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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Smartaira is an internet service provider that specializes in bulk broadband solutions for multi‑dwelling units (MDUs) like apartment complexes. Instead of residents choosing their own internet provider | Smartaira is an internet service provider that specializes in bulk broadband solutions for multi‑dwelling units (MDUs) like apartment complexes. Instead of residents choosing their own internet provider for their apartment, the property owner contracts Smartaira to provide service throughout the building. Smartaira installs & manages the network infrastructure, including community‑wide Wi‑Fi & in‑unit wired Ethernet jacks; each apartment connects with private credentials to a secure virtual LAN (VLAN).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://smartaira.com/property-owners/ |title=Property Owners |website=Smartaira |access-date=2025-11-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://communities.smartaira.com/dedicated-wifi-faqs |title=Dedicated Wi‑Fi FAQs |website=Smartaira |access-date=2025-11-18}}</ref> | ||
Plume’s motion sensing technology, known as "Plume Motion" or "Sense," uses Wi‑Fi signal disruptions to detect movement in the home. This allows a Wi‑Fi router to double as a passive motion detector by analyzing how wireless signals fluctuate when someone moves through a space.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.plume.com/legal/privacy-rights-notice |title=Privacy Rights Notice (U.S.) |website=Plume |date=2024-07-01 |access-date=2025-11-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://armstrongonewire.com/Support/Internet/Articles/PlumeMotion |title=Plume HomePass® Sense |website=Armstrong |access-date=2025-11-18}}</ref> | Plume’s motion sensing technology, known as "Plume Motion" or "Sense," uses Wi‑Fi signal disruptions to detect movement in the home. This allows a Wi‑Fi router to double as a passive motion detector by analyzing how wireless signals fluctuate when someone moves through a space.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.plume.com/legal/privacy-rights-notice |title=Privacy Rights Notice (U.S.) |website=Plume |date=2024-07-01 |access-date=2025-11-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://armstrongonewire.com/Support/Internet/Articles/PlumeMotion |title=Plume HomePass® Sense |website=Armstrong |access-date=2025-11-18}}</ref> | ||
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==Legal context== | ==Legal context== | ||
Plume’s U.S. Privacy Rights Notice serves as a CCPA/CPRA “Notice at Collection” & lists categories of data processed for Plume Home, including “motion in the home … collected as disruptions in Wi‑Fi waves … which collectively provide a pattern of motion & motion history,” as well as inferences drawn to create behavioral profiles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.plume.com/legal/privacy-rights-notice |title=Privacy Rights Notice (U.S.) |website=Plume |date=2024-07-01 |access-date=2025-11-18}}</ref> Plume’s Customer Privacy Policy further clarifies that a Customer Network administrator can disable motion sensing, at which point Plume will no longer collect live motion data or generate motion reports. However, this does not mean that the tenant has the ability to disable motion sensing. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.plume.com/legal/privacy |title=Customer Privacy Policy |website=Plume |access-date=2025-11-18}}</ref> | Plume’s U.S. Privacy Rights Notice serves as a CCPA/CPRA “Notice at Collection” & lists categories of data processed for Plume Home, including “motion in the home … collected as disruptions in Wi‑Fi waves … which collectively provide a pattern of motion & motion history,” as well as inferences drawn to create behavioral profiles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.plume.com/legal/privacy-rights-notice |title=Privacy Rights Notice (U.S.) |website=Plume |date=2024-07-01 |access-date=2025-11-18}}</ref> Plume’s Customer Privacy Policy further clarifies that a Customer Network administrator can disable motion sensing, at which point Plume will no longer collect live motion data or generate motion reports. However, this does not mean that the tenant has the ability to disable motion sensing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.plume.com/legal/privacy |title=Customer Privacy Policy |website=Plume |access-date=2025-11-18}}</ref> | ||
==Business context== | ==Business context== | ||