Privacy Policy

13 September 2022

BeyondCharging Inc (“BeyondCharging”, “we”, or “us”) recognizes the importance of privacy. We want you to feel confident using our services, and this privacy notice (“Privacy Notice” or “Notice”) is to help you understand and describe how we collect, use, and disclose your information.

Throughout this document, we will use a few terms to describe various products and roles. All of the text, data, information, software, graphics, photographs and more that we and our affiliates may make available to you, plus our websites and any services, plug-ins, software, or applications (including BeyondCharging for Chrome, BeyondCharging for Firefox, and any BeyondCharging applications) that we may provide all together constitute the BeyondCharging “Website.” BeyondCharging “Users” are the people who have created a BeyondCharging account. A BeyondCharging “viewer or visitor” is a person who visits the BeyondCharging Website but may or may not be a BeyondCharging User.

Any terms defined in the Terms of Use, End User License Agreement , and Data Processing Addendum and not otherwise defined in this Privacy Notice are hereby adopted by reference in this Privacy Notice.

Information We Collect

We collect information about you directly from you and automatically through your use of our software app. We may combine information automatically collected with other information that we have collected about you including from publicly available sources.

In order to help you protect yourself and your information, we encourage you to provide only that information that is necessary for using our application. For example, to register as a user you may only need to provide us with a name, vehicle type and specifications. While you are about to select a charging station you provide us with your current location and in a case of reservation provide us with the date and time.

BeyondCharging is not directed to children under thirteen (13) years of age and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under 13. If we discover that a child under 18 has provided us with Personal Information, we will promptly delete such Personal Information from our systems.

  • Information You Provide Voluntarily.
    BeyondCharging collects the following information, either directly from BeyondCharging Users, Invitees, or Viewers, or through third-parties regarding Users, invitees, or viewers.
  • Charging session
    A BeyondCharging user or a third-party may voluntarily provide us with information such as the current location and the state of charge if electric vehicle, which our algorithm uses to provide the user with different charging stations to choose from. The information includes the price of charging duration of charging and the location of the charging station. Any other information provided to us or as required by the BeyondCharging user for a charging session, pursuant to the BeyondChargingTerms of Use.
  • Scheduling and Reservation.
    A BeyondCharging user may connect their calendar with BeyondCharging. Our integration is used by users who have specific moments when they want to charge and can schedule such sessions through our reservation feature.
  • Billing Information.
    If you purchase a premium version of BeyondCharging, our third-party payment processors will collect and store your billing address and credit card information. We store the last four digits of your credit card number, card type, and the expiration date.
  • Information Collected Automatically.
    Like many websites, we and our Service Providers use Cookies, web beacons, and other technologies to receive and store certain types of information when you interact with us through your computer or mobile device subject to your opt-out preferences (see Your Rights and Choices section below). Using these technologies helps us customize your experience with our Website, improve your experience, and tailor marketing messages. Here are some of the types of information we collect:
  • Log & Device data.
    When you use BeyondCharging, our servers automatically record information (“log data”), including information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Website. This log data may include the web address you came from or are going to, your device model, operating system, browser type, unique device identifier, IP address, mobile network carrier, and time zone or location. Whether we collect some or all of this information often depends on what type of device you’re using and its settings. For example, different types of information are available depending on whether you’re using a Mac or PC, or an iPhone or an Android phone. To learn more about what information your device makes available to us, please check the policies of your device manufacturer or software provider.
  • Cookie data.
    Depending on how you’re accessing our services and subject to your opt-out preferences, we may use “Cookies” (a small text file sent by your computer each time you visit our Website, unique to your BeyondCharging account or your browser) or similar technologies to record log data. When we use Cookies, we may use ‘session’ Cookies (that last until you close your browser) or ‘persistent’ Cookies (that last until you or your browser deletes them). For example, we may use Cookies to keep you logged into BeyondCharging. Some of the Cookies we use are associated with your BeyondCharging account (including personal information about you, such as the email address you gave us), and other Cookies are not.
  • Other Web Site Analytics Services.
    Subject to your opt-out preferences (see ‘Your Rights and Choices’ below), we use third-party Service Providers such as Google Analytics to provide certain analytics and Viewer interactions services to BeyondCharging in connection with our operation of our Website, including the collection and tracking of certain data and information regarding the characteristics and activities of visitors to BeyondCharging. You may opt-out of relevant cookies using opt-out features on their respective websites.

    • How We Use Your Information.

    We may use information that we collect about you, including Personal Data, to:

  • Provide the BeyondCharging Service.
    We will use your information to provide our Website to you; including facilitating scheduling; managing your account; responding to your inquiries; and for other customer service and support purposes. We use the payment information you provide to us in order to alert you of past, current, and upcoming charges, to allow us to present the billing history to you on your billing page in the Website, and to perform internal financial processes, such as looking at the status of a credit card charge. In the event of a credit card dispute, we also share account information with your bank to verify the legitimacy of a charge.
  • Understand and improve our products.
    We will perform research and analysis about your use of, or interest in, our products, services, or content, or products, services or content offered by others. We do this to help make our products better and to develop new products.
  • Communicate with you.
    Service-related communications.
    We may send you service and administrative emails to ensure the service is working properly. We will also email you regarding your calendar appointments. These messages are considered part of the service and you may not opt out of these messages.

    Promotional.
    Subject to your opt-out preference, we may send you emails about new product features or other news about BeyondCharging or on topics we think would be relevant to you. You may opt out of receiving these communications at any time. Visit the ‘Your Rights and Choices’ section below. For BeyondCharging Invitees, please be assured that we do not use the email addresses that you enter to schedule a meeting with a BeyondCharging user to send any type of direct marketing.

    Responding to your requests.
    We will also use your information to respond to your questions or comments.

    Administrative.
    We may contact you to inform you about changes in your services, our service offering and other important service-related notices, such as changes to the Notice or about security or fraud notices.
  • Protecting Rights and Interests.
    We will use your information to protect our rights and interests as well as the rights and interests of our Users and any other person, as well as to enforce this Notice or our Terms of Use.
  • Legal Compliance.
    We may use your information to comply with applicable legal or regulatory obligations, including complying with requests from law enforcement or other governmental authorities, or in legal proceedings involving BeyondCharging.
  • Other.
    We also may use your information to manage our business or perform functions as otherwise described to you at the time of collection subject to your consent.

    • With Whom We May Share Your Information.

    We do not sell your information to any third parties or disclose it in exchange for money or other valuable consideration. We do not share your Personal Data with others except as indicated within this Notice, or when we inform you and give you an opportunity to opt-out of having your Personal Data shared.

    We may never use visitor or invitee data to send direct marketing via emails, SMS, physical mailings, or other similar communication channels to advertise or promote the use of our product and services or those of a third-party.

    We may share information we collect about you, including Personal Data, in the following ways:

  • With third-party Service Providers, agents, contractors, or government entities.
    We use other companies, agents, or contractors (“Service Providers”) to perform services on our behalf or to assist us with providing services to you:

    We may engage Service Providers to process credit card transactions or other payment methods. We may also engage Service Providers to provide services such as monitoring and developing BeyondCharging services; aiding in communications, infrastructure, and IT services; customer service; debt collection; analyzing and enhancing data. These Service Providers may have access to your personal or other information to provide these functions. In addition, some of the above-listed types of information that we request may be collected by third-party Service Providers on our behalf.

    We may share information with Service Providers and government entities for legal, security, and safety purposes. This includes sharing information in order to enforce policies or contracts, address security breaches, and assist in the investigation of fraud, security issues, or other concerns.

    We require Service Providers to agree to take reasonable steps to keep the Personal Data that we provide to them secure. We do not authorize them to use or disclose your Personal Data except in connection with providing their services.
  • Affiliates.
    We may disclose information to current or future affiliates or subsidiaries for research, marketing, and other purposes consistent with this Privacy Notice.

    We may share your data if we believe that disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation, legal, or governmental request; to respond to a subpoena, court order, warrant, or other legal process; to enforce applicable Terms of Use or this Notice, including investigation of potential violations thereof; to protect the safety, rights, or property of the public, any person, or BeyondCharging; to detect, prevent, or otherwise address, security or technical issues, illegal, or suspected illegal activities (including fraud); or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved, as part of a judicial or regulatory proceeding.

    If you are using BeyondCharging as a paid member of an organization or using your organization’s email domain (thereby representing yourself as a member of the organization), we may share your email address and plan information with an authorized agent of your company upon request in order for them to administer the account for the company.

    • Your Rights and Choices.

  • Account.
    In order to keep your Personal Data accurate and complete, you can log in to review and update your account information, including contact and billing information, via your account settings page. You may also contact us to request information about the personal data we have collected from you and to request the correction, modification, or deletion of such Personal Data. We will do our best to honor your requests subject to any legal and contractual obligations. If you would like to make a request, cancel your account or request we delete or no longer use your account information to provide you our Website, contact us via the address set forth at the end of this Notice. Subject to applicable law, we will retain and use your account information only as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
  • E-mail.
    As described above, if you do not wish to receive promotional emails from us, you may opt out at any time by following the opt-out Link contained in the email itself. Please note that it may take up to thirty (30) days to process your request. Please also note that if you opt out of receiving marketing communications from us, we may continue to send to you service-related emails which are not available for opt-out. If you do not wish to receive any service-related emails from us, you have the option to delete your account.
  • Cookies.
    You may also refrain from providing or may withdraw your consent for Cookies via your browser settings. Your browser’s help function should contain instructions on how to set your computer to accept all Cookies, to notify you when a Cookie is issued, or to not receive Cookies at any time. Please keep in mind that Cookies are required to authenticate BeyondCharging Users as well as perform some actions within BeyondCharging (such as to pay for an event as an Invitee via BeyondCharging), so in order to use the Website, some Cookies are often required. You may also manage the use of targeting, performance, and functional cookies on this website by clicking the Cookie Settings Link located on the footer of this page.

  • Third-party analytics services.

    • Some of the services used provide the ability to opt-out.

    You may opt out of Google Analytics’ services using the Opt-Out feature on their website. The Google Analytics service is provided by Google Inc. You can opt-out from Google Analytics service from using your information by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser tool: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser tool For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page. You may opt out of Clearbit’s services using their opt-out feature: Clearbit Opt-out For more information on the privacy practices of Clearbit, please visit their privacy policyYou may opt out of Facebook Pixel’s services using their opt-out feature: Facebook Pixel Opt-out For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit their Data Policy: Facebook Data Policy

  • Additional Rights.

    • Subject to local law, you may have additional rights under the laws of your jurisdiction regarding your personal data, such as the right to complain to your local data protection authority.

    Security and Storage of Information.

    We have taken reasonable steps to help protect the personal information we collect.

    BeyondCharging takes the security of your personal data very seriously. We work hard to protect the personal data that you provide from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, or disclosure. Given the nature of communications and information processing technology, there is no guarantee that personal data will be absolutely safe from access, alteration, or destruction by a breach of any of our physical, technical, and managerial safeguards.

    You should take steps to protect against unauthorized access to your device and account by, among other things, choosing a unique and complex password that nobody else knows or can easily guess and keeping your log-in and password private. We are not responsible for any lost, stolen, or compromised passwords or for any activity on your account via unauthorized password activity.

    We retain the personal data we collect for so long as is reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which the data was collected, to perform our contractual and legal obligations, and for any applicable statute of limitations periods for the purposes of bringing and defending claims.

    Third-Party Links.

    Our Website may contain Links to third-party websites and applications. Subject to your opt-out preferences (see Your Rights and Choices), we may also use third-party advertisers, ad networks, and other advertising, marketing, and promotional companies, to serve advertisements on our Website. Any access to and use of such Linked websites and applications is not governed by this Notice but instead is governed by the privacy policies of those third parties. We do not endorse these parties, their content, or any products and services they offer, and we do not endorse these parties, their content, or any products and services they offer, and we are not responsible for the information practices of such third-party websites or applications.

    Users Outside the USA.

    Our application and database servers are hosted on the cloud with a physical address for inquiries on business operations located in the United States.

    If you are an individual located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Canada, or another jurisdiction outside of the United States with laws and regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure that differ from United States laws, please be aware that information we collect (including through the use of methods such as Cookies and other web technologies) will be processed and stored in the United States or in other countries where we or our third-party Service Providers have operations. By submitting your personal data to BeyondCharging and using BeyondCharging, you expressly consent to have your personal data transferred to, processed, and stored in the United States or another jurisdiction that may not offer the same level of privacy protection as those in the country where you reside or are a citizen.

    In connection with the operation of its Website, BeyondCharging may transfer your personal data to various locations, which may include locations both inside and outside of the European Economic Area. We process personal data submitted relating to individuals in Europe via the Standard Contractual Clauses.

    Do Not Track.

    We do not currently recognize or respond to browser-initiated Do Not Track signals as there is no consistent industry standard for compliance.

    Changes to this Notice.

    This Notice is current as of the Effective Date set forth above. This Notice may change if there is a material change to the way information is handled at BeyondCharging, or to clarify our Notice or adjust clerical errors. If any changes are made, we’ll post them on this page, so please be sure to check back periodically. If you continue to use BeyondCharging after those changes are in effect, you agree to the revised Notice.

    Contacting Us.

    If you have any questions or comments about or outside of this Notice, please contact us at support@BeyondCharging.tech.