Privacy Statement

Your privacy is important to HORIBA. This statement discloses the information practices for HORIBA web sites, including what type of information is gathered and tracked, how the information is used, and with whom the information is shared.

Personal Information
In general, you can visit HORIBA on the Internet without telling us who you are and without giving any personal information about yourself. There are times, however, when we may need information from you.

You may choose to give us personal information in a variety of situations. For example, you may want to give us information, such as your name and address or e-mail address, to correspond with you. You may give us a description of your education and work experience in connection with a job opening at HORIBA you wish to be considered for. We intend to let you know how we will use such information before we collect it from you; if you tell us that you do not want us to use this information to make further contact with you beyond fulfilling your requests, we will respect your wishes. If you give us personal information about somebody else, such as a work colleague, we will assume that you have permission to do so.

Using and Sharing Personal Information
The following paragraphs describe in more detail how HORIBA may use your personal information and with whom we may share it. Depending on the type of HORIBA web site you are visiting, one or more of the paragraphs may apply.

Fulfilling Your Transaction Request
If you request something from a HORIBA web site, for example, a callback, or specific marketing materials, we will use the information you provide to fulfill your request. To help us do this, we may share information with others, for instance, other parts of HORIBA. As part of our customer satisfaction surveys or for market research purposes.

Marketing Use
The information you provide to HORIBA on certain HORIBA web sites may also be used by HORIBA and selected third parties for marketing purposes. Before we use it, however, we will offer you the opportunity to choose whether or not to have your information used in this way.

Our Worldwide Practices
HORIBA is a global organization, with legal entities, business processes, management structures, and technical systems that cross borders.
Our privacy practices are designed to provide protection for your personal information all over the world. We may share your personal information within HORIBA and transfer it to countries where we do business. Some countries may provide less legal protection for your information. In such countries HORIBA will still handle information in the manner we describe here.

Information Security and Quality
We intend to protect your personal information and to maintain its quality. We implement appropriate measures and processes to help us to keep your information secure and to maintain its quality.

Cookies, Web Beacons, and Other Technologies
We sometimes collect non-identifiable information from visits to our web sites to help us provide better customer service. For example, we keep track of the domains from which people visit, and we also measure visitor activity on HORIBA web sites, but we do so in ways that keep the information non-identifiable. This information is sometimes known as "clickstream data." HORIBA may use this data to analyze tends and statistics and to help us provide better customer service.

Disclosures Required By Law
Please be aware that in certain circumstances, it is possible that personal information may be subject to disclosure pursuant to judicial or other government subpoenas warrants, or orders.

Links to non-HORIBA Web Sites
HORIBA web sites may contain links to other web sites. HORIBA is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those other web sites.

Notification of Changes
This privacy statement was last updated February 4, 2004. A notice will be posted on our web site home page for 30 days whenever this privacy policy is changed in a material way.

Privacy Questions and Access
If you have a question about this statement, you can send and email to the HORIBA web site coordinator. The address for this is jason.stewart@horiba.com. You can also contact us at this address if you have a question about HORIBA's handling of your information.
If you wish to obtain a copy of particular information you provided to HORIBA, or if you become aware the information is incorrect and you would like us to correct it, contact us at gary.nadeau@horiba.com.
Before HORIBA is able to provide you with any information or correct any inaccuracies, however, we may ask you to verify your identity and to provide other details to help us to respond to your request. We will endeavor to respond within an appropriate timeframe.