Privacy

This Privacy Statement explains how SoC.one Inc. (“SoC.one,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, discloses, and otherwise handles personal information when you visit soc.one or other public websites that link to this Privacy Statement, communicate with us about our business, or otherwise interact with us in circumstances where this Privacy Statement is presented (collectively, the “Site”).

This Privacy Statement applies to the public Site and related business communications. Separate privacy terms or notices may apply to SoC.one products, hosted services, customer environments, employment or recruiting activities, events, or other offerings. Where SoC.one processes personal information on behalf of an enterprise customer under a contract, the customer generally determines the purposes and means of that processing and its agreement with SoC.one governs that processing.

1. Personal information we may collect

The personal information we collect depends on how you interact with us and may include the following categories.

Information you provide directly

When you contact SoC.one, request information, communicate with our personnel, or otherwise submit information to us, we may receive your name, business email address, telephone number, employer, job title, country or region, the subject of your inquiry, and the contents of your communications. If you choose to provide other information, we may process that information for the purpose for which you provided it.

Device, network, and website information

When you access the Site, our web infrastructure and service providers may automatically process technical information such as IP address, browser type and version, device type, operating system, referring page, requested pages, timestamps, approximate location inferred from IP address, HTTP headers, and diagnostic, security, and server-log information.

Business relationship information

If you interact with SoC.one in a professional capacity, we may maintain business contact information and records concerning our communications, meetings, requests, proposals, partnerships, evaluations, or other business interactions.

Information from third parties

We may receive business contact information from publicly available sources, business partners, event organizers, professional networks, service providers, or other persons who introduce you to SoC.one. We may combine such information with information we already maintain where permitted by law.

2. How we use personal information

We may use personal information to:

• operate, maintain, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the Site;
• respond to inquiries and provide information you request;
• communicate about SoC.one, our products, demonstrations, events, partnerships, and business opportunities where permitted by law;
• manage business relationships with customers, prospective customers, partners, suppliers, and other organizations;
• understand Site usage and improve Site performance and content;
• detect, investigate, prevent, and respond to fraud, abuse, security incidents, and technical problems;
• protect the rights, safety, property, and security of SoC.one, our users, customers, partners, and others;
• comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, and enforceable governmental requests;
• establish, exercise, or defend legal claims and enforce our agreements and policies; and
• carry out a corporate transaction such as a financing, merger, acquisition, restructuring, or sale of assets, subject to applicable legal requirements.

Where applicable law requires a legal basis for processing, our bases may include performance of a contract or steps requested before entering a contract, compliance with legal obligations, our legitimate interests in operating and securing our business and communicating with business contacts, and consent where required.

3. Cookies and similar technologies

The Site or the infrastructure used to deliver it may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary for core functionality, security, network management, or user preferences. We may also use analytics technologies if enabled on the Site to understand aggregate usage and improve performance.

Your browser may allow you to block or delete cookies. Disabling necessary technologies may affect Site functionality. Where applicable law requires consent for non-essential cookies or similar technologies, we will seek that consent before using them.

Browser-based “Do Not Track” signals are not interpreted uniformly across the industry. Where required by applicable law, we will honor legally recognized opt-out preference signals in the manner required by that law.

4. How we disclose personal information

We may disclose personal information to the following categories of recipients for the purposes described in this Privacy Statement:

Service providers

We may use vendors and service providers for website hosting, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, communications, analytics, customer relationship management, professional services, and other business operations. These providers may process personal information on our behalf subject to contractual or legal obligations appropriate to their role.

Business partners and parties you direct us to interact with

We may disclose information when necessary to coordinate an interaction, integration, event, evaluation, partnership, or other activity that you request or reasonably expect.

Professional advisers

We may disclose information to lawyers, accountants, auditors, insurers, financial advisers, and other professional advisers where reasonably necessary for their services.

Legal, safety, and security recipients

We may disclose information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to comply with law or legal process; respond to lawful requests from public authorities; enforce our agreements or policies; investigate or prevent fraud, security incidents, or unlawful activity; or protect the rights, property, safety, and security of SoC.one or others.

Corporate transactions

Personal information may be disclosed or transferred in connection with an actual or proposed merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, sale of assets, or similar corporate transaction, subject to applicable law.

5. Sale, sharing, and targeted advertising

SoC.one does not sell personal information for monetary consideration. Based on the public Site practices reflected in this Statement, we do not use personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising or targeted advertising as those concepts are defined by certain U.S. state privacy laws. If our practices materially change, we will update this Statement and provide any legally required choices before applying the new practice where required.

6. Data retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including to maintain business records, respond to inquiries, operate and secure the Site, comply with legal and contractual obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.

Retention periods vary depending on the nature of the information, the context in which it was collected, the sensitivity of the information, operational requirements, and applicable legal requirements. We may retain aggregated or de-identified information that no longer reasonably identifies an individual.

7. Data security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, acquisition, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. No method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

If you communicate with us electronically, you should not send highly sensitive, confidential, export-controlled, or security-sensitive information through ordinary website forms or email unless SoC.one has authorized that method for the information involved.

8. International data transfers

SoC.one is based in the United States and may use service providers located in the United States or other countries. As a result, personal information may be processed in jurisdictions whose privacy laws differ from those of your jurisdiction. Where required, we use legally recognized safeguards for cross-border transfers of personal information.

9. Children's privacy

The Site is intended for business and general informational audiences and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through the public Site. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us through the Site, please contact us so that we can evaluate and address the matter as required by law.

10. Your privacy rights and choices

Depending on where you reside and subject to applicable exceptions, you may have rights concerning your personal information. These may include rights to request access to or confirmation of personal information we process about you; obtain a copy of certain information; request correction or deletion; request portability; object to or restrict certain processing; withdraw consent where processing is based on consent; and appeal certain decisions concerning a privacy request.

Residents of U.S. states with comprehensive privacy laws may have some or all of these rights as provided by applicable law. California residents may also have rights to know the categories and specific pieces of personal information collected, the categories of sources and recipients, and the business or commercial purposes for collection, use, or disclosure, subject to statutory exceptions.

You may exercise an applicable privacy right by contacting [email protected] with the subject line Privacy Request. Please describe the right you wish to exercise and provide sufficient information for us to understand and appropriately verify the request. We will use information submitted with a request only as reasonably necessary to verify and process it.

Where permitted by law, an authorized agent may submit a request on your behalf. We may require evidence of the agent's authority and may need to verify your identity directly. We will not unlawfully discriminate against you for exercising an applicable privacy right.

If we deny a request and applicable law provides a right to appeal, you may submit an appeal to the same contact address with the subject line Privacy Appeal.

11. Marketing communications

If SoC.one sends you promotional email communications, you may opt out by using the unsubscribe mechanism included in the message, if present, or by contacting us. We may continue to send non-promotional communications that are necessary for an existing business relationship, transaction, security matter, or legal purpose.

12. Third-party websites and services

The Site may contain links to third-party websites, products, platforms, or services. This Privacy Statement does not govern those third parties. Their privacy practices are controlled by their own policies, and we encourage you to review them before providing personal information.

13. De-identified and aggregated information

We may create or use aggregated, statistical, or de-identified information for lawful business purposes such as analyzing Site performance, understanding usage trends, improving products and operations, and maintaining security. Where information has been de-identified as defined by applicable law, we will not attempt to re-identify it except as permitted by law.

14. Changes to this Privacy Statement

We may update this Privacy Statement from time to time to reflect changes in the Site, our practices, technology, or legal requirements. The “Last updated” date indicates when this Statement was most recently revised. If a change materially affects how we handle personal information, we will provide additional notice when required by applicable law.

15. Contact us

Questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Statement or SoC.one's handling of personal information may be sent to:

SoC.one Inc. California, United States Email: [email protected] Subject for privacy requests: Privacy Request