Privacy Policy

Renesas Technology Corp. ("Renesas") is sensitive to privacy issues on the Internet. This statement explains how Renesas treats the information about you that we receive on the Internet. The purpose of this statement is to inform you, as a visitor to our website (this "Site"), what kind of information we may gather about you when you visit this Site, how we may use that information, and whether we disclose it to anyone. Please note that this statement applies only to this Site, and not to other companies' or organizations' websites to which we link.

Renesas abides by the EU Safe Harbor framework as set forth by the   Department of Commerce of the United States regarding collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.

Renesas is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program. TRUSTe is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to build users' trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices. This statement covers this Site on the http://shm-consortium.renesas.com/ domain. Because this Site wants to demonstrate its statement to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices and have its privacy practices reviewed for compliance by TRUSTe.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact Renesas Web Privacy web.privacy@renesas.com, 81-3-4226-4221 . Nippon Bldg. 2-6-2, Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku,100 -0004, Japan. If you do not receive acknowledgment of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should then contact TRUSTe http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php. TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison with this Site? to resolve your concerns. However, please understand the TRUSTe Privacy Program covers only information that is collected through this Site, and does not cover information that may be collected through software downloaded from this Site.

Non-Personal Information

In general, you can visit this Site without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself. However we may automatically (i.e., not by registration) collect information like IP address and referring URLS, that are not personally identifiable to help us provide better customer service. Our service automatically gathers certain information such as the numbers and frequency of visitors to this Site but we do so in ways that keep that information anonymous. This information is aggregated to measure the number of visits, average time spent on this Site and how much of this Site you use, so that we can improve this Site. We do not review information on individuals themselves. Renesas may use a technology nicknamed "cookies" that indicates how and when pages in this Site are visited, and by how many people. A cookie is an element of data that a website can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your system but does not collect personally identifiable information. You can set your browser to notify you before you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it or not. You can also set your browser to turn off cookies. If you do so, however, some areas of some websites may not function properly. In order to understand usage patterns, maintain the quality of navigation on this Site, and troubleshoot technical issues we tie personal information to cookie and log file information.

Personal Information

Personal information can be defined as any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, a home or other physical address, an e-mail address or other contact information. When you do provide us with personal information, we use the information to respond to your inquiry. In addition, to support our customer relationship, we may store and process personal information and share it with our worldwide subsidiaries, affiliates and our sales reps to better understand your needs and how we can improve our products and services if you have elected to share your information. Otherwise, we share such information with subsidiaries and affiliates or other third parties only to fulfill your request or perform some service on behalf of Renesas. Accordingly they will be given access to process the information as necessary to provide that service. These estimates  are not otherwise permitted to use your information for any secondary purposes without your consent. We may also use third party sources of information to qualify clients, potential clients, resellers and distributors. At times Renesas may conduct on-line surveys to better understand the needs and profile of our visitors. When we conduct a survey, we will do our utmost to let you know how we will use the information collected from you. When we conduct contests we typically use that information as a direct sales lead generator to promote and generate interests in our products or services consistent with this statement. If we co-brand certain offers, surveys, or contests, it will be clear who is collecting the information and whose privacy statement governs. Renesas does not use or disclose information gathered from individual visits to this Site or information that you may give us to any third parties for intention to sell, rent or otherwise market your personal information for their independent use. You have the option not to provide personal information to Renesas . If you choose not to provide the personal information we request, you can still visit most of this Site, but you may be unable to access certain options, offers and services that involve our interaction with you.

From time to time, we may offer a referral process to tell a friend or colleague about this Site, we will ask you for your friend's name and email address. We may automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit this Site. We would store this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email and tracking the success of our referral program.

We will send you strictly service-related announcements on rare occasions when it is necessary to do so. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, we might send you an email.
 

Generally, you may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature.

The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card numbers) on our order forms, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).

We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it.  No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

This Site contains links to other websites that are not owned or controlled by us. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave this Site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.

We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required;

(a) by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on this Site,

(b) to protect and defend the rights or property of Renesas and our subsidiaries and affiliates., or

(c) to act in urgent circumstances to protect the lives, personal safety and property of individuals only when obtaining your prior consent is difficult.

Notification of Changes

If Renesas decides to change our privacy statement, we will post those changes on this section so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone. If we make material changes to this statement, we will notify by email, or by means of a notice on this Site.

Access and Update Information

If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may correct, update, delete or deactivate it by making the change on our member information page or by emailing our Customer Support at web.privacy@renesas.com or by contacting us by telephone or postal mail at the contact information listed below.

Questions or Comments

It is important to us to hear what visitors have to say about our services, and our policies. If you have any questions, concerns, about this statement, or anything about our off-line and on-line products and services, please contact the Webmaster at 'Contact Us'

Renesas Web Privacy
Nippon Bldg. 2-6-2, Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku,
100 -0004, Japan
81-3-4226-4221
web.privacy@renesas.com

Your Consent

By using this Site, you consent to the terms of our statement and to our collecting and processing of personal information for the purposes given above.