This local supplement governs with respect to US residents if there is any conflict with the rest of the Privacy notice and supplements the Privacy notice. If you reside (and depending on where you reside) in the United States, you may also have additional legal rights with respect to your personal data. The Privacy notice and this local supplement provides a description of such rights and how you may exercise them if they apply to you. Please note that these rights are not absolute, and that in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law, including in the event you reside in a state that does not currently grant you these rights. For information about what categories of personal data we collect, the purposes for collecting and using that information, and what types of service providers we may disclose that information to, please see sections 2 and 3 of the Privacy notice. For purposes of this local supplement, “personal data” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer (or household, as applicable), each as defined by the relevant U.S. state law, and “sell” and “share” have the definitions provided under applicable U.S. law. The laws of certain U.S. states, as applicable, may grant some or all of the following rights to consumers who reside in those states:
- The right to request that we confirm whether we process data about you and give you access to that information;
- The right to request information about personal data that we have collected in the 12 months preceding a request – including the categories of information collected, disclosed for a business purpose, and sold/shared, the source of that information, the business purpose of that collection and any selling/sharing, the categories of third parties with whom that information is disclosed or sold/shared, and the specific personal data collected about that particular Customer which information is provided in the table below;
- The right to receive requested information in a readily usable format if provided electronically;
- The right to request that we delete any personal data about the consumer that we have collected (although we may be entitled to retain some information for certain purposes);
- The right to opt out of selling/sharing of personal information to third parties, the disclosure of personal data to third parties for targeted advertising purposes, the processing of personal data for targeted advertising purposes, and/or the profiling of your information in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects (please click here for instructions on how to opt out of the sale/sharing of your personal data);
- The right to update or correct any personal data which is out of date or incorrect; and
- The right to be free from discrimination based on your exercise of your privacy rights.
To exercise your Privacy Rights under the Privacy notice, please contact us using the contact details set out in section 1 of the Privacy notice with the subject line “U.S. Privacy Right Request” and please specify your relationship with Ericsson and which right you wish to exercise in the text of the email. We may need to collect information from you to verify your identity, such as your email address, government issued ID or date of birth, before providing a substantive response to the request. You may designate, in writing or through a power of attorney document, an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf to exercise your rights. Before accepting such a request from an agent, we will require that the agent provide proof you have authorized them to act on your behalf, and we may need you to verify your identity directly with us. You may also exercise your right to opt out of selling/sharing your data by clicking the “ button on the footer of our website.
Your browser settings may allow you to transmit a “do not track” signal, “opt-out preference” signal, or other mechanism for exercising your choice regarding the collection of your information when you visit various websites. To learn more about “do not track” signals, you can visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com/. The Ericsson websites respond to the Global Privacy Control signal. You can turn on the Global Privacy Control (GPC) to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of your personal data that is browser based for each browser system that you use. Please note that not all browsers participate in the GPC. Learn more at the GPC here. For more information on how we use cookies, please see our Cookie Policy.
In addition, you may have the right to appeal our decision regarding a request related to these rights by contacting us using the information provided in section 1 of the Privacy notice. When you submit a request or launch an appeal, we will limit our collection of your information to only what is necessary to securely fulfil your request or process your appeal. We will not require you or your authorized agent to pay a fee for the verification of your request or appeal.