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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung U.S. Careers Privacy Policy

EffectiveJanuary 10, 2020

Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and its subsidiaries, (collectively, “Samsung”) respect your concerns about privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to our Careers webpages and to job applicants who apply for positions with Samsung. We describe below the personal information we may obtain about you, and how we may use and disclose that information. We also explain the steps we take to safeguard the information and how you may contact us if you have any questions about our privacy practices.

If you are a California resident, for more information about our California privacy practices, please see our California Careers Privacy Notice

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Information We Obtain

Information you provide to us

When you apply for employment with Samsung, you may provide us with personal information such as your:

  • Name;
  • contact information;
  • login credentials when you create an account to apply for a job;
  • date of birth;
  • government-issued identification information, such as passport or visa information;
  • information about your education, employment and military history, legal work eligibility status, background check information, prior work history, job performance and compensation; and
  • other information you may provide in the course of applying for a job with us.

Information we collect automatically

When you visit our career webpages, we may collect some data automatically, such as through browser cookies, pixels, web server logs, web beacons, and other technologies. Among other purposes, these technologies help us (1) remember your information so you will not have to re-enter it, (2) track and understand how you use and interact with our websites, (3) tailor our websites around your preferences, (4) manage and measure the usability of our websites, (5) understand the effectiveness of our communications, and (6) otherwise enhance our websites.

Information we may collect automatically includes information about your:

  • device, including MAC address, IP address, log information, device model, hardware model, IMEI number, serial number, subscription information, device settings, connections to other devices, mobile network operator, web browser characteristics, app usage information, current software version, subscription information and randomized, non-persistent and resettable device identifiers;
  • use of our websites, including clickstream data, your interactions with our websites (such as the webpages you visit, search terms, and the apps and features you use), the pages that led or referred you to our websites, dates and times of use of our websites; and
  • use of third-party websites, apps and features that are connected to our websites.

Your browser may tell you how to be notified when you receive certain types of cookies or how to restrict or disable certain types of cookies. You can find out how to do this for your particular browser by clicking “help” on your browser’s menu or visiting www.allaboutcookies.org. For mobile devices, you can manage how your device and browser share certain device data by adjusting the privacy and security settings on your device. Our systems are not designed to respond to “do not track” signals received from browsers.

How We Use The Information We Obtain

We may use the personal information we obtain from job applicants for:

  • managing career opportunities at Samsung, including for recruitment purposes, candidate screening and evaluation, and employee onboarding;
  • communicating with you;
  • operating, managing, evaluating and improving our business, including undertaking accounting, auditing and other internal functions;
  • maintaining and enhancing the safety and security of our websites and preventing misuse; and
  • complying with and enforcing applicable legal requirements, relevant industry standards and our policies, including this U.S. Careers Privacy Policy, and protecting against, identifying and preventing fraud or other criminal activity, or claims or other liabilities.

We also may use the information we obtain in other ways for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection.

Information Sharing

We may share your personal information with our subsidiaries and affiliates and with service providers who perform services for us. We do not authorize our service providers to use or disclose the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or to comply with legal requirements.

We may disclose personal information we collect about you (1) if we are required to do so by law or legal process, (2) to law enforcement authorities or other government officials, (3) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss, or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent or illegal activity, and (4) in the event we may or do sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets (including in the event of a merger, acquisition, joint venture, reorganization, divestiture, dissolution or liquidation).

How We Protect Personal Information

We maintain safeguards designed to protect personal information we obtain.

Updates To This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our personal information practices. We will indicate at the top of the policy when it was most recently updated.

How To Contact Us

For information about our privacy practices, you can contact us at:

Privacy Office
Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
85 Challenger Road
Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660
NAPrivacy@sea.samsung.com