Personal information is information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information also includes information that is linked to information that reasonably can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information does not include information that has been anonymized or aggregated so that it can no longer enable us, whether in combination with other information or otherwise, to identify you. To the extent we process de-identified/pseudonymized information, we will maintain and use the information in de-identified/pseudonymized form and have implemented reasonable measures to ensure that the data remains de-identified/pseudonymized unless otherwise required by applicable laws.

What Personal Information We Collect:

Depending on the products and services you use, we may collect, use, and store different kinds of personal information from or about you:

• Personal identifiers, including name, username, email address, phone number, and mailing address. We collect this information to verify your identity and information, communicate with you, process your purchases and payments, manage our relationship, and provide you with products and services.
• Commercial information, including the products or services purchased or considered by customers, information about your Western Digital account and authentication information, information about your purchases, shipping and billing addresses, your requests (e.g., information requests, queries, complaints, etc.) and interactions with us. We collect this information to maintain client records, manage your purchases and payments, manage our relationship, identify trends in our client relationships, collections activity, and conduct business analytics.
• Financial information, including the billing information related to your purchases, certain limited credit or debit card information that is used by our payment processor to help fulfill a transaction you have requested. We collect this information to process your payment of products and services.
• General location information. Where available, our services may use GPS, the location inferred from your IP address, and other technologies to determine the approximate, location of the computers, phones, or other devices on which you install or access our products or services. We collect this information to understand your use of our website and services and for targeted marketing and lead management with your consent when required by applicable laws.
• Inferences drawn from personal information, such as information about your interests or purchase preferences. We collect this information in order to understand your preferences and tailor our services and communications to you.
• Sensitive Personal Information, specifically credit or debit card information that is used by our payment processor to help fulfill a transaction you have requested. We use your Sensitive Personal Information only for legitimate business purposes, including to (i) perform services or provide goods reasonably expected by an average person; (ii) detect security incidents; (iii) resist malicious, deceptive or illegal actions; (iv) ensure the physical safety of individuals; (v) for short-term, transient use; (vi) perform or provide internal business services; or (vii) verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device. We do not sell your Sensitive Personal Information.

In addition to the above categories of personal information, you may choose to provide us with additional personal information, such as when you create a Western Digital account, fill in an online or offline form (e.g. information request, query, complaint, etc.), provide us a photograph, or submit an application for employment. In any case, the personal information collected will be relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed.

Internet or other electronic network activity information, including browsing history, search history, and information regarding your interaction with our products and services, such as the type of device you use, your device configuration, your device’s unique identifier, the IP address of your device, your operating system, the type of Internet browser that you use, usage information, diagnostic information, browsing information, session summary information, CPU and other usage statistics, API calls, service crash information, network status, storage utilization, search terms, and file attributes (including attributes for photos, videos, music, and documents). Please read our Cookie Preferences for more information on how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.

How We Collect Personal Information

• Information you provide: We may collect the personal information you provide when you purchase, install, access and use our products and services, create a Western Digital account, contact us, participate in a survey, participate in community discussions or chat rooms, apply for employment, sign-up to receive our marketing communications, interact with us at in-person events, or otherwise interact with us.
• Information about payments: If you make a purchase, we may collect personal information in connection with the purchase.
• Information about use of our products and services: When you use our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications), or view our emails, other electronic communications or advertisements, we may collect information from or about the computers, phones, or other devices on which you install or access our products or services. We may gather some of this information automatically. Please read our Cookie Preferences for more information on how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.
• Information from third parties: Only when permitted under applicable laws, we may also collect information from third parties, including business partners, marketing agencies, and service providers. If applicable, this may include your contact information from marketing partners when we engage in joint marketing or co-branding activities, your IP address or location information from service providers to offer certain products and services relevant to your location, and data from your social networks to authenticate your products and services use with us or that might interest you, or that you grant permission to our products or services to access.
• Information from public sources: Only when permitted under applicable laws, we may collect information from government sources and records and other publicly available information.

Depending on the nature of our relationship with you, we may use personal information for the purposes described below, either with your consent or as permitted under applicable laws:

For any of the uses of your personal information described above that require your prior express consent under applicable law, note that you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

As a global company, Western Digital. has a number of corporate affiliates in different jurisdictions that may also directly or indirectly interact with you. Depending on your relationship with these affiliates, they may collect, process, and determine how to process your personal information as an independent controller notably to help provide you with the products and services you request.

We may use cookies and similar technologies to provide, protect, and improve our products and services, such as by personalizing content, understanding user behavior, and providing a safer experience. We may also use these technologies to provide you with personalized advertisements, including on third-party websites and applications, and to determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns. Please visit our Cookie Preferences to learn more about how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.

Disclosure Of Personal Information

Each category of personal information that we collect may be shared with the recipients described below for the purposes described in this Privacy Statement.

Our Service Providers, Suppliers and Other Partners

We may share personal information with service providers, suppliers and other partners for operational and technical purposes related to our products and services including the management of our relationship with you, such as website hosting; email services; marketing; advertising; sponsoring of sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions; auditing; payment processing; fulfilling customer orders; data analytics; providing customer support; conducting customer research and satisfaction surveys; cloud storage services; and other services that assist in providing or selling our products and services.

Where permitted by applicable law, we also may share your personal information with advertisers, data analytics providers, and social media networks, which assist us with making product recommendations, marketing messaging, and sending you relevant content.

Corporate Affiliates

We may share personal information with all Western Digital-affiliated companies for the global management of our business activities within Western Digital Group.

Corporate Business Transactions

In the event of a merger, reorganization, acquisition, joint venture, assignment, spin-off, transfer, or sale or disposition of all or any portion of our business, including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings, we may transfer any and all personal information to the relevant third party.

Authorities and legal remediations actions

It may be necessary—by law or as a result of legal process, litigation, or requests from competent authorities within or outside your country of residence (e.g., public or governmental authorities, judiciary authorities) — for us to disclose certain personal information to authorities, lawyers and interested parties. We may also disclose personal information if we are requested to do so in accordance with applicable laws (e.g., national security purposes, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance, etc.). We may also disclose personal information if we determine in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect our rights and pursue available remedies, enforce our terms and conditions, investigate fraud, or protect our operations or users.

Your Rights

If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you can read about your additional rights by clicking here.

If you are a resident of the EU/EEA or the United Kingdom, you can read about your rights by clicking here.

If you are a resident of Canada, you can read about your rights by clicking here.

Browser Signals

Do Not Track. Some web browsers have “Do Not Track” or similar features that allow you to tell each website you visit that you do not want your activities on that website tracked. At present, the Sites do not respond to “Do Not Track” signals and consequently, the Sites will continue to collect information about you even if your browser’s “Do Not Track” feature is activated.

Global Privacy Control (GPC). Global Privacy Control (GPC) allows individuals to automatically signal their privacy preferences to websites and other online services through their browser or through an extension. If we receive a GPC signal to opt-out of website tracking, we will honor such requests.

Third-Party Websites And Services

Our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications) may contain links to or the ability for you to access third-party websites, applications, digital properties, products, or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those third parties, nor are we responsible for the information or content their products and services contain. This Privacy Statement applies solely to information collected by us. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third parties before proceeding to use their websites, products, or services.

Information Security

It is important that you take precautions to protect against unauthorized access to your Western Digital products and services, Western Digital account credentials, and computers or other devices which you install or access our products or services. If you feel that the security of your Western Digital account or personal information has been compromised, please immediately Contact Us. Please be aware that, despite our efforts to maintain reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational security measures, no security system is impenetrable. In the event of a security breach impacting your personal information, we will notify you and the proper local authorities if required by the applicable laws.

Personal Information Retention

To the extent permitted by applicable laws, we keep your personal information for as long as needed to fulfill the particular purpose for which it was collected and in accordance with this Privacy Statement. We may also retain your personal information if legally required or to fulfill a legitimate interest or another lawful basis for retaining the information beyond the period which is necessary. If the legal basis is based solely on consent, we will delete the personal information once consent is withdrawn unless otherwise authorized or required under applicable laws.

We usually keep your personal information until the end of our relationship with you. Beyond this retention period, we may keep your personal information during the applicable legal limitation periods or statutory limitation periods.

Minors

We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose information from children under the age of 18. If we learn that we have collected the personal information of a child under the age of 18, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible. Please immediately Contact Us if you become aware that a child under the age of 18 has provided us with personal information.

Personal Information Transfers

When we share your personal information with our partners, Western Digital-affiliated companies, suppliers, and service providers or any other third parties, your personal information may be transferred to and/or made accessible from countries out of the country, state, or province where you reside.

For some of our products and services, your personal information may also be transferred to and/or stored and processed on servers located in the United States, or in other locations outside of the country, state or province where you reside for the purpose of providing the products or services to you.

If your personal information is transferred outside of your place of residence, the recipient place may have different data protection rules than in your country, state, or province. While such information is outside of your place of residence, it is subject to the laws of the country, state, province in which it is located, and may be subject to disclosure to the governments, courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies of such other country, pursuant to the laws of such country. However, our practices regarding your personal information will at all times continue to be governed by this Privacy Notice and by applicable laws.

In the event that such third country does not ensure a level of protection of personal information equivalent to the country where you reside, Western Digital ensures that the transfer is covered by appropriate safeguards (for example, by entering into standard contractual clauses as adopted by the European Commission, the United Kingdom or the Cyberspace Administration of China, as applicable), and will implement measures to act in accordance with applicable laws. If you want more information about the potential third countries where your personal information is transferred and obtain a copy of the associated safeguards, please contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com.

Changes To This Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement may be updated by Western Digital at any time. Therefore, we recommend that you consult this Privacy Statement each time you access our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications). When required by applicable laws, we will make a reasonable effort to inform you of updates to this Privacy Statement by using the email address you provided to us when signing up for an account or purchasing a product.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) requires us to provide specific disclosures about the personal information we collected in the preceding 12 months. This Privacy Statement describes the categories of personal information we collect and sources of information, the business and commercial purposes for collecting personal information, and the categories of third parties we have disclosed personal information with for business and commercial purposes.

We do not sell personal information for monetary value. We may have shared the following categories of personal information with our targeted advertising service providers and partners: Direct Identifiers, Internet Activity Information, and Profile Information. We do not knowingly sell the personal information of minors under 18.

We provide California residents the privacy rights required under applicable law, including the CCPA and Shine the Light law, as further described below.

California Individual Privacy Rights:

• The right to know. You have the right to request to know what personal information we have collected about you, including the categories of personal information we have collected, the categories of sources from which we collected it, the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information, the categories of third parties to whom we disclosed personal information, and the specific pieces of Personal Information we collected.
• The right to correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
• The right to deletion. You have the right to request that we delete the personal information that we have collected or maintain about you. We may deny your request as permitted by law under certain circumstances, such as if we need to comply with our legal obligations or complete a transaction for which your personal information was collected. If we deny your request for deletion, we will let you know the reason why such request was denied.
• The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You can opt out from the collection and sharing of Performance and Targeting Cookies as described in Data Collection Technologies (link), above, or through the Cookie Preferences.
• The right to equal service. If you choose to exercise any of these rights, we will not retaliate against you in anyway. If you exercise certain rights, understand that you may be unable to use or access certain features of the website or our services or properties.

If you are a California resident, you can exercise your privacy rights as described in “Submitting a Privacy Rights Request,” below.

Shine the Light: California Civil Code Section 1798.83 gives California residents the rights to request from us once per calendar year certain information regarding our disclosure of their personal information to third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes. You may request information regarding the disclosure of your Personal Information to third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes by contacting us at privacy@wdc.com.

Financial Incentives

We may offer financial incentives to consumers in exchange for sharing certain personal information with us. Participation and the rewards offered as incentives are set out within each program. Our good faith estimate of the value of your information is the value of the benefit we offer to you. We calculate thatvalue by using the expense to us of operating the program related to the benefit obtained by our running of the program. You can opt-in by signing up for the incentive when it is offered to you. Participation is always optional, and you can opt out of participating at any time as explained in the applicable program terms.

California Minors

If you are a California resident under the age of 18, and you are a registered user of our products or services, California law permits you to request and obtain removal of content or information you have publicly posted. To make such a request, please Contact Us with specific information about where the content or information is posted and attesting that you posted it. We will then make reasonable, good faith efforts to remove the post from prospective public view, or anonymize it so you cannot be individually identified, to the extent required by applicable law. Please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information you have posted and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal even if requested.

State Privacy Rights

We provide residents Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, with the privacy rights required under applicable law as further described below.

Consumer Privacy Rights:

You may have the following rights, subject to any applicable exemptions or limitations:

• The right to access. You have the right to confirm whether we are processing your personal information and to access such Personal Information.
• The right to correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate your personal information that we maintain about you.
• The right to delete. You have the right to request that we delete your personal information under specific circumstances.
• The right to opt-out. You have the right to object or opt out of certain types of processing, including: (1) processing for the purpose of targeted advertising, (2) processing for the purpose of the sale of Personal Information, and (3) processing for the purpose of certain types of profiling and automated decision-making.
• The right to data portability. You have the right to request a copy of your personal information in an accessible format.
• The right to equal service. If you choose to exercise any of these rights, we will not discriminate against you in anyway. If you exercise certain rights, understand that you may be unable to use or access certain features of the websites or our services or properties.
• The right to appeal. If we do not grant your consumer request, you may have the right to appeal that denial.

You can exercise your privacy rights as described in “Submitting a Privacy Rights Request,” below.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us at 888-914-9661 via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law (and in general within 30 days).

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request.

If you are a resident of California or another state or jurisdiction that provides the right to opt-out of the sale or the sharing of your personal information by us to third parties for the uses of your data described above, including cross-context behavioral advertising:

• submit a request through the Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information form available here, specifying you wish to opt-out of sales (such as sharing your information with our partners for audience matching purposes via means other than cookies or web tracking technologies referenced in (2) below); and
• click Cookie Preferences in the footer below and toggle the options to “No” for both “Performance and Functionality” and “Advertising” Cookie options and click “Submit Preferences”. This will deactivate performance, functionality, and advertising cookies and web tracking technologies on our site, including those used for audience matching purposes and personalized advertisements. Deactivating these cookies and web tracking technologies may only apply to the specific browser from which you click the link, and your preferences may reset if you change your settings.

Authorized Agent: You may authorize an agent to submit a request on your behalf, so long as you provide the authorized agent written permission signed by you to make a request on your behalf, and your authorized agent additionally is able to verify their identity with us. If you are a resident of California and would like to designate an agent for purposes of making a request, your agent must register as such with the California Secretary of State and submit a copy of this registration along with your verified consumer request. Please have your authorized agent follow the instructions above to make a request and additionally mail your written declaration authorizing the agent to act on your behalf, certified by a notary public, to: Legal Department, 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, California 95119 USA. If your authorized agent has power of attorney, it may not be necessary to perform these steps.

If you request to delete your data, this may remove your ability to access any Western Digital accounts. In addition, we may retain some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse.

If you are a citizen of the EU/EEA or the United Kingdom, you have certain rights with respect to your data:

It is specified that the exercise of these rights is based on the legal basis of the processing of your personal information, as follows:

Depending on your country of residence, you may have additional local rights with respect to our processing of your personal information. For example, if you are based in France, you can define either general or specific guidelines regarding your personal information in the event of your death (e.g., their deletion or transmission to any person of your choice). You may revoke your instructions at any time.

If needed, you may also lodge a complaint with your national Data Protection Authority. This right may be exercised at any time and free of charge, at the exclusion of potential postal fees or expenses related to legal representation or assistance should you choose to engage third party assistance for the procedure.

Exercising Your Rights

We will not discriminate against you for the exercise of your applicable rights.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at DPO@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law (and in general within 30 days).

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request. If you request to delete your data, this may remove your ability to access any Western Digital accounts. In addition, we may retain, however, some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse or as required by law.

If you are a citizen of Canada, you have certain rights with respect to your data, depending on the province of residence:

If needed, you may also lodge a complaint with your national Data Protection Authority. This right may be exercised at any time and free of charge, at the exclusion of potential postal fees or expenses related to legal representation or assistance should you choose to engage third party assistance for the procedure.

Exercising Your Rights

We will not discriminate against you for the exercise of your applicable rights.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law, within 30 days.

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request. In addition, we may retain, however, some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse.

Personal information is information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information also includes information that is linked to information that reasonably can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information does not include information that has been anonymized or aggregated so that it can no longer enable us, whether in combination with other information or otherwise, to identify you. To the extent we process de-identified/pseudonymized information, we will maintain and use the information in de-identified/pseudonymized form and have implemented reasonable measures to ensure that the data remains de-identified/pseudonymized unless otherwise required by applicable laws.

What Personal Information We Collect:

Depending on the products and services you use, we may collect, use, and store different kinds of personal information from or about you:

• Personal identifiers, including name, username, email address, phone number, and mailing address. We collect this information to verify your identity and information, communicate with you, process your purchases and payments, manage our relationship, and provide you with products and services.
• Commercial information, including the products or services purchased or considered by customers, information about your Western Digital account and authentication information, information about your purchases, shipping and billing addresses, your requests (e.g., information requests, queries, complaints, etc.) and interactions with us. We collect this information to maintain client records, manage your purchases and payments, manage our relationship, identify trends in our client relationships, collections activity, and conduct business analytics.
• Financial information, including the billing information related to your purchases, certain limited credit or debit card information that is used by our payment processor to help fulfill a transaction you have requested. We collect this information to process your payment of products and services.
• General location information. Where available, our services may use GPS, the location inferred from your IP address, and other technologies to determine the approximate, location of the computers, phones, or other devices on which you install or access our products or services. We collect this information to understand your use of our website and services and for targeted marketing and lead management with your consent when required by applicable laws.
• Inferences drawn from personal information, such as information about your interests or purchase preferences. We collect this information in order to understand your preferences and tailor our services and communications to you.
• Sensitive Personal Information, specifically credit or debit card information that is used by our payment processor to help fulfill a transaction you have requested. We use your Sensitive Personal Information only for legitimate business purposes, including to (i) perform services or provide goods reasonably expected by an average person; (ii) detect security incidents; (iii) resist malicious, deceptive or illegal actions; (iv) ensure the physical safety of individuals; (v) for short-term, transient use; (vi) perform or provide internal business services; or (vii) verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device. We do not sell your Sensitive Personal Information.

In addition to the above categories of personal information, you may choose to provide us with additional personal information, such as when you create a Western Digital account, fill in an online or offline form (e.g. information request, query, complaint, etc.), provide us a photograph, or submit an application for employment. In any case, the personal information collected will be relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed.

Internet or other electronic network activity information, including browsing history, search history, and information regarding your interaction with our products and services, such as the type of device you use, your device configuration, your device’s unique identifier, the IP address of your device, your operating system, the type of Internet browser that you use, usage information, diagnostic information, browsing information, session summary information, CPU and other usage statistics, API calls, service crash information, network status, storage utilization, search terms, and file attributes (including attributes for photos, videos, music, and documents). Please read our Cookie Preferences for more information on how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.

How We Collect Personal Information

• Information you provide: We may collect the personal information you provide when you purchase, install, access and use our products and services, create a Western Digital account, contact us, participate in a survey, participate in community discussions or chat rooms, apply for employment, sign-up to receive our marketing communications, interact with us at in-person events, or otherwise interact with us.
• Information about payments: If you make a purchase, we may collect personal information in connection with the purchase.
• Information about use of our products and services: When you use our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications), or view our emails, other electronic communications or advertisements, we may collect information from or about the computers, phones, or other devices on which you install or access our products or services. We may gather some of this information automatically. Please read our Cookie Preferences for more information on how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.
• Information from third parties: Only when permitted under applicable laws, we may also collect information from third parties, including business partners, marketing agencies, and service providers. If applicable, this may include your contact information from marketing partners when we engage in joint marketing or co-branding activities, your IP address or location information from service providers to offer certain products and services relevant to your location, and data from your social networks to authenticate your products and services use with us or that might interest you, or that you grant permission to our products or services to access.
• Information from public sources: Only when permitted under applicable laws, we may collect information from government sources and records and other publicly available information.

Depending on the nature of our relationship with you, we may use personal information for the purposes described below, either with your consent or as permitted under applicable laws:

For any of the uses of your personal information described above that require your prior express consent under applicable law, note that you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

As a global company, Western Digital. has a number of corporate affiliates in different jurisdictions that may also directly or indirectly interact with you. Depending on your relationship with these affiliates, they may collect, process, and determine how to process your personal information as an independent controller notably to help provide you with the products and services you request.

We may use cookies and similar technologies to provide, protect, and improve our products and services, such as by personalizing content, understanding user behavior, and providing a safer experience. We may also use these technologies to provide you with personalized advertisements, including on third-party websites and applications, and to determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns. Please visit our Cookie Preferences to learn more about how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.

Disclosure Of Personal Information

Each category of personal information that we collect may be shared with the recipients described below for the purposes described in this Privacy Statement.

Our Service Providers, Suppliers and Other Partners

We may share personal information with service providers, suppliers and other partners for operational and technical purposes related to our products and services including the management of our relationship with you, such as website hosting; email services; marketing; advertising; sponsoring of sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions; auditing; payment processing; fulfilling customer orders; data analytics; providing customer support; conducting customer research and satisfaction surveys; cloud storage services; and other services that assist in providing or selling our products and services.

Where permitted by applicable law, we also may share your personal information with advertisers, data analytics providers, and social media networks, which assist us with making product recommendations, marketing messaging, and sending you relevant content.

Corporate Affiliates

We may share personal information with all Western Digital-affiliated companies for the global management of our business activities within Western Digital Group.

Corporate Business Transactions

In the event of a merger, reorganization, acquisition, joint venture, assignment, spin-off, transfer, or sale or disposition of all or any portion of our business, including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings, we may transfer any and all personal information to the relevant third party.

Authorities and legal remediations actions

It may be necessary—by law or as a result of legal process, litigation, or requests from competent authorities within or outside your country of residence (e.g., public or governmental authorities, judiciary authorities) — for us to disclose certain personal information to authorities, lawyers and interested parties. We may also disclose personal information if we are requested to do so in accordance with applicable laws (e.g., national security purposes, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance, etc.). We may also disclose personal information if we determine in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect our rights and pursue available remedies, enforce our terms and conditions, investigate fraud, or protect our operations or users.

Your Rights

If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you can read about your additional rights by clicking here.

If you are a resident of the EU/EEA or the United Kingdom, you can read about your rights by clicking here.

If you are a resident of Canada, you can read about your rights by clicking here.

Browser Signals

Do Not Track. Some web browsers have “Do Not Track” or similar features that allow you to tell each website you visit that you do not want your activities on that website tracked. At present, the Sites do not respond to “Do Not Track” signals and consequently, the Sites will continue to collect information about you even if your browser’s “Do Not Track” feature is activated.

Global Privacy Control (GPC). Global Privacy Control (GPC) allows individuals to automatically signal their privacy preferences to websites and other online services through their browser or through an extension. If we receive a GPC signal to opt-out of website tracking, we will honor such requests.

Third-Party Websites And Services

Our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications) may contain links to or the ability for you to access third-party websites, applications, digital properties, products, or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those third parties, nor are we responsible for the information or content their products and services contain. This Privacy Statement applies solely to information collected by us. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third parties before proceeding to use their websites, products, or services.

Information Security

It is important that you take precautions to protect against unauthorized access to your Western Digital products and services, Western Digital account credentials, and computers or other devices which you install or access our products or services. If you feel that the security of your Western Digital account or personal information has been compromised, please immediately Contact Us. Please be aware that, despite our efforts to maintain reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational security measures, no security system is impenetrable. In the event of a security breach impacting your personal information, we will notify you and the proper local authorities if required by the applicable laws.

Personal Information Retention

To the extent permitted by applicable laws, we keep your personal information for as long as needed to fulfill the particular purpose for which it was collected and in accordance with this Privacy Statement. We may also retain your personal information if legally required or to fulfill a legitimate interest or another lawful basis for retaining the information beyond the period which is necessary. If the legal basis is based solely on consent, we will delete the personal information once consent is withdrawn unless otherwise authorized or required under applicable laws.

We usually keep your personal information until the end of our relationship with you. Beyond this retention period, we may keep your personal information during the applicable legal limitation periods or statutory limitation periods.

Minors

We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose information from children under the age of 18. If we learn that we have collected the personal information of a child under the age of 18, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible. Please immediately Contact Us if you become aware that a child under the age of 18 has provided us with personal information.

Personal Information Transfers

When we share your personal information with our partners, Western Digital-affiliated companies, suppliers, and service providers or any other third parties, your personal information may be transferred to and/or made accessible from countries out of the country, state, or province where you reside.

For some of our products and services, your personal information may also be transferred to and/or stored and processed on servers located in the United States, or in other locations outside of the country, state or province where you reside for the purpose of providing the products or services to you.

If your personal information is transferred outside of your place of residence, the recipient place may have different data protection rules than in your country, state, or province. While such information is outside of your place of residence, it is subject to the laws of the country, state, province in which it is located, and may be subject to disclosure to the governments, courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies of such other country, pursuant to the laws of such country. However, our practices regarding your personal information will at all times continue to be governed by this Privacy Notice and by applicable laws.

In the event that such third country does not ensure a level of protection of personal information equivalent to the country where you reside, Western Digital ensures that the transfer is covered by appropriate safeguards (for example, by entering into standard contractual clauses as adopted by the European Commission, the United Kingdom or the Cyberspace Administration of China, as applicable), and will implement measures to act in accordance with applicable laws. If you want more information about the potential third countries where your personal information is transferred and obtain a copy of the associated safeguards, please contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com.

Changes To This Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement may be updated by Western Digital at any time. Therefore, we recommend that you consult this Privacy Statement each time you access our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications). When required by applicable laws, we will make a reasonable effort to inform you of updates to this Privacy Statement by using the email address you provided to us when signing up for an account or purchasing a product.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) requires us to provide specific disclosures about the personal information we collected in the preceding 12 months. This Privacy Statement describes the categories of personal information we collect and sources of information, the business and commercial purposes for collecting personal information, and the categories of third parties we have disclosed personal information with for business and commercial purposes.

We do not sell personal information for monetary value. We may have shared the following categories of personal information with our targeted advertising service providers and partners: Direct Identifiers, Internet Activity Information, and Profile Information. We do not knowingly sell the personal information of minors under 18.

We provide California residents the privacy rights required under applicable law, including the CCPA and Shine the Light law, as further described below.

California Individual Privacy Rights:

• The right to know. You have the right to request to know what personal information we have collected about you, including the categories of personal information we have collected, the categories of sources from which we collected it, the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information, the categories of third parties to whom we disclosed personal information, and the specific pieces of Personal Information we collected.
• The right to correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
• The right to deletion. You have the right to request that we delete the personal information that we have collected or maintain about you. We may deny your request as permitted by law under certain circumstances, such as if we need to comply with our legal obligations or complete a transaction for which your personal information was collected. If we deny your request for deletion, we will let you know the reason why such request was denied.
• The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You can opt out from the collection and sharing of Performance and Targeting Cookies as described in Data Collection Technologies (link), above, or through the Cookie Preferences.
• The right to equal service. If you choose to exercise any of these rights, we will not retaliate against you in anyway. If you exercise certain rights, understand that you may be unable to use or access certain features of the website or our services or properties.

If you are a California resident, you can exercise your privacy rights as described in “Submitting a Privacy Rights Request,” below.

Shine the Light: California Civil Code Section 1798.83 gives California residents the rights to request from us once per calendar year certain information regarding our disclosure of their personal information to third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes. You may request information regarding the disclosure of your Personal Information to third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes by contacting us at privacy@wdc.com.

Financial Incentives

We may offer financial incentives to consumers in exchange for sharing certain personal information with us. Participation and the rewards offered as incentives are set out within each program. Our good faith estimate of the value of your information is the value of the benefit we offer to you. We calculate thatvalue by using the expense to us of operating the program related to the benefit obtained by our running of the program. You can opt-in by signing up for the incentive when it is offered to you. Participation is always optional, and you can opt out of participating at any time as explained in the applicable program terms.

California Minors

If you are a California resident under the age of 18, and you are a registered user of our products or services, California law permits you to request and obtain removal of content or information you have publicly posted. To make such a request, please Contact Us with specific information about where the content or information is posted and attesting that you posted it. We will then make reasonable, good faith efforts to remove the post from prospective public view, or anonymize it so you cannot be individually identified, to the extent required by applicable law. Please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information you have posted and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal even if requested.

State Privacy Rights

We provide residents Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, with the privacy rights required under applicable law as further described below.

Consumer Privacy Rights:

You may have the following rights, subject to any applicable exemptions or limitations:

• The right to access. You have the right to confirm whether we are processing your personal information and to access such Personal Information.
• The right to correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate your personal information that we maintain about you.
• The right to delete. You have the right to request that we delete your personal information under specific circumstances.
• The right to opt-out. You have the right to object or opt out of certain types of processing, including: (1) processing for the purpose of targeted advertising, (2) processing for the purpose of the sale of Personal Information, and (3) processing for the purpose of certain types of profiling and automated decision-making.
• The right to data portability. You have the right to request a copy of your personal information in an accessible format.
• The right to equal service. If you choose to exercise any of these rights, we will not discriminate against you in anyway. If you exercise certain rights, understand that you may be unable to use or access certain features of the websites or our services or properties.
• The right to appeal. If we do not grant your consumer request, you may have the right to appeal that denial.

You can exercise your privacy rights as described in “Submitting a Privacy Rights Request,” below.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us at 888-914-9661 via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law (and in general within 30 days).

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request.

If you are a resident of California or another state or jurisdiction that provides the right to opt-out of the sale or the sharing of your personal information by us to third parties for the uses of your data described above, including cross-context behavioral advertising:

• submit a request through the Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information form available here, specifying you wish to opt-out of sales (such as sharing your information with our partners for audience matching purposes via means other than cookies or web tracking technologies referenced in (2) below); and
• click Cookie Preferences in the footer below and toggle the options to “No” for both “Performance and Functionality” and “Advertising” Cookie options and click “Submit Preferences”. This will deactivate performance, functionality, and advertising cookies and web tracking technologies on our site, including those used for audience matching purposes and personalized advertisements. Deactivating these cookies and web tracking technologies may only apply to the specific browser from which you click the link, and your preferences may reset if you change your settings.

Authorized Agent: You may authorize an agent to submit a request on your behalf, so long as you provide the authorized agent written permission signed by you to make a request on your behalf, and your authorized agent additionally is able to verify their identity with us. If you are a resident of California and would like to designate an agent for purposes of making a request, your agent must register as such with the California Secretary of State and submit a copy of this registration along with your verified consumer request. Please have your authorized agent follow the instructions above to make a request and additionally mail your written declaration authorizing the agent to act on your behalf, certified by a notary public, to: Legal Department, 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, California 95119 USA. If your authorized agent has power of attorney, it may not be necessary to perform these steps.

If you request to delete your data, this may remove your ability to access any Western Digital accounts. In addition, we may retain some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse.

If you are a citizen of the EU/EEA or the United Kingdom, you have certain rights with respect to your data:

It is specified that the exercise of these rights is based on the legal basis of the processing of your personal information, as follows:

Depending on your country of residence, you may have additional local rights with respect to our processing of your personal information. For example, if you are based in France, you can define either general or specific guidelines regarding your personal information in the event of your death (e.g., their deletion or transmission to any person of your choice). You may revoke your instructions at any time.

If needed, you may also lodge a complaint with your national Data Protection Authority. This right may be exercised at any time and free of charge, at the exclusion of potential postal fees or expenses related to legal representation or assistance should you choose to engage third party assistance for the procedure.

Exercising Your Rights

We will not discriminate against you for the exercise of your applicable rights.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at DPO@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law (and in general within 30 days).

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request. If you request to delete your data, this may remove your ability to access any Western Digital accounts. In addition, we may retain, however, some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse or as required by law.

If you are a citizen of Canada, you have certain rights with respect to your data, depending on the province of residence:

If needed, you may also lodge a complaint with your national Data Protection Authority. This right may be exercised at any time and free of charge, at the exclusion of potential postal fees or expenses related to legal representation or assistance should you choose to engage third party assistance for the procedure.

Exercising Your Rights

We will not discriminate against you for the exercise of your applicable rights.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law, within 30 days.

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request. In addition, we may retain, however, some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse.

Personal information is information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information also includes information that is linked to information that reasonably can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information does not include information that has been anonymized or aggregated so that it can no longer enable us, whether in combination with other information or otherwise, to identify you. To the extent we process de-identified/pseudonymized information, we will maintain and use the information in de-identified/pseudonymized form and have implemented reasonable measures to ensure that the data remains de-identified/pseudonymized unless otherwise required by applicable laws.

What Personal Information We Collect:

Depending on the products and services you use, we may collect, use, and store different kinds of personal information from or about you:

• Personal identifiers, including name, username, email address, phone number, and mailing address. We collect this information to verify your identity and information, communicate with you, process your purchases and payments, manage our relationship, and provide you with products and services.
• Commercial information, including the products or services purchased or considered by customers, information about your Western Digital account and authentication information, information about your purchases, shipping and billing addresses, your requests (e.g., information requests, queries, complaints, etc.) and interactions with us. We collect this information to maintain client records, manage your purchases and payments, manage our relationship, identify trends in our client relationships, collections activity, and conduct business analytics.
• Financial information, including the billing information related to your purchases, certain limited credit or debit card information that is used by our payment processor to help fulfill a transaction you have requested. We collect this information to process your payment of products and services.
• General location information. Where available, our services may use GPS, the location inferred from your IP address, and other technologies to determine the approximate, location of the computers, phones, or other devices on which you install or access our products or services. We collect this information to understand your use of our website and services and for targeted marketing and lead management with your consent when required by applicable laws.
• Inferences drawn from personal information, such as information about your interests or purchase preferences. We collect this information in order to understand your preferences and tailor our services and communications to you.
• Sensitive Personal Information, specifically credit or debit card information that is used by our payment processor to help fulfill a transaction you have requested. We use your Sensitive Personal Information only for legitimate business purposes, including to (i) perform services or provide goods reasonably expected by an average person; (ii) detect security incidents; (iii) resist malicious, deceptive or illegal actions; (iv) ensure the physical safety of individuals; (v) for short-term, transient use; (vi) perform or provide internal business services; or (vii) verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device. We do not sell your Sensitive Personal Information.

In addition to the above categories of personal information, you may choose to provide us with additional personal information, such as when you create a Western Digital account, fill in an online or offline form (e.g. information request, query, complaint, etc.), provide us a photograph, or submit an application for employment. In any case, the personal information collected will be relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed.

Internet or other electronic network activity information, including browsing history, search history, and information regarding your interaction with our products and services, such as the type of device you use, your device configuration, your device’s unique identifier, the IP address of your device, your operating system, the type of Internet browser that you use, usage information, diagnostic information, browsing information, session summary information, CPU and other usage statistics, API calls, service crash information, network status, storage utilization, search terms, and file attributes (including attributes for photos, videos, music, and documents). Please read our Cookie Preferences for more information on how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.

How We Collect Personal Information

• Information you provide: We may collect the personal information you provide when you purchase, install, access and use our products and services, create a Western Digital account, contact us, participate in a survey, participate in community discussions or chat rooms, apply for employment, sign-up to receive our marketing communications, interact with us at in-person events, or otherwise interact with us.
• Information about payments: If you make a purchase, we may collect personal information in connection with the purchase.
• Information about use of our products and services: When you use our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications), or view our emails, other electronic communications or advertisements, we may collect information from or about the computers, phones, or other devices on which you install or access our products or services. We may gather some of this information automatically. Please read our Cookie Preferences for more information on how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.
• Information from third parties: Only when permitted under applicable laws, we may also collect information from third parties, including business partners, marketing agencies, and service providers. If applicable, this may include your contact information from marketing partners when we engage in joint marketing or co-branding activities, your IP address or location information from service providers to offer certain products and services relevant to your location, and data from your social networks to authenticate your products and services use with us or that might interest you, or that you grant permission to our products or services to access.
• Information from public sources: Only when permitted under applicable laws, we may collect information from government sources and records and other publicly available information.

Depending on the nature of our relationship with you, we may use personal information for the purposes described below, either with your consent or as permitted under applicable laws:

For any of the uses of your personal information described above that require your prior express consent under applicable law, note that you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

As a global company, Western Digital. has a number of corporate affiliates in different jurisdictions that may also directly or indirectly interact with you. Depending on your relationship with these affiliates, they may collect, process, and determine how to process your personal information as an independent controller notably to help provide you with the products and services you request.

We may use cookies and similar technologies to provide, protect, and improve our products and services, such as by personalizing content, understanding user behavior, and providing a safer experience. We may also use these technologies to provide you with personalized advertisements, including on third-party websites and applications, and to determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns. Please visit our Cookie Preferences to learn more about how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.

Disclosure Of Personal Information

Each category of personal information that we collect may be shared with the recipients described below for the purposes described in this Privacy Statement.

Our Service Providers, Suppliers and Other Partners

We may share personal information with service providers, suppliers and other partners for operational and technical purposes related to our products and services including the management of our relationship with you, such as website hosting; email services; marketing; advertising; sponsoring of sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions; auditing; payment processing; fulfilling customer orders; data analytics; providing customer support; conducting customer research and satisfaction surveys; cloud storage services; and other services that assist in providing or selling our products and services.

Where permitted by applicable law, we also may share your personal information with advertisers, data analytics providers, and social media networks, which assist us with making product recommendations, marketing messaging, and sending you relevant content.

Corporate Affiliates

We may share personal information with all Western Digital-affiliated companies for the global management of our business activities within Western Digital Group.

Corporate Business Transactions

In the event of a merger, reorganization, acquisition, joint venture, assignment, spin-off, transfer, or sale or disposition of all or any portion of our business, including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings, we may transfer any and all personal information to the relevant third party.

Authorities and legal remediations actions

It may be necessary—by law or as a result of legal process, litigation, or requests from competent authorities within or outside your country of residence (e.g., public or governmental authorities, judiciary authorities) — for us to disclose certain personal information to authorities, lawyers and interested parties. We may also disclose personal information if we are requested to do so in accordance with applicable laws (e.g., national security purposes, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance, etc.). We may also disclose personal information if we determine in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect our rights and pursue available remedies, enforce our terms and conditions, investigate fraud, or protect our operations or users.

Your Rights

If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you can read about your additional rights by clicking here.

If you are a resident of the EU/EEA or the United Kingdom, you can read about your rights by clicking here.

If you are a resident of Canada, you can read about your rights by clicking here.

Browser Signals

Do Not Track. Some web browsers have “Do Not Track” or similar features that allow you to tell each website you visit that you do not want your activities on that website tracked. At present, the Sites do not respond to “Do Not Track” signals and consequently, the Sites will continue to collect information about you even if your browser’s “Do Not Track” feature is activated.

Global Privacy Control (GPC). Global Privacy Control (GPC) allows individuals to automatically signal their privacy preferences to websites and other online services through their browser or through an extension. If we receive a GPC signal to opt-out of website tracking, we will honor such requests.

Third-Party Websites And Services

Our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications) may contain links to or the ability for you to access third-party websites, applications, digital properties, products, or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those third parties, nor are we responsible for the information or content their products and services contain. This Privacy Statement applies solely to information collected by us. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third parties before proceeding to use their websites, products, or services.

Information Security

It is important that you take precautions to protect against unauthorized access to your Western Digital products and services, Western Digital account credentials, and computers or other devices which you install or access our products or services. If you feel that the security of your Western Digital account or personal information has been compromised, please immediately Contact Us. Please be aware that, despite our efforts to maintain reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational security measures, no security system is impenetrable. In the event of a security breach impacting your personal information, we will notify you and the proper local authorities if required by the applicable laws.

Personal Information Retention

To the extent permitted by applicable laws, we keep your personal information for as long as needed to fulfill the particular purpose for which it was collected and in accordance with this Privacy Statement. We may also retain your personal information if legally required or to fulfill a legitimate interest or another lawful basis for retaining the information beyond the period which is necessary. If the legal basis is based solely on consent, we will delete the personal information once consent is withdrawn unless otherwise authorized or required under applicable laws.

We usually keep your personal information until the end of our relationship with you. Beyond this retention period, we may keep your personal information during the applicable legal limitation periods or statutory limitation periods.

Minors

We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose information from children under the age of 18. If we learn that we have collected the personal information of a child under the age of 18, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible. Please immediately Contact Us if you become aware that a child under the age of 18 has provided us with personal information.

Personal Information Transfers

When we share your personal information with our partners, Western Digital-affiliated companies, suppliers, and service providers or any other third parties, your personal information may be transferred to and/or made accessible from countries out of the country, state, or province where you reside.

For some of our products and services, your personal information may also be transferred to and/or stored and processed on servers located in the United States, or in other locations outside of the country, state or province where you reside for the purpose of providing the products or services to you.

If your personal information is transferred outside of your place of residence, the recipient place may have different data protection rules than in your country, state, or province. While such information is outside of your place of residence, it is subject to the laws of the country, state, province in which it is located, and may be subject to disclosure to the governments, courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies of such other country, pursuant to the laws of such country. However, our practices regarding your personal information will at all times continue to be governed by this Privacy Notice and by applicable laws.

In the event that such third country does not ensure a level of protection of personal information equivalent to the country where you reside, Western Digital ensures that the transfer is covered by appropriate safeguards (for example, by entering into standard contractual clauses as adopted by the European Commission, the United Kingdom or the Cyberspace Administration of China, as applicable), and will implement measures to act in accordance with applicable laws. If you want more information about the potential third countries where your personal information is transferred and obtain a copy of the associated safeguards, please contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com.

Changes To This Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement may be updated by Western Digital at any time. Therefore, we recommend that you consult this Privacy Statement each time you access our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications). When required by applicable laws, we will make a reasonable effort to inform you of updates to this Privacy Statement by using the email address you provided to us when signing up for an account or purchasing a product.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) requires us to provide specific disclosures about the personal information we collected in the preceding 12 months. This Privacy Statement describes the categories of personal information we collect and sources of information, the business and commercial purposes for collecting personal information, and the categories of third parties we have disclosed personal information with for business and commercial purposes.

We do not sell personal information for monetary value. We may have shared the following categories of personal information with our targeted advertising service providers and partners: Direct Identifiers, Internet Activity Information, and Profile Information. We do not knowingly sell the personal information of minors under 18.

We provide California residents the privacy rights required under applicable law, including the CCPA and Shine the Light law, as further described below.

California Individual Privacy Rights:

• The right to know. You have the right to request to know what personal information we have collected about you, including the categories of personal information we have collected, the categories of sources from which we collected it, the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information, the categories of third parties to whom we disclosed personal information, and the specific pieces of Personal Information we collected.
• The right to correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
• The right to deletion. You have the right to request that we delete the personal information that we have collected or maintain about you. We may deny your request as permitted by law under certain circumstances, such as if we need to comply with our legal obligations or complete a transaction for which your personal information was collected. If we deny your request for deletion, we will let you know the reason why such request was denied.
• The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You can opt out from the collection and sharing of Performance and Targeting Cookies as described in Data Collection Technologies (link), above, or through the Cookie Preferences.
• The right to equal service. If you choose to exercise any of these rights, we will not retaliate against you in anyway. If you exercise certain rights, understand that you may be unable to use or access certain features of the website or our services or properties.

If you are a California resident, you can exercise your privacy rights as described in “Submitting a Privacy Rights Request,” below.

Shine the Light: California Civil Code Section 1798.83 gives California residents the rights to request from us once per calendar year certain information regarding our disclosure of their personal information to third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes. You may request information regarding the disclosure of your Personal Information to third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes by contacting us at privacy@wdc.com.

Financial Incentives

We may offer financial incentives to consumers in exchange for sharing certain personal information with us. Participation and the rewards offered as incentives are set out within each program. Our good faith estimate of the value of your information is the value of the benefit we offer to you. We calculate thatvalue by using the expense to us of operating the program related to the benefit obtained by our running of the program. You can opt-in by signing up for the incentive when it is offered to you. Participation is always optional, and you can opt out of participating at any time as explained in the applicable program terms.

California Minors

If you are a California resident under the age of 18, and you are a registered user of our products or services, California law permits you to request and obtain removal of content or information you have publicly posted. To make such a request, please Contact Us with specific information about where the content or information is posted and attesting that you posted it. We will then make reasonable, good faith efforts to remove the post from prospective public view, or anonymize it so you cannot be individually identified, to the extent required by applicable law. Please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information you have posted and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal even if requested.

State Privacy Rights

We provide residents Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, with the privacy rights required under applicable law as further described below.

Consumer Privacy Rights:

You may have the following rights, subject to any applicable exemptions or limitations:

• The right to access. You have the right to confirm whether we are processing your personal information and to access such Personal Information.
• The right to correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate your personal information that we maintain about you.
• The right to delete. You have the right to request that we delete your personal information under specific circumstances.
• The right to opt-out. You have the right to object or opt out of certain types of processing, including: (1) processing for the purpose of targeted advertising, (2) processing for the purpose of the sale of Personal Information, and (3) processing for the purpose of certain types of profiling and automated decision-making.
• The right to data portability. You have the right to request a copy of your personal information in an accessible format.
• The right to equal service. If you choose to exercise any of these rights, we will not discriminate against you in anyway. If you exercise certain rights, understand that you may be unable to use or access certain features of the websites or our services or properties.
• The right to appeal. If we do not grant your consumer request, you may have the right to appeal that denial.

You can exercise your privacy rights as described in “Submitting a Privacy Rights Request,” below.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us at 888-914-9661 via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law (and in general within 30 days).

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request.

If you are a resident of California or another state or jurisdiction that provides the right to opt-out of the sale or the sharing of your personal information by us to third parties for the uses of your data described above, including cross-context behavioral advertising:

• submit a request through the Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information form available here, specifying you wish to opt-out of sales (such as sharing your information with our partners for audience matching purposes via means other than cookies or web tracking technologies referenced in (2) below); and
• click Cookie Preferences in the footer below and toggle the options to “No” for both “Performance and Functionality” and “Advertising” Cookie options and click “Submit Preferences”. This will deactivate performance, functionality, and advertising cookies and web tracking technologies on our site, including those used for audience matching purposes and personalized advertisements. Deactivating these cookies and web tracking technologies may only apply to the specific browser from which you click the link, and your preferences may reset if you change your settings.

Authorized Agent: You may authorize an agent to submit a request on your behalf, so long as you provide the authorized agent written permission signed by you to make a request on your behalf, and your authorized agent additionally is able to verify their identity with us. If you are a resident of California and would like to designate an agent for purposes of making a request, your agent must register as such with the California Secretary of State and submit a copy of this registration along with your verified consumer request. Please have your authorized agent follow the instructions above to make a request and additionally mail your written declaration authorizing the agent to act on your behalf, certified by a notary public, to: Legal Department, 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, California 95119 USA. If your authorized agent has power of attorney, it may not be necessary to perform these steps.

If you request to delete your data, this may remove your ability to access any Western Digital accounts. In addition, we may retain some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse.

If you are a citizen of the EU/EEA or the United Kingdom, you have certain rights with respect to your data:

It is specified that the exercise of these rights is based on the legal basis of the processing of your personal information, as follows:

Depending on your country of residence, you may have additional local rights with respect to our processing of your personal information. For example, if you are based in France, you can define either general or specific guidelines regarding your personal information in the event of your death (e.g., their deletion or transmission to any person of your choice). You may revoke your instructions at any time.

If needed, you may also lodge a complaint with your national Data Protection Authority. This right may be exercised at any time and free of charge, at the exclusion of potential postal fees or expenses related to legal representation or assistance should you choose to engage third party assistance for the procedure.

Exercising Your Rights

We will not discriminate against you for the exercise of your applicable rights.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at DPO@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law (and in general within 30 days).

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request. If you request to delete your data, this may remove your ability to access any Western Digital accounts. In addition, we may retain, however, some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse or as required by law.

If you are a citizen of Canada, you have certain rights with respect to your data, depending on the province of residence:

If needed, you may also lodge a complaint with your national Data Protection Authority. This right may be exercised at any time and free of charge, at the exclusion of potential postal fees or expenses related to legal representation or assistance should you choose to engage third party assistance for the procedure.

Exercising Your Rights

We will not discriminate against you for the exercise of your applicable rights.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law, within 30 days.

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request. In addition, we may retain, however, some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse.

Personal information is information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information also includes information that is linked to information that reasonably can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information does not include information that has been anonymized or aggregated so that it can no longer enable us, whether in combination with other information or otherwise, to identify you. To the extent we process de-identified/pseudonymized information, we will maintain and use the information in de-identified/pseudonymized form and have implemented reasonable measures to ensure that the data remains de-identified/pseudonymized unless otherwise required by applicable laws.

What Personal Information We Collect:

Depending on the products and services you use, we may collect, use, and store different kinds of personal information from or about you:

• Personal identifiers, including name, username, email address, phone number, and mailing address. We collect this information to verify your identity and information, communicate with you, process your purchases and payments, manage our relationship, and provide you with products and services.
• Commercial information, including the products or services purchased or considered by customers, information about your Western Digital account and authentication information, information about your purchases, shipping and billing addresses, your requests (e.g., information requests, queries, complaints, etc.) and interactions with us. We collect this information to maintain client records, manage your purchases and payments, manage our relationship, identify trends in our client relationships, collections activity, and conduct business analytics.
• Financial information, including the billing information related to your purchases, certain limited credit or debit card information that is used by our payment processor to help fulfill a transaction you have requested. We collect this information to process your payment of products and services.
• General location information. Where available, our services may use GPS, the location inferred from your IP address, and other technologies to determine the approximate, location of the computers, phones, or other devices on which you install or access our products or services. We collect this information to understand your use of our website and services and for targeted marketing and lead management with your consent when required by applicable laws.
• Inferences drawn from personal information, such as information about your interests or purchase preferences. We collect this information in order to understand your preferences and tailor our services and communications to you.
• Sensitive Personal Information, specifically credit or debit card information that is used by our payment processor to help fulfill a transaction you have requested. We use your Sensitive Personal Information only for legitimate business purposes, including to (i) perform services or provide goods reasonably expected by an average person; (ii) detect security incidents; (iii) resist malicious, deceptive or illegal actions; (iv) ensure the physical safety of individuals; (v) for short-term, transient use; (vi) perform or provide internal business services; or (vii) verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device. We do not sell your Sensitive Personal Information.

In addition to the above categories of personal information, you may choose to provide us with additional personal information, such as when you create a Western Digital account, fill in an online or offline form (e.g. information request, query, complaint, etc.), provide us a photograph, or submit an application for employment. In any case, the personal information collected will be relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed.

Internet or other electronic network activity information, including browsing history, search history, and information regarding your interaction with our products and services, such as the type of device you use, your device configuration, your device’s unique identifier, the IP address of your device, your operating system, the type of Internet browser that you use, usage information, diagnostic information, browsing information, session summary information, CPU and other usage statistics, API calls, service crash information, network status, storage utilization, search terms, and file attributes (including attributes for photos, videos, music, and documents). Please read our Cookie Preferences for more information on how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.

How We Collect Personal Information

• Information you provide: We may collect the personal information you provide when you purchase, install, access and use our products and services, create a Western Digital account, contact us, participate in a survey, participate in community discussions or chat rooms, apply for employment, sign-up to receive our marketing communications, interact with us at in-person events, or otherwise interact with us.
• Information about payments: If you make a purchase, we may collect personal information in connection with the purchase.
• Information about use of our products and services: When you use our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications), or view our emails, other electronic communications or advertisements, we may collect information from or about the computers, phones, or other devices on which you install or access our products or services. We may gather some of this information automatically. Please read our Cookie Preferences for more information on how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.
• Information from third parties: Only when permitted under applicable laws, we may also collect information from third parties, including business partners, marketing agencies, and service providers. If applicable, this may include your contact information from marketing partners when we engage in joint marketing or co-branding activities, your IP address or location information from service providers to offer certain products and services relevant to your location, and data from your social networks to authenticate your products and services use with us or that might interest you, or that you grant permission to our products or services to access.
• Information from public sources: Only when permitted under applicable laws, we may collect information from government sources and records and other publicly available information.

Depending on the nature of our relationship with you, we may use personal information for the purposes described below, either with your consent or as permitted under applicable laws:

For any of the uses of your personal information described above that require your prior express consent under applicable law, note that you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

As a global company, Western Digital. has a number of corporate affiliates in different jurisdictions that may also directly or indirectly interact with you. Depending on your relationship with these affiliates, they may collect, process, and determine how to process your personal information as an independent controller notably to help provide you with the products and services you request.

We may use cookies and similar technologies to provide, protect, and improve our products and services, such as by personalizing content, understanding user behavior, and providing a safer experience. We may also use these technologies to provide you with personalized advertisements, including on third-party websites and applications, and to determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns. Please visit our Cookie Preferences to learn more about how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.

Disclosure Of Personal Information

Each category of personal information that we collect may be shared with the recipients described below for the purposes described in this Privacy Statement.

Our Service Providers, Suppliers and Other Partners

We may share personal information with service providers, suppliers and other partners for operational and technical purposes related to our products and services including the management of our relationship with you, such as website hosting; email services; marketing; advertising; sponsoring of sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions; auditing; payment processing; fulfilling customer orders; data analytics; providing customer support; conducting customer research and satisfaction surveys; cloud storage services; and other services that assist in providing or selling our products and services.

Where permitted by applicable law, we also may share your personal information with advertisers, data analytics providers, and social media networks, which assist us with making product recommendations, marketing messaging, and sending you relevant content.

Corporate Affiliates

We may share personal information with all Western Digital-affiliated companies for the global management of our business activities within Western Digital Group.

Corporate Business Transactions

In the event of a merger, reorganization, acquisition, joint venture, assignment, spin-off, transfer, or sale or disposition of all or any portion of our business, including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings, we may transfer any and all personal information to the relevant third party.

Authorities and legal remediations actions

It may be necessary—by law or as a result of legal process, litigation, or requests from competent authorities within or outside your country of residence (e.g., public or governmental authorities, judiciary authorities) — for us to disclose certain personal information to authorities, lawyers and interested parties. We may also disclose personal information if we are requested to do so in accordance with applicable laws (e.g., national security purposes, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance, etc.). We may also disclose personal information if we determine in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect our rights and pursue available remedies, enforce our terms and conditions, investigate fraud, or protect our operations or users.

Your Rights

If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you can read about your additional rights by clicking here.

If you are a resident of the EU/EEA or the United Kingdom, you can read about your rights by clicking here.

If you are a resident of Canada, you can read about your rights by clicking here.

Browser Signals

Do Not Track. Some web browsers have “Do Not Track” or similar features that allow you to tell each website you visit that you do not want your activities on that website tracked. At present, the Sites do not respond to “Do Not Track” signals and consequently, the Sites will continue to collect information about you even if your browser’s “Do Not Track” feature is activated.

Global Privacy Control (GPC). Global Privacy Control (GPC) allows individuals to automatically signal their privacy preferences to websites and other online services through their browser or through an extension. If we receive a GPC signal to opt-out of website tracking, we will honor such requests.

Third-Party Websites And Services

Our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications) may contain links to or the ability for you to access third-party websites, applications, digital properties, products, or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those third parties, nor are we responsible for the information or content their products and services contain. This Privacy Statement applies solely to information collected by us. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third parties before proceeding to use their websites, products, or services.

Information Security

It is important that you take precautions to protect against unauthorized access to your Western Digital products and services, Western Digital account credentials, and computers or other devices which you install or access our products or services. If you feel that the security of your Western Digital account or personal information has been compromised, please immediately Contact Us. Please be aware that, despite our efforts to maintain reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational security measures, no security system is impenetrable. In the event of a security breach impacting your personal information, we will notify you and the proper local authorities if required by the applicable laws.

Personal Information Retention

To the extent permitted by applicable laws, we keep your personal information for as long as needed to fulfill the particular purpose for which it was collected and in accordance with this Privacy Statement. We may also retain your personal information if legally required or to fulfill a legitimate interest or another lawful basis for retaining the information beyond the period which is necessary. If the legal basis is based solely on consent, we will delete the personal information once consent is withdrawn unless otherwise authorized or required under applicable laws.

We usually keep your personal information until the end of our relationship with you. Beyond this retention period, we may keep your personal information during the applicable legal limitation periods or statutory limitation periods.

Minors

We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose information from children under the age of 18. If we learn that we have collected the personal information of a child under the age of 18, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible. Please immediately Contact Us if you become aware that a child under the age of 18 has provided us with personal information.

Personal Information Transfers

When we share your personal information with our partners, Western Digital-affiliated companies, suppliers, and service providers or any other third parties, your personal information may be transferred to and/or made accessible from countries out of the country, state, or province where you reside.

For some of our products and services, your personal information may also be transferred to and/or stored and processed on servers located in the United States, or in other locations outside of the country, state or province where you reside for the purpose of providing the products or services to you.

If your personal information is transferred outside of your place of residence, the recipient place may have different data protection rules than in your country, state, or province. While such information is outside of your place of residence, it is subject to the laws of the country, state, province in which it is located, and may be subject to disclosure to the governments, courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies of such other country, pursuant to the laws of such country. However, our practices regarding your personal information will at all times continue to be governed by this Privacy Notice and by applicable laws.

In the event that such third country does not ensure a level of protection of personal information equivalent to the country where you reside, Western Digital ensures that the transfer is covered by appropriate safeguards (for example, by entering into standard contractual clauses as adopted by the European Commission, the United Kingdom or the Cyberspace Administration of China, as applicable), and will implement measures to act in accordance with applicable laws. If you want more information about the potential third countries where your personal information is transferred and obtain a copy of the associated safeguards, please contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com.

Changes To This Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement may be updated by Western Digital at any time. Therefore, we recommend that you consult this Privacy Statement each time you access our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications). When required by applicable laws, we will make a reasonable effort to inform you of updates to this Privacy Statement by using the email address you provided to us when signing up for an account or purchasing a product.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) requires us to provide specific disclosures about the personal information we collected in the preceding 12 months. This Privacy Statement describes the categories of personal information we collect and sources of information, the business and commercial purposes for collecting personal information, and the categories of third parties we have disclosed personal information with for business and commercial purposes.

We do not sell personal information for monetary value. We may have shared the following categories of personal information with our targeted advertising service providers and partners: Direct Identifiers, Internet Activity Information, and Profile Information. We do not knowingly sell the personal information of minors under 18.

We provide California residents the privacy rights required under applicable law, including the CCPA and Shine the Light law, as further described below.

California Individual Privacy Rights:

• The right to know. You have the right to request to know what personal information we have collected about you, including the categories of personal information we have collected, the categories of sources from which we collected it, the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information, the categories of third parties to whom we disclosed personal information, and the specific pieces of Personal Information we collected.
• The right to correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
• The right to deletion. You have the right to request that we delete the personal information that we have collected or maintain about you. We may deny your request as permitted by law under certain circumstances, such as if we need to comply with our legal obligations or complete a transaction for which your personal information was collected. If we deny your request for deletion, we will let you know the reason why such request was denied.
• The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You can opt out from the collection and sharing of Performance and Targeting Cookies as described in Data Collection Technologies (link), above, or through the Cookie Preferences.
• The right to equal service. If you choose to exercise any of these rights, we will not retaliate against you in anyway. If you exercise certain rights, understand that you may be unable to use or access certain features of the website or our services or properties.

If you are a California resident, you can exercise your privacy rights as described in “Submitting a Privacy Rights Request,” below.

Shine the Light: California Civil Code Section 1798.83 gives California residents the rights to request from us once per calendar year certain information regarding our disclosure of their personal information to third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes. You may request information regarding the disclosure of your Personal Information to third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes by contacting us at privacy@wdc.com.

Financial Incentives

We may offer financial incentives to consumers in exchange for sharing certain personal information with us. Participation and the rewards offered as incentives are set out within each program. Our good faith estimate of the value of your information is the value of the benefit we offer to you. We calculate thatvalue by using the expense to us of operating the program related to the benefit obtained by our running of the program. You can opt-in by signing up for the incentive when it is offered to you. Participation is always optional, and you can opt out of participating at any time as explained in the applicable program terms.

California Minors

If you are a California resident under the age of 18, and you are a registered user of our products or services, California law permits you to request and obtain removal of content or information you have publicly posted. To make such a request, please Contact Us with specific information about where the content or information is posted and attesting that you posted it. We will then make reasonable, good faith efforts to remove the post from prospective public view, or anonymize it so you cannot be individually identified, to the extent required by applicable law. Please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information you have posted and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal even if requested.

State Privacy Rights

We provide residents Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, with the privacy rights required under applicable law as further described below.

Consumer Privacy Rights:

You may have the following rights, subject to any applicable exemptions or limitations:

• The right to access. You have the right to confirm whether we are processing your personal information and to access such Personal Information.
• The right to correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate your personal information that we maintain about you.
• The right to delete. You have the right to request that we delete your personal information under specific circumstances.
• The right to opt-out. You have the right to object or opt out of certain types of processing, including: (1) processing for the purpose of targeted advertising, (2) processing for the purpose of the sale of Personal Information, and (3) processing for the purpose of certain types of profiling and automated decision-making.
• The right to data portability. You have the right to request a copy of your personal information in an accessible format.
• The right to equal service. If you choose to exercise any of these rights, we will not discriminate against you in anyway. If you exercise certain rights, understand that you may be unable to use or access certain features of the websites or our services or properties.
• The right to appeal. If we do not grant your consumer request, you may have the right to appeal that denial.

You can exercise your privacy rights as described in “Submitting a Privacy Rights Request,” below.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us at 888-914-9661 via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law (and in general within 30 days).

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request.

If you are a resident of California or another state or jurisdiction that provides the right to opt-out of the sale or the sharing of your personal information by us to third parties for the uses of your data described above, including cross-context behavioral advertising:

• submit a request through the Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information form available here, specifying you wish to opt-out of sales (such as sharing your information with our partners for audience matching purposes via means other than cookies or web tracking technologies referenced in (2) below); and
• click Cookie Preferences in the footer below and toggle the options to “No” for both “Performance and Functionality” and “Advertising” Cookie options and click “Submit Preferences”. This will deactivate performance, functionality, and advertising cookies and web tracking technologies on our site, including those used for audience matching purposes and personalized advertisements. Deactivating these cookies and web tracking technologies may only apply to the specific browser from which you click the link, and your preferences may reset if you change your settings.

Authorized Agent: You may authorize an agent to submit a request on your behalf, so long as you provide the authorized agent written permission signed by you to make a request on your behalf, and your authorized agent additionally is able to verify their identity with us. If you are a resident of California and would like to designate an agent for purposes of making a request, your agent must register as such with the California Secretary of State and submit a copy of this registration along with your verified consumer request. Please have your authorized agent follow the instructions above to make a request and additionally mail your written declaration authorizing the agent to act on your behalf, certified by a notary public, to: Legal Department, 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, California 95119 USA. If your authorized agent has power of attorney, it may not be necessary to perform these steps.

If you request to delete your data, this may remove your ability to access any Western Digital accounts. In addition, we may retain some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse.

If you are a citizen of the EU/EEA or the United Kingdom, you have certain rights with respect to your data:

It is specified that the exercise of these rights is based on the legal basis of the processing of your personal information, as follows:

Depending on your country of residence, you may have additional local rights with respect to our processing of your personal information. For example, if you are based in France, you can define either general or specific guidelines regarding your personal information in the event of your death (e.g., their deletion or transmission to any person of your choice). You may revoke your instructions at any time.

If needed, you may also lodge a complaint with your national Data Protection Authority. This right may be exercised at any time and free of charge, at the exclusion of potential postal fees or expenses related to legal representation or assistance should you choose to engage third party assistance for the procedure.

Exercising Your Rights

We will not discriminate against you for the exercise of your applicable rights.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at DPO@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law (and in general within 30 days).

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request. If you request to delete your data, this may remove your ability to access any Western Digital accounts. In addition, we may retain, however, some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse or as required by law.

If you are a citizen of Canada, you have certain rights with respect to your data, depending on the province of residence:

If needed, you may also lodge a complaint with your national Data Protection Authority. This right may be exercised at any time and free of charge, at the exclusion of potential postal fees or expenses related to legal representation or assistance should you choose to engage third party assistance for the procedure.

Exercising Your Rights

We will not discriminate against you for the exercise of your applicable rights.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law, within 30 days.

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request. In addition, we may retain, however, some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse.

Personal information is information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information also includes information that is linked to information that reasonably can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information does not include information that has been anonymized or aggregated so that it can no longer enable us, whether in combination with other information or otherwise, to identify you. To the extent we process de-identified/pseudonymized information, we will maintain and use the information in de-identified/pseudonymized form and have implemented reasonable measures to ensure that the data remains de-identified/pseudonymized unless otherwise required by applicable laws.

What Personal Information We Collect:

Depending on the products and services you use, we may collect, use, and store different kinds of personal information from or about you:

• Personal identifiers, including name, username, email address, phone number, and mailing address. We collect this information to verify your identity and information, communicate with you, process your purchases and payments, manage our relationship, and provide you with products and services.
• Commercial information, including the products or services purchased or considered by customers, information about your Western Digital account and authentication information, information about your purchases, shipping and billing addresses, your requests (e.g., information requests, queries, complaints, etc.) and interactions with us. We collect this information to maintain client records, manage your purchases and payments, manage our relationship, identify trends in our client relationships, collections activity, and conduct business analytics.
• Financial information, including the billing information related to your purchases, certain limited credit or debit card information that is used by our payment processor to help fulfill a transaction you have requested. We collect this information to process your payment of products and services.
• General location information. Where available, our services may use GPS, the location inferred from your IP address, and other technologies to determine the approximate, location of the computers, phones, or other devices on which you install or access our products or services. We collect this information to understand your use of our website and services and for targeted marketing and lead management with your consent when required by applicable laws.
• Inferences drawn from personal information, such as information about your interests or purchase preferences. We collect this information in order to understand your preferences and tailor our services and communications to you.
• Sensitive Personal Information, specifically credit or debit card information that is used by our payment processor to help fulfill a transaction you have requested. We use your Sensitive Personal Information only for legitimate business purposes, including to (i) perform services or provide goods reasonably expected by an average person; (ii) detect security incidents; (iii) resist malicious, deceptive or illegal actions; (iv) ensure the physical safety of individuals; (v) for short-term, transient use; (vi) perform or provide internal business services; or (vii) verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device. We do not sell your Sensitive Personal Information.

In addition to the above categories of personal information, you may choose to provide us with additional personal information, such as when you create a Western Digital account, fill in an online or offline form (e.g. information request, query, complaint, etc.), provide us a photograph, or submit an application for employment. In any case, the personal information collected will be relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed.

Internet or other electronic network activity information, including browsing history, search history, and information regarding your interaction with our products and services, such as the type of device you use, your device configuration, your device’s unique identifier, the IP address of your device, your operating system, the type of Internet browser that you use, usage information, diagnostic information, browsing information, session summary information, CPU and other usage statistics, API calls, service crash information, network status, storage utilization, search terms, and file attributes (including attributes for photos, videos, music, and documents). Please read our Cookie Preferences for more information on how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.

How We Collect Personal Information

• Information you provide: We may collect the personal information you provide when you purchase, install, access and use our products and services, create a Western Digital account, contact us, participate in a survey, participate in community discussions or chat rooms, apply for employment, sign-up to receive our marketing communications, interact with us at in-person events, or otherwise interact with us.
• Information about payments: If you make a purchase, we may collect personal information in connection with the purchase.
• Information about use of our products and services: When you use our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications), or view our emails, other electronic communications or advertisements, we may collect information from or about the computers, phones, or other devices on which you install or access our products or services. We may gather some of this information automatically. Please read our Cookie Preferences for more information on how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.
• Information from third parties: Only when permitted under applicable laws, we may also collect information from third parties, including business partners, marketing agencies, and service providers. If applicable, this may include your contact information from marketing partners when we engage in joint marketing or co-branding activities, your IP address or location information from service providers to offer certain products and services relevant to your location, and data from your social networks to authenticate your products and services use with us or that might interest you, or that you grant permission to our products or services to access.
• Information from public sources: Only when permitted under applicable laws, we may collect information from government sources and records and other publicly available information.

Depending on the nature of our relationship with you, we may use personal information for the purposes described below, either with your consent or as permitted under applicable laws:

For any of the uses of your personal information described above that require your prior express consent under applicable law, note that you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

As a global company, Western Digital. has a number of corporate affiliates in different jurisdictions that may also directly or indirectly interact with you. Depending on your relationship with these affiliates, they may collect, process, and determine how to process your personal information as an independent controller notably to help provide you with the products and services you request.

We may use cookies and similar technologies to provide, protect, and improve our products and services, such as by personalizing content, understanding user behavior, and providing a safer experience. We may also use these technologies to provide you with personalized advertisements, including on third-party websites and applications, and to determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns. Please visit our Cookie Preferences to learn more about how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.

Disclosure Of Personal Information

Each category of personal information that we collect may be shared with the recipients described below for the purposes described in this Privacy Statement.

Our Service Providers, Suppliers and Other Partners

We may share personal information with service providers, suppliers and other partners for operational and technical purposes related to our products and services including the management of our relationship with you, such as website hosting; email services; marketing; advertising; sponsoring of sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions; auditing; payment processing; fulfilling customer orders; data analytics; providing customer support; conducting customer research and satisfaction surveys; cloud storage services; and other services that assist in providing or selling our products and services.

Where permitted by applicable law, we also may share your personal information with advertisers, data analytics providers, and social media networks, which assist us with making product recommendations, marketing messaging, and sending you relevant content.

Corporate Affiliates

We may share personal information with all Western Digital-affiliated companies for the global management of our business activities within Western Digital Group.

Corporate Business Transactions

In the event of a merger, reorganization, acquisition, joint venture, assignment, spin-off, transfer, or sale or disposition of all or any portion of our business, including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings, we may transfer any and all personal information to the relevant third party.

Authorities and legal remediations actions

It may be necessary—by law or as a result of legal process, litigation, or requests from competent authorities within or outside your country of residence (e.g., public or governmental authorities, judiciary authorities) — for us to disclose certain personal information to authorities, lawyers and interested parties. We may also disclose personal information if we are requested to do so in accordance with applicable laws (e.g., national security purposes, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance, etc.). We may also disclose personal information if we determine in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect our rights and pursue available remedies, enforce our terms and conditions, investigate fraud, or protect our operations or users.

Your Rights

If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you can read about your additional rights by clicking here.

If you are a resident of the EU/EEA or the United Kingdom, you can read about your rights by clicking here.

If you are a resident of Canada, you can read about your rights by clicking here.

Browser Signals

Do Not Track. Some web browsers have “Do Not Track” or similar features that allow you to tell each website you visit that you do not want your activities on that website tracked. At present, the Sites do not respond to “Do Not Track” signals and consequently, the Sites will continue to collect information about you even if your browser’s “Do Not Track” feature is activated.

Global Privacy Control (GPC). Global Privacy Control (GPC) allows individuals to automatically signal their privacy preferences to websites and other online services through their browser or through an extension. If we receive a GPC signal to opt-out of website tracking, we will honor such requests.

Third-Party Websites And Services

Our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications) may contain links to or the ability for you to access third-party websites, applications, digital properties, products, or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those third parties, nor are we responsible for the information or content their products and services contain. This Privacy Statement applies solely to information collected by us. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third parties before proceeding to use their websites, products, or services.

Information Security

It is important that you take precautions to protect against unauthorized access to your Western Digital products and services, Western Digital account credentials, and computers or other devices which you install or access our products or services. If you feel that the security of your Western Digital account or personal information has been compromised, please immediately Contact Us. Please be aware that, despite our efforts to maintain reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational security measures, no security system is impenetrable. In the event of a security breach impacting your personal information, we will notify you and the proper local authorities if required by the applicable laws.

Personal Information Retention

To the extent permitted by applicable laws, we keep your personal information for as long as needed to fulfill the particular purpose for which it was collected and in accordance with this Privacy Statement. We may also retain your personal information if legally required or to fulfill a legitimate interest or another lawful basis for retaining the information beyond the period which is necessary. If the legal basis is based solely on consent, we will delete the personal information once consent is withdrawn unless otherwise authorized or required under applicable laws.

We usually keep your personal information until the end of our relationship with you. Beyond this retention period, we may keep your personal information during the applicable legal limitation periods or statutory limitation periods.

Minors

We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose information from children under the age of 18. If we learn that we have collected the personal information of a child under the age of 18, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible. Please immediately Contact Us if you become aware that a child under the age of 18 has provided us with personal information.

Personal Information Transfers

When we share your personal information with our partners, Western Digital-affiliated companies, suppliers, and service providers or any other third parties, your personal information may be transferred to and/or made accessible from countries out of the country, state, or province where you reside.

For some of our products and services, your personal information may also be transferred to and/or stored and processed on servers located in the United States, or in other locations outside of the country, state or province where you reside for the purpose of providing the products or services to you.

If your personal information is transferred outside of your place of residence, the recipient place may have different data protection rules than in your country, state, or province. While such information is outside of your place of residence, it is subject to the laws of the country, state, province in which it is located, and may be subject to disclosure to the governments, courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies of such other country, pursuant to the laws of such country. However, our practices regarding your personal information will at all times continue to be governed by this Privacy Notice and by applicable laws.

In the event that such third country does not ensure a level of protection of personal information equivalent to the country where you reside, Western Digital ensures that the transfer is covered by appropriate safeguards (for example, by entering into standard contractual clauses as adopted by the European Commission, the United Kingdom or the Cyberspace Administration of China, as applicable), and will implement measures to act in accordance with applicable laws. If you want more information about the potential third countries where your personal information is transferred and obtain a copy of the associated safeguards, please contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com.

Changes To This Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement may be updated by Western Digital at any time. Therefore, we recommend that you consult this Privacy Statement each time you access our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications). When required by applicable laws, we will make a reasonable effort to inform you of updates to this Privacy Statement by using the email address you provided to us when signing up for an account or purchasing a product.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) requires us to provide specific disclosures about the personal information we collected in the preceding 12 months. This Privacy Statement describes the categories of personal information we collect and sources of information, the business and commercial purposes for collecting personal information, and the categories of third parties we have disclosed personal information with for business and commercial purposes.

We do not sell personal information for monetary value. We may have shared the following categories of personal information with our targeted advertising service providers and partners: Direct Identifiers, Internet Activity Information, and Profile Information. We do not knowingly sell the personal information of minors under 18.

We provide California residents the privacy rights required under applicable law, including the CCPA and Shine the Light law, as further described below.

California Individual Privacy Rights:

• The right to know. You have the right to request to know what personal information we have collected about you, including the categories of personal information we have collected, the categories of sources from which we collected it, the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information, the categories of third parties to whom we disclosed personal information, and the specific pieces of Personal Information we collected.
• The right to correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
• The right to deletion. You have the right to request that we delete the personal information that we have collected or maintain about you. We may deny your request as permitted by law under certain circumstances, such as if we need to comply with our legal obligations or complete a transaction for which your personal information was collected. If we deny your request for deletion, we will let you know the reason why such request was denied.
• The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You can opt out from the collection and sharing of Performance and Targeting Cookies as described in Data Collection Technologies (link), above, or through the Cookie Preferences.
• The right to equal service. If you choose to exercise any of these rights, we will not retaliate against you in anyway. If you exercise certain rights, understand that you may be unable to use or access certain features of the website or our services or properties.

If you are a California resident, you can exercise your privacy rights as described in “Submitting a Privacy Rights Request,” below.

Shine the Light: California Civil Code Section 1798.83 gives California residents the rights to request from us once per calendar year certain information regarding our disclosure of their personal information to third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes. You may request information regarding the disclosure of your Personal Information to third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes by contacting us at privacy@wdc.com.

Financial Incentives

We may offer financial incentives to consumers in exchange for sharing certain personal information with us. Participation and the rewards offered as incentives are set out within each program. Our good faith estimate of the value of your information is the value of the benefit we offer to you. We calculate thatvalue by using the expense to us of operating the program related to the benefit obtained by our running of the program. You can opt-in by signing up for the incentive when it is offered to you. Participation is always optional, and you can opt out of participating at any time as explained in the applicable program terms.

California Minors

If you are a California resident under the age of 18, and you are a registered user of our products or services, California law permits you to request and obtain removal of content or information you have publicly posted. To make such a request, please Contact Us with specific information about where the content or information is posted and attesting that you posted it. We will then make reasonable, good faith efforts to remove the post from prospective public view, or anonymize it so you cannot be individually identified, to the extent required by applicable law. Please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information you have posted and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal even if requested.

State Privacy Rights

We provide residents Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, with the privacy rights required under applicable law as further described below.

Consumer Privacy Rights:

You may have the following rights, subject to any applicable exemptions or limitations:

• The right to access. You have the right to confirm whether we are processing your personal information and to access such Personal Information.
• The right to correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate your personal information that we maintain about you.
• The right to delete. You have the right to request that we delete your personal information under specific circumstances.
• The right to opt-out. You have the right to object or opt out of certain types of processing, including: (1) processing for the purpose of targeted advertising, (2) processing for the purpose of the sale of Personal Information, and (3) processing for the purpose of certain types of profiling and automated decision-making.
• The right to data portability. You have the right to request a copy of your personal information in an accessible format.
• The right to equal service. If you choose to exercise any of these rights, we will not discriminate against you in anyway. If you exercise certain rights, understand that you may be unable to use or access certain features of the websites or our services or properties.
• The right to appeal. If we do not grant your consumer request, you may have the right to appeal that denial.

You can exercise your privacy rights as described in “Submitting a Privacy Rights Request,” below.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us at 888-914-9661 via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law (and in general within 30 days).

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request.

If you are a resident of California or another state or jurisdiction that provides the right to opt-out of the sale or the sharing of your personal information by us to third parties for the uses of your data described above, including cross-context behavioral advertising:

• submit a request through the Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information form available here, specifying you wish to opt-out of sales (such as sharing your information with our partners for audience matching purposes via means other than cookies or web tracking technologies referenced in (2) below); and
• click Cookie Preferences in the footer below and toggle the options to “No” for both “Performance and Functionality” and “Advertising” Cookie options and click “Submit Preferences”. This will deactivate performance, functionality, and advertising cookies and web tracking technologies on our site, including those used for audience matching purposes and personalized advertisements. Deactivating these cookies and web tracking technologies may only apply to the specific browser from which you click the link, and your preferences may reset if you change your settings.

Authorized Agent: You may authorize an agent to submit a request on your behalf, so long as you provide the authorized agent written permission signed by you to make a request on your behalf, and your authorized agent additionally is able to verify their identity with us. If you are a resident of California and would like to designate an agent for purposes of making a request, your agent must register as such with the California Secretary of State and submit a copy of this registration along with your verified consumer request. Please have your authorized agent follow the instructions above to make a request and additionally mail your written declaration authorizing the agent to act on your behalf, certified by a notary public, to: Legal Department, 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, California 95119 USA. If your authorized agent has power of attorney, it may not be necessary to perform these steps.

If you request to delete your data, this may remove your ability to access any Western Digital accounts. In addition, we may retain some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse.

If you are a citizen of the EU/EEA or the United Kingdom, you have certain rights with respect to your data:

It is specified that the exercise of these rights is based on the legal basis of the processing of your personal information, as follows:

Depending on your country of residence, you may have additional local rights with respect to our processing of your personal information. For example, if you are based in France, you can define either general or specific guidelines regarding your personal information in the event of your death (e.g., their deletion or transmission to any person of your choice). You may revoke your instructions at any time.

If needed, you may also lodge a complaint with your national Data Protection Authority. This right may be exercised at any time and free of charge, at the exclusion of potential postal fees or expenses related to legal representation or assistance should you choose to engage third party assistance for the procedure.

Exercising Your Rights

We will not discriminate against you for the exercise of your applicable rights.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at DPO@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law (and in general within 30 days).

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request. If you request to delete your data, this may remove your ability to access any Western Digital accounts. In addition, we may retain, however, some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse or as required by law.

If you are a citizen of Canada, you have certain rights with respect to your data, depending on the province of residence:

If needed, you may also lodge a complaint with your national Data Protection Authority. This right may be exercised at any time and free of charge, at the exclusion of potential postal fees or expenses related to legal representation or assistance should you choose to engage third party assistance for the procedure.

Exercising Your Rights

We will not discriminate against you for the exercise of your applicable rights.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law, within 30 days.

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request. In addition, we may retain, however, some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse.

Personal information is information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information also includes information that is linked to information that reasonably can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information does not include information that has been anonymized or aggregated so that it can no longer enable us, whether in combination with other information or otherwise, to identify you. To the extent we process de-identified/pseudonymized information, we will maintain and use the information in de-identified/pseudonymized form and have implemented reasonable measures to ensure that the data remains de-identified/pseudonymized unless otherwise required by applicable laws.

What Personal Information We Collect:

Depending on the products and services you use, we may collect, use, and store different kinds of personal information from or about you:

• Personal identifiers, including name, username, email address, phone number, and mailing address. We collect this information to verify your identity and information, communicate with you, process your purchases and payments, manage our relationship, and provide you with products and services.
• Commercial information, including the products or services purchased or considered by customers, information about your Western Digital account and authentication information, information about your purchases, shipping and billing addresses, your requests (e.g., information requests, queries, complaints, etc.) and interactions with us. We collect this information to maintain client records, manage your purchases and payments, manage our relationship, identify trends in our client relationships, collections activity, and conduct business analytics.
• Financial information, including the billing information related to your purchases, certain limited credit or debit card information that is used by our payment processor to help fulfill a transaction you have requested. We collect this information to process your payment of products and services.
• General location information. Where available, our services may use GPS, the location inferred from your IP address, and other technologies to determine the approximate, location of the computers, phones, or other devices on which you install or access our products or services. We collect this information to understand your use of our website and services and for targeted marketing and lead management with your consent when required by applicable laws.
• Inferences drawn from personal information, such as information about your interests or purchase preferences. We collect this information in order to understand your preferences and tailor our services and communications to you.
• Sensitive Personal Information, specifically credit or debit card information that is used by our payment processor to help fulfill a transaction you have requested. We use your Sensitive Personal Information only for legitimate business purposes, including to (i) perform services or provide goods reasonably expected by an average person; (ii) detect security incidents; (iii) resist malicious, deceptive or illegal actions; (iv) ensure the physical safety of individuals; (v) for short-term, transient use; (vi) perform or provide internal business services; or (vii) verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device. We do not sell your Sensitive Personal Information.

In addition to the above categories of personal information, you may choose to provide us with additional personal information, such as when you create a Western Digital account, fill in an online or offline form (e.g. information request, query, complaint, etc.), provide us a photograph, or submit an application for employment. In any case, the personal information collected will be relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed.

Internet or other electronic network activity information, including browsing history, search history, and information regarding your interaction with our products and services, such as the type of device you use, your device configuration, your device’s unique identifier, the IP address of your device, your operating system, the type of Internet browser that you use, usage information, diagnostic information, browsing information, session summary information, CPU and other usage statistics, API calls, service crash information, network status, storage utilization, search terms, and file attributes (including attributes for photos, videos, music, and documents). Please read our Cookie Preferences for more information on how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.

How We Collect Personal Information

• Information you provide: We may collect the personal information you provide when you purchase, install, access and use our products and services, create a Western Digital account, contact us, participate in a survey, participate in community discussions or chat rooms, apply for employment, sign-up to receive our marketing communications, interact with us at in-person events, or otherwise interact with us.
• Information about payments: If you make a purchase, we may collect personal information in connection with the purchase.
• Information about use of our products and services: When you use our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications), or view our emails, other electronic communications or advertisements, we may collect information from or about the computers, phones, or other devices on which you install or access our products or services. We may gather some of this information automatically. Please read our Cookie Preferences for more information on how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.
• Information from third parties: Only when permitted under applicable laws, we may also collect information from third parties, including business partners, marketing agencies, and service providers. If applicable, this may include your contact information from marketing partners when we engage in joint marketing or co-branding activities, your IP address or location information from service providers to offer certain products and services relevant to your location, and data from your social networks to authenticate your products and services use with us or that might interest you, or that you grant permission to our products or services to access.
• Information from public sources: Only when permitted under applicable laws, we may collect information from government sources and records and other publicly available information.

Depending on the nature of our relationship with you, we may use personal information for the purposes described below, either with your consent or as permitted under applicable laws:

For any of the uses of your personal information described above that require your prior express consent under applicable law, note that you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

As a global company, Western Digital. has a number of corporate affiliates in different jurisdictions that may also directly or indirectly interact with you. Depending on your relationship with these affiliates, they may collect, process, and determine how to process your personal information as an independent controller notably to help provide you with the products and services you request.

We may use cookies and similar technologies to provide, protect, and improve our products and services, such as by personalizing content, understanding user behavior, and providing a safer experience. We may also use these technologies to provide you with personalized advertisements, including on third-party websites and applications, and to determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns. Please visit our Cookie Preferences to learn more about how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.

Disclosure Of Personal Information

Each category of personal information that we collect may be shared with the recipients described below for the purposes described in this Privacy Statement.

Our Service Providers, Suppliers and Other Partners

We may share personal information with service providers, suppliers and other partners for operational and technical purposes related to our products and services including the management of our relationship with you, such as website hosting; email services; marketing; advertising; sponsoring of sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions; auditing; payment processing; fulfilling customer orders; data analytics; providing customer support; conducting customer research and satisfaction surveys; cloud storage services; and other services that assist in providing or selling our products and services.

Where permitted by applicable law, we also may share your personal information with advertisers, data analytics providers, and social media networks, which assist us with making product recommendations, marketing messaging, and sending you relevant content.

Corporate Affiliates

We may share personal information with all Western Digital-affiliated companies for the global management of our business activities within Western Digital Group.

Corporate Business Transactions

In the event of a merger, reorganization, acquisition, joint venture, assignment, spin-off, transfer, or sale or disposition of all or any portion of our business, including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings, we may transfer any and all personal information to the relevant third party.

Authorities and legal remediations actions

It may be necessary—by law or as a result of legal process, litigation, or requests from competent authorities within or outside your country of residence (e.g., public or governmental authorities, judiciary authorities) — for us to disclose certain personal information to authorities, lawyers and interested parties. We may also disclose personal information if we are requested to do so in accordance with applicable laws (e.g., national security purposes, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance, etc.). We may also disclose personal information if we determine in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect our rights and pursue available remedies, enforce our terms and conditions, investigate fraud, or protect our operations or users.

Your Rights

If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you can read about your additional rights by clicking here.

If you are a resident of the EU/EEA or the United Kingdom, you can read about your rights by clicking here.

If you are a resident of Canada, you can read about your rights by clicking here.

Browser Signals

Do Not Track. Some web browsers have “Do Not Track” or similar features that allow you to tell each website you visit that you do not want your activities on that website tracked. At present, the Sites do not respond to “Do Not Track” signals and consequently, the Sites will continue to collect information about you even if your browser’s “Do Not Track” feature is activated.

Global Privacy Control (GPC). Global Privacy Control (GPC) allows individuals to automatically signal their privacy preferences to websites and other online services through their browser or through an extension. If we receive a GPC signal to opt-out of website tracking, we will honor such requests.

Third-Party Websites And Services

Our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications) may contain links to or the ability for you to access third-party websites, applications, digital properties, products, or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those third parties, nor are we responsible for the information or content their products and services contain. This Privacy Statement applies solely to information collected by us. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third parties before proceeding to use their websites, products, or services.

Information Security

It is important that you take precautions to protect against unauthorized access to your Western Digital products and services, Western Digital account credentials, and computers or other devices which you install or access our products or services. If you feel that the security of your Western Digital account or personal information has been compromised, please immediately Contact Us. Please be aware that, despite our efforts to maintain reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational security measures, no security system is impenetrable. In the event of a security breach impacting your personal information, we will notify you and the proper local authorities if required by the applicable laws.

Personal Information Retention

To the extent permitted by applicable laws, we keep your personal information for as long as needed to fulfill the particular purpose for which it was collected and in accordance with this Privacy Statement. We may also retain your personal information if legally required or to fulfill a legitimate interest or another lawful basis for retaining the information beyond the period which is necessary. If the legal basis is based solely on consent, we will delete the personal information once consent is withdrawn unless otherwise authorized or required under applicable laws.

We usually keep your personal information until the end of our relationship with you. Beyond this retention period, we may keep your personal information during the applicable legal limitation periods or statutory limitation periods.

Minors

We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose information from children under the age of 18. If we learn that we have collected the personal information of a child under the age of 18, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible. Please immediately Contact Us if you become aware that a child under the age of 18 has provided us with personal information.

Personal Information Transfers

When we share your personal information with our partners, Western Digital-affiliated companies, suppliers, and service providers or any other third parties, your personal information may be transferred to and/or made accessible from countries out of the country, state, or province where you reside.

For some of our products and services, your personal information may also be transferred to and/or stored and processed on servers located in the United States, or in other locations outside of the country, state or province where you reside for the purpose of providing the products or services to you.

If your personal information is transferred outside of your place of residence, the recipient place may have different data protection rules than in your country, state, or province. While such information is outside of your place of residence, it is subject to the laws of the country, state, province in which it is located, and may be subject to disclosure to the governments, courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies of such other country, pursuant to the laws of such country. However, our practices regarding your personal information will at all times continue to be governed by this Privacy Notice and by applicable laws.

In the event that such third country does not ensure a level of protection of personal information equivalent to the country where you reside, Western Digital ensures that the transfer is covered by appropriate safeguards (for example, by entering into standard contractual clauses as adopted by the European Commission, the United Kingdom or the Cyberspace Administration of China, as applicable), and will implement measures to act in accordance with applicable laws. If you want more information about the potential third countries where your personal information is transferred and obtain a copy of the associated safeguards, please contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com.

Changes To This Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement may be updated by Western Digital at any time. Therefore, we recommend that you consult this Privacy Statement each time you access our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications). When required by applicable laws, we will make a reasonable effort to inform you of updates to this Privacy Statement by using the email address you provided to us when signing up for an account or purchasing a product.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) requires us to provide specific disclosures about the personal information we collected in the preceding 12 months. This Privacy Statement describes the categories of personal information we collect and sources of information, the business and commercial purposes for collecting personal information, and the categories of third parties we have disclosed personal information with for business and commercial purposes.

We do not sell personal information for monetary value. We may have shared the following categories of personal information with our targeted advertising service providers and partners: Direct Identifiers, Internet Activity Information, and Profile Information. We do not knowingly sell the personal information of minors under 18.

We provide California residents the privacy rights required under applicable law, including the CCPA and Shine the Light law, as further described below.

California Individual Privacy Rights:

• The right to know. You have the right to request to know what personal information we have collected about you, including the categories of personal information we have collected, the categories of sources from which we collected it, the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information, the categories of third parties to whom we disclosed personal information, and the specific pieces of Personal Information we collected.
• The right to correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
• The right to deletion. You have the right to request that we delete the personal information that we have collected or maintain about you. We may deny your request as permitted by law under certain circumstances, such as if we need to comply with our legal obligations or complete a transaction for which your personal information was collected. If we deny your request for deletion, we will let you know the reason why such request was denied.
• The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You can opt out from the collection and sharing of Performance and Targeting Cookies as described in Data Collection Technologies (link), above, or through the Cookie Preferences.
• The right to equal service. If you choose to exercise any of these rights, we will not retaliate against you in anyway. If you exercise certain rights, understand that you may be unable to use or access certain features of the website or our services or properties.

If you are a California resident, you can exercise your privacy rights as described in “Submitting a Privacy Rights Request,” below.

Shine the Light: California Civil Code Section 1798.83 gives California residents the rights to request from us once per calendar year certain information regarding our disclosure of their personal information to third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes. You may request information regarding the disclosure of your Personal Information to third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes by contacting us at privacy@wdc.com.

Financial Incentives

We may offer financial incentives to consumers in exchange for sharing certain personal information with us. Participation and the rewards offered as incentives are set out within each program. Our good faith estimate of the value of your information is the value of the benefit we offer to you. We calculate thatvalue by using the expense to us of operating the program related to the benefit obtained by our running of the program. You can opt-in by signing up for the incentive when it is offered to you. Participation is always optional, and you can opt out of participating at any time as explained in the applicable program terms.

California Minors

If you are a California resident under the age of 18, and you are a registered user of our products or services, California law permits you to request and obtain removal of content or information you have publicly posted. To make such a request, please Contact Us with specific information about where the content or information is posted and attesting that you posted it. We will then make reasonable, good faith efforts to remove the post from prospective public view, or anonymize it so you cannot be individually identified, to the extent required by applicable law. Please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information you have posted and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal even if requested.

State Privacy Rights

We provide residents Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, with the privacy rights required under applicable law as further described below.

Consumer Privacy Rights:

You may have the following rights, subject to any applicable exemptions or limitations:

• The right to access. You have the right to confirm whether we are processing your personal information and to access such Personal Information.
• The right to correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate your personal information that we maintain about you.
• The right to delete. You have the right to request that we delete your personal information under specific circumstances.
• The right to opt-out. You have the right to object or opt out of certain types of processing, including: (1) processing for the purpose of targeted advertising, (2) processing for the purpose of the sale of Personal Information, and (3) processing for the purpose of certain types of profiling and automated decision-making.
• The right to data portability. You have the right to request a copy of your personal information in an accessible format.
• The right to equal service. If you choose to exercise any of these rights, we will not discriminate against you in anyway. If you exercise certain rights, understand that you may be unable to use or access certain features of the websites or our services or properties.
• The right to appeal. If we do not grant your consumer request, you may have the right to appeal that denial.

You can exercise your privacy rights as described in “Submitting a Privacy Rights Request,” below.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us at 888-914-9661 via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law (and in general within 30 days).

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request.

If you are a resident of California or another state or jurisdiction that provides the right to opt-out of the sale or the sharing of your personal information by us to third parties for the uses of your data described above, including cross-context behavioral advertising:

• submit a request through the Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information form available here, specifying you wish to opt-out of sales (such as sharing your information with our partners for audience matching purposes via means other than cookies or web tracking technologies referenced in (2) below); and
• click Cookie Preferences in the footer below and toggle the options to “No” for both “Performance and Functionality” and “Advertising” Cookie options and click “Submit Preferences”. This will deactivate performance, functionality, and advertising cookies and web tracking technologies on our site, including those used for audience matching purposes and personalized advertisements. Deactivating these cookies and web tracking technologies may only apply to the specific browser from which you click the link, and your preferences may reset if you change your settings.

Authorized Agent: You may authorize an agent to submit a request on your behalf, so long as you provide the authorized agent written permission signed by you to make a request on your behalf, and your authorized agent additionally is able to verify their identity with us. If you are a resident of California and would like to designate an agent for purposes of making a request, your agent must register as such with the California Secretary of State and submit a copy of this registration along with your verified consumer request. Please have your authorized agent follow the instructions above to make a request and additionally mail your written declaration authorizing the agent to act on your behalf, certified by a notary public, to: Legal Department, 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, California 95119 USA. If your authorized agent has power of attorney, it may not be necessary to perform these steps.

If you request to delete your data, this may remove your ability to access any Western Digital accounts. In addition, we may retain some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse.

If you are a citizen of the EU/EEA or the United Kingdom, you have certain rights with respect to your data:

It is specified that the exercise of these rights is based on the legal basis of the processing of your personal information, as follows:

Depending on your country of residence, you may have additional local rights with respect to our processing of your personal information. For example, if you are based in France, you can define either general or specific guidelines regarding your personal information in the event of your death (e.g., their deletion or transmission to any person of your choice). You may revoke your instructions at any time.

If needed, you may also lodge a complaint with your national Data Protection Authority. This right may be exercised at any time and free of charge, at the exclusion of potential postal fees or expenses related to legal representation or assistance should you choose to engage third party assistance for the procedure.

Exercising Your Rights

We will not discriminate against you for the exercise of your applicable rights.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at DPO@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law (and in general within 30 days).

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request. If you request to delete your data, this may remove your ability to access any Western Digital accounts. In addition, we may retain, however, some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse or as required by law.

If you are a citizen of Canada, you have certain rights with respect to your data, depending on the province of residence:

If needed, you may also lodge a complaint with your national Data Protection Authority. This right may be exercised at any time and free of charge, at the exclusion of potential postal fees or expenses related to legal representation or assistance should you choose to engage third party assistance for the procedure.

Exercising Your Rights

We will not discriminate against you for the exercise of your applicable rights.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law, within 30 days.

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request. In addition, we may retain, however, some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse.

Personal information is information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information also includes information that is linked to information that reasonably can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information does not include information that has been anonymized or aggregated so that it can no longer enable us, whether in combination with other information or otherwise, to identify you. To the extent we process de-identified/pseudonymized information, we will maintain and use the information in de-identified/pseudonymized form and have implemented reasonable measures to ensure that the data remains de-identified/pseudonymized unless otherwise required by applicable laws.

What Personal Information We Collect:

Depending on the products and services you use, we may collect, use, and store different kinds of personal information from or about you:

• Personal identifiers, including name, username, email address, phone number, and mailing address. We collect this information to verify your identity and information, communicate with you, process your purchases and payments, manage our relationship, and provide you with products and services.
• Commercial information, including the products or services purchased or considered by customers, information about your Western Digital account and authentication information, information about your purchases, shipping and billing addresses, your requests (e.g., information requests, queries, complaints, etc.) and interactions with us. We collect this information to maintain client records, manage your purchases and payments, manage our relationship, identify trends in our client relationships, collections activity, and conduct business analytics.
• Financial information, including the billing information related to your purchases, certain limited credit or debit card information that is used by our payment processor to help fulfill a transaction you have requested. We collect this information to process your payment of products and services.
• General location information. Where available, our services may use GPS, the location inferred from your IP address, and other technologies to determine the approximate, location of the computers, phones, or other devices on which you install or access our products or services. We collect this information to understand your use of our website and services and for targeted marketing and lead management with your consent when required by applicable laws.
• Inferences drawn from personal information, such as information about your interests or purchase preferences. We collect this information in order to understand your preferences and tailor our services and communications to you.
• Sensitive Personal Information, specifically credit or debit card information that is used by our payment processor to help fulfill a transaction you have requested. We use your Sensitive Personal Information only for legitimate business purposes, including to (i) perform services or provide goods reasonably expected by an average person; (ii) detect security incidents; (iii) resist malicious, deceptive or illegal actions; (iv) ensure the physical safety of individuals; (v) for short-term, transient use; (vi) perform or provide internal business services; or (vii) verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device. We do not sell your Sensitive Personal Information.

In addition to the above categories of personal information, you may choose to provide us with additional personal information, such as when you create a Western Digital account, fill in an online or offline form (e.g. information request, query, complaint, etc.), provide us a photograph, or submit an application for employment. In any case, the personal information collected will be relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed.

Internet or other electronic network activity information, including browsing history, search history, and information regarding your interaction with our products and services, such as the type of device you use, your device configuration, your device’s unique identifier, the IP address of your device, your operating system, the type of Internet browser that you use, usage information, diagnostic information, browsing information, session summary information, CPU and other usage statistics, API calls, service crash information, network status, storage utilization, search terms, and file attributes (including attributes for photos, videos, music, and documents). Please read our Cookie Preferences for more information on how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.

How We Collect Personal Information

• Information you provide: We may collect the personal information you provide when you purchase, install, access and use our products and services, create a Western Digital account, contact us, participate in a survey, participate in community discussions or chat rooms, apply for employment, sign-up to receive our marketing communications, interact with us at in-person events, or otherwise interact with us.
• Information about payments: If you make a purchase, we may collect personal information in connection with the purchase.
• Information about use of our products and services: When you use our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications), or view our emails, other electronic communications or advertisements, we may collect information from or about the computers, phones, or other devices on which you install or access our products or services. We may gather some of this information automatically. Please read our Cookie Preferences for more information on how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.
• Information from third parties: Only when permitted under applicable laws, we may also collect information from third parties, including business partners, marketing agencies, and service providers. If applicable, this may include your contact information from marketing partners when we engage in joint marketing or co-branding activities, your IP address or location information from service providers to offer certain products and services relevant to your location, and data from your social networks to authenticate your products and services use with us or that might interest you, or that you grant permission to our products or services to access.
• Information from public sources: Only when permitted under applicable laws, we may collect information from government sources and records and other publicly available information.

Depending on the nature of our relationship with you, we may use personal information for the purposes described below, either with your consent or as permitted under applicable laws:

For any of the uses of your personal information described above that require your prior express consent under applicable law, note that you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

As a global company, Western Digital. has a number of corporate affiliates in different jurisdictions that may also directly or indirectly interact with you. Depending on your relationship with these affiliates, they may collect, process, and determine how to process your personal information as an independent controller notably to help provide you with the products and services you request.

We may use cookies and similar technologies to provide, protect, and improve our products and services, such as by personalizing content, understanding user behavior, and providing a safer experience. We may also use these technologies to provide you with personalized advertisements, including on third-party websites and applications, and to determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns. Please visit our Cookie Preferences to learn more about how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.

Disclosure Of Personal Information

Each category of personal information that we collect may be shared with the recipients described below for the purposes described in this Privacy Statement.

Our Service Providers, Suppliers and Other Partners

We may share personal information with service providers, suppliers and other partners for operational and technical purposes related to our products and services including the management of our relationship with you, such as website hosting; email services; marketing; advertising; sponsoring of sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions; auditing; payment processing; fulfilling customer orders; data analytics; providing customer support; conducting customer research and satisfaction surveys; cloud storage services; and other services that assist in providing or selling our products and services.

Where permitted by applicable law, we also may share your personal information with advertisers, data analytics providers, and social media networks, which assist us with making product recommendations, marketing messaging, and sending you relevant content.

Corporate Affiliates

We may share personal information with all Western Digital-affiliated companies for the global management of our business activities within Western Digital Group.

Corporate Business Transactions

In the event of a merger, reorganization, acquisition, joint venture, assignment, spin-off, transfer, or sale or disposition of all or any portion of our business, including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings, we may transfer any and all personal information to the relevant third party.

Authorities and legal remediations actions

It may be necessary—by law or as a result of legal process, litigation, or requests from competent authorities within or outside your country of residence (e.g., public or governmental authorities, judiciary authorities) — for us to disclose certain personal information to authorities, lawyers and interested parties. We may also disclose personal information if we are requested to do so in accordance with applicable laws (e.g., national security purposes, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance, etc.). We may also disclose personal information if we determine in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect our rights and pursue available remedies, enforce our terms and conditions, investigate fraud, or protect our operations or users.

Your Rights

If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you can read about your additional rights by clicking here.

If you are a resident of the EU/EEA or the United Kingdom, you can read about your rights by clicking here.

If you are a resident of Canada, you can read about your rights by clicking here.

Browser Signals

Do Not Track. Some web browsers have “Do Not Track” or similar features that allow you to tell each website you visit that you do not want your activities on that website tracked. At present, the Sites do not respond to “Do Not Track” signals and consequently, the Sites will continue to collect information about you even if your browser’s “Do Not Track” feature is activated.

Global Privacy Control (GPC). Global Privacy Control (GPC) allows individuals to automatically signal their privacy preferences to websites and other online services through their browser or through an extension. If we receive a GPC signal to opt-out of website tracking, we will honor such requests.

Third-Party Websites And Services

Our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications) may contain links to or the ability for you to access third-party websites, applications, digital properties, products, or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those third parties, nor are we responsible for the information or content their products and services contain. This Privacy Statement applies solely to information collected by us. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third parties before proceeding to use their websites, products, or services.

Information Security

It is important that you take precautions to protect against unauthorized access to your Western Digital products and services, Western Digital account credentials, and computers or other devices which you install or access our products or services. If you feel that the security of your Western Digital account or personal information has been compromised, please immediately Contact Us. Please be aware that, despite our efforts to maintain reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational security measures, no security system is impenetrable. In the event of a security breach impacting your personal information, we will notify you and the proper local authorities if required by the applicable laws.

Personal Information Retention

To the extent permitted by applicable laws, we keep your personal information for as long as needed to fulfill the particular purpose for which it was collected and in accordance with this Privacy Statement. We may also retain your personal information if legally required or to fulfill a legitimate interest or another lawful basis for retaining the information beyond the period which is necessary. If the legal basis is based solely on consent, we will delete the personal information once consent is withdrawn unless otherwise authorized or required under applicable laws.

We usually keep your personal information until the end of our relationship with you. Beyond this retention period, we may keep your personal information during the applicable legal limitation periods or statutory limitation periods.

Minors

We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose information from children under the age of 18. If we learn that we have collected the personal information of a child under the age of 18, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible. Please immediately Contact Us if you become aware that a child under the age of 18 has provided us with personal information.

Personal Information Transfers

When we share your personal information with our partners, Western Digital-affiliated companies, suppliers, and service providers or any other third parties, your personal information may be transferred to and/or made accessible from countries out of the country, state, or province where you reside.

For some of our products and services, your personal information may also be transferred to and/or stored and processed on servers located in the United States, or in other locations outside of the country, state or province where you reside for the purpose of providing the products or services to you.

If your personal information is transferred outside of your place of residence, the recipient place may have different data protection rules than in your country, state, or province. While such information is outside of your place of residence, it is subject to the laws of the country, state, province in which it is located, and may be subject to disclosure to the governments, courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies of such other country, pursuant to the laws of such country. However, our practices regarding your personal information will at all times continue to be governed by this Privacy Notice and by applicable laws.

In the event that such third country does not ensure a level of protection of personal information equivalent to the country where you reside, Western Digital ensures that the transfer is covered by appropriate safeguards (for example, by entering into standard contractual clauses as adopted by the European Commission, the United Kingdom or the Cyberspace Administration of China, as applicable), and will implement measures to act in accordance with applicable laws. If you want more information about the potential third countries where your personal information is transferred and obtain a copy of the associated safeguards, please contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com.

Changes To This Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement may be updated by Western Digital at any time. Therefore, we recommend that you consult this Privacy Statement each time you access our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications). When required by applicable laws, we will make a reasonable effort to inform you of updates to this Privacy Statement by using the email address you provided to us when signing up for an account or purchasing a product.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) requires us to provide specific disclosures about the personal information we collected in the preceding 12 months. This Privacy Statement describes the categories of personal information we collect and sources of information, the business and commercial purposes for collecting personal information, and the categories of third parties we have disclosed personal information with for business and commercial purposes.

We do not sell personal information for monetary value. We may have shared the following categories of personal information with our targeted advertising service providers and partners: Direct Identifiers, Internet Activity Information, and Profile Information. We do not knowingly sell the personal information of minors under 18.

We provide California residents the privacy rights required under applicable law, including the CCPA and Shine the Light law, as further described below.

California Individual Privacy Rights:

• The right to know. You have the right to request to know what personal information we have collected about you, including the categories of personal information we have collected, the categories of sources from which we collected it, the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information, the categories of third parties to whom we disclosed personal information, and the specific pieces of Personal Information we collected.
• The right to correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
• The right to deletion. You have the right to request that we delete the personal information that we have collected or maintain about you. We may deny your request as permitted by law under certain circumstances, such as if we need to comply with our legal obligations or complete a transaction for which your personal information was collected. If we deny your request for deletion, we will let you know the reason why such request was denied.
• The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You can opt out from the collection and sharing of Performance and Targeting Cookies as described in Data Collection Technologies (link), above, or through the Cookie Preferences.
• The right to equal service. If you choose to exercise any of these rights, we will not retaliate against you in anyway. If you exercise certain rights, understand that you may be unable to use or access certain features of the website or our services or properties.

If you are a California resident, you can exercise your privacy rights as described in “Submitting a Privacy Rights Request,” below.

Shine the Light: California Civil Code Section 1798.83 gives California residents the rights to request from us once per calendar year certain information regarding our disclosure of their personal information to third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes. You may request information regarding the disclosure of your Personal Information to third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes by contacting us at privacy@wdc.com.

Financial Incentives

We may offer financial incentives to consumers in exchange for sharing certain personal information with us. Participation and the rewards offered as incentives are set out within each program. Our good faith estimate of the value of your information is the value of the benefit we offer to you. We calculate thatvalue by using the expense to us of operating the program related to the benefit obtained by our running of the program. You can opt-in by signing up for the incentive when it is offered to you. Participation is always optional, and you can opt out of participating at any time as explained in the applicable program terms.

California Minors

If you are a California resident under the age of 18, and you are a registered user of our products or services, California law permits you to request and obtain removal of content or information you have publicly posted. To make such a request, please Contact Us with specific information about where the content or information is posted and attesting that you posted it. We will then make reasonable, good faith efforts to remove the post from prospective public view, or anonymize it so you cannot be individually identified, to the extent required by applicable law. Please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information you have posted and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal even if requested.

State Privacy Rights

We provide residents Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, with the privacy rights required under applicable law as further described below.

Consumer Privacy Rights:

You may have the following rights, subject to any applicable exemptions or limitations:

• The right to access. You have the right to confirm whether we are processing your personal information and to access such Personal Information.
• The right to correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate your personal information that we maintain about you.
• The right to delete. You have the right to request that we delete your personal information under specific circumstances.
• The right to opt-out. You have the right to object or opt out of certain types of processing, including: (1) processing for the purpose of targeted advertising, (2) processing for the purpose of the sale of Personal Information, and (3) processing for the purpose of certain types of profiling and automated decision-making.
• The right to data portability. You have the right to request a copy of your personal information in an accessible format.
• The right to equal service. If you choose to exercise any of these rights, we will not discriminate against you in anyway. If you exercise certain rights, understand that you may be unable to use or access certain features of the websites or our services or properties.
• The right to appeal. If we do not grant your consumer request, you may have the right to appeal that denial.

You can exercise your privacy rights as described in “Submitting a Privacy Rights Request,” below.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us at 888-914-9661 via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law (and in general within 30 days).

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request.

If you are a resident of California or another state or jurisdiction that provides the right to opt-out of the sale or the sharing of your personal information by us to third parties for the uses of your data described above, including cross-context behavioral advertising:

• submit a request through the Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information form available here, specifying you wish to opt-out of sales (such as sharing your information with our partners for audience matching purposes via means other than cookies or web tracking technologies referenced in (2) below); and
• click Cookie Preferences in the footer below and toggle the options to “No” for both “Performance and Functionality” and “Advertising” Cookie options and click “Submit Preferences”. This will deactivate performance, functionality, and advertising cookies and web tracking technologies on our site, including those used for audience matching purposes and personalized advertisements. Deactivating these cookies and web tracking technologies may only apply to the specific browser from which you click the link, and your preferences may reset if you change your settings.

Authorized Agent: You may authorize an agent to submit a request on your behalf, so long as you provide the authorized agent written permission signed by you to make a request on your behalf, and your authorized agent additionally is able to verify their identity with us. If you are a resident of California and would like to designate an agent for purposes of making a request, your agent must register as such with the California Secretary of State and submit a copy of this registration along with your verified consumer request. Please have your authorized agent follow the instructions above to make a request and additionally mail your written declaration authorizing the agent to act on your behalf, certified by a notary public, to: Legal Department, 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, California 95119 USA. If your authorized agent has power of attorney, it may not be necessary to perform these steps.

If you request to delete your data, this may remove your ability to access any Western Digital accounts. In addition, we may retain some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse.

If you are a citizen of the EU/EEA or the United Kingdom, you have certain rights with respect to your data:

It is specified that the exercise of these rights is based on the legal basis of the processing of your personal information, as follows:

Depending on your country of residence, you may have additional local rights with respect to our processing of your personal information. For example, if you are based in France, you can define either general or specific guidelines regarding your personal information in the event of your death (e.g., their deletion or transmission to any person of your choice). You may revoke your instructions at any time.

If needed, you may also lodge a complaint with your national Data Protection Authority. This right may be exercised at any time and free of charge, at the exclusion of potential postal fees or expenses related to legal representation or assistance should you choose to engage third party assistance for the procedure.

Exercising Your Rights

We will not discriminate against you for the exercise of your applicable rights.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at DPO@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law (and in general within 30 days).

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request. If you request to delete your data, this may remove your ability to access any Western Digital accounts. In addition, we may retain, however, some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse or as required by law.

If you are a citizen of Canada, you have certain rights with respect to your data, depending on the province of residence:

If needed, you may also lodge a complaint with your national Data Protection Authority. This right may be exercised at any time and free of charge, at the exclusion of potential postal fees or expenses related to legal representation or assistance should you choose to engage third party assistance for the procedure.

Exercising Your Rights

We will not discriminate against you for the exercise of your applicable rights.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law, within 30 days.

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request. In addition, we may retain, however, some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse.

个人信息是可用于直接或间接识别您的身份的信息。个人信息还包括与可合理用于直接或间接识别您身份的信息相关的信息。个人信息不包括已经过匿名化处理或汇总、以致无法再将其与其他信息结合起来识别您的身份的信息。在我们处理去身份化/假名化信息的范围内，我们将以去身份化/假名化形式维护和使用这些信息，并已实施合理措施来确保数据保持去身份化/假名化状态，除非适用法律另有要求。

我们收集哪些个人信息：

根据您使用的产品和服务，我们可能会收集、使用和存储来自或关于您的不同类型的个人信息：

• 个人身份识别符，包括姓名、用户名、电子邮箱地址、电话号码，以及邮寄地址。我们收集此类信息是为了验证您的身份，与您沟通，处理您的购买和付款，管理我们的关系，并向您提供产品和服务。
• 商业信息，包括客户购买或考虑购买的产品或服务、关于您的 Western Digital 账户和认证信息、关于您的购买、收货和账单地址的信息、您的请求（例如：信息请求、查询、投诉等）以及与我们的互动。我们收集此类信息是为了维护客户记录，管理您的购买和付款，管理我们的关系，识别客户关系趋势，进行催收活动，并开展业务分析。
• 财务信息，包括与您的购买相关的账单信息，以及由我们的支付处理器用于帮助完成您发起的交易的某些有限信用卡或借记卡信息。我们收集此类信息是为了处理您对产品和服务的付款。
• 一般位置信息。如可行，我们的服务可能会使用 GPS、根据您的 IP 地址推断出的位置以及其他技术，来确定您用于安装或访问我们产品或服务的计算机、电话或其他设备的大致位置。我们收集此类信息是为了了解您对我们网站和服务的使用情况，并在适用法律要求时，在征得您同意的情况下，用于定向营销和销售线索管理。
• 根据个人信息得出的推断，如有关您的兴趣或购买偏好的信息。我们收集此类信息是为了了解您的偏好，并据此为您量身定制我们的服务和沟通内容。
• 敏感个人信息，特别是由我们的付款处理者用于完成所申请交易的信用卡或借记卡信息。我们仅将您的敏感个人信息用于合法的商业目的，包括 (i) 执行普通人合理预期的服务或提供商品；(ii) 检测安全事件；(iii) 抵御恶意、欺骗性或非法行为；(iv) 确保个人的人身安全；(v) 用于短期、临时用途；(vi) 执行或提供内部业务服务；或 (vii) 验证或维护服务或设备的质量或安全。我们不会出售您的敏感个人信息。

除上述个人信息类别外，您还可以选择向我们提供其他个人信息，例如创建 Western Digital 账户、填写线上或线下表格（例如：信息请求、查询、投诉等）、向我们提供照片或提交求职申请。在任何情况下，所收集的个人信息都将是相关的，并仅限于实现处理目的所必需的范围。

互联网或其他电子网络活动信息，包括浏览历史、搜索历史，以及有关您与我们产品和服务互动的信息，如所用设备类型、设备配置、设备唯一标识符、设备 IP 地址、操作系统、所用互联网浏览器的类型、使用信息、诊断信息、浏览信息、会话摘要信息、CPU 和其他使用情况统计信息、API 调用、服务崩溃信息、网络状态、存储使用情况、搜索字词和文件属性（包括照片、视频、音乐和文档的属性）。请阅读我们的 Cookie 偏好，进一步了解我们使用 Cookie 和其他类似技术的方式以及您拥有的选择权。

我们如何收集个人信息

• 您提供的信息：当您购买、安装、访问或使用我们的产品和服务、创建 Western Digital 账户、与我们联系、参与调查、参与社区讨论或聊天室、申请就业机会、注册接收我们的营销信息、在面对面活动中与我们互动，或以其他方式与我们互动时，我们可能会收集您提供的个人信息。
• 有关付款的信息：如果您进行购买，我们可能会收集与购买相关的个人信息。
• 有关我们的产品和服务的使用信息：当您使用我们的产品和服务（包括我们的网站、网页版、移动版和桌面版应用程序），或查看我们的电子邮件、其他电子通信或广告时，我们可能会收集与您用于安装或访问这些产品或服务的计算机、手机或其他设备有关的信息。我们可能会自动收集部分此类信息。请阅读我们的 Cookie 偏好，进一步了解我们使用 Cookie 和其他类似技术的方式以及您拥有的选择权。
• 来自第三方的信息：仅在适用法律允许的情况下，我们也可能从第三方（包括业务合作伙伴、营销机构和服务提供商）收集信息。如果适用，这可能包括：当我们进行联合营销或联合品牌活动时，从营销合作伙伴获取的您的联系信息；为了提供与您位置相关的某些产品和服务，从服务提供商获取的 IP 地址或位置信息；从您的社交网络获取的数据，用于验证您使用我们的产品和服务，或获取您可能感兴趣的信息，或您已授权我们的产品或服务访问的数据。
• 公共来源信息：仅在适用法律允许的情况下，我们可能会收集来自政府来源和记录的信息，以及其他公开信息。

根据我们与您关系的性质，我们可能会在征得您同意或适用法律允许的情况下，将个人信息用于下述目的：

对于上述任何依据适用法律需要您事先明确同意才能使用的个人信息，请注意，您可以随时通过电子邮件联系我们的数据保护官 (DPO) 撤回您的同意，电子邮箱地址为：privacy@wdc.com。您也可以通过我们的网络表单联系我们，或者写信给离您最近的我方办公地方，收信人为：ATTN：法务部 – 隐私声明问题。

作为一家全球性公司，Western Digital 在不同司法管辖区拥有多家附属公司或关联公司，这些公司也可能直接或间接与您互动。根据您与这些关联方的关系，它们可能会作为独立的数据控制者收集、处理并决定如何处理您的个人信息，以帮助向您提供所请求的产品和服务。

我们可能会使用 Cookie 和类似技术来提供、保护和改进我们的产品和服务，例如个性化内容、了解用户行为以及提供更安全的体验。我们还可能会使用这些技术向您提供个性化广告（包括在第三方网站和应用程序上），并评估我们的推广活动效果。请访问我们的 Cookie 偏好，了解更多关于我们使用 Cookie 和其他类似技术的信息，以及您可选择的方式。

个人信息的披露

我们收集的每类个人信息可能会与下述接收方分享，以实现本隐私声明中描述的目的。

我们的服务提供商、供应商和其他合作伙伴

我们可能会与服务提供商、供应商和其他合作伙伴分享个人信息，用于与我们的产品和服务相关的运营和技术目的，包括管理我们与您的关系，例如网站托管；电子邮件服务；营销；广告；赞助抽奖、比赛和其他促销活动；审计；付款处理；客户订单履行；数据分析；客户支持；客户研究和满意度调查；云存储服务，以及其他协助提供或销售我们产品和服务的服务。

在适用法律允许的情况下，我们还可能会与广告商、数据分析提供商和社交媒体网络共享您的个人信息，以协助我们进行产品推荐、营销信息传达及向您发送相关内容。

公司关联方

我们可能会与所有 Western Digital 关联公司共享个人信息，以便在 Western Digital 集团内部全球范围内管理我们的业务活动。

公司业务交易

在发生合并、重组、收购、组建合资企业、让与、剥离、转让或出售或处置我们所有或任何部分业务时，包括与任何破产或类似程序相关的情形，我们可能会向相关第三方传输任何和全部个人信息。

当局和法律补救措施

根据法律规定、法律程序、诉讼或您居住国家/地区内外主管当局（例如公共或政府当局、司法机关）的请求，我们可能需要向当局、律师及相关方披露某些个人信息。如果适用法律要求我们披露个人信息（例如出于国家安全、执法或其他公共利益事项），我们也可能会披露个人信息。如果我们出于善意认为，披露对于保护我们的权利、寻求补救措施、执行条款和条件、调查欺诈行为或保护我们的运营和用户是合理必要的，我们可能会披露您的个人信息。

您的权利

如果您是加利福尼亚州、科罗拉多州、康涅狄格州、特拉华州、印第安纳州、艾奥瓦州、肯塔基州、马里兰州、明尼苏达州、蒙大拿州、内布拉斯加州、新罕布什尔州、新泽西州、俄勒冈州、罗得岛州、田纳西州、得克萨斯州、犹他州或弗吉尼亚州的居民，您可以通过点击此处了解您的其他权利。

如果您是欧盟/欧洲经济区或英国的居民，您可以通过点击此处了解您的权利。

如果您是加拿大的居民，您可以通过点击此处了解您的权利。

浏览器信号

请勿跟踪。 某些网络浏览器具有“请勿追踪”或类似功能，使您可以告知所访问的网站，您不希望其跟踪您在该网站上的活动。目前，这些网站不对“请勿追踪”信号做出响应，因此，即使您的浏览器的“请勿追踪”功能被激活，这些网站仍会继续收集您的信息。

全球隐私控制 (GPC)。全球隐私控制 (GPC) 允许个人通过他们的浏览器或扩展程序自动向网站和其他在线服务表达隐私偏好。如果我们收到要求退出网站追踪的 GPC 信号，我们将遵守此类请求。

第三方网站和服务

我们的产品和服务（包括我们的网站以及网络、移动和桌面应用程序）可能包含第三方网站、应用程序、数字资产、产品或服务的链接，或供您访问这些内容。我们不对这些第三方所采用的隐私惯例负责，我们也不对其产品和服务所包含的信息或内容负责。本隐私声明仅适用于我们收集的信息。我们鼓励您在继续使用第三方网站、产品或服务之前阅读他们的任何隐私政策。

信息安全部

重要的是，请采取预防措施，防止未经授权访问您的 Western Digital 产品和服务、Western Digital 账户凭证，以及您安装或访问我们产品或服务的计算机或其他设备。如果您认为 Western Digital 账户或个人信息可能已受到威胁，请立即与我们联系。请注意，尽管我们采取合理和适当的技术及组织安全措施，但没有任何系统是绝对安全的。如果发生影响您个人信息的安全事件，我们将在适用法律要求时通知您和相关地方主管部门。

个人信息保留

在适用法律允许的范围内，我们会在实现收集目的所需的时间内保留您的个人信息，并遵守本隐私声明的规定。如果法律要求，或为了合法利益或其他合法依据，我们可能会在必要期限之外保留您的个人信息。如果法律依据完全基于同意，一旦同意被撤回，除非适用法律授权或要求，我们将删除该个人信息。

我们通常会保留您的个人信息直到我们与您的关系结束。在此保留期限之后，我们可能会在适用的法定限制期限或法律追诉期内保留您的个人信息。

未成年人

我们不会故意收集、使用或披露未满 18 周岁儿童的信息。如果我们发现收集了未满 18 周岁的儿童的个人信息，我们将采取措施尽快删除该信息。如果您发现未满 18 周岁儿童向我们提供了个人信息，请立即与我们联系。

个人信息传输

当我们与合作伙伴、Western Digital 关联公司、供应商、服务提供商或任何其他第三方分享您的个人信息时，您的个人信息可能会传输到您居住的国家/地区、州或省以外的国家，并/或可从这些国家/地区访问。

对于我们的某些产品和服务，为了向您提供产品或服务，您的个人信息可能会传输到、存储于和/或处理于美国或您居住国家/地区、州或省以外的其他地点的服务器。

如果您的个人信息被传输到您居住地之外，接收地的数据保护规则可能与您所在国家/地区、州或省不同。虽然此类信息位于您居住地之外，但它受所在国家/地区、州、省法律的约束，并可能根据此类国家/地区的法律被披露给该国政府、法院或执法或监管机构。然而，我们对您个人信息的处理方式将始终受本隐私声明和适用法律的管辖。

如果此类第三国家/地区不能确保提供与您居住国家/地区相当的个人信息保护水平，Western Digital 将确保该传输采取适当的保障措施（例如，签订欧盟委员会、英国或中国国家互联网信息办公室采纳的标准合同条款，视具体情况而定），并将实施措施以符合适用法律。如果您想了解有关您的个人信息可能被传输至的第三国家/地区的更多信息，并获取相关保障措施的副本，请通过电子邮件联系我们的数据保护官 (DPO)，电子邮箱地址为：privacy@wdc.com。

本隐私权声明的更改

Western Digital 可能会随时更新本隐私声明。因此，我们建议您每次访问我们的产品和服务（包括我们的网站以及网页、移动和桌面应用程序）时都查阅本隐私声明。当适用法律要求时，我们将尽合理努力通过您在注册账户或购买产品时提供的电子邮箱地址通知您本隐私声明的更新。

《加利福尼亚州消费者隐私法案》（“CCPA”）要求我们提供关于我们在前 12 个月内收集的个人信息的具体披露。本隐私声明描述了我们收集的个人信息类别和信息来源、收集个人信息的业务和商业目的，以及我们为其业务和商业目的披露个人信息的第三方类别。

我们不会为获取金钱利益而出售个人信息。我们可能已与我们的目标广告服务提供商和合作伙伴分享了以下类别的个人信息：直接识别信息、互联网活动信息和个人资料信息。我们不会有意出售未满 18 岁未成年人的个人信息。

我们向加利福尼亚州居民提供适用法律（包括 CCPA 和 Shine the Light 法）要求的隐私权，详述如下。

加利福尼亚州个人隐私权：

• 知情权。您有权要求知晓我们收集了哪些关于您的个人信息，包括我们收集的个人信息类别、我们收集信息的来源类别、收集、出售或分享个人信息的业务或商业目的、我们向其披露个人信息的第三方类别，以及我们收集的具体个人信息。
• 更正权。您有权要求我们更正我们持有的不准确的个人信息。
• 删除权。您有权要求我们删除我们收集或持有的个人信息。在法律允许的范围内，我们可能会在某些情况下拒绝您的请求，例如我们需要遵守法律义务或完成收集您个人信息所针对的交易。如果拒绝您的删除请求，我们将告知您拒绝的原因。
• 选择不出售或分享您的个人信息的权利。您有权选择不出售或分享您的个人信息。您可以选择不允许“性能和定向 Cookie”的收集和分享，如上文“数据收集技术”（链接）中所述，或通过“Cookie 偏好设置”进行设置。
• 平等服务的权利。如果您选择行使任何这些权利，我们将不会以任何方式对您进行报复。如果您行使某些权利，请理解您可能无法使用或访问本网站或我们的服务或资产的某些功能。

如果您是加利福尼亚州居民，您可以按照下文“提交隐私权请求”所述行使您的隐私权。

Shine the Light：加州民法典第 1798.83 条赋予加利福尼亚州居民权利，每年可向我们请求其个人信息已被披露给第三方用于直接营销的相关信息。您可以通过 privacy@wdc.com 联系我们，请求获取您个人信息披露给第三方用于直接营销的信息。

经济奖励机制

我们可能会向消费者提供财务激励措施，以换取其向我们提供某些个人信息。参与方式和作为激励提供的奖励在每个计划中均有规定。我们对您的信息价值的诚信估计是我们为您提供的回报的价值。我们通过计算与该计划相关回报的运营成本来估算该价值。您可以在向您提供激励时选择加入该激励计划。参与始终是自愿的，您可以随时选择退出参与，具体方式如适用计划条款中所述。

加利福尼亚州未成年人

如果您是加利福尼亚州未满 18 周岁的居民，并且您是我们产品或服务的注册用户，则加利福尼亚州法律允许您请求和删除您公开发布的内容或信息。若要提出此类请求，请与我们联系，提供有关您所发布内容或信息位置的具体信息并证明您是发布者。然后，我们将根据适用法律的要求，做出合理而善意的努力，将帖子从未来的公众视角中删除或将其匿名，以便您不能被单独识别。请注意，此类请求并不能确保完整或全面地删除您发布的内容或信息，并且可能存在法律并未要求或即使提出要求也不允许删除的情况。

州隐私权

我们向科罗拉多州、康涅狄格州、特拉华州、印第安纳州、爱荷华州、肯塔基州、马里兰州、明尼苏达州、蒙大拿州、内布拉斯加州、新罕布什尔州、新泽西州、俄勒冈州、罗德岛州、田纳西州、德克萨斯州、犹他州及弗吉尼亚州的居民提供适用法律要求的隐私权，具体内容详述如下。

消费者隐私权：

您可能拥有以下权利，但须遵守任何适用的豁免或限制：

• 访问权。您有权确认我们是否正在处理您的个人信息，并访问此类个人信息。
• 更正权。您有权要求我们更正我们维护的关于您的不准确信息。
• 删除权。您有权要求我们在特定情况下删除您的个人信息。
• 拒绝权。您有权反对或选择退出某些类型的处理，包括：包括：(1) 用于定向广告的处理，(2) 用于出售个人信息的处理，以及 (3) 用于某些类型的用户画像分析和自动化决策的处理。
• 数据可携带性权利。您有权要求获取您的个人信息的可访问格式副本。
• 平等服务的权利。如果您选择行使这些权利，我们不会以任何方式歧视您。如果您行使某些权利，请理解您可能无法使用或访问本网站或我们的服务或资源的某些功能。
• 申诉权。如果我们未批准您的消费者请求，您可能有权对该拒绝提出申诉。

您可以按照下文“提交隐私权请求”所述行使您的隐私权。

如果您想行使您的适用权利，可以通过电子邮件直接联系我们的数据保护官 (DPO)，邮箱地址为 privacy@wdc.com。您也可以拨打 888-914-9661 联系我们，或通过我们的网络表单联系我们，或者写信给离您最近的我方办公地方，收信人为：ATTN：法务部 - 隐私权声明问题。

我们将在适用法律要求的时间范围内（通常在 30 天内）回复您的请求。

为遵守法律要求，为保护您的个人信息的隐私和安全，我们可能会要求您提供相关信息，以使我们能够确认您的身份，以及您是否具有访问此类信息、搜索并获取我们维护的个人信息的权利。

在某些情况下，适用法律或法规要求准许或要求我们拒绝某项请求。

如果您是加利福尼亚州居民，或者是其他赋予此项权利的州或司法管辖区的居民，您可以按下述方式选择退出我们向第三方出售或分享您的个人信息，以用于上述用途（包括跨场景行为广告）：

• 选择此处提供的“请勿出售或分享我的个人信息”表单提交申请，指明您希望选择退出销售（例如，通过下文 (2) 所述的 Cookie 或网络跟踪技术以外的方式，与我们的合作伙伴共享您的信息，以达到受众匹配的目的）；以及
• 点击下面页尾的 Cookie 偏好，将“性能和功能”和“广告”Cookie 选项切换为“否”，然后点击“提交偏好设置”。此操作将停用我们网站上的性能、功能及广告 Cookie 和网络跟踪技术，包括用于受众匹配目的和个性化广告的 Cookie 和网络跟踪技术。停用这些 Cookie 和网络跟踪技术可能仅适用于您点击链接的特定浏览器，如果您更改设置，偏好设置可能会重置。

授权代理人：您可以为授权代理人提供经您签名的书面许可，让其能代表您提交请求，同时，该代理人需要向我们核实其身份。如果您是加利福尼亚州居民，想指定一名代理人提出请求，则该代理人必须在加利福尼亚州务卿处注册，并随您的经验证消费者请求一起提交该注册副本。请让您的授权代理人按上述说明发出请求，并将授权该代理人代表您行事的书面声明（由公证人认证）邮寄至以下地址：Legal Department, 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, California 95119 USA. 若您的授权代理人拥有委托书，则可能无需执行这些步骤。

如果您请求删除您的数据，您可能无法访问任何 Western Digital 帐户。此外，在适用法律授权或要求时，我们可能会保留部分与您相关的个人信息，例如，为了防止欺诈或未来滥用行为可能需要保留某些信息。

如果您是欧盟/欧洲经济区或英国的公民，您对自己的数据拥有某些权利：

特此说明，这些权利的行使是基于您的个人信息处理的法律基础，具体如下：

根据您居住的国家/地区，您可能对我们处理您的个人信息拥有额外的本地权利。例如，如果您位于法国，您可以针对您去世后的个人信息（例如，将其删除或传输给您选择的任何人）定义一般或特定指示。您可以随时撤销您的指示。

如果需要，您也可以向您所在国家/地区的数据保护机构提出投诉。此项权利可随时免费行使。但如您选择寻求第三方（如法律代表）协助办理，则可能产生的邮寄费用或法律服务相关费用不在免除之列。

行使您的权利

我们不会因您行使适用权利而歧视您。

如果您想行使您的适用权利，可以发送电子邮件至 DPO@wdc.com，直接联系我们的数据保护官 (DPO)。您也可以通过我们的网络表单联系我们，或者写信给离您最近的我方办公地方，收信人为：ATTN：法务部 - 隐私权声明问题。

我们将在适用法律要求的时间范围内（通常在 30 天内）回复您的请求。

为遵守法律要求，为保护您的个人信息的隐私和安全，我们可能会要求您提供相关信息，以使我们能够确认您的身份，以及您是否具有访问此类信息、搜索并获取我们维护的个人信息的权利。

在某些情况下，适用法律或法规要求准许或要求我们拒绝某项请求。如果您请求删除您的数据，您可能无法访问任何 Western Digital 帐户。此外，如果适用法律授权或要求，我们可能会保留一些与您相关的个人信息，特别是在为防止欺诈、未来滥用行为或遵守法律要求的情况下，这些信息可能需要被保留。

如果您是加拿大公民，根据您居住的省份，您对自己的数据拥有特定的权利：

如果需要，您也可以向您所在国家/地区的数据保护机构提出投诉。此项权利可随时免费行使。但如您选择寻求第三方（如法律代表）协助办理，则可能产生的邮寄费用或法律服务相关费用不在免除之列。

行使您的权利

我们不会因您行使适用权利而歧视您。

如果您想行使您的适用权利，可以通过电子邮件直接联系我们的数据保护官 (DPO)，邮箱地址为 privacy@wdc.com。您也可以通过我们的网络表单联系我们，或者写信给离您最近的我方办公地方，收信人为：ATTN：法务部 - 隐私权声明问题。

我们将在适用法律要求的时间范围内（在 30 天内）回复您的请求。

为遵守法律要求，为保护您的个人信息的隐私和安全，我们可能会要求您提供相关信息，以使我们能够确认您的身份，以及您是否具有访问此类信息、搜索并获取我们维护的个人信息的权利。

在某些情况下，适用法律或法规要求准许或要求我们拒绝某项请求。此外，如适用法律授权或要求，我们可能会保留部分与您相关的个人信息；特别是在为防止欺诈或未来滥用而有必要保留某些信息的情况下。

Τα προσωπικά δεδομένα είναι πληροφορίες που μπορούν να χρησιμοποιηθούν για την άμεση ή έμμεση ταυτοποίησή σας. Στις προσωπικές πληροφορίες περιλαμβάνονται επίσης πληροφορίες, οι οποίες συνδέονται με πληροφορίες που εύλογα μπορούν να χρησιμοποιηθούν για την άμεση ή έμμεση ταυτοποίησή σας. Οι προσωπικές πληροφορίες δεν περιλαμβάνουν πληροφορίες οι οποίες έχουν ανωνυμοποιηθεί ή συγκεντρωθεί με αποτέλεσμα να μην μπορούμε πλέον, είτε σε συνδυασμό με άλλες πληροφορίες είτε με άλλον τρόπο, να σας ταυτοποιήσουμε. Στον βαθμό που επεξεργαζόμαστε αποταυτοποιημένες/ψευδωνυμοποιημένες πληροφορίες, θα διατηρήσουμε και θα χρησιμοποιήσουμε τις πληροφορίες σε αποταυτοποιημένη/ψευδωνυμοποιημένη μορφή και θα εφαρμόσουμε εύλογα μέτρα για να διασφαλίσουμε ότι τα δεδομένα παραμένουν αποταυτοποιημένα/ψευδωνυμοποιημένα εκτός και αν απαιτείται διαφορετικά από την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία.

Ποιες προσωπικές πληροφορίες συλλέγουμε:

Ανάλογα με τα προϊόντα και τις υπηρεσίες που χρησιμοποιείτε, ενδέχεται να συλλέγουμε, να χρησιμοποιούμε και να αποθηκεύουμε διαφορετικά είδη προσωπικών πληροφοριών από ή σχετικά με εσάς:

• Προσωπικά αναγνωριστικά, όπως όνομα, όνομα χρήστη, διεύθυνση email, αριθμός τηλεφώνου και ταχυδρομική διεύθυνση. Συλλέγουμε αυτές τις πληροφορίες για να επαληθεύσουμε την ταυτότητα και τα στοιχεία σας, να επικοινωνήσουμε μαζί σας, να επεξεργαστούμε τις αγορές και τις πληρωμές σας, να διαχειριστούμε τη σχέση μας και να σας παρέχουμε προϊόντα και υπηρεσίες.
• Εμπορικές πληροφορίες, συμπεριλαμβανομένων των προϊόντων ή των υπηρεσιών που αγοράστηκαν ή εξετάστηκαν από πελάτες, πληροφορίες σχετικά με τον λογαριασμό σας στη Western Digital και πληροφορίες ελέγχου ταυτότητας, πληροφορίες σχετικά με τις αγορές σας, τις διευθύνσεις αποστολής και χρέωσης, τα αιτήματά σας (π.χ. αιτήματα πληροφοριών, ερωτήματα, παράπονα κ.λπ.) και αλληλεπιδράσεις μαζί μας. Συλλέγουμε αυτές τις πληροφορίες για να διατηρούμε αρχεία πελατών, να διαχειριζόμαστε τις αγορές και τις πληρωμές σας, να διαχειριζόμαστε τη σχέση μας, να εντοπίζουμε τάσεις στις σχέσεις με τους πελάτες μας, τη δραστηριότητα εισπράξεων και να διεξάγουμε επιχειρηματικές αναλύσεις.
• Οικονομικές πληροφορίες, συμπεριλαμβανομένων των στοιχείων χρέωσης που σχετίζονται με τις αγορές σας, ορισμένες περιορισμένες πληροφορίες πιστωτικής ή χρεωστικής κάρτας που χρησιμοποιούνται από τον επεξεργαστή πληρωμών μας για τη διεκπεραίωση μιας συναλλαγής που ζητήσατε. Συλλέγουμε αυτές τις πληροφορίες για να επεξεργαστούμε την πληρωμή σας για προϊόντα και υπηρεσίες.
• Γενικές πληροφορίες τοποθεσίας. Όπου είναι εφικτό, οι υπηρεσίες μας μπορεί να χρησιμοποιήσουν το GPS, την τοποθεσία που προκύπτει από τη διεύθυνση IP σας, καθώς και άλλες τεχνολογίες για να προσδιοριστεί κατά προσέγγιση η τοποθεσία των υπολογιστών, τηλεφώνων ή άλλων συσκευών στις οποίες εγκαθιστάτε τα προϊόντα ή τις υπηρεσίες μας ή αποκτάτε πρόσβαση σε αυτά. Συλλέγουμε αυτές τις πληροφορίες για να κατανοήσουμε τη χρήση του ιστότοπου και των υπηρεσιών μας από εσάς, καθώς και για στοχευμένο μάρκετινγκ και διαχείριση υποψήφιων πελατών με τη συγκατάθεσή σας, όταν απαιτείται από την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία.
• Συμπεράσματα που προκύπτουν από τις προσωπικές σας πληροφορίες, όπως πληροφορίες σχετικά με τα ενδιαφέροντά σας ή τις από μέρους σας προτιμήσεις αγοράς. Συλλέγουμε αυτές τις πληροφορίες για να κατανοήσουμε τις προτιμήσεις σας και να προσαρμόσουμε τις υπηρεσίες και τις επικοινωνίες μας σε εσάς.
• Ευαίσθητες προσωπικές πληροφορίες και συγκεκριμένα τα στοιχεία πιστωτικής ή χρεωστικής κάρτας που χρησιμοποιούνται από το σύστημα επεξεργασίας πληρωμών μας για την ολοκλήρωση μιας συναλλαγής που ζητήσατε. Χρησιμοποιούμε τις Ευαίσθητες προσωπικές πληροφορίες σας μόνο για νόμιμους επιχειρηματικούς σκοπούς, συμπεριλαμβανομένων (i) της παροχής υπηρεσιών ή της παροχής αγαθών που αναμένονται εύλογα από ένα μέσο άτομο, (ii) του εντοπισμού περιστατικών ασφαλείας, (iii) της αντίστασης σε κακόβουλες, παραπλανητικές ή παράνομες ενέργειες, (iv) της διασφάλισης της σωματικής ασφάλειας των ατόμων, (v) της βραχυπρόθεσμης, παροδικής χρήσης, (vi) της εκτέλεσης ή της παροχής εσωτερικών επιχειρηματικών υπηρεσιών ή (vii) της επαλήθευσης ή της διατήρησης της ποιότητας ή της ασφάλειας μιας υπηρεσίας ή συσκευής. Δεν πωλούμε τις Ευαίσθητες προσωπικές πληροφορίες σας.

Εκτός από τις παραπάνω κατηγορίες προσωπικών πληροφοριών, μπορείτε να επιλέξετε να μας παράσχετε πρόσθετες προσωπικές πληροφορίες, όπως όταν δημιουργείτε έναν λογαριασμό Western Digital, συμπληρώνετε μια ηλεκτρονική ή μη ηλεκτρονική φόρμα (π.χ. αίτημα πληροφοριών, ερώτημα, παράπονο κ.λπ.), μας παρέχετε μια φωτογραφία ή υποβάλλετε μια αίτηση εργασίας. Σε κάθε περίπτωση, οι προσωπικές πληροφορίες που συλλέγονται θα είναι σχετικές και θα περιορίζονται σε ό,τι είναι απαραίτητο σε σχέση με τους σκοπούς για τους οποίους υποβάλλονται σε επεξεργασία.

Πληροφορίες σχετικά με δραστηριότητες στο διαδίκτυο ή σε άλλο ηλεκτρονικό δίκτυο, όπως το ιστορικό περιήγησης, το ιστορικό αναζήτησης και πληροφορίες σχετικά με την αλληλεπίδρασή σας με τα προϊόντα ή τις υπηρεσίες μας, όπως ο τύπος της συσκευής που χρησιμοποιείτε, η ρύθμιση παραμέτρων της συσκευής σας, το μοναδικό αναγνωριστικό της συσκευής σας, η διεύθυνση IP της συσκευής σας, το λειτουργικό σας σύστημα, ο τύπος του προγράμματος περιήγησης που χρησιμοποιείτε, πληροφορίες χρήσης, διαγνωστικές πληροφορίες, πληροφορίες περιήγησης, συνοπτικές πληροφορίες περιόδου λειτουργίας, στατιστικά κεντρικής μονάδας επεξεργασίας (CPU) και άλλα στατιστικά χρήσης, κλήσεις διεπαφών προγραμματισμού εφαρμογών (API), πληροφορίες διακοπής υπηρεσίας, κατάσταση δικτύου, χρήση αποθηκευτικού χώρου, όροι αναζήτησης, χαρακτηριστικά αρχείου (συμπεριλαμβανομένων χαρακτηριστικών για φωτογραφιών, βίντεο, μουσικής και εγγράφων). Διαβάστε τις Προτιμήσεις για τα Cookies για περισσότερες πληροφορίες σχετικά με τον τρόπο που χρησιμοποιούμε τα cookies και άλλες παρόμοιες τεχνολογίες και τις επιλογές που έχετε.

Πώς Συλλέγουμε τις Προσωπικές σας Πληροφορίες

• Πληροφορίες που παρέχετε: Ενδέχεται να συλλέξουμε τις προσωπικές πληροφορίες που παρέχετε όταν αγοράζετε, εγκαθιστάτε, έχετε πρόσβαση και χρησιμοποιείτε τα προϊόντα και τις υπηρεσίες μας, δημιουργείτε λογαριασμό Western Digital, επικοινωνείτε μαζί μας, συμμετέχετε σε μια έρευνα, συμμετέχετε σε συζητήσεις στην κοινότητα ή σε δωμάτια συνομιλίας (chat rooms), κάνετε αίτηση για θέση εργασίας, εγγράφεστε για να λαμβάνετε μηνύματα μάρκετινγκ, αλληλεπιδράτε αυτοπροσώπως μαζί μας σε εκδηλώσεις ή σε άλλου είδους επικοινωνία μεταξύ μας.
• Πληροφορίες σχετικά με τις πληρωμές: Εάν πραγματοποιήσετε μια αγορά, ενδέχεται να συλλέξουμε προσωπικές πληροφορίες σε σχέση με την αγορά.
• Πληροφορίες για τη χρήση των προϊόντων και των υπηρεσιών μας: Όταν χρησιμοποιείτε τα προϊόντα και τις υπηρεσίες μας (συμπεριλαμβανομένων των ιστότοπων και των εφαρμογών για web, κινητά και επιτραπέζιους υπολογιστές) ή όταν βλέπετε τα email, άλλες ηλεκτρονικές επικοινωνίες ή τις διαφημίσεις μας, ενδέχεται να συλλέξουμε πληροφορίες από ή σχετικά με τους υπολογιστές, τα τηλέφωνα ή άλλες συσκευές στις οποίες εγκαθιστάτε τα προϊόντα και τις υπηρεσίες μας ή αποκτάτε πρόσβαση σε αυτά. Ορισμένες από αυτές τις πληροφορίες ενδέχεται να συλλεχθούν αυτόματα. Διαβάστε τις Προτιμήσεις για τα Cookies για περισσότερες πληροφορίες σχετικά με τον τρόπο που χρησιμοποιούμε τα cookies και άλλες παρόμοιες τεχνολογίες και τις επιλογές που έχετε.
• Πληροφορίες από τρίτα μέρη: Μόνο όταν επιτρέπεται από την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία, ενδέχεται επίσης να συλλέξουμε πληροφορίες από τρίτους, συμπεριλαμβανομένων επιχειρηματικών εταίρων, πρακτορείων μάρκετινγκ και παρόχων υπηρεσιών. Εάν ισχύει, αυτό μπορεί να περιλαμβάνει τα στοιχεία επικοινωνίας σας από συνεργάτες μάρκετινγκ όταν συμμετέχουμε σε κοινές δραστηριότητες μάρκετινγκ ή σε δραστηριότητες από κοινού προώθησης εμπορικού σήματος, τη διεύθυνση IP ή πληροφορίες για την τοποθεσία σας από παρόχους υπηρεσιών προκειμένου να προσφέρουμε ορισμένα προϊόντα και υπηρεσίες που σχετίζονται με την τοποθεσία σας, καθώς και δεδομένα από τα μέσα κοινωνικής σας δικτύωσης για τον έλεγχο της ταυτότητας χρήσης των προϊόντων και υπηρεσιών μας από εσάς ή που μπορεί να σας ενδιαφέρουν ή για τα οποία παρέχετε άδεια πρόσβασης στα προϊόντα ή τις υπηρεσίες μας.
• Πληροφορίες από δημόσιες πηγές: Μόνο όταν επιτρέπεται από την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία, ενδέχεται να συλλέξουμε πληροφορίες από κυβερνητικές πηγές και αρχεία και άλλες δημόσια διαθέσιμες πληροφορίες.

Ανάλογα με τη φύση της σχέσης μας με εσάς, μπορεί να χρησιμοποιήσουμε προσωπικές πληροφορίες για τους σκοπούς που περιγράφονται παρακάτω, είτε με τη συγκατάθεσή σας είτε όπως επιτρέπεται από την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία:

Για οποιαδήποτε από τις χρήσεις των προσωπικών πληροφοριών σας που περιγράφονται παραπάνω και απαιτούν την προηγούμενη ρητή συγκατάθεσή σας σύμφωνα με την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία, σημειώστε ότι μπορείτε να αποσύρετε τη συγκατάθεσή σας ανά πάσα στιγμή επικοινωνώντας με τον Υπεύθυνο Προστασίας Δεδομένων (ΥΠΔ) της εταιρείας μας μέσω email στη διεύθυνση privacy@wdc.com. Μπορείτε επίσης να επικοινωνήσετε μαζί μας μέσω της διαδικτυακής φόρμας ή να μας στείλετε μια επιστολή μέσω ταχυδρομείου στην πλησιέστερη σε εσάς τοποθεσία στη διεύθυνση: Υπόψη: Νομικού τμήματος: Ερώτημα σχετικά με τη Δήλωση Ιδιωτικού Απορρήτου.

Ως παγκόσμια εταιρεία, η Western Digital έχει μια σειρά από συνδεδεμένες εταιρείες σε διαφορετικές δικαιοδοσίες που μπορεί επίσης να αλληλεπιδρούν άμεσα ή έμμεσα μαζί σας. Ανάλογα με τη σχέση σας με αυτές τις συνδεδεμένες εταιρείες, ενδέχεται να συλλέγουν, να επεξεργάζονται και να καθορίζουν τον τρόπο επεξεργασίας των προσωπικών πληροφοριών σας ως ανεξάρτητος υπεύθυνος επεξεργασίας, ιδίως για να σας παρέχουν τα προϊόντα και τις υπηρεσίες που ζητάτε.

Μπορεί να χρησιμοποιούμε cookies και παρόμοιες τεχνολογίες για την παροχή, την προστασία και τη βελτίωση των προϊόντων και των υπηρεσιών μας, όπως η εξατομίκευση του περιεχομένου, η κατανόηση της συμπεριφοράς των χρηστών και η παροχή ασφαλέστερης εμπειρίας. Μπορεί επίσης να χρησιμοποιούμε αυτές τις τεχνολογίες για να σας παρέχουμε εξατομικευμένες διαφημίσεις, ακόμα και σε ιστότοπους και εφαρμογές τρίτων, αλλά και για να διαπιστώσουμε την αποτελεσματικότητα των προωθητικών εκστρατειών μας. Επισκεφθείτε τις Προτιμήσεις για τα Cookies για να μάθετε περισσότερα σχετικά με τον τρόπο που χρησιμοποιούμε τα cookies και άλλες παρόμοιες τεχνολογίες, καθώς και τις επιλογές που έχετε.

Γνωστοποίηση προσωπικών πληροφοριών

Κάθε κατηγορία προσωπικών πληροφοριών που συλλέγουμε μπορεί να κοινοποιηθεί στους παραλήπτες που περιγράφονται παρακάτω για τους σκοπούς που περιγράφονται στην παρούσα Δήλωση Ιδιωτικού Απορρήτου.

Πάροχοι υπηρεσιών, προμηθευτές και άλλοι συνεργάτες μας

Ενδέχεται να κοινοποιήσουμε προσωπικές πληροφορίες σε παρόχους υπηρεσιών, προμηθευτές και άλλους συνεργάτες για λειτουργικούς και τεχνικούς σκοπούς που σχετίζονται με τα προϊόντα και τις υπηρεσίες μας, συμπεριλαμβανομένης της διαχείρισης της σχέσης μας μαζί σας, όπως η φιλοξενία ιστότοπων, υπηρεσίες email, μάρκετινγκ, διαφήμιση, χορηγία σε κληρώσεις, διαγωνισμούς και άλλες προωθητικές ενέργειες, οικονομικός έλεγχος, επεξεργασία πληρωμών, εκτέλεση παραγγελιών πελατών, ανάλυση δεδομένων, παροχή υποστήριξης πελατών, διενέργεια έρευνας σε πελάτες και έρευνας ικανοποίησης, υπηρεσίες αποθήκευσης στο cloud και άλλες υπηρεσίες που βοηθούν στην παροχή ή την πώληση των προϊόντων και υπηρεσιών μας.

Όπου επιτρέπεται από την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία, ενδέχεται επίσης να κοινοποιήσουμε τις προσωπικές πληροφορίες σας σε διαφημιστές, παρόχους υπηρεσιών ανάλυσης δεδομένων και μέσα κοινωνικής δικτύωσης, τα οποία μας βοηθούν να προβαίνουμε σε προτάσεις προϊόντων, μηνύματα μάρκετινγκ και να σας αποστέλλουμε σχετικό περιεχόμενο.

Συνδεδεμένες εταιρείες

Ενδέχεται να κοινοποιήσουμε προσωπικές πληροφορίες σε όλες τις συνδεδεμένες εταιρείες της Western Digital για την παγκόσμια διαχείριση των επιχειρηματικών δραστηριοτήτων μας εντός του Ομίλου Western Digital.

Εταιρικές επιχειρηματικές συναλλαγές

Σε περίπτωση συγχώνευσης, αναδιοργάνωσης, εξαγοράς, κοινοπραξίας, εκχώρησης, απόσχισης, μεταβίβασης ή πώλησης ή διάθεσης του συνόλου ή μέρους της επιχείρησής μας, ακόμα και σε σχέση με τυχόν πτώχευση ή παρόμοια διαδικασία, ενδέχεται να διαβιβάσουμε το σύνολο ή μέρος των προσωπικών πληροφοριών σας στο σχετικό τρίτο μέρος.

Αρχές και νομικές ενέργειες αποκατάστασης

Ενδέχεται να είναι απαραίτητο, από τη νομοθεσία ή ως αποτέλεσμα νομικής διαδικασίας, δικαστικής διαμάχης ή αιτημάτων από αρμόδιες αρχές εντός ή εκτός της χώρας διαμονής σας (π.χ. δημόσιες ή κρατικές αρχές, δικαστικές αρχές), να γνωστοποιήσουμε ορισμένες προσωπικές πληροφορίες σε αρχές, δικηγόρους και ενδιαφερόμενα μέρη. Μπορεί επίσης να γνωστοποιήσουμε προσωπικές πληροφορίες εάν μας ζητηθεί να το πράξουμε σύμφωνα με την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία (π.χ. για σκοπούς εθνικής ασφάλειας, επιβολής του νόμου ή άλλα ζητήματα δημόσιας σημασίας κ.λπ.). Ενδέχεται επίσης να γνωστοποιήσουμε προσωπικές πληροφορίες εάν διαπιστώσουμε καλή τη πίστει ότι η γνωστοποίηση είναι εύλογα απαραίτητη για την προστασία των δικαιωμάτων μας και την επιδίωξη των διαθέσιμων διορθωτικών μέτρων, την επιβολή των όρων και προϋποθέσεών μας, τη διερεύνηση περιπτώσεων απάτης ή την προστασία των εργασιών ή των χρηστών μας.

Τα δικαιώματά σας

Εάν είστε κάτοικος Καλιφόρνιας, Κολοράντο, Κονέκτικατ, Ντέλαγουερ, Ιντιάνα Αϊόβα, Κεντάκι, Μέριλαντ, Μινεσότα, Μοντάνα, Νεμπράσκα, Νιου Χάμσαϊρ, Νιου Τζέρσεϊ, Όρεγκον, Ρόουντ Άιλαντ, Τενεσί, Τέξας, Γιούτα ή Βιρτζίνια, μπορείτε να διαβάσετε για τα πρόσθετα δικαιώματά σας κάνοντας κλικ εδώ.

Εάν είστε κάτοικος ΕΕ/ΕΟΧ ή Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου, μπορείτε να διαβάσετε για τα δικαιώματά σας κάνοντας κλικ εδώ.

Εάν είστε κάτοικος Καναδά, μπορείτε να διαβάσετε για τα δικαιώματά σας κάνοντας κλικ εδώ.

Σήματα προγράμματος περιήγησης

Χωρίς παρακολούθηση. Ορισμένα προγράμματα περιήγησης στο διαδίκτυο έχουν λειτουργίες «Χωρίς παρακολούθηση» ή παρόμοιες λειτουργίες που σας επιτρέπουν να ορίσετε σε κάθε ιστότοπο που επισκέπτεστε ότι δεν θέλετε να παρακολουθούνται οι δραστηριότητές σας στον συγκεκριμένο ιστότοπο. Προς το παρόν, οι Ιστότοποι δεν ανταποκρίνονται σε σήματα «Χωρίς παρακολούθηση» και συνεπώς, οι Ιστότοποι θα συνεχίσουν να συλλέγουν πληροφορίες σχετικά με εσάς ακόμη και αν είναι ενεργοποιημένη η λειτουργία «Χωρίς παρακολούθηση» του προγράμματος περιήγησής σας.

Παγκόσμιος Έλεγχος Ιδιωτικού Απορρήτου (GPC). Ο Παγκόσμιος Έλεγχος Ιδιωτικού Απορρήτου (GPC) επιτρέπει στα άτομα να σηματοδοτούν αυτόματα τις προτιμήσεις ιδιωτικού απορρήτου τους σε ιστότοπους και άλλες διαδικτυακές υπηρεσίες μέσω του προγράμματος περιήγησής τους ή μέσω μιας επέκτασης. Εάν λάβουμε ένα σήμα GPC για να εξαιρεθείτε από την παρακολούθηση του ιστότοπου, θα ικανοποιήσουμε αυτά τα αιτήματα.

Ιστότοποι και υπηρεσίες τρίτων

Τα προϊόντα και οι υπηρεσίες μας (συμπεριλαμβανομένων των ιστότοπων και των εφαρμογών μας για web, κινητά και επιτραπέζιους υπολογιστές) ενδέχεται να περιέχουν συνδέσμους προς ιστότοπους, εφαρμογές, ψηφιακές ιδιοκτησίες, προϊόντα ή υπηρεσίες τρίτων ή να σας δίνουν τη δυνατότητα πρόσβασης σε αυτούς. Δεν είμαστε υπεύθυνοι για τις πρακτικές προστασίας απορρήτου που χρησιμοποιούν οι εν λόγω τρίτοι, ούτε φέρουμε ευθύνη για τις πληροφορίες ή το περιεχόμενο που περιέχουν τα προϊόντα και οι υπηρεσίες τους. Η παρούσα Δήλωση Ιδιωτικού Απορρήτου ισχύει αποκλειστικά για τις πληροφορίες που συλλέγουμε εμείς. Σας προτρέπουμε να διαβάσετε τις πολιτικές απορρήτου οποιωνδήποτε τρίτων μερών προτού προχωρήσετε στη χρήση των ιστοτόπων, των προϊόντων ή των υπηρεσιών τους.

Ασφάλεια πληροφοριών

Είναι σημαντικό να λαμβάνετε μέτρα για την προστασία από κάθε μη εξουσιοδοτημένη πρόσβαση στα προϊόντα και τις υπηρεσίες της Western Digital, στα διαπιστευτήρια του λογαριασμού σας στη Western Digital και στους υπολογιστές ή άλλες συσκευές όπου εγκαθιστάτε ή αποκτάτε πρόσβαση στα προϊόντα ή τις υπηρεσίες μας. Εάν πιστεύετε ότι έχει διακυβευθεί η ασφάλεια του λογαριασμού σας στη Western Digital ή των προσωπικών πληροφοριών σας, Επικοινωνήστε μαζί μας αμέσως. Λάβετε υπόψη ότι, παρά τις προσπάθειές μας να διατηρήσουμε εύλογα και κατάλληλα τεχνικά και οργανωτικά μέτρα ασφαλείας, δεν υπάρχει σύστημα ασφαλείας που δεν μπορεί να παραβιαστεί. Σε περίπτωση παραβίασης της ασφάλειας που επηρεάζει τις προσωπικές πληροφορίες σας, θα ειδοποιήσουμε εσάς και τις αρμόδιες τοπικές αρχές, εάν απαιτείται από την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία.

Διατήρηση προσωπικών πληροφοριών

Στον βαθμό που επιτρέπεται από την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία, διατηρούμε τις προσωπικές πληροφορίες σας για όσο διάστημα απαιτείται για την εκπλήρωση του συγκεκριμένου σκοπού για τον οποίο συλλέχθηκαν και σύμφωνα με την παρούσα Δήλωση Ιδιωτικού Απορρήτου. Μπορεί επίσης να διατηρήσουμε τις προσωπικές πληροφορίες σας εάν απαιτείται από τον νόμο ή για την εκπλήρωση ενός έννομου συμφέροντος ή άλλης νόμιμης βάσης για τη διατήρηση των πληροφοριών πέρα από την περίοδο που είναι αναγκαία. Εάν η νομική βάση βασίζεται αποκλειστικά στη συγκατάθεση, θα διαγράψουμε τις προσωπικές πληροφορίες μόλις ανακληθεί η συγκατάθεση εκτός και αν επιτρέπεται ή απαιτείται διαφορετικά από την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία.

Συνήθως διατηρούμε τις προσωπικές πληροφορίες σας μέχρι το τέλος της σχέσης μας μαζί σας. Πέραν αυτής της περιόδου διατήρησης, ενδέχεται να διατηρήσουμε τις προσωπικές πληροφορίες σας κατά τη διάρκεια των ισχυουσών νόμιμων περιόδων παραγραφής ή των προβλεπόμενων από τον νόμο περιόδων παραγραφής.

Ανήλικοι

Δεν συλλέγουμε εν γνώσει μας ούτε χρησιμοποιούμε ή γνωστοποιούμε πληροφορίες από παιδιά ηλικίας κάτω των 18 ετών. Εάν διαπιστώσουμε ότι έχουμε συλλέξει τις προσωπικές πληροφορίες ενός παιδιού ηλικίας κάτω των 18 ετών, θα λάβουμε μέτρα για τη διαγραφή των πληροφοριών το συντομότερο δυνατό. Παρακαλούμε Επικοινωνήστε μαζί μας αμέσως μόλις λάβετε γνώση ότι ένα παιδί κάτω των 18 ετών μάς έχει παράσχει προσωπικές πληροφορίες.

Διαβιβάσεις προσωπικών πληροφοριών

Όταν κοινοποιούμε τις προσωπικές πληροφορίες σας στους συνεργάτες μας, σε συνδεδεμένες εταιρείες της Western Digital, σε προμηθευτές και παρόχους υπηρεσιών ή άλλα τρίτα μέρη, οι προσωπικές πληροφορίες σας ενδέχεται να διαβιβαστούν ή/και να καταστούν προσβάσιμες από χώρες εκτός της χώρας, της πολιτείας ή της επαρχίας όπου διαμένετε.

Για ορισμένα προϊόντα και υπηρεσίες μας, οι προσωπικές πληροφορίες σας ενδέχεται επίσης να διαβιβαστούν ή/και να αποθηκευτούν και να υποβληθούν σε επεξεργασία σε διακομιστές που βρίσκονται στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες ή σε άλλες τοποθεσίες εκτός της χώρας, της πολιτείας ή της επαρχίας όπου διαμένετε, με σκοπό την παροχή των προϊόντων ή των υπηρεσιών σε εσάς.

Εάν οι προσωπικές πληροφορίες σας διαβιβαστούν εκτός του τόπου διαμονής σας, ο τόπος υποδοχής μπορεί να έχει διαφορετικούς κανόνες προστασίας δεδομένων από τη χώρα, την πολιτεία ή την επαρχία σας. Ενώ οι εν λόγω πληροφορίες είναι εκτός του τόπου διαμονής σας, υπόκεινται στους νόμους της χώρας, της πολιτείας, της επαρχίας στην οποία βρίσκονται και μπορεί να υπόκεινται σε γνωστοποίηση στις κυβερνήσεις, τα δικαστήρια ή τις αρχές επιβολής του νόμου ή τους ρυθμιστικούς οργανισμούς μιας τέτοιας άλλης χώρας, σύμφωνα με τους νόμους της εν λόγω χώρας. Ωστόσο, οι πρακτικές μας σχετικά με τις προσωπικές πληροφορίες σας θα εξακολουθούν να διέπονται ανά πάσα στιγμή από την παρούσα Δήλωση Ιδιωτικού Απορρήτου και την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία.

Σε περίπτωση που η εν λόγω τρίτη χώρα δεν διασφαλίζει επίπεδο προστασίας προσωπικών πληροφοριών ισοδύναμο με τη χώρα στην οποία διαμένετε, η Western Digital διασφαλίζει ότι η διαβίβαση καλύπτεται από κατάλληλες διασφαλίσεις (για παράδειγμα, με τη σύναψη τυποποιημένων συμβατικών ρητρών, όπως έχουν υιοθετηθεί από την Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή, το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο ή τη Διοίκηση Κυβερνοχώρου της Κίνας, κατά περίπτωση) και θα εφαρμόσει μέτρα για να ενεργεί σύμφωνα με την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία. Εάν θέλετε περισσότερες πληροφορίες σχετικά με τις πιθανές τρίτες χώρες στις οποίες διαβιβάζονται οι προσωπικές πληροφορίες σας και να λάβετε ένα αντίγραφο των σχετικών διασφαλίσεων, επικοινωνήστε με τον Υπεύθυνο Προστασίας Δεδομένων (ΥΠΔ) της εταιρείας μας μέσω email στη διεύθυνση privacy@wdc.com.

Αλλαγές στην παρούσα Δήλωση Ιδιωτικού Απορρήτου

Η παρούσα Δήλωση Ιδιωτικού Απορρήτου μπορεί να ενημερωθεί από τη Western Digital ανά πάσα στιγμή. Συνεπώς, σας συνιστούμε να συμβουλεύεστε την παρούσα Δήλωση Ιδιωτικού Απορρήτου κάθε φορά που αποκτάτε πρόσβαση στα προϊόντα και τις υπηρεσίες μας (συμπεριλαμβανομένων των ιστότοπων και των εφαρμογών μας για web, κινητά και επιτραπέζιους υπολογιστές). Όταν απαιτείται από την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία, θα καταβάλουμε κάθε εύλογη προσπάθεια να σας ενημερώσουμε για ενημερώσεις στην παρούσα Δήλωση Ιδιωτικού Απορρήτου, χρησιμοποιώντας τη διεύθυνση email που μας δώσατε κατά την εγγραφή σας σε έναν λογαριασμό ή την αγορά ενός προϊόντος.

Ο Νόμος περί Ιδιωτικού Απορρήτου Καταναλωτών της Καλιφόρνια («CCPA») απαιτεί από εμάς να παρέχουμε συγκεκριμένες γνωστοποιήσεις σχετικά με τις προσωπικές πληροφορίες που συλλέξαμε τους προηγούμενους 12 μήνες. Η παρούσα Δήλωση Ιδιωτικού Απορρήτου περιγράφει τις κατηγορίες προσωπικών πληροφοριών που συλλέγουμε και τις πηγές πληροφοριών, τους επιχειρηματικούς και εμπορικούς σκοπούς για τη συλλογή προσωπικών πληροφοριών και τις κατηγορίες τρίτων μερών στα οποία έχουμε γνωστοποιήσει προσωπικές πληροφορίες για επιχειρηματικούς και εμπορικούς σκοπούς.

Δεν πουλάμε προσωπικές πληροφορίες έναντι χρηματικής αξίας. Ενδέχεται να έχουμε κοινοποιήσει τις ακόλουθες κατηγορίες προσωπικών πληροφοριών στους παρόχους και τους συνεργάτες μας που παρέχουν στοχευμένες διαφημιστικές υπηρεσίες: Άμεσα αναγνωριστικά, πληροφορίες διαδικτυακής δραστηριότητας και πληροφορίες προφίλ. Δεν πουλάμε εν γνώσει μας τις προσωπικές πληροφορίες ανηλίκων κάτω των 18 ετών.

Παρέχουμε στους κατοίκους της Καλιφόρνια τα δικαιώματα ιδιωτικού απορρήτου που απαιτούνται από την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία, συμπεριλαμβανομένου του νόμου CCPA και του νόμου Shine the Light, όπως περιγράφεται περαιτέρω παρακάτω.

Ατομικά δικαιώματα ιδιωτικού απορρήτου της Καλιφόρνια:

• Το δικαίωμα γνώσης. Έχετε το δικαίωμα να ζητήσετε να μάθετε ποιες προσωπικές πληροφορίες έχουμε συλλέξει για εσάς, συμπεριλαμβανομένων των κατηγοριών προσωπικών πληροφοριών που έχουμε συλλέξει, των κατηγοριών πηγών από τις οποίες τις συλλέξαμε, του επιχειρηματικού ή εμπορικού σκοπού για τη συλλογή, την πώληση ή την κοινοποίηση προσωπικών πληροφοριών, των κατηγοριών τρίτων μερών στα οποία γνωστοποιήσαμε προσωπικές πληροφορίες και των συγκεκριμένων προσωπικών πληροφοριών που συλλέξαμε.
• Το δικαίωμα διόρθωσης. Έχετε το δικαίωμα να ζητήσετε να διορθώσουμε ανακριβείς προσωπικές πληροφορίες που διατηρούμε για εσάς.
• Το δικαίωμα διαγραφής. Έχετε το δικαίωμα να ζητήσετε να διαγράψουμε τις προσωπικές πληροφορίες που έχουμε συλλέξει ή διατηρήσει σχετικά με εσάς. Μπορούμε να αρνηθούμε το αίτημά σας όπως επιτρέπεται από τον νόμο υπό ορισμένες συνθήκες, όπως εάν πρέπει να συμμορφωθούμε με τις νομικές μας υποχρεώσεις ή να ολοκληρώσουμε μια συναλλαγή για την οποία συλλέχθηκαν οι προσωπικές πληροφορίες σας. Εάν αρνηθούμε το αίτημά σας για διαγραφή, θα σας ενημερώσουμε για τον λόγο για τον οποίο απορρίφθηκε αυτό το αίτημα.
• Το δικαίωμα εξαίρεσης από την πώληση ή την κοινοποίηση των προσωπικών πληροφοριών σας. Έχετε το δικαίωμα εξαίρεσης από την πώληση ή την κοινοποίηση των προσωπικών πληροφοριών σας. Μπορείτε να εξαιρεθείτε από τη συλλογή και την κοινοποίηση των Cookies απόδοσης και στόχευσης όπως περιγράφεται στις Τεχνολογίες συλλογής δεδομένων (σύνδεσμος), παραπάνω ή μέσω των Προτιμήσεων για τα Cookies.
• Το δικαίωμα ίσης μεταχείρισης κατά την παροχή υπηρεσιών. Εάν επιλέξετε να ασκήσετε οποιοδήποτε από αυτά τα δικαιώματα, δεν θα προβούμε σε αντίποινα εναντίον σας με κανέναν τρόπο. Εάν ασκήσετε ορισμένα δικαιώματα, κατανοήστε ότι ενδέχεται να μην μπορείτε να χρησιμοποιήσετε ή να αποκτήσετε πρόσβαση σε ορισμένες λειτουργίες του ιστότοπου ή των υπηρεσιών ή των ιδιοτήτων μας.

Εάν είστε κάτοικος της Καλιφόρνια, μπορείτε να ασκήσετε τα δικαιώματα ιδιωτικού απορρήτου σας όπως περιγράφεται στην ενότητα «Υποβολή αιτήματος δικαιωμάτων απορρήτου» παρακάτω.

Shine the Light: Η Ενότητα 1798.83 του Αστικού Κώδικα της Καλιφόρνια παρέχει στους κατοίκους της Καλιφόρνιας το δικαίωμα να ζητούν από εμάς μία φορά ανά ημερολογιακό έτος ορισμένες πληροφορίες σχετικά με τη γνωστοποίηση των προσωπικών πληροφοριών τους σε τρίτους για σκοπούς άμεσου μάρκετινγκ των εν λόγω τρίτων. Μπορείτε να ζητήσετε πληροφορίες σχετικά με τη γνωστοποίηση των προσωπικών πληροφοριών σας σε τρίτους για σκοπούς άμεσου μάρκετινγκ των εν λόγω τρίτων, επικοινωνώντας μαζί μας στη διεύθυνση privacy@wdc.com.

Οικονομικά κίνητρα

Μπορεί να προσφέρουμε οικονομικά κίνητρα στους καταναλωτές με αντάλλαγμα την κοινοποίηση ορισμένων προσωπικών πληροφοριών σε εμάς. Η συμμετοχή και οι ανταμοιβές που προσφέρονται ως κίνητρα καθορίζονται σε κάθε πρόγραμμα. Η εκτίμηση της αξίας των πληροφοριών σας, η οποία γίνεται καλόπιστα, είναι η αξία του οφέλους που σας προσφέρουμε. Υπολογίζουμε αυτήν την αξία χρησιμοποιώντας το κόστος για εμάς από τη λειτουργία του προγράμματος σε σχέση με το όφελος που αποκομίζουμε από την εκτέλεση του προγράμματος. Μπορείτε να επιλέξετε να συμμετάσχετε εγγραφόμενοι στο κίνητρο όταν σας προσφέρεται. Η συμμετοχή είναι πάντα προαιρετική και μπορείτε να εξαιρεθείτε από τη συμμετοχή ανά πάσα στιγμή, όπως εξηγείται στους ισχύοντες όρους του προγράμματος.

Ανήλικοι της Καλιφόρνια

Εάν είστε κάτοικος της Καλιφόρνια κάτω των 18 ετών και είστε εγγεγραμμένος χρήστης των προϊόντων ή των υπηρεσιών μας, η νομοθεσία της Καλιφόρνια σάς επιτρέπει να ζητήσετε την αφαίρεση περιεχομένου ή πληροφοριών που έχετε αναρτήσει δημοσίως. Για να υποβάλετε το σχετικό αίτημα Επικοινωνήστε μαζί μας με συγκεκριμένα στοιχεία για το πού έχει αναρτηθεί το περιεχόμενο ή οι πληροφορίες, βεβαιώνοντας ότι πράγματι έχετε προβεί στη σχετική ανάρτηση. Στη συνέχεια, θα καταβάλλουμε εύλογες, καλόπιστες προσπάθειες για να αφαιρέσουμε την ανάρτηση από ενδεχόμενη δημόσια προβολή ή να την ανωνυμοποιήσουμε ούτως ώστε να μην είναι δυνατή η ταυτοποίησή σας, στον βαθμό που απαιτείται από την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία. Επισημαίνεται ότι το σχετικό αίτημα δεν διασφαλίζει την πλήρη ή ολοκληρωμένη διαγραφή του περιεχομένου ή των πληροφοριών που έχετε αναρτήσει και ότι ενδέχεται να υπάρχουν περιστάσεις στις οποίες ο νόμος δεν απαιτεί ή δεν επιτρέπει τη διαγραφή ακόμα και αν υπάρξει σχετικό αίτημα.

Δικαιώματα ιδιωτικού απορρήτου των πολιτειών

Παρέχουμε στους κατοίκους των Κολοράντο, Κονέκτικατ, Ντέλαγουερ, Ιντιάνα, Αϊόβα, Κεντάκι, Μέριλαντ, Μινεσότα, Μοντάνα, Νεμπράσκα, Νιου Χάμσαϊρ, Νιου Τζέρσεϊ, Όρεγκον, Ρόουντ Άιλαντ, Τενεσί, Τέξας, Γιούτα ή Βιρτζίνια, τα δικαιώματα ιδιωτικού απορρήτου που απαιτούνται από την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία, όπως περιγράφεται περαιτέρω παρακάτω.

Δικαιώματα ιδιωτικού απορρήτου καταναλωτών:

Ενδέχεται να έχετε τα ακόλουθα δικαιώματα, με την επιφύλαξη τυχόν ισχυουσών εξαιρέσεων ή περιορισμών:

• Το δικαίωμα πρόσβασης. Έχετε το δικαίωμα να επιβεβαιώσετε εάν επεξεργαζόμαστε τις προσωπικές πληροφορίες σας και να αποκτήσετε πρόσβαση στις εν λόγω προσωπικές πληροφορίες.
• Το δικαίωμα διόρθωσης. Έχετε το δικαίωμα να ζητήσετε να διορθώσουμε τις ανακριβείς προσωπικές πληροφορίες σας που διατηρούμε για εσάς.
• Το δικαίωμα διαγραφής. Έχετε το δικαίωμα να ζητήσετε τη διαγραφή των προσωπικών πληροφοριών σας υπό συγκεκριμένες συνθήκες.
• Το δικαίωμα εξαίρεσης. Έχετε το δικαίωμα να αντιταχθείτε ή να εξαιρεθείτε από ορισμένους τύπους επεξεργασίας, όπως: (1) επεξεργασία για σκοπούς στοχευμένης διαφήμισης, (2) επεξεργασία για τον σκοπό της πώλησης προσωπικών πληροφοριών και (3) επεξεργασία για τον σκοπό ορισμένων τύπων κατάρτισης προφίλ και αυτοματοποιημένης λήψης αποφάσεων.
• Το δικαίωμα στη φορητότητα των δεδομένων. Έχετε το δικαίωμα να ζητήσετε ένα αντίγραφο των προσωπικών πληροφοριών σας σε προσβάσιμη μορφή.
• Το δικαίωμα ίσης μεταχείρισης κατά την παροχή υπηρεσιών. Εάν επιλέξετε να ασκήσετε οποιοδήποτε από αυτά τα δικαιώματα, δεν θα κάνουμε διακρίσεις εναντίον σας με κανέναν τρόπο. Εάν ασκήσετε ορισμένα δικαιώματα, κατανοήστε ότι ενδέχεται να μην μπορείτε να χρησιμοποιήσετε ή να αποκτήσετε πρόσβαση σε ορισμένες λειτουργίες των ιστότοπων ή των υπηρεσιών ή των ιδιοτήτων μας.
• Το δικαίωμα έφεσης. Εάν δεν ικανοποιήσουμε το αίτημά σας ως καταναλωτή, μπορεί να έχετε το δικαίωμα να ασκήσετε έφεση κατά της απόρριψης.

Μπορείτε να ασκήσετε τα δικαιώματα ιδιωτικού απορρήτου σας όπως περιγράφεται στην ενότητα «Υποβολή αιτήματος δικαιωμάτων απορρήτου» παρακάτω.

Εάν θέλετε να ασκήσετε τα ισχύοντα δικαιώματά σας, μπορείτε να επικοινωνήσετε απευθείας με τον Υπεύθυνο Προστασίας Δεδομένων (ΥΠΔ) της εταιρείας μας μέσω email στη διεύθυνση privacy@wdc.com. Μπορείτε επίσης να επικοινωνήσετε μαζί μας στο 888-914-9661 μέσω της διαδικτυακής φόρμας ή να μας στείλετε μια επιστολή μέσω ταχυδρομείου στην πλησιέστερη σε εσάς τοποθεσία στη διεύθυνση: Υπόψη: Νομικού τμήματος: Ερώτημα σχετικά με τη Δήλωση Ιδιωτικού Απορρήτου.

Θα απαντήσουμε στο αίτημά σας εντός του χρονικού πλαισίου που απαιτείται από τον νόμο (και γενικώς εντός 30 ημερών).

Βάσει νόμου και προκειμένου να προστατεύσουμε το ιδιωτικό απόρρητο και την ασφάλεια των προσωπικών πληροφοριών σας, ενδέχεται να σας ζητήσουμε πληροφορίες ώστε να είμαστε σε θέση να επαληθεύσουμε την ταυτότητά σας και το δικαίωμα πρόσβασης στις εν λόγω πληροφορίες, καθώς και να αναζητήσουμε και να σας παρέχουμε τις προσωπικές πληροφορίες που διατηρούμε.

Ανακύπτουν περιπτώσεις όπου η ισχύουσα νομοθεσία ή οι κανονιστικές απαιτήσεις μάς επιτρέπουν ή απαιτούν από εμάς να αρνηθούμε το αίτημά σας.

Εάν κατοικείτε στην Καλιφόρνια ή σε άλλη πολιτεία ή δικαιοδοσία που παρέχει το δικαίωμα να εξαιρεθείτε από την πώληση ή κοινοποίηση των προσωπικών πληροφοριών σας από εμάς σε τρίτα μέρη για τη χρήση των δεδομένων σας όπως περιγράφηκε παραπάνω, συμπεριλαμβανομένης της διασταυρούμενης συμπεριφορικής διαφήμισης:

• υποβάλετε ένα αίτημα μέσω της φόρμας Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information (Απαγόρευση πώλησης των προσωπικών πληροφοριών μου) που θα βρείτε εδώ, δηλώνοντας ότι επιθυμείτε να εξαιρεθείτε από τις πωλήσεις [όπως η διαβίβαση των πληροφοριών σας στους συνεργάτες μας για σκοπούς αντιστοίχισης κοινού με άλλα μέσα εκτός από τα cookies ή τις τεχνολογίες παρακολούθησης ιστού που αναφέρονται στην παράγραφο (2) κατωτέρω] και
• πατήστε Προτιμήσεις για τα Cookies στο υποσέλιδο παρακάτω και επιλέξτε «Όχι» στις επιλογές για τα cookies «Απόδοσης και λειτουργικότητας» και «Διαφήμισης» και στη συνέχεια πατήστε «Υποβολή προτιμήσεων». Έτσι θα απενεργοποιηθούν τα cookies απόδοσης, λειτουργικότητας και διαφήμισης και οι τεχνολογίες παρακολούθησης ιστού στον ιστότοπό μας, συμπεριλαμβανομένων όσων χρησιμοποιούνται για σκοπούς αντιστοίχισης κοινού και εξατομικευμένων διαφημίσεων. Η απενεργοποίηση αυτών των cookies και των τεχνολογιών παρακολούθησης ιστού μπορεί να ισχύει μόνο για το συγκεκριμένο πρόγραμμα περιήγησης από το οποίο πατήσατε τον σύνδεσμο και οι προτιμήσεις σας μπορούν να επανέλθουν αν αλλάξετε τις ρυθμίσεις σας.

Εξουσιοδοτημένος εκπρόσωπος: Μπορείτε να εξουσιοδοτήσετε έναν εκπρόσωπο να υποβάλει ένα αίτημα για λογαριασμό σας. Επομένως, αρκεί να χορηγήσετε στον εξουσιοδοτημένο εκπρόσωπό σας ρητή και υπογεγραμμένη άδεια για την υποβολή αιτήματος εκ μέρους σας, και να είναι δυνατή η επαλήθευση της ταυτότητάς του. Εάν κατοικείτε στην Καλιφόρνια και θέλετε να ορίσετε έναν εκπρόσωπο για τους σκοπούς της υποβολής ενός αιτήματος, ο εκπρόσωπός σας πρέπει να εγγραφεί στο Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών της Καλιφόρνια και να προσκομίσει ένα αντίγραφο της εν λόγω εγγραφής μαζί με το σχετικό επαληθευμένο αίτημα του καταναλωτή. Φροντίστε να διασφαλίσετε ότι ο εξουσιοδοτημένος εκπρόσωπός σας θα ακολουθήσει τις παραπάνω οδηγίες για την υποβολή του αιτήματος και επιπλέον να αποστείλει ταχυδρομικώς τη γραπτή δήλωσή σας που εξουσιοδοτεί τον εκπρόσωπο να ενεργεί εκ μέρους σας, επικυρωμένη από συμβολαιογράφο, στην ακόλουθη διεύθυνση: Legal Department, 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, California 95119 USA. Εάν ο εξουσιοδοτημένος εκπρόσωπός σας διαθέτει πληρεξούσιο, ενδεχομένως να μην χρειάζεται να προβεί στα παραπάνω βήματα.

Εάν ζητήσετε τη διαγραφή των δεδομένων σας, αυτό ενδέχεται να σας αφαιρέσει τη δυνατότητα πρόσβασης σε οποιονδήποτε λογαριασμό Western Digital. Επιπλέον, ενδέχεται να διατηρήσουμε ορισμένες προσωπικές πληροφορίες που σχετίζονται με εσάς εάν επιτρέπεται ή απαιτείται από την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία, ιδίως εάν είναι απαραίτητο να διατηρήσουμε ορισμένες προσωπικές πληροφορίες για να αποτρέψουμε την απάτη ή τη μελλοντική κατάχρηση.

Εάν είστε πολίτης της ΕΕ/του ΕΟΧ ή του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου, έχετε ορισμένα δικαιώματα σχετικά με τα δεδομένα σας:

Διευκρινίζεται ότι η άσκηση αυτών των δικαιωμάτων βασίζεται στη νόμιμη βάση της επεξεργασίας των προσωπικών πληροφοριών σας, ως εξής:

Ανάλογα με τη χώρα διαμονής σας, μπορεί να έχετε πρόσθετα τοπικά δικαιώματα όσον αφορά την επεξεργασία των προσωπικών πληροφοριών σας από εμάς. Για παράδειγμα, εάν βρίσκεστε στη Γαλλία, μπορείτε να ορίσετε είτε γενικές είτε συγκεκριμένες οδηγίες σχετικά με τις προσωπικές πληροφορίες σας σε περίπτωση θανάτου σας (π.χ. διαγραφή ή διαβίβασή τους σε οποιοδήποτε άτομο της επιλογής σας). Μπορείτε να ανακαλέσετε τις οδηγίες σας ανά πάσα στιγμή.

Εάν χρειαστεί, μπορείτε επίσης να υποβάλετε καταγγελία στην εθνική Αρχή Προστασίας Δεδομένων. Αυτό το δικαίωμα μπορεί να ασκηθεί ανά πάσα στιγμή και χωρίς χρέωση, με εξαίρεση τα πιθανά ταχυδρομικά τέλη ή τα έξοδα που σχετίζονται με νομική εκπροσώπηση ή βοήθεια εάν επιλέξετε να ζητήσετε βοήθεια από τρίτους για τη διαδικασία.

Άσκηση των δικαιωμάτων σας

Δεν θα προβούμε σε διακρίσεις εις βάρος σας για την άσκηση των ισχυόντων δικαιωμάτων σας.

Εάν θέλετε να ασκήσετε τα ισχύοντα δικαιώματά σας, μπορείτε να επικοινωνήσετε απευθείας με τον Υπεύθυνο Προστασίας Δεδομένων (ΥΠΔ) της εταιρείας μας μέσω email στη διεύθυνση DPO@wdc.com. Μπορείτε επίσης να επικοινωνήσετε μαζί μας μέσω της διαδικτυακής φόρμας ή να μας στείλετε μια επιστολή μέσω ταχυδρομείου στην πλησιέστερη σε εσάς τοποθεσία στη διεύθυνση: Υπόψη: Νομικού τμήματος: Ερώτημα σχετικά με τη Δήλωση Ιδιωτικού Απορρήτου.

Θα απαντήσουμε στο αίτημά σας εντός του χρονικού πλαισίου που απαιτείται από τον νόμο (και γενικώς εντός 30 ημερών).

Βάσει νόμου και προκειμένου να προστατεύσουμε το ιδιωτικό απόρρητο και την ασφάλεια των προσωπικών πληροφοριών σας, ενδέχεται να σας ζητήσουμε πληροφορίες ώστε να είμαστε σε θέση να επαληθεύσουμε την ταυτότητά σας και το δικαίωμα πρόσβασης στις εν λόγω πληροφορίες, καθώς και να αναζητήσουμε και να σας παρέχουμε τις προσωπικές πληροφορίες που διατηρούμε.

Ανακύπτουν περιπτώσεις όπου η ισχύουσα νομοθεσία ή οι κανονιστικές απαιτήσεις μάς επιτρέπουν ή απαιτούν από εμάς να αρνηθούμε το αίτημά σας. Εάν ζητήσετε τη διαγραφή των δεδομένων σας, αυτό ενδέχεται να σας αφαιρέσει τη δυνατότητα πρόσβασης σε οποιονδήποτε λογαριασμό Western Digital. Επιπλέον, ενδέχεται να διατηρήσουμε, ωστόσο, ορισμένες προσωπικές πληροφορίες που σχετίζονται με εσάς εάν επιτρέπεται ή απαιτείται από την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία, ιδίως εάν είναι απαραίτητο να διατηρήσουμε ορισμένες προσωπικές πληροφορίες για να αποτρέψουμε την απάτη ή τη μελλοντική κατάχρηση ή όπως απαιτείται από τον νόμο.

Εάν είστε πολίτης του Καναδά, έχετε ορισμένα δικαιώματα σχετικά με τα δεδομένα σας, ανάλογα με την επαρχία διαμονής:

Εάν χρειαστεί, μπορείτε επίσης να υποβάλετε καταγγελία στην εθνική Αρχή Προστασίας Δεδομένων. Αυτό το δικαίωμα μπορεί να ασκηθεί ανά πάσα στιγμή και χωρίς χρέωση, με εξαίρεση τα πιθανά ταχυδρομικά τέλη ή τα έξοδα που σχετίζονται με νομική εκπροσώπηση ή βοήθεια εάν επιλέξετε να ζητήσετε βοήθεια από τρίτους για τη διαδικασία.

Άσκηση των δικαιωμάτων σας

Δεν θα προβούμε σε διακρίσεις εις βάρος σας για την άσκηση των ισχυόντων δικαιωμάτων σας.

Εάν θέλετε να ασκήσετε τα ισχύοντα δικαιώματά σας, μπορείτε να επικοινωνήσετε απευθείας με τον Υπεύθυνο Προστασίας Δεδομένων (ΥΠΔ) της εταιρείας μας μέσω email στη διεύθυνση privacy@wdc.com. Μπορείτε επίσης να επικοινωνήσετε μαζί μας μέσω της διαδικτυακής φόρμας ή να μας στείλετε μια επιστολή μέσω ταχυδρομείου στην πλησιέστερη σε εσάς τοποθεσία στη διεύθυνση: Υπόψη: Νομικού τμήματος: Ερώτημα σχετικά με τη Δήλωση Ιδιωτικού Απορρήτου.

Θα απαντήσουμε στο αίτημά σας εντός του χρονικού πλαισίου που ορίζει η ισχύουσα νομοθεσία, εντός 30 ημερών.

Βάσει νόμου και προκειμένου να προστατεύσουμε το ιδιωτικό απόρρητο και την ασφάλεια των προσωπικών πληροφοριών σας, ενδέχεται να σας ζητήσουμε πληροφορίες ώστε να είμαστε σε θέση να επαληθεύσουμε την ταυτότητά σας και το δικαίωμα πρόσβασης στις εν λόγω πληροφορίες, καθώς και να αναζητήσουμε και να σας παρέχουμε τις προσωπικές πληροφορίες που διατηρούμε.

Ανακύπτουν περιπτώσεις όπου η ισχύουσα νομοθεσία ή οι κανονιστικές απαιτήσεις μάς επιτρέπουν ή απαιτούν από εμάς να αρνηθούμε το αίτημά σας. Επιπλέον, ενδέχεται να διατηρήσουμε, ωστόσο, ορισμένες προσωπικές πληροφορίες που σχετίζονται με εσάς εάν επιτρέπεται ή απαιτείται από την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία, ιδίως εάν είναι απαραίτητο να διατηρήσουμε ορισμένες προσωπικές πληροφορίες για να αποτρέψουμε την απάτη ή τη μελλοντική κατάχρηση.

Persönliche Daten sind Daten, mit denen Sie direkt oder indirekt identifiziert werden können. Personenbezogene Daten umfassen auch Daten, die mit anderen Daten verknüpft sind, die in angemessener Weise dazu verwendet werden können, Sie direkt oder indirekt zu identifizieren. Personenbezogene Daten umfassen keine Daten, die anonymisiert oder aggregiert wurden, sodass wir nicht mehr in der Lage sind, Sie in Verbindung mit anderen Daten oder anderweitig zu identifizieren. Soweit wir nicht identifizierte/pseudonymisierte Daten verarbeiten, bewahren und verwenden wir die Informationen in nicht identifizierter/pseudonymisierter Form und haben angemessene Maßnahmen ergriffen, um sicherzustellen, dass die Daten nicht identifiziert/pseudonymisiert bleiben, es sei denn, dies ist nach den geltenden Gesetzen erforderlich.

Welche personenbezogenen Daten wir erfassen:

Je nach den von Ihnen in Anspruch genommenen Produkten und Diensten erfassen, verwenden und speichern wir verschiedene Arten von personenbezogenen Daten über Sie:

• Persönliche Identifikationsmerkmale, einschließlich Name, Benutzername, E-Mail-Adresse, Telefonnummer sowie Postanschrift. Wir erfassen diese Informationen, um Ihre Identität und Informationen zu überprüfen, mit Ihnen zu kommunizieren, Ihre Käufe und Zahlungen zu verarbeiten, unsere Beziehung zu verwalten und Ihnen Produkte und Dienstleistungen zur Verfügung zu stellen.
• Handelsbezogene Informationen, einschließlich der von Kunden gekauften oder in Betracht gezogenen Produkte oder Dienstleistungen, Informationen über Ihr Konto bei Western Digital und die entsprechenden Authentifizierungsdaten, Informationen über Ihre Käufe, Versand- und Rechnungsadressen, Ihre Anfragen (z. B. Informationsanfragen, Anfragen, Beschwerden usw.) und Interaktionen mit uns. Wir erfassen diese Informationen, um Kundenunterlagen zu führen, Ihre Einkäufe und Zahlungen zu verwalten, unsere Beziehung zu verwalten, Trends in unseren Kundenbeziehungen zu identifizieren, für Inkassotätigkeiten und um Geschäftsanalysen durchzuführen.
• Finanzielle Informationen, einschließlich der Rechnungsinformationen zu Ihren Einkäufen, bestimmte begrenzte Informationen zu Kredit- oder Debitkarten, die von unserem Zahlungsabwickler verwendet werden, um eine von Ihnen angeforderte Transaktion durchzuführen. Wir erfassen diese Informationen, um Ihre Zahlung für Produkte und Dienstleistungen zu bearbeiten.
• Allgemeine Standortdaten. Sofern verfügbar, können unsere Dienste GPS, den aus Ihrer IP-Adresse abgeleiteten Standort und andere Technologien verwenden, um den ungefähren Standort von Computern, Telefonen oder anderen Geräten zu bestimmen, auf denen Sie unsere Produkte oder Dienste installieren bzw. darauf zugreifen. Wir erfassen diese Informationen, um Ihre Nutzung unserer Website und unserer Dienstleistungen zu verstehen und um mit Ihrer Zustimmung, sofern diese nach den geltenden Gesetzen erforderlich ist, gezieltes Marketing und Lead-Management zu betreiben.
• Rückschlüsse auf personenbezogene Daten, z. B. Daten über Ihre Interessen oder Ihr Kaufverhalten. Wir erfassen diese Informationen, um Ihre Vorlieben zu verstehen und unsere Dienstleistungen und Mitteilungen auf Sie zuzuschneiden.
• Sensible personenbezogene Daten, insbesondere Daten zu Kredit- oder Debitkarten, die bei unserer Zahlungsverarbeitung zur Ausführung einer von Ihnen angeforderten Transaktion verwendet werden. Wir verwenden Ihre sensiblen personenbezogenen Daten nur für legitime Geschäftszwecke, darunter (i) die Erbringung von Dienstleistungen oder die Bereitstellung von Waren, die von einer durchschnittlichen Person vernünftigerweise erwartet werden; (ii) die Erkennung von Sicherheitsvorfällen; (iii) die Abwehr bösartiger, betrügerischer oder illegaler Handlungen; (iv) die Gewährleistung der physischen Sicherheit von Personen; (v) die kurzfristige, vorübergehende Nutzung; (vi) die Erbringung interner Geschäftsdienstleistungen; oder (vii) die Überprüfung oder Aufrechterhaltung der Qualität oder Sicherheit eines Dienstes oder Geräts. Wir geben Ihre personenbezogenen Daten entgeltlich nicht an Dritte weiter.

Zusätzlich zu den oben genannten Kategorien personenbezogener Daten können Sie uns weitere personenbezogene Daten zur Verfügung stellen, z. B. wenn Sie ein Western Digital Konto erstellen, ein Formular online oder offline ausfüllen (z. B. Informationsanfragen, Rückfragen, Beschwerden), uns ein Foto zukommen lassen oder eine Bewerbung einreichen. In jedem Fall sind die erfassten personenbezogenen Daten relevant und sollen in Bezug auf die Zwecke ihrer Verarbeitung auf das notwendige Maß beschränkt werden.

Daten über Internet- oder andere elektronische Netzaktivitäten, einschließlich Browserverlauf, Suchverlauf und Daten über die Nutzung unserer Produkte und Dienste, wie z. B. das von Ihnen verwendete Gerät, Ihre Geräteeinstellungen, die eindeutigen Identifikationsmerkmale sowie die IP-Adresse Ihres Geräts, Ihr Betriebssystem, der von Ihnen verwendete Internetbrowser, Nutzungsdaten, Diagnosedaten, Browsingdaten, Sitzungszusammenfassungsdaten, CPU- und andere Nutzungsstatistiken, API-Aufrufe, Dienstabsturzdaten, Netzwerkstatus, Speicherverwendung, Suchbegriffe und Dateieigenschaften (einschließlich Eigenschaften von Fotos, Videos, Musikdateien und Dokumenten). Für weitere Informationen dazu, wie wir Cookies und andere ähnliche Technologien verwenden und welche Möglichkeiten Sie diesbezüglich haben, lesen Sie bitte unsere Cookie-Einstellungen.

So erfassen wir personenbezogene Daten

• Daten, die Sie uns gegenüber angeben: Wir können personenbezogene Daten erfassen, die Sie uns gegenüber angeben, wenn Sie unsere Produkte und Dienstleistungen kaufen, installieren, darauf zugreifen und in Anspruch nehmen, ein Western Digital Konto erstellen, uns kontaktieren, an einer Umfrage teilnehmen, sich an Diskussionen in der Community oder in Chatrooms beteiligen, sich um eine Stelle bewerben, sich für den Erhalt unserer Marketingmitteilungen anmelden oder bei Veranstaltungen persönlich oder anderweitig mit uns in Kontakt treten.
• Zahlungsrelevante Daten:Wenn Sie eine Bestellung aufgeben, können wir personenbezogene Daten in Zusammenhang mit der Bestellung erfassen.
• Informationen über die Verwendung unserer Produkte und Dienstleistungen:Wenn Sie unsere Produkte und Dienstleistungen (einschließlich unserer Websites und Web-, Mobil- sowie Desktop-Anwendungen) nutzen oder unsere E-Mails, andere elektronische Mitteilungen oder Werbeanzeigen ansehen, erfassen wir möglicherweise Daten von oder über die Computer, Telefone oder anderen Geräte, auf denen Sie unsere Produkte oder Dienstleistungen installieren bzw. darauf zugreifen. Einige dieser Daten erfassen wir möglicherweise automatisch. Für weitere Informationen dazu, wie wir Cookies und andere ähnliche Technologien verwenden und welche Möglichkeiten Sie diesbezüglich haben, lesen Sie bitte unsere Cookie-Einstellungen.
• Daten von Drittanbietern:Nur wenn dies nach den geltenden Gesetzen zulässig ist, können wir auch Informationen von Dritten erfassen, einschließlich Geschäftspartnern, Marketingagenturen und Dienstleistern. Falls zutreffend, kann dies auch Ihre Kontaktdaten von Marketingpartnern umfassen, wenn wir gemeinsame Marketing- und Co-Branding-Aktivitäten durchführen, Ihre IP-Adresse oder Standortdaten von Dienstleistungsunternehmen, um Ihnen bestimmte Produkte oder Dienste anzubieten, die für Ihren Standort relevant sind, sowie Daten aus Ihren sozialen Netzwerken, um Ihre Nutzung unserer Produkte und Dienste zu authentifizieren, bzw. um Ihnen für Sie möglicherweise interessante Produkte und Dienste anzubieten, oder wenn Sie unseren Produkten und Diensten die Zugriffsrechte einräumen.
• Daten aus öffentlichen Quellen:Nur wenn dies nach den geltenden Gesetzen zulässig ist, können wir Daten aus staatlichen Quellen und Aufzeichnungen und anderen öffentlich zugänglichen Daten erfassen.

Je nach Art unserer Beziehung zu Ihnen können wir personenbezogene Daten für die unten beschriebenen Zwecke verwenden, entweder mit Ihrer Zustimmung oder wie nach den geltenden Gesetzen zulässig:

Für alle oben beschriebenen Verwendungen Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten, die nach geltendem Recht Ihre ausdrückliche vorherige Zustimmung erfordern, beachten Sie, dass Sie Ihre Zustimmung jederzeit widerrufen können, indem Sie sich per E-Mail an unseren Datenschutzbeauftragten (DPO) wenden unter privacy@wdc.com Sie können uns auch über unser Webformular erreichen oder uns an folgende Adresse einen Brief an einen Standort in Ihrer Nähe schreiben: Z. Hd.: Rechtsabteilung – Frage zur Datenschutzerklärung.

Als globales Unternehmen hat Western Digital eine Reihe von verbundenen Unternehmen in verschiedenen Ländern, die auch direkt oder indirekt mit Ihnen interagieren können. Je nach Ihrer Beziehung zu diesen verbundenen Unternehmen können diese Ihre personenbezogenen Daten als unabhängige Verantwortliche erfassen, verarbeiten und über die Art der Verarbeitung entscheiden, insbesondere um Ihnen die von Ihnen angeforderten Produkte und Dienstleistungen bereitzustellen.

Wir können Cookies und ähnliche Technologien nutzen, um unsere Produkte und Dienste zu schützen und zu verbessern, etwa indem wir Inhalte personalisieren, das Nutzerverhalten nachvollziehen und ein sichereres Benutzererlebnis bereitstellen. Zudem können wir diese Technologien nutzen, um Ihnen personalisierte Werbung auch auf Drittanbieter-Websites und in Drittanwendungen anzuzeigen, und um den Erfolg unserer Werbekampagnen zu messen. Für weitere Informationen dazu, wie wir Cookies und andere ähnliche Technologien verwenden und welche Möglichkeiten Sie diesbezüglich haben, lesen Sie bitte unsere Cookie-Einstellungen.

Offenlegung personenbezogener Daten

Jede Kategorie der personenbezogenen Daten, die wir erfassen, kann mit den unten beschriebenen Empfängern für die in dieser Datenschutzerklärung beschriebenen Zwecke geteilt werden.

Unsere Dienstleister, Lieferanten und andere Partner

Wir können personenbezogene Daten für betriebliche und technische Zwecke im Zusammenhang mit unseren Produkten und Dienstleistungen an Dienstleister, Lieferanten und andere Partner weitergeben, darunter die Verwaltung unserer Beziehung zu Ihnen, wie etwa Website-Hosting, E-Mail-Dienste, Marketing, Werbung, Sponsoring von Gewinnspielen, Wettbewerben und andere Werbeaktionen, Wirtschaftsprüfungen, Zahlungsabwicklung, Ausführung von Kundenbestellungen, Datenanalyse, Kundenservice, Marktforschung und Kundenzufriedenheitsumfragen, Cloudspeicherdienste und andere Dienste, die bei der Bereitstellung oder dem Verkauf unserer Produkte und Dienste helfen.

Soweit dies nach geltendem Recht zulässig ist, können wir Ihre personenbezogenen Daten auch an Werbetreibende, Datenanalyseanbieter und soziale Netzwerke weitergeben, die uns dabei helfen, Produktempfehlungen abzugeben und Ihnen Marketingnachrichten und relevante Inhalte zu senden.

Verbundene Unternehmen

Wir können personenbezogene Daten mit allen mit Western Digital verbundenen Unternehmen für das globale Management unserer Geschäftstätigkeiten innerhalb der Western Digital Group teilen.

Geschäftstransaktionen

Im Falle einer Fusion, Neuorganisation, Ausgliederung, Übertragung, Akquisition, Veräußerung, Beauftragung, eines Verkaufs oder Joint-Ventures von jeglichen oder sämtlichen Teilen unseres Unternehmens, einschließlich in Zusammenhang mit einer Insolvenz oder ähnlichen Verfahren, übertragen wir möglicherweise sämtliche personenbezogenen Daten an das entsprechende Drittunternehmen.

Behörden und rechtliche Abhilfemaßnahmen

Unter Umständen sind wir gesetzlich oder in Folge eines Rechtsverfahrens, Rechtsstreits oder Anfragen von zuständigen Behörden in oder außerhalb Ihres Wohnsitzlandes (z. B. öffentliche oder staatliche Behörden, Justizbehörden) verpflichtet, bestimmte personenbezogene Daten Behörden, Anwälten oder interessierten Parteien offenzulegen. Wir können personenbezogene Daten auch offenlegen, wenn wir dazu gemäß den geltenden Gesetzen aufgefordert werden (z. B. zu Zwecken der nationalen Sicherheit, Strafverfolgung oder anderen Angelegenheiten von öffentlichem Interesse usw.). Wir können personenbezogene Daten auch offenlegen, wenn wir in gutem Glauben der Meinung sind, dass die Offenlegung in angemessenem Maße nötig ist, um unsere Rechte zu schützen und verfügbare Rechtsmittel auszuschöpfen, unsere Geschäftsbedingungen durchzusetzen, Betrugsfälle zu untersuchen oder unseren Betrieb oder unsere Benutzer zu schützen.

Ihre Rechte

Wenn Sie in Kalifornien, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah oder Virginia wohnen, können Sie Ihre zusätzlichen Rechte nachlesen, indem Sie auf hier klicken.

Wenn Sie in der EU/EWR oder im Vereinigten Königreich wohnen, können Sie Ihre Rechte nachlesen, indem Sie auf hier klicken.

Wenn Sie in Kanada wohnen, können Sie Ihre Rechte nachlesen, indem Sie auf hier klicken.

Browser-Signale

Do Not Track. Einige Webbrowser verfügen über die Funktion „Do Not Track“ oder ähnliche Funktionen, die es Ihnen ermöglichen, jeder von Ihnen besuchten Website mitzuteilen, dass Sie nicht möchten, dass Ihre Aktivitäten auf dieser Website nachverfolgt werden. Derzeit reagieren die Websites nicht auf „Do Not Track“-Signale und werden daher weiterhin Informationen über Sie erfassen, auch wenn das „Do Not Track“-Feature Ihres Browsers aktiviert ist.

Global Privacy Control (GPC). Mit Global Privacy Control (GPC) können Einzelpersonen ihre Datenschutzeinstellungen automatisch über ihren Browser oder über eine Erweiterung an Websites und andere Online-Dienste übermitteln. Wenn wir ein GPC-Signal zum Abmelden vom Website-Tracking erhalten, werden wir solchen Anfragen nachkommen.

Websites und Dienste Dritter

Unsere Produkte und Dienste (einschließlich unserer Websites und Web-, Mobil- und Desktop-Anwendungen) können Links zu Websites, Anwendungen, digitalen Ressourcen, Produkten oder Dienstleistungen von Drittanbietern enthalten oder Ihnen den Zugriff darauf gewähren. Wir tragen keine Verantwortung für die Datenschutzverfahren dieser Drittanbieter oder die Daten oder Inhalte, die deren Produkte und Dienste enthalten. Diese Datenschutzerklärung gilt ausschließlich für die Daten, die wir erfassen. Wir empfehlen Ihnen, die Datenschutzerklärungen jeglicher Drittanbieter zu lesen, bevor Sie deren Websites, Produkte oder Dienste nutzen.

Informationssicherheit

Es ist wichtig, dass Sie Vorsichtsmaßnahmen ergreifen, um sich vor unbefugtem Zugriff auf Ihre Western Digital Produkte und -Dienstleistungen, Western Digital Kontodaten und Computer oder andere Geräte zu schützen, die Sie installieren oder über die Sie auf unsere Produkte oder Dienstleistungen zugreifen. Wenn Sie der Meinung sind, dass die Sicherheit Ihres Western Digital Kontos oder Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten beeinträchtigt wurde, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte unverzüglich. Bitte beachten Sie, dass trotz all unserer Bemühungen, angemessene und geeignete technische und organisatorische Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu ergreifen, kein Sicherheitssystem undurchdringlich ist. Im Falle eines Sicherheitsverstoßes, der Ihre personenbezogenen Daten betrifft, werden wir Sie und die zuständigen lokalen Behörden benachrichtigen, sofern dies nach den geltenden Gesetzen erforderlich ist.

Aufbewahrung personenbezogener Daten

Soweit nach den geltenden Gesetzen zulässig, bewahren wir Ihre personenbezogenen Daten so lange auf, wie es für den jeweiligen Zweck, für den sie erfasst wurden, und in Übereinstimmung mit dieser Datenschutzerklärung erforderlich ist. Wir können Ihre personenbezogenen Daten auch aufbewahren, wenn dies gesetzlich vorgeschrieben ist oder um ein legitimes Interesse oder eine andere rechtmäßige Grundlage für die Aufbewahrung der Daten über den erforderlichen Zeitraum hinaus zu erfüllen. Wenn die rechtliche Grundlage ausschließlich auf der Einwilligung beruht, werden wir die personenbezogenen Daten löschen, sobald die Einwilligung widerrufen wird, es sei denn, dies ist anderweitig gemäß den geltenden Gesetzen zulässig oder erforderlich.

In der Regel bewahren wir Ihre personenbezogenen Daten bis zum Ende unserer Beziehung zu Ihnen auf. Über diese Aufbewahrungsfrist hinaus können wir Ihre personenbezogenen Daten während der geltenden gesetzlichen Verjährungsfristen oder gesetzlichen Aufbewahrungsfristen aufbewahren.

Minderjährige

Wir erfassen, verwenden oder teilen wissentlich keine Daten von Minderjährigen unter 18 Jahren. Wenn wir Kenntnis davon erlangen, dass wir die personenbezogenen Daten eines Minderjährigen unter 18 Jahren erfasst haben, unternehmen wir die nötigen Schritte, um diese Daten so schnell wie möglich zu löschen. Wenn Sie erfahren, dass Minderjährige unter 18 Jahren uns gegenüber personenbezogene Daten angegeben haben, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte umgehend.

Übermittlung personenbezogener Daten

Wenn wir personenbezogene Daten mit unseren Partnern, verbundenen Unternehmen von Western Digital, Lieferanten und Dienstleistern oder anderen Dritten teilen, werden Ihre personenbezogenen Daten möglicherweise in Länder außerhalb des Landes, Bundesstaates oder der Provinz, in dem/der Sie wohnen, übertragen und/oder von dort aus zugänglich gemacht.

Für einige unserer Produkte und Dienstleistungen können Ihre personenbezogenen Daten auch auf Server in den USA oder anderen Standorten außerhalb des Landes, Bundesstaates oder der Provinz, in dem/der Sie wohnen, übertragen oder dort gespeichert werden, um Ihnen die Produkte und Dienstleistungen anbieten zu können.

Wenn Ihre personenbezogenen Daten außerhalb Ihres Wohnsitzes übertragen werden, kann der Empfängerort andere Datenschutzregeln haben als in Ihrem Land, Bundesstaat oder Ihrer Provinz. Obwohl solche Daten außerhalb Ihres Wohnsitzlandes liegen, unterliegen sie den Gesetzen des Landes, Bundesstaates oder der Provinz, in dem sie sich befinden, und können gemäß den Gesetzen dieses Landes den Regierungen, Gerichten oder Strafverfolgungs- bzw. Aufsichtsbehörden dieses anderen Landes offengelegt werden. Unsere Praktiken bezüglich Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten werden jedoch jederzeit weiterhin durch diese Datenschutzhinweise und durch anwendbare Gesetze geregelt.

Für den Fall, dass ein solches Drittland keinen Schutz für personenbezogene Daten gewährleistet, das dem des Landes, in dem Sie wohnen, entspricht, stellt Western Digital sicher, dass die Übermittlung durch angemessene Sicherheitsmaßnahmen abgedeckt ist (z. B. durch die Anwendung von Standardvertragsklauseln, wie sie von der Europäischen Kommission, dem Vereinigten Königreich oder der Cyberspace Administration of China, je nach Fall, verabschiedet wurden), und wird Maßnahmen ergreifen, um den anwendbaren Gesetzen zu entsprechen. Wenn Sie weitere Informationen über die potenziellen Drittländer, in die Ihre personenbezogenen Daten übertragen werden, wünschen und eine Kopie der entsprechenden Sicherheitsmaßnahmen erhalten möchten, wenden Sie sich bitte per E-Mail an unseren Datenschutzbeauftragten (DPO) unter privacy@wdc.com

Änderungen an dieser Datenschutzerklärung

Diese Datenschutzerklärung kann von Western Digital jederzeit aktualisiert werden. Daher empfehlen wir Ihnen, diese Datenschutzerklärung jedes Mal zu konsultieren, wenn Sie auf unsere Produkte und Dienstleistungen zugreifen (einschließlich unserer Websites und Web-, Mobil- und Desktop-Anwendungen). Wenn dies nach den geltenden Gesetzen erforderlich ist, werden wir uns angemessene Mühe geben, Sie über Aktualisierungen dieser Datenschutzerklärung zu informieren, indem wir die E-Mail-Adresse verwenden, die Sie uns bei der Anmeldung für ein Konto oder dem Kauf eines Produkts zur Verfügung gestellt haben.

Das California Consumer Privacy Act („CCPA“) verpflichtet uns, spezifische Angaben zu den personenbezogenen Daten zu machen, die wir in den vorangegangenen 12 Monaten erfasst haben. Diese Datenschutzerklärung beschreibt die Kategorien personenbezogener Daten, die wir erfassen, und die Informationsquellen, die geschäftlichen und kommerziellen Zwecke der Erhebung personenbezogener Daten sowie die Kategorien von Dritten, mit denen wir personenbezogene Daten für geschäftliche und kommerzielle Zwecke offengelegt haben.

Wir verkaufen keine personenbezogenen Daten für einen finanziellen Gegenwert. Wir haben möglicherweise die folgenden Kategorien personenbezogener Daten an unsere Anbieter von gezielter Werbung und Partner weitergegeben: Direkte Kennungen, Informationen zu Internetaktivitäten und Profildaten. Wir verkaufen wissentlich keine personenbezogenen Daten von Minderjährigen unter 18 Jahren.

Wir gewähren den Einwohnern Kaliforniens die gemäß dem geltenden Recht erforderlichen Datenschutzrechte, einschließlich des CCPA und des Shine the Light-Gesetzes, wie im Folgenden näher beschrieben.

Individuelle Datenschutzrechte in Kalifornien:

• Das Recht auf Auskunft. Sie haben das Recht, von uns zu verlangen, dass wir Ihnen mitteilen, welche personenbezogenen Daten wir über Sie erfasst haben, einschließlich der Kategorien personenbezogener Daten, die wir erfasst haben, der Kategorien der Quellen, aus denen wir sie erfasst haben, des geschäftlichen oder kommerziellen Zwecks der Erfassung, des Verkaufs oder der Weitergabe personenbezogener Daten, der Kategorien von Dritten, an die wir personenbezogene Daten weitergegeben haben, und der spezifischen personenbezogenen Daten, die wir erfasst haben.
• Das Recht auf Berichtigung. Sie haben das Recht, von uns zu verlangen, dass wir falsche personenbezogene Daten, die wir über Sie gespeichert haben, berichtigen.
• Das Recht auf Löschung. Sie haben das Recht, von uns zu verlangen, dass wir die personenbezogenen Daten, die wir über Sie erfasst oder gespeichert haben, löschen. Unter bestimmten Umständen können wir Ihren Antrag gemäß den gesetzlichen Bestimmungen ablehnen, wie zum Beispiel wenn wir unseren gesetzlichen Verpflichtungen nachkommen müssen oder eine Transaktion abschließen müssen, für die Ihre personenbezogenen Daten erfasst wurden. Wenn wir Ihrem Antrag auf Löschung nicht stattgeben, werden wir Ihnen den Grund mitteilen, warum dieser Antrag abgelehnt wurde.
• Recht auf Ablehnung des Verkaufs oder der Weitergabe Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten. Sie haben das Recht auf Ablehnung des Verkaufs oder der Weitergabe Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten. Sie können der Erhebung und Weitergabe von Leistungs- und Targeting-Cookies widersprechen, wie in den oben genannten Datenerfassungstechnologien (Link) beschrieben, oder dies über die Cookie-Einstellungen tun.
• Das Recht auf gleichwertigen Service. Wenn Sie sich entscheiden, eines dieser Rechte wahrzunehmen, werden wir Sie in keiner Weise benachteiligen. Wenn Sie bestimmte Rechte wahrnehmen, beachten Sie bitte, dass Sie möglicherweise bestimmte Funktionen der Website oder unserer Dienste oder Eigenschaften nicht nutzen oder darauf zugreifen können.

Wenn Sie in Kalifornien ansässig sind, können Sie Ihre Datenschutzrechte wie in „Einreichen einer Anfrage zum Datenschutz“ unten beschrieben ausüben.

Shine the Light: Der California Civil Code, Section 1798.83, gewährt den Einwohnern Kaliforniens das Recht, einmal pro Kalenderjahr bestimmte Informationen darüber anzufordern, wie wir ihre personenbezogenen Daten an Dritte für deren Direktmarketingzwecke weitergeben. Sie können Informationen darüber anfordern, wie Ihre personenbezogenen Daten an Dritte für deren Direktmarketingzwecke weitergegeben werden, indem Sie uns unter privacy@wdc.com kontaktieren.

Finanzielle Anreize

Wir können Verbrauchern finanzielle Anreize bieten, wenn sie uns bestimmte personenbezogene Daten von sich zur Verfügung stellen. Die Teilnahme sowie die Belohnungen, die als Anreize dienen, sind in jedem Programm festgelegt. Nach bestem Wissen und Gewissen gehen wir davon aus, dass der Wert Ihrer Daten dem Nutzen entspricht, den wir Ihnen anbieten. Wir berechnen diesen Wert, indem wir die Kosten für den Betrieb des Programms ins Verhältnis zu dem Vorteil setzen, der durch unsere Programmdurchführung entsteht. Sie können sich anmelden, indem Sie sich für den Anreiz anmelden, wenn dieser Ihnen angeboten wird. Die Teilnahme ist immer optional, und Sie können sich jederzeit aus der Teilnahme zurückziehen, wie in den geltenden Programmbedingungen erläutert.

Minderjährige, die in Kalifornien leben

Wenn Sie Einwohner Kaliforniens sowie unter 18 Jahre alt sind und ein registrierter Benutzer unserer Produkte und Dienste sind, haben Sie laut kalifornischen Gesetzen das Recht, die Löschung von Inhalten oder Informationen, die Sie veröffentlicht haben, zu erwirken. Um einen solchen Antrag zu stellen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte und teilen Sie uns mit, wo die Inhalte oder Daten veröffentlicht wurden, und bestätigen Sie, dass Sie sie veröffentlicht haben. Wir unternehmen dann im gesetzlich vorgeschriebenen Rahmen angemessene Bemühungen, um den Beitrag aus der Öffentlichkeit zu entfernen oder so zu anonymisieren, dass er nicht auf eine einzelne Person zurückgeführt werden kann. Bitte beachten Sie, dass eine solche Anfrage nicht die vollständige oder umfassende Entfernung der Inhalte oder Informationen sicherstellt, die Sie veröffentlicht haben. Es kann Umstände geben, in denen die Löschung auch auf Anfrage hin gesetzlich nicht vorgeschrieben oder zulässig ist.

Datenschutzrechte der Bundesstaaten

Wir bieten Einwohnern in Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah oder Virginia die gemäß dem geltenden Recht erforderlichen Datenschutzrechte, wie unten beschrieben.

Datenschutzrechte der Verbraucher:

Sie haben unter Umständen folgende Rechte, vorbehaltlich etwaiger Ausnahmen oder Einschränkungen:

• Das Recht auf Zugang. Sie haben das Recht auf Bestätigung, ob wir Ihre personenbezogenen Daten verarbeiten, und Sie haben das Recht, auf diese personenbezogenen Daten zuzugreifen.
• Das Recht auf Berichtigung. Sie haben das Recht, von uns zu verlangen, dass wir Ihre falschen personenbezogenen Daten, die wir über Sie gespeichert haben, korrigieren.
• Das Recht auf Löschung. Sie haben das Recht, unter bestimmten Umständen zu verlangen, dass wir Ihre personenbezogenen Daten löschen.
• Das Recht auf Widerspruch. Sie haben das Recht, bestimmten Arten der Verarbeitung zu widersprechen oder diese abzulehnen, darunter: (1) Verarbeitung zu Zwecken zielgerichteter Werbung, (2) Verarbeitung zu Zwecken des Verkaufs personenbezogener Daten und (3) Verarbeitung zu Zwecken bestimmter Arten der Profilerstellung und automatisierten Entscheidungsfindung.
• Das Recht auf Datenübertragbarkeit. Sie haben das Recht, eine Kopie Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten in einem zugänglichen Format anzufordern.
• Das Recht auf gleichwertigen Service. Wenn Sie sich entscheiden, eines dieser Rechte wahrzunehmen, werden wir keinerlei Diskriminierung üben. Wenn Sie bestimmte Rechte wahrnehmen, beachten Sie bitte, dass Sie möglicherweise bestimmte Funktionen der Websites oder unserer Dienste oder Eigenschaften nicht nutzen oder darauf zugreifen können.
• Das Recht auf Einspruch. Wenn wir Ihren Verbraucherantrag nicht genehmigen, haben Sie möglicherweise das Recht, gegen diese Ablehnung Einspruch zu erheben.

Sie können Ihre Datenschutzrechte wie in „Einreichen einer Anfrage zum Datenschutz“ unten beschrieben ausüben.

Wenn Sie Ihre geltenden Rechte wahrnehmen möchten, können Sie sich direkt per E-Mail an unseren Datenschutzbeauftragten (DPO) unter privacy@wdc.com wenden. Sie können uns auch unter +1-888-914-9661 oder über unser Webformular erreichen oder uns an einen Standort in Ihrer Nähe einen Brief an folgende Adresse schreiben: Z. Hd.: Rechtsabteilung – Frage Zur Datenschutzerklärung.

Wir werden Ihre Anfrage innerhalb des gesetzlich vorgeschriebenen Zeitrahmens (in der Regel innerhalb von 30 Tagen) beantworten.

Wie gesetzlich vorgeschrieben und zum Schutz der Daten und der Sicherheit Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten verlangen wir möglicherweise Angaben von Ihnen, um Ihre Identität und Ihr Recht auf Zugang zu solchen Daten zu bestätigen, sowie um die von uns verwalteten, personenbezogenen Daten zu finden und sie Ihnen zur Verfügung zu stellen.

Es gibt Fälle, in denen das geltende Recht oder behördliche Vorgaben es erlauben oder sogar verlangen, dass wir eine Anfrage ablehnen.

Wenn Sie in Kalifornien oder einem anderen Staat oder einem anderen Land ansässig sind, in dem dieses Recht vorgesehen ist, können Sie dem Verkauf oder der Weitergabe Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten durch uns an Dritte für die Nutzung Ihrer oben beschriebenen Daten, einschließlich kontextübergreifender, verhaltensbezogener Werbung, widersprechen:

• Reichen Sie einen entsprechenden Antrag über das Formular „Widerspruch zum Verkauf oder zur Weitergabe meiner personenbezogenen Daten“ ein, das Sie hierfinden. Erklären Sie dabei, dass Sie dem Verkauf widersprechen möchten (etwa der Weitergabe Ihrer Daten an unsere Partner zum Zwecke des Zielgruppenabgleichs mithilfe anderer Technologien als Cookies oder Webtracking, wie unter (2) erwähnt).
• Klicken Sie dann in der Fußzeile auf Cookie-Einstellungen und schalten Sie die Cookie-Optionen „Leistung und Funktionalität“ sowie „Werbung“ beide auf „Nein“ und klicken Sie auf „Auswahl speichern“. Damit werden Leistungs-, Funktionalitäts- und Werbe-Cookies sowie Webtracking-Technologien auf unserer Website deaktiviert, einschließlich Technologien zum Zielgruppenabgleich und personalisierte Werbung. Die Deaktivierung dieser Cookies und Webtracking-Technologien greift möglicherweise nur für den Browser, in dem Sie den Link anklicken. Möglicherweise wird Ihre Auswahl auch zurückgesetzt, wenn Sie Ihre Einstellungen ändern.

Bevollmächtigter Vertreter: Sie können auch einen Vertreter bevollmächtigen, eine Anfrage in Ihrem Namen zu senden. Der bevollmächtigte Vertreter benötigt jedoch eine schriftliche und von Ihnen unterzeichnete Erlaubnis, in Ihrem Namen eine Anfrage stellen zu dürfen. Zudem muss uns Ihr bevollmächtigter Vertreter seine Identität nachweisen können. Wenn Sie in Kalifornien ansässig sind und einen Vertreter für die Antragstellung benennen möchten, muss sich Ihr Vertreter als solcher beim kalifornischen Außenministerium registrieren lassen und eine Kopie dieser Registrierung zusammen mit Ihrem überprüften Verbraucherantrag einreichen. Ihr bevollmächtigter Vertreter muss die obigen Anweisungen befolgen, um einen Antrag zu stellen. Zudem bitten wir Sie um Zusendung Ihrer durch einen Notar beglaubigten schriftlichen Erklärung, die den Vertreter ermächtigt, in Ihrem Namen zu handeln, an folgende Anschrift: Legal Department, 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, California 95119 USA. Wenn Ihr bevollmächtigter Vertreter eine Vollmacht besitzt, sind diese Schritte möglicherweise nicht erforderlich.

Wenn Sie die Löschung Ihrer Daten beantragen, kann Ihnen dies den Zugriff auf jegliche Western Digital Konten verwehren. Darüber hinaus können wir einige personenbezogene Daten über Sie speichern, wenn dies durch geltende Gesetze gestattet oder vorgeschrieben ist. Insbesondere kann es notwendig sein, einige personenbezogene Daten zu behalten, um Betrug oder zukünftigen Missbrauch zu verhindern.

Wenn Sie Bürger der EU/EWR oder des Vereinigten Königreichs sind, haben Sie bestimmte Rechte in Bezug auf Ihre Daten:

Es wird darauf hingewiesen, dass die Ausübung dieser Rechte von der Rechtsgrundlage der Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten abhängt, und zwar wie folgt:

Je nach Ihrem Wohnsitzland haben Sie möglicherweise zusätzliche lokale Rechte in Bezug auf unsere Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten. Wenn Sie beispielsweise Ihren Wohnsitz in Frankreich haben, können Sie entweder allgemeine oder spezifische Richtlinien zu Ihren personenbezogenen Daten im Falle Ihres Todes festlegen (z. B. deren Löschung oder Übermittlung an eine Person Ihrer Wahl). Sie können Ihre Anweisungen jederzeit widerrufen.

Bei Bedarf können Sie auch eine Beschwerde bei Ihrer nationalen Datenschutzbehörde einreichen. Dieses Recht kann jederzeit und kostenlos wahrgenommen werden, mit Ausnahme möglicher Portogebühren oder Kosten im Zusammenhang mit der rechtlichen Vertretung oder Unterstützung, falls Sie sich für die Durchführung der Prozedur an Dritte wenden.

Ausübung Ihrer Rechte

Wir werden Sie nicht wegen der Ausübung Ihrer geltenden Rechte anders behandeln.

Wenn Sie Ihre geltenden Rechte wahrnehmen möchten, können Sie sich direkt per E-Mail an unseren Datenschutzbeauftragten (DPO) unter DPO@wdc.com wenden. Sie können uns auch über unser Webformular erreichen oder uns an folgende Adresse einen Brief an einen Standort in Ihrer Nähe schreiben: Z. Hd.: Rechtsabteilung – Frage Zur Datenschutzerklärung.

Wir werden Ihre Anfrage innerhalb des gesetzlich vorgeschriebenen Zeitrahmens (in der Regel innerhalb von 30 Tagen) beantworten.

Wie gesetzlich vorgeschrieben und zum Schutz der Daten und der Sicherheit Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten verlangen wir möglicherweise Angaben von Ihnen, um Ihre Identität und Ihr Recht auf Zugang zu solchen Daten zu bestätigen, sowie um die von uns verwalteten, personenbezogenen Daten zu finden und sie Ihnen zur Verfügung zu stellen.

Es gibt Fälle, in denen das geltende Recht oder behördliche Vorgaben es erlauben oder sogar verlangen, dass wir eine Anfrage ablehnen. Wenn Sie die Löschung Ihrer Daten beantragen, kann Ihnen dies den Zugriff auf jegliche Western Digital Konten verwehren. Darüber hinaus können wir jedoch einige personenbezogene Daten über Sie speichern, wenn dies durch geltende Gesetze gestattet oder vorgeschrieben ist. Insbesondere kann es notwendig sein, einige personenbezogene Daten zu behalten, um Betrug oder zukünftigen Missbrauch zu verhindern oder um gesetzlichen Anforderungen zu entsprechen.

Wenn Sie Bürger Kanadas sind, haben Sie bestimmte Rechte in Bezug auf Ihre Daten, je nach Provinz Ihres Wohnsitzes:

Bei Bedarf können Sie auch eine Beschwerde bei Ihrer nationalen Datenschutzbehörde einreichen. Dieses Recht kann jederzeit und kostenlos wahrgenommen werden, mit Ausnahme möglicher Portogebühren oder Kosten im Zusammenhang mit der rechtlichen Vertretung oder Unterstützung, falls Sie sich für die Durchführung der Prozedur an Dritte wenden.

Ausübung Ihrer Rechte

Wir werden Sie nicht wegen der Ausübung Ihrer geltenden Rechte anders behandeln.

Wenn Sie Ihre geltenden Rechte wahrnehmen möchten, können Sie sich direkt per E-Mail an unseren Datenschutzbeauftragten (DPO) unter privacy@wdc.com wenden. Sie können uns auch über unser Webformular erreichen oder uns an folgende Adresse einen Brief an einen Standort in Ihrer Nähe schreiben: Z. Hd.: Rechtsabteilung – Frage Zur Datenschutzerklärung.

Wir werden Ihre Anfrage innerhalb des gesetzlich vorgeschriebenen Zeitrahmens von 30 Tagen beantworten.

Wie gesetzlich vorgeschrieben und zum Schutz der Daten und der Sicherheit Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten verlangen wir möglicherweise Angaben von Ihnen, um Ihre Identität und Ihr Recht auf Zugang zu solchen Daten zu bestätigen, sowie um die von uns verwalteten, personenbezogenen Daten zu finden und sie Ihnen zur Verfügung zu stellen.

Es gibt Fälle, in denen das geltende Recht oder behördliche Vorgaben es erlauben oder sogar verlangen, dass wir eine Anfrage ablehnen. Darüber hinaus können wir jedoch personenbezogene Daten über Sie speichern, wenn dies durch geltende Gesetze gestattet oder vorgeschrieben ist. Insbesondere kann es notwendig sein, personenbezogene Daten zu speichern, um Betrug oder zukünftigen Missbrauch zu verhindern.

Personal information is information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information also includes information that is linked to information that reasonably can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information does not include information that has been anonymized or aggregated so that it can no longer enable us, whether in combination with other information or otherwise, to identify you. To the extent we process de-identified/pseudonymized information, we will maintain and use the information in de-identified/pseudonymized form and have implemented reasonable measures to ensure that the data remains de-identified/pseudonymized unless otherwise required by applicable laws.

What Personal Information We Collect:

Depending on the products and services you use, we may collect, use, and store different kinds of personal information from or about you:

• Personal identifiers, including name, username, email address, phone number, and mailing address. We collect this information to verify your identity and information, communicate with you, process your purchases and payments, manage our relationship, and provide you with products and services.
• Commercial information, including the products or services purchased or considered by customers, information about your Western Digital account and authentication information, information about your purchases, shipping and billing addresses, your requests (e.g., information requests, queries, complaints, etc.) and interactions with us. We collect this information to maintain client records, manage your purchases and payments, manage our relationship, identify trends in our client relationships, collections activity, and conduct business analytics.
• Financial information, including the billing information related to your purchases, certain limited credit or debit card information that is used by our payment processor to help fulfill a transaction you have requested. We collect this information to process your payment of products and services.
• General location information. Where available, our services may use GPS, the location inferred from your IP address, and other technologies to determine the approximate, location of the computers, phones, or other devices on which you install or access our products or services. We collect this information to understand your use of our website and services and for targeted marketing and lead management with your consent when required by applicable laws.
• Inferences drawn from personal information, such as information about your interests or purchase preferences. We collect this information in order to understand your preferences and tailor our services and communications to you.
• Sensitive Personal Information, specifically credit or debit card information that is used by our payment processor to help fulfill a transaction you have requested. We use your Sensitive Personal Information only for legitimate business purposes, including to (i) perform services or provide goods reasonably expected by an average person; (ii) detect security incidents; (iii) resist malicious, deceptive or illegal actions; (iv) ensure the physical safety of individuals; (v) for short-term, transient use; (vi) perform or provide internal business services; or (vii) verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device. We do not sell your Sensitive Personal Information.

In addition to the above categories of personal information, you may choose to provide us with additional personal information, such as when you create a Western Digital account, fill in an online or offline form (e.g. information request, query, complaint, etc.), provide us a photograph, or submit an application for employment. In any case, the personal information collected will be relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed.

Internet or other electronic network activity information, including browsing history, search history, and information regarding your interaction with our products and services, such as the type of device you use, your device configuration, your device’s unique identifier, the IP address of your device, your operating system, the type of Internet browser that you use, usage information, diagnostic information, browsing information, session summary information, CPU and other usage statistics, API calls, service crash information, network status, storage utilization, search terms, and file attributes (including attributes for photos, videos, music, and documents). Please read our Cookie Preferences for more information on how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.

How We Collect Personal Information

• Information you provide: We may collect the personal information you provide when you purchase, install, access and use our products and services, create a Western Digital account, contact us, participate in a survey, participate in community discussions or chat rooms, apply for employment, sign-up to receive our marketing communications, interact with us at in-person events, or otherwise interact with us.
• Information about payments: If you make a purchase, we may collect personal information in connection with the purchase.
• Information about use of our products and services: When you use our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications), or view our emails, other electronic communications or advertisements, we may collect information from or about the computers, phones, or other devices on which you install or access our products or services. We may gather some of this information automatically. Please read our Cookie Preferences for more information on how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.
• Information from third parties: Only when permitted under applicable laws, we may also collect information from third parties, including business partners, marketing agencies, and service providers. If applicable, this may include your contact information from marketing partners when we engage in joint marketing or co-branding activities, your IP address or location information from service providers to offer certain products and services relevant to your location, and data from your social networks to authenticate your products and services use with us or that might interest you, or that you grant permission to our products or services to access.
• Information from public sources: Only when permitted under applicable laws, we may collect information from government sources and records and other publicly available information.

Depending on the nature of our relationship with you, we may use personal information for the purposes described below, either with your consent or as permitted under applicable laws:

For any of the uses of your personal information described above that require your prior express consent under applicable law, note that you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

As a global company, Western Digital. has a number of corporate affiliates in different jurisdictions that may also directly or indirectly interact with you. Depending on your relationship with these affiliates, they may collect, process, and determine how to process your personal information as an independent controller notably to help provide you with the products and services you request.

We may use cookies and similar technologies to provide, protect, and improve our products and services, such as by personalizing content, understanding user behavior, and providing a safer experience. We may also use these technologies to provide you with personalized advertisements, including on third-party websites and applications, and to determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns. Please visit our Cookie Preferences to learn more about how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.

Disclosure Of Personal Information

Each category of personal information that we collect may be shared with the recipients described below for the purposes described in this Privacy Statement.

Our Service Providers, Suppliers and Other Partners

We may share personal information with service providers, suppliers and other partners for operational and technical purposes related to our products and services including the management of our relationship with you, such as website hosting; email services; marketing; advertising; sponsoring of sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions; auditing; payment processing; fulfilling customer orders; data analytics; providing customer support; conducting customer research and satisfaction surveys; cloud storage services; and other services that assist in providing or selling our products and services.

Where permitted by applicable law, we also may share your personal information with advertisers, data analytics providers, and social media networks, which assist us with making product recommendations, marketing messaging, and sending you relevant content.

Corporate Affiliates

We may share personal information with all Western Digital-affiliated companies for the global management of our business activities within Western Digital Group.

Corporate Business Transactions

In the event of a merger, reorganization, acquisition, joint venture, assignment, spin-off, transfer, or sale or disposition of all or any portion of our business, including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings, we may transfer any and all personal information to the relevant third party.

Authorities and legal remediations actions

It may be necessary—by law or as a result of legal process, litigation, or requests from competent authorities within or outside your country of residence (e.g., public or governmental authorities, judiciary authorities) — for us to disclose certain personal information to authorities, lawyers and interested parties. We may also disclose personal information if we are requested to do so in accordance with applicable laws (e.g., national security purposes, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance, etc.). We may also disclose personal information if we determine in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect our rights and pursue available remedies, enforce our terms and conditions, investigate fraud, or protect our operations or users.

Your Rights

If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you can read about your additional rights by clicking here.

If you are a resident of the EU/EEA or the United Kingdom, you can read about your rights by clicking here.

If you are a resident of Canada, you can read about your rights by clicking here.

Browser Signals

Do Not Track. Some web browsers have “Do Not Track” or similar features that allow you to tell each website you visit that you do not want your activities on that website tracked. At present, the Sites do not respond to “Do Not Track” signals and consequently, the Sites will continue to collect information about you even if your browser’s “Do Not Track” feature is activated.

Global Privacy Control (GPC). Global Privacy Control (GPC) allows individuals to automatically signal their privacy preferences to websites and other online services through their browser or through an extension. If we receive a GPC signal to opt-out of website tracking, we will honor such requests.

Third-Party Websites And Services

Our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications) may contain links to or the ability for you to access third-party websites, applications, digital properties, products, or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those third parties, nor are we responsible for the information or content their products and services contain. This Privacy Statement applies solely to information collected by us. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third parties before proceeding to use their websites, products, or services.

Information Security

It is important that you take precautions to protect against unauthorized access to your Western Digital products and services, Western Digital account credentials, and computers or other devices which you install or access our products or services. If you feel that the security of your Western Digital account or personal information has been compromised, please immediately Contact Us. Please be aware that, despite our efforts to maintain reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational security measures, no security system is impenetrable. In the event of a security breach impacting your personal information, we will notify you and the proper local authorities if required by the applicable laws.

Personal Information Retention

To the extent permitted by applicable laws, we keep your personal information for as long as needed to fulfill the particular purpose for which it was collected and in accordance with this Privacy Statement. We may also retain your personal information if legally required or to fulfill a legitimate interest or another lawful basis for retaining the information beyond the period which is necessary. If the legal basis is based solely on consent, we will delete the personal information once consent is withdrawn unless otherwise authorized or required under applicable laws.

We usually keep your personal information until the end of our relationship with you. Beyond this retention period, we may keep your personal information during the applicable legal limitation periods or statutory limitation periods.

Minors

We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose information from children under the age of 18. If we learn that we have collected the personal information of a child under the age of 18, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible. Please immediately Contact Us if you become aware that a child under the age of 18 has provided us with personal information.

Personal Information Transfers

When we share your personal information with our partners, Western Digital-affiliated companies, suppliers, and service providers or any other third parties, your personal information may be transferred to and/or made accessible from countries out of the country, state, or province where you reside.

For some of our products and services, your personal information may also be transferred to and/or stored and processed on servers located in the United States, or in other locations outside of the country, state or province where you reside for the purpose of providing the products or services to you.

If your personal information is transferred outside of your place of residence, the recipient place may have different data protection rules than in your country, state, or province. While such information is outside of your place of residence, it is subject to the laws of the country, state, province in which it is located, and may be subject to disclosure to the governments, courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies of such other country, pursuant to the laws of such country. However, our practices regarding your personal information will at all times continue to be governed by this Privacy Notice and by applicable laws.

In the event that such third country does not ensure a level of protection of personal information equivalent to the country where you reside, Western Digital ensures that the transfer is covered by appropriate safeguards (for example, by entering into standard contractual clauses as adopted by the European Commission, the United Kingdom or the Cyberspace Administration of China, as applicable), and will implement measures to act in accordance with applicable laws. If you want more information about the potential third countries where your personal information is transferred and obtain a copy of the associated safeguards, please contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com.

Changes To This Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement may be updated by Western Digital at any time. Therefore, we recommend that you consult this Privacy Statement each time you access our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications). When required by applicable laws, we will make a reasonable effort to inform you of updates to this Privacy Statement by using the email address you provided to us when signing up for an account or purchasing a product.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) requires us to provide specific disclosures about the personal information we collected in the preceding 12 months. This Privacy Statement describes the categories of personal information we collect and sources of information, the business and commercial purposes for collecting personal information, and the categories of third parties we have disclosed personal information with for business and commercial purposes.

We do not sell personal information for monetary value. We may have shared the following categories of personal information with our targeted advertising service providers and partners: Direct Identifiers, Internet Activity Information, and Profile Information. We do not knowingly sell the personal information of minors under 18.

We provide California residents the privacy rights required under applicable law, including the CCPA and Shine the Light law, as further described below.

California Individual Privacy Rights:

• The right to know. You have the right to request to know what personal information we have collected about you, including the categories of personal information we have collected, the categories of sources from which we collected it, the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information, the categories of third parties to whom we disclosed personal information, and the specific pieces of Personal Information we collected.
• The right to correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
• The right to deletion. You have the right to request that we delete the personal information that we have collected or maintain about you. We may deny your request as permitted by law under certain circumstances, such as if we need to comply with our legal obligations or complete a transaction for which your personal information was collected. If we deny your request for deletion, we will let you know the reason why such request was denied.
• The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You can opt out from the collection and sharing of Performance and Targeting Cookies as described in Data Collection Technologies (link), above, or through the Cookie Preferences.
• The right to equal service. If you choose to exercise any of these rights, we will not retaliate against you in anyway. If you exercise certain rights, understand that you may be unable to use or access certain features of the website or our services or properties.

If you are a California resident, you can exercise your privacy rights as described in “Submitting a Privacy Rights Request,” below.

Shine the Light: California Civil Code Section 1798.83 gives California residents the rights to request from us once per calendar year certain information regarding our disclosure of their personal information to third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes. You may request information regarding the disclosure of your Personal Information to third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes by contacting us at privacy@wdc.com.

Financial Incentives

We may offer financial incentives to consumers in exchange for sharing certain personal information with us. Participation and the rewards offered as incentives are set out within each program. Our good faith estimate of the value of your information is the value of the benefit we offer to you. We calculate thatvalue by using the expense to us of operating the program related to the benefit obtained by our running of the program. You can opt-in by signing up for the incentive when it is offered to you. Participation is always optional, and you can opt out of participating at any time as explained in the applicable program terms.

California Minors

If you are a California resident under the age of 18, and you are a registered user of our products or services, California law permits you to request and obtain removal of content or information you have publicly posted. To make such a request, please Contact Us with specific information about where the content or information is posted and attesting that you posted it. We will then make reasonable, good faith efforts to remove the post from prospective public view, or anonymize it so you cannot be individually identified, to the extent required by applicable law. Please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information you have posted and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal even if requested.

State Privacy Rights

We provide residents Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, with the privacy rights required under applicable law as further described below.

Consumer Privacy Rights:

You may have the following rights, subject to any applicable exemptions or limitations:

• The right to access. You have the right to confirm whether we are processing your personal information and to access such Personal Information.
• The right to correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate your personal information that we maintain about you.
• The right to delete. You have the right to request that we delete your personal information under specific circumstances.
• The right to opt-out. You have the right to object or opt out of certain types of processing, including: (1) processing for the purpose of targeted advertising, (2) processing for the purpose of the sale of Personal Information, and (3) processing for the purpose of certain types of profiling and automated decision-making.
• The right to data portability. You have the right to request a copy of your personal information in an accessible format.
• The right to equal service. If you choose to exercise any of these rights, we will not discriminate against you in anyway. If you exercise certain rights, understand that you may be unable to use or access certain features of the websites or our services or properties.
• The right to appeal. If we do not grant your consumer request, you may have the right to appeal that denial.

You can exercise your privacy rights as described in “Submitting a Privacy Rights Request,” below.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us at 888-914-9661 via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law (and in general within 30 days).

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request.

If you are a resident of California or another state or jurisdiction that provides the right to opt-out of the sale or the sharing of your personal information by us to third parties for the uses of your data described above, including cross-context behavioral advertising:

• submit a request through the Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information form available here, specifying you wish to opt-out of sales (such as sharing your information with our partners for audience matching purposes via means other than cookies or web tracking technologies referenced in (2) below); and
• click Cookie Preferences in the footer below and toggle the options to “No” for both “Performance and Functionality” and “Advertising” Cookie options and click “Submit Preferences”. This will deactivate performance, functionality, and advertising cookies and web tracking technologies on our site, including those used for audience matching purposes and personalized advertisements. Deactivating these cookies and web tracking technologies may only apply to the specific browser from which you click the link, and your preferences may reset if you change your settings.

Authorized Agent: You may authorize an agent to submit a request on your behalf, so long as you provide the authorized agent written permission signed by you to make a request on your behalf, and your authorized agent additionally is able to verify their identity with us. If you are a resident of California and would like to designate an agent for purposes of making a request, your agent must register as such with the California Secretary of State and submit a copy of this registration along with your verified consumer request. Please have your authorized agent follow the instructions above to make a request and additionally mail your written declaration authorizing the agent to act on your behalf, certified by a notary public, to: Legal Department, 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, California 95119 USA. If your authorized agent has power of attorney, it may not be necessary to perform these steps.

If you request to delete your data, this may remove your ability to access any Western Digital accounts. In addition, we may retain some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse.

If you are a citizen of the EU/EEA or the United Kingdom, you have certain rights with respect to your data:

It is specified that the exercise of these rights is based on the legal basis of the processing of your personal information, as follows:

Depending on your country of residence, you may have additional local rights with respect to our processing of your personal information. For example, if you are based in France, you can define either general or specific guidelines regarding your personal information in the event of your death (e.g., their deletion or transmission to any person of your choice). You may revoke your instructions at any time.

If needed, you may also lodge a complaint with your national Data Protection Authority. This right may be exercised at any time and free of charge, at the exclusion of potential postal fees or expenses related to legal representation or assistance should you choose to engage third party assistance for the procedure.

Exercising Your Rights

We will not discriminate against you for the exercise of your applicable rights.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at DPO@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law (and in general within 30 days).

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request. If you request to delete your data, this may remove your ability to access any Western Digital accounts. In addition, we may retain, however, some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse or as required by law.

If you are a citizen of Canada, you have certain rights with respect to your data, depending on the province of residence:

If needed, you may also lodge a complaint with your national Data Protection Authority. This right may be exercised at any time and free of charge, at the exclusion of potential postal fees or expenses related to legal representation or assistance should you choose to engage third party assistance for the procedure.

Exercising Your Rights

We will not discriminate against you for the exercise of your applicable rights.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law, within 30 days.

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request. In addition, we may retain, however, some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse.

Persoonlijke gegevens zijn gegevens die kunnen worden gebruikt om je direct of indirect te identificeren. Persoonlijke gegevens bevatten tevens gegevens die zijn gekoppeld aan gegevens die redelijkerwijs kunnen worden gebruikt om u direct of indirect te identificeren. Persoonlijke gegevens omvatten geen gegevens die geanonimiseerd of samengevoegd zijn zodat zij ons niet langer in staat stellen, in combinatie met andere gegevens of anderszins, om u te identificeren. Voor zover wij geanonimiseerde/gepseudonimiseerde informatie verwerken, zullen we deze gegevens in geanonimiseerde/gepseudonimiseerde vorm behouden en gebruiken, en hebben wij redelijke maatregelen genomen om ervoor te zorgen dat de gegevens geanonimiseerd/gepseudonimiseerd blijven, tenzij toepasselijke wetgeving anders vereist.

Welke persoonsgegevens wij verzamelen:

Afhankelijk van de producten en diensten die u gebruikt, kunnen we verschillende soorten persoonsgegevens van en over u verzamelen, gebruiken en bewaren:

• Persoonlijke identificatoren, waaronder naam, gebruikersnaam, e-mailadres, telefoonnummer en postadres. Wij verzamelen deze informatie om uw identiteit en gegevens te verifiëren, met u te communiceren, uw aankopen en betalingen te verwerken, onze relatie te beheren en u producten en diensten aan te bieden.
• Commerciële informatie, waaronder de producten of diensten die door klanten zijn aangeschaft of overwogen, informatie over uw Western Digital-account en verificatiegegevens, informatie over uw bestellingen, verzend- en factuuradressen, uw verzoeken (bijv. informatieverzoeken, vragen, klachten, enz.) en interacties met ons. We verzamelen deze informatie om klantgegevens bij te houden, uw bestellingen en betalingen te beheren, onze relatie te beheren, trends in onze klantrelaties te bepalen en incassoactiviteiten en zakelijke analyses uit te voeren.
• Financiële informatie, waaronder factuurgegevens met betrekking tot uw bestellingen en bepaalde beperkte creditcard- of betaalkaartinformatie die door onze betalingsverwerker wordt gebruikt ter ondersteuning van een door u aangevraagde transactie. We verzamelen deze informatie om uw betaling van producten en diensten te verwerken.
• Algemene locatiegegevens. Indien beschikbaar, kunnen onze diensten gebruikmaken van GPS, de locatie die is afgeleid van uw IP-adres en andere technologieën om de geschatte locatie te bepalen van de computers, telefoons of andere apparaten waarop u onze producten of diensten installeert of gebruikt. We verzamelen deze informatie om uw gebruik van onze website en diensten te begrijpen en voor gerichte marketing en leadbeheer met uw toestemming, indien vereist door de toepasselijke wetgeving.
• Gevolgtrekkingen uit persoonsgegevens, zoals informatie over uw interesses of aankoopvoorkeuren. We verzamelen deze informatie om uw voorkeuren te begrijpen en onze diensten en communicatie op u af te stemmen.
• Gevoelige persoonsgegevens, met name creditcard- of betaalkaartgegevens die door onze betalingsverwerker worden gebruikt om een door u aangevraagde transactie te kunnen uitvoeren. We gebruiken uw gevoelige persoonsgegevens alleen voor gerechtvaardigde zakelijke doeleinden, waaronder (i) het uitvoeren van diensten of het aanbieden van goederen die redelijkerwijs worden verwacht door een gemiddelde persoon; (ii) het detecteren van beveiligingsincidenten; (iii) het weerstaan van kwaadwillige, misleidende of illegale acties; (iv) het waarborgen van de fysieke veiligheid van personen; (v) voor kortstondig, tijdelijk gebruik; (vi) het uitvoeren of verlenen van interne zakelijke diensten; of (vii) het verifiëren of handhaven van de kwaliteit of veiligheid van een dienst of apparaat. Wij verkopen uw gevoelige persoonsgegevens niet.

Naast de bovenstaande categorieën persoonsgegevens kunt u ervoor kiezen ons aanvullende persoonsgegevens te verstrekken, zoals wanneer u een Western Digital-account maakt, een online- of offline-formulier invult (bijv. een verzoek om informatie, vraag of klacht), ons foto bezorgt of wanneer u solliciteert voor een dienstverband. In elk geval zullen de verzamelde persoonsgegevens relevant zijn en beperkt blijven tot wat nodig is met betrekking tot de doeleinden waarvoor ze worden verwerkt.

Gegevens over activiteiten op internet of andere elektronische netwerken, waaronder de browsergeschiedenis, zoekgeschiedenis en informatie over uw interactie met onze producten en diensten, zoals het type apparaat dat u gebruikt, uw apparaatconfiguratie, de unieke id van uw apparaat, het IP-adres van uw apparaat, het besturingssysteem, het type internetbrowser dat u gebruikt, gebruiksgegevens, diagnostische gegevens, browsegegevens, sessieoverzichtsgegevens, CPU- en overige gebruiksstatistieken, API-oproepen, informatie over het crashen van diensten, netwerkstatus, gebruik van opslagruimte, zoektermen en bestandskenmerken (inclusief kenmerken voor foto's, video's, muziek en documenten). Lees onze Cookiesvoorkeuren voor meer informatie over hoe wij omgaan met cookies en vergelijkbare technologieën, en over de keuzes die u hierbij heeft.

Hoe we persoonsgegevens verzamelen

• Gegevens die u verstrekt: We kunnen persoonsgegevens verzamelen die u verstrekt bij aanschaf, installatie of gebruik van onze producten en diensten, wanneer u een Western Digital-account maakt, contact met ons opneemt, deelneemt aan een enquête, deelneemt aan communitygesprekken of chatrooms, solliciteert naar een baan, u aanmeldt voor onze marketingcommunicatie, interacties met ons heeft tijdens persoonlijke evenementen of anderszins met ons communiceert.
• Gegevens over betalingen:Als u een aankoop doet, kunnen we persoonlijke gegevens in verband met die aankoop verzamelen.
• Informatie over het gebruik van onze producten en diensten:Wanneer u gebruikmaakt van onze producten en diensten (waaronder onze websites en web-, mobiele en desktoptoepassingen) of onze e-mails, andere digitale communicatie of advertenties bekijkt, verzamelen we mogelijk informatie van of over de computers, telefoons of andere apparaten waarop u onze producten of diensten installeert of gebruikt. Sommige van deze gegevens kunnen automatisch worden verzameld. Lees onze Cookiesvoorkeuren voor meer informatie over hoe wij omgaan met cookies en vergelijkbare technologieën, en over de keuzes die u hierbij heeft.
• Informatie van derden:Alleen wanneer toegestaan onder de toepasselijke wetgeving, mogen we ook informatie verzamelen van derden, waaronder zakenpartners, marketingbureaus en dienstverleners. Indien van toepassing, kan dit tevens uw contactgegevens van marketingpartners omvatten, wanneer we gezamenlijke marketing of co-brandingactiviteiten uitvoeren, uw IP-adres of locatiegegevens van serviceproviders om bepaalde producten en diensten te bieden die relevant zijn voor uw locatie, en gegevens van uw sociale netwerken ter verificatie van uw gebruik van producten of diensten bij ons of die u mogelijk interesseren, of om aan te geven dat u toestemming verleent voor het gebruik van onze producten of diensten.
• Informatie uit openbare bronnen:Alleen wanneer toegestaan onder de toepasselijke wetgeving, kunnen wij informatie verzamelen uit overheidsbronnen en -records, en andere openbaar beschikbare informatie.

Afhankelijk van de aard van onze relatie met u, kunnen we persoonsgegevens gebruiken voor de hieronder beschreven doeleinden, met uw toestemming of zoals toegestaan onder de toepasselijke wetgeving:

Voor elk gebruik van uw persoonsgegevens zoals hierboven beschreven waarvoor uw voorafgaande uitdrukkelijke toestemming onder de toepasselijke wetgeving vereist is, kunt u uw toestemming op elk moment intrekken door contact op te nemen met onze functionaris voor gegevensbescherming (Data Protection Officer, DPO) op het e-mailadres privacy@wdc.com. U kunt ons ook bereiken via ons webformulier of door een e-mail te schrijven naar een vestiging in de buurt geadresseerd aan: T.a.v.: Juridische afdeling - Vraag over Privacyverklaring.

Als wereldwijd bedrijf heeft Western Digital een aantal dochterondernemingen in verschillende rechtsgebieden die ook direct of indirect met u kunnen communiceren. Afhankelijk van uw relatie met deze dochterondernemingen, kunnen zij uw persoonsgegevens verzamelen, verwerken en bepalen hoe deze gegevens moeten worden verwerkt als verwerkingsverantwoordelijke om te helpen u de door u gewenste producten en diensten te bezorgen.

We gebruiken cookies en vergelijkbare technologieën om onze producten en diensten aan te bieden, te beschermen en te verbeteren, bijvoorbeeld door het personaliseren van inhoud, het begrijpen van het gebruikersgedrag en het bieden van een veiligere gebruikservaring. We gebruiken deze technologieën mogelijk ook om u te voorzien van persoonlijke advertenties, waaronder die op websites en in toepassingen van derden, en om de effectiviteit van onze promotiecampagnes vast te stellen. Lees onze Cookievoorkeuren voor meer informatie over hoe wij omgaan met cookies en andere vergelijkbare technologieën, en over de keuzes die u hierbij heeft.

Vrijgeven van persoonsgegevens

Elke categorie persoonsgegevens die we verzamelen, kan worden gedeeld met de ontvangers die hieronder worden beschreven voor de doeleinden die in deze Privacyverklaring worden beschreven.

Onze dienstverleners, leveranciers en andere partners

We kunnen persoonsgegevens delen met serviceproviders, leveranciers en andere partners voor operationele en technische doeleinden die verband houden met onze producten en diensten, waaronder het beheer van onze relatie met u, zoals hosting van websites; e-maildiensten; marketing; advertenties; sponsoring van loterijen, prijsvragen en andere promoties; auditing; betalingsverwerking; het uitvoeren van orders van klanten; gegevensanalyse; het bieden van klantondersteuning; het uitvoeren van klantenonderzoek en klanttevredenheidsonderzoeken, opslagdiensten in de cloud en andere diensten die helpen bij het leveren of verkopen van onze producten en diensten.

Voor zover wettelijk toegestaan kunnen we uw persoonsgegevens ook delen met adverteerders, gegevensanalysebureaus en socialemedianetwerken, die ons helpen bij het doen van productaanbevelingen, het verzenden van marketingberichten en het sturen van relevante content.

Gelieerde ondernemingen

We kunnen persoonsgegevens delen met alle aan Western Digital gelieerde bedrijven voor het wereldwijde beheer van onze zakelijke activiteiten binnen de Western Digital Group.

Zakelijke transacties

In geval van een fusie, reorganisatie, overname, joint venture, toewijzing, spin-off, overdracht of verkoop of dispositie van het volledige bedrijf of een deel daarvan, inclusief in relatie tot enig faillissement of tot een soortgelijke situatie, dragen we mogelijk persoonlijke gegevens in hun geheel over aan de relevante derde.

Autoriteiten en rechtsmiddelen

Het kan noodzakelijk zijn, op grond van de wet of als gevolg van juridische procedures, rechtszaken of verzoeken van bevoegde autoriteiten binnen of buiten uw land van verblijf (bijv. publieke of overheidsinstanties, gerechtelijke autoriteiten), dat wij bepaalde persoonsgegevens verstrekken aan autoriteiten, juristen en andere belanghebbenden. We kunnen ook persoonsgegevens openbaar maken als we daar om worden gevraagd in overeenstemming met de toepasselijke wetgeving (bijv. nationale veiligheidsdoeleinden, wetshandhaving of andere kwesties van openbaar belang). We kunnen ook persoonsgegevens vrijgeven als we te goeder trouw vaststellen dat openbaarmaking redelijkerwijs noodzakelijk is om onze rechten te beschermen en gebruik te maken van de beschikbare rechtsmiddelen, naleving van onze algemene voorwaarden af te dwingen, fraude te onderzoeken of onze activiteiten of gebruikers te beschermen.

Uw Rechten

Als u een inwoner bent van Californië, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah of Virginia, kunt u meer lezen over uw aanvullende rechten door hier te klikken.

Als u een inwoner bent van de EU/EER of het Verenigd Koninkrijk, kunt u meer lezen over uw rechten door hier te klikken.

Als u een inwoner van Canada bent, kunt u meer lezen over uw rechten door hier te klikken.

Browsersignalen

Niet volgen. Sommige webbrowsers hebben de functie Niet volgen of een vergelijkbare functie waarmee u aan elke website die u bezoekt, kunt laten weten dat uw activiteiten op die website niet mogen worden gevolgd. Momenteel reageren de sites niet op Niet volgen-signalen en zullen de Sites daarom doorgaan met het verzamelen van informatie over u, zelfs als de functie Niet volgen van uw browser is ingeschakeld.

Global Privacy Control (GPC). Met Global Privacy Control (GPC) kunnen personen automatisch hun privacyvoorkeuren doorgeven aan websites en andere online-diensten via hun browser of via een extensie. Als wij een GPC-signaal ontvangen om het volgen van websites uit te schakelen, zullen we dergelijke verzoeken honoreren.

Websites en diensten van derden

Onze producten en diensten (inclusief onze websites en web-, mobiele en desktoptoepassingen) kunnen links bevatten naar of u de mogelijkheid bieden om toegang te krijgen tot websites, toepassingen, digitale functies, producten en diensten van derden. We zijn niet verantwoordelijk voor de privacyregels van deze derden, noch zijn we verantwoordelijk voor de gegevens of inhoud die hun producten en diensten bevatten. Deze Privacyverklaring heeft uitsluitend betrekking op gegevens die door ons zijn verzameld. We raden u aan het privacybeleid van derden te lezen alvorens gebruik te maken van hun websites, producten of diensten.

Informatiebeveiliging

Het is belangrijk dat u voorzorgsmaatregelen neemt om u te beschermen tegen ongeoorloofde toegang tot uw Western Digital-producten en -diensten, de gebruikersgegevens van uw Western Digital-account en uw computers of andere apparaten waarop u onze producten of diensten installeert of gebruikt. Als u van mening bent dat inbreuk is gemaakt op de veiligheid van uw Western Digital-account of persoonsgegevens, neem dan onmiddellijk contact met ons op. Houd er rekening mee dat geen beveiligingssysteem ondoordringbaar is, hoezeer wij ons ook inspannen om redelijke en passende technische en organisatorische veiligheidsmaatregelen te handhaven. In het geval van een beveiligingsinbreuk waarbij uw persoonsgegevens betrokken zijn, zullen we u en de betreffende lokale autoriteiten op de hoogte stellen, indien wettelijk vereist.

Bewaring van persoonsgegevens

Voor zover wettelijk toegestaan, bewaren we uw persoonsgegevens zo lang als nodig is om het specifieke doel waarvoor ze zijn verzameld te vervullen en in overeenstemming met deze Privacyverklaring. We kunnen uw persoonsgegevens ook bewaren als dat wettelijk is vereist of in verband met een gerechtvaardigd belang of een andere rechtsgrond voor het bewaren van de informatie na de periode die nodig is. Als de rechtsgrond uitsluitend is gebaseerd op toestemming, zullen we de persoonsgegevens verwijderen zodra de toestemming wordt ingetrokken, tenzij anderszins toegestaan of vereist onder de toepasselijke wetgeving.

We bewaren uw persoonsgegevens meestal tot het einde van onze relatie met u. Na deze bewaartermijn kunnen we uw persoonsgegevens bewaren tijdens de toepasselijke wettelijke verjaringstermijnen.

Minderjarigen

We verzamelen, gebruiken of verstrekken geen gegevens van kinderen van wie wij weten dat ze jonger zijn dan 18 jaar. Als we merken dat we persoonsgegevens hebben verzameld van een kind jonger dan 18 jaar, ondernemen we stappen om de gegevens zo spoedig mogelijk te verwijderen. Neem onmiddellijk contact met ons op als u merkt dat een kind jonger dan 18 jaar persoonsgegevens aan ons heeft verstrekt.

Overdracht van persoonsgegevens

Wanneer we uw persoonsgegevens delen met onze partners, aan Western Digital gelieerde bedrijven, leveranciers en serviceproviders, of met andere derden, worden uw persoonsgegevens mogelijk doorgestuurd naar en/of toegankelijk gemaakt vanuit andere landen dan het land, de staat of de provincie waar u woonachtig bent.

Voor sommige van onze producten en diensten kunnen uw persoonsgegevens ook worden overgedragen naar en/of worden opgeslagen en verwerkt op servers in de Verenigde Staten, of op andere locaties buiten het land, de staat of de provincie waarin u woonachtig bent om u te kunnen voorzien van de producten en diensten.

Als uw persoonsgegevens worden overgedragen buiten uw woonplaats, kunnen op de plaats van de ontvanger andere regels voor gegevensbescherming gelden dan in uw land, staat of provincie. Hoewel dergelijke gegevens zich buiten uw woonplaats bevinden, zijn ze onderworpen aan de wetten van het land, de staat of de provincie waarin de gegevens zich bevinden, en kunnen deze onderworpen zijn aan openbaarmaking aan overheden, rechtbanken, wetshandhavingsinstanties of regelgevende instanties van een dergelijk ander land, overeenkomstig de wetten van dat land. Onze werkwijzen met betrekking tot uw persoonsgegevens zullen echter te allen tijde onderworpen blijven aan deze Privacyverklaring en de toepasselijke wetgeving.

In het geval dat een dergelijk derde land geen bescherming van persoonsgegevens biedt die gelijkwaardig is aan die van het land waar u woont, zorgt Western Digital ervoor dat de overdracht gedekt is door passende waarborgen (bijvoorbeeld door het aangaan van standaardcontractbepalingen zoals goedgekeurd door de Europese Commissie, het Verenigd Koninkrijk of de Cyberspace Administration of China, indien van toepassing), en zal Western Digital maatregelen implementeren om te handelen in overeenstemming met de toepasselijke wetgeving. Als u meer informatie wilt over de potentiële derde landen waarnaar uw persoonsgegevens worden overgedragen en een kopie van de bijbehorende waarborgen wilt ontvangen, neem dan per e-mail contact op met onze functionaris voor gegevensbescherming (Data Protection Officer, DPO) op het e-mailadres privacy@wdc.com.

Wijzigingen in deze Privacyverklaring

Deze Privacyverklaring kan op elk gewenst moment door Western Digital worden bijgewerkt. Daarom raden we u aan om deze Privacyverklaring te raadplegen telkens wanneer u onze producten en diensten bezoekt (inclusief onze websites en web-, mobiele en desktoptoepassingen). Indien vereist door de toepasselijke wetgeving, zullen we een redelijke inspanning leveren om u te informeren over updates van deze Privacyverklaring op het e-mailadres dat u aan ons heeft verstrekt bij het aanmelden voor een account of het kopen van een product.

De California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) verplicht ons om specifieke informatie te verstrekken over de persoonsgegevens die wij in de voorgaande 12 maanden hebben verzameld. Deze Privacyverklaring beschrijft de categorieën persoonsgegevens die wij verzamelen en de bronnen van deze informatie, de zakelijke en commerciële doeleinden voor het verzamelen van persoonsgegevens, en de categorieën derden waarmee wij persoonsgegevens hebben gedeeld voor zakelijke en commerciële doeleinden.

Wij verkopen geen persoonsgegevens voor financiële vergoeding. Mogelijk hebben we de volgende categorieën persoonsgegevens gedeeld met onze serviceproviders en partners voor gerichte advertenties: Directe identificatiegegevens, informatie over internetactiviteiten en profielinformatie. We verkopen niet bewust persoonsgegevens van minderjarigen jonger dan 18 jaar.

Wij bieden inwoners van Californië de privacyrechten die vereist zijn op grond van de toepasselijke wetgeving, waaronder de CCPA en de Shine the Light-wet, zoals hieronder verder is beschreven.

Individuele privacyrechten in Californië:

• Het recht om te weten. U heeft het recht om te vragen welke persoonsgegevens we over u hebben verzameld, inclusief de categorieën persoonsgegevens die we hebben verzameld, de categorieën bronnen waaruit we deze hebben verzameld, het zakelijke of commerciële doel voor het verzamelen, verkopen of delen van persoonsgegevens, de categorieën derden aan wie we persoonsgegevens hebben bekendgemaakt en de specifieke persoonsgegevens die we hebben verzameld.
• Het recht op correctie. U heeft het recht om te vragen om correctie van onjuiste persoonsgegevens die wij over u bewaren.
• Het recht op verwijdering. U heeft het recht om te vragen om verwijdering van persoonsgegevens die wij over u hebben verzameld of bewaren. We kunnen uw verzoek weigeren zoals onder bepaalde omstandigheden wettelijk is toegestaan , bijvoorbeeld als we moeten voldoen aan onze wettelijke verplichtingen of een transactie moeten voltooien waarvoor uw persoonsgegevens zijn verzameld. Als we uw verzoek om verwijdering afwijzen, zullen we u de reden laten weten waarom uw verzoek is afgewezen.
• Het recht om u af te melden voor de verkoop of het delen van uw persoonsgegevens. U heeft het recht om de verkoop of het delen van uw persoonsgegevens te weigeren. U kunt het verzamelen en delen van prestatie- en doelgerichte cookies zoals beschreven in Technologieën voor gegevensverzameling (link) hierboven, of via de Cookievoorkeuren, weigeren.
• Het recht op gelijke dienstverlening. Als u ervoor kiest om een van deze rechten uit te oefenen, zullen we op geen enkele manier represailles tegen u nemen. Als u bepaalde rechten uitoefent, moet u begrijpen dat u bepaalde functies van de website of onze diensten of eigendommen mogelijk niet kunt gebruiken of openen.

Als u een inwoner van Californië bent, kunt u uw privacyrechten uitoefenen zoals hieronder beschreven in “Een verzoek indienen betreffende privacyrechten”.

Shine the Light: Paragraaf 1798.83 van het Burgerlijk Wetboek van Californië geeft inwoners van Californië het recht om eenmaal per kalenderjaar bepaalde informatie op te vragen over onze openbaarmaking van hun persoonsgegevens aan derden voor de directe marketingdoeleinden van die derden. U kunt informatie opvragen met betrekking tot de openbaarmaking van uw persoonsgegevens aan derden voor de directe marketingdoeleinden van die derden door contact met ons op te nemen via privacy@wdc.com.

Financiële stimulansen

We kunnen consumenten financiële stimulansen aanbieden in ruil voor het delen van bepaalde persoonsgegevens met ons. Deelname en de beloningen die als stimulans worden aangeboden, worden nader bepaald binnen elk specifiek programma. Onze te goeder trouw gemaakte schatting van de waarde van uw gegevens is gelijk aan de waarde van het voordeel dat wij u bieden. We berekenen die waarde door gebruik te maken van de kosten voor ons om het programma uit te voeren met betrekking tot het voordeel dat wordt verkregen door onze uitvoering van het programma. U kunt uw toestemming geven door u aan te melden voor de stimulans wanneer deze aan u wordt aangeboden. Deelname is altijd optioneel en u kunt zich op elk moment afmelden voor deelname, zoals uitgelegd in de toepasselijke programmavoorwaarden.

Minderjarigen in Californië

Als u inwoner van Californië bent en jonger dan 18 jaar, en als u een geregistreerde gebruiker van onze producten of services bent, staat de wet in Californië u toe de verwijdering van inhoud of informatie die u in het openbaar heeft geplaatst aan te vragen en te verkrijgen. Als u een dergelijke aanvraag wilt indienen, neemt u dan contact met ons op met vermelding van specifieke informatie over waar de inhoud of informatie is geplaatst, en met een verklaring waaruit blijkt dat u degene bent die deze heeft geplaatst. We zullen dan te goeder trouw redelijke inspanningen doen om het bericht te verwijderen uit mogelijke openbare publicaties of om dit te anonimiseren zodat u niet als persoon kunt worden geïdentificeerd, voor zover de toepasselijke wetgeving dit vereist. Houd er rekening mee dat een dergelijk verzoek geen garantie vormt voor een volledige of alomvattende verwijdering van de inhoud of informatie die u heeft geplaatst, en dat er omstandigheden kunnen zijn waarin de wet de verwijdering niet vereist of toestaat, zelfs als daarom wordt gevraagd.

Privacyrechten van de staat

Wij bieden inwoners van Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah of Virginia de privacyrechten die vereist zijn onder de toepasselijke wetgeving zoals hieronder is verder beschreven.

Privacyrechten van consumenten:

U kunt de volgende rechten hebben, onder voorbehoud van eventuele toepasselijke uitzonderingen of beperkingen:

• Het recht op inzage. U heeft het recht om te controleren of we uw persoonsgegevens verwerken en om inzage te krijgen in dergelijke persoonsgegevens.
• Het recht op correctie. U kunt verzoeken om correctie van onjuiste persoonsgegevens die wij over u bewaren.
• Het recht op verwijdering. U kunt vragen dat we uw persoonsgegevens onder specifieke omstandigheden verwijderen.
• Het recht op bezwaar. U heeft het recht om bezwaar te maken tegen of u af te melden voor bepaalde vormen van verwerking, waaronder: (1) verwerking met het oog op gerichte reclame, (2) verwerking met het oog op de verkoop van persoonsgegevens, en (3) verwerking met het oog op bepaalde vormen van profilering en geautomatiseerde besluitvorming.
• Het recht op gegevensoverdraagbaarheid. U heeft het recht om een kopie van uw persoonsgegevens op te vragen in een toegankelijk formaat.
• Het recht op gelijke dienstverlening. Als u ervoor kiest om een van deze rechten uit te oefenen, zullen we u op geen enkele manier discrimineren. Als u bepaalde rechten uitoefent, moet u begrijpen dat u bepaalde functies van de websites of onze diensten of eigendommen mogelijk niet kunt gebruiken of openen.
• Het recht op beroep. Als we uw verzoek als consument niet honoreren, heeft u mogelijk het recht om in beroep te gaan tegen die weigering.

U kunt uw privacyrechten uitoefenen zoals hieronder beschreven in “Een verzoek indienen betreffende privacyrechten”.

Als u uw toepasselijke rechten wilt uitoefenen, kunt u rechtstreeks contact opnemen met onze functionaris voor gegevensbescherming (Data Protection Officer, DPO) op het e-mailadres privacy@wdc.com. U kunt ons ook bereiken op het nummer at 888-914-9661 of via ons webformulier of een e-mail schrijven naar een vestiging: T.a.v.: Juridische afdeling - Vraag over Privacyverklaring.

Wij reageren binnen het volgens de toepasselijke wetgeving vereiste tijdsbestek op uw verzoek (en in het algemeen binnen 30 dagen).

Zoals wettelijk vereist, en ter bescherming van de privacy en de veiligheid van uw persoonsgegevens, kunnen we gegevens bij u opvragen om uw identiteit en recht op toegang tot dergelijke gegevens te bevestigen, alsmede om te zoeken naar de persoonsgegevens die we aanhouden en deze aan u te verstrekken.

Er zijn gevallen waarin toepasselijke wetten of wettelijke vereisten ons toestaan of verplichten een verzoek te weigeren.

Bent u een inwoner van Californië of een andere staat of jurisdictie die u het recht verschaft om u af te melden voor de verkoop of het delen van uw persoonsgegevens door ons aan derden voor het gebruik van uw gegevens zoals hierboven beschreven, inclusief cross-context gedragsreclame:

• dien een verzoek in via het formulier Verkoop mijn persoonsgegevens niet dat hier beschikbaar is met vermelding van uw wens om u af te melden voor verkoop (zoals het delen van uw gegevens met onze partners ten behoeve van doelgroepmatching via andere middelen dan cookies of webtrackingtechnologieën waar in (2) hieronder naar wordt verwezen); en
• klik op Cookievoorkeuren in de onderstaande voettekst en stel de optie in Nee voor zowel Prestatie- en functionaliteitscookies als Reclamecookies en klik op Verstuur Voorkeursinstellingen. Hierdoor deactiveert u prestatie-, functionaliteits- en reclamecookies en webtrackingtechnologieën op onze site, inclusief cookies die worden gebruikt voor doelgroepmatchingdoeleinden en gepersonaliseerde advertenties. Het deactiveren van deze cookies en webtrackingtechnologieën is mogelijk alleen van toepassing op de specifieke browser van waaruit u op de link klikt en uw voorkeuren kunnen worden gereset als u uw instellingen wijzigt.

Gemachtigde agent: U kunt een agent machtigen om namens u een verzoek in te dienen, mits u de gemachtigde agent daarvoor schriftelijk toestemming hebt gegeven, voorzien van uw handtekening, en mits deze agent zijn of haar identiteit tegenover ons kan bewijzen. Als u inwoner bent van Californië en een agent wilt aanwijzen om een verzoek in te dienen, moet uw agent zich als zodanig registreren bij de minister van Buitenlandse Zaken van Californië en een kopie van deze registratie indienen, samen met uw geverifieerde consumentenverzoek. Laat uw gemachtigde agent de bovenstaande instructies volgen om een verzoek in te dienen en stuur uw schriftelijke verklaring waarin u de agent machtigt om namens u te handelen, gecertificeerd door een notaris, naar het volgende adres: Legal Department, 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, California 95119 USA. Als uw gemachtigde agent een volmacht heeft, hoeven deze stappen mogelijk niet te worden uitgevoerd.

Als u ons verzoekt uw gegevens te verwijderen, heeft u mogelijk geen toegang meer tot Western Digital-accounts. Daarnaast kunnen we bepaalde persoonsgegevens van u bewaren indien toegestaan of vereist door de toepasselijke wetgeving; zo kan het nodig zijn om bepaalde persoonsgegevens te bewaren om fraude of toekomstig misbruik te voorkomen.

Als u een burger van de EU/EER of het Verenigd Koninkrijk bent, heeft u bepaalde rechten met betrekking tot uw gegevens:

Het wordt benadrukt dat de uitoefening van deze rechten is gebaseerd op de rechtsgrondslag voor de verwerking van uw persoonsgegevens, te weten:

Afhankelijk van het land waarin u woont, heeft u mogelijk aanvullende lokale rechten met betrekking tot onze verwerking van uw persoonsgegevens. Als u bijvoorbeeld in Frankrijk gevestigd bent, kunt u algemene of specifieke richtlijnen geven met betrekking tot uw persoonsgegevens in het geval van uw overlijden (bijv. verwijdering van persoonsgegevens of overdracht aan een persoon van uw keuze). U kunt die instructies op elk moment intrekken.

Indien nodig kunt u ook een klacht indienen bij uw nationale gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit. Dit recht kan te allen tijde en kosteloos worden uitgeoefend, met uitzondering van eventuele portokosten of kosten voor juridische vertegenwoordiging of bijstand indien u ervoor kiest om voor de procedure een beroep te doen op derden.

Uw rechten uitoefenen

Wij zullen u niet discrimineren wegensde uitoefening van uw toepasselijke rechten.

Als u uw toepasselijke rechten wilt uitoefenen, kunt u rechtstreeks contact opnemen met onze functionaris voor gegevensbescherming (Data Protection Officer, DPO) op het e-mailadres DPO@wdc.com. U kunt ons ook bereiken via ons webformulier of een e-mail schrijven naar een vestiging: T.a.v.: Juridische afdeling - Vraag over Privacyverklaring.

Wij reageren binnen het volgens de toepasselijke wetgeving vereiste tijdsbestek op uw verzoek (en in het algemeen binnen 30 dagen).

Zoals wettelijk vereist, en ter bescherming van de privacy en de veiligheid van uw persoonsgegevens, kunnen we gegevens bij u opvragen om uw identiteit en recht op toegang tot dergelijke gegevens te bevestigen, alsmede om te zoeken naar de persoonsgegevens die we aanhouden en deze aan u te verstrekken.

Er zijn gevallen waarin toepasselijke wetten of wettelijke vereisten ons toestaan of verplichten een verzoek te weigeren. Als u ons verzoekt uw gegevens te verwijderen, heeft u mogelijk geen toegang meer tot Western Digital-accounts. Daarnaast kunnen we bepaalde persoonsgegevens van u bewaren indien toegestaan of vereist door de toepasselijke wetgeving; zo kan het nodig zijn om bepaalde persoonsgegevens te bewaren om fraude of toekomstig misbruik te voorkomen, of indien wettelijk verplicht.

Als u een burger van Canada bent, heeft u bepaalde rechten met betrekking tot uw gegevens, afhankelijk van de provincie waar u woonachtig bent:

Indien nodig kunt u ook een klacht indienen bij uw nationale gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit. Dit recht kan te allen tijde en kosteloos worden uitgeoefend, met uitzondering van eventuele portokosten of kosten voor juridische vertegenwoordiging of bijstand indien u ervoor kiest om voor de procedure een beroep te doen op derden.

Uw rechten uitoefenen

Wij zullen u niet discrimineren wegensde uitoefening van uw toepasselijke rechten.

Als u uw toepasselijke rechten wilt uitoefenen, kunt u rechtstreeks contact opnemen met onze functionaris voor gegevensbescherming (Data Protection Officer, DPO) op het e-mailadres privacy@wdc.com. U kunt ons ook bereiken via ons webformulier of een e-mail schrijven naar een vestiging: T.a.v.: Juridische afdeling - Vraag over Privacyverklaring.

Wij reageren binnen het volgens de toepasselijke wetgeving vereiste tijdsbestek op uw verzoek, binnen 30 dagen.

Zoals wettelijk vereist, en ter bescherming van de privacy en de veiligheid van uw persoonsgegevens, kunnen we gegevens bij u opvragen om uw identiteit en recht op toegang tot dergelijke gegevens te bevestigen, alsmede om te zoeken naar de persoonsgegevens die we aanhouden en deze aan u te verstrekken.

Er zijn gevallen waarin toepasselijke wetten of wettelijke vereisten ons toestaan of verplichten een verzoek te weigeren. Daarnaast kunnen we bepaalde persoonsgegevens van u bewaren indien toegestaan of vereist door de toepasselijke wetgeving; zo kan het nodig zijn om bepaalde persoonsgegevens te bewaren om fraude of toekomstig misbruik te voorkomen.

Personal information is information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information also includes information that is linked to information that reasonably can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information does not include information that has been anonymized or aggregated so that it can no longer enable us, whether in combination with other information or otherwise, to identify you. To the extent we process de-identified/pseudonymized information, we will maintain and use the information in de-identified/pseudonymized form and have implemented reasonable measures to ensure that the data remains de-identified/pseudonymized unless otherwise required by applicable laws.

What Personal Information We Collect:

Depending on the products and services you use, we may collect, use, and store different kinds of personal information from or about you:

• Personal identifiers, including name, username, email address, phone number, and mailing address. We collect this information to verify your identity and information, communicate with you, process your purchases and payments, manage our relationship, and provide you with products and services.
• Commercial information, including the products or services purchased or considered by customers, information about your Western Digital account and authentication information, information about your purchases, shipping and billing addresses, your requests (e.g., information requests, queries, complaints, etc.) and interactions with us. We collect this information to maintain client records, manage your purchases and payments, manage our relationship, identify trends in our client relationships, collections activity, and conduct business analytics.
• Financial information, including the billing information related to your purchases, certain limited credit or debit card information that is used by our payment processor to help fulfill a transaction you have requested. We collect this information to process your payment of products and services.
• General location information. Where available, our services may use GPS, the location inferred from your IP address, and other technologies to determine the approximate, location of the computers, phones, or other devices on which you install or access our products or services. We collect this information to understand your use of our website and services and for targeted marketing and lead management with your consent when required by applicable laws.
• Inferences drawn from personal information, such as information about your interests or purchase preferences. We collect this information in order to understand your preferences and tailor our services and communications to you.
• Sensitive Personal Information, specifically credit or debit card information that is used by our payment processor to help fulfill a transaction you have requested. We use your Sensitive Personal Information only for legitimate business purposes, including to (i) perform services or provide goods reasonably expected by an average person; (ii) detect security incidents; (iii) resist malicious, deceptive or illegal actions; (iv) ensure the physical safety of individuals; (v) for short-term, transient use; (vi) perform or provide internal business services; or (vii) verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device. We do not sell your Sensitive Personal Information.

In addition to the above categories of personal information, you may choose to provide us with additional personal information, such as when you create a Western Digital account, fill in an online or offline form (e.g. information request, query, complaint, etc.), provide us a photograph, or submit an application for employment. In any case, the personal information collected will be relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed.

Internet or other electronic network activity information, including browsing history, search history, and information regarding your interaction with our products and services, such as the type of device you use, your device configuration, your device’s unique identifier, the IP address of your device, your operating system, the type of Internet browser that you use, usage information, diagnostic information, browsing information, session summary information, CPU and other usage statistics, API calls, service crash information, network status, storage utilization, search terms, and file attributes (including attributes for photos, videos, music, and documents). Please read our Cookie Preferences for more information on how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.

How We Collect Personal Information

• Information you provide: We may collect the personal information you provide when you purchase, install, access and use our products and services, create a Western Digital account, contact us, participate in a survey, participate in community discussions or chat rooms, apply for employment, sign-up to receive our marketing communications, interact with us at in-person events, or otherwise interact with us.
• Information about payments: If you make a purchase, we may collect personal information in connection with the purchase.
• Information about use of our products and services: When you use our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications), or view our emails, other electronic communications or advertisements, we may collect information from or about the computers, phones, or other devices on which you install or access our products or services. We may gather some of this information automatically. Please read our Cookie Preferences for more information on how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.
• Information from third parties: Only when permitted under applicable laws, we may also collect information from third parties, including business partners, marketing agencies, and service providers. If applicable, this may include your contact information from marketing partners when we engage in joint marketing or co-branding activities, your IP address or location information from service providers to offer certain products and services relevant to your location, and data from your social networks to authenticate your products and services use with us or that might interest you, or that you grant permission to our products or services to access.
• Information from public sources: Only when permitted under applicable laws, we may collect information from government sources and records and other publicly available information.

Depending on the nature of our relationship with you, we may use personal information for the purposes described below, either with your consent or as permitted under applicable laws:

For any of the uses of your personal information described above that require your prior express consent under applicable law, note that you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

As a global company, Western Digital. has a number of corporate affiliates in different jurisdictions that may also directly or indirectly interact with you. Depending on your relationship with these affiliates, they may collect, process, and determine how to process your personal information as an independent controller notably to help provide you with the products and services you request.

We may use cookies and similar technologies to provide, protect, and improve our products and services, such as by personalizing content, understanding user behavior, and providing a safer experience. We may also use these technologies to provide you with personalized advertisements, including on third-party websites and applications, and to determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns. Please visit our Cookie Preferences to learn more about how we use cookies and other similar technologies and the choices you have.

Disclosure Of Personal Information

Each category of personal information that we collect may be shared with the recipients described below for the purposes described in this Privacy Statement.

Our Service Providers, Suppliers and Other Partners

We may share personal information with service providers, suppliers and other partners for operational and technical purposes related to our products and services including the management of our relationship with you, such as website hosting; email services; marketing; advertising; sponsoring of sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions; auditing; payment processing; fulfilling customer orders; data analytics; providing customer support; conducting customer research and satisfaction surveys; cloud storage services; and other services that assist in providing or selling our products and services.

Where permitted by applicable law, we also may share your personal information with advertisers, data analytics providers, and social media networks, which assist us with making product recommendations, marketing messaging, and sending you relevant content.

Corporate Affiliates

We may share personal information with all Western Digital-affiliated companies for the global management of our business activities within Western Digital Group.

Corporate Business Transactions

In the event of a merger, reorganization, acquisition, joint venture, assignment, spin-off, transfer, or sale or disposition of all or any portion of our business, including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings, we may transfer any and all personal information to the relevant third party.

Authorities and legal remediations actions

It may be necessary—by law or as a result of legal process, litigation, or requests from competent authorities within or outside your country of residence (e.g., public or governmental authorities, judiciary authorities) — for us to disclose certain personal information to authorities, lawyers and interested parties. We may also disclose personal information if we are requested to do so in accordance with applicable laws (e.g., national security purposes, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance, etc.). We may also disclose personal information if we determine in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect our rights and pursue available remedies, enforce our terms and conditions, investigate fraud, or protect our operations or users.

Your Rights

If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you can read about your additional rights by clicking here.

If you are a resident of the EU/EEA or the United Kingdom, you can read about your rights by clicking here.

If you are a resident of Canada, you can read about your rights by clicking here.

Browser Signals

Do Not Track. Some web browsers have “Do Not Track” or similar features that allow you to tell each website you visit that you do not want your activities on that website tracked. At present, the Sites do not respond to “Do Not Track” signals and consequently, the Sites will continue to collect information about you even if your browser’s “Do Not Track” feature is activated.

Global Privacy Control (GPC). Global Privacy Control (GPC) allows individuals to automatically signal their privacy preferences to websites and other online services through their browser or through an extension. If we receive a GPC signal to opt-out of website tracking, we will honor such requests.

Third-Party Websites And Services

Our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications) may contain links to or the ability for you to access third-party websites, applications, digital properties, products, or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those third parties, nor are we responsible for the information or content their products and services contain. This Privacy Statement applies solely to information collected by us. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third parties before proceeding to use their websites, products, or services.

Information Security

It is important that you take precautions to protect against unauthorized access to your Western Digital products and services, Western Digital account credentials, and computers or other devices which you install or access our products or services. If you feel that the security of your Western Digital account or personal information has been compromised, please immediately Contact Us. Please be aware that, despite our efforts to maintain reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational security measures, no security system is impenetrable. In the event of a security breach impacting your personal information, we will notify you and the proper local authorities if required by the applicable laws.

Personal Information Retention

To the extent permitted by applicable laws, we keep your personal information for as long as needed to fulfill the particular purpose for which it was collected and in accordance with this Privacy Statement. We may also retain your personal information if legally required or to fulfill a legitimate interest or another lawful basis for retaining the information beyond the period which is necessary. If the legal basis is based solely on consent, we will delete the personal information once consent is withdrawn unless otherwise authorized or required under applicable laws.

We usually keep your personal information until the end of our relationship with you. Beyond this retention period, we may keep your personal information during the applicable legal limitation periods or statutory limitation periods.

Minors

We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose information from children under the age of 18. If we learn that we have collected the personal information of a child under the age of 18, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible. Please immediately Contact Us if you become aware that a child under the age of 18 has provided us with personal information.

Personal Information Transfers

When we share your personal information with our partners, Western Digital-affiliated companies, suppliers, and service providers or any other third parties, your personal information may be transferred to and/or made accessible from countries out of the country, state, or province where you reside.

For some of our products and services, your personal information may also be transferred to and/or stored and processed on servers located in the United States, or in other locations outside of the country, state or province where you reside for the purpose of providing the products or services to you.

If your personal information is transferred outside of your place of residence, the recipient place may have different data protection rules than in your country, state, or province. While such information is outside of your place of residence, it is subject to the laws of the country, state, province in which it is located, and may be subject to disclosure to the governments, courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies of such other country, pursuant to the laws of such country. However, our practices regarding your personal information will at all times continue to be governed by this Privacy Notice and by applicable laws.

In the event that such third country does not ensure a level of protection of personal information equivalent to the country where you reside, Western Digital ensures that the transfer is covered by appropriate safeguards (for example, by entering into standard contractual clauses as adopted by the European Commission, the United Kingdom or the Cyberspace Administration of China, as applicable), and will implement measures to act in accordance with applicable laws. If you want more information about the potential third countries where your personal information is transferred and obtain a copy of the associated safeguards, please contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com.

Changes To This Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement may be updated by Western Digital at any time. Therefore, we recommend that you consult this Privacy Statement each time you access our products and services (including our websites and web, mobile, and desktop applications). When required by applicable laws, we will make a reasonable effort to inform you of updates to this Privacy Statement by using the email address you provided to us when signing up for an account or purchasing a product.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) requires us to provide specific disclosures about the personal information we collected in the preceding 12 months. This Privacy Statement describes the categories of personal information we collect and sources of information, the business and commercial purposes for collecting personal information, and the categories of third parties we have disclosed personal information with for business and commercial purposes.

We do not sell personal information for monetary value. We may have shared the following categories of personal information with our targeted advertising service providers and partners: Direct Identifiers, Internet Activity Information, and Profile Information. We do not knowingly sell the personal information of minors under 18.

We provide California residents the privacy rights required under applicable law, including the CCPA and Shine the Light law, as further described below.

California Individual Privacy Rights:

• The right to know. You have the right to request to know what personal information we have collected about you, including the categories of personal information we have collected, the categories of sources from which we collected it, the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information, the categories of third parties to whom we disclosed personal information, and the specific pieces of Personal Information we collected.
• The right to correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
• The right to deletion. You have the right to request that we delete the personal information that we have collected or maintain about you. We may deny your request as permitted by law under certain circumstances, such as if we need to comply with our legal obligations or complete a transaction for which your personal information was collected. If we deny your request for deletion, we will let you know the reason why such request was denied.
• The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You can opt out from the collection and sharing of Performance and Targeting Cookies as described in Data Collection Technologies (link), above, or through the Cookie Preferences.
• The right to equal service. If you choose to exercise any of these rights, we will not retaliate against you in anyway. If you exercise certain rights, understand that you may be unable to use or access certain features of the website or our services or properties.

If you are a California resident, you can exercise your privacy rights as described in “Submitting a Privacy Rights Request,” below.

Shine the Light: California Civil Code Section 1798.83 gives California residents the rights to request from us once per calendar year certain information regarding our disclosure of their personal information to third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes. You may request information regarding the disclosure of your Personal Information to third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes by contacting us at privacy@wdc.com.

Financial Incentives

We may offer financial incentives to consumers in exchange for sharing certain personal information with us. Participation and the rewards offered as incentives are set out within each program. Our good faith estimate of the value of your information is the value of the benefit we offer to you. We calculate thatvalue by using the expense to us of operating the program related to the benefit obtained by our running of the program. You can opt-in by signing up for the incentive when it is offered to you. Participation is always optional, and you can opt out of participating at any time as explained in the applicable program terms.

California Minors

If you are a California resident under the age of 18, and you are a registered user of our products or services, California law permits you to request and obtain removal of content or information you have publicly posted. To make such a request, please Contact Us with specific information about where the content or information is posted and attesting that you posted it. We will then make reasonable, good faith efforts to remove the post from prospective public view, or anonymize it so you cannot be individually identified, to the extent required by applicable law. Please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information you have posted and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal even if requested.

State Privacy Rights

We provide residents Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, with the privacy rights required under applicable law as further described below.

Consumer Privacy Rights:

You may have the following rights, subject to any applicable exemptions or limitations:

• The right to access. You have the right to confirm whether we are processing your personal information and to access such Personal Information.
• The right to correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate your personal information that we maintain about you.
• The right to delete. You have the right to request that we delete your personal information under specific circumstances.
• The right to opt-out. You have the right to object or opt out of certain types of processing, including: (1) processing for the purpose of targeted advertising, (2) processing for the purpose of the sale of Personal Information, and (3) processing for the purpose of certain types of profiling and automated decision-making.
• The right to data portability. You have the right to request a copy of your personal information in an accessible format.
• The right to equal service. If you choose to exercise any of these rights, we will not discriminate against you in anyway. If you exercise certain rights, understand that you may be unable to use or access certain features of the websites or our services or properties.
• The right to appeal. If we do not grant your consumer request, you may have the right to appeal that denial.

You can exercise your privacy rights as described in “Submitting a Privacy Rights Request,” below.

If you want to exercise your applicable rights, you may directly contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) by email at privacy@wdc.com. You may also reach us at 888-914-9661 via our webform or write to us at a location nearest you via mail addressed to: ATTN: Legal Department - Privacy Statement Question.

We will respond to your request in the timeframe required by applicable law (and in general within 30 days).

As required by law, and to protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information we maintain.

There are instances where applicable laws or regulatory requirements allow or require us to deny a request.

If you are a resident of California or another state or jurisdiction that provides the right to opt-out of the sale or the sharing of your personal information by us to third parties for the uses of your data described above, including cross-context behavioral advertising:

• submit a request through the Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information form available here, specifying you wish to opt-out of sales (such as sharing your information with our partners for audience matching purposes via means other than cookies or web tracking technologies referenced in (2) below); and
• click Cookie Preferences in the footer below and toggle the options to “No” for both “Performance and Functionality” and “Advertising” Cookie options and click “Submit Preferences”. This will deactivate performance, functionality, and advertising cookies and web tracking technologies on our site, including those used for audience matching purposes and personalized advertisements. Deactivating these cookies and web tracking technologies may only apply to the specific browser from which you click the link, and your preferences may reset if you change your settings.

Authorized Agent: You may authorize an agent to submit a request on your behalf, so long as you provide the authorized agent written permission signed by you to make a request on your behalf, and your authorized agent additionally is able to verify their identity with us. If you are a resident of California and would like to designate an agent for purposes of making a request, your agent must register as such with the California Secretary of State and submit a copy of this registration along with your verified consumer request. Please have your authorized agent follow the instructions above to make a request and additionally mail your written declaration authorizing the agent to act on your behalf, certified by a notary public, to: Legal Department, 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, California 95119 USA. If your authorized agent has power of attorney, it may not be necessary to perform these steps.

If you request to delete your data, this may remove your ability to access any Western Digital accounts. In addition, we may retain some personal information related to you if authorized or required by applicable laws, notably it may be necessary to keep some personal information in order to prevent fraud or future abuse.

If you are a citizen of the EU/EEA or the United Kingdom, you have certain rights with respect to your data: