Privacy Policy

Spreadtrum Communications, USA (“Spreadtrum”,” “we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Company”) is concerned about privacy and wants you to be familiar with how we collect, use, protect, and retain your information. By using our website and submitting Personal Information to us, you consent to the use of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.

If you are located outside of the United States, you consent to the use and transfer of your Personal Information to the United States for the purposes listed in this Privacy Policy.

We may periodically update this Privacy Policy to stay up-to-date with new technologies, industry practices, and regulatory requirements, among other reasons. Any non-material changes will take effect immediately upon posting of an updated Privacy Policy. If the changes are significant, we will notify you of such changes.

Your continued use of our products and services after the effective date of the Privacy Statement means that you accept the revised Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the Privacy Policy, original or revised, please refrain from using our products or services.

The Personal Information includes information that identifies you as an individual or any other person, including:

  • Name
  • Address
  • Telephone number
  • Email address

Other Information includes information that does not identify you or any other person directly.  Depending on the country you live in, some of this information may be considered Personal Information. Some examples of Other Information include:

  • Browser and device information
  • IP address
  • Location data (i.e., country)
  • Usage data (e.g., clicks, number of downloads)
  • Information collected through cookies and other technologies
  • Aggregated, anonymized information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • Improve our website in order to provide a better user experience
  • Tailor the content that is most interesting and relevant to you
  • Communicate with you in responding to your questions, comment and requests
  • Offer marketing and promotional information, as permitted by local law
  • Comply with legal obligation and promote safety and security

Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about special events, new products and services, or changes to this Privacy Policy.

We will retain your Personal Information for as long as it is necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

If you have any questions regarding security privacy, you can contact us at info@spreadtrumusa.com.

This Privacy Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any site or service we link to.  The inclusion of a link on our websites does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by us or by our affiliates.

Please note that we are not responsible for the collection, usage and disclosure policies and practices (including the data security practices) of other organizations.  Please refer to their privacy policies for more information.

Our websites are controlled and operated by us from the United States, and are not intended to subject us to the laws or jurisdiction of any country or territory other than that of the United States.

If you would like to review, correct, update, suppress, or delete Personal Information that has been previously provided to us by you, you may contact us by email at info@spreadtrumusa.com, or write us at the address listed in the “Contact Us” section below.

In your request, please make clear what Personal Information you would like to have changed, whether you would like to have your Personal Information that you have provided to us suppressed from our database or otherwise let us know what limitations you would like to put on our use of your Personal Information that you have provided to us.  For your protection, we may only implement requests with respect to the Personal Information associated with the particular email address that you use to send us your request, and we may need to verify your identity before implementing your request.  We will try to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable.

CalOPPA is a California-enacted set of regulations that requires the following measures:

  • Users can visit our site anonymously
  • We will maintain a link to our Privacy Policy on our home page
  • Our Privacy Policy link includes the word “Privacy” and can easily be found on our home page
  • You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes on our Privacy Policy Page

We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose information from children under 13. If you are under the age of 13, do not submit any information through our site. If we learn that we collected personal information from children under the age of 13, we will take steps to promptly delete that information. If you believe that a child under age 13 may have provided us with personal information, please contact us at info@spreadtrumusa.com.

This Privacy Policy shall be construed and governed in accordance with the laws of the State of California without application of choice-of-law provisions that would require application of the laws of another jurisdiction. By using our website and social media, all parties irrevocably submit themselves to the exclusive venue and personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in San Diego, California with regard to any dispute relating to use of our websites, social media, this agreement, or its enforcement.