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Privacy Policy
MIPS Technologies, Inc. (collectively with its subsidiaries, "MIPS Technologies") respects your privacy and recognizes the need for appropriate protection of "personal information" that you provide to us, or that is collected by us. MIPS Technologies has established this policy ("Privacy Policy") to describe how we use personal information and how to contact us if you have questions, updates or disagreements about the use of your personal information.What personal information is collected?
How is personal information collected?
How is personal information used?
What are "cookies" and IP addresses and how are they used by MIPS Technologies?
How will MIPS Technologies safeguard personal information?
What does "opt out" mean, and how can this be done for personal information?
Third party sites and personal information
Personal Information of Children
Changes to MIPS Technologies' privacy policy
How to contact MIPS Technologies regarding privacy and personal information
What personal information is collected?
MIPS Technologies collects personal information from our website users at various pages on our website or in response to requests by MIPS Technologies for visitors or customers to provide us with personal information, or requests for registration, information, training and/or support from visitors or customers. "Personal information" includes data such as user IDs and passwords, names, addresses, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers and other contact information, which can be used to identify or contact a specific person or that person's affiliated company or entity. In addition, from time to time we may ask you to provide us with your personal or professional interests, your educational and career background, demographic information, your opinion of and preference for our materials, goods and services, your preferred contact information and other information.Whenever we collect personal information on our website, we will make reasonable efforts to include a link to this privacy policy on the webpage in which you are being asked for personal information.
How is personal information collected?
Personal information may be provided by users of our website when registering for services, contests, offers or other promotional opportunities; answering surveys; purchasing items; providing feedback regarding MIPS Technologies' goods and services; using message boards; and submitting information for employment opportunities. MIPS Technologies also may collect personal information through the use of cookies and recording IP addresses, as described below.How is personal information used?
Personal information provided to MIPS Technologies will be used by MIPS Technologies as follows to: perform the request or service selected by the website user, conduct market analyses, work with third party partners and service providers, contact site visitors, convey offers, conduct marketing activities (including comarketing activities with third parties), and/or conduct MIPS Technologies' business.For customers and users of this site outside the United States: If you provide personal information to us from a country or jurisdiction located outside the United States, your personal information may be transmitted to, used by and shared with third parties in the United States and/or countries other than your own. If you provided personal information from a country or jurisdiction outside the United States that grants additional or different privacy rights, please contact us at the contact information below to notify us and/or to request to exercise your rights.
Except as provided in this Privacy Policy, we will not sell, rent or lease your personal information to anyone. Further, we will not provide personal information gathered from our website to any third party without your consent, except (a) to third parties which may use it in connection with providing the services on our site and/or assisting MIPS Technologies in the conduct of our business, or (b) as necessary to prevent, investigate or take action against suspected illegal activities, fraud, threats to the physical safety of any person or property, violations of the Terms of Usage or as otherwise required by law or applicable courts and tribunals, or (c) in the event of merger, consolidation or sale of all of substantially all of our assets. You may "opt out" of MIPS Technologies' use of your personal information as described below.
What are "cookies" and IP addresses, and how are they used by MIPS Technologies?
A "cookie" is a small text file that is placed on a user's hard drive by a web page server for record-keeping, tracking web traffic patterns, promotions, better delivery of service and products to the user, enabling the user to more easily navigate a website in the future, and sharing of aggregate site statistics with third parties. Certain web pages on our site may enable MIPS Technologies to place a cookie on your hard drive. You may set your browser to notify you when receiving a cookie, giving you the opportunity to accept or decline the cookie. You may also use your browser to block cookies. Please note, however, that by declining or blocking cookies, you may not be permitted to access certain information on our website and certain web pages may not display properly or be used interactively.An IP address is an internet address that identifies a user's computer terminal. MIPS Technologies may collect and use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track users' movements while visiting our website, and gather demographic information for aggregate use. As a general rule, MIPS Technologies does not link your IP addresses to your personal information.
How will MIPS Technologies safeguard personal information?
MIPS Technologies is committed to protecting your personal information. We have put in place internal procedures to safeguard the personal information we collect. Your personal information will be treated by MIPS Technologies in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We use a variety of security mechanisms and technologies, including secure servers and firewalls, and we intend to maintain reasonable administrative and technical mechanisms, to protect personal information from unauthorized access or use.We advise that you take steps to protect your personal information. When your personal information is password protected, we recommend that you not inform others of your password, change your password often and use a password which is a combination of letters and numbers.
Please note that certain security safeguards may not be available in connection with shared online training or seminars, newsgroups, forums and message boards, and we advise that you exercise caution in disclosing any personal information in such situations. In addition, in cases where an email or other mailing sent to you is considered to be an essential part of a service you have requested, you may not be able to choose to unsubscribe to such email or mailing unless set forth in such email or other mailing.
What does "opt out" mean, and how can this be done for personal information?
To "opt out" means that you have informed MIPS Technologies that we no longer have permission to use your personal information for the purpose(s) intended by MIPS. We will give you the opportunity to opt out on this website and in electronic communications. In order to opt out, please use the opt out procedure provided by MIPS in our communication to you, or contact us as described below.Third party sites and personal information
MIPS Technologies' website may contain links to other websites over which MIPS Technologies does not have control. MIPS Technologies provides these links solely for your convenience. Please be aware that MIPS Technologies is not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party sites linked to the MIPS Technologies' website, and any sharing by you of personal information with such third-party sites is governed by that third-party's privacy policy and not ours. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by this website and does not apply to other websites linked to this site. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of each such website that you may visit. In addition, MIPS has no control over the privacy policy of websites of entities whose products are used by MIPS (including network servers and security protection products).Personal Information of Children
MIPS Technologies' products and services are directed at an adult market, and this website is intended for use by adults only. MIPS Technologies does not knowingly collect any personal information from, nor does MIPS Technologies target this website to, children under age 13. No information should be submitted to or posted on this website by users under 13 years of age without the consent of their parent or guardian. No information (including personal information) collected from users known to be under age 13 will be used for any marketing or promotional purposes outside MIPS Technologies. We urge parents to take an active role in monitoring and supervising their children's online activities.Changes to MIPS Technologies' Privacy Policy
MIPS Technologies' use of personal information received or gathered is subject to the privacy policy in effect at the time of use. We may revise and update this Privacy Policy in the future, at which time we will post the revised and updated privacy policy on our website, stating the date of revision and update. Please check back periodically to ensure you have seen the most current privacy policy. Your continued use of this website constitutes your agreement to our Privacy Policy including any revisions and/or updates.How to contact MIPS Technologies regarding privacy and personal information
Any disputes or questions over privacy are subject to this Privacy Policy and MIPS Technologies' Terms of Use.You may contact MIPS Technologies at any time regarding any questions or disputes about your privacy, to request a copy of your personal information, to update, change or delete your personal information, or to opt out of receiving future information from MIPS Technologies. Please contact us at: privacy@mips.com or write to us at:
MIPS Technologies, Inc.
Privacy Department
955 East Arques Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA
Privacy policy last revised and updated March 29, 2005.
