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c.    Your Choices

 

When you first visit our site, or when you return to our site after clearing cookies from a previous session, you will be prompted to engage with our cookie banner. We do not load any non-essential cookies before you have accepted them. Some devices and browsers may also allow you to engage cookie blocking technologies. Please note, by blocking all cookies, some website features or functionalities may be limited or not work correctly.

To change or manage your cookie preferences, click on the interactive modal on the bottom-left of the browser window.

 

d.    Do Not Track Signals

 

Please note that we do not recognize or respond to any signal which your browser might transmit through the “Do Not Track” feature your browser might have. If you wish to disable cookies on our site, you should not rely on any “Do Not Track” feature your browser might have.

 

4.    De-Identified and Aggregate Data

 

Company may de-identify and aggregate data for its business purposes, including but not limited to, to improve the products and features of its Services, to maintain the security and integrity of its systems, for analytics, and other legitimate business purposes.  "De-identified Data" means information that cannot reasonably be used to infer information about, or otherwise be linked to a particular data subject.  Where we process De-identified Data, we commit to maintain and use the information in de-identified form and not attempt to reidentify the information, except where permitted by law. Company may disclose De-identified Data to third parties who commit themselves to maintaining the De-identified Data in de-identified form and not attempt to re-identify the data for any business purpose.  

 

5.    How We Share Personal Information

We may share information about you to third parties as indicated below:

•    Affiliates and Subsidiaries. We may share your personal information with our affiliates, and subsidiaries. If we share your information, we will share only the information that is necessary to achieve the legitimate business purpose.
•    Service Providers. Other companies sometimes provide certain services to us or on our behalf (e.g., maintenance, IT support, analysis, development, security). Unless we tell you differently or as described elsewhere in this Privacy Notice, our service providers are not permitted to use your information except to assist us.
•    Your Disclosure or Agreement. Your activities on the website may, by their nature, result in the sharing of your personal information based on your device or browser settings, and your choices you select through our cookie banner.
•    Compliance with Legal Obligations. We may need to disclose certain information to auditors, government authorities, law enforcement, regulatory agencies, our legal counsel, third-party litigants and their counsel, or other authorized individuals in order to comply with laws that apply to us, or other legal obligations such as contractual requirements.
•    Changes in Business Structure/Ownership. We may disclose or transfer your personal information to a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or any portion of Casio America’s business, assets, or ownership interest (including any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).
We do not sell any individual’s personal information, nor do we share that personal information with third parties for those parties’ commercial use.

 

6.    Legal Categories of Personal Information

 

Some laws require that we disclose the Legal Categories of Personal Information we collect in a the last 12 months in a specific way. To make this easier, we have provided a Personal Information Chart at the end of this Policy that explains the information we collect, the business purposes we use the personal information, with whom we share the personal information, and whether we sell that information and to whom. For more information about the legal categories of personal information we collect and process, see the Personal Information Chart.

 

7.    Your Rights and Choices

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For all personal information that we collect about you, you may have the following rights or choices that we will accommodate where your requests meet legal and regulatory requirements:

 

• Right to access — The right for a consumer to access from a business/data controller the information or categories of information collected about a consumer, the information or categories of information shared with third parties, or the specific third parties or categories of third parties to which the information was shared; or, some combination of similar information. 

• Right to correct — The right for a consumer to request that incorrect or outdated personal information be corrected but not deleted. 

• Right to delete — The right for a consumer to request deletion of personal information about the consumer under certain conditions. 

• Right to opt out of certain processing — The right for a consumer to restrict a business’s ability to process personal information about the consumer. 

• Right to portability — The right for a consumer to request personal information about the consumer be disclosed in a common file format. 

• Right to opt-out of sales — The right for a consumer to opt out of the sale of personal information about the consumer to third parties. 

• Right to opt in for sensitive data processing — The right for a consumer to opt in before a business can process their sensitive data. 

• Right against automated decision making — A prohibition against a business making decisions about a consumer based solely on an automated process without human input. 

 

We will not retaliate or discriminate based on your choice to exercise your privacy rights. 

You may have the right to appeal a decision We make whether or not to take action on any request to exercise one of your privacy rights.

 

a.    How to make a Request and What to Expect

 

How to Make a Request — To help us ensure that your request is reviewed appropriately, we ask that you submit all requests through our webform. You will be asked to provide us with your name, email address, and type of request that you are making.

 

Verification — We may be required by law to verify your identity prior to fulfilling your request. This ensures that your personal information is kept confidential and prevents others from obtaining your personal information from us. If we need to verify your identity, we will contact you. Please note, we may need to ask you to provide additional information to us so we can match it to our system.

 

Responding to Requests — Once we receive your request we begin working on it. We strive to fulfill all privacy requests within 30 days, however, if we need more time, we will let you know on or before the 30th day. Once we fulfill your request, we will let you know. In the event that we deny all or any part of your request, we will tell you why we cannot fulfill your request and the legal basis for the denial. 

 

Right to appeal — If we decline to take action regarding your request to exercise any privacy right, you have the right to appeal the decision. If you disagree with our decision to deny you a privacy right, please submit your request to appeal our decision by responding to the email we send to you informing you of our decision, or by submitting an “Appeal” request through our webform. Please provide the reason you disagree with our decision and any relevant information that you think we may have missed in your request.

 

b.    Requests Made by Authorized Agents  

You have the right to designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. In the event that you designate an authorized agent, we may be required to verify that they have the authority to make such a request on your behalf and verify your identity. If we need to verify their authority or your identity, we will reach out to you. An authorized agent can submit a privacy request on behalf of a consumer through our webform. Please include the name, email address and type of request you are requesting on the consumer’s behalf. We ere

 

8.    Additional Rights for California Residents 
 

California residents have the following additional rights regarding disclosure of your personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes:

 

We provide California residents with the option to opt-in to sharing of “personal information” as defined by California’s “Shine the Light” law with third parties, other than with our affiliates, for such third parties’ own direct marketing purposes. We do not share personal information with non-Affiliate third parties for their direct marketing purposes absent your consent. If you are a California resident, you may request information about our compliance with the Shine the Light law and/or withdraw previously given consent to sharing with non-Affiliate third parties for their direct marketing purposes by contacting using the methods in the “Contact Us” section below. Requests must include “California Marketing Privacy Rights Request” in the first line of the description and include your name, street address, city, state, and ZIP code. Please note that we are only required to respond to one request per customer each year, and we are not required to respond to requests made by means other than through the provided e-mail address or mailing address.

 

9.    International Data

 

Our site and services are directed at individuals located in the United States. By accessing and using this site or engaging with our services from outside of the United States you authorize and agree to the processing of your personal information in accordance with this Policy. Furthermore, by agreeing to this Policy, you agree to the processing and storage of your personal information outside of your country of origin, including the United States. Casio shall not be responsible for complying with privacy laws outside of the United States. 

 

10.    Children's Privacy

 

Our site and the services are not intended for use by anyone under the age of eighteen (18).  In accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), we do not knowingly request or solicit personal information from children nor will we knowingly allow minors to create an user account.  In the event that we receive actual knowledge that we have collected such personal information without the requisite and verifiable parental consent, we will delete that information from our database as quickly as is practical.  We reserve the right to request proof of age at any stage so that we can verify that minors are not using the Services. 

 

11.    Data Retention

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Casio retains personal information for as long as the personal information is needed to comply with its legal, accounting, and regulatory obligations and to protect Casio in the event of a legal claim or dispute. Personal information generally will be destroyed, deleted, or anonymized seven years after the year in which it was collected unless a valid request to delete the personal information is received before then (in which case it may be deleted earlier) or Casio has a valid reason to retain the information (for example, if there is an ongoing legal dispute that precludes Casio from deleting the information).

 

12.    How We Protect Your Personal Information

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Casio has implemented and maintains reasonable physical, technical, and organizational safeguards to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, acquisition, or disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Although we strive to keep your personal information secure, no safeguards can be guaranteed to be completely secure, so you should exercise caution when transferring personal information over the internet. Please advise us immediately of any incident involving any unauthorized access to or disclosure of personal information that is in our custody or control.

 

13.    Changes To This Notice
 

We reserve the right to change this Notice prospectively effective upon the posting of the revised Notice and your use of our websites indicates your acknowledgement of the Notice posted at the time of use. However, should we update this Notice, we will post a new version online, and will notify you if the personal information processed about you will be materially different than that which was represented to you at the time it was collected. To the extent any provision of this Notice is found by a competent tribunal to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be severed to the extent necessary for the remainder to be valid and enforceable.

 

14.    Contact Us

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For questions regarding this Privacy Notice or to make a request pursuant to this Notice related to your personal information, contact us via our webform.

 

15. Personal Information Chart