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Our Commitment to Privacy
Alcatel-Lucent recognizes that individuals who represent companies with whom
we conduct business value their privacy. However, in order to conduct
global business in this increasing electronic economy, the collection of the
personal information of individuals is often necessary. We respect your
right to privacy and are committed to protecting your personally identifiable
information. It is our goal to balance the benefits of e-commerce with
the right of individuals to prevent the misuse of their personal
information.
Alcatel-Lucent strives to comply with all applicable and known laws around
the world that are designed to protect your policy. Although legal
requirement may vary from country to country, we intend to adhere to the
principles set forth in this Privacy Statement even if we transfer your
information from your country of residence to countries that may not require
the same level of protection for your information. Our commitment is to
protect your information no matter where it is collected, transported or
retained.
Websites Covered By Our Privacy Statement
This Alcatel-Lucent Privacy Statement applies to all websites and domains of
Alcatel-Lucent (alcatel.lucent.com) and its wholly owned subsidiaries.
The Alcatel-Lucent websites may provide links to third-party websites for your
convenience and information however Alcatel-Lucent does not control those
third-party websites or their privacy policies or practices.
Collecting Your Information
Personally identifiable information means any information that may be used
to identify an individual. This includes, but is not limited to, an
individual’s first and last name, email address, mailing and residential
addresses, telephone number, tilt, birth date, gender, occupation, company of
employment and/or other information required in order for us to provide a
service you request at our websites.
You browse our websites anonymously unless you have previously indicated
that you wish Alcatel-Lucent to remember your login identification and/or
password. In some circumstances, we may request you to provide personally
identifiable information. Your response to such a request is strictly
voluntary. Alcatel-Lucent uses this information to customize your
experience on our websites. We may also use your information for other
business purposes, such as alerting you to products and services that can
assist you in your business, promoting site registration, order processing and
on-line customer service.
When you visit certain Alcatel-Lucent web pages, you need to be registered
and a password in order to login. The use of those web pages, and the
downloadable information on such web pages, may be governed by a written
agreement between your employer and Alcatel-Lucent. Unless you request
your personally identifiable information to be deleted, it may be retained by
Alcatel-Lucent to verify compliance with the agreement, to track software and
documents you download, or track page visits and usage of other applications
available on the Alcatel-Lucent web sites.
We may also receive your personally identifiable information from our
business partners and suppliers. We only use such information if it has
been collected in accordance with acceptable privacy practices consistent with
the Alcatel-Lucent privacy policy and applicable laws.
In general, you can visit our websites without divulging any personally
identifiable information. However, there are areas of our websites that
require this information to complete the customization functions for which they
are designed, and may not be available to those individuals who elect not to
provide the information requested. You are always welcome to visit the
public portion of the Alcatel-Lucent websites without revealing any personally
identifiable information.
Use of Your Information
When we collect your personally identifiable information form you, we will
inform you at the time as to the reason we are requesting such
information. The information will only be used for Alcatel-Lucent
business purposes such as, to respond to requests for products, documentation
and/or services, to process an order, to conduct a transaction, to correspond
with you, to enable a subscription or event registration, to handle a job
application or send direct marketing information and/or perform market
research. We will also use your information to personalize the content
you review and to better understand how you use the websites in order to
improve the services Alcatel-Lucent provides.
Upon your acceptance of the Terms of Use, which this Privacy Statement is a
part, Alcatel-Lucent will assume that you have given your permission to us to
collect and use your information. However, you have the right to request
Alcatel-Lucent to not contact you for the purposes of sending you newsletters,
customer surveys, direct marketing materials and/or market research
information. You can exercise this right by clicking on the appropriate
option or check box at the point where the information is collected or by
editing your personal profile.
In specific cases, Alcatel-Lucent may request your direct consent to use
your personally identifiable information by providing an “opt-in” check box in
information fields before your information can be used for any purpose other
than that for which it was given.
Disclosure of Your Information to Third Parties
Alcatel Lucent may share your information (with the exception of account,
credit card, and ordering information) with Alcatel-Lucent business partners
who may alert you to new products and services to improve your competitive
edge, in cases where we believe your business interests will be served.
Alcatel-Lucent will only share your personally identifiable information with
its business partners if you have provided us with your consent to do so.
If you do not want to receive marketing materials from any of our business
partners, please do not provide contact information via the Internet or let
them know directly that you wish to be removed from their contact
list.
In addition, Alcatel-Lucent works with certain companies to deliver
Alcatel-Lucent advertising and undertake surveys. These companies may
collect information to help us determine which products, services and offers
are of most interest to our current and future customers. The information
that is collected is not identifiable at an individual or company level.
It is aggregated at an anonymous level to provide us with general statistics
and trends.
In the event that Alcatel-Lucent sells a part or parts of its business, the
personally identifiable information that we have collected could be transferred
to the acquiring company unless you instruct Alcatel-Lucent not to do so in
writing.
If you elect to provide us with personally identifiable information, we may
transfer that information, within Alcatel-Lucent or to Alcatel-Lucent business
partners, across borders and from your country of residence or jurisdiction to
other countries around the world.
Collecting Your Domain Information
Alcatel-Lucent also collects domain information as a part of our analysis of
the use of our websites. This data enables us to become more familiar
with which customers visit our websites and pages, how often they visit, and
what parts of the websites they visit most often. Alcatel-Lucent uses
this information to improve our web-based offerings. This information is
collected automatically and requires no action on your part.
Collecting Your Information Through Cookies
Some pages on our websites use “cookies,” which are small files that are
placed on your hard drive by the website for identification purposes.
These files are used for site registration and customization the next time you
visit us. It identifies you to a website when you revisit to load your
preferences and track the pages you visit. If your browser is set up to
automatically accept cookies then your browser will add this text in a small
file to your hard drive. Most web browsers allow you to modify the way
cookies are handled. You can refuse cookies or choose to be warned when
receiving a cookie in order to be given a choice to accept or reject a
cookie. By not accepting cookies, you may have to manually input user IDs
and passwords to access certain information on this website, and some pages may
not fully function. Please note, the only information held in a cookie is
information you have provided to Alcatel-Lucent.
Securing Your Information
We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial
procedures to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and ensure
correct use of information and to safeguard and secure your information we
collect online.
Please take note of the following to ensure information security:
- You should be aware that when you disclose personally identifiable
information in the discussion forum or chat rooms, such information is
accessible to and collectable by others present.
- Alcatel-Lucent advises you to protect yourself against unauthorized access
to your computer and disclosure of your Alcatel-Lucent password. If you
believe that your password has been compromised, you should immediately change
your password.
Supporting Children’s Privacy
The Alcatel-Lucent websites do not target, and are not intended to attract,
children under the age of 13. Alcatel-Lucent doe not knowingly collect
personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13 send
requests to children for personally identifiable information.
Accessing and Correcting Your Information
Alcatel-Lucent wants to ensure that any personally identifiable information
you provide remains accurate. If you have changes to your personally
identifiable information, you can review and update your information after
logging onto the website with your user name and password. You can
correct errors in your personally identifiable information by sending us a
request and pointing out the error. To protect your privacy and secure
your information, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity
before granting access or making the corrections.
Contacting Us
We value your opinions and feedback. If you have any questions or
comments about our privacy policy, please send them to:
DataPrivacy@alcatel.lucent.com
or write us at:
Alcatel-Lucent data Privacy Program
Alcatel-Lucent Inc.
Room 7F-418
600 – 700 Mountain Avenue
Murray Hill, New Jersey o7974
Changing Our Privacy Statement
This Alcatel-Lucent Privacy Statement was last updated on November 3,
2006.
Alcatel-Lucent reserves the right to make changes to this policy from time
to time without notice to you. We recommend that all visitors and users
of this website re-visit this Privacy Statement page occasionally to learn of
any new privacy practices or changes to our policy. Your continued use of
the Alcatel-Lucent websites indicates your acceptance of any changes to this
Privacy Statement.
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