Owner and Data Controller

Novastar Solutions 35200 Plymouth Rd. Livonia, MI 48150

Owner contact email: info@novastar.net

Types of Data collected

Among the types of Personal Data that this Website collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Cookies, Usage Data, Phone Permission, first name, last name, email address, city, state, business address, and company name.

Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.

Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Website.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Website is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Site to provide its services. In cases where this Site specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact Novastar.

Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this Website or by Novastar of third-party services used by this Website serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.

Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Website and confirm that they have the third party’s consent to provide the Data to Novastar.

Mode and place of processing the Data

Methods of processing

Novastar takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.

The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT-enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to Novastar, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Website (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by Novastar. The updated list of these parties may be requested from Novastar at any time.

Legal basis of processing:

Novastar may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:

• Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes. (Note: Under some legislation, Novastar may be allowed to process Personal Data until the User objects to such processing (“opt-out”), without having to rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases.) This, however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal Data is subject to European data protection law;
• provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
• processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which Novastar is subject;
• processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in Novastar;
• processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Novastar or by a third party.

In any case, Novastar will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

Place

The Data is processed at Novastar’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.

Depending on the User’s location, data transfers may involve transferring the User’s Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.

Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by Novastar to safeguard their Data.

If any such transfer takes place, Users can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this document or inquire with Novastar using the information provided in the contact section.

Retention Time

Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.

Therefore:

• Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between Novastar and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
• Personal Data collected for the purposes of Novastar’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by Novastar within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting Novastar.

Novastar may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, Novastar may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.

Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right to access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.

The Purposes of Processing

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow Novastar to provide its Services, as well as for the following purposes: Analytics, SPAM protection, Content commenting and Contacting the User.

Users can find further detailed information about such purposes of processing and about the specific Personal Data used for each purpose in the respective sections of this document.

Detailed Information on The Processing of Personal Data

Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

• • Analytics
  • Contacting the User
  • Content Commenting
  • SPAM Protection
  • Novastar Customer Portals and Tools

The Rights of Users

Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by Novastar Solutions.

In particular, Users have the right to do the following:

• Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
• Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.
• Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by Novastar, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
• Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
• Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, Novastar will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
• Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from Novastar.
• Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the Data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on the User’s consent, on a contract which the User is part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.
• Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.

Details About The Right to Object to Processing

Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in Novastar or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Novastar, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.

Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time without providing any justification. To learn, whether Novastar is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.

How to Exercise These Rights

Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to Novastar through the contact details provided in this document. These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be addressed by Novastar as early as possible and always within one month.

Additional information about Data collection and processing

Third Parties

We may also engage third parties, including without limitation, Google Analytics to track and analyze Site activity on our behalf. We use the data collected by such third parties to help us administer and improve the quality of the Site, analyze usage of the Site, and provide a more enhanced user experience on the Site, such as personalizing and delivering relevant offers and content based on user activity on the Site. The use of cookies by our third-party partners is not covered by our Privacy Policy, as we do not have access or control over these cookies. We and some of our third-party vendors and partners use technologies such as: cookies, beacons, tags and scripts in analyzing trends, administering our site, tracking users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies on an individual as well as aggregated basis. If you wish not to be tracked, turn off javascript in your browser. However please note that without javascript turned on, some Website features may not function as designed.

Security

Novastar takes reasonable steps to safeguard your Personal Information through physical, electronic, and operational policies and practices. Data can only be read or written through defined service access points, the use of which is password-protected. The physical security of the data is achieved through a combination of network firewalls (there is no direct communication allowed between the database server and the Internet) and servers with operating systems, all housed in a secure facility.

Access to the system is controlled. Employees are granted access to Personal Information on a need-to-know basis in order to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service). We use encryption to protect your Personal Information transmitted online, as well as offline. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

We will also ensure the proper disposal of your Personal Information—regardless of the source.

Information Posted to Our Website

We may, from time to time, allow users to post information to our Site, such as comments or testimonials. Any information that you post to our Site becomes public information and may be viewable by other users, as well as visitors to our Site (this is not true of uploaded documents as part of the funding process). In addition, your name, as well as other optional information you choose to submit along with the information you post, will be publicly displayed. We are not responsible for the privacy of any information that you choose to post to our Site, or for the accuracy of any information contained in those postings. We cannot prevent such information from being used by others in a manner that may violate this Privacy Policy, the law, or your personal privacy. Your posting of any content to any of the Site is subject to our Privacy Policy.

Third-Party Links

At times, our Site may contain links to other, third-party websites. Any access to and use of such linked websites is not governed by this Privacy Policy but, instead, is governed by the privacy policies of those third-party websites. We are not responsible for the information practices of such third-party websites.

International Users

The Site is hosted in the United States. If you are accessing the Site from outside the United States, by providing your information to the Site, you are consenting to and authorizing the transfer of your information to the United States for storage, use, processing, maintenance, and onward transfer of such information to other entities regardless of their location in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You are also consenting to the application of United States law in all matters concerning the Site.

Session Time-Outs

We also employ session time-outs to protect your account. You will be logged out of the Site automatically after a specified period of inactivity. This time-out feature reduces the risk of others being able to access your account if you leave your computer unattended.

User Access

If your personal information changes, or if you no longer want updates or to be contacted for new products, you may correct, update, amend, delete/remove or deactivate your contact information by emailing us at info@novastar.com or by contacting us by telephone or postal mail at the contact information listed below. We will update your file within 30 calendar days.

Legal Action

The User’s Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by Novastar in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Website or the related Services.
The User declares to be aware that Novastar may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

What You Can Do To Protect Your Personal Information

In addition to our own efforts, you can take several precautions to protect the security of your computer and Personal Information. For instance, you should create and use a complex password, using numbers, a combination of small and large capital letters, and special characters. You should avoid using any information that others can easily learn about you, such as your mother’s maiden name, a family member’s name or birthday.  We also recommend that you change your password frequently. You should never share your password with anyone, or leave it written down in an unsecured area.

You can also install and regularly update antivirus and firewall software to protect your computer or device from external attacks by malicious users.  If you use a computer that can be accessed in a public area (e.g., library, coffee shop, etc.), we recommend that you take special precautions to protect the security of your account and Personal Information. When you are finished visiting our Site, you should log out completely, close the browser window and clear the browser’s cache files.

You should also be aware of fraudulent attempts to gain access to your account information known as “phishing.” Phishing is a tactic used by scammers to lure people to a phony website through the use of a genuine-looking email purporting to be from a legitimate company. Either in the email itself or on this fake website site, scammers will ask for login information to gain access to people’s accounts and withdraw their money. Novastar will never ask you for your login information in the context of any email. In general, you can protect yourself against phishing by never providing login or Personal Information via an email. You should always ensure the Novastar URL that you are provided begins with: https://www.novastar.net.

Additional Information About User’s Personal Data

In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Site may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

System Logs and Maintenance

For operation and maintenance purposes, this Website and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Website (System logs) use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.

Phone Permission

Used for accessing a host of typical features associated with telephony. This enables, for instance, read-only access to the “phone state”, which means it enables access to the phone number of the device, current mobile network information, or the status of any ongoing calls.

Authorization to Contact You by Phone

You authorize us, and our affiliates, agents, and independent contractors, to contact you at any telephone number you provide to us or from which you place a call to us, or any telephone number where we believe we may reach you, using any means of communication, including, but not limited to, calls or text messages to mobile, cellular, wireless or similar devices and calls, even if you incur charges for receiving such communications.

Authorization To Contact You by Other Means

You also agree that we and our partners, agents and independent contractors may use any other medium, as permitted by law and including, but not limited to, mail, e-mail and facsimile, to contact you.

Electronic Communications

By using parts of this website, or sending e-mails to Novastar Solutions, you are communicating with us electronically. You agree to receive communications from us electronically, and that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we, our affiliates, partners or independent contractors provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communication be in writing and are effective immediately.

You may withdraw your consent to receive disclosures electronically by contacting us via email at info@novastar.net or by calling us at (734) 453-8003. You may also reach us in writing to the following address: Novastar Solutions, 35200 Plymouth Rd. Livonia, MI 48150 Attention: Mary Baumgarten.

Google Maps

This Website uses a Google Maps API to better demonstrate our geographic location. To more clearly understand the types of data collected by Google, please refer to their privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=us.

Information Not Contained in This Policy

More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from Novastar at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

How “Do Not Track” Requests Are Handled

This Website does not support “Do Not Track” requests. If you wish to restrict your IP Address from being anonymously tracked by Novastar, you may send an email request to info@novastar.net. We will update your file within 30 calendar days.

Disclaimer

The Site, the Site Content, and User content are made available “as is” and “as available” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied. This includes, without limitation, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, accuracy, non-infringement or enjoyment. We make no guarantee that the Site Content is up-to-date, accurate, or complete. You should not rely on it for any decision or to take any action. We hereby disclaim any warranty that the Site Content or User Content on the Site will be free of interruption, free of errors, or that any of the Site is free of viruses, worms, trojan horses, or other code that manifests contaminating or destructive properties.

Limitation of Liability

Under no circumstances shall Novastar or any of its affiliates be liable to you or any other person for any direct, special, exemplary, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages or costs, or attorney’s fees arising out of or relating to these terms, access to, use of, or the operation of any site, any of the Site Content, or User Content. Your sole and exclusive remedy and Novastar’s sole and exclusive liability to you for any reason shall be for you to discontinue your access to or use of the Site. The foregoing limitation of liability shall apply to the fullest extent permitted by law in the applicable jurisdiction.

In the event that State law does not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, Novastar’s liability shall be limited and warranties are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law, but shall in no event exceed $100.00.

You agree that any cause of action arising out of or related to Novastar, any website, or any website content or user content must be commenced within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues. Otherwise, such cause of action is permanently barred.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Novastar Solutions, its affiliates, licensors, and partners, including without limitation, Novastar’s service providers—and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, and representatives—from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs. This includes reasonable attorneys’ fees, for any claims, causes of actions, procedures or allegations arising out of or relating to any violation of this privacy policy (including all clauses regarding usage terms and authorization), your use of the website, website content, or user content (including but not limited to infringement of third parties’ worldwide intellectual property rights or negligent or wrongful conduct) by you or any other person accessing any website on your behalf. Novastar Solutions reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to defense by you.

Changes to this privacy policy

Novastar reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to its Users on this page and possibly within this Website and/or – as far as technically and legally feasible – sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to Novastar. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.

Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, Novastar shall collect new consent from the User, where required.