ,(https://digitaladvertisingalliance.org/sites/aboutads/files/DAA_files/seven-principles-07-01-09.pdf) and ,expect that ad networks we directly engage to serve you Interest-based Advertising will do so as well, ,though we cannot guaranty their compliance.
,You may exercise choices regarding the use of cookies from Google Analytics by going to ,https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptoutor downloading the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-,on.
You may exercise choices regarding the use of cookies from Adobe Analytics by going to ,http://www.adobe.com/privacy/opt-out.html.,We are not responsible for the completeness or accuracy of these third-party tools or third-party choice ,notices or mechanisms.,INFORMATION DISCLOSURE,Viasat may disclose the Personal Information we collect from and about you for the following business ,and commercial purposes: (1) to our employees or third-party vendors, agents, service providers or ,contractors, if the disclosure will enable them to perform a business, professional or technical support ,function for us.
(2) with your consent, to third parties who may sell you ancillary or competing services.
,(3) to respond to legal process or provide information to law enforcement or regulatory agencies or in ,connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety, as permitted by law, or otherwise ,as required by law.
and (4) as otherwise described to you at the point of collection.
provided, however, ,that Subscriber Personal Information may be subject to additional terms set forth in the applicable ,Subscriber Privacy Policies.
,Also, Viasat may sell or purchase assets during the normal course of our business.
If another entity ,acquires us or any of our assets, information we have collected about you may be transferred to such ,entity.
In addition, if any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding is brought by or against us, then such ,information may be considered an asset of ours and may be sold or transferred to third parties.,TRANSFER OF INFORMATION,Your information is stored on servers in the United States.
If you are located outside of the United ,States, please note that information we collect will be transferredto and processed in the United States, ,using appropriate safeguards when necessary.,DATA SECURITY ,Viasat has taken certain physical, administrative, and technical steps to safeguard the Information we ,collect from and about visitors to our Sites.
While we seek to ensure the integrity and security of our ,network and systems, we cannot guarantee the security of the information you transmit to us.
We ,encourage you to take precautions to protect your personal data when you are on the Internet.,LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES AND THIRD-PARTY SERVICES,The Service may include hyperlinks to, or include on or in connection with, the Sites (e.g., apps and plug-,ins), websites, locations, platforms, applications or services operated by third parties (“third-party ,service(s)”).
These third-party services may use their own cookies, web beacons, and other Tracking ,Technologyto independently collect information about you and may solicit Personal Information from ,you.
,Certain functionalities on the Sites may permit interactions that you initiate between the Sites and ,certain third-party services, such as third-party social networks (“Social Features”).
Examples of Social ,Features include: enabling you to send content between the Sites and a third-party service.
“liking” or ,“sharing” our content.
and to otherwise connect the Sites with a third-party service (e.g., to pull or push ,information to or from the Sites).
If you use Social Features, and potentially other third-party services, ,information you post or provide access to may be publicly displayed on the Sites or by the third-party ,service that you use.
Similarly, if you post information on a third-party service that references us or the ,Sites (e.g., by using a hashtagassociated with Viasat in a tweet or status update), your post may be used ,on or in connection with the Sites or otherwise by us.
Also, both Viasat and the third party may have ,access to certain information about you and your use of the Sites and any third-party service.
,Except to the extent we combine information we receive from third-party services, or other third ,parties, with Personal Information governed by this Notice, data obtained by us from a third party, even ,in association with the Sites is not subject to our limitations regarding data governed under this Notice, ,however such data remains subject to any restrictions imposed on us by the third party, if any.
,Otherwise, the information collected, stored, and shared by third parties remains subject to their ,privacy policies and practices, including whether they continue to share information with us, the types ,of information shared, and your choices on what is visible to others on third-party services.
,We are not responsible for, and make no representations regarding, the policies or business practices of ,any third parties, including, without limitation, analytics service providers and third-party services ,associated with the Sites and encourage you to familiarize yourself with and consult their privacy ,policies and terms of use.,SPECIAL INFORMATION FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS,We do not share personal information as defined by California Civil Code Section 1798.83 (“Shine the ,Light law”) with third parties for their direct marketing purposes absent your consent.
To opt-out of ,future sharing with third parties for their direct marking purposes, contact us privacy@viasat.com.
If you ,are a California resident, you may request information about our compliance with the Shine the Light ,law by contacting us at Viasat@privacy.com or by sending a letter to Viasat, Inc., P.O.
Box 4427, ,Englewood, CO 80155 (Attention: Legal Counsel).
Any such request must include "California Privacy ,Rights Request" in the first line of the description and include your name, street address, city, state, and ,ZIP code.
Please note that we are only required to respond to one request per customer each year.,California residents also may exercise the following rightsunder the California Consumer Privacy Act ,(CCPA):,Up to two times each year, you may request that we disclose to you the categories and specific ,pieces of personal information that we have collected about you, the categories of sources from ,which your personal information is collected, the business or commercial purpose forcollecting ,your personal information, the categories of personal information that we disclosed for a ,business purpose, the categories of third parties with whom we have shared your personal ,information, any categories of personal information about you that we sold, and the business or ,commercial purpose for selling your personal information, if applicable.,You may request that we delete personal information that we have collected from you, subject ,to certain exceptions.,To exercise your rights, you can contact us at privacy@viasat.comor by calling us at 1-855-463-9333.
If ,you exercise any of your rights, we will not discriminate against you, such as by denying you access to ,our services or restricting your access to products or services of a certain price or quality.,For purposes of compliance with theCCPA, we make the following disclosures:,We collect the following categories of personal information: Identifiers, personal information ,described in Cal.
Civ.
Code 1798.80, internet or other electronic network activity information, ,characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law, commercial ,information, and inferences drawn from the preceding categories of personal information.,We disclose the following categories of personal information for a business purpose: Identifiers, ,personal information described in Cal.
Civ.
Code 1798.80, internet or other electronic network ,activity information.,We do not sell your personal information.,OUR COMMITMENT TO CHILDREN’S PRIVACY,Protecting children’s privacy is important to us.
We do not direct the Sites to, nor do we knowingly ,collect any personal information from, children under the age of thirteen.,CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE,Viasat may amend this Notice from time to time.
When we do, we will post the change(s) on the Sites.
In ,some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our homepage or ,sending you an email notification).
However, we will not treat your previously collected Personal ,Information that is governed by this Notice, to the extent it is not collected under the new privacy ,policy, in a manner materially different than represented at the time it was collected without your ,consent.,CHOICES REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION,To the extent provided by the law of your jurisdiction, you may have the right to: (a) access certain ,Personal Information we maintain about you.
(b) exercise your right to data portability.
(c) request that ,we update, correct, amend, erase, or restrict your Personal Information.
(d) withdraw your consent ,previously given.
(e) request that we not share your Personal Information with third parties for ancillary ,or competing services.
and/or (f) object at any time to the processing of your Personal Information on ,legitimate grounds relating to your particular situation.
We will comply with such requests to the extent ,required by the applicable law of your jurisdiction, but may not accommodate a request if we believe ,the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.
We may ,take steps to verify your identity before granting you access to your information.
We may apply a ,charge, to the extent permitted by applicable law, before we provide you with a copy of any of your ,Personal Information we maintain.
You may, depending on your location, have a right to file a complaint ,with a government regulator if you are not satisfied with our response.,Note: If you choose not to provide us with certain information or to turn off or limit certain Tracking ,Technologies (such as cookies), we may not be able to offer you certain Services, or you may not be ,able to access certain features of the Services, or the Services may not function properly or at all.,HOWTO CONTACT US,If you have any questions that you would like to ask about this Notice, about our handling of the ,Information collected on our Sites, or with a request relating to the section entitled Choices Regarding ,Your Information, please contact us at privacy@viasat.com.,Last Update:June 25,2020