SitemapGigOptix, LLC ("GigOptix") created this Web Site Privacy Statement ("Privacy Statement") in order to ensure the confidence of visitors and customers, whether individuals or legal entities, their parent organizations, subsidiaries, directors, officers, affiliates, agents, and employees (collectively "you" or "your"), using or accessing our Web Site, http://www.GigOptix.com (the "Site"), and to demonstrate our commitment to fair information practices and the protection of privacy. This Privacy Statement tells you about the information GigOptix collects through the services available on our Site and how we use that information. By accessing, browsing or using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understand and agree to this Privacy Statement.
GigOptix collects both personal and nonpersonal information to better understand your needs and provide you with better service. In order for you to access certain portions of the Site, and to purchase products and services that we offer via the Site, we require you to provide us with information that can be used to identify you individually ("Personal Information"). Personal Information may include, for example: (i) contact data (such as your name, mailing, and e-mail addresses); (ii) financial data (such as your account or credit card number); and (iii) demographic data (such as your zip code, age, and income). If you communicate with us by e-mail or otherwise complete online forms, any information provided in such communication may be collected as Personal Information. In addition, if you are interested in applying for a job with GigOptix, we may collect information relating to your qualifications for employment. We expressly reserve the right to disclose your Personal Information to appropriate third parties when such disclosure is necessary to: (a) comply with the law and, including a court order or other legal process; (b) protect or defend our, or our customers', or other third party rights or property; or (c) enforce our Web site Usage Guidelines, http://www.GigOptixc.com/company/copyright.html, policies or agreements.
Through your use of the Site, we also collect information about you that does not generally identify you individually ("Nonpersonal Information"). We may automatically track and collect certain information from you when you visit our Site, including your: (i) IP address; (ii) domain server; (iii) type of computer; and (iv) type of web browser (collectively "Traffic Data"). Traffic Data is generally anonymous information that does not personally identify you but is helpful for our marketing purposes or for improving your experience on the Site. We may also use "cookies" and/or web server logs to collect information about how the Site is used in order to customize content specific to your interests and to make your use of the Site more convenient. "Cookies" are small pieces of information that a web site transfers to a visitor's hard drive.
Broadly speaking, we use Personal Information and Nonpersonal Information for purposes of administering our business activities, providing customer service and making available products and services to our visitors and users and prospective visitors and users. Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to the Site. Except as disclosed in our Privacy Statement, we do not sell or disclose your Personal Information to third parties without your consent. We may use both Personal Information and Nonpersonal Information for marketing and promotion of our products and services, delivery of, and billing for, our products and services, verification of qualifications for employment, and to customize and tailor your experience on the Site. We may also use any information we gather through the Site for our own internal operational purposes, to measure aggregate traffic patterns, and to measure demographics, customer interests, and purchasing and other trends. Personal Information submitted in connection with an application for employment will only be used for the purpose of evaluating the applicant's qualifications for employment.
GigOptix is dedicated to ensuring the security of your personal information. To ensure the appropriate use of your personal information, prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, and maintain data accuracy, we have put in place commercially reasonable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure it.
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Links to third party web sites are provided as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you are leaving the GigOptix website. GigOptix does not control and is not responsible for these third party sites, their content or their privacy statements.
We make no representation or warranty that this Privacy Statement complies with any laws, ordinances, statutes, or regulations with respect to any locations or jurisdictions outside the United States, and accessing it from or in territories where its use or the submission/collection of personal information is restricted or illegal is prohibited. Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local, state, federal, national and international laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations that apply to your use of the Site or the transmission of any Personal Information or technical data via the Site. If any part of this Privacy Statement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the Privacy Statement shall continue in effect.
All material changes to this Privacy Statement will be posted on the Site. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Statement to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect.
(Revised August 24, 2007)