1. NEC Group Introduction

At NEC Group, we are committed to handling your personal data (“Personal Data”) with the utmost responsibility and transparency. This Global Privacy Notice (“Notice”) is designed to comply with relevant transparency requirements of applicable data protection laws and regulations.

This Notice explains how NEC Corporation and its subsidiaries (“we,” “our,” “us,” “NEC,” or “NEC Group”) collect, use, share, or otherwise process your Personal Data when you engage with our or our customers’ products, services, and solutions through our websites, applications, online services, or through offline interactions.

NEC Group offers a wide range of products and services that may involve the processing of your Personal Data. Our approach to data protection varies depending on the specific context and location. This Notice provides a general overview of our practices. Specific or supplementary privacy notices may also apply to certain products, services, or locations.

This Notice does not apply when NEC Group acts as a data processor, such as when we process Personal Data on behalf of our customers. In such cases, our customer agreements govern how data is handled. If you are an end-user, employee, or contractor of an NEC Group customer, please direct privacy inquiries to that customer.

We encourage you to review the privacy notices of the specific NEC subsidiaries, websites, services, or solutions you use.

  1. Data Controller

NEC Corporation is the Data Controller for the purposes of this Notice: NEC Corporation 7-1, Shiba 5-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8001, Japan

Please contact us via the “Contact Us” section with any questions. EU/UK users may also inquire about our representatives via the same method.

  1. How We Process Your Personal Data

We use “Personal Data” to include any information that identifies, relates to, or is reasonably linkable to an individual. The categories include:

  • Contact Data: e.g., billing address, email, phone
  • Identity Data: e.g., name, username, company, role
  • Financial Data: e.g., credit/debit card, billing
  • Marketing Data: e.g., interactions with our communications
  • Profile Data: e.g., platform usage, preferences, account settings
  • Usage Data: e.g., browsing behavior, site interactions
  • Feedback: e.g., support inquiries, survey responses
  • Technical Data: e.g., IP address, browser type, system configuration
  • Job Application Data: e.g., resumes and related materials
  1. Legal Basis for Processing

We process Personal Data under the following legal bases:

  • With your consent
  • To perform a contract
  • To comply with legal obligations
  • To protect vital interests
  • For public interest tasks
  • For legitimate interests, provided they do not override your rights

Consent-based processing can be withdrawn at any time.

  1. Purposes for Processing
  • Administration and contract management
  • Service improvement and development
  • Personalized support
  • Security and troubleshooting
  • Surveys and feedback
  • Responding to inquiries
  • Sales and marketing communications
  • Social media engagement
  • Website and service analytics
  • Event registrations
  • Job opportunity communications
  1. Sharing Personal Data

Personal Data is shared internally on a need-to-know basis and with third parties including service providers, legal advisors, commercial partners, and government entities as needed. Data may also be transferred in the context of business transactions (e.g., mergers).

6.1 International Transfers

Data may be transferred outside your country. Safeguards include adequacy decisions and standard contractual clauses. Mainland China transfers are limited to original consent purposes.

  1. Data Retention

Data is retained only as long as necessary to fulfill the intended purposes, subject to legal, regulatory, and contractual obligations. Some data may be anonymized and used for research.

  1. Data Security

Appropriate technical and organizational measures are in place to protect Personal Data against unauthorized access, loss, and misuse.

  1. Links to Third-Party Sites

Our sites may contain links to third-party services not covered by this Notice. Users should review third-party privacy policies before interacting with them.

  1. Minors

Our services are not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect data from minors. If such data is discovered, it will be deleted.

  1. Your Rights

Subject to applicable laws, you may have rights to:

  • Access your data
  • Rectify inaccurate data
  • Delete data
  • Port data to another controller
  • Restrict processing
  • Object to processing
  • Withdraw consent

To exercise your rights, please contact us.

  1. U.S. Residents

This Notice supplements U.S. privacy laws. “Personal Information” includes identifiers, biometric data, geolocation, and inferences. We do not sell this data for monetary value, though certain cookie use may be classified as a “sale.”

You may:

  • Request information about data use
  • Opt out of sales, sharing, profiling
  • Request access, correction, or deletion
  • Exercise additional rights depending on your state
  1. Contact Us

If you have questions or wish to exercise your rights, contact us through the “Contact Us” section.

  1. Cookies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies. Please refer to our Cookies Policy.

  1. Amendments

We may update this Notice periodically to reflect changes in law or business practices. Material changes will be communicated as required by law.

Last updated: May 2025