We may collect the following categories of Personal Information:

• Data gathered during your visit and interaction with our websites, including but not limited to your Internet Protocol (IP) address, demographic information, details about your computer's operating system, device specifications, telemetry data, browser type, and information obtained through cookies or similar tracking technologies. For website visitors who explore our websites (including hosted content) without providing additional information, this paragraph is particularly relevant in terms of data processing
• Individual and Contact information, including but not limited to Name, job title, email address, phone numbers, physical address, job role, company/organization affiliation, industry, and location (including city and country), as well as links to LinkedIn profiles or URLs (or similar professional data sets)
• Audio-Visual information such as photographs or images captured, video recordings (if enabled), when attending any of our events, webinars etc.
• Queries, comments, or feedback as submitted by you, including any correspondence you have made with us.
• Preferences relating to marketing communications, interest areas, subscription details, dietary preferences/allergies (in relations to events we may organize)

We may gather the previously mentioned Personal Information from a variety of sources, as indicated below:

• Provided by you directly, either through our website forms, applications on our portals, or by reaching out to our official contacts via email or other means.
• Disclosed to Equiv Technologies employees, including members of our sales and marketing teams.
• Exchanged with or by Equiv Technologies Partners.
• Shared by visitors and contractors' employers when relevant
• Shared by visitors and contractors' employers when relevant
• Shared by our suppliers, vendors, and service providers.
• Collected through the use of cookies and similar tracking technologies implemented on our website (further details can be found in our Cookie Policy)

We may use your Personal Information for the following purposes:

• To analyze which sections of the website receive visits and how frequently.
• To improve website usability, troubleshoot issues, and maintain the site.
• To create login credentials for you, where applicable
• To identify you once you've registered on our website.
• To facilitate communication with you, including responding to your queries or requests
• To grant access to relevant content based on your preferences.
• To enable marketing and sales-related communications and activities
• To enable marketing and sales-related communications and activities
• As a participant in competitions or award ceremonies organized by us, to publicly share your name and relevant details with a wider online audience (including award details); for jury members and other associated participants and speakers, to similarly publish their name, title, photo, and bio.
• To invite you to events, seminars, and similar gatherings organized by us, including marketing and promotional campaigns, and to promote such events or publications on social media
• To publish testimonials and case studies.
• To generate and maintain leads within our Customer Relationship Management database
• To conduct data analytics to enhance user experience, improve website performance, and achieve business objectives
• To optimize and improve our business operations, applications, systems, and processes, including the management of communication assets and systems, ensuring and enhancing information security, maintaining audit trails and associated records.
• To safeguard your data and Equiv Technologies assets from information security threats and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
• To adhere to applicable laws and legal requirements, such as regulatory filings, record-keeping, and reporting obligations, cooperation with government-authorized inspections or requests, protection of legal rights, seeking remedies, including responding to subpoenas or court orders, and managing related documentation

The applicable privacy and data protection laws provide for certain justifiable grounds for collection and processing of personal data, commonly referred to as legal basis of processing. We primarily rely on the following legal bases:

• We process your Personal Information when it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are the party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract, e.g., when you would engage with us for receiving our services and offerings, or when managing the data of our employees for ensuring the performance of their employment contract.
• We process your Personal Information when it is necessary for the purposes of a legitimate interest pursued by us or a third party (when these interests are not overridden by your data protection rights), e.g., when we need to understand your usage of our website and interaction with the same, for generating your secure login credentials, or to optimize our processes.
• We process your Personal Information with your consent. Where we process Personal Data based on consent, your consent is revocable at any time, e.g., when registering and inviting you for events organized by us, or for sharing our marketing related communications with you.
• We may process your personal Information to comply with any Legal obligations on us, including to applicable laws and protecting our legal rights, seeking remedies, and defending against claims.

We share your Personal Information within

• Equiv Technologies
• Business partners
• Service providers
• Authorized third-party agents; or Auditors, and/or government authorities, where applicable

Subject to the laws of your country, you may have certain rights as a data subject (including but not limited to right to information, access, rectification, erasure, object, restriction of processing, right to complain), relating to your Personal Information that we process. Where the data processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw your consent to the processing of any Personal Data at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of any processing operation before your withdrawal. Your rights as a data subject may differ based on your applicable jurisdiction. Please refer to region-specific data privacy statements for more information on the same.

Equiv Technologies maintains a harmonious alignment of Governance, Process, and Technology, which forms the foundation of our dedication to customers and stakeholders. We implement sensible and fitting security measures, encompassing administrative, physical, and technical controls, to ensure the protection of your Personal Information

We will retain Personal Information only for as long as necessary to achieve the purposes described in this privacy statement, unless a longer retention period is mandated by law or is essential for legitimate business reasons directly associated with those purposes. Any Personal Data no longer needed in accordance with legal and business obligations will be securely disposed of.

If you have any questions regarding our privacy practices or this privacy statement, or to request this privacy statement in another format, please contact us at: Contact person: Tamil Selvan K Email: k.tamilselvan@equivtech.com.au

Equiv Technologies reserves the right to modify data privacy practices and revise this privacy statement as necessary, with updates being posted on the website. Nevertheless, our steadfast commitment to safeguarding the privacy of website users will remain unchanged.