Privacy Statement

Richardson Electronics, Ltd. ("Richardson Electronics") respects your privacy. This documentsets forth Richardson Electronics' website privacy practices and explains the possible uses of the information that Richardson Electronics gathers via its website. Please note that Richardson Electronics may update this Privacy Statement from time-to-time, and you should check this page periodically for changes. If changes are made, Richardson Electronics will notify all users by stating the date the policy was updated on this page. This Privacy Statement was last updated December 17, 2007.

THE INFORMATION RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS COLLECTS AND USES:

In order to take part in promotional activities for Richardson Electronics' products or services, purchase products or services from Richardson Electronics, obtain information from Richardson Electronics, or have questions answered by Richardson Electronics, Richardson Electronics may request and/or collect, via its website, information that personally identifies you, such as your first and last name, home address, phone number, or email address ("Personal Information"). For purpose of clarification, this Privacy Statement applies only to Personal Information that is collected in connection with Richardson Electronics' website. This Privacy Statement does not apply to information that is acquired by Richardson Electronics through other means.
By voluntarily providing Richardson Electronics with your Personal Information, you consent to receive promotional and/or other marketing information about products, services, and offerings from Richardson Electronics via email or any other medium.
Richardson Electronics' servers may automatically track certain information about your activity on Richardson Electronics' website. This information may include your browser type and version, your IP address, any referring URL, and any URL you visit from Richardson Electronics' site. Richardson Electronics may share aggregated anonymous information with third party advertisers, but this aggregated anonymous information cannot be matched with you personally unless you voluntarily share your Personal Information with the third party advertisers.
Richardson Electronics does not knowingly collect Personal Information from or about a child under the age of 18 without the consent of the child's parent or legal guardian. Richardson Electronics does not sell or disclose client lists or e-mail address lists, or pass on other Personal Information to third party advertisers. Richardson Electronics may disclose your Personal Information if required or permitted to do so by law, or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to protect and defend the rights or property of Richardson Electronics or the users of Richardson Electronics' website, or to act under urgent circumstances to protect the safety of Richardson Electronics or its employees or a member of the public. Richardson Electronics may disclose and/or transfer Personal Information to a buyer or transferee of all or a portion of its assets in conjunction with the sale or transfer of such assets. Further, Richardson Electronics may disclose client lists, e-mail address lists, and other Personal Information to its subsidiaries and other companies that are affiliated with Richardson Electronics.

COOKIES:

Richardson Electronics may use cookies to recognize you and your access privileges with respect to Richardson Electronics' website, as well as to track site usage. Cookies are stored on your computer's hard drive, and serve as indexes to a database. Cookies also may help Richardson Electronics to establish usage trends and to tailor website content and develop further enhancements. You are always free to set your browser to decline Richardson Electronics' cookies, and you can delete cookies from your computer. Disabling or deleting cookies, however, may interfere with your ability to access some areas of Richardson Electronics' website now or at some point in the future.

EXTERNAL WEBSITES:

Richardson Electronics' website may contain windows or hyperlinks which provide access to other websites not affiliated with Richardson Electronics. Your use of an external website or any informational content found on an external website is subject to and governed by the terms and guidelines of said external website. Richardson Electronics does not endorse or make any representations or warranties concerning, and will not in any way liable for, any informational content, products, services, software, or other materials available on an external website, even if one or more pages of the external website are framed within a page of this website. Richardson Electronics is not responsible for the privacy practices of any external website. For your protection, please refer to the privacy policies of the respective external websites.

DATA SECURITY:

To improve data security and restrict access to your personal and business information,
Richardson Electronics has put in place certain technology and procedures designed to safeguard the information Richardson Electronics collects via its website. Richardson Electronics does not, however, guarantee that information collected via its website is or will be completely secure from misappropriation by hackers or from other nefarious or criminal activities, or in the event ofa failure of computer hardware, software, or a telecommunications network.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have questions about this Privacy Statement or your Personal Information, you may contact Richardson Electronics by mail, fax, or e-mail at the addresses indicated below.
Richardson Privacy Mailbox
Richardson Electronics, Ltd.
PO Box 393 40W267 Keslinger Road
LaFox, IL 60147
E-mail: Privacy@rell.com
Fax: (630) 208-2590