Privacy & Legal

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Equatorium provides a web platform (the “Platform”) to government licensing authorities, telecommunications regulators and ministries (“Agencies”). The Platform shows where satellite terminals that appear to use the Starlink network are operating within the countries an Agency subscribes to, so that the Agency can check them against its licensing records and take action under its own laws.

To do this, Equatorium licenses device and location data from third-party data suppliers (“Data Partners”) and analyses it to identify satellite terminals. The Platform is organised around the terminal (the dish) rather than the people who use it. The advertising IDs of the devices seen connected to a terminal are part of the data Equatorium licenses: Agency users see them in the terminal’s side panel and in exports. Other information that could identify the people using a terminal is protected by default and is released to an Agency only through our Disclosure Policy, which requires a stated legal basis and review by Equatorium.

We also operate the public website at equatorium.com, where licensing authorities can request a briefing, apply for an account and contact support.

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• Customers are public authorities. We provide the Platform only to vetted public authorities, for spectrum licensing and related lawful regulatory purposes. We vet every Agency, by reviewing its sign-up or before issuing it a referral code, and we review every country subscription; we may refuse either.
• Identity is protected by default. Agencies see terminals, their locations and the devices seen connected to them. Identity-linked data moves only through our Disclosure Policy.
• Protected activity is excluded. Requests concerning conflict areas, journalists or other protected activity are denied, and the Platform may not be used to target them.
• Audit logging. Every change in the Platform and every disclosure request is written to the Agency’s audit log.
• Sale of data. Providing device and precise location data to government customers for a fee is a “sale” of personal data under several privacy laws. We disclose this, and anyone can opt out through Your Privacy Choices.
• No advertising or eligibility decisions. We do not use the data for advertising, and it may not be used to decide anyone’s eligibility for credit, employment, insurance or housing.

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If documents conflict, the order of precedence in Section 20 of the Terms of Use applies: any Standard Contractual Clauses prevail; then a signed Order Form; the Customer Data Processing Agreement (for personal data); the Disclosure Policy (for Releases); the Terms of Use; and then the remaining policies and notices.

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