Samsung Global Strategy Group Website Privacy Policy

Effective: [2014.07.01]
Samsung (“Samsung,” “we,” “us,” “our”) knows how important privacy is to its customers and their employees and partners, and we strive to be clear about how we collect, use, disclose, transfer and store your information. This SGSG Website Privacy Policy provides an overview of our information practices with respect to personal information collected through the SGSG website, or other services that link or refer to this SGSG website Privacy Policy (collectively, the "SGSG Services"). Please see the Global Samsung Privacy Policy [embed link] for information about our use of information collected through certain other products and services.
It is important that you check back often for updates to this SGSG Website Privacy Policy. If we update the SGSG Website Privacy Policy and you use the SGSG Services after the update, you consent to the new practice(s) identified in the update, although we also may let you know about changes we consider to be material by placing a notice on this website or related online applications. You can check the “effective date” posted at the top to see when the SGSG Website Privacy Policy was last updated.

What information do we collect about you?

We may collect various types of personal information in connection with the SGSG Services. For example:

  • We may collect personal information that you provide, such as your name, address, e-mail address and contact details, job title, company, language, education information, registration details, and any communications or information you send or deliver to us.
  • We may collect data about your use of the SGSG Services, including the time and duration of your use; information stored in cookies that we have set on your device; and information about your device settings;

How do we use your information?

We may use information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To provide PR and recruiting services;
  • to respond to your requests for information;
  • subject to your consent where required by applicable law, to inform you about new products and services;
  • to understand the way the SGSG Services are being used so that we can improve them and develop new products and services;
  • to provide maintenance services and to maintain a sufficient level of security on the SGSG Services;
  • otherwise with your consent or as described to at the time your information is collected.

To whom do we disclose your information?

We do not disclose your information to third parties for their own independent marketing or business purposes without your consent. But we may share your information with the following entities:

  • Samsung affiliates;
  • third parties when necessary to provide you with requested products and services.
  • other parties: (i) to comply with the law or respond to compulsory legal process (such as a search warrant or other court order); (ii) to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our SGSG Services; (iii) to protect the rights, property, or safety of Samsung, or any of our respective affiliates, business partners, or customers; (iv) as part of a merger or transfer, or in the event of a bankruptcy; in the event of disclosures mentioned in this paragraph, we will use reasonable commercial efforts to try to secure confidential treatment of the disclosed personal information, including prohibiting use of the information for any commercial purpose;
  • with other third parties when you consent to or request such sharing.

Submissions that you make to public areas of a website, mobile application, or other online service, such as bulletin boards may viewable to other users of the SGSG Service. We do not control, and are not responsible for, how other users of the SGSG Service may use this information. For example, personal information that you submit in public areas could be collected and used by others to send you unsolicited messages or for other purposes.

What do we do to keep your information secure?

We have put in place reasonable physical and technical measures to safeguard the information we collect in connection with the SGSG Services. However, please note that although we take reasonable steps to protect your information, no website, Internet transmission, computer system or wireless connection is completely secure.

Where do we transfer your information?

Your use or participation in the SGSG Services may involve transfer, storage and processing of your information outside of your country of residence, consistent with this policy. Please note that the data protection and other laws of countries to which your information may be transferred might not be as comprehensive as those in your country. We will take appropriate measures, in compliance with applicable law, to ensure that your personal information remains protected.

Can you access your information?

Under the laws of some jurisdictions, you may have the right to request details about the information we collect about you and to correct inaccuracies in that information. If permitted by law, we may charge you a small fee for providing you with this ability. We may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others, are extremely impractical, or for which access is not otherwise required by local law. If you would like to make a request to access your information, please contact our customer service department at sgsgcareers@samsung.com
If you request deletion of personal information, you acknowledge that you may not be able to access or use the SGSG Services and that residual personal information may continue to reside in Samsung's records and archives for some time, but Samsung will not use that information for commercial purposes. You understand that, despite your request for deletion, Samsung reserves the right to keep your personal information, or a relevant part of it, if Samsung has suspended, limited, or terminated your access to the website for violating the and Samsung terms of use, when necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Samsung, or any of our respective affiliates, business partners, employees or customers.

How long do we keep your information?

We take reasonable steps to ensure that we retain information about you only for so long as is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, or as required under any contract or by applicable law.

Third-Party Links and Products on Our Services

Our SGSG Services may link to third-party websites and services that are outside our control. We are not responsible for the security or privacy of any information collected by websites or other services. You should exercise caution, and review the privacy statements applicable to the third-party websites and services you use.

Cookies, Beacons and Similar Technologies

We, as well as certain third parties that provide content, advertising, or other functionality on our SGS Services, may use cookies, beacons, and other technologies in certain areas of our SGS Services.

Cookies

Cookies are small files that store information on your device. They enable the entity that put the cookie on your device to recognize you across different websites, services, devices, and/or browsing sessions. Cookies serve many useful purposes. For example:

  • Cookies can remember your sign-in credentials so you don’t have to enter those credentials each time you log on to a service.
  • Cookies help us and third parties understand which parts of our SGS Services are the most popular because they help us to see which pages and features visitors are accessing and how much time they are spending on the pages. By studying this kind of information, we are better able to adapt the SGS Services and provide you with a better experience.
  • Cookies help us and third parties understand which ads you have seen so that you don’t receive the same ad each time you access the SGS Service.
  • Cookies help us and third parties provide you with relevant content and advertising by collecting information about your use of our SGS Services and other websites and apps.

When you use a web browser to access the SGS Services, you can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is sent. Each browser is different, so check the “Help” menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences. The operating system of your device may contain additional controls for cookies.
Please note, however, that some SGS Services may be designed to work using cookies and that disabling cookies may affect your ability to use those SGS Services, or certain parts of them.

Other Local Storage

We, along with certain third parties, may use other kinds of local storage technologies, such as Local Shared Objects (also referred to as “Flash cookies”) and HTML5 local storage, in connection with our SGS Services. These technologies are similar to the cookies discussed above in that they are stored on your device and can be used to store certain information about your activities and preferences. However, these technologies may make use of different parts of your device from standard cookies, and so you might not be able to control them using standard browser tools and settings. For information about disabling or deleting information contained in Flash cookies, please click here.

Beacons

We, along with certain third parties, also may use technologies called beacons (or “pixels”) that communicate information from your device to a server.
Beacons can be embedded in online content, videos, and emails, and can allow a server to read certain types of information from your device, know when you have viewed particular content or a particular email message, determine the time and date on which you viewed the beacon, and the IP address of your device. We and certain third parties use beacons for a variety of purposes, including to analyze the use of our SGS Services and (in conjunction with cookies) to provide content and ads that are more relevant to you.
By accessing and using our SGS Services, you consent to the storage of cookies, other local storage technologies, beacons and other information on yourdevices. You also consent to the access of such cookies, local storage technologies, beacons and information by us and by the third parties mentioned above.

Your Choices

You can make choices about whether to receive promotional communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions included in the communication.

Contact

If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact us at:

sgsgcareers@samsung.com