ASUS Privacy Policy / ASUS EU Data Act Policy

DATED 2015-07-08 · VERSION 20150810_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20140501_rev01 · ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT

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 When you submit personal information to ASUS, you understand and agree that this personal information may be transferred between ASUS offices and agents and/or contractors of ASUS internationally, and may be stored and processed in any of the countries which ASUS and agents and/or contractors of ASUS locate in. All transfer, storage and use of your personal information shall be subject to and protected by the Privacy Policy.
 #### How ASUS Use Cookies and Web Beacons
 Our web site may use "Cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to enable you to sign in to the SERVICE and to help personalize your online experience. We use cookies to store your preferences and other information on your computer in order to save your time by eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information, and to display your personalized content and appropriate advertising on your later visits to web sites of the SERVICE. We may also use so called "Web beacons" or similar technologies on some ASUS web sites. When you access those pages, an anonymous notice of that visit is being generated on your computer. This notice may be processed by us or others (including but not limited to Google) in order to identify whether a particular page on our website has already been visited or a link clicked by you. We may also include Web beacons in our promotional e-mails or our newsletters in order to determine whether messages have been opened and links contained within clicked on. We use this information to understand how you use our website and how we can improve it for you.
+You may refuse the use of Cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this web site of the SERVICE.
+The Cookies used on our website have been categorized as below.
+Category 1: performance Cookies
+Category 2: functionality Cookies
+Category 3: targeting Cookies or advertising Cookies
+**Category 1: performance cookies**
+These Cookies collect information about how you use our website, for instance which pages you go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These Cookies don't collect information that identifies you. All information these Cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how our website works.
+<table><tbody><tr><td>Cookie Name</td><td>Host</td></tr><tr><td>Google Analytics</td><td>Google Inc.</td></tr><tr><td>TagMan</td><td>Ensighten, Inc.</td></tr><tr><td>eTrack</td><td>eTrack Products Pty. Ltd</td></tr><tr><td>Crazyegg</td><td>Crazy Egg, Inc</td></tr><tr><td>MIGO</td><td>MIGO Corp.</td></tr><tr><td>Yandex Metrica</td><td>Yandex Europe AG</td></tr><tr><td>Optimizely</td><td>Optimizely, Inc.</td></tr></tbody></table>
+**Category 2: functionality cookies**
+These Cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, our website is able to remember the products you recently viewed, the number of times you visit Community listed on our website or provide you with the product comparison service after adding the selected products to Compare List. These Cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of our website that you can customize. They may also be used to provide SERVICE you have asked for such as watching a video. The information these Cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on non-ASUS websites.
+<table><tbody><tr><td>Cookie Name</td><td>Host</td></tr><tr><td>Popup</td><td>ASUS</td></tr><tr><td>ProductGroup_RelationId</td><td>ASUS</td></tr><tr><td>comparecookiename</td><td>ASUS</td></tr><tr><td>isBusiness</td><td>ASUS</td></tr><tr><td>recently</td><td>ASUS</td></tr><tr><td>CheckVote</td><td>ASUS</td></tr><tr><td>Lang</td><td>ASUS</td></tr><tr><td>Google Tag Manager</td><td>Google Inc.</td></tr></tbody></table>
+**Category 3: targeting cookies or advertising cookies**
+These Cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests by remembering how you use the SERVICE. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. ASUS places these Cookies by using advertising campaign services, such as Hubrus DSP, Google AdWords, and Google DoubleClick. The information of these Cookies is only used between ASUS and advertising campaign service provider.
+<table><tbody><tr><td>Cookie Name</td><td>Host</td></tr><tr><td>Google AdWords: Conversion, and Remarketing Cookies</td><td>Google Inc.</td></tr><tr><td>Google DoubleClick</td><td>Google Inc.</td></tr><tr><td>Facebook: Conversion, and Remarketing Cookies</td><td>Facebook, Inc.</td></tr><tr><td>Adform</td><td>Adform</td></tr><tr><td>Hubrus DSP</td><td>HUBRUS</td></tr></tbody></table>
+Prevent these Cookies may stop ASUS from providing you the full functionality of our website and SERVICE. Where indicated, you may still refuse the use of these Cookies by managing Privacy settings under your browser Tools and Options. Browser Tools and Options may differ and change depending on the browser and version installed on your devices, please visit browser's own support pages for more information.
 #### Security
 We take precautions to protect your personal information against unauthorized access or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction. These include internal reviews of our personal information collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, as well as physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where we store your personal information.
 Transmission of personal information between different locations of ASUS affiliated companies is performed through our secured wide area network. When you submit personal information via the SERVICE, your information is protected both online and offline.
 If you are a child, please seek and verify your parent's or guardian's consent. Only after we verify your parent's or guardian's consent, you may submit personal information to us. Your parent or guardian can revoke any consent previously given.
 #### Sensitive Personal Information
 ASUS will never ask you to provide sensitive personal information such as information about your medical or health record, political or religious beliefs, criminal offences alleged or committed criminal conviction background, sexual orientation, sexual life or genetic information. Please refrain from providing us with such information.
+#### Links to Third Party Web Sites and Service
+#### Links to Non-ASUS Web Sites
+This SERVICE may contain links to other web sites, or use service provided by others (including but not limited to Google Service as identified below and Social Plugins) (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Third Party Service"). Please be aware that ASUS is not responsible for the security or the privacy practices of Third Party Service. We encourage you to be aware of when you leave the SERVICE, and to read the privacy statements of Third Party Service that collects personal information. This Privacy Policy applies only to ASUS services.
+This SERVICE may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that ASUS is not responsible for the security, the privacy practices and the materials of those Non-ASUS websites. We encourage you to be aware of when you leave the SERVICE, and to read the privacy statements of those Non-ASUS websites. This Privacy Policy applies only to ASUS SERVICE.
+This SERVICE may contain Google Service such as AdWords, Google Analytics and Display Advertising(including Remarketing、Google Display Network Impression Reporting、the DoubleClick Campaign Manager Integration and Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting)( collectively referred to as "Google Service"). ASUS only use your information, such as age, gender and interests, which is collected by Google Service, in an aggregated form for the purposes of SERVICE analysis anonymously. Moreover, we may show your favorable items on sites across the internet when we learn more about your internet browsing habit through Google Service.You may refuse the use of AdWords, Google Analytics and Display Advertising by visiting [https://www.google.com/settings/ads.](https://www.google.com/settings/ads)
 #### Changes to The Privacy Policy
 We may modify the Privacy Policy at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make substantial changes to it, we will notify you by means of a notice on our homepage.
 #### Contacting Us
 Legal Compliance Department
 Legal Affairs Center
 , Li-Te Rd.,
 Taipei 112,
 Taiwan
 [privacy@asus.com](mailto:privacy@asus.com)
+Updated April 01, 2014 by ASUS Legal Affairs Center
+Updated July 08, 2015 by ASUS Legal Affairs Center