Last Updated: September 12, 2025
This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of the Openings Studio™ software and platform (“Openings Studio”) and describes the personal information that we collect about you through your use of Openings Studio. ASSA ABLOY Inc owns and operates the Openings Studio platform and is the controller under applicable data protection laws.
In addition to this Privacy Policy, Openings Studio has published a document describing in detail how all information in Openings Studio is processed, which may be found here on the data utilization page.
Your use of the Openings Studio platform signifies your acceptance of this Privacy Policy.
What Personal Information does Openings Studio collect and How is it Used?
In order to provide the Openings Studio platform and services, we collect the personal information listed in the chart below. You may choose not to provide some personal information, however, we may not be able to provide the Openings Studio platform or services to you.
Openings Studio does not sell personal information, as that term is defined in applicable data protection legislation. Openings Studio does not sell or share personal information of consumers under the age of 16. Openings Studio does not use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes other than listed below.
Who does Openings Studio Share Your Personal Information To?
As listed in the chart below, Openings Studio may share your personal information to third parties as follows:
To authorities if necessary to comply with applicable laws, legal obligations or binding decisions from courts or regulatory bodies. The purpose of this disclosure is to fulfill our legal responsibilities.
To ASSA ABLOY Group companies to support internal collaboration and efficiency as we use shared systems, resources, and business processes across the group globally.
To buyers and investors in connection with the potential or actual sale, merger, or other transfer of all or part of our shares, assets, or business to enable due diligence, strategic evaluation and preparations related to the transaction.
To trusted suppliers to perform certain services on our behalf, such as providing IT infrastructure, business systems (e.g., email), customer support services, and others to enable suppliers to deliver contracted services that support our daily operations. Suppliers may only use personal information to provide services to Openings Studio. We enter into data processing agreements and implement appropriate safeguard to protect your personal information.
To consultants and legal advisors, such as legal, financial, and strategic advisors for the purpose of obtaining professional advice, managing legal claims, ensuring regulatory compliance or supporting strategic business planning. These parties are contractually obligated to process your data securely and only for the agreed purposes.
During the last 12 months, Openings Studio collected and processed the following personal information:
CONTACT INFORMATION
Personal Data Categories | Name, email address, phone number, and login account information |
Personal Date Sources | Openings Studio Users |
Purpose for Collection |
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Categories of Third parties to whom it may be disclosed |
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Legal Grounds for Processing | Performance of a contract. The Openings Studio platform is made available to users who have entered into a contract for the services. Consent. Where we communicate newsletters and messages about our products/services. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. |
Retention | Once an account is deemed inactive (24 months of inactivity) or upon account termination, personal information is anonymized unless further retention is necessary for legal or contractual obligations. |
USAGE INFORMATION
Personal Data Categories | Information about page access and interactions with the Openings Studio platform and systems. |
Personal Data Sources | Openings Studio Users |
Purpose for Collection |
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Categories of Third parties to whom it may be disclosed |
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Legal Grounds for Processing | Consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time. |
Retention | Once an account is deemed inactive (24 months of inactivity) or upon account termination, personal information is anonymized unless further retention is necessary for legal or contractual obligations. |
How is Your Personal Information Secured?
We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards and features in connection with the collection, storage and disclosure of personal information. In your use of Openings Studio, we take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. ASSA ABLOY trains employees on its information security policies and guidelines and makes them available to its business partners as necessary. In addition, ASSA ABLOY and its business partners enter into confidentiality agreements that require that (i) care and precautions be taken to prevent loss, misuse, or disclosure of personal information and (ii) any service providers only use personal information to perform services on behalf of ASSA ABLOY. For more detailed information about Openings Studio’s information security policies and practice, please visit the data utilization page.
Transfers of Personal Information
Openings Studio has multiple instances globally to help ensure personal information is not transferred outside of certain regions. Openings Studio application development is based in the United States and your personal information may be accessible to Openings Studio personnel located in the United States. Additionally, as a global company with shared resources, your personal information may be accessible by ASSA ABLOY Group companies globally. Any such access is limited to providing services to you. However, personal information may be accessible by lawful order to foreign courts, law enforcement or national security entities outside of your jurisdiction. By using the Openings Studio platform, you consent to your personal information being accessible outside of your region.
Explanation of Your Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction and applicable data protection laws, you may have rights regarding your personal information. Generally, you may have the right to:
Withdraw your consent.
Access a copy of the personal information and information about our use of your personal information.
Request Openings Studio to rectify, correct or update your personal information.
Request Openings Studio to delete or erase your personal information.
Request Openings Studio to restrict the use of your personal information.
Request a copy of your personal information.
Object to Openings Studio’s use of your personal information.
Object to decisions based solely on automated processing, including profiling.
How to Contact Us:
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to exercise your rights under applicable data protection law, you may contact us:
Mail:
ASSA ABLOY Americas Privacy
110 Sargent Drive
New Haven, CT
06511-5918 USA
Email: Privacy.Americas@assaabloy.com
Toll-free: 1 (833) 648-0107
Please provide information about your relationship with ASSA ABLOY including the nature of your relationship and the ASSA ABLOY company/brand you are referring to in order for us to effectively and efficiently address your request.
We cannot respond to requests or provide personal information if we are unable to verify your identity or your authority to make a request and confirm that the personal information relates to you. Depending on the type, sensitivity, and value of the personal information, the risk of harm posed by any unauthorized access or deletion, the likelihood that fraudulent or malicious actors may seek the information, whether the identity verification process is sufficiently robust to protect against fraudulent requests or being spoofed or fabricated, the nature of the transaction between you and ASSA ABLOY, and available technology for verification, our verification process may include using existing authentication practices or matching two or three additional data points, and may also include submitting a declaration. Personal information provided for identity verification will only be used to verify your identity or authority to make the request.
Supervisory Authorities
Depending on your jurisdiction and applicable data protection laws, you may have the right to contact or lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority in your jurisdiction. In the U.S., you may contact your state’s Attorney General. In Canada, you may contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. In Europe, you may contact your country’s supervisory authority listed here. For all other jurisdictions, please refer to your applicable data protection laws.