Last Updated and Effective Date: 01/16/24
NOTICE AT COLLECTION
A. Collection of Information
B. Purpose and Use of Information
C. Disclosure of Information
D. Retention of Information
ADVERTISING AND ANALYTICS
LAWFUL BASES FOR PROCESSING
GLOBAL TRANSFER OF INFORMATION
SECURITY
YOUR RIGHTS
A. The Rights Available Depending on Your Jurisdiction
B. Opt-Out Preference Signals and “Do Not Track” Requests
C. Instructions on How to Exercise Your Privacy Rights
COMPLAINTS
CHILDREN
CONTACT US
This Privacy Policy describes how Qualcomm Incorporated and our subsidiaries and affiliated companies (collectively, “Qualcomm,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) collect, use, and disclose personal information and certain other forms of data about you (collectively, “information”) and your data privacy rights. Personal information is sometimes also referred to as personal data, personally identifiable information, or other like terms that mean any information that directly or indirectly identifies you or is reasonably capable of being associated with you or, in certain jurisdictions, your household. This Privacy Policy applies to any and all of our information collection scenarios that refer to, or provide a link directing you to, this Privacy Policy, such as when you use our websites, products or services, conduct business with us, apply for a job, or otherwise interact with us (collectively the “Services”).
This Privacy Policy is supplemented by additional notices, such as our Supplemental Job Application Privacy Notice for candidates applying for a position with Qualcomm, Additional Disclosures for Individuals in the United States, additional China provisions (中国隐私附录), and any other supplemental notices that we currently are providing or will provide in the future regarding our products and services, which should be read together with this Privacy Policy. We may also provide privacy notices with respect to other information collection practices not within the scope of this Privacy Policy, in which case this Privacy Policy will not apply. For example, if you are a Qualcomm employee, separate privacy policies apply. Qualcomm employees may visit our internal portal or contact their local human resources department to get a copy of the applicable employee privacy policy.
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we may notify you of the change and revise the date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
NOTICE AT COLLECTION
This Notice at Collection describes how we may collect, use, and disclose information and the sources from which we collect such information.
A. Collection of Information
Information You Provide to Us
We collect information you provide directly to us, for example, when you: (1) conduct business dealings with us; (2) join virtual conferences hosted by us; (3) participate in our marketing events or campaigns, such as our Snapdragon Insider program; (4) use our products and services; (5) are recorded by our specially-marked vehicles; (6) visit our campuses and facilities; (7) register or request information from us; and/or (8) apply for a job. The types of information we may collect directly from you include the following:
Identifiers, such as unique personal identifiers, name, username, login credentials, contact information (e.g., address, telephone number, and email address), online identifier, license plate number, or other similar identifiers that can either directly identify you or reasonably be linked to your identity.
Payment Information, such as your credit card number and related verification data that normally would be directly collected and processed by our third-party payment service providers whose payment processing platforms are integrated into our transaction webpages.
Business and Commercial Information, such as your business contact information, the business you represent, the records regarding the products or services you purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies relating to our products or services.
Biometric Information, such as imagery of the face and voice recordings, from which an identifier template (e.g., faceprint or voiceprint) may be extracted. This may occur, for example, when you engage in our marketing events or demonstration sessions featuring an interactive demo setup designed to create a virtual reality image or video recording of you.
Geolocation and Precise Geolocation, such as your general location and precise location derived from the location of your device, vehicle, or other equipment installed with, or transmitting location information to, our products or services.
Audio, Electronic, Visual, or Similar Information, such as the videos, pictures, and other recordings of you in different situations, including when you join our virtual meetings or webinars, connect to our information systems, or participate in some of our test programs.
Other Information, such as the information you submit to our systems, contribute to our research programs, upload to the platforms of our products or services, or provide to us in other interactive manners.
Some information identified above may be considered “sensitive” personal information in certain jurisdictions, such as financial information, login credentials, biometric information, and precise geolocation data.
To learn more about additional personal and sensitive information we may collect from job applicants, please see our Supplemental Job Application Privacy Notice.
Information We Collect Automatically
When permitted by law or with your consent, we may automatically collect certain information about your interactions with us or our Services, including the information below:
Website Activity Information, such as when you access our websites, the information showing the access times, pages viewed, links clicked, and features used.
Information Collected by Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies, such as cookies and web beacons to collect information about you. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help us improve our Services and your experience, see which areas and features of our Services are popular, and count visits. Web beacons (also known as “pixel tags” or “clear GIFs”) are electronic images that we use on our Services and in our emails to help deliver cookies, count visits, and understand usage and campaign effectiveness. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, see our Cookie Policy.
Device Installation and Configuration Information, such as information about the device and network you use, including data about your hardware model, operating system and version, mobile network, firmware and versions, wireless carrier, mobile country code and network code, Internet Protocol address, network speed, unique device identifiers such as hardware identifier like MAC address, software identifier, chipset serial number, browser type, and app version.
Product and Service Usage Information, such as the information related to the performance or use of your device when operating an integrated Qualcomm product or service.
Error Report Information, such as when you send us an error report, the data related to the error, diagnostic, configuration and performance reports, and any other crash data generated by related software or hardware.
Other Information, as disclosed by additional notices and policies we provide related to our Services.
We also collect information in our research and development programs, including but not limited to the projects listed below:
Road Data Collection: We operate specially marked vehicles that take pictures and record videos in and around public spaces, private company premises, test sites, and other areas for research, development, testing, verification, and validation of automotive and mobile technologies. The vehicles are equipped with camera systems and location technologies. These systems record, process, and store videos and images from the vehicle’s surroundings associated with location and time. Anyone near one of the marked vehicles during operations could potentially be included in the imagery or videos. In addition, we may also obtain pictures or videos from third-party sources, such as researchers, universities, other companies, or public sources. The personal information processed may consist of pictures and videos collected by the vehicle camera systems of car plates, pedestrians, cyclists, cars’ occupants, and any other individual in the vehicle’s surroundings. We may also collect GPS positioning of our vehicles and data entry time stamps. In the context of this data processing, images of pedestrians, cyclists, cars, occupants, and other individuals are analyzed, classified, and further processed as “items” in the framework of the real environmental and traffic conditions. For example, an individual could be classified as “a pedestrian at left side of lane,” or as “a cyclist passing the car from the right side.”
Smart Campus: Some of our campuses and facilities deploy smart campus technologies to help us develop, test, and demonstrate the technologies for the future. When you visit any of them, your information may be captured by cameras or other sensor devices embedded into our buildings, shuttles, security systems, and other infrastructure. For example, when you park your car in certain garages of our campus, your vehicle license plate number and parking spot may be automatically recorded by the hanging ceiling sensors there and used for our smart parking product development to improve future parking experience. When you walk around our campus, your images may be captured by AI-enabled camera systems and IoT sensors, to test our technologies that may be used to detect crowds or suspicious malicious actors. Where required by law, we display notices and only deploy these devices in common areas of our private campuses and facilities.
Information We Collect from Other Sources
We may obtain information from other sources, such as data providers, social networks, organizers of the events we sponsor, business partners, or public sources. For example, like most companies and organizations, we collect business contact information and other information from public and third-party sources related to current, former, or prospective business contacts including representatives of other companies, civil society organizations, the press, and governmental bodies. Some datasets we obtain from third parties under license or from our business partners for research and development purposes may also contain information about you.
Information We Derive
We may derive personal information or draw inferences about you based on the information we collect. For example, if you work for our business partners, we may use such information to better understand your interests in our products and services.
