PRIVACY NOTICE

Thank you for visiting https://www.flightaware.com. FlightAware LLC is responsible for this website, including its mobile versions (the "Website"). FlightAware LLC and its affiliates (collectively, "FlightAware") are a part of Collins Aerospace, an operating unit of RTX Corporation ("RTX") (https://www.rtx.com). We are committed to respecting the privacy of our members and visitors.

DEFINITIONS

"Data Protection Laws" means laws relating to data protection and/or privacy, including all such laws governing use of Personal Information.

"Personal Information" is any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. With respect to your account, we may collect information during registration for a product or service that we provide or the purchase of a product or service, including names, e-mail addresses, e-mail preferences, account passwords, mailing addresses, and billing addresses.

WHAT DOES THIS PRIVACY NOTICE COVER?

This Privacy Notice describes our practices related to Personal Information collected through this Website, unless there is a separate privacy notice for a particular website, mobile version, or other item within our Website. Individual websites for FlightAware affiliates, services or products may adopt different privacy notices because the transactions taking place on those websites may be different. If those websites have their own privacy notice, the provisions of that notice apply to that website.

Our provision of links to other websites or locations is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such other websites or locations or their contents. We have no control over, do not review, and cannot be responsible for these outside websites or their content. Please be aware that this Privacy Notice does not apply to those outside websites.

This Privacy Notice applies through your use of our products or services, which are governed by United States law and applicable Data Protection Laws of other jurisdictions, Terms of Use and Terms and Conditions. This Privacy Notice applies regardless of the means used to access or provide information through the products or services. If you do not agree with this Privacy Notice, do not access or use our products or services or interact with any other aspect of our business.

BINDING CORPORATE RULES

Through RTX, FlightAware has adopted Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) as a mechanism to authorize the sharing of Personal Information between its businesses inside the European Union (EU) and its businesses located in other regions of the world. To read RTX’s Binding Corporate Rules, click here to select the version in the language of your choosing.

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DOES FLIGHTAWARE COLLECT?

If you choose not to provide any of the Personal Information requested, in certain cases, FlightAware may be unable to complete the transaction you have requested.

HOW DOES FLIGHTAWARE USE THE PERSONAL INFORMATION IT COLLECTS?

We may use your Personal Information for the following purposes, as well as for any other purpose to which you consent or is required by law:

Information that individuals submit to express interest in, or be considered for, an employment opportunity with FlightAware is covered by the applicable Job Applicant Privacy Notice.

WHERE AND HOW DOES FLIGHTAWARE STORE AND SECURE YOUR INFORMATION?

Because we are a global company, we may transfer your information from one legal entity to another or from one country to another to accomplish the purposes listed herein. Your Personal Information may be processed in countries (including the United States) where Data Protection Laws may be different or less stringent than in your home jurisdiction.

FlightAware relies on available legal mechanisms to enable the legal transfer of Personal Information across borders and ensure an adequate level of protection, as required by law. To the extent that FlightAware relies on the standard contractual clauses (also called the model clauses) or Binding Corporate Rules to authorize transfer, FlightAware will comply with those requirements, including where there may be a conflict between those requirements and this Privacy Notice.

We use data hosting service providers to host the information we collect. FlightAware has implemented technical, administrative and physical measures to safeguard any Personal Information that we may collect.

To prevent unauthorized or unlawful processing of Personal Information and to prevent accidental alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access, loss or destruction of, or damage to Personal Information, we implement appropriate security measures taking into account the sensitivity and risks of the processing concerned, the nature of the Personal Information concerned and applicable corporate policies. We implement policies to address data incidents that address the appropriate response to and remediation of any actual data incidents.

DOES FLIGHTAWARE SHARE THE INFORMATION IT COLLECTS WITH ANY THIRD PARTIES?

We share Personal Information with our trusted third parties, on an as-needed basis, to help us operate, provide, improve, integrate, customize, support and market our products and services, or for other business purposes consistent with applicable law. Such third parties and purposes include:

Your Personal Information may also be maintained and processed by our service providers in countries other than the one in which it was collected, such as the United States, member states of the European Union, Canada and other jurisdictions.

HOW LONG DOES FLIGHTAWARE RETAIN YOUR INFORMATION?

How long we keep information we collect about you depends on the type of information, as described in further detail below. After such time, we will either delete or anonymize your information or, if this is not possible (for example, because the information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your information and isolate it from any further use until deletion is possible or occurs in the ordinary course of business.

Unless otherwise required by law or to the extent we reasonably deem necessary to protect our rights, property, or safety, and the rights, property, and safety of our users, we will delete Personal Information when: (1) it is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed; (2) upon your request or when you withdraw your consent (where lawfulness of processing was based on your consent) and there is no other legal ground for the processing; (3) when you object to the processing and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing; and (4) when it is necessary to comply with legal obligations.

HOW DOES FLIGHTAWARE USE COOKIES OR OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

To manager your choices refer to How Can You Access, Modify, Rectify, and Correct Your Collected Information? section below.

WHAT ARE YOUR CHOICES REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION?

You have a variety of legal rights regarding the collection and processing of your Personal Information. You may exercise these rights, to the extent they apply to you under applicable Data Protection Laws, by contacting us as provided in the section How Can You Contact FlightAware? These rights vary depending on applicable Data Protection Laws, but may include:

You may request deletion of your account or Personal Information by us, but please note that we may be required (by law or otherwise) to keep this information and not delete it (or to keep this information for a certain time), in which case we will comply with your deletion request only after we have fulfilled such requirements.

To exercise any of your rights, please contact us using the options listed in the section How Can You Contact FlightAware? Note, however, that we may request certain reasonable, additional information (that may include Personal Information) to help us authenticate your request and/or to clarify or understand the scope of such requests.

HOW CAN YOU ACCESS, MODIFY, RECTIFY, AND CORRECT YOUR COLLECTED INFORMATION?

We strive to maintain the accuracy of any Personal Information collected from you and will use commercially reasonable efforts to respond promptly to update our records when you tell us your information is not accurate. However, we must rely on you to ensure that the information you provide to us is complete, accurate, up-to-date, and to inform us of any changes. Please review all of your information carefully before submitting it to us, and notify us as soon as possible of any updates or corrections as outlined in the section How Can You Contact FlightAware? If you wish to access, review, or make any changes to Personal Information we hold about you, you may contact us as provided below in the section How Can You Contact FlightAware?, or—for certain information—through your account on the products and services.

You may manage your online activities via Cookie Settings (provided at the footer of our Website). We currently comply with web browser’s "do not track" signals or similar mechanisms.

You can learn how to manage/delete cookies and adjust your settings through your own independent means. For example, refer to the links below to various industry help pages.

WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SHOULD SPECIFIC USERS KNOW?

Parents, guardians and children: This website is intended for visitors who are at least 16 years of age and the minimum age for legal consent in their jurisdiction of residence. FlightAware does not knowingly solicit information from, or market products or services to, children. If you do not meet the age requirements set out above, please do not enter your Personal Information on this or any other FlightAware website.

Residents of California:

California Shine the Light Law: California residents may annually request and obtain information that is shared with other businesses for their own direct marketing use within the prior calendar year.

California Consumer Privacy Act: California residents have the right to

If you are a California resident not covered by the exclusions mentioned above and you would like to exercise your rights, you should contact us either by calling 1-833-882-0003 or emailing us at [email protected]. Please provide your name, a way for FlightAware to contact you (such as an email address or telephone number) so that we can respond to your request, information about the nature of your relationship with us (for example, are you a visitor to our website or a customer), and details about the action that you would like us to take. Based on your request, we will investigate to determine if we have any of your Personal Information. If we do have your Personal Information (other than that provided in your request), we will seek to verify your identity based on the Personal Information that we already have; the data we will request will depend on the nature of the Personal Information we have about you. Once we verify your identity, we will provide you with a response, indicating how we will satisfy your request or why we cannot comply with your request.

Residents of the European Union and other countries with privacy laws: You have the right to lodge a complaint with your national or state supervisory authority. You also have the right to request access to and correction or erasure of your Personal Information, seek restrictions on or object to the processing of certain Personal Information, and seek data portability under certain circumstances. To contact FlightAware about a request to access, correct, erase, object or seek restrictions or portability, please use the contact methods indicated at the end of this notice.

Residents of the United States: FlightAware does not collect Social Security Numbers through www.flightaware.com.

Residents of Australia: Each RTX entity in Australia is an "APP entity" regulated by the provisions of the Privacy Act 1988 (Commonwealth of Australia) ("Australian Privacy Act"). References in this notice to RTX also relate to Australian subsidiaries in relation to all acts and practices of any of them in collection, handling, and disclosure of Personal Information about individuals in Australia. Where an Australian subsidiary discloses Personal Information about residents of Australia to an overseas recipient for any of the reasons described in this notice, it will take reasonable steps to ensure that the overseas recipient does not breach the Australian Privacy Act in relation to that information. Residents of Australia may e-mail [email protected] to access, correct or update your Personal Information, if you have questions about RTX’ privacy practices in general, or if you wish to make a complaint. If we take more than 30 days to respond or if you are dissatisfied with the outcome, you can make a complaint to the Privacy Commission in the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by post at GPO Box 5218, Sydney NSW 2001, by telephone at 1300 363 992, or by email at [email protected].

WHAT ABOUT THE PRIVACY ISSUES WITH TRACKING PRIVATE AIRCRAFT?

Please see the privacy section of our FAQ.

HOW MIGHT FLIGHTAWARE CHANGE THIS POLICY?

This Privacy Notice replaces all previous disclosures we may have provided to you about our information practices with respect to our products and services. To accommodate changes in our business, products, services, technology, and legal developments, we may add, change, or remove portions of this Privacy Notice as we feel it is appropriate to do so. Updated notices and disclosures will be posted to our website. We encourage you to review this Privacy Notice on a regular basis for any changes. The date of the latest version will be identified at the top of the Privacy Notice.

HOW CAN YOU CONTACT FLIGHTAWARE?

For any comments, questions, or suggestions about the use of your Personal Information or our privacy practices please email [email protected]. If you would like to contact the local Data Protection Officer for your country (to the extent applicable), please note that in your email, and your inquiry will be directed to the appropriate RTX person.

For information related to accessing correcting, deleting, or updating your FlightAware account, please email [email protected].

We will respond to your request or investigate your concern as quickly as possible.

Last Updated: December 19, 2023

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