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Edimax Technology Company Limited and its affiliates (“we” or “Edimax”) respect and are committed to protecting your privacy. We endeavor to comply with all applicable laws and regulations as to your personal data, including the General Data Protection Regulation “GDPR”) of the European Union.

This Privacy Policy will help you understand the types of personal data that we may collect and process in the course of your use of our website, devices, applications, and services (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Services”), the purposes for which we process such data and the lawful bases for our processing, and your rights as your personal data. This Privacy Policy will also explain how your personal information is disclosed and transmitted to the receivers. 

1.The types of information we collect
We may collect relevant information (hereinafter referred to as “Materials”) in connection with your use of our Services.

1.1　Contact information that you expressly provide to us

We may request certain contact information from you in order to provide certain features of our Services to you. For instance:

• You may opt in to receive marketing emails from us by providing your name and email address. 
• You may be able to create an account on our website in order to obtain support services for our products, such as to participate in our Most Valued Partner (MVP) Program. To create an account, we may ask you to provide your email address and indicate the nation or geographic region in which you reside or work. To facilitate our communications, we may also ask you to provide a physical mailing address and to indicate your preferred languages and gender identity. 
• To provide technical support to you for one of our products, we may ask you to provide your name, physical mailing, email address, and/or phone number. 
• We may run marketing campaigns (such as discounts on our products or raffles) from time to time. If you choose to participate in one of these campaigns, we may ask you to provide your name, physical mailing, email address, and/or phone number so that we may communicate with you regarding the campaign.
• If payment is required for any of our Services, we will request your credit card or other payment information.

We restrict our use of personal data collected in this fashion to the specific purposes to which you have provided consent or for which we have another legitimate interest, such as to provide safety recall information or to request your feedback on our products that you own. 
We will store the personal data only for as long as it is needed. For instance, if you have provided your personal data in connection with one of our marketing campaigns, but you have not opted in to receiving our marketing emails and you have no other commercial relationship with us, we will delete the personal data from our systems at the conclusion of the marketing campaign.  
We do not seek to collect personal data from persons who are less than 16 years of age. When we ask you to provide your contact information, we will also ask you to verify that you are at least 16 years of age. We will not knowingly collect information from persons who are less than 16 years of age, and we will delete such information if we learn that it has been inadvertently collected. 

1.2　Information automatically generated by your use of our Services

We may collect certain types of information that are automatically by your use of our Services.
For instance, when you visit one of our websites, we may collect the following information from you:

• your IP address 
• which document you requested
• the identity and version number of your browser 
• which page you came from to get here (if you followed a link)
• your preferred languages
• information associated with cookies (described in more detail below)

We use this information to improve and enhance our Services. For instance, we may use this information in the aggregate to assess the performance of our website or to determine the popularity of certain pages or features on the website. We store individual web visitor information for up to 90 days.
We also collect usage and diagnostic information associated with your use of our hardware products and associated software, which, depending on the products, may include the following:

• Device identification information such as model, serial number, software versions (e.g., for the firmware, operating system, or applications), IP address, MAC address, and IMEI code. 
• Usage information such as device configuration, device activation time, associated telecom provider, network status, call status, standby status, crash events, custom interfaces, browser type and language, diagnostic and traffic data, usage habits, and sound/image data.
• Location information such as GPS data, WLAN access location, device time zone, and local time and environment information (e.g., temperature, humidity, air quality data).
• Application information such as the identity of installed apps and software and how they are used, including the time of installation and uninstallation and usage frequency.

1.3 Information associated with cookies and web beacons

We use cookies and web beacons to provide our Services:
A cookie is a small text file that we may store on your device, with your consent, when you use our Services, such as visiting one of our websites. 
Our cookies store the following information:

• your login and verification information for our Services
• your preferred language and version of our Services (e.g., our website directed to the EU region)
• data regarding the number and duration of your use of the Services
• data regarding advertisements you may have interacted with

2. Disclosure of your personal data to third parties
Edimax will not disclose your personal data to third parties except with your consent, to comply with requirements of legal authorities, to prevent or investigate fraud or other illegal acts, and within the limits permitted by law, to protect the rights, property, and safety of Edimax and its personnel, our service providers, users or the public.

3. Cross-border transmission
The personal data that we collect from you may be transferred to our affiliated companies and service providers in a third country. All such transfers will comply with this Privacy Policy and are subject to the appropriate safeguards required under relevant laws and regulations. Please contact us to obtain a copy of the appropriate safeguards.

4. Links to third-party services
Our Services may provide links to websites or services provided by third parties. We do not control the third parties and how they collect and use personal data. Before any using third-party services, you should familiarize yourself with the applicable privacy policies.

5. Your rights under GDPR
You have the following rights under the GDPR:

1. You may request access to your personal data.
2. You may request the rectification or correction of your personal data 
3. You may request the erasure of personal data.
4. You may request restrictions on the processing of your personal data.
5. You may object to the processing of your personal data.
6. You have the right of data portability.
7. You may withdraw your consent for the processing of your personal data.

6. Contact us​
Please contact us if you would like to exercise any of your rights as to your personal data, or if you have any questions or concerns regarding this policy or our practices. 

Edimax Technology Europe B.V.
Fijenhof 2
5652 AE Eindhoven
Netherlands
Tel: +31-40 250 1200
Fax: +31-40 251 6273
support@edimax.nl
 
Edimax Technology Co., Ltd.
No. 278, Xinhu 1st Road
Neihu District
Taipei City, Taiwan
service@edimax.com.tw

7. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may revise our Privacy Policy from time to time, so we recommend that you regularly review this policy. When there is a significant change in this Privacy Policy, we will make an announcement on this page or send you an electronic notice. You can check the bottom of this page to confirm the last update of this policy.

​Updated on May 24, 2018