Orister Corporation Website Privacy Policy

 

1. Scope and Content

This Privacy Policy explains how Orister Corporation, (Orister or We) handles your Personal Data collected through Orister’s websites. Personal Data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable person, for example, your e-mail address, name or phone number. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information that Orister collects offline.

 

2. Anonymous Usage of Orister’s Websites

You are welcome to visit Orister’s websites while remaining anonymous and not revealing any Personal Data. Sharing your Personal Data is voluntary. However, if you choose not to provide certain information, you may not be able to take advantage of many of Orister's features and programs. The information you provide to Orister will better enable Orister to communicate with you regarding our products and your product needs.

 

3. Data We Collect and How We Use it

Orister collects the Personal Data you enter into forms on the website, for example, if you enter your e-mail address when you register with your postal address when you purchase products or request product information. This data will be used to serve your request, e.g. to provide you with the product and service information you asked for. Orister also uses Personal Data to enhance the service of Orister's websites and to personalize information provided to you online or offline. Additional information on the purpose for which we use your data may be provided to you when entering your Personal Data in a particular form.

 

Your Personal Data is collected through, stored and processed by Orister or service providers of Orister in the Taiwan.

 

Bulletin boards, forums and/or newsgroups are also available to you on Orister’s websites subject to the specific terms of use for these services. Please remember that any information that you provide in these areas becomes public and you should exercise caution in deciding to disclose it.

 

In addition to Personal Data, Orister collects certain information on an anonymous basis, i.e. this information cannot be associated with you personally. For example, Orister collects the number of visitors to our websites, browsing patterns and areas of interest. We analyze this data to assess trends, statistics and customers's needs, to help us improve our websites, products and better serve our customers.

 

4. Disclosure to Other Companies

Under certain circumstances, Personal Data may be given to Orister business partners when we believe your business interests will be served. For instance, if we need to ship products to you, we will share your name and address with a carrier. Orister will also release Personal Data if compelled by law to do so. Otherwise, Orister will not provide your Personal Data to any third party outside the Orister group of companies without your consent.

 

5. Your Right to Opt Out at Any Time

You may opt out of the collection and processing of your Personal Data at any time. By way of example, when you are registered with Orister, enter our online stores or register for a contest or promotion you have the option to receive or not to receive additional communications from Orister. If you choose to receive these additional communications and later change your mind, you may unsubscribe at any time. For example, e-mail messages will contain instructions on how to "unsubscribe" from receiving the e-mail in question.

 

If you wish to unsubscribe from receiving all Orister Corporation Semiconductor Division email, please send an email to semi@orister.com placing the word "remove" in the subject line.

 

If you wish to unsubscribe from receiving all Orister Corporation Education Technology email, please send an email to webmaster@orister.com

 

6. Cookies

Cookies are small text files that our websites ask to place on your computer's hard drive. If your browser is set to accept cookies, then your browser adds the text in a small file. We do not use cookies to read any other information on your computer's hard drive. We use cookie technology to authenticate your access to various areas of our website, tailor its content to your preferences, to help us analyze web traffic in general and to track when site visitors complete surveys, so that we do not present a survey again for 90 days. Cookies may be used in interactions where you request something from Orister: literature, CD-ROMs, technical support, seminar registrations, personalized web pages, or when you participate in a survey. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can set yours to refuse cookies, or to warn you before a cookie is placed. If you choose not to accept cookies, you may have to manually input user IDs and passwords to receive certain data.

 

7. Your Right to Access, Correction and Deletion of Personal Data

You have the right to ask us which Personal Data we hold about you. In addition, you have the right to correct or delete Personal Data we hold about you.

 

You can contact us at the e-mail addresses listed below to request a change to your Personal Data or a copy of the Personal Data stored.

 

Semiconductors: semi@orister.com

Education Technology: webmaster@orister.com

 

8. Data Security

We aim to protect your Personal Data. Orister uses a variety of commercially available security technologies to protect your Personal Data, including secure servers, firewalls and encryption of financial data.

 

9. Children under the Age of 13

The vast majority of Orister websites do not target and are not intended for children under the age of 13. Orister values the privacy needs of these children and encourages parents to be an active participant in their child's online activities and interests. We abide by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) requirements. Orister websites that do not target children will not knowingly collect data from them. If we discover Personal Data from a child that has been provided through a Orister website that is targeted to adults and older children, we will eliminate that data.

 

10. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change this policy. While we do not intend to make changes to this policy very often, it is always a good idea to double check our most current policy statement when you visit us to be sure that you have read and agree with what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it. For more information on using Orister's websites, see the Terms of Use.

 

11. Orister Contact

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, you can e-mail us at privacy@orister.com

 

Policy last revised on May 27, 2009