Samsung Tizen Developers

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (“Samsung,”) 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 Privacy Policy provides an overview of our information practices with respect to personal information collected through Tizen Smart TV Partner Portal (the "Business Services").

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in our personal information practices with respect to the Business Services or changes in applicable law. We will indicate at the top of this Privacy Policy when it was most recently updated. If we update the Privacy Policy, we will let you know in advance about changes we consider to be material by placing a notice on the Business Services or by emailing you, where appropriate.

What information do we collect about you?

We may collect various types of personal information in connection with the Business Services.

• We may collect personal information that you provide, such as your name, e-mail address and contact details, job title and position, company, and any communications you send or deliver to us;
• We may collect data about your use of the Business Services, including the time and duration, clicked components, visited pages of your use; information stored in cookies that we have set on your device; and information about your device settings;
• We may collect information about your company such as company name, company address, company phone number, descriptions or portfolios of products or services that your company has been developing;
• We also may receive personal information about you from your employer or service provider or from publicly and commercially available sources (as permitted by law), which we may combine with other information we receive from or about you.

How do we use your information?

We may use information we collect for the following purposes:

• to provide products and services that you (or your employer) requested and to register or authenticate you or your device;
• to respond to your questions or requests for information;
• to offer better and more customized products and services that take into account your company’s service record and other relevant information;
• subject to your consent where required by applicable law, to inform you about new products and services;
• for assessment and analysis of our market, customers, products, and services (including asking you for your opinions on our products and services and carrying out customer surveys);
• to understand the way companies use the Business Services 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 Business Services;
• to protect the rights, property, or safety of Samsung, or any of our respective affiliates, business partners, employees or customers, for example, in legal proceedings, internal investigations and investigations by competent authorities;
• otherwise with your consent or as described to at the time your information is collected.

We may use third-party analytics services on the Business Services, such as those of Google Analytics. The service providers that administer these analytics services help us to analyze your use of the Business Services and improve the Business Services. The information we obtain may be disclosed to or collected directly by these providers and other relevant third parties who use the information, for example, to evaluate use of the Business Services, help administer the Business Services and diagnose technical issues. To learn more about Google Analytics, please visit http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html and https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.

To whom do we disclose your information?

We will disclose your information internally within our business and the following entities, but only for the above purposes.

• Samsung affiliates;
• third parties when necessary to provide you with requested products and services. For example, we may disclose your payment data to financial institutions as appropriate to process transactions that you have requested;
• companies that provide services for or on behalf of us, such as companies that help us with the billing process;
• 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 Business 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;
• with other third parties when you consent to or request such sharing.

What do we do to keep your information secure?

We have put in place reasonable physical and technical measures designed to safeguard the information we collect in connection with the Business Services.

Where do we transfer your information? 

Your use or participation in the Business 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, which are designed to ensure that your personal information remains protected.

What are your rights?

Under the laws of some jurisdictions, you may have certain rights with respect to your personal information, including the right to request details about the information we collect about you, delete information collected about you, and to correct inaccuracies in that information. In compliance with applicable law, 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 request deletion of personal information, you may not be able to access or use the Business Services, and 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. Where permitted under applicable law, 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 Business Services for violating the 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.

To update your preferences, limit the communications you receive from us, or submit a request, please contact us as specified in the Contact section below.

How long do we keep your information?

We take reasonable steps designed to ensure that we retain information about you only for so long as is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, as described in this Tizen Smart TV Partner Portal Privacy Policy or any other notice provided at the time of collection, taking into account statutes of limitation and records retention requirements under applicable law, as well as our records retention requirements and policies.

Third-Party Links and Products on Our Services

Our Business 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, or other functionality on our Business Services, may use cookies, beacons, and other technologies in certain areas of our Business 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 Business 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 Business 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 Business Service.
• Cookies help us and third parties provide you with relevant content and advertising by collecting information about your use of our Business Services and other websites and apps.

When you use a web browser to access the Business 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 Business Services may be designed to work using cookies and that disabling cookies may affect your ability to use those Business Services, or certain parts of them. The Business Services are not designed to respond to “Do Not Track” signals received from browsers.

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 Business Services and (in conjunction with cookies) to provide content and ads that are more relevant to you.

Notice to California Residents

If you are a California resident, for more information about your privacy rights, please see the California Consumer Privacy Statement section of the Samsung Privacy Policy for the U.S., available at: https://www.samsung.com/us/account/privacy-policy/california. To submit a privacy rights request in connection with the Business Services subject to this Privacy Policy, please visit My Info in the upper righticon.

Contact

If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact us at: support@tizenpartner.com