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Privacy center

We respect your privacy and value your trust in us. Our Privacy Center includes information about the personal data we collect on our websites and through our services, how we use and protect it, and your choices regarding this data.
Viasat privacy and cookie notices

Read our primary privacy notice below, or click Learn More to see privacy and cookie details about certain services (including Mobility services) and scenarios

Mobility services privacy notice

This privacy notice describes how Viasat processes your personal data when you use our inflight (aviation), maritime, rail, bus (or other transportation service) internet connectivity, content, and ad-supported services.

Privacy rights & choices

Exercise your personal data rights through our online Privacy Rights Request Portal

Do not sell or share my personal information

Learn more about your choices when we share personal data with third parties

Privacy notice

Effective: January 29, 2024

Scope of this privacy notice

This Privacy Notice explains how Viasat collects, uses, discloses or otherwise processes your personal data when you use our websites and when we provide many of our services to you. We also explain your data protection rights as well as how to contact us if you have questions or comments.

Who we are and what we do

Viasat, including Inmarsat has been providing consumers, businesses and enterprises in the aviation, maritime, and other sections, and governments with communications and broadband internet products and services for more than 40 years.

Personal data we collect and sources of information

The personal data we collect either directly or indirectly from or about you will depend on the Service you are using and how you interact with us, and can include your contact, payment and service details, device information, websites you visit, cookies, and data captured using other tracking technologies.

Service-specific privacy information
How we use your personal data and our legal bases

We use your personal data for various reasons, including to provide, support, and improve the Services and tailor the Services to you, to keep your information secure, and to communicate with you about the Services. We are a global company, and in certain countries and regions where we operate, we must inform you of our specific legal basis to collect and use your personal data.

When we share your personal data

Your information may be shared with third parties, such as service providers (within and outside the Viasat group) and business partners. On certain occasions where necessary or required, we may share your information with law enforcement, government agencies, or the purchasers of some or all of a Viasat group business.

Cookies and similar tracking technology

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or online platform.  We use cookies and similar tracking technology (collectively, “Cookies”) to operate and enhance our Websites and certain Services and understand how you navigate our Websites and Services, to maintain user preferences or settings, combat fraud, help to ensure compliance with our policies and Terms of Use, and support our online advertising (including retargeting efforts) for Viasat services.  Where required by applicable law, we ask you to provide your consent to or give you choices on the use of these tracking technologies.

 

For more information about the types of Cookies we use, why, and how you can control Cookies, please see either our Cookie Notice or the Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information page available on the Website or Service you are using.

 

How we secure your personal data

Viasat takes the security of your personal data seriously. The measures we use to protect your information may vary between Websites and the Services.

International data transfers

We operate as a global organization with service providers and partners around the world. Your personal data may be transferred to countries with data protection standards that are not equal to the standards in the country where you are located. We put in place appropriate measures to safeguard your personal data when transferring it around the world.

Additional region-specific information

Data protection laws and requirements can differ by location, including region, country, or state. Where appropriate, we describe additional country specific information about our collection and use of your personal data in connection with our Websites and  Services. 

 

If you are in one of the locations listed below, please click on the relevant link for country specific information about our collection and use of your personal data.

How long we keep your information

We will keep your personal data for as long as we have a legitimate business need to do so.

Automated decision-making

We do not use your personal data to engage in automated decision-making that will have a significant effect on you (legally or otherwise).  In the U.S., we use automated tools that process information such as your location and credit history to assess whether our Services are an available or most appropriate service option for you and to inform the appropriate initial upfront fee for our Services.

Your choices and data protection rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights that you can exercise over our collection and use of your personal data.

Privacy controls

Personal data about children

Viasat Websites and Services are not intended to be used by children.  We do not intentionally collect children's data. 

The Viasat Websites and Services are not directed to children under 13 years old (or older, if applicable law provides for different protections), and we do not intentionally collect personal data from children. If you become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal data from a child, please notify us as soon as possible by contacting us using the contact details provided under the “How to Contact Us” heading below.

Updates to this Privacy Notice

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time in response to changing business, technical or legal developments. When we update our Privacy Notice, we take appropriate measures to inform you and provide you with appropriate choice, consistent with the significance of the changes we make, and in compliance with applicable data protection laws.

 

You can see when this Privacy Notice was last updated by checking the “last updated” date displayed at the top of this Privacy Notice.  

How to contact us

If you have any questions or concerns about our use of your personal information, please contact us using the following details:

 

Viasat, Inc.
Attn:  Viasat Privacy Office (Legal Dept.)
901 K Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20001
Email: privacy@mygril-yaoyao.com

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