For the purposes of this privacy statement, “personal information” (also referred to as “personal data”) is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (being a natural person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to one or more identifiers such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person). For the purposes of this privacy statement, “personal information” or “personal data” may include, without limitation, your name, title, mailing address, e-mail address, phone number, identification number (such as a driver’s license number or passport), date of birth, or image.

For the avoidance of doubt, “personal information” does not include anonymous or non-personal information, including information that cannot be associated with or tracked back to a specific individual.

By using this website or otherwise providing AVS with your personal information, you consent to our collection, use, disclosure, and processing of such personal information in accordance with this privacy statement.

To the extent you provide AVS with the personal information of any other natural person, you represent and confirm to AVS that you have such person’s permission and consent to do so, and their consent to our collection, use, disclosure, and processing of such personal information in accordance with this privacy statement.

AVS’ legal basis for collecting and using personal information will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it.  However, AVS will normally 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, AVS 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 AVS asks you to provide personal information to comply with a legal requirement or to perform a contract with you, we will make this clear at the relevant time and advise you whether the provision of your personal information is mandatory or not (as well as of the possible consequences if you do not provide your personal information).

Similarly, if AVS collects and uses your personal information in reliance on our legitimate interests (or those of any third party), we will make clear to you at the relevant time what those legitimate interests are.

Notwithstanding the forgoing, please note that AVS may also collect, use, disclose, or process your personal information without your knowledge or consent where we are permitted or required by applicable law or regulatory requirements to do so.

In connection with your use of the website or you otherwise interacting with AVS, you may provide and AVS may collect your personal information.  If you choose to provide such information to AVS, whether through this website or by other means, AVS may collect, use, disclose, and process such personal information in accordance with this privacy statement. For the purposes of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), AVS may be considered a “controller” of the personal information or personal data that you (the data subject) provide to AVS.

AVS (and our service providers) may also collect information made publicly available through third-party platforms such as social media websites, online databases, or directories or other legitimately obtained information. This information may be governed by the privacy notice(s) provided by the third party at the time of collection.

In carrying-out our marketing and promotional activities, AVS will attempt (as applicable under relevant laws) to ensure that AVS has your consent to receive any relevant communications through electronic means.  If, as applicable, you have chosen not to receive such marketing or promotional information, AVS will not send you any further information, but may continue to contact you to the extent necessary to administer any other ongoing business relationship we have with you.

AVS will collect personal information when you express interest in employment with AVS, whether directly or via an agent or recruiter (speculatively or in response to any add, based on our legitimate interest to recruit new employees or contractors). Personal information that may be collected by AVS in connection with these activities may include, without limitation, your name, contact information, CV or resume, date of birth, performance management information, compensation information, or other relevant personal date.

In addition, our web server may also collect non-personal information related to your visit to our website, which may include the IP address (to the extent it cannot be used as an identifier in relation to a natural person) and domain used to access our website, the type and version of your browser, the date and time you accessed our website, the website that you came from to access our website, the page of our website that you entered and exited at, any of our website pages that are viewed by that IP address, and what country our website was accessed from. Such non-personal information may be collected and used by AVS without reference to this privacy statement.

The personal information collected by AVS may be used for certain business purposes including, without limitation:

• to manage, develop and improve our business and operations;
• to assist in the development and marketing of our products and services;
• to respond to specific requests from you;
• to provide localized content based on your location;
• for recruitment purposes, when you express interest in employment with AVS;
• to engage in a business transaction, including a purchase, sale, lease, merger, amalgamation or any other type of acquisition, disposal, securitization of financing involving AVS, our products or services, or a part of our business; or
• to establish and maintain an effective relationship with those with whom AVS interacts, including, without limitation, customers, end-users of our products or services, suppliers, and contractors with whom we do business.

In connection with these purposes, AVS may disclose your personal information to AVS’ employees, contractors, consultants, affiliates, suppliers, service providers, and other parties. When AVS shares personal information with such parties, we require that they only use or disclose such personal information in a manner consistent with the use and disclosure provisions of this privacy statement and applicable legislation.

Except as outlined in this privacy statement or any other AVS publication addressing our collection, use, disclosure, and processing of personal information, AVS does not provide your personal information to third parties without your consent. Please note that, in special cases, we may need to share personal information without acquiring consent, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it, or to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating AVS’ or other’s rights or causing injury to or interference with AVS’ or others’ property.

AVS may share your personal information if required to do so by law, court order, subpoena or other legal process; as requested by a governmental or law enforcement authority; or to enforce applicable contractual rights we may have with you.  We may also disclose information about you if we determine that for purposes of national security, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance, disclosure is necessary or advisable.

Non-personal information collected by our web server may be used to monitor our website’s performance (such as number of visits, average time spent, page views) and for business purposes such as working to continually upgrade our website.  Such non-personal information may be disclosed to other third parties or permanently retained for future use without restriction.

AVS endeavors to maintain physical, technical, and procedural safeguards that are appropriate to the sensitivity of the personal information in question. These safeguards are designed to protect your personal information from loss and unauthorized access, copying, use, modification, or disclosure.

Unfortunately, no data transmission or data storage medium, whether electronic or physical, can be guaranteed to be entirely secure. As a result, we endeavor to protect your personal information, but we cannot warrant the security of any information you transmit or otherwise provide to us, and such provision of personal information is at your own risk. Once we receive your personal information, we make commercially reasonable efforts to maintain its security on our systems.

As stated above, personal information collected by AVS from you may be transmitted, used, disclosed, stored, and otherwise processed outside of the country where you submitted that personal information and may be subject to disclosure in accordance with the laws of such jurisdictions.

If you connect social media to the AVS website (example; Linkedin), interactions will exist and posts to your profile at such third-party websites may occur. Social media websites or services may have different privacy practices and policies than AVS and we recommend that you review their privacy policies for acceptability.