Online Privacy Statement copy
Last modified March 2021
This Online Privacy Statement (this “Privacy Statement") will inform you about the privacy practices of Hitachi America, Ltd. in connection with the operation of the Site (as defined below). The Site may introduce you to, and communicate with you about, products and services marketed in the United States and elsewhere by Hitachi America, Ltd. and various other Hitachi Group affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively, “Hitachi Group Companies”). Hitachi America, Ltd. (collectively, “Hitachi” or “we” or “us") is committed to protecting the information that you share with us and explaining how we collect, process, and share that information. Hitachi America, Ltd. is the controller of your personal information and responsible for this Site. Our full contact details are listed below.
It is important that you read this Privacy Statement together with any other privacy policy, statement, or processing policy we or any other Hitachi Group Companies may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing Personal Information (as defined below) so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your Personal Information. This Privacy Statement supplements other notices and privacy policies and is not intended to override them.
Scope and Information that this Privacy Statement Covers
This Privacy Statement applies to Personal Information collected on or through websites operated by Hitachi, mobile applications, cloud-based services, or controlled widgets embedded in communication platforms with a link to this Privacy Statement (collectively, the “Site”). It also applies to Personal Information you provide directly to us when you register for an event, fill out a form, or otherwise communicate with us. It covers how we collect, use, share, and otherwise process Personal Information as of the date that this Privacy Statement is posted. It does not apply to any other information collected by Hitachi or Hitachi Group Companies through any other means. It does not apply to Hitachi Group Companies who have separate online privacy policies or statements that do not link to or incorporate this Privacy Statement. By “Personal Information,” we mean any information about an individual that identifies or can identify that individual personally, also known as personal data. It does not include information where the identity of individuals has been removed (i.e., anonymous data).
The Site contains links to third party websites, including websites of our business partners. We do not own, operate or control the websites of those third parties. Accordingly, this Privacy Statement does not apply to any websites maintained or operated by third parties for the collection, use, storage, disclosure, or other processing of your Personal Information. When you click on those links, you will go to a third party website where you will be subject to that website’s privacy statement and we encourage you to read that policy statement.
Summary of Key Issues
| Name | Datails |
|---|---|
| Collection | We collect Personal Information about you that you provide to us or that we obtain while you are using the Site. |
| Protection | We employ reasonable and current technical, administrative, and physical safeguards that are designed to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and designed to ensure correct use of Personal Information. |
| Use | We use Personal Information to provide you with services from our Site, to build features that will make the services available on the Site easier to use, to contact you about these services, and to send advertisements, marketing material or other offers that we or Hitachi Group Companies think might be of interest to you. |
| Marketing and Choices | You have control on how we use Personal Information for marketing. You can exercise your control in any marketing communication, please click here for more information. |
| Sharing | We may share your Personal Information with our external service providers, third party vendors, or as otherwise necessary to support a transaction with you and manage our business. |
| Cookies | Our Site uses cookies and other similar technologies. To opt-out of advertising and certain other cookies, please click here. |
| Access and Data Subject Rights | Hitachi understands that you may want to change, access, or delete your Personal Information. You may do so by contacting us here or via toll-free telephone call to Hitachi America’s Reporting Hotline (click the hyperlink for the correct number to dial for your location). |
| Cross-Border Data Transfers | Our Site is operated in the United States. If you are located outside the US, your Personal Information will be transferred to the United States, a jurisdiction that may not provide an equivalent level of protection as your home jurisdiction. Cross-border transfer is, therefore, necessary for the conclusion or performance of a transaction that you are requesting, and for the establishment, exercise, and defense of legal claims. To the extent permitted by local law, your use of the Site or provision of any Personal Information constitutes your consent to the cross-border transfer of Personal Information and the other activities identified in this Privacy Statement. |
| California Consumers | If you reside in California, we are required to provide additional information to you, which is set forth below in the Privacy Notice for California Residents, about how we or Hitachi Group Companies may use and disclose your Personal Information, and you may have additional rights with regard to how we use your Personal Information. |
| Children | Persons under the age of 16 are ineligible to use any services on our Site. |
| Changes | We will provide notice of any material changes to this Privacy Statement by posting a prominent notice on our Site and/or emailing you. |
| Contact Us | If you have questions not answered in this Privacy Statement, we may be contacted directly at:  |