Privacy Policy
SiGe Semiconductor, Inc. and/or its affiliates (“SiGe”, “we” or “us”) owns and operates this website and is committed to protecting the privacy of its users. This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) applies to the collection and use of personal information by means of this website. This website is also governed by the Terms of Use.
Information Collection
You may generally visit this website anonymously, without revealing who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. In order to provide you with certain services or information, we may request that you provide personal information, which may include your name, address, e-mail address, other contact information and any other information from which your identity is discernible. Your provision of such information is voluntary, however, if you elect not to provide such information certain services or information may not be made available to you.
If you post any of your personal information in areas of this website that may be viewed by the general public, such as in online forums, such information may be collected and used by others over whom SiGe has no control. We are not responsible for the use made by third parties of information you post or otherwise make available to the public through this website.
From time to time, we may track Internet address domain information from our website visitors. This is used to provide aggregate trending information and statistics. This trending information is intended to help us improve our website and to help our systems administrators diagnose any potential difficulties or to ensure quality service. This information may also be used for site security and law enforcement purposes.
Cookies
Cookies are small data files containing information to specify unique preferences and to provide personalized content. Cookies collect information such as your browser type, time and length of your visit and any personal information you agree to provide. Our web site does use cookies to determine the previous page that you’ve visited on our website and allow navigation back to the previous page in the event of an error. We may also use cookies to collect statistics on the usage of the website.
Information Use
We use your personal information in several ways:
- to fulfill your requests and process your transactions.
- to respond to your email messages.
- to support your customer relationship with SiGe. For example, if you provide us with an e-mail or postal address, you may receive mailings from SiGe with information concerning special offers, new services or products. You can unsubscribe to mailings from us at any time. Please refer to the “Ability to Opt Out” section of this Policy for details on the “opt out” process.
- to process responses to employment opportunities posted on SiGe’s website. For example, if you submit a resume to us electronically, the information that you provide will be forwarded to the SiGe representative(s) responsible for filling the relevant position. The personal information that is contained in your resume will not be used for any other purpose.
We may combine the personal information that we collect from you on our websites with other information that you provide to us in connection with your use of our other products and services.
Disclosure of Personal Information to Others
We will not release, transfer or disclose any personal information that you have provided through this website, except as follows:
- we may disclose such information with to our affiliated companies;
- we may disclose personal information to third parties if you consent to such disclosure, including any consent that you provide at the time that such information is collected from you;
- we may disclose such information to companies and individuals who we engage to perform functions on our behalf. Examples may include hosting our Web servers, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance and providing customer service. These companies and individuals will have access to your personal information as necessary to perform their functions, but they may not share that information with any other third party. Some of these companies and individuals may be located outside of Canada and your provision of personal information through this website constitutes consent to the transfer of your personal information outside of Canada and you acknowledge that foreign governments, courts of law, enforcement or regulatory agencies may obtain disclosure of your personal information through the laws of such foreign countries.
- we may disclose such information if legally required to do so, if requested to do so by a government entity, or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (b) to protect and defend the rights or property of SiGe; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or (d) to act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of SiGe or the public.
- we may disclose and transfer such information to a third party who acquires all or a substantial portion of our business, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets. In addition, in the event SiGe becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, SiGe or its trustee in bankruptcy may sell, license or otherwise dispose of such information in a transaction approved by a court of law.
We may also share aggregated anonymous information about visitors to this website with our customers, partners and other third parties so that they may understand the kinds of visitors that visit this website and how those visitors use the site.
Security of Information
We have implemented reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes.
Please note that email messages are not transmitted in a secure form and hence are susceptible to unauthorized reading or interception.
Ability and Means to Access Personal Information for Reviewing, Editing and/or Removing
You may at any time, review, edit and/or request the deletion any of personal information retained by us by contacting . We will comply promptly with any request to review, edit or delete such information; however, we will not be able to edit or delete data that has been archived as part of our normal business operations.
We keep the personal information collected through our website as long as it is required to service your request, or until you request its deletion. We retain aggregated information collected about your visit to our website (i.e. browser type, domain name, pages visited) until we have completed our review and analysis of this information.
Ability to Opt-Out
We make every effort to contact you only if you have previously elected to receive communications from us.
At any time, you may choose to opt out of further e-mail communication with SiGe by requesting so via email [info@sige.com] or by following the “unsubscribe” instructions contained within the communication.
All requests for removal will be handled expeditiously and without question.
If at any time in the future we decide to use your personal information for a purpose not currently stated in this Policy, we will modify the Policy to disclose such usage in accordance with the section hereof entitled “Amendments to this Privacy Policy”.
Links to Other Websites
For the convenience of our visitors, this website contains links to other sites. We do not endorse or otherwise accept responsibility for the content nor the privacy policies, where present, for those sites. Websites accessed from this website via hyperlinks or links to other sites may be governed by privacy policies and practices that differ from this Privacy Policy. The information practices of other third party websites linked to this website are not covered by this Privacy Policy. You are encouraged to become familiar with the privacy policies and practices of every website you visit prior to disclosing any personal information.
Information posted to discussion forums, bulletin boards, chat rooms and other public forums may be displayed publicly. Please consider this before posting.
Acceptance
By using http://www.sige.com, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Policy, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions contained in this Privacy Policy, please do not use SiGe’s websites.
Amendments to this Privacy Policy
SiGe reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be promptly updated on this website. Such changes, modifications, additions or deletions shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by means including, but not limited to, posting on the website, or by any other means by which you obtain notice thereof. Your continued use of the website after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgement of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy was last updated on November 13, 2007.
Contact Information
If you have any questions, comments or complaints with respect to this Privacy Policy or the privacy practices of SiGe in respect of this website, please direct your inquiry to:
Marketing and Communications
SiGe Semiconductor Inc.
1050 Morrison Drive,
Suite 100, Ottawa, Ont.
Canada
K2H 8K7
Tel: (613) 820-9244
Fax: (613) 820-4933
