Privacy Policy

MBED WEBSITE DATA USE AND PRIVACY POLICY

1. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY.

This policy sets out the basis on which any Data (defined below) we collect from you and your use of the Website will be processed ("Data Use and Privacy Policy"). This Data Use and Privacy Policy forms part of and is incorporated into the Website Terms and Conditions of Use. Any capitalised terms used in this Data Use and Privacy Policy, unless otherwise defined, shall have the same meaning as ascribed to them under the Website Terms and Conditions of Use. For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the "Act"), the data controller is ARM Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 2557590 (hereinafter "we/us/our" as applicable). VAT No: GB 636 9028 22. Registered Office Address 110 Fulbourn Road, Cambridge, CB1 9NJ, United Kingdom. ARM Limited is a private limited company. The ARM Group shall mean any company whose voting shares are directly or indirectly controlled by ARM Limited.

2. DATA WE MAY COLLECT

We collect and process data which; (i) relates to you and from which you can be identified ("Personal Data"); and (ii) relates to your use of the Website which does not on its own identify you ("Technical Data"), which collectively shall be referred to as "Data".

Personal Data may include but may not be limited to:

Information that you provide by filling in forms on the Website including but not limited to name, postal and email addresses and other information provided at the time of registering to use the Website, subscribing to or using any service through the Website, uploading material or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with the Website.
If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
Information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type.
Technical Data.

Technical Data may include but may not be limited to:

Activity information including but not limited to information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type and details of your visits to the Website including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, the services and resources that you access and you use of such resource.
Content which you upload and create in both public and private areas of the Website, including but not limited to source code, object code and documentation.

3. COOKIES

We may obtain information about your usage of the Website by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us to improve the Website and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable us:

To estimate our audience size and usage pattern.
To store information about your preferences and so allow us to customise the Website according to your individual interests.
To recognise you when you return to the Website.

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you access and use the Website.

4. WHERE WE STORE YOUR DATA

Data may be stored in the European Economic Area ("EEA") or transferred to and stored at a destination outside the EEA under the control of a member of the ARM Group or one of our third party contractors. It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us, a member of the ARM Group or a third party contractor. By submitting your Data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your Data is treated securely and in accordance with this Data Use and Privacy Policy. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your Data, we cannot guarantee the security of your Data transmitted to the Website; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your Data, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

5. USES MADE OF THE DATA

Personal Data

We may use Personal Data held about you in the following ways:

To contact you for purposes related to the Website.
To notify you about changes to the Agreement, Website or to any services provided through the Website.
To provide you with information about our goods and services.
To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
To comply with any legal requirements.

Technical Data

We may use Technical Data in the following ways:

To ensure that content from the Website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
To display materials on the Website where you have uploaded such materials for that purpose.
To analyse materials you have uploaded and created for our own purposes and to collect and analyse information on how the Website is being used.
To provide, maintain and improve the Website.
To research and develop new services.

6. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR DATA

We may disclose your Data to any member of the ARM Group. We may also disclose your Data to third parties:

In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your Data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
If all or substantially all of our assets are acquired by a third party, in which case Data held by us about our customers will be one of the transferred assets.
If we are under a duty to disclose or share your Data in order to enforce or comply with any legal right or obligation.
If we contract a third party to carry out analysis on your materials under clause 5 above.

We may disclose or sell results of analysis of your Technical Data (but not the Technical Data itself) to third parties in an aggregated and anonymous form (so that it does not contain any Personal Data) for any purpose. Further we have the right to remove any material or posting you make on the Website if, in our opinion, such material should not be posted on the Website. Any and all material you upload to the Website will be considered non-confidential.

7. TERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT AND YOUR RIGHTS

Under this Data Use and Privacy Policy, we have informed you how we intend to use your Data. You have the right to ask us to cease processing your Personal Data. You can exercise your right at any time by contacting us at support@mbed.org. By asking us to cease using your Personal Data, you are terminating the Agreement. Consequently you may no longer use the Website. In the event this agreement is terminated, we will cease processing and delete your Personal Data within a reasonable time of such request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing shall require us to purge our routinely made backup data. We shall not access and use such back up data for the purpose of accessing and processing your Personal Data after termination of this agreement. We shall be entitled to continue to use your Technical Data as set out herein.

The Website may, from time to time, contain links to external website. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any Data to these websites.

8. ACCESS TO DATA

The Data Protection Act 1998 gives you the right to access Personal Data held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Any access request may be subject to a fee to meet our costs in providing you with details of the Personal Data we hold about you.

9. CHANGES TO THIS DATA USE AND PRIVACY POLICY

Any changes we may make to this Data Use and Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail.

10. CONTACT

Questions, comments and requests regarding this Data Use and Privacy Policy are welcomed and should be addressed to support@mbed.org.

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