This web privacy notice (this "Privacy Notice") applies to the websites operated by us, Canon Inc., under the domain global.canon (”Our Website”).
We respect your privacy rights and recognize the importance of protecting your personal information. You are not normally required to provide us with your personal information in order to use Our Website.
At the same time, certain information is transmitted to our servers by your internet browser when you access Our Website, including the date and time of access, the name of the requested file, the referral webpage, the status (e.g. transaction completed), the Web browser and operating system used, the IP address of the device and the size of transmitted data. This information is stored in connection logs for a limited period of time for the purpose of ensuring the security, proper functioning of the website and our advertising as well as for statistical purposes.
You may give us information about you by filling in contact forms on Our Website for your query or suggestion and we will only use that information to respond to your query or suggestion.
We will only process your personal information where we have a legal basis to do so.
The legal basis will depend on the purposes for which we have collected and use your personal information. In almost every case the legal basis will be one of the following:
Our legitimate business interests referred to above include: where it is necessary for us to understand our customers in sufficient detail so we can create and publicize new products and services, and offer our customers a better experience. For example, we perform analytics on this legal basis as they are necessary for provide you with a tailored experience and so that we can improve, maintain and manage our products and services in a way which meets your expectations as a customer.
We may place cookies on Our Website. Cookies are small files downloaded to your computer. Cookies help us to ensure the safety and smooth functionality of Our Website (security cookies and session cookies) and to collect information about web pages you are interested in, as well as the navigation you choose through Our Website, in order to make Our Website more attractive for you .
You can disable cookies or set your browser to alert you when cookies are being sent (If you'd like to learn more about cookies in general and how to manage them, visit https://www.aboutcookies.org/, please note that we can't be responsible for the content of external websites).
However, if you do disable cookies, you may not be able to use all functions of Our Website. Additionally you may have the option to deactivate only tracking cookies and advertising cookies.
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Your personal information processed through Our Website will not be transferred without your prior explicit consent, to other individuals or businesses, for their own use, other than Canon group companies. Some vendors or other entities with whom we have a business relationship to provide products, services including Canon group companies will however have access to and process your personal information, but only on behalf of Canon and only to supply services to Canon related to the purposes set in this Privacy Notice.
Your information may be transferred by and between us and other Canon group companies for the same purposes set out in this Privacy Notice.
The transfers mentioned above may involve a transfer of your personal information outside the European Economic Area. Some of these recipients may be located outside in countries that do not have the same privacy laws as the EU Member States, however, you may rest assured that the necessary measures are in place to protect the confidentiality and security of your personal information.
We will only hold your personal information for the duration necessary to allow us to provide the services that you have requested or for any additional period as required by law.
We do not knowingly collect information from children as defined by local law, and do not target Our Website to children.
You have the right to request information free of charge on your stored personal information. In addition, you have the right to withdraw any consent previously granted and the right to have inaccurate data corrected, blocked or deleted in the cases defined by law. To exercise your right, please notify us by online form here.
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Notice from time to time. The latest amended version of this Privacy Notice will then be published on Our Website.
Last modified as of March 26, 2021.
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