Privacy Policy
1.0 Personal Information we may collect and process:
For the purposes of this privacy policy, ‘Personal Information’ means any data which is related to a living individual who is or can be identified from that data, or from a combination of a set of data and other information which is or may be in the possession of Bridgestone Technologies.
Generally, you can visit our website without sharing any Personal Information about you. Some data like your IP address, demographics, operating system of your computers, and browser type can be gathered for better usability, troubleshooting, maintenance of the site, and to know which sections of the site are visited and how often.
When you are registering on our site or would like to comment on our content, we may need to collect certain Personal Information from you like your name, email address, designation, company, country and telephone number, for one or more of the following reasons: creation of user ID, identification of you, contacting you and offer access to want able content based on your preferences. While visiting particular pages of the Bridgestone Technologies website like Careers, you might also need to submit other Personal Information in order for Bridgestone Technologies to proceed with the relevant request.
2.0 Consequences of not providing Personal Information:
If you choose not to provide your Personal Information that is mandatory to process your request, we may not be able to provide the corresponding service.
3.0 Data recipients, transfer, and disclosure of Personal Information:
Bridgestone Technologies does not divulge your Personal Information to third parties for marketing purposes without first obtaining your prior consent. Unico Connect will obtain your consent before using or sharing Personal Information for any other purpose than the one for which it was originally gathered.
We can pass on your Personal Information to Bridgestone Technologies or any of its affiliates, business associates, service providers, authorized third-party vendors, or contractors based in any geographical location for processing of data, storage, or to deliver a sought-after service or transaction, upon ensuring that such parties are contractually obligated under data privacy norms.
Where necessary, Bridgestone Technologies can supply Personal Information to external law enforcement agencies or regulatory authorities to ensure compliance with legal requirements.
4.0 Use of cookies:
Cookies are tiny text files that, similar to most other Web servers, we put on your device you use to visit our website. This is done to identify your device in a session or in your subsequent visits to our website, mainly for the purpose of delivering improved user experience.
Types of cookies employed:
Session cookie: Session cookies exist only for the duration of an existing browsing session, and are used to prevent user inconvenience while browsing. Session cookies enable websites to associate the activities of a user within a browser session and timeout at the closing of the browsing session. Session cookies also help the user navigate the website, and enable the user to access secure areas of the webpage when they are logged in.
Persistent cookie: Persistent cookies are held on a user’s machine even after the closure of a browsing session. It facilitates remembering the user’s preference or action. Persistent cookies are employed for a wide range of applications including keeping the visitor’s language and regional preference(s) at the conclusion of every browsing session. We use third-party analytics service provider’s services to analyze cookies for conducting a behavioral study in order to improve the user experience and convenience and to bring targeted and relevant content to users.
5.0 Access, correction, objection of your Personal Information:
Subject to local law, you are entitled to access, update, or amend your Personal Information that we possess, including your profile and your preferences. You can do this in the respective sections where such information was submitted. If you have trouble updating or accessing your Personal Information as described above, you can contact us at.
6.0 Data security:
Bridgestone Technologies adopts reasonable and appropriate security practices and procedures that includes administrative, physical security, and technical controls in order to safeguard your Personal Information.
7.0 Data retention:
Bridgestone Technologies may retain your Personal Information as long as there is a business requirement, or if otherwise required under applicable laws.
8.0 Updates to this privacy statement:
Bridgestone Technologies may change the data privacy practices and update this privacy statement as and when the need arises, and the same will be made available on the website. But our commitment to protect the privacy of website users will continue to remain.