Privacy Policy for Voter Information System

Privacy Policy

Last updated: December 11, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

  • Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.

  • Application refers to Voter Information System, the software program provided by the Company.

  • Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Aesys IT, 16/1 Burigonga Shetu Market, Dhaka 1204.

  • Country refers to: Bangladesh

  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.

  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

  • Service refers to the Application.

  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.

  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide certain personally identifiable information. Personal Data may include, but is not limited to:

  • Images you choose to provide (captured via the device camera or selected from the photo gallery) strictly for on-device processing to scan documents and enable information search. These images are not uploaded, transmitted, or stored on our servers.

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Device Permissions We Request

To provide core functionality, our application may request the following device permissions. You can grant or revoke these permissions at any time in your device settings; however, some features may not function without them:

  • Camera: Used only to capture a photo you choose to scan for voter identification cards (NID). The image is processed on your device using OCR technology and is not uploaded or transmitted to any server.
  • Photos/Media (Gallery): Used only to let you select an existing image for scanning. We do not scan or collect other media on your device; selected images are processed on-device and are not uploaded or transmitted.
  • Bluetooth: Used exclusively to connect to thermal printers for printing voter information slips and campaign materials. We do not collect, store, or transmit any data through Bluetooth connections. This permission is used solely to establish local device-to-printer communication for printing purposes. No Bluetooth device information is sent to our servers or shared with third parties.
  • Location (Required for Bluetooth Functionality): Android operating system requires location permission to scan for and discover nearby Bluetooth devices (thermal printers). We do NOT collect, track, store, or transmit your location data. This permission is required by the Android system solely for Bluetooth printer discovery and is a technical requirement of Android's Bluetooth API. The app does not access your actual geographic location coordinates, and absolutely no location data is transmitted to our servers, stored in our databases, or shared with any third parties. Your location information remains private and is not used for any purpose other than enabling the Android system to scan for Bluetooth printers.
Important Note About Location Permission: Many users are concerned when they see location permission requested by our app. We want to be completely transparent: we do NOT track your location. This permission is a requirement imposed by the Android operating system for any app that needs to discover Bluetooth devices. Without this permission, Android will not allow the app to find your Bluetooth printer. We take your privacy seriously and have designed our app to never access, use, or store your location information.

On Android 13+ we may request scoped "Photos and Videos" permissions, and on older Android versions the equivalent storage permission, solely to enable your user-initiated selection of an image to scan.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service: Including core features such as enabling on-device document scanning, local information search, and printing voter information slips through Bluetooth thermal printers, and ensuring service reliability and performance.
  • To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
  • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
  • To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
  • To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
  • For safety, security, and fraud prevention: To protect the Service, our users, and our rights.
  • For legal compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and lawful requests.
  • For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

Data Sharing and Third-Party Access

We do not sell your Personal Data. We do not share your Personal Data with third parties for their own marketing purposes. We may share information only in the following limited situations:

  • Service Providers (processors): Trusted third parties that help us operate the Service (e.g., hosting, security, or basic analytics) may process Personal Data on our behalf under written agreements requiring confidentiality and appropriate safeguards. They are not permitted to use your data for their own purposes.
  • Legal, regulatory, or safety: When required by law or to respond to valid legal requests; to protect the rights, property, or safety of users, the public, or the Company.
  • With your consent: In any other case, we will share data only with your explicit consent for the specific purpose described at the time.

How We Handle Images (On-Device Processing)

When you capture a photo using the camera or select one from your gallery, the image is processed entirely on your device using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology to scan National ID cards and enable information search within the app. The image is not uploaded, transmitted to our servers, or shared with third parties. We do not retain or store these images on our servers. Any intermediate data generated during the on-device scan is used only to provide the requested functionality and remains on your device.

How We Handle Bluetooth Connections

When you connect to a Bluetooth thermal printer to print voter information slips or campaign materials, the connection is established locally between your device and the printer only. We do not monitor, log, or transmit any information about your Bluetooth devices, printer connections, or printing activities to our servers. The Bluetooth permission is used exclusively for the technical functionality of connecting to and sending print jobs to thermal printers.

Health Data

Our application does not collect, store, process, or infer any health or medical data. If we ever introduce features that require such data, we will request explicit consent and update this Privacy Policy beforehand.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service.

You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

  • By email: robinabdullah@yahoo.com
  • By visiting our office: 16/1 Burigonga Shetu Market, Dhaka 1204, Bangladesh