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The purpose of this Privacy Policy (the "Policy") is to describe the practices employed by Tangoe, Inc. ("Tangoe") with respect to the acquisition, receipt, use, and protection of the information we receive from and on behalf of our customers, prospects, and partners.    We are committed to follow the guidelines set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Safe Harbor framework and as a result Tangoe provides an environment to securely process private information received from the European Union and all countries from which we process private information.

 
Information Collected and Intended Use
Tangoe is the leading provider of telecommunications expense management services for corporate customers.   Tangoe does not provide its service to the individual or consumer markets.   In the performance of this service, the information we receive from our customers may contain one or more of the following data elements which is considered personal information related to the employees of our customers:   Employee Id, Name, Title, Location, Corporate E-Mail Address, Department/Cost Center, Phone Numbers, and Corporate Address.   Additionally, we receive Telecommunication Invoices including Call Detail Records associated with devices, services, and networks for which Tangoe Corporate customers are either primarily or secondarily liable.  

This information is used for the sole purpose of matching charges and telecommunications inventory to the appropriate employee and/or cost center within Tangoe's corporate customer enabling the responsible employees to manage the acquisition, tracking, use, and disposal of these corporate assets. 

Further, upon explicit opt-in and only with the consent of the particular employee, Tangoe accepts Employee Shipping Address, Credit Card and Date of Birth information.     This information is stored for the sole purpose of requesting, approving, ordering, testing, and shipping wireless devices (e.g.,  cellular telephone, pagers, calling cards, personal digital assistants, etc.), accessories and service to the employee upon approval from the employee's designated manager(s).    This information is forwarded to the carrier, designated carrier representative or accessory vendor selected by the employee for purposes of procurement, fulfillment and provisioning of the requested device, service, and/or accessory.     Upon being notified by the carrier or accessory vendor that the order has completed, this information is purged from Tangoe's database.

In addition, parties visiting our website (www.Tangoe.com) can visit the Site without
providing personal information; however, computers connected to the internet contain information such as IP Address (Internet Protocol Address), and domain names that identify the computer and network used to access our web site.  This information is captured and stored solely for tracking and monitoring purposes.

The above notwithstanding, personal information captured and contained in the Tangoe databases and servers is not sold, licensed, or distributed to any third parties except to vendors and suppliers for the purposes of managing corporate telecom expenses on behalf of our corporate customers.


Data Protection

Tangoe, Inc. employs reasonable and generally accepted measures to protect Customer information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction of information which includes compliance with confidentiality and non-disclosure provisions in agreements between Tangoe, Inc. and it's customers, partners, suppliers, and employees.   

Tangoe Inc.'s Managed and Hosted solutions maintain customer information on secure servers located in secure data centers.  Personal information stored in databases requires unique login ids and passwords in order to access the information and is only used for the intent described in this policy.  Customer login ids and passwords are provided to customers in order to allow access to the information pertaining to the specific customer for whom it is intended.  Further, customer sensitive data is stored encrypted using 128-bit strong encryption keys. All access to customer data whether it is customer or internally accessed is controlled and monitored by Tangoe's professional, full time, IT staff.  

Two-factor authentication is required for all approved Tangoe employees accessing Tangoe production hosted systems.  All servers are protected by one or more firewalls restricting access to the individuals for which access is specifically intended.  Extensive monitoring and security tools are utilized to ensure application, data, and network integrity.


Enforcement
Tangoe will periodically conduct internal and external audits to ensure that customer data is maintained in a manner consistent with this Policy and the principles of the Safe Harbor framework.   Any employee, vendor, or supplier found to have violated this Policy will be disciplined, up to and including termination of employment or termination of service contract.   Tangoe will further correct any deficiencies identified by internal and external audits to ensure continued compliance with this Policy.


Dispute Resolution
Individuals or organizations having questions about this Policy or who would like to report a suspected violation of this Policy may contact Tangoe's VP of IT and Security at the following address: 

Tangoe, Inc.
35 Executive Blvd,
Orange CT  06477 USA
ATTN:  VP IT & Security
(203) 859-9300

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