US Privacy Notice
This notice is to inform you of how Applied Materials collects, uses, stores, and shares your personal information. Any of the terms "Applied Materials," "Company," "Our" or "We" is a reference to Applied Materials, Inc. and all its global subsidiaries and affiliates.
Please note, you have specific rights available to you as a United States resident, as outlined in Section II. If you have questions or to exercise your rights, please email DataProtection@amat.com.
Applied’s Collection, Use, Storage, and Transfer of Your Personal Information
The chart below outlines the categories of personal information we have collected over the last 12 months, including our sources and purposes for collection. For more information, please review our Privacy Policy.
Personal Information
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Identifiers, such as first name, last name, and email address |
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Section 1798.80(e) characteristics, such as phone number and home address |
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Commercial information, such as shipping address and payment information |
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Internet or other electronic network activity, such as browsing history, search history, and application use |
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Geolocation data, such as device location and Wi-Fi connection location |
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Professional or employment-related information, such as employment history and title |
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Education information, such as transcripts, certifications, and other education |
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Inferences, such as those created using Artificial Intelligence |
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USES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Applied Materials uses the above listed personal information for the following purposes:
- Human Resources Administration
- Administer and track recruitment and onboarding
- Executing the employment or engagement contract
- Organizational Management & Operations
- Operate our business, such as marketing our company through various media (including but not limited to social media), and providing our products and services
- Facilitate and conduct corporate business transactions, such as a merger, acquisition, joint venture, or financing or sale of company assets
- Coordinate and respond to questions
- IT Administration & Security Monitoring
- Secure, authorize, grant, administer, support, and terminate access to or use of the Company’s data, systems, networks, equipment, platforms, directories, facilities, assets, records, property, and infrastructure
- Investigate and remediate security incidents
- Compliance
- Comply with applicable laws, rules, legal obligations, regulations, legal proceedings, company policies, and government investigations and inspections.
- Conduct investigations, audits, compliance, risk management, and security operations, such as detection and management of allegations of wrongdoing, policy violations, fraud, or financial reporting concerns.
We may aggregate and/or de-identify data and use it for any purpose. To the extent we deidentify any data originally based on personal information, we will maintain and use such data only in deidentified form and will not attempt to reidentify the data.
Collection and Use of Sensitive Personal Information
Applied Materials will only collect, use, store, or transfer the below categories of sensitive personal information when you provide it to us. If you have any questions, please contact us at DataProtection@amat.com.
Sensitive Personal Information | Purpose(s) |
Personal identification numbers, such as social security, driver's license, passport, or national/state ID card numbers |
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Racial or ethnic origin, gender |
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The Company only processes sensitive personal information in accordance with the purposes described above and strictly follows applicable legal requirements.
Disclosures of Personal Information
Over the last 12 months, we may have disclosed for a business purpose the following categories of personal information, which reference the categories of personal information described above:
Category of Personal Information | Disclosed for a Business Purpose | Sold / Shared in Exchange for Value |
| Identifiers | ✔ | NO |
| Section 1798.80(e) characteristics | ✔ | NO |
| Commercial information | ✔ | NO |
| Internet or other electronic network activity | ✔ | NO |
| Geolocation data | ✔ | NO |
| Professional or employment-related information | ✔ | NO |
| Education information | ✔ | NO |
| Inferences | ✔ | NO |
Sensitive Personal Information | ✔ | NO |
We may disclose your personal information with our service providers and suppliers, including but not limited to recruiters; background check providers; legal and other advisors; consultants; security service providers; hosting, cloud and other IT services providers; and with government agencies or other third parties to comply with the Company’s legal obligations as specified in this Notice and our Privacy Policy.
If it is necessary for us to transfer your personal information due to a merger, acquisition, division, dissolution, declaration of bankruptcy, or other reasons, we will notify you of the name and contact information of the receiving party upon the conclusion of the above actions and contractually require the receiving party to continue fulfilling legal obligations to you and to comply with this Notice.
Retention Period of Personal Information
Applied Materials retains your personal information for as long as it is necessary to accomplish the purposes for which it was collected, unless otherwise required by law.
We determine how long we keep your personal information based on an assessment of legal, contractual, and compliance obligations. We also consider your employment status, the protection of our rights, and our obligations for the protection of the rights of others.
Your Rights
As a US resident, you may be able to exercise the following rights (subject to certain limitations):
Right to Delete | You may request we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions. |
Right to Correct | If your personal information is inaccurate or incomplete, you may request that we correct it. |
Right to Know | You may request the following information (subject to certain limitations), upon you verifying your identity:
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Right to Opt-Out of "Sales or Sharing" | We do not "sell" Personal Information, nor do we "share" it for cross-contextual behavioral advertising. |
Right of Non-Discrimination | When you exercise any of these rights, we will not discriminate against you. Unless permitted by the law, we will not:
However, we may offer you certain financial incentives permitted by the law that can result in different prices, rates, or quality levels. |
To exercise any of your rights, appeal a decision concerning a data rights request, or to learn more about your rights, please submit a request by emailing DataProtection@amat.com with the subject line "Privacy Rights Request.” Upon the receipt of a request, we may ask you some questions in order to verify your identity and process your request. We may also request clarifying information from you to ensure we clearly understand the submitted privacy request.
Authorized Agent
You can designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf if you directly confirm with Applied Materials that you provided the authorized agent with permission to submit the request. If you use an authorized agent to submit a request to exercise your rights, please provide any information Applied Materials requests to verify your identity.
Updates to this Notice
We reserve the right to change this Notice at any time at our own discretion in compliance with applicable legal requirements. This may be the case, for example, to comply with new legislation or to reflect new services on our website. Where necessary and possible, we will inform you electronically if any changes require your involvement (e.g. renewed consent) or individual notification.
CONTACT US
If you have a question about this notice, Applied Materials personal information processing, or to exercise your rights, please contact us at DataProtection@amat.com.
DATE OF LAST UPDATE
This Notice was last updated on June 11, 2024.