Article 1 This Policy
This Privacy Policy is provided by Faraday Technology Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "the Company" or "Faraday"). It outlines how we process your personal data, including but not limited to the personal information of our customers, suppliers, and business partners. This Policy applies to individuals outside the Company, including customers, visitors to our website, users of our products or services, employees of our corporate clients and contractors, job applicants, and visitors to our premises (collectively referred to as "you"). If any employee violates this Policy, the Company will adopt a zero-tolerance principle and take disciplinary actions in accordance with internal regulations. Suppliers who fail to comply with this Policy may face termination of their business relationship with the Company. The Company complies with applicable personal data protection laws at its operational locations and may amend this Privacy Policy at any time as required by our business operations. Please check periodically for updates to stay informed about any changes to the terms of this Policy.

Article 2 Collection of Personal Data
The Company may collect or obtain your personal data through the following channels:

  1. Data voluntarily provided by you: You provide your personal data to the Company by contacting us via email or phone, or when applying for job openings at the Company.
  2. Data obtained through employment, business, or commercial relationships: The Company may directly collect your personal data due to employment needs, business communications, or commercial activities. The Company obtains your personal data when collaborating with you on investigations, research and development, or business transactions; when engaging you as a consultant or speaker; or when you serve as a designated contact person in the context of such business cooperation.
  3. Data publicly disclosed by you: The Company may collect your personal data when you publicly share information related to the Company on social media platforms.
  4. Personal data collected through the Company’s website: The Company collects your personal data when you register for or browse the Company’s website and/or systems.
  5. Personal data provided by third parties: The Company may collect your personal data from third-party sources, such as credit reporting agencies, law enforcement authorities, or external third-party applications and cookies.

Article 3 Personal Data Collected by the Company
Under specific circumstances, the Company may collect and maintain personal data about you, such as records of your interactions with Faraday or historical interaction logs. The Company may consolidate personal data collected from various sources, including the website, products, or services, and may combine information gathered from different devices, recording and utilizing such data for internal purposes.

Article 4 Categories of Personal Data Processed by the Company
The Company may process the following categories of personal data:

  1. Personal Information: Name, aliases, and photographs.
  2. Demographic Information: Gender, date of birth/age, nationality, title, honorifics, and preferred language.
  3. Contact Information: Mailing address, delivery address, telephone number, email address, instant messaging account information, internet-based messaging information, and social media account information.
  4. Expertise: Your areas of expertise, employment history, profession and qualifications, work experience, information regarding participation in meetings, seminars, and exhibitions, business relationships with individuals or other companies, language proficiency, and other professional skills.
  5. Consent Records: Records of your consent, along with the date and time of consent, method of consent, and any related information (such as, the data recipient specified in your consent).
  6. Website-Related Information: Type of device used, operating system, browser type, browser settings, IP address, language settings, date and time of website access, username, password, encrypted login information, usage data, and aggregated statistical data.
  7. Employer Information: When you interact with Faraday as an employee of another company, your name, address, phone number, email address, and your employer’s email address.
  8. Website Content and Advertising Information: Records of your interactions with content and advertisements on Faraday’s website, records of displayed ads and content, logs of your interactions (e.g., mouse movement, clicks, or other activities), and any interaction records from touch-screen devices.
  9. Opinions and Feedback: Responses to surveys or test results, any voluntary feedback you provide to the Company, and any opinions or comments you publicly share about the Company on social media platforms.
  10. Communication Records: Records and copies of communications you have had with Faraday.
  11. Cookie Data: Information collected by Faraday through cookies and similar technologies.
  12. Security Information: Your password, login attempt records, security settings, and other security-related data.
  13. Visitor Logs: Records of visits to Faraday’s premises.

Article 5 Sensitive Personal Data
Within the normal course of business operations, the Company does not proactively collect or process sensitive personal data, such as health examination records or criminal records. However, if there is a lawful basis for collecting or processing sensitive personal data, Faraday will do so only within the following purposes:

  1. To comply with legal obligations: Faraday may process your sensitive personal data within the scope permitted or required by applicable laws and regulations.
  2. To investigate or prevent crime: Faraday may process your sensitive personal data when necessary for the investigation or prevention of criminal activities.
  3. To assert, exercise, or protect legal rights: Faraday may process your sensitive personal data if such processing is necessary to assert, exercise, or protect legal rights.
  4. Based on your explicit consent: With your prior explicit consent obtained in accordance with applicable laws, Faraday may process your sensitive personal data. When you provide sensitive personal data to the Company, please ensure that you have the legal right to disclose such information to Faraday.

Article 6 Purposes and Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data
Faraday processes your personal data for the following purposes: providing you with our website, products, and services; conducting compliance checks; supporting corporate operations; facilitating communication with you; managing the Company’s information systems; supplier management; health and safety; financial management; opinion surveys; ensuring the security of Faraday’s facilities and systems; judicial investigations; complying with relevant laws and regulations; improving our website, products, and services; fraud prevention; necessity for the assertion, exercise, or protection of legal rights, as well as for recruitment and job interviews. The Company processes your personal data based on the following legal grounds: your prior explicit consent; necessity for the performance of a contract with you or for the purposes of entering into a contract; legitimate interest, provided that such interest does not override your rights, fundamental freedoms, or legitimate interests; necessity for fulfilling legal obligations, asserting, exercising, or defending legal rights, or cooperating with investigations, fraud detection, or other criminal investigations as required by applicable laws and regulations.

Article 7 Recipients of Your Personal Data
Faraday may share your personal data with the following third parties: government authorities and regulatory agencies; external consultants of Faraday; service providers and vendors of Faraday; third parties to whom disclosure is necessary due to litigation or other legal proceedings; third parties to whom disclosure is required for the investigation, prevention, or detection of criminal activities; third parties acquiring all or part of Faraday’s business or assets; and third parties providing advertising, third-party applications (apps), or content for Faraday’s website. Under lawful circumstances and for legitimate business purposes, including website operations and the provision of products and services, the Company may disclose your personal data to other members of the group. In addition, Faraday may share your personal data with the following recipients:

  1. You and any authorized representatives
  2. Providing your personal data to judicial or law enforcement authorities as required by law, or reporting any illegal or suspected illegal activities.
  3. Accountants, auditors, consultants, lawyers, and other professionals who have signed confidentiality agreements with the Company and provide advisory services.
  4. Providing your personal data to the Company’s payment service providers, shipping companies, and other global service vendors, as stipulated in this Privacy Policy.
  5. Disclosing your personal data to relevant parties, regulatory authorities, government agencies, law enforcement bodies, or courts when necessary for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal rights, or for the prevention, investigation, detection, or enforcement of criminal penalties.
  6. In the event that the Company sells, transfers, or restructures all or part of its business or assets, or undergoes bankruptcy, dissolution, or liquidation, your personal information may be disclosed to the purchaser or transferee of such business or assets.
  7. If Faraday entrusts an information service provider to process your personal data, Faraday will enter into a contractual agreement with the provider requiring them to process your data solely within the scope of Faraday’s prior written instructions, comply with all applicable laws and regulatory requirements, and implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the security and confidentiality of your personal data.

Article 8 Rights of Data Subjects (Your Personal Rights)
Under applicable personal data protection laws, you have the right to request the following actions from Faraday:

  1. Access your personal data and request a copy of the data held by the Company
  2. Supplement or correct your personal data
  3. Transfer your personal data to another data controller, where technically feasible and reasonable
  4. Where permitted by law, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data by Faraday or by any third party acting on Faraday’s behalf.
  5. The right to refuse to provide personal data; however, if you choose not to provide your personal data, Faraday may be unable to fully provide its website functions, products, or services to you. For example, due to the lack of necessary information, Faraday may be unable to fulfill your requests.
  6. The right to erasure of your personal data, or to cease collection or restrict processing of your personal data, where legally justified
  7. The right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data by the Company (withdrawing your consent will not affect the legality of the Company’s processing of your personal data based on your prior consent; if the processing is based on other legal grounds, the Company may continue to process your personal data).
If you wish to exercise any of the above rights, or have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact the Company in accordance with the contact information provided in Article 11 of this Policy. For security purposes, the Company may require additional information to verify your identity when you exercise the above rights, in order to reasonably confirm that you are the data subject or an authorized representative.

Article 9 Retention Period of Personal Data
The Company strives to implement reasonable measures to ensure that personal data is processed only for the duration necessary to achieve the specified purposes, and retained for the shortest possible period required.

  1. During the duration of the business relationship: for example, from the time you begin contacting the Company for business purposes until you notify the Company to terminate such business communications.
  2. Within the statutory limitation period: For example, if a third party asserts a legal claim regarding your personal data, the Company may continue to process your personal data for the period necessary to meet such claim. The Company's processing of your personal data is limited solely to the purpose of storing and maintaining the security of such data.
  3. After the retention period agreed upon between the Company and you has expired, the Company will permanently delete or destroy your personal data, or anonymize your personal data through de-identification procedures.
  4. For the necessary period required to achieve the legitimate purposes outlined in this Policy.

Article 10 Prohibition on Purpose-Nonconforming Use of Customer Data
The Company is committed to safeguarding customer privacy and therefore will not use any collected customer information for purposes beyond those specified in this Privacy Policy.

Article 11 Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact Faraday using the following methods:
Faraday Technology Corporation
Address: No.5, Li-Hsin Rd. III, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu City
Phone: 03-5787888
privacy@faraday-tech.com