NISC’s SmartHub Privacy Policy

Introduction


At National Information Solutions Cooperative, Inc. (“NISC“), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This policy describes the type of information we may collect in connection with your use of NISC’s SmartHub mobile application (“SmartHub”) as well as our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies only to information we collect in SmartHub. It does not apply to any other NISC apps or websites or that you provide to or is collected by any third parties, as further described below. Our websites and apps, and these third parties may have their own privacy policies, which we encourage you to read before providing information on or through them.

If you do not agree with our policies and practices, do not download, register with, or use SmartHub. By downloading, registering with, or using SmartHub, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of SmartHub after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

Information We Collect and How We Collect It


We collect information from and about users of SmartHub both directly from you when you provide it to us and automatically when you use SmartHub.

Information You Provide to Us – When you use SmartHub, we may ask you to provide information about yourself such as your name, email address, phone number, and company from whom you receive services or other information that may personally identify you as an individual. This may include information you provide at the time of registration or details related to transactions you carry out through SmartHub.

Automatic Information Collection – When you download, access, and use SmartHub, it may use custom coding and other technology to automatically collect:

If you do not want us to collect this information do not download SmartHub or delete it from your device. Note, however, that opting out of SmartHub's collection of location information will cause its location-based features to be disabled.

Opt-Out


If you do not want us to collect this information do not download SmartHub or delete it from your device. Note, however, that opting out of SmartHub's collection of location information will cause its location-based features to be disabled. To UNREGISTER your account, log into your account navigate to Settings > Registered Accounts > Delete All.

How We Use Your Information


We use information that we collect about you or that you disclose to us to provide you with SmartHub and its contents. We use information gathered by us to develop, operate, deliver, and improve the software functionality and capabilities based on user and device analytics. There is certain information, such as your location information, that is necessary for us to collect in order to provide certain functionality within SmartHub. For example, location information may be collected when you utilize certain SmartHub features, including 1) user searches for service providers by location, 2) location monitoring for purposes of outage and contract tracking; and 3) viewing service provider locations on a map.

We do not use your information for any other purposes and do not sell your information to any third parties for marketing or advertising purposes.

Third-Party Information Collection


When you use SmartHub or its content, certain third parties may use automatic information collection technologies to collect information about you or your device. We may also share information we have collected with certain partners that work with us to provide our services and products. For example, information may be shared with or collected by Crashlytics, Google Analytics, and other third party processors as set forth below.

These third parties may use tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use SmartHub. We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. We encourage you to learn about the privacy practices of these third parties.

Disclosure of Your Information


We do not and will not in the future sell your personal information to any third parties. We may disclose aggregated information about our users and information that does not identify any individual or device without restriction.
In addition, we may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide:

Retention of Your Information


We retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy. For most information we collect for our own purposes, such as your usage details and device information, that timeframe will not exceed 12 months. Other information may need to be retained longer due to its intended use. For example, information you provide and content you load into SmartHub related to the telecommunication or utility services you receive will be retained for so long as the content remains in our system by the telecommunication or utility provider.

Data Security


We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. Unfortunately, however, the transmission of information via the internet and mobile platforms is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted through SmartHub. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures we provide.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of SmartHub, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

Sensitive Data


We do not collect Sensitive Data.  We do not store credit card information withing this application.

Children Under the Age of 13


SmartHub is not intended for children under 13 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at privacy@nisc.coop.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy


We may update our privacy policy from time to time. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will post the new privacy policy on this page with a notice that the privacy policy has been updated and/or an in-App alert the first time you use SmartHub after we make the change.

Contact Information


To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at privacy@nisc.coop or 866.999.6472.

Last modified: January 12, 2024