Read our primary privacy notice below, or click Learn More to see privacy and cookie details about certain services (including Mobility services) and scenarios
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.
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Privacy notice
Effective: January 29, 2024
Scope of this Privacy Notice Who we are and what we do
Personal data we collect and sources of information
Service-specific privacy information
How we use your personal data and our legal bases
When we share your personal data
Cookies and similar tracking technology
How we secure your personal data
International data transfers
Additional region-specific information
How long we keep your information
Automated decision-making
Your choices and data protection rights
Privacy controls
Personal data about children
Updates to this Privacy Notice
How to contact us
Privacy notice PDF and history
Notice Addendums
Viasat Controller Entities Addendum
Data Privacy Framework 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.
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.
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.
You can find more detail on our personal data processing for certain Services by clicking on the applicable Service below:
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.
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.
Viasat takes the security of your personal data seriously. The measures we use to protect your information may vary between Websites and the Services.
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.
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.
- United States (including state-specific information, e.g., CA, ME, NV)
- UK, Switzerland and European Union Economic Area
- Brazil
- Mexico
We will keep your personal data for as long as we have a legitimate business need to do so.
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.
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights that you can exercise over our collection and use of your personal data.
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.
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.
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