Privacy Policy

Globber US LLC, incorporated at 1820 Holmby Avenue, Apt 6 Los Angeles CA 90025

Globber US LLC respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. The following privacy notice will inform you about how Globber US LLC collects and processes your personal data you’ve consensually provided to us and your privacy rights.

Third-party links and sites

This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.

Information Provided by You

By providing us with information, you consent to our collection and use of that information for the purpose for which you provided it. It may also be necessary for us to process the information you provide to do something at your request (e.g., to complete a purchase, to send you newsletters or ship your purchase).

Information that you may provide us with directly may include:

  • Your name, username, date of birth, email and password when you register for an account on the Globber US LLC website
  • Your name and email address when you subscribe to newsletters or other marketing materials; or requesting orders or responding to inquiries
  • Your name, address, email address and credit card information when you complete a purchase, if required
  • Your name, email address, purchase history, other details you provide and a copy of your communications when you contact our customer service team;
  • Your personal preferences and opinions when you respond to consumer survey requests, or other requests for your opinion, preferences or suggestions;
  • Your name, age, address and social media handles when you participate in contests, sweepstakes and other promotions on our website or our social channels; and
  • Your name, address, phone number, email address, work history, and other details you provide if you submit a job application.

By submitting personal information to Globber US LLC, you represent and warrant that you have the right and authority or have obtained all necessary consents to provide any information, including any personal information of another individual that you provide to us.


The data we collect about you

Globber US LLC may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which include the following personal data;
Identity Data includes first name, surname, last name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth.
Contact Data includes delivery address, email address, telephone numbers.
Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
Profile Data includes your username, orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.
Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us.


If you fail to provide personal data

In cases when Globber US LLC need to collect personal data to fulfil a contract we have with you, and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, sending you spare parts for your scooter). In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us, but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.


How data is collected 

There are several ways you can give us your personal data including;

  • Subscribing to our newsletter via our website contact form, pop-up homepage banner and / or footer newsletter input form.
  • Creating an account on our website.
  • Signing in to submit an order.
  • Contacting us directly.
  • Request Marketing material or entering into a competition, promotion or survey

 

How we will use your personal data

Purpose / Activity

 

Type of data

Lawful basis for processing

To enable you to partake in a prize draw, competition or complete a survey

(a) Identity
(b) Contact
(c) Profile
(d) Usage
(e) Marketing and Communications

(a) Performance of a contract with you
(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our
products/services, to develop them and grow our business)

To process and deliver your order in our internal software and shipping portals including:

(a) Manage payments, fees and charges
(b) Collect and recover money owed to us

(a) Identity
(b) Contact
(c) Financial
(d) Transaction
(e) Marketing and Communications

(a) Performance of a contract with you
(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to recover debts due to us)

To register you as a new customer

(a) Identity
(b) Contact

Performance of a contract with you

To process and deliver your order (spare part request)

 

(a) Identity
(b) Contact

All Financial data is managed by our local Globber US LLC customer services. Payment options vary across regions, so please directly speak to our Local Customer Service Rep on how your payment details are protected.

Performance of a contract with you

To manage our relationship with you which will include:

(a) Notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy notice.
(b) Asking you to leave a review or take a survey.

(a) Identity
(b) Contact
(c) Profile
(d) Marketing and Communications

(a) Performance of a contract with you
(b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation
(c) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our records updated and to study how customers use our products/services)

To deliver relevant website content, recommendations and advertisements to you that may be of interest to you, and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you

(a) Identity
(b) Contact
(c) Profile
(d) Usage
(e) Marketing and Communications
(f) Technical

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy)

To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you

(a) Identity
(b) Contact
(c) Profile
(d) Usage
(e) Marketing and Communications
(f) Technical

Necessary for our legitimate interests
(to study how customers use our products/services, to develop
them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy)

To make suggestions and recommendations to you about goods or services that may be of interest to you

(a) Identity
(b) Contact
(c) Technical
(d) Usage
(e) Profile

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to develop our products/
services and grow our business)

 

You will only receive marketing communications from us if you have opted in to receiving this marketing.

Information We Collect Automatically

Information that we collect automatically when you use the Globber US LLC site may include:

  • Device information, such as whether you are using a mobile phone, tablet or computer;
  • Your IP address;
  • The frequency of user visits to the Globber US LLC Sites;
  • The use of hyperlinks available on the Globber US LLC Sites;
  • Which pages you view on the Globber US LLC website and how long you stay on each one;
  • Whether you make a purchase.

Like many websites, Globber US LLC website uses “cookies” to maintain a record of your visit to the Globber US LLC website. A cookie is a small text file that is transferred by a web server and stored on the hard drive of your computer or mobile device. It can only be read by the server that sent it to you. This information does not identify you personally.

Cookies help us improve the Globber US LLC website, optimize your experience, store information about your preferences, speed up your searches and to recognize you when you return to the Globber US LLC. website. Please read below for more information regarding Cookies.

Globber US LLC may use automatically collected data for various purposes including analyzing trends and statistics, assessing patterns of use, developing and diagnosing problems on the Globber US LLC website or our servers, planning and evaluating marketing initiatives, and optimizing your experience on the Globber US LLC website. This information is not used to inform decisions about individuals, only to understand how different categories of users interact with the Globber US LLC website. To the extent that any information can be linked to your IP address to identify you, we will treat it as personal information.

Where we store your data

Your personal data is collected by our website and processed by MailChimp or Constant Contact, or our internal software, our official digital partners, certified to both the EU-US Privacy Shield and Swiss-US. Privacy Shield and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), to allow us to correctly use and store your data for the above scenarios.

Your rights

Below is a recap of your individual rights.

Right to be forgotten: You can contact us directly to request deletion to your data stored.

Right to object: You may opt out of receiving any marketing message from us at any time. You can unsubscribe by signing in to your account and clicking “unsubscribe” in personal information. Alternatively, you can directly contact us and we will remove you from our mailing list.

Right to rectification: You can correct, complete or update your contact information at any time by signing in to your account. You are responsible for keeping your information up-to-date and accurate.

Right of restricting processing: of your personal data in certain ways.

Right of access: You can contact us directly ([email protected]) to request access to information we hold about you.

Right to transfer: of your personal data to you or to a third party.

No fee required

You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights).

What we may need from you 

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

Time limit to respond

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month.

Our Cookies policy 

Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.

We use cookies on this site to enable certain parts of the site to function and to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to improve our visitors' experience.

By continuing to browse our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is stored on your browser or hard drive if you agree. They cannot harm your computer and do not contain any information that identifies you personally. We will never collect any personal information about you, or anyone using your device, such as name, address or financial details, using our website cookies.

You can block cookies at any point by changing your browser settings. Every browser has a different way to turn cookies off so it’s best to check in your browser’s help section.

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Other Business Interests

We may use your information to carry out legitimate activities related to our business, including:

  • Understanding, improving and enhancing our existing products and services, including the Globber US LLC website;
  • Establishing commercial relationships necessary for the performance of the Globber US LLC website, including to process transactions, store data, and administer the Globber USA, Sites;
  • Verifying access to your user account;
  • Offering, developing and selling products or services;
  • Troubleshooting problems with the Globber US LLC website;
  • Customizing your experience on the Globber US LLC website;
  • Enforcing our Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy;
  • Detecting and protecting Globber US LLC and third-parties from error, negligence, breach of contract, fraud, theft and other illegal activity;
  • Auditing our compliance with this policy and other contractual and legal obligations;
  • Developing and managing our business and operations;
  • Developing, enhancing, marketing, selling or providing information about products or services;
  • Customizing advertisements and marketing communications;
  • Monitoring your use of the Globber US LLC website to ensure the safety and security of data and to detect security breaches;
  • Engaging in business transactions, including the purchase, sale, lease, merger, amalgamation or any other type of acquisition, disposal, securitization or financing involving Globber US LLC;
  • Complying with any legal or regulatory requirements or provisions; and
  • Protecting the rights of Globber US LLC, its subsidiaries or third-parties.

REQUESTS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS

If you have questions or inquiries relating to our privacy practices or procedures, or want to make a request concerning your personal information, please write to Globber US LLC Privacy Officer/Data Protection Officer at the address provided below:

Globber US LLC.
1820 Holmby Avenue, Apt 6 Los Angeles CA 90025
Attention: Privacy Officer/Data Protection Officer
e-mail: [email protected]

If you remain unhappy with a response you receive about the treatment of your personal information, you can also refer your concerns to the relevant privacy or data protection supervisor in your jurisdiction.

 

 

We use cookies for the following purposes: 

Name

Tracker Type Name

Type of Cookie

Purpose Description

test_cookie

HTTP Cookie

Necessary

Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies.

__paypal_storage__

HTML Local Storage

Necessary

Used in context with the PayPal payment-function on the website. The cookie is necessary for making a safe transaction through PayPal. 

CookieConsent

HTTP Cookie

Necessary

Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain

cookietest

HTTP Cookie

Necessary

This cookie is used to determine if the visitor's browser supports cookies for website functionality.

PHPSESSID

HTTP Cookie

Necessary

Preserves user session state across page requests.

PrestaShop-#

HTTP Cookie

Necessary

Used to preserves login state, user’s basket and checkout status across page requests.

rc::a

HTML Local Storage

Necessary

This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.

rc::b

HTML Local Storage

Necessary

This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots.

rc::c

HTML Local Storage

Necessary

This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots.

rc::d-#

HTML Local Storage

Necessary

This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots.

last_visit_#

HTML Local Storage

Necessary

Used to display the differential of new comments posted since their last visit if the user returns to the page.

c

HTTP Cookie

Necessary

Used in order to detect spam and improve the website's security. Does not store  visitor specific data.

[SessionID#27]

HTTP Cookie

Necessary

Individual session ID for saving website progress such as cart.

l7_az

HTTP Cookie

Necessary

This cookie is necessary for the PayPal login-function on the website.

ts_c

HTTP Cookie

Necessary

Used in context with the PayPal payment-function on the website. The cookie is necessary for making a safe transaction through PayPal. 

SESS#

HTTP Cookie

Necessary

Preserves users states across page requests.

ts

Pixel Tracker

Necessary

Used in context with the PayPal payment-function on the website. The cookie is necessary for making a safe transaction through PayPal. 

ab

HTTP Cookie

Statistics

This cookie is used by the website’s operator in context with multi-variate testing. This is a tool used to combine or change content on the website. This allows the website to find the best variation/edition of the site.

_dc_gtm_UA-#

HTTP Cookie

Statistics

Used by Google Tag Manager to control the loading of a Google Analytics script tag.

_ga

HTTP Cookie

Statistics

Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.

_gat

HTTP Cookie

Statistics

Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate

_gid

HTTP Cookie

Statistics

Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.

_rxuuid

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers.

C

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies.

uid

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Registers a unique user ID that recognises the user's browser when visiting websites that use the same ad network. The purpose is to optimise display of ads based on the user's movements and various ad providers' bids for displaying user ads.

uuid2

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads.

sambapxid

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Used to track the visitor across multiple devices including TV. This is done in order to re-target the visitor through multiple channels. 

TDCPM

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads.

TDID

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads.

APID

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Collects information on user behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the website.

ad-id

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Used by Amazon Advertising to register user actions and target content on the website based on ad clicks on a different website.

ad-privacy

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Used by Amazon Advertising to register user actions and target content on the website based on ad clicks on a different website.

ecm3

Pixel Tracker

Marketing

Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers.

IDSYNC

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Used to identify the visitor across visits and devices. This allows the website to present the visitor with relevant advertisement - The service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitate real-time bidding for advertisers.

c

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Regulates synchronisation of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services.

tuuid

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Registers whether or not the user has consented to the use of cookies.

tuuid_lu

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Contains a unique visitor ID, which allows Bidswitch.com to track the visitor across multiple websites. This allows Bidswitch to optimize advertisement relevance and ensure that the visitor does not see the same ads multiple times. 

bkdc

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Registers user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimising ad display based on the user's movement on websites that use the same ad network.

bkpa

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Presents the user with relevant content and advertisement. The service is provided by third-party advertisement hubs, which facilitate real-time bidding for advertisers.

bku

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Registers anonymised user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimising ad display based on the user's movement on websites that use the same ad network.

CMID

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Collects visitor data related to the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads.

CMPRO

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement - This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement.

CMPS

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Collects visitor data related to the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads.

CMST

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Collects visitor data related to the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads.

demdex

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Via a unique ID that is used for semantic content analysis, the user's navigation on the website is registered and linked to offline data from surveys and similar registrations to display targeted ads.

dpm

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers.

IDE

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.

RUL

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Used by DoubleClick to determine whether website advertisement has been properly displayed - This is done to make their marketing efforts more efficient. 

fr

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.

tr

Pixel Tracker

Marketing

Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.

_fbp

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.

_GRECAPTCHA

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.

pagead/1p-user-list/AW-734147870

Pixel Tracker

Marketing

Tracks if the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple websites and detects how the user navigates between sites. This is used for measurement of advertisement efforts and facilitates payment of referral-fees between websites.

collect

Pixel Tracker

Marketing

Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.

pt

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Used to track the visitor across multiple devices including TV. This is done in order to re-target the visitor through multiple channels. 

_kuid_

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads.

id

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads.

mdata

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads.

ov

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Presents the user with relevant content and advertisement. The service is provided by third-party advertisement hubs, which facilitate real-time bidding for advertisers.

tuuid

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Collects visitor data related to the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads.

tuuid_lu

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Contains a unique visitor ID, which allows Bidswitch.com to track the visitor across multiple websites. This allows Bidswitch to optimize advertisement relevance and ensure that the visitor does not see the same ads multiple times. 

ndat

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Used to track the visitor across multiple devices including TV. This is done in order to re-target the visitor through multiple channels. 

i

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Registers anonymised user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimising ad display based on the user's movement on websites that use the same ad network.

Subject-Id

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers.

KADUSERCOOKIE

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Registers a unique ID that identifies the user's device during return visits across websites that use the same ad network. The ID is used to allow targeted ads.

KTPCACOOKIE

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Registers a unique ID that identifies the user's device during return visits across websites that use the same ad network. The ID is used to allow targeted ads.

UID

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Collects information of the user and his/her movement, such as timestamp for visits, most recently loaded pages and IP address. The data is used by the marketing research network, Scorecard Research, to analyse traffic patterns and carry out surveys to help their clients better understand the customer's preferences.

UIDR

HTTP Cookie

 

Collects information of the user and his/her movement, such as timestamp for visits, most recently loaded pages and IP address. The data is used by the marketing research network, Scorecard Research, to analyse traffic patterns and carry out surveys to help their clients better understand the customer's preferences.

r1

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Collects data related to the user's navigation visits to webpages in order to assess the efficacy of ads that are displayed on the website.

u2

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Collects data related to the user's navigation visits to webpages in order to assess the efficacy of ads that are displayed on the website.

audience

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Used to determine whether the video-ads have been displayed correctly on the website - This is done to make video-ads more effective and ensure that the visitor is not shown the same ads more times than intended. The cookie also detects whether the visitor has any Do Not Track preferences.

UID

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Collects visitor data related to the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads.

uid-bp-#

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Used for targeted ads and to document the effectiveness of each ad.

t_gid

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

This cookie assigns a specific visitor ID, when the visitor interacts with ads or content from the website - this allows the website to target the visitor with similar ads or content.

TapAd_3WAY_SYNCS

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Used for data-synchronization with advertisement networks.

TapAd_DID

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Used to determine what type of devices (smartphones, tablets, computers, TVs etc.) is used by a user.

TapAd_TS

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Used to determine what type of devices (smartphones, tablets, computers, TVs etc.) is used by a user.

sync

Pixel Tracker

Marketing

Collects data on user behaviour and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant.

_rxuuid

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Presents the user with relevant content and advertisement. The service is provided by third-party advertisement hubs, which facilitate real-time bidding for advertisers.

A3

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Collects information on user behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the website.

APID

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Collects data on visitors' preferences and behaviour on the website - This information is used make content and advertisement more relevant to the specific visitor.

APIDTS

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Collects data on visitors' preferences and behaviour on the website - This information is used make content and advertisement more relevant to the specific visitor.

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.

YSC

HTTP Cookie

Marketing

Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

yt.innertube::nextId

HTML Local Storage

Marketing

Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

yt.innertube::requests

HTML Local Storage

Marketing

Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

yt-remote-cast-installed

HTML Local Storage

Marketing

Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

yt-remote-connected-devices

HTML Local Storage

Marketing

Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

yt-remote-device-id

HTML Local Storage

Marketing

Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

yt-remote-fast-check-period

HTML Local Storage

Marketing

Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

yt-remote-session-app

HTML Local Storage

Marketing

Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

yt-remote-session-name

HTML Local Storage

Marketing

Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

zc

HTTP Cookie

 

Registers data on visitors from multiple visits and on multiple websites. This information is used to measure the efficiency of advertisement on websites. 

zsc

HTTP Cookie

 

Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences.

ecd_mode

HTML Local Storage

Unclassified

Editors Choice debate, keeps information that the moderator wants to permanently display editor options in GraphComment.

https://spl.zeotap.com/

Pixel Tracker

 

From the Cookiebot scan report, this cookie is not used anymore. No action is needed.