myAdvantest Privacy Policy

Ver. 2020.12.21

Advantest Corporation ("Advantest") is committed to respecting your privacy. Advantest acknowledges that any information that may be used to identify you as an individual ("Personal Data") such as your first and last name, street address, e-mail address, or telephone number is your private information and our intention is to collect, use, store, or otherwise process this information appropriately and lawfully.

This website is an eBusiness platform (hereinafter “myAdvantest”) on which Advantest provides access to Advantest online content and online services (hereinafter “eBusiness Services”), including web-based sales and delivery of Advantest products and/or services.

MyAdvantest is also offered to the European market and European customers. Therefore, if you are located in the European Union and visit myAdvantest, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable.

A. The controller is:

Advantest Corporation

1-6-2, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan

For all privacy-related requests, you can reach us via e-mail*:

InformationSecurityCommittee@advantest.com

*We would appreciate if you contact us in English or Japanese.

B. Registration for myAdvantest

1. Advantest will use your Personal Data that you have given us in your registration for myAdvantest for the following purposes:

Registration process
Complying with Advantest’s legal or regulatory obligations, especially for trade compliance checks
For troubleshooting or to ensure the security of our website
To enable access to and use of Advantest eBusiness Services, including web-based sales and delivery of Advantest products and/or services
Complying with Advantest’s legal or regulatory obligations, especially for trade compliance checks
To contact you regarding your account, to solve issues with your account or to resolve questions or dispute
To ensure the accuracy of the data and to verify these

2. We process the following data:

Name
Mailing address
Company
E-mail
Nationality
Message
Login name
Password for the login
Phone number (optional)
Job title (optional)

Notice of Rights to individuals which are subject to the GDPR:
We process your data pursuant Article 6 para 1 lit. b GDPR. We also use your Personal Data to pursue our legitimate interests where your rights and freedoms do not outweigh these interests pursuant to Article 6 para 1 lit. f GDPR.

When you click “Register” we additionally collect your IP address and the date and time of submission. This helps us to prevent misuse of the registration form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. IP address and the date and time of submission will be deleted after a period of thirty days at the latest.

Your California Privacy Rights.

If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your personal information. To learn more about your California privacy rights, visit https://www.advantest.com/privacy-policy.

C. Joint Responsibility of Personal Data by Advantest and its Affiliated Companies

Advantest and its affiliated companies are jointly responsible for Personal Data under B.2. i.-iv., ix. and x. above, if the data is processed for the purpose of web-based sales and delivery of Advantest products and/or services. You can find Advantest affiliated companies here.

Notice of Rights to individuals which are subject to the GDPR:
Advantest and its affiliated companies in the European Union are jointly responsible for Personal Data processed by European affiliates when selling and delivering products and/or services via myAdvantest. Therefore, Advantest and its European affiliates have concluded joint controller agreements in accordance with Article 26 GDPR. The agreement specifies the responsibilities for data protection among the Advantest companies and does not contain provisions to the detriment of the data subject. You may enforce your rights under the GDPR against both Advantest and its European affiliate from which you have purchased products and/or services.

D. MyAdvantest eBusiness Service Applications

MyAdvantest eBusiness Services are enabled through Advantest or third-party applications (hereinafter “eBusiness Service Applications”). MyAdvantest eBusiness Service Applications may process Personal Data in addition to data under Section B.2. above. You can find further information on data processed in myAdvantest eBusiness Service Applications here.

E. Storage of Personal Data

MyAdvantest as well as its eBusiness Service Applications will store your Personal Data for as long as it is necessary to fulfill a specific purpose for which they were collected. Once this primary purpose is fulfilled, we store the required Personal Data for the duration of the statutory retention periods. Subsequently, we delete or anonymize Personal Data. You can find further information on storage here.

Use of Cookies on myAdvantest

"Cookies" are small packets of information that are stored in visitors' or users' internet-enabled equipment such as computers and smart devices when you access this website.

Most Internet browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. They can be configured so as to not accept cookies or alert you about cookies. However, please note that this may prevent you from having access to some site functions or features. You can also delete the stored cookies by modifying your browser settings. Please refer to your browser's online help to learn more about browser operations and settings.

myAdvantest and myAdvantest eBusiness Application Services use technically necessary cookies to:

To optimally display the website and enhance services
To temporarily manage the information you input
To display the best links for your region

myAdvantest and myAdvantest eBusiness Service Applications may also use cookies which are not necessary for their technical operation. Information regarding myAdvantest cookies can be found here.

Notice of Rights to individuals which are subject to the GDPR:
If we use technically necessary cookies, the legal basis for processing your Personal Data is Article 6 para 1 lit. f GDPR. The website would not be fully usable without placing these cookies and a large number of services could not be offered. The user data collected by functional cookies is not used to create user profiles. For the use of cookies, which are not required for the technical operation, the legal basis is your consent (Article 6 para 1 lit. a GDPR). You will be informed about the use of such cookies by a cookie consent banner. If you wish to withdraw your consent, please click here.

General Notice of Rights

Additional and more detailed information on data protection at Advantest, external links as well as declarations concerning your rights in connection with the processing of your Personal Data by Advantest can be found in Advantest’s Global Privacy Policy on here.

ADVANTEST CORPORATION