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Sun's Privacy Policy

We at Sun Microsystems, Inc. and our wholly-owned subsidiaries worldwide (collectively, "Sun") respect your privacy. We are posting Sun's Privacy Policy (the "Policy") to clearly disclose Sun's practices and approach to respectful and fair data protection.

This Policy governs how we collect, protect, store, process, transfer and use the personally identifiable information we collect from and about you. This Policy applies to Sun's online and off-line activities, except where we have published other privacy policies or terms and conditions.

Sun adheres to the U.S.-European Union Safe Harbor Framework privacy principles of Notice, Choice, Onward Transfer, Security, Data Integrity, Access and Enforcement, and is registered with the Safe Harbor Program regarding the collection, storage, transfer, use and other processing of personal data transferred from the European Economic Area ("EEA") to the United States.

If you have any questions about this Policy, please feel free to contact us by email, privacy@sun.com, or via mail at:

    Privacy Office
    Sun Microsytems, Inc.
    4150 Network Circle
    Santa Clara, California 95054
    USA

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1. Information We Collect

Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is information that can be directly associated with an individual (such as name, email address, or telephone number), or information about activities directly linked to an individual (such as products and services you have licensed or purchased). We collect PII from you in the following ways:

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2. How We Use Information We Collect

We use PII to conduct business, provide information and support for products and services, better understand your needs and interests, refine and develop our business, improve services, personalize communications and ensure a quality experience with Sun. For example, we may use your information to:

  • Communicate, interact and build our relationship with you;
  • Contact you with relevant promotions and information about Sun and affiliated third-parties;
  • Process, fulfill and follow up on transactions and requests for products, services, support, training and information;
  • Create and maintain an account and register products and systems;
  • Engage in market research;
  • Measure, analyze and improve our products and services, the effectiveness of our web sites, and our advertising and marketing;
  • Personalize content and advertising;
  • Help identify and communicate offers of products, programs and services that may be of interest to you;
  • Send "refer-a-friend" email on your behalf;
  • Consider your employment application;
  • Comply with legal requirements; or
  • Enforce conditions of sales and web site terms of use, and prevent fraud and other prohibited or illegal actives.
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3. How We Share and Disclose PII

We may share or disclose your PII as follows:

  • To our subsidiaries to support business and marketing processes;
  • To our service providers and suppliers, who are acting and using your information solely on our behalf;
  • As necessary, if we suspect a violation of our policies or to protect the rights or safety of any person or entity;
  • Based on a good-faith belief that disclosure is necessary to respond to judicial process, valid government inquiry, or is otherwise required by law;
  • In the event that Sun or any of its assets are acquired, your information may be transferred with the company or the asset;
  • To other third-parties for purposes you have allowed; or
  • When posted by you or an authorized third-party to our wikis, forums, blogs, message boards, chat rooms and other social networking environments.
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4. Notice and Choice

Sun provides notice about its use of PII in this Policy, in our web pages, and in other locations where we collect information. You can choose whether or not to provide your PII to us. If you choose not to provide PII, you can continue to interact with Sun, but you may be not be able to take advantage of certain offers, options, events and services that depend upon accurate PII.

You can update your marketing communications preferences by logging into your Sun Online Account or by following the unsubscribe instructions you have received in a marketing email. Please note that transactional, relationship and legally required communications will not be affected by the choices you have made about marketing communications.

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5. Onward Transfer

We will only share personal information with third parties if those third parties provide an adequate level of data protection to help ensure the security of personal data, such as by agreeing to abide by the Safe Harbor principles.

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6. Security

We maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of the PII we have collected from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. In addition, we use standard security protocols and mechanisms to transmit sensitive data such as credit card details.

If you have a password, help protect any PII accessible through it by keeping your password confidential. If you share a computer, especially a public computer, terminate your internet session by logging out and closing the browser to guard against subsequent users having access to your information.

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7. Access and Accuracy

We want to maintain the accuracy of your contact information. If you need to update or correct it, please do so by logging into your Sun account.

You also may update your information by emailing privacy@sun.com, or writing to:
 

    Privacy Office
    Sun Microsytems, Inc.
    4150 Network Circle
    Santa Clara, California 95054
    USA

and we will make reasonable efforts to incorporate the changes as soon as possible. Before we make any changes, we may ask you to verify your identity and/or provide other details to help us respond to your request. We may keep a copy of the prior information for our records.

We provide individuals with reasonable access to their PII in order to have it corrected, amended or deleted where it is inaccurate or inappropriate for the specified purposes of processing.

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8. Children's Privacy

Sun's web sites and marketing are not directed to children under 13 years of age. If that policy changes, we will obtain consent from a parent or guardian before we collect PII from anyone under the age of 13.

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9. Our Commitment

We are committed to privacy and are actively involved in current industry initiatives to preserve individual privacy rights. Our privacy practices are constantly evolving to meet new requirements, standards, technologies and customer desires.

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10. Transfers of PII under Safe Harbor

Sun is a global organization, with operations, processes and systems that cross borders. We are certified under the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor program and strive to comply with all applicable laws around the globe designed to protect your privacy. If you choose to provide us with information, including PII, you understand that we may transfer it within Sun in the United States or to Sun's subsidiaries, joint venture partners, and third-party service providers around the world.

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11. Enforcement

Sun regularly reviews its compliance with this Policy. Please feel free to direct any questions or concerns regarding this Policy or Sun's treatment of PII by contacting us at privacy@sun.com or by writing to us at:
 

    Privacy Office
    Sun Microsytems, Inc.
    4150 Network Circle
    Santa Clara, California 95054
    USA

We participate in the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Privacy Framework as set forth by the United States Department of Commerce. If you have any complaints regarding our compliance with the Safe Harbor principles, please contact us at the address above.

If contacting us does not resolve your complaint, you may raise your complaint with TRUSTe. Please allow at least 10 business days for us to respond prior to contacting TRUSTe. You can reach TRUSTe by Internet at http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php, by fax at 415-520-3420, or by postal mail at Watchdog Complaints, TRUSTe, 55 Second Street, Floor 2, San Francisco, CA, USA 94105. If you are faxing or mailing TRUSTe to lodge a complaint, you must include the following information: our company name, the nature of the alleged privacy violation including details about how your data was collected and what causes you to believe a violation occurred, the resolution you are requesting, your contact information, and whether you allow the particulars of your complaint to be shared with us. For information about TRUSTe or the operation of TRUSTe's dispute resolution process, see http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php or request this information from TRUSTe at any of the addresses listed above.

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12. Changes to this Privacy Policy

Please note that this Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Policy without your explicit consent. We will post any Policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice and we will also keep prior versions of this Policy in an archive for your review.

For the previous version see Sun Online Privacy Policy.

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