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PRIVACY POLICY About This Privacy Policy We're committed to protecting your
information. This Privacy Policy sets out how we handle your personal data in
connection with your use of our services, including those offered through our
website, emails, and mobile applications. This policy also sets out how we
support your rights concerning any personal data we process or store. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and is subject to the VLSI Research Terms of Use. Your use of the website and any personal information you provide on the website remains subject to this Privacy and our Terms of Use. Please note this Privacy Policy covers handling of personal data by VLSI Research Inc only. Please contact VLSI Research Europe for their privacy policy and how they handle your personal data by emailing John West at Contact Us-UK. Who We Are and How You Can Contact Us VLSI Research Inc is a full-service market
research house serving both the semiconductor industry and its equipment and
materials suppliers. We're based in
California in the United States. You can email us at contact us or by writing to Privacy, VLSI Research Inc, 2290 North First
Street, Suite 202, San Jose, CA 95131-2017 if you have any questions about
our Privacy Policy or information we hold about you. If you require information about personal data held by VLSI Research
Europe or its Privacy Policy, please contact by emailing John West at Contact
Us-UK or in writing to Milton Hall, Ely Road, Milton Cambridge
CB24 6WZ, UK. What Information We Collect About You You provide us with personal information if, for example, you contact us with an inquiry; or in connection with services you would like to buy; or have already bought from us. The personal data that you provide to us may include your name, company name and address, e-mail address, telephone number, mobile phone number, and IP address. We also collect personal data we receive
from third parties, for example, if
we work with other businesses or use sub-contractors these parties may
collect personal data about you which they will share with us where there is
a legitimate business interest or contractual arrangement. We will only use your personal information for a purpose it was
collected for or a reasonably compatible purpose if necessary. We do not
carry out automated decision making or any type of automated profiling. How We Use Your Information Information
Marketing Communications We have a legitimate interest in using the personal information that we have gathered from our contact with you in order to build a list of business contacts and/or to gain insight into who is interested in our products and services to grow our business. In some cases, we may use your personal information (such as identity
and contact details) to send you marketing emails which we think might be of interest to you.
You can change your
marketing preferences or opt-out at any time by using the unsubscribe links
or instructions included at the bottom of our emails. Please note that we will continue to send
you service-related communications regardless of any opt-out request. We do not sell or share your information
with third parties (other than our subsidiaries or affiliates) for their own
promotional or marketing purposes unless permitted by applicable law. If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes please contact us. Disclosures of Your Personal Data From time to time, when there is a
legitimate business interest or contractual requirement we may have to share
your data with our affiliates and any business partners, suppliers, and
sub-contractors we work with to provide you with services that you have
requested from us. Account Managers at our client corporate
accounts will have access to your personal data if you are a registered user
within a corporate profile. We may also share your personal information
with third parties, for example, if we are under a duty to disclose or share
your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order
to enforce or apply our terms and conditions of supply and other agreements;
or to third parties to whom we sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business
or our assets. This includes exchanging information with other companies and
organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction. To provide increased value to you, we
provide links to other websites or resources that are not part of the
products, programs, or services run by us. We do not control these websites or their privacy practices, and any
information you provide to these sites is subject to the Privacy Policies of
those sites and not this Privacy Policy. Data Security We use Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption on all our web pages. We have implemented administrative, technical, and physical security
measures to help prevent unauthorized access and ensure your personal data is
kept secure. Despite these measures,
no data transmission over the Internet can be entirely secure, and we cannot
and do not guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit
via our websites or apps. We limit access to your personal information to those who have a
genuine business need to know it. Those processing your information will do
so only in an authorized manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
Our emails are hosted at Microsoft Cloud, which is certified to the
EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach if we are legally required to do so.
Please note that you are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your credentials used to access any account or service with us and you must report suspected unauthorized activity to us. You are responsible for activity conducted with your credentials. Cookies and Similar Technologies A cookie is a small text file which includes a unique identifier that is sent by a web server to the browser on your computer, mobile phone, or any other internet enabled device when you visit an on-line site. Cookies and similar technologies are widely used to make websites work efficiently and to collect information about your online preferences. For simplicity, we refer to all these technologies as "cookies". Cookies do not track individual information. We also use cookies when you browse or login. In this situation, a cookie will store useful information that enables our website to remember you when you return to visit us. Some of our
website pages may contain electronic images known as web beacons (also known
as clear gifs, tags or pixels) that allow us to count users who have visited
our pages. Web beacons collect only limited information, e.g. a cookie
number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which
the web beacon resides. We may also carry web beacons placed by third party
advertisers. These beacons do not carry any information that could directly
identify you. International Transfers We are a global company and, as such, we
may transfer your personal information to our affiliates and subsidiaries
outside your home jurisdiction. We
will take all reasonable steps to ensure that personal information is
protected. We may provide access to our servers that
contain the personal information of individuals covered by this Privacy
Policy outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). Some of these
countries may not have the equivalent level of protection under their data
protection laws as in the EEA. We will
take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated
securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Special Note to International Users Our website is hosted in the United States. If you are a User
accessing the Service from the EEA, Asia, or any other region with laws or
regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure, that
differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your continued
use of the Service, which are governed by U.S. law, this Privacy Policy, and
our Terms of Service, you are transferring your personal information to the
United States and you consent to that transfer. Data Retention We only keep your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. When deciding what the correct time is to
keep the data we look at its amount, nature and sensitivity, potential risk
of harm from unauthorized use of disclosure, the processing purposes, if
these can be achieved by other means and legal requirements. Please note that we may anonymize your
personal data or use it for research or statistical purposes. We keep anonymized and statistical data
indefinitely but we take care to ensure that such data can no longer identify
or be connected to any individual. Children's Guidelines We do not market to children and do not knowingly collect information
from children on our website. All data collected or viewable at our website
is for the purposes of industrial market research. While it is not designed
for specific use by children we recognize that students may connect to it at
times. We encourage students to get their parent's permission before giving
any personal information online. If the purpose is for a school project we
also encourage the students to provide us only with their first name, grade,
and state or country. Your Legal Rights You have the right to request a copy of the
personal information we hold about you. You can exercise this right by emailing or writing to us at the
addresses given in the Who We Are and How to Contact Us section. If we do
hold information about you we will give you a description of it; tell you why
we are holding it; tell you who it could be disclosed to; provide you with a
copy. We want to make sure that your personal
information is accurate. You may ask us to correct or remove information that
you think is inaccurate. Subject to certain limits under California Civil Code § 1798.83, California residents may request certain information regarding our disclosure of information to third parties or their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us. We hope that we can resolve any query or
concern you raise about your information. You are also entitled to make a
complaint to the data protection authority in the country where you reside,
where you work, or where an alleged infringement of data protection laws has
taken place. We should be grateful if
you would contact us first if you do have a complaint so that we can try to
resolve it for you, please contact us using the details set out in the Who We
Are and How to Contact Us section. Changes to this Privacy
Policy From time to time, we may change and/or
update this Privacy Policy. If this Privacy Policy changes in any way, we
will post an updated version on this website. We recommend you regularly
review this website to ensure that you are always aware of our information
practices and any changes to such. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will go
into effect on posting to this page. Date Last Modified |