Applied Materials makes every effort to honor the preferences
of our Web site users concerning the collection and use of personally
identifiable information. This statement describes how Applied
Materials collects and uses personally identifying information
of visitors to our Web sites.
This privacy statement covers the following sites operated by
Applied Materials: www.AppliedMaterials.com and other Applied
Materials sites that can be accessed through our main site.
We encourage you to take the time to read this privacy statement
and those of any Web site you visit.
In general, when you visit our Web sites and access information,
you will remain anonymous.
For some services provided through our Web sites, we will ask
you to register using online registration forms. A registration
form will ask for information both about the company to be registered
and the individual employees who will use our online services
as representatives of the company. For some Web site services,
you will be asked to provide a password and user identification.
This information is collected to confirm eligibility for use
of the online services, to establish the identity of the company
and authorized users, and for business contact purposes.
Some services available on our Web sites involve the purchase
(or sale) by Web site visitors of Applied Materials equipment
or parts. If you elect to engage in transaction opportunities
on our Web sites, you will be asked to provide information necessary
to facilitate transactions such as shipping address and payment
instructions.
In addition to information you provide, Applied Materials may
collect information about your use of our Web sites that will
help Applied Materials improve its online services, such as
information regarding what pages you access on our sites, what
URL you just came from and the URL you next go to, what browser
you are using and your IP address. This information may be used
to analyze trends and statistics and monitor link usage.
Applied Materials uses cookies on some portions of its Web sites.
A cookie is an identifier that is sent to your browser from
a web server and stored on your computer. Cookies enable us
to provide you with a better experience by allowing us to understand
what areas of the Web site are of interest to our visitors.
Applied Materials may also use cookies when you register to
use one of our web-based services. In this situation, a cookie
will store useful information that enables our Web site to remember
you when you return to visit us. Applied Materials can only
read cookies from Applied Materials Web sites. If you choose
to disable cookies in your browser, you can still access most
of our Web sites.
If you choose to post messages in message areas or to provide
feedback or send an e-mail to us, we may keep a record of that
posting or correspondence. Information you disclose in a public
message area will naturally be available to and shared with
other visitors to our Web sites.
Applied Materials may use your information for its own marketing
purposes. This may include providing you with information targeted
to your interests. We will give you the opportunity to elect
not to receive direct-marketing materials from us. Applied Materials
does not sell any personally identifiable information.
When you place an order or make an offer to participate in a
transaction opportunity, we will use your personally identifiable
information to facilitate the transaction. Applied Materials
may also maintain transaction history information about our
Web site users.
The primary use of your information is to enable Applied Materials
to deliver specific services or products you request or to complete
a transaction initiated by you. During the course of completing
a transaction initiated by you, Applied Materials may provide
your contact or other information to a trading partner or other
party to the transaction (e.g., financier or bank transferring
funds).
Again, information you disclose in a public forum will naturally
be public and available to other visitors to our Web sites.
To the extent you disclose your information to other parties,
their use of the information will not be subject to this privacy
statement.
Applied Materials may use the information that you provide and
any other information which is subsequently provided (the “Information”)
in considering you for a specific position and/or other available
positions at any Applied Materials location. Your Information
may remain active for up to six months and may be kept on record
for a limited period of time as required by law.
Your Information is stored on a server in the United States
of America and is visible to all Applied Materials locations
globally, including countries where laws may not protect data
privacy to the same extent as laws in the country or region
in which you live. If your submission is considered for employment,
it will be used for these purposes only and normally considered
primarily in locations where the position(s) is available. The
contact details of Applied Materials can be found at or via
http://www.appliedmaterials.com/about/corporate_contacts.html.
If you become or currently are an Applied Materials employee,
your Information will be retained in individual employment records
kept by Applied Materials. Such Information will be used in
administering benefits, and performing Applied Materials’
contractual and other legal obligations.
By submitting your Information, you acknowledge and agree that
Applied Materials will retain such Information for the purposes
mentioned above and consent to such use.
Applied Materials uses industry standard efforts to safeguard
the confidentiality of your personally identifiable information.
Unfortunately, it is impossible to absolutely guarantee the
security of data transmission over the Internet or any wireless
network. Therefore, although we take reasonable measures to
protect your information, Applied Materials cannot ensure the
security of any information you transmit to us or from online
services and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your
transmission, we will use industry standard efforts to ensure
its security on our systems.
If Applied Materials provide links to third party sites, since
we do not control those Web sites, we encourage you to review
the privacy policies posted on those third party sites you visit.
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