ECHO Smart Control Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to the use of the ECHO Smart Control, which includes the product and its mobile application (the “Service”). The Service is provided by CURT Manufacturing, LLC (“CURT” or “we”). This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we may collect from you, how we may use it, and the choices you have regarding our use of it. If you choose to use our Service, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

What Categories of Personal Information Does the Service Collect?

In order to provide you with our Services, we may collect certain information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a consumer or household (“Personal Information”). Personal Information does not include de-identified or aggregated consumer information, which is information in which identifiable information is removed and that cannot reasonably be used to identify an individual. We may use and share de-identified or aggregated information for any purpose.

Identifiers, such as name, user login IDs, or other similar identifiers.
Internet or other similar network activity, including information regarding your interaction with the mobile application. This information may include information about your device, such as: device identifier, model and device type, name and version of the operating system, mobile carrier, settings and language of the device, the frequency with which you use the application. We may collect this information in server logs, within the application, and using third party service providers.
Geolocation data is gathered to scan, connect and operate the trailer brake controller.

How Does the Service Use and Share Your Personal Information?

Identifiers: We may use your identifiers to provide you with the Service and to respond to any inquiries that you make to us about the Service. We may share these identifiers with service

providers as necessary to provide the Service to you.
Internet or other similar network activity: We may use your network activity information to research ways to improve the Service or to develop new products and services. We may share network activity with service providers as necessary to provide the Service to you.
Geolocation data is used solely to operate the application and provide the Service to you.

In addition, where consistent with the laws and regulations of the relevant jurisdiction, we may disclose Personal Information:

to provide Services requested by you, perform a contract with you, or to comply with a request by you;
to comply with a civil, criminal or regulatory inquiry, investigation, subpoena, or summons by federal, state, local or other governmental authorities;
to cooperate with law-enforcement agencies concerning conduct or activity that we believe may violate federal, state, or local laws, rules, or regulations;
to investigate, establish, exercise, prepare for, or defend legal claims;
as part of corporate restructuring, sale of assets, merger, or divestiture; or
to engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific or statistical research in the public interest that adhere to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws and is approved, monitored and governed by an institutional review board, or similar independent oversight entities;
to take immediate steps to protect an interest that is essential for the life or physical safety of an individual; or
to prevent, detect, protect against, or respond to security incidents, identity theft, fraud, harassment, malicious or deceptive activities, or any illegal activity; preserve the integrity or security of systems; or investigate, report, or prosecute those responsible for any such action.

Children’s Privacy

This Service is not directed at, and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from, anyone under the age of 13.

Security

We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information and we strive to use commercially reasonably means of protecting it. But please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Your Rights

You may have a right to request and receive information about our collection of your Personal Information or to delete Personal Information that we have collected about you. If you would like to contact us concerning those rights, please utilize the contact information provided below.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately after they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

Last updated: April 26, 2021

CURT Group built the CURT Group Brake Controller app as a Commercial app. This SERVICE is provided by CURT Group and is intended for use as is.

This page is used to inform visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our Service.

If you choose to use our Service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this policy. The Personal Information that we collect is used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which is accessible at CURT Group Brake Controller unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.

Information Collection and Use

For a better experience, while using our Service, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information. The information that we request will be retained by us and used as described in this privacy policy.

The app does use third-party services that may collect information used to identify you.

Link to the privacy policy of third party service providers used by the app

Google Play Services

Location Permissions

This app collects location data to scan, connect and operate the trailer brake controller. The location data is used solely to operate the app.

Log Data

We want to inform you that whenever you use our Service, in a case of an error in the app we collect data and information (through third party products) on your phone called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your device Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, device name, operating system version, the configuration of the app when utilizing our Service, the time and date of your use of the Service, and other statistics.

Cookies

Cookies are files with a small amount of data that are commonly used as anonymous unique identifiers. These are sent to your browser from the websites that you visit and are stored on your device's internal memory.

This Service does not use these “cookies” explicitly. However, the app may use third party code and libraries that use “cookies” to collect information and improve their services. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies and know when a cookie is being sent to your device. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of this Service.

Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:

To facilitate our Service;
To provide the Service on our behalf;
To perform Service-related services; or
To assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

We want to inform users of this Service that these third parties have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.

Security

We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Links to Other Sites

This Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

These Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.