Revision Date: 06.25.21
ADTRAN, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“ADTRAN,” “we,” or “us”) respect individual privacy, and strive to properly address legal requirements applicable to data protection. This ADTRAN Corporate Privacy Policy provides information about how ADTRAN collects, uses and discloses certain personally identifiable information that we receive (“Personal Data”) about consumers, corporate customers, suppliers, vendors, business partners, job applicants, independent contractors and other third-parties (collectively “you”).
We may collect Personal Data as you use www.adtran.com and our other websites, microsites and subdomains (collectively, our or the "Website"), purchase and use our products and services, and interact with us. “Personal Data” includes any information that can be used to identify an individual, and may include name, position/title, postal address, email address, phone and fax numbers, and login information (username, password).
ADTRAN will only process Personal Data in ways that are compatible with the purpose that ADTRAN collected it for, or for purposes an individual later authorizes. Before we use your Personal Data for a purpose that is materially different than the purpose we collected it for or that you later authorized, we will provide you with the opportunity to opt out. ADTRAN maintains reasonable procedures to help ensure that Personal Data that is collected is reliable for its intended use, accurate, complete, and current.
ADTRAN may collect and use the following data:
In addition, we collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information:
We collect this information:
Information You Provide to Us. The information we collect on or through our Website may include:
You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, "posted") on public areas of our Website, or transmitted to other users of our Website or third parties (collectively, "User Contributions"). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although we limit access to certain pages and/or you may set certain privacy settings for such information by logging into your account profile, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of our Website with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.
As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
We also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking). The information we collect automatically is statistical data and does not include Personal Data, but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
We also use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google "), on our website. Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this Website is usually transmitted to Google and will be used to evaluate your use of the Website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. IP anonymization is activated on this website, so your IP address will be shortened by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. You can prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding setting of your browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to the fullest extent possible. In addition, you may prevent the collection by Google of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading the browser plug-in available under the following link and install: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. For more information about Google Terms of Use and Privacy, please visit: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies.
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any Personal Data:
We may also use your information to contact you about our own and third-parties' goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to use your information in this way, please email [email protected] For more information, see or click on the following link: Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
We may use the information we have collected from you to enable us to display advertisements to our advertisers' target audiences. Even though we do not disclose your Personal Data for these purposes without your consent, if you click on or otherwise interact with an advertisement, the advertiser may assume that you meet its target criteria.
We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.
We may disclose Personal Data that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:
We may also disclose your Personal Data:
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the Personal Data you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:
You may send us an email at [email protected] to request access to, correct or delete any Personal Data that you have provided to us. We cannot delete your Personal Data except by also deleting your user account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.
If you delete any User Contributions from our Websites, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other Website users. Proper access and use of information provided on the Websites, including User Contributions, is governed by the ADTRAN WEBSITE TERMS OF USE.
California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits users of our Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of Personal Data to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to [email protected] or write us at: ADTRAN, Inc., c/o Legal & Contracts, 901 Explorer Blvd., Huntsville, Alabama 35806.
We have implemented measures designed to secure your Personal Data from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers behind firewalls. Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Websites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. We urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas of our Websites like message boards. The information you share in public areas may be viewed by any users of the Websites.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Data transmitted to our Websites. Any transmission of Personal Data is at your own risk.
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page with a notice that the privacy policy has been updated on the home page of www.adtran.com. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' Personal Data, we will notify you through a notice on the home page of www.adtran.com. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the bottom of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting www.adtran.com and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.
To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, contact us at [email protected].
The following terms apply only to the collection, use, and retention of personal data transferred from the European Union.
ADTRAN recognizes that the European Union (“EU”) has adopted the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) which requires “adequate protection” for the transfer of personally identifiable information about individuals in the EU to ADTRAN operations in the US. Transfers (if any) of Personal Data from the EU to a third county are made (A) to a country providing adequate data protection (as deemed by the European Commission from time to time); (B) pursuant to the Standard Contractual Clauses adopted by the European Commission (“Standard Contractual Clauses”) or by a Supervisory Authority and approved by the European Commission; or (C) authorized by all applicable Supervisory Authorities in Europe, as the case may be, such as through Binding Corporate Rules approved by all applicable Supervisory Authorities (collectively “Permitted Transfers.)”
Onward Transfer; Data Transfers to Third Parties. We may share Personal Data with third-party agents or service providers (if outside the EU, only if a “Permitted Transfer”) who perform functions on our behalf for the purpose of: operating our business; delivering, improving, and customizing our websites, products, and services; sending marketing and other communications related to our business; and for other legitimate purposes permitted by applicable law or otherwise with your consent. Where required by GDPR and other applicable law, we enter into written agreements with those third-party agents and service providers requiring them to provide the same level of protection GDPR and other applicable law requires and limiting their use of the data to the specified services provided on our behalf. We take reasonable and appropriate steps to ensure that third-party agents and service providers process personal information in accordance with GDPR and other applicable law and to stop and remediate any unauthorized processing. Under certain circumstances, we may remain liable for the acts of our third-party agents or service providers who perform services on our behalf for their handling of personal information that we transfer to them.
Third-Party Data Controllers. In some cases we may transfer Personal Data to unaffiliated third-party data controllers (if outside the EU, only if a “Permitted Transfer”). These third parties do not act as agents or service providers and are not performing functions on our behalf. We will only provide your Personal Data to third-party data controllers where you have not opted-out of such disclosures, or in the case of sensitive Personal Data, where you have opted-in if GDPR or other applicable law requires consent. We enter into written contracts with any unaffiliated third-party data controllers requiring them to provide the same level of protection for Personal Data as GDPR and other applicable law requires. We also limit their use of your Personal Data so that it is consistent with any consent you have provided and with the notices you have received. Access Rights. You may have the right to access the Personal Data that we hold about you and to request that we correct, amend, or delete it if it is inaccurate or processed in violation of GDPR or other applicable law. These access rights may not apply in some cases, including where providing access is unreasonably burdensome or expensive under the circumstances or where it would violate the rights of someone other than the individual requesting access. If you would like to request access to, correction, amendment, or deletion of your Personal Data, you can submit a written request to [email protected] We may request specific information from you to confirm your identity. In some circumstances we may charge a reasonable fee for access to your information. If you become aware of changes or inaccuracies in your Personal Data, you are responsible for informing ADTRAN in writing to the contact provided below of such changes so that the Personal Data may be updated or corrected.
Questions or Complaints. In compliance with the Privacy Shield, ADTRAN commits to resolve complaints about our collection or use of your personal information. EU individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding our Privacy Policy should first contact ADTRAN at: [email protected] We will investigate and attempt to resolve any complaints or disputes regarding the use or disclosure of your Personal Data within 45 days of receiving your complaint. ADTRAN has further committed to cooperate with the panel established by the EU data protection authorities (DPAs) with regard to unresolved privacy complaints concerning Personal Data transferred from the EU. If you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your complaint from us, or if we have not addressed your complaint to your satisfaction, please contact the EU DPAs for more information and assistance or to file a complaint. Information regarding local contact information for local data protection authorities can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authories/index_en.htm.
You may have the option to select binding arbitration for the resolution of your complaint under certain circumstances, provided you have taken the following steps: (1) raised your complaint directly with ADTRAN and provided us the opportunity to resolve the issue; (2) made use of the independent dispute resolution mechanism identified above; and (3) raised the issue through the relevant data protection authority and allowed the US Department of Commerce an opportunity to resolve the complaint at no cost to you. For more information on binding arbitration, see US Department of Commerce's Privacy Shield Framework: Annex I (Binding Arbitration) at https://www.privacyshield.gov/article?id=ANNEX-I-introduction.
