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For this reason, SEMI has established this privacy policy, so that you can understand how we carefully treat your information. </font> </p> <p> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b>What We Collect</b></font> </p> <p> <font face="Verdana" size="-1">In general, you can visit the Site without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. We track the Internet address of the domains from which people visit us and analyze this data for trends and statistics, but the individual user remains anonymous. Information about email recipients is tracked for statistical purposes. The information we collect and analyze is used solely to improve our service to you.</font> </p> <p> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b>World Wide Use</b></font> </p> <p> <font face="Verdana" size="-1">SEMI is a global organization, with legal entities, business processes, management structures, and technical systems that cross borders. Our privacy practices are designed to provide protection for your personal information, all over the world.</font> </p> <p> <font face="Verdana" size="-1">We may share your personal information within SEMI and transfer it to countries in the world where we do business. Some countries may provide less legal protection for your information. In such countries, SEMI will still handle information in the manner we describe here.</font> </p> <p> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Your Choice </b></font> </p> <p> <font face="Verdana" size="-1">There are times when we may collect personal information from you. It is our intent to inform you before we do that and to tell you what we intend to do with the information. You will have the option not to provide the information, and you will be able to “opt out” of certain uses of the information. If you choose not to provide the information we request, you can still visit most of the Site, but you may be unable to access certain options, offers, and services and you will be unable to receive email from which you have chosen to “opt out.” You can modify your email opt-in or opt out selection at anytime by modifying your profile on semi.org or by choosing the “opt out” selection in most SEMI email.</font> </p> <p> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Use of Cookies</b></font> </p> <p> <font face="Verdana" size="-1">Some of the pages of our Site utilize “cookies” so that we can better serve you with more tailored information when you return to our Site. Cookies are identifiers that are deposited on your computer to facilitate your next visit to the Site. You can set your browser to notify you when you are sent a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. The information we collect and analyze is used solely to improve our service to you. </font> </p> <p> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Links</b></font> </p> <p> <font face="Verdana" size="-1">For your convenience, we have provided links to certain third party web sites, including but not limited to some of SEMI’s members. If you choose to visit a third party’s site, please be aware that the third party’s privacy policy, and not SEMI’s, will govern your activities and any information you disclose while visiting the third party’s site.</font> </p> <p> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Access by Our Employees</b></font> </p> <p> <font face="Verdana" size="-1">We limit our employees’ access to your personally identifiable information to the minimum amount reasonably required to provide prompt, high quality.</font> </p> <p> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Security</b></font> </p> <p> <font face="Verdana" size="-1">Because any personally identifiable information you submit to SEMI online is purely voluntary and should not be of a particularly sensitive nature, we employ our standard security measures and do not use special encryption methods at this time. </font> </p> <p> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Email Privacy Policy</b> </font> </p> <ul> <p> <font face="Arial">We have created this email privacy policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy and the protection of your information. </font> </p> <p> <font face="Arial"><b>Why did you Receive an Email from Us?</b> </font> </p> <p> <font face="Arial">If you received a mailing from us, (a) your email address is either listed with us as someone who has expressly shared this address for the purpose of receiving information in the future ("opt-in"), or (b) you have registered or purchased or otherwise have an existing relationship with us. </font> </p> <p> <font face="Arial"><b>How We Protect Your Privacy </b></font> </p> <p> <font face="Arial">We use security measures provided by a third-party to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of data used by our system. </font> </p> <p> <font face="Arial"><b>Sharing and Usage</b> </font> </p> <p> <font face="Arial">We will never share, sell, or rent individual personal information with anyone without your advance permission or unless ordered by a court of law. Information submitted to us is only available to employees managing this information for purposes of contacting you or sending you emails. </font> </p> <p> <font face="Arial"><b>What We Collect</b></font> </p> <p> <font face="Arial">In order to better serve you, information about email delivery and recipient is tracked for statistical purposes. This includes individual email addresses and specific links selected by individuals. The information we collect and analyze is used solely to improve our service to you and is not shared with third parties.</font> </p> <p> <font face="Arial"><b>How Can You Stop Receiving Email from Us?</b> </font> </p> <p> <font face="Arial">Each email sent contains an easy, automated way for you to cease receiving email from us. If you wish to do this, simply follow the instructions at the end of any email. </font> </p> <p> <font face="Arial">If you have received unwanted, unsolicited email sent via this system or purporting to be sent via this system, please forward a copy of that email with your comments to </font><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff"><!-- TRANSIT - HYPERLINK --><!-- .mailto:customerservice@semi.org. --><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140702154505/mailto:customerservice@semi.org" target="_top"><u>customerservice@semi.org</u></a></font><font face="Arial">for review.</font> </p> </ul> <p> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Policy Changes</b></font> </p> <p> <font face="Arial" size="-1">SEMI reserves the right to change this privacy policy, and will post any revisions on this web site. 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