Privacy Notice

Global Privacy Notice

NEC Privacy Notice

NEC obtains, uses and provides personal information properly based on Japanese Industrial Standard's "Personal Information Protection Management Systems - Requirements (JISQ 15001)". NEC assigns a person in charge of protecting personal information at each of its relevant divisions, taking account of its organizational structure. Among other things, NEC takes appropriate measures not to handle personal information other than for the specified purposes.
NEC abides by the laws, regulations and guidelines of Japan pertaining to the protection of personal information.
NEC makes efforts to implement, through the adoption of necessary and appropriate security measures, the security control of personal information handled by NEC, including protection from disclosure, loss or damage.
NEC appropriately responds to complaints and requests for consultation with respect to NEC's handling of personal information and its personal information protection management system. Please contact the designated person or place for inquiries.
NEC makes efforts to continuously improve its personal information protection management system, including this policy.

Established : July 3, 2000
Revised：April 1, 2021
President
NEC Corporation

1. NEC Group Introduction

At NEC Group, we are committed to handling your personal data ("Personal Data") with the utmost responsibility and transparency. This Global Privacy Notice ("Notice") has been designed to adhere to the relevant transparency requirements of applicable data protection laws and regulations.

The purpose of the Notice is to provide you with information on how NEC Corporation and its subsidiaries ( "we", "our", "us", "NEC" or "NEC Group") collect, use, share or otherwise process your Personal Data in connection with your relationship with us when you use our, or our customers', products, services, solutions, through our websites, applications, and online services accessed via your device (e.g., mobile, computer), or through various offline means.

NEC Group provides a wide array of products, services and solutions which may involve the handling of your Personal Data. Our approach to data protection can vary depending on the specific product, service, or solution, as well as the location in which we operate. This Notice aims to outline our general data protection practices. Additionally, NEC Group may provide different privacy notices when you use our products or services. We also offer supplementary privacy notices that contain additional information as required by applicable law.

This Notice does not apply to NEC Group's processing activities as data processor, such as when we process Personal Data on behalf of our customers while providing services to them. The contracts we have with our customers control how we process Personal Data in such context. If you are a customer, end-user, employee, or contractor of one of NEC Group's customers and have questions about the processing of your Personal Data, we recommend that you contact our respective customer.

We encourage you to review privacy notices of each NEC subsidiary, as well as the specific websites, services, or solutions you use. Our data protection policies are tailored to provide specific details relevant to the products, services, or solutions you are interested in and the locations they cover. Rest assured, our commitment to safeguarding your Personal Data is consistent across all our offerings. We are dedicated to maintaining transparency, accountability, and compliance with all relevant data protection laws and regulations.

2. Data Controller

For the purpose of this Notice NEC Corporation is responsible for the processing of your Personal Data as Data Controller.

NEC Corporation
Address 7-1, Shiba 5-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8001 Japan

If you have any questions about this Notice, your Personal Data or its processing, please reach out to us through the "Contact Us" section.

If you are located in the European Union or the UK and have questions about our EU or UK representative, please reach out to us through the "Contact Us" section.

3. How do We Process Your Personal Data

In this Notice, our use of the term personal data encompasses other similar terms under applicable data protection laws and regulations, such as "personal information" and "personally identifiable information." Generally, "Personal Data" refers to any information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is reasonably capable of being associated, linked, or linkable with a particular individual.

Contact Data: This includes your billing address, email address, and telephone numbers.
Identity Data: This encompasses your first name, last name, username or similar identifier, company, role, and country.
Financial Data: This covers your credit or debit card number and billing information.
Marketing and Communications Data: This involves information on when you receive and read marketing communications from us, the events you attend, and your marketing and communication preferences. If you provide these preferences in your profile on our electronic portals and platforms, they are considered Profile Data. Additional details about the Personal Data we process for marketing are included with the marketing communications we send you.
Profile Data: This includes information you provide on our electronic portals and platforms, such as your usernames and passwords, purchases or orders, interests, biography, profile settings, marketing and communication preferences (e.g., preferred language, content type, frequency of email alerts), alert and display preferences, content that interests you, date of registration, current stage of registration, account status and level of access, and information from forms you fill out, including survey responses and feedback.
Usage Data: This encompasses information about your use of our website, electronic portals, platforms, and local area networking facilities and similar electronic services. It includes interactions with our mobile applications and information collected progressively during your visits to our website, electronic portals, and platforms. This data includes your referral website, pages visited, actions taken, last viewed/visited site information, details of the content viewed (including when and how many times it was viewed), patterns of page visits, visit duration, number of visits, time spent on each page, frequency of visits, path followed (sequence of pages visited), interactions, functionalities, modules used, and chat messages.
Comments, Feedback, and Other Information You Provide: This includes information you send to customer support, messages, appointment inquiries, and other information you wish to share with us.
Technical Data: This includes technical information collected when you access our website or our electronic portals and platforms. It covers your internet protocol (IP) address or domain names of the devices used, 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.
Information provided in job applications and related documents when you apply for a position with us.

4. Legal basis for Processing Your Personal Data

We only process Personal Data in a lawful and fair manner and when permitted to do so. We receive your Personal Data directly from you, from your employer (e.g., our customer or business partners) or through automated means. We may aggregate your Personal Data to a non-identifiable format and use such data to improve and develop our services and solutions.

Where required under applicable data protection laws and regulations, we rely on one of these legal basis:

You have clearly given your voluntary consent to the processing;
The processing is necessary for entering into, or performance of a contract to which you are party;
The processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation;
The processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of an individual;
The processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest; or
We, or a third party, have a legitimate interest in using your Personal Data to achieve the purposes of processing, except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights.

Where processing of your Personal Data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by using the mechanism made available to you or by contacting us. Please note that this will not affect processing undertaken prior to the withdrawal of your consent, or any processing based on legal bases other than your consent.

We never collect special categories of Personal Data or sensitive Personal Data about you through our website.

*Where we need to collect Personal Data by law or under the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide the Personal Data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with services). In this case, we may have to decline to provide or receive the relevant services, but we will notify you if this is the case at the time the Personal Data is collected.

5. Purposes for Processing Your Personal Data

Administrative and Contract Management: NEC processes Personal Data about customer, supplier, and partner representatives for administrative purposes, contract management, contract performance, sales and sourcing activities, delivery of products and services, invoicing, and managing business relationships with our customers, suppliers, and partners.
Service Development and Improvement: We use relevant Personal Data to develop our services, improve the quality of NEC's solutions and services, and for business and customer engagement planning.
Personalized Customer Support: NEC may process customer representatives' Personal Data regarding their use of our customer support services to provide a personalized experience on the support platform and continuously improve the user experience of our services.
Security and Troubleshooting: We may process Personal Data for troubleshooting and to protect our services, products, and solutions against security and cyber threats, and to prevent such threats. NEC primarily processes Personal Data to respond to customer support requests and provide support services on behalf of our customers.
Customer Experience Surveys: NEC conducts regular customer experience surveys to validate customer needs and improve and develop our services.
Inquiry and Request Management: If you contact us with an inquiry, order, or request for information or support, we use this Personal Data to respond and manage further correspondence.
Sales and Marketing Communications: NEC processes Personal Data for sales and marketing communications, including email marketing. We may combine this information with data from other sources (such as cookies) to improve its accuracy and tailor our interactions with you. We also use your data for analytics, service development, and improvement.
Social Media Administration: NEC administers certain business pages on social media sites and may act as a joint controller with the social media platform provider when processing Personal Data about visitors to these pages for advertising purposes, even if we do not access any Personal Data.
Website and Digital Service Analysis: We analyze the use of our website and digital services to make them more intuitive, improve functionality, and deliver better content.
Public Surveys and Contests: From time to time, we may request information from users via surveys, sweepstakes or contests. Participation is voluntary, and users can choose whether to disclose this information. Survey information is used for marketing, monitoring, or improving the use and satisfaction of our websites and services.
Event Registration and Marketing: We process Personal Data when you register for or attend our or our partners' online or offline events. Personal Data collected in connection with events may be used to send you marketing communications, provided we have your consent for marketing.
Assess your interest in job opportunities and communicate with you about potential employment within NEC Group.

6. Sharing Your Personal Data

Your Personal Data will be accessed by NEC personnel on a need-to-know basis. We will share Personal Data within NEC Group where necessary for the specific processing purposes described in this Notice.

We engage with third-party service providers who may process your Personal Data on our behalf as part of their service provision to us, or for their own legitimate purposes. We limit the Personal Data provided to these service providers to what is reasonably necessary for them to perform their functions. We also require them to comply with applicable laws and maintain the confidentiality of such Personal Data. Additionally, we may share your Personal Data with professional advisors, such as auditors, law firms, or accountancy firms, in our legitimate interest in maintaining our business or as required by applicable law.

We may share your Personal Data with commercial partners who work with us or enter into agreements to help deliver our services or support our business activities. Depending on the nature of the collaboration, these partners may reach out to you with information about products or services that may interest you.

In exceptional cases, we may disclose your Personal Data if required by law or if we believe that such action is necessary to comply with legal obligations, such as responding to a court order, subpoena, or warrant, or cooperating with law enforcement or other governmental authorities. We may also disclose your information to establish, defend, or exercise legal claims, or to protect ourselves, our property, or others from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful activities.

In certain circumstances, we may disclose or transfer Personal Data to a prospective buyer, acquirer, successor, seller, new owner, assignee, or other relevant third party as necessary during negotiations or in connection with any change in corporate control, such as a reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets, or stock (including in connection with bankruptcy or similar proceedings). This is done in our legitimate interest to ensure the continued success of our business.

6.1 International Data Transfers

Since NEC Group operates globally and NEC drives a global business, we may transfer your Personal Data outside of the country where you are located. This includes transfers to NEC Group companies, third-party service providers, business partners, or, in limited circumstances, to cooperate with law enforcement or other government agencies worldwide. The countries to which your Personal Data may be transferred may not have data protection laws similar to those of your country. However, we will protect your Personal Data as described in this Notice or as otherwise disclosed to you.

We comply with applicable legal requirements when transferring Personal Data to countries other than the country where you are located. If you are located in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland, we will transfer your Personal Data in accordance with adequacy decisions, standard contractual clauses, and other data transfer mechanisms.

If you are located in mainland China, you understand that we may transfer the Personal Data we collect about you to recipients in countries or regions other than mainland China, Such transfer will always be conducted to the extent necessary and will not exceed or alter the purposes and means of processing that you have originally consented. Should you require such information in the meantime, please reach out to us through the "Contact Us" section.

For any other countries not specified above, please reach out to us through the "Contact Us" section.

7. How Long Do We Keep Your Personal Data

NEC limits the retention of Personal Data to a proportionate period during which the Personal Data is needed to accomplish the purposes for which it was collected or processed. When determining the length of time to retain your Personal Data, we consider several criteria, including whether we need the Personal Data to continue to provide you with our services, enforce our contractual agreements, prevent harm, promote safety, security, and integrity, or protect ourselves, including our rights, property and interests.

We will also retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our terms and conditions, other applicable terms of service, and our policies. The retention period may also depend on legal or regulatory requirements applicable to NEC Group.

In some circumstances we may anonymise your Personal Data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes in which case we may use this information without further notice to you.

8. Data Security

Taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well as the risk of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of individuals, we implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk of processing.

9. Links to other Websites or Services

Our websites or services may contain features or links to websites and services provided by third parties. Any information you provide on third-party sites or services is provided directly to the operators of such services and is subject to those operators' policies, if any, governing privacy and security, even if accessed through our website or services. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of third-party sites or services to which links or access are provided through our website. We encourage you to learn about third parties' privacy and security policies before using their services and providing them with information.

10. Minor's Privacy

Our products, solutions, and services, including our websites, are not intended for minors, and we do not knowingly collect Personal Data from them. If you are a minor, please refrain from using or accessing our services. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from a minor without verifiable parental consent, we will take appropriate steps to delete that Personal Data.

11. Your Data Protection Rights

If you are a U.S. resident, see Section 12 below for information on rights you may have in relation to your Personal Information. For all other individuals, subject to the applicable data protection laws and regulations, you may have the following rights in relation to your Personal Data:

Right to access: You have the right to obtain confirmation on whether NEC processes Personal Data about you and receive a copy of such data, as well as information on how we process your Personal Data.
Right to rectification: You have the right to rectify any inaccurate Personal Data we process about you or have any incomplete Personal Data about you completed.
Right to erasure: You have the right to have your Personal Data deleted, if (i) the Personal Data has been unlawfully processed; (ii) we no longer need such data for the purposes of the processing; or (iii) the processing is based on consent and you withdraw your consent, and we have no other legal basis for processing the Personal Data. However, NEC Group will not delete your Personal Data if NEC Group has a legal obligation to retain the data, the Personal data is still necessary for the purposes of processing, or if NEC Group's legitimate interests override your interests.
Right to data portability: You have the right to receive the Personal Data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and you may have that data ported directly to another controller, where such Personal Data is processed based on your consent or to perform a contract with you.
Right to restriction: You have the right to restrict our processing of your Personal Data where you believe that the Personal Data we process is inaccurate or our processing is unlawful. You may also restrict our processing if NEC Group no longer needs the Personal Data, but you want us to store the data for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. You may also require us to restrict the processing of your Personal Data for the period when we assess your right to object to the processing of your Personal Data.
Right to object: You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data when we rely on our legitimate interests or those of a third party, or if we perform tasks in the public interest in an exceptional case. If you object to our processing, we will cease processing your Personal Data and erase the data, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, or if the data is needed for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. You always have the right to opt out of receiving direct marketing from us.
Right to information: You have the right to receive transparent information about how we process your Personal Data.
Right to withdraw your consent: You have the right to withdraw any consent for processing that you have provided at any time. To withdraw consent for cookies, please refer to our Cookies Policy for detailed instructions. To withdraw consent for direct marketing, you can unsubscribe from our direct marketing communications and profiling activities, if applicable. For any other cases, please contact us. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Please note that a number of these rights only apply in certain circumstances, and all these rights may be limited by law. If you wish to exercise your rights, please reach out to us through the "Contact Us" section.

12. Notice to residents in the United States

If you reside in the United States, this Privacy Notice (US Notice) supplements the information provided in our Global Privacy Notice. This US Notice applies specifically to residents of United US states that have enacted state-specific privacy laws (Privacy Laws).

For the purposes of this section, "Personal Information" refers to information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household, as defined by Privacy Laws. This excludes information that is publicly available, deidentified, or otherwise outside the scope of the Privacy Laws.

12.1 Categories of Personal Information about you that we Collect and Disclose

The following is a list of categories of Personal Information we have collected and disclosed for a business purpose.

Contact information (such as your name, institution, specialty, email address(es), mailing address(es), country)
Internet or other Electronic/Online Network Activity Information (such as your browser type, operating system, IP address, domain name from which you accessed the website, type of mobile device, date and time you visit the website, areas or pages of the Website that you visit, the amount of time you spend viewing the website, the number of times you return to the website, and other click-stream data)

Though our marketing efforts (including trade show and product demonstrations), we may also collect the following categories of Personal Information:

Personal identifiers (such as your Social Security number, Driver's License/State ID number, and/or Passport number).
Financial information(such as credit/debit card number, and/or bank account number).
Employment/Professional information (such as occupation, title, and/or work experience).
Demographic information (such as age, date of birth, gender, and/or ethnicity).
Personal characteristics (such as veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, and/or familial information).
Health-related information (such as medical history).
Biometric information (such as fingerprints, facial scanning, voice recordings, and/or photographs/images).
Sensory data (such as audio recordings of customer support calls, electronic, thermal, visual, and/or similar information).
Geo-location information(such as city/state, zip code, physical location and/or movements).
Internet or other Electronic/Online Network Activity information (such as IP address, browsing history, search history, device type, operating system, and/or duration of session).
Inferences drawn from the above categories of Personal Information reflecting your preferences, characteristics, behaviours, attitudes and/or abilities.

In addition to the above categories, you may provide us with additional information when you fill in a form or communicate with us. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may combine various types of data that we collect, including data from our commercial partners, enterprise customers, customers, or other sources for use in an aggregated and anonymized manner.

We do not use sensitive Personal Information for the purpose of inferring characteristics about you; notwithstanding any of the forgoing, if NEC discloses sensitive Personal Information, it would only be for the following enumerated reasons: to provide our goods and services, or as needed: to ensure security and integrity; to prevent fraud or illegal activity; for physical safety; for short-term, transient use, including for non-personalized advertising; to perform services on behalf of the business; and to verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by us, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance such services or devices.

12.2 How We Collect Personal Information

We collect Personal information from a variety of sources. The following are categories of sources from which information may be collected:

From you when you contact us through the "Contact Us" section on the website, or otherwise actively send us Personal Information (in each such instance, you will know what Personal Information we collect through the website, because you actively submit it);
From business partners, third parties, and service providers (referred to as "processors" in certain jurisdictions) (including advertising networks and data analytics providers);
Automatically from your computer or mobile device through cookies and other online tracking technologies. please refer to our Cookies Policy for detailed information.
Public sources of data such as government databases or entities; and
From our commercial partners, enterprise customers, and customers who request certain services to be provided.

12.3 Use of your Personal Information

We collect, use, and disclose your Personal Information in accordance with the specific business and commercial purposes below:

Administrative and Contract Management: NEC processes Personal Information about customer, supplier, and partner representatives for administrative purposes, contract management, contract performance, sales and sourcing activities, delivery of products and services, invoicing, and managing business relationships with our customers, suppliers, and partners.
Service Development and Improvement: We use relevant Personal Information to develop our services, improve the quality of NEC's solutions and services, and for business and customer engagement planning.
Personalized Customer Support: NEC may process customer representatives' Personal Information regarding their use of our customer support services to provide a personalized experience on the support platform and continuously improve the user experience of our services.
Security and Troubleshooting: We may process Personal Information for troubleshooting and to protect our services, products, and solutions against security and cyber threats, and to prevent such threats. NEC primarily processes Personal Information to respond to customer support requests and provide support services on behalf of our customers.
Customer Experience Surveys: NEC conducts regular customer experience surveys to validate customer needs and improve and develop our services.
Inquiry and Request Management: If you contact us with an inquiry, order, or request for information or support, we use this Personal Information to respond and manage further correspondence.
Sales and Marketing Communications: NEC processes Personal information for sales and marketing communications, including email marketing. We may combine this information with data from other sources (such as cookies) to improve its accuracy and tailor our interactions with you. We also use your data for analytics, service development, and improvement.
Social Media Administration: NEC administers certain business pages on social media sites and may act as a joint controller with the social media platform provider when processing Personal Information about visitors to these pages for advertising purposes, even if we do not access any Personal Information.
Website and Digital Service Analysis: We analyze the use of our website and digital services to make them more intuitive, improve functionality, and deliver better content.
Public Surveys and Contests: From time to time, we may request information from users via surveys, sweepstakes or contests. Participation is voluntary, and users can choose whether to disclose this information. Survey information is used for marketing, monitoring, or improving the use and satisfaction of our websites and services.
Event Registration and Marketing: We process Personal Information when you register for or attend our or our partners' online or offline events. Personal Information collected in connection with events may be used to send you marketing communications, provided we have your consent for marketing.
Assess your interest in job opportunities and communicate with you about potential employment within NEC Group.

12.4 Disclosure of your Personal Information to Third Parties

NEC does not sell your Personal Information for money. However, we disclose the categories of Personal Information listed above with the following categories of recipients for the purposes outlined in this US Notice:

Affiliated Entities. We may disclose your Personal Information to our subsidiaries and corporate affiliates, including future subsidiaries and affiliates of NEC, to use your Personal Information consistent with this Notice.
Service Providers. We may disclose Personal Information with Service Providers who provide us with services, such as data analysis, online advertising, payment processing, order fulfilment, IT services, credit information services, customer service, and other similar services. We grant our service providers access to Personal Information only to the extent needed for them to perform their functions, and we require them to protect the confidentiality and security of such Personal Information.
Commercial Purposes. We may disclose Personal Information with unaffiliated parties (commercial partners and/or enterprise customers) who partner or enter into commercial agreements with us to deliver our services or on our commercial activities. Depending on the choices you have made and the nature of the joint activity, these parties may contact you regarding products or services of interest. However, we do not sell or share Personal Information with these unaffiliated parties.
Government Authorities. We may disclose Personal Information to government authorities. For example, we may do so as required by law or in the interest of protecting or exercising our or others' legal rights, such as without limitation, in connection with requests from law enforcement officials and in connection with court proceedings.
Business Transfers or Assignments. In certain circumstances, we may disclose or transfer Personal Information to a prospective buyer, acquirer, successor, seller, new owner, assignee, or other relevant third party as necessary during negotiations or in connection with any change in corporate control, such as a reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets, or stock (including in connection with bankruptcy or similar proceedings). This is done in our legitimate interest to ensure the continued success of our business.
Permission. We may disclose Personal Information with recipients where you have granted us permission, and we reserve the right to fully use and disclose any information collected via the website that is not in personally identifiable form.

12.5 Retention

Except as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law or regulation, to satisfy any legal or regulatory obligations, or to resolve disputes, we will retain your Personal Information (including the categories of Personal Information discussed in the sections above) for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it. In determining what constitutes an appropriate retention period for Personal Information, we consider applicable legal requirements, the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the Personal Information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your Personal Information, the purposes for which we process your Personal Information, and whether those purposes can be achieved through other means.

12.6 Privacy Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, applicable Privacy Laws may provide you with certain rights and choices with respect to your Personal Information. Specifically, you may have the right to know if your Personal Information is being sold or shared, for what purposes, and with whom. You may also have the right to delete, access or object to the sale, sharing or profiling of your Personal Information. In addition, you may have the right to have inaccurate, outdated or incomplete Personal Information corrected and to opt in before sensitive Personal Information is used. In some cases, you may have the right to restrict the use and disclosure of sensitive Personal Information and to non-discrimination.

We do not "sell" or "share" Personal Information for monetary compensation. However, under certain Privacy Laws, our use of cookies may be considered a "sale." You may have the right to opt out of the sale of Personal Information depending on how "sale" is defined in your jurisdiction. Please refer to our Cookies Policy for details on how we use cookies and other online tracking technologies.

In connection with our website or marketing efforts, we may inquire whether you object to certain uses or disclosures of your Personal Information; if you choose to opt out, we will respect your choice. Furthermore, you may have rights to opt out of targeted advertising, the sale of Personal Information, or profiling that results in decisions with legal or similarly significant effects and you can appeal any decisions we make regarding your privacy rights.

12.7 Submit Requests.

To exercise your rights as described in the US Notice, please submit a verifiable request please by reaching out to us through the "Contact Us" section. Because we take the protection of your Personal Information seriously, your identity must be verified before we can process any requests or exercise any other rights you may have under applicable Privacy Laws.

We reserve the right to verify your identity in connection with any requests regarding Personal Information to ensure that we provide the information we maintain to the individuals to whom it pertains and allow only those individuals or their authorized representatives to exercise rights with respect to that Personal Information. If you are an authorized representative making a request on behalf of someone else, we may require additional information to confirm your authority to act on their behalf.

Before disclosing any Personal Information, we may ask customers to respond to specific questions about the products they use that are relevant to their privacy request.

We reserve the right to deny your request if we are unable to verify your identity. If we deny your request in whole or in part, we will inform you of the denial, provide an explanation, and outline the reasons for our decision.

Please note that we will not restrict or deny access to our services based on the choices or requests you make concerning your Personal Information.

12.8 Security

Transmissions over the Internet are never 100% secure or error-free. While we take reasonable steps to protect your Personal Information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction, we cannot warrant the security of any information users transmit to us.

12.9 Children and Minors

We do not knowingly collect or use any information from children (we define "children" as minors younger than 15 years of age on our Websites). If you are a parent and become aware that your child has provided us with information, please reach out to us through the "Contact Us" section. and we will work with you to address the issue.

12.10 California's "Shine the Light" Law

If you are a California resident, you are entitled, once a year and free of charge, to request information regarding our disclosure, if any, of certain categories of Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. Note: NEC does not sell or share Personal Information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes, as those terms are defined by the statute, without your consent or providing the option to opt-out.

13. Contact US

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices, or if you wish to exercise your rights regarding your Personal Data, please contact us.

14. Cookies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to facilitate proper functioning of our website and to help collect Personal Data. Please read our Cookies Policy.

Amendments to the Global Privacy Notice

We may amend this Notice from time to time to keep it up to date with legal requirements and the way we operate our business. We recommend that you visit this Global Privacy Notice on occasion to learn about new data protection practices or changes. If we make material changes to the way in which we use information we collect, we will use reasonable efforts to notify you by means consistent with applicable law and will take additional steps as required by applicable law.

This Privacy Notice was last updated: September 2024

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