1. Introduction
This Website Privacy Policy explains how ASIOT Co., Ltd. ("ASIOT", "we", "us" or "our") collects, uses, discloses, transfers and protects personal information when you visit or interact with the VeriReader website at https://verireader.com/ and related public website pages (the "Website").
The Website is a business-to-business marketing and information website for VeriReader. This Policy covers website activity, contact and partnership inquiries, marketing communications, analytics, advertising measurement, website security and related support communications.
This Policy does not replace any separate privacy notice, data processing agreement or contract that may apply to a deployed VeriReader product, customer platform, pilot, mobile application, meter-reading service, API, logged-in dashboard, IoT device or other offline service.
2. Who Is Responsible for the Website
The Website is operated by ASIOT Co., Ltd., located at 15th Floor, Toranomon Hills Business Tower, 1-17-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6415, Japan. Unless another ASIOT affiliate is expressly identified for a specific transaction, campaign or customer relationship, ASIOT is responsible for the processing described in this Policy.
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact form: https://verireader.com/contact.html
- Postal address: 15th Floor, Toranomon Hills Business Tower, 1-17-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6415, Japan
3. Personal Information We Collect
The categories of personal information we collect depend on how you use the Website.
3.1 Information You Provide Directly
- Contact and inquiry details: name, company, business email address, phone number, country or region, selected area of interest or inquiry type, message content and any other information you choose to submit through the Website or in follow-up communications.
- Business and marketing information: organization, role, market, project needs, product interests, pricing or quotation requests, preferred communication channel, marketing preferences and related sales or partnership notes.
- Communications: records of emails, meetings, calls, demo requests, event communications, procurement discussions and support routing related to your Website inquiry.
3.2 Information Collected Automatically
When you access the Website, we and our service providers may collect IP address, approximate location derived from IP address, device and browser information, operating system, pages viewed, referring URL, UTM or campaign parameters, date and time of access, cookie identifiers, interaction events, diagnostics, security logs and other technical information.
We use Google Analytics 4, Google Ads, Google tags and related measurement technologies for website analytics, search engine marketing campaign measurement, conversion measurement and advertising effectiveness. Non-essential analytics and marketing technologies are used only where permitted by applicable law and subject to the applicable consent or opt-out mechanism.
3.3 Information From Third Parties
Where permitted by law, we may receive business contact or lead information from service providers, advertising and analytics partners, channel partners, distributors, system integrators, events, public business sources or your organization. We use such information for legitimate business purposes consistent with this Policy.
3.4 Information Not Collected Through the Public Website
The public Website does not itself collect meter images, meter readings, device telemetry, OCR results, billing reports, customer platform account data or API usage data. Those data categories are processed through the VeriReader product environment and are addressed in the applicable platform-facing privacy notices, data processing agreements, platform terms and commercial contracts.
4. How We Use Personal Information and Legal Bases
We use personal information for the purposes below. Where applicable law requires a legal basis, we rely on consent, performance of a contract or pre-contractual steps, our legitimate interests, compliance with legal obligations, or protection of legal rights.
| Purpose | Examples | Typical legal basis |
|---|---|---|
| Respond to inquiries | Answer product, partnership, pricing and quotation requests; arrange follow-up calls or demos; provide requested information; route inquiries internally. | Pre-contractual steps; legitimate interests; consent where required. |
| Operate and secure the Website | Load pages, maintain availability, protect against bots or abuse, maintain security logs, debug errors and prevent fraud. | Legitimate interests; legal obligations. |
| Improve the Website and communications | Analyze aggregate visits, page performance, interaction patterns, traffic sources, errors and conversion flows. | Consent where required for non-essential cookies; legitimate interests where permitted. |
| Marketing and advertising measurement | Measure SEM and Google Ads campaigns, understand referral sources, measure conversion events, manage remarketing or similar audiences where enabled. | Consent where required; legitimate interests where permitted. |
| Business administration and legal compliance | Maintain records, enforce terms, respond to lawful requests, manage disputes, preserve evidence and comply with applicable laws. | Legal obligations; legitimate interests. |
Where we rely on legitimate interests, we balance those interests against the rights and freedoms of individuals. Where consent is required, you may withdraw consent at any time without affecting processing already carried out lawfully.
5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies, pixels, local storage, tags and similar technologies to operate and protect the Website, remember cookie choices, analyze traffic and measure advertising campaigns. See Part II (Cookie Policy) below for details about cookie categories, current cookie inventory and available choices. You can change your cookie preferences at any time:
6. How We Disclose Personal Information
We do not sell personal information for money. We may disclose personal information to the following categories of recipients where reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy:
- Service providers and processors: website hosting, infrastructure, security, analytics, advertising, cookie consent management, CRM, email, form handling, support and professional service providers.
- Group companies and affiliates: ASIOT affiliates and internal teams for business operations, sales support, customer communications, legal, security and administration.
- Business partners: distributors, channel partners, integration partners, ESG platforms, consultants or other partners where relevant to your inquiry or relationship with VeriReader.
- Authorities and legal parties: courts, regulators, law enforcement or other parties where required by law or necessary to protect rights, safety, security or legal interests.
- Transaction parties: successors, buyers, investors or advisers in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring or transfer of all or part of our business, subject to appropriate protections.
Where applicable privacy laws treat certain advertising or cross-context behavioral advertising disclosures as a "sale" or "sharing", we will provide the relevant consent or opt-out mechanism as required by law.
7. International Transfers
We are based in Japan and may process personal information in Japan and in other countries where our service providers, partners or affiliates operate. These countries may have privacy laws different from those in your country or region.
Where required, we use appropriate safeguards for international transfers, such as contractual commitments, data processing agreements, vendor due diligence, access controls and other technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information.
8. Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
- Contact, sales and partnership inquiry records are generally retained while the inquiry or business relationship is active and then for up to three years after the last meaningful interaction, unless a longer period is needed for contracts, disputes, legal obligations or business continuity.
- Marketing preference and unsubscribe records are retained for as long as needed to honor your choices and maintain suppression lists.
- Website technical logs, security records and diagnostics are generally retained for up to 12 months, unless longer retention is needed to investigate security, fraud, abuse or legal matters.
- Analytics data may be retained in analytics tools for up to 14 months unless configured differently.
- Aggregated or de-identified information may be retained for longer.
- Cookie retention periods are described in Part II below and may vary by cookie, provider and user choice.
9. Your Choices and Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to request access, disclosure, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, portability, withdrawal of consent, cessation of use or third-party provision of your personal information, and to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority.
You may exercise privacy rights by contacting us at [email protected] or through the Website contact form. We may need to verify your identity and request additional information before responding to a request. We will respond within the period required by applicable law.
You may opt out of marketing emails by using the unsubscribe instructions in the relevant message or by contacting us. You may manage non-essential cookies through the Website cookie banner or preference center, and through your browser settings.
10. Children
The Website is intended for business users and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children through the Website. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so that we can take appropriate action.
11. Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration and disclosure. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
12. Third-Party Websites and Services
The Website may contain links to third-party websites or services, such as social media platforms, analytics providers, advertising providers or partner websites. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, not this Policy.
13. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on the Website with a new "Last updated" date. Changes take effect when posted unless otherwise stated.
1. About This Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how ASIOT Co., Ltd. uses cookies, pixels, local storage, tags, scripts and similar technologies on the VeriReader website. In this Policy, "cookies" includes similar technologies that store information on your device or access information from your device.
2. What Cookies Are
Cookies are small text files placed on your browser or device when you visit a website. Similar technologies, such as pixels, tags, scripts and local storage, can also recognize a browser, remember choices, measure interactions, protect a site or help a site owner understand how the site is used.
Cookies may be first-party cookies set by VeriReader or third-party cookies set by service providers such as Google, Cloudflare or Fontshare.
3. Why We Use Cookies
- Strictly necessary cookies: to load the Website, maintain security, prevent abuse, remember cookie choices and provide core functionality.
- Functional cookies: to support optional website features and display resources such as fonts or preferences.
- Analytics and statistics cookies: to understand how visitors use the Website, which pages are visited, where traffic comes from and how the Website performs.
- Marketing cookies and pixels: to measure SEM and Google Ads campaigns, improve advertising effectiveness and support conversion measurement, remarketing or similar audiences where enabled.
4. Consent and Cookie Choices
Strictly necessary cookies may be used without prior consent where they are essential to provide the Website or protect it. For analytics, marketing and other non-essential cookies, we request your consent where required by applicable law.
The Website provides clear choices including Accept All, Reject All and Customize. You can change your preferences at any time:
5. Cookies and Trackers Identified on the Website
The table below reflects the cookies and trackers identified from the current Website review. Actual cookies may vary depending on region, browser, consent status, Website updates and provider configuration. Durations are typical or default durations.
| Cookie / tracker | Provider / category | Purpose | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| CookieConsent | verireader.com — Strictly necessary | Stores cookie consent choices so the Website can honor them. | Up to 12 months. |
| SESS# | verireader.com — Strictly necessary | Maintains a session or security state needed for Website functionality. | Session. |
| __cf_bm | Cloudflare — Strictly necessary | Bot management and abuse prevention to protect the Website from automated traffic. | About 30 minutes of inactivity. |
| _fontshare_key | api.fontshare.com — Functional | Supports font delivery or related website display functionality. | Provider-configured. |
| _ga | Google Analytics — Analytics | Distinguishes users for website analytics. | Up to 2 years. |
| _ga_# | Google Analytics — Analytics | Persists session state for GA4 analytics. | Up to 2 years. |
| _gcl_au | Google Ads — Marketing | Stores ad click and conversion information for Google Ads measurement. | Up to 90 days. |
| _gcl_ls | googletagmanager.com — Marketing | Supports Google conversion linker using browser storage. | Up to 90 days. |
| test_cookie | doubleclick.net — Marketing | Checks whether the browser supports cookies for Google advertising. | About 15 minutes. |
| pagead/1p-user-list/# | google.com — Marketing | Google Ads pixel for audience, remarketing or conversion measurement. | Provider-controlled. |
6. Managing Cookies
You can manage cookies through the Website cookie banner or preference center. You may also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block, delete or receive warnings about cookies. Cookie choices may need to be set separately on each device and browser.
- Google Chrome: support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416
- Microsoft Edge: support.microsoft.com/microsoft-edge
- Apple Safari: support.apple.com/safari
- Mozilla Firefox: support.mozilla.org