EarthCam is a world-leading webcam technology, content, and service that monitors documents and promotes your project with live streaming, time-lapse imaging, and construction cameras. Powered by EarthCam’s Control Center 8 webcam management service, which is delivered as a user-controllable SaaS (Software as a Service) interface, EarthCam’s professional webcam technology is used to view, document, and promote construction projects.
EarthCam values protecting your privacy and maintaining your trust in our services. This Privacy Notice addresses the global privacy regulations applicable to our construction monitoring activities and services.
This Privacy Notice explains how EarthCam collects, uses, and protects personal data for our Control Center 8 application. It applies to portions of EarthCam’s SaaS product where you engage with our webcam management services, available through our platform at https://cc8.earthcam.net/, and any related software, mobile applications, products, devices, or other services (collectively “EarthCam’s Platform”).
“Personal Data" means any data or information, in any form or medium, that on its own or combined with other data could identify a particular individual or any other data or information that constitutes personal data or personal information under applicable law. Personal Data does not include publicly available information, as defined by applicable law, de-identified information, or aggregated data.
Personal Identifiers: such as name, alias, signature, postal address, phone numbers, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol (IP) address, email address, and account name.
Internet and Network Activity Data (“Usage Data”): such as information required to provide access to EarthCam’s IT systems and networks, including IP addresses, log files, and login information, the type of Web browser you use; device type; your operating system; your web request; your Internet Service Provider and cookies; referring/exit pages and URLs; payload errors, the pages you view and how you interact with links; the time and duration of your visits to the Sites or use of the EarthCam Platform.
Geolocation Data: such as region, country, state, postal code, or other information from your IP address.
Audio, Visual, and Similar Information: such as audio/video recordings
Professional Information: This includes professional or employment-related information such as current employer, office location, and business contact information.
Most often, the personal data we collect about you is collected directly from you. Sometimes, we may collect Personal Data automatically when you engage with Sites, Services, networks, and technology resources. EarthCam may also collect Personal Data through our service providers, as described below.
EarthCam collects information that personally identifies you and other personal information about you or users whose information you provide to us to authenticate users and to send notifications to those users relating to EarthCam ("Personal Information"). The user's contact information allows the user to utilize EarthCam features, contact the user when necessary, and advise them about new services, products, and/or software upgrades. Users may opt out of receiving future mailings – see the Choice / Opt-Out section below.
Personal Information may include:
The decision to provide this information is optional. However, if you choose not to provide the requested information, you may not be able to use some or all of the features of our websites and/or services. Where this is the case, we will clarify this when we ask you to provide the information.
We automatically collect information regarding your actions on our websites and when using our services. In some countries, including countries in the European Economic Area ("EEA"), this information is considered personal information under applicable data protection laws. Usage data helps us understand trends in our users' needs so that we can better consider new features or otherwise tailor our services.
When you use our websites and/or services, some examples of the usage data we may collect could include:
We may use such information and pool it with other information to track, for example, the total number of visitors to our websites or users of our services, the number of visitors to each page of our websites, etc. We use this information to help us understand how people use our websites and services and to enhance our websites and services. Our mobile applications may collect certain additional information automatically,including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device's unique device ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browsers you use, available storage space, connection type (e.g., WiFi vs. cellular), and information about the way you use the applications. We may also use GPS technology (or similar technology) to determine your current location if you do not want us to have your location information. In that case, you should turn off the location services for the mobile applications located in your account settings, phone settings, and/or within the mobile applications.
Unique identifiers are collected to use as account numbers in our record system. We use this data to tailor the user's experience at our websites and display content according to their preferences.
Our websites and services include social media features, such as sharing images/videos to Facebook and Twitter. These features may collect your IP address and which page you are visiting on our website and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. The social media features are hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our website. The company's privacy statement governs your interactions with these features.
EarthCam uses cookies to keep track of your custom-created EarthCam account and its data. We use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests and to save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our websites. EarthCam also automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, EarthCam cookie information, and the page you requested. We use your IP address to help identify you, generate our statistic logs, and count the traffic statistics for our websites.
EarthCam uses cookies to store users' preferences and record session information. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit on our websites. You may be able to configure your browser to accept or reject all or some cookies or notify you when a cookie is set (each browser is different, so check your browser's "Help" menu to learn how to change your cookie preferences). However, you must enable cookies from EarthCam.net to use most website functions.
Our website contains links to sites. You could be directed to other websites outside our services and control. EarthCam is not responsible for such websites' privacy practices or content. You are responsible for voluntarily disclosing personal information online. This information is accessible to the public and can be collected and used by others. Remember that when you visit a site, it may collect information about you without your knowledge. You should read the privacy policy stated on that site. Remember to be responsible and safe when online.
Our site allows users to opt out of receiving communications from us and our partners when we request information about the user.
The website gives users the option to remove their information from our database not to receive future communications or to no longer receive our services:
1. Users can unsubscribe at the bottom of all EarthCam advisory notices/promotions regarding new services, products, and/or software upgrades.
EarthCam allows users to report violations they find on our websites by filling out and submitting the EarthCam Contact Us form.
Users with a Control Center account can change and/or modify the information they have previously provided by logging in to their account and editing their information. Users can make all the changes by clicking the Submit or Save button. The new data is updated instantaneously.
EarthCam accounts are secured by user-created passwords. EarthCam takes precautions to ensure that account information is kept private. We use reasonable measures to protect account information stored within our database, and we restrict access to account information to those employees who need access to perform their job functions, such as our customer service personnel and technical staff. Please note that we cannot guarantee the security of account information.
Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of account information at any time.
Your Personal Information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than the country where you reside. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country (and, in some cases, may not be as protective). Specifically, our websites and services are hosted in the United States, and our third-party service providers operate worldwide.
However, we have taken appropriate safeguards to require that your personal information will remain protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
If you are a visitor from the EEA, our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described above will depend on the Personal Information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it.
However, we will generally collect Personal Information from you only where we have your consent to do so, where we need the Personal Information to perform a contract with you, or where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect Personal Information from you or may otherwise need the Personal Information to protect your vital interests or those of another person.
If you have questions about or need further information concerning the legal basis on which we collect and use your Personal Information, or if you would like more details on our legitimate interests, please use the EarthCam Contact Us form.
We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or where we have an ongoing business need to do so (for example, to comply with applicable legal, tax, or accounting requirements). We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your Personal Information, we will delete or anonymize it. Suppose this is impossible (for example, because your Personal Information has been stored in backup archives). In that case, we will securely store it and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
Upon request, EarthCam will provide you with information about whether we hold or process any of your personal information on behalf of a third party. You can always review, correct, delete, or update your Personal Information by changing the relevant settings in your account or by emailing us. We will do our best to respond to your request within 72 hours.
You can opt out of receiving certain emails by changing notification settings on our websites, applications, and/or services, clicking the unsubscribe link provided in an email, or emailing us. If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please use the EarthCam Contact Us form.
If you are a visitor from the EEA, you have the following data protection rights:
We promptly respond to all requests from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights.
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, EarthCam will not disclose personal information to any third party unless we believe that disclosure is necessary to (1) conform to legal requirements or to respond to a subpoena, search warrant, or other legal process received by EarthCam, whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) enforce the EarthCam Terms of Service or to protect our rights; or (3) protect the safety of members of the public and users of our websites and/or services. EarthCam reserves the right to transfer personal information to a successor in interest that acquires rights to that information due to the sale of EarthCam or substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest.
This Privacy Policy will be reviewed annually or as required to ensure it remains current and effectively addresses the organization’s Privacy needs.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of our websites, or your dealings with Earthcam, you can send an email or write to us:
EarthCam, Inc.
650 East Crescent AvenueUpper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Please check this page periodically, for we reserve the right to make changes to this policy at our discretion at any time.