Privacy Policy for AOI Technologies
Last updated: June 24, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.
We use Your Personal Data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Table of Contents
Interpretation and Definitions
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Use of Your Personal Data
Retention of Your Personal Data
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Delete Your Personal Data
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
Security of Your Personal Data
Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data
GDPR Privacy
CCPA/CPRA Privacy Notice (California Privacy Rights)
Children's Privacy
Links to Other Websites
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Contact Us
Interpretation and Definitions
Interpretation
The words whose initial letters are capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
Account: A unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
Affiliate: An entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest, or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
Business: For the purpose of CCPA/CPRA, refers to the Company as the legal entity that collects Consumers' personal information and determines the purposes and means of the processing of Consumers' personal information, or on behalf of which such information is collected and that alone, or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of consumers' personal information, that does business in the State of California.
CCPA and/or CPRA: Refers to the California Consumer Privacy Act (the "CCPA") as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (the "CPRA").
Company: (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Privacy Policy) refers to AOI Technologics, 2108 N ST STE N SACRAMENTO, CA 95816. For the purposes of the GDPR, the Company is the Data Controller.
Consumer: For the purpose of the CCPA/CPRA, means a natural person who is a California resident. A resident, as defined in the law, includes (1) every individual who is in the USA for other than a temporary or transitory purpose, and (2) every individual who is domiciled in the USA who is outside the USA for a temporary or transitory purpose.
Cookies: Small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device, or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
Country: Refers to: California, United States.
Data Controller: For the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.
Device: Any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cell phone, or a digital tablet.
Do Not Track (DNT): A concept that has been promoted by US regulatory authorities, in particular the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites.
GDPR: Refers to the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
Personal Data (or "Personal Information"): Any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
For GDPR purposes: Personal Data means any information relating to You such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity.
For CCPA/CPRA purposes: Personal Data means any information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with You.
We use "Personal Data" and "Personal Information" interchangeably unless a law uses a specific term.
Service: Refers to the Website.
Service Provider: Any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service, or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used. For the purposes of the GDPR, Service Providers are considered Data Processors.
Usage Data: Refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Website: Refers to AOI Technologics, accessible from https://aoitechnology.com/.
You: The individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable. Under GDPR, You can be referred to as the Data Subject or as the User.
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
Email address
First name and last name
Usage Data
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. It may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device's unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit Our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies We use include beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service.
Cookies or Browser Cookies: A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service.
Web Beacons: Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics.
Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.
Where required by law, we use non-essential cookies (such as analytics, advertising, and remarketing cookies) only with Your consent. You can withdraw or change Your consent at any time using Our cookie preferences tool (if available) or through Your browser/device settings. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
Types of Cookies We Use:
Necessary / Essential Cookies
Type: Session Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: Essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts.
Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: Identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
Functionality Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: Allow Us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference.
For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of Our Privacy Policy.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
To manage Your Account: To manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service.
For the performance of a contract: The development, compliance, and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items, or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
To contact You: By email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products, or contracted services, including security updates.
To provide You with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events which We offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or inquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
For business transfers: We may use Your Personal Data to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets.
For other purposes: Such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing, and your experience.
Sharing of Personal Data
We may share Your Personal Data in the following situations:
With Service Providers: To monitor and analyze the use of our Service, or to contact You.
For business transfers: In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition.
With Affiliates: We will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.
With business partners: To offer You certain products, services, or promotions.
With other users: If Our Service offers public areas, when You share Personal Data or otherwise interact in public areas, such information may be viewed by all users.
With Your consent: We may disclose Your Personal Data for any other purpose with Your consent.
Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
Where possible, We apply shorter retention periods and/or reduce identifiability by deleting, aggregating, or anonymizing data. Unless otherwise stated, the retention periods below are maximum periods.
Specific Retention Periods:
User Accounts: Retained for the duration of your account relationship plus up to 24 months after account closure to handle any post-termination issues or resolve disputes.
Support tickets and correspondence: Up to 24 months from the date of ticket closure to resolve follow-up inquiries, track service quality, and defend against potential legal claims.
Chat transcripts: Up to 24 months for quality assurance and staff training purposes.
Website analytics data (cookies, IP addresses, device identifiers): Up to 24 months from the date of collection.
Server logs (IP addresses, access times): Up to 24 months for security monitoring and troubleshooting purposes.
Usage Data is retained in accordance with the retention periods described above, and may be retained longer only where necessary for security, fraud prevention, or legal compliance.
Exceptions for Extended Retention: We may retain Personal Data beyond the periods stated above for:
Legal obligation: E.g., retaining financial records for tax authorities.
Legal claims: Data necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
Your explicit request: You ask Us to retain specific information.
Technical limitations: Data exists in backup systems scheduled for routine deletion.
Data Deletion Procedures:
Deletion: Personal Data is removed from Our systems and no longer actively processed.
Backup retention: Residual copies may remain in encrypted backups for a limited period and are not restored except where necessary for security, disaster recovery, or legal compliance.
Anonymization: In some cases, We convert Personal Data into anonymous statistical data that cannot be linked back to You. This may be retained indefinitely.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ.
Where required by applicable law, We will ensure that international transfers of Your Personal Data are subject to appropriate safeguards. The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Delete Your Personal Data
You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.
You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any Personal Data that You have provided to Us.
Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
Business Transactions: If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Law enforcement: Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
Other legal requirements: The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
Protect against legal liability
Security of Your Personal Data
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially reasonable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data
Usage, Performance, and Miscellaneous
We may use third-party Service Providers to maintain and improve our Service.
Google Places Google Places is a service that returns information about places using HTTP requests. It is operated by Google. Google Places service may collect information from You and from Your Device for security purposes. The information gathered by Google Places is held in accordance with the Privacy Policy of Google.
GDPR Privacy
Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR
We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:
Consent: You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with You and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject.
Vital interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary in order to protect Your vital interests or of another natural person.
Public interests: Processing Personal Data is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Company.
Legitimate interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company.
International Transfer of Personal Data
We may transfer, store, and process Personal Data in countries other than the country in which You are located, including countries outside the European Economic Area ("EEA") and the United Kingdom ("UK").
Where we transfer Personal Data outside the EEA/UK to a country that has not been recognized as providing an adequate level of protection, We rely on appropriate safeguards, such as:
The European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses ("SCCs") and/or the UK International Data Transfer Agreement ("IDTA") or the UK Addendum to the SCCs.
Supplementary measures where appropriate, such as encryption in transit and at rest, access controls, data minimisation, and vendor security reviews.
Your Rights under the GDPR
You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:
Request access to Your Personal Data: The right to access, update, or delete the information We have on You.
Request restriction of processing: Ask Us to restrict processing of Your Personal Data in certain circumstances.
Request correction: Have any incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You corrected.
Object to processing: Object where We are relying on a legitimate interest or for direct marketing purposes.
Request erasure: Ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it.
Request the transfer of Your Personal Data: Receive Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
Withdraw Your consent: If You withdraw Your consent, We may not be able to provide You with access to certain specific functionalities of the Service.
To exercise these rights, please contact Us using the details provided in the "Contact Us" section. We generally respond within one month, and may extend by two further months where necessary.
CCPA/CPRA Privacy Notice (California Privacy Rights)
This privacy notice section for California residents supplements the information contained in Our Privacy Policy and it applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California.
Categories of Personal Information Collected
We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular Consumer or Device.
Category A: Identifiers. (e.g., name, alias, postal address, IP address, email address, account name, driver's license number). Collected: Yes.
Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)). (e.g., name, signature, address, telephone number, education, employment history, bank account number, credit card number). Collected: Yes.
Category C: Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law. (e.g., age, race, color, ancestry, religion, marital status, medical condition, disability, sex). Collected: No.
Category D: Commercial information. (e.g., records of personal property, products or services purchased). Collected: No.
Category E: Biometric information. (e.g., fingerprints, faceprints, iris or retina scans). Collected: No.
Category F: Internet or other similar network activity. (e.g., browsing history, search history). Collected: Yes.
Category G: Geolocation data. (e.g., approximate physical location or movements). Collected: No.
Category H: Sensory data. (e.g., audio, electronic, visual, thermal). Collected: No.
Category I: Professional or employment-related information. (e.g., current or past job history). Collected: No.
Category J: Non-public education information. (e.g., grades, transcripts, student schedules). Collected: No.
Category K: Inferences drawn from other personal information. (e.g., profile reflecting preferences, characteristics, psychological trends). Collected: No.
Category L: Sensitive personal information. (e.g., government-issued IDs, financial account details, precise geolocation, health data). Collected: No.
(Note: Under CCPA/CPRA, Personal Information does not include publicly available information from government records, deidentified/aggregated consumer information, or information excluded from the CCPA/CPRA's scope like HIPAA-covered health/medical information).
Sources of Personal Information
We obtain personal information from the following categories of sources:
Directly from You: E.g., from forms You complete on our Service.
Indirectly from You: E.g., from observing Your activity on our Service.
Automatically from You: E.g., through cookies We or our Service Providers set on Your Device.
From Service Providers: E.g., third-party vendors that We use to provide the Service to You.
Use of Personal Information
We may use or disclose personal information We collect for "business purposes" or "commercial purposes," which may include:
To operate our Service and provide You with Our Service.
To provide You with support and respond to Your inquiries.
To fulfill or meet the reason You provided the information.
To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law.
For internal administrative and auditing purposes.
To detect security incidents and protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity.
Disclosure of Personal Information
We may use or disclose the following categories of personal information for business or commercial purposes: Category A (Identifiers), Category B (Customer Records), and Category F (Internet or network activity). When We disclose Personal Information for a business purpose, We enter a contract that requires the recipient to keep that personal information confidential.
Sharing of Personal Information
We may share Your personal information with: Service Providers, Our affiliates, Our business partners, and Third-party vendors authorized by You.
Sale of Personal Information
We do not "sell" or "share" information as most people would commonly understand these terms — meaning We do not, and will not, disclose Your Personal Information in direct exchange for money or some other form of payment. We may disclose or may have disclosed Categories A, B, and F in a manner that may be considered a "sale" or "sharing" as defined in CCPA/CPRA.
Retention of Personal Information
We retain California residents' Personal Information for as long as reasonably necessary to achieve the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, taking into account:
How long we need the information to provide and maintain the Service and Your Account.
Whether You have requested deletion (subject to applicable exceptions).
Our legal, tax, accounting, and regulatory obligations.
Security, fraud prevention, and abuse monitoring needs.
The time periods needed to resolve disputes and enforce Our agreements.
Sale of Personal Information of Minors Under 16 Years of Age
We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors under the age of 16 through our Service. We do not sell the Personal Information of Consumers We actually know are less than 16 years of age, unless We receive affirmative authorization (the "right to opt-in") from the parent or guardian.
Your Rights under the CCPA/CPRA
If You are a resident of California, You have the following rights:
The right to notice: Be notified which categories of Personal Information are being collected and the purposes for which the Personal Information is being used.
The right to know/access: Request that We disclose information to You about Our collection, use, sale, disclosure for business purposes, and sharing of personal information.
The right to say no to the sale or sharing of Personal Information (opt-out).
The right to correct Personal Information: Correct or rectify any inaccurate personal information about You.
The right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive Personal Information: Request to limit the use or disclosure of certain sensitive personal information.
The right to delete Personal Information: Request the deletion of Your Personal Information under certain circumstances, subject to certain exceptions.
The right not to be discriminated against: For exercising any of Your consumer's rights.
Exercising Your CCPA/CPRA Data Protection Rights
To exercise any of Your rights under the CCPA/CPRA, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us:
By email: business@aoitechnology.com
Only You, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that You authorize to act on Your behalf, may make a verifiable request related to Your personal information. We will disclose and deliver the required information free of charge within 45 days of receiving Your verifiable request.
"Do Not Track" Policy as Required by California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)
Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals. However, some third-party websites do keep track of Your browsing activities. You can enable or disable DNT by visiting the preferences or settings page of Your web browser.
Your California Privacy Rights (California's Shine the Light law)
Under California Civil Code Section 1798, California residents with an established business relationship with Us can request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes. To request more information, please contact Us using the information below.
California Privacy Rights for Minor Users (California Business and Professions Code Section 22581)
California residents under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites, services, or applications can request and obtain removal of content or information they have publicly posted. To request removal, contact Us using the information below, and include the email address associated with Your Account.
Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 16. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 16 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party sites or services.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:
By email: business@aoitechnology.com