Privacy Policy

1. Identity and contact details of the data controller

This Policy outlines the way in which the company, Uplift Movers LLC, a New York limited liability company whose registered office is at 477 Madison Avenue, 6 th Floor, New York, NY 10022 as controller (“Uplift”), collects and processes the personal data which concerns you (hereinafter, your “Data”).

2. Identity and contact details of the Data protection officer (DPO)

If you have any questions relating to the collection and/or processing of your Data by Uplift, please contact us at the following address: legal@upliftmovers.com.

3. Data collection

We collect personal information about you from various sources. For example, we collect and obtain information:

Directly from you

We collect personal information you provide, such as when you register for an account or create a profile, sign up for one of our program(s), contact us, book a reservation, make an appointment for a consultation, register for an event, or via Uplift Customer Service, respond to a survey, apply for a job, or sign up to receive emails, text messages, and/or postal mailings.

Your Data is notably obtained from:

• Reservation and purchase of goods and services,
• Pickup and delivery services;
• in our office : The staff in our offices may also collect your Data and carry out Data processing within the framework of their activities.
• Using cookies and other automatic data collection technologies
• via online through the website https://www.upliftmovers.com/,
• via any mobile app or digital platform operated by us or on our behalf from time to time we may make available (together, the "Uplift Platform(s)")

When you visit our the website https://www.upliftmovers.com/ (hereinafter, the “Website”), use one of our mobile app or any Uplift Platform(s), open or click on emails we send you, or interact with our advertisements, we or third parties we work with automatically collect certain information using technologies such as cookies, web beacons, clear GIF, pixels, internet tags, web server logs, and other data collection tools.

Through in-office and other offline technologies

In some cases, we record customer service calls for quality assurance. We also use Closed Circuit Television or CCTV in our offices for safety and operational purposes.

From our third-party partners

We obtain information from third parties that we have partnered with, such as brands, application providers, third-party websites and other third parties we choose to collaborate or work with.

From social media platforms and networks

If you interact with us on social media or use features, such as plugins, widgets, or other tools made available by social media platforms or networks (including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Google and You Tube) in connection with our Website or Uplift Platforms, we collect information that you share with us, or that the social media platforms share with us. For more information about the privacy practices of those social media platforms, please review the privacy policies and settings of the social media platforms and networks that you use.

From Other Sources

For example, we may obtain information about you from other sources, such as data analytics providers, marketing or advertising service providers, fraud prevention service providers, vendors that provide services on our behalf, or publicly available sources. We also create information based on our analysis of the information we have collected from you.

Children Data

Protecting the safety and privacy of children is very important to Uplift. We do not knowingly collect or use the Data of minors under the age of majority in accordance with local legislations in force.

If you are under the minimum age requirement, please do not submit any Data without the express consent and participation of your parent or guardian.

If you believe that we have collected Data about a minor without such consent, please contact us at legal@upliftmovers.com and we will delete this information.

4. Processed Data that we collect

The Data which relates to you and which is collected by Uplift is mainly:

• First name and last name;
• Passport (copy of passport)
• Drivers’ license (copy of drivers’ license)
• Work permit
• Resident alien card and/or permanent resident card
• Any other documents required to clear customs at the origin and destination
• Country of residence;
• Company name;
• Email address;
• Mailing address;
• Mobile and telephone numbers;
• Contact preferences;
• Pickup (origin) address
• Destination address
• Bank details in the context of sales;
• Purchase and reservation history;
• Preferences and interests;
• IP address;
• Cookies and trackers;
• Login data

5. For which purpose do we collect your personal data, on which legal basis and for how long?

Your Data is either:

• collected based on your consent; or
• required for the completion of your orders according to a contract; or
• collected for the purpose of pursuing a legitimate interest of Uplift (e.g. the development of our commercial activity or to prevent fraud and counterfeiting)
• collected to fulfil Uplift legal requirements.

You have no obligation to provide any information requested by us. However, if you choose to withhold requested information, we may not be able to provide you with any goods and services that depend on the collection of this information (particularly where our collection of this information is required by law).

Your Data is therefore collected and/or processed notably for the following purposes: See Schedule A attached hereto.

In the particular case where you wish to communicate with Uplift staff through third-party instant messaging services, Uplift cannot guarantee the confidentiality and security of your Data or any other information exchanged through such messaging services. Companies offering this type of messaging services are themselves responsible for processing of your Data and comply with their own data protection and confidentiality policies. In this specific context, the processing of your Data by thirdli party messaging services remains outside Uplift’s control: Uplift therefore declines any responsibility in the context of this use.

6. Cookies

Browsing on the Website results in the deposit of cookies, with your consent where required.

Cookies are stored on your device when you have browsed the Uplift’s Websites. Cookies are small text files which are likely to be stored in a dedicated space on the hard drive of your device (computer, tablet, smart phone, etc.) when you consult an on-line service using your browser.

The deposit of certain cookies on your device requires that you give your prior consent. Thus, as soon as you arrive on our Website, an information banner indicates that we are using this technology and that by clicking on "Accept cookies", you agree to the deposit of these cookies on your device.

The cookies used on our Website are categorized, as follows:

“Strictly necessary” cookies: Uplift uses Cookies that are “strictly necessary” for the functionality of the Website’s platforms. These cookies are essential to enable users to visit the Website and fulfil express requests from the user (e.g., cookies that allow you to hold items in your cart while you shop online or cookies that temporarily store the contents of an online form).

The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest. A deactivation of this type of Cookies would reduce all or part of the functions of the Website.

“Statistic” or “Performance” cookies: Analytics Cookies gather general information on how users use a website, e.g. which pages they visit most frequently and whether they receive any error messages from websites. The data collected with these Cookies will not be merged with any other information on the visitors of the Website. All information collected through such cookies exclusively serves the purpose to comprehend and improve the functionality and services of the Website.

“Functional” cookies: these cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make and your preferences (for example, cookies that allow you to register/sign-up for events, products and/or services, or cookies that allow you to set the language or the currency).

These cookies are kept for a maximum of thirteen (13) months. This period is not extended by your new visits.

“Advertising” cookies: Targeting and advertising cookies are used to better customize advertisements to your interests. They limit the number of times the same advertisement is shown to you, evaluate the efficacy of an advertising campaign, and analyze how the viewing of a certain advertisement influences the behavior of individual users. Such Cookies are usually placed by advertising networks with the consent of the respective website operator. They register a user’s visit of the website and either pass such information on to other entities, e.g. advertising companies, or directly adapt advertisements accordingly so that, based on your browsing behavior, you will be shown exactly such advertisements as may potentially interest you.

Uplift uses the following cookies on its site:

1. _pk_id
2. ppms_privacy
3. stg_last_interaction
4. _pk_ses
5. stg_returning_visitor

If you have a Facebook account and are logged in, your visit to this Website will be associated with your Facebook user account.

We also use Facebook’s remarketing feature “Custom Audiences”. This feature enables the display of interest-based ads (“Facebook Ads”) to users of our website that are visiting Facebook or other websites that use this function. We pursue the interest of displaying ads to you that are relevant to your interests to provide you with a more interesting experience on our website.

Your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with the Facebook server to exchange the relevant data. We have no control over the extent and further processing of the data collected by Facebook using this tool and therefore we provide the information available to us: the integration of Facebook Custom Audiences provides Facebook with the information that you visited the relevant web page or clicked on one of our ads. In case you are logged into a “Facebook” service, Facebook can associate your visit with your account. Even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not logged in, there is a possibility that the provider ascertains your IP address and other identifiers and stores them.

If you have given your consent, we might pass your telephone number or e-mail address to Facebook to be able to display ads that are relevant to your interests.

Find more information on Facebook’s data policy at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

Uplift processes your personal data for the purposes of advertising, market research and demandli oriented offers designed by us and Facebook.

The legal basis for this processing is your consent given when you click on the cookie banner displayed when accessing our Website.

If you are logged in to Facebook, you can adjust your Facebook ads settings at https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen.

You can manage your consent to the use of cookies and trackers via the cookie consent management tool chosen by Uplift. This tool allows you to manage your consent for each category of cookie or tracker.

7. Data recipients

Your Data will be processed by Uplift and its business partners. We may share or transfer your Data as follows:

• within the Uplift Group, namely with the following departments :
• Sales and marketing

  Uplift Communication Department for the management of your requests and questions, and for sending you newsletters;

• Uplift Security Department for managing the cybersecurity of the Website;
• Uplift Legal and Internal Control Departments for the management of any possible fraudulent acts or legal actions.
• with agents, contractors, third party service providers (such as those providing delivery, recruitment, administrative, telecommunications, computer services and other services in connection with the managing, processing and storage of your Personal Data) who will process your data on our behalf and following our instructions based on specific arrangements;
• with regulatory and tax authorities;
• if we or any member of the Uplift Group is acquired or decides to sell or reorganize any relevant part of our business, to any actual or proposed acquirer, assignee, transferee or successor who agrees to assume our obligations to you under this Policy, including at the negotiation stage;
• with financial institutions, card or other payment instrument issuers, credit providers or debt collection agencies; or
• in order to comply with applicable laws or regulations (whether of your jurisdiction or elsewhere) or to protect our rights or property; in order to comply with a court order, subpoena or other legal process; in response to a request by a government authority, law enforcement agency or similar body (whether situated in your jurisdiction or elsewhere); or where we believe it is necessary to comply with applicable laws or regulations.

Except for these cases, your Data will not be transferred or made accessible to any third parties, subject to any restructuring of Uplift, including a total or partial asset transfer, merger, absorption, acquisition, demerger and in general any reorganization operation, subject to appropriate security and confidentiality measures.

8. Data transfers to third countries

You consent to the processing and storage of your Personal Data in locations other than the location from which you access the Uplift Platform.

Since Uplift is an international group and works with data processors located abroad, the recipients of your Data may also be located abroad, in countries/regions where runs its activities such as Singapore, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Hong-Kong, and Japan (this list is not exhaustive).

Any transfer of Data will be governed by appropriate guarantees, notably contractual safeguards, in accordance with the regulations applying to the protection of personal data. Uplift has taken all reasonable steps to ensure the security and confidentiality of your Data when it is accessed or stored in locations other than the one from which you access the Uplift Platforms.

9. Rights

In accordance with the regulations in force, you have the following rights:

• Information: you can ask Uplift to be informed about the collection and use of your personal data as well as the ground for such processing.
• Withdrawal of consent: you can withdraw at any time your consent for of any processing of personal data based on your consent, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on your consent before its withdrawal.
• Access: you can ask us to confirm whether we process your personal data and, as the case may be, inform you of the characteristics of such processing, allow you to access such data and give you a copy of it.
• Rectification: you can ask us to rectify or complete inaccurate or incomplete personal data. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you also have the right to provide a supplementary declaration, if necessary, to ensure the integration of incomplete data.
• Erasure: you can ask us to erase your personal data in the following cases: when it is no longer necessary for the purposes of which it was collected; you have withdrawn your consent and there is no other legal basis on which your data are processed; you objected to the processing of your personal data and Uplift has no compelling legitimate grounds to refuse it; your personal data has been processed unlawfully; or to comply with a legal obligation. We are not required to comply with your request notably if the processing of your personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
• Objection: (including to marketing) you can request not to receive direct marketing communications from Uplift and for Uplift not to disclose your Data to others for direct marketing purposes
• Restriction of processing: you can ask to restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances:
• you contest the accuracy of your personal data, for the period necessary for the data controller to verify the accuracy (thus the processing is temporarily suspended);
• the data has been unlawfully processed and you oppose to erasure and request restriction instead;
• although the data controller no longer needs it for the purposes of processing, your personal data is necessary to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim;
• you object to the processing under Article 21(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.
• Portability: You can request the transfer of your personal data. As part of such a request, you may request that your personal data be either returned to you or transferred to another data controller in structured, commonly used and machine-readable formats.

These rights may be exercised at any time by contacting Uplift’s Data Protection Officer at the addresses given in Article 2 of this Privacy and cookie Policy, or by following the relevant instructions on our marketing communications or following the instructions as set out in certain service-specific guidance.

Your request to exercise your rights will be processed as soon as possible and a reply will be given to you within 30 days at the latest (except for New-Zealand residents, see section above), except in the case of complex requests.

Please note that fees can be charged in some cases, and Uplift will inform you whether or not these fees apply.

10. Right to lodge a complaint

You may contact any competent supervisory authority, such as the one in the State of your habitual residence, place of work or of an alleged infringement of the legislation with any claims concerning the way in which Uplift collects and processes your Data.

You may also contact us at the details above if you have a complaint about how we have handled your information. We will investigate your complaint and will use reasonable efforts to respond to you in writing as soon as possible. If we fail to respond to your complaint within a reasonable time or if you are dissatisfied with the response that you receive from us, you may have the right to make a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) at www.identitytheft.gov.

11. Changes to this policy

In the event of a change to this policy, Uplift will inform you of the update of its Privacy policy, by mentioning it on the Privacy policy page of its Website. By continuing to access or use the Uplift Website and/or Uplift Platforms, making requests to reserve products, or placing orders for or purchase our products after an updated Policy is posted, you are agreeing to the revised Policy.

12. Questions

If you have any questions or comments regarding this policy, please contact us at legal@upliftmovers.com.

SCHEDULE A

PURPOSES OF DATA COLLECTION

Contact information