Guangdong Ellington Electronics Technology Co., Ltd. and its global affiliates (" Eaton Electronics ", "We" and "Our") understand the importance of privacy to you and will respect your privacy. Please read and understand this Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as the "Policy") before submitting your personal data to Eaton. This policy applies to Eton's websites, products and services that display or link to this Privacy Policy.

This policy describes how Eaton will handle your personal data, but it may not cover all possible data processing scenarios. Information about the collection of product or service-specific data may be published by Eaton Electronics in supplementary policies or in notices provided at the time of collection of data.

1. How does Ellington collect and use your personal data

Personal data refers to information that, when used alone or in combination with other information, can identify an individual. Such data will be submitted to us directly by you when you use our website, products or services and when you interact with us, for example, we obtain it by recording how you interact with our website, products or services, for example, through technologies such as cookies, or by receiving usage data from software running on your device. Where permitted by law, we also obtain data from public and commercial third party sources. For example, we support our services by purchasing statistical data from other companies. The data we collect depends on the way you interact with Eaton Electronics, including the websites you visit or the products and services you use, including name, gender, business name, job title, address, email, telephone number, login information (account number and password), photo, ID information, etc. We also collect the information you provide to us and the content of the messages you send to us, such as queries you enter or questions or information you provide to obtain customer service support. You may be required to provide your personal data when using Eaton Electronics products or services. In some cases, you may choose not to provide personal data to Eaton Electronics, but if you choose not to do so, Eaton Electronics may not be able to provide you with relevant products or services or respond to or resolve the questions you encounter.

We may use your personal data for the following purposes:

(1) Contact you with your consent; Sending you information about products and services that you may be interested in; Invite you to participate in Eaton electronic activities, market survey or satisfaction survey, social responsibility survey. If you do not want to receive such information, you do not need to provide personal contact information.

(2) Provide you with personalized user experience and personalized content.

(3) Conduct internal audit, data analysis and research to improve our products and services.

(4) Protect the security of our products, services and customers or users, and implement and improve our loss prevention and anti-fraud programs.

(5) Comply with and enforce applicable legal requirements, relevant industry standards or our policies.

Ellington may also collect and use non-identifiable data. Non-identifiable data is data that cannot be used to determine the identity of an individual. Ellington, for example, collects aggregated statistics, such as website visits. Ellington Electronics collects this data in order to understand how users use their sites, products and services. In this way, Ellington Electronics can improve its service to better meet the needs of customers. Eaton Electronics may, in its sole discretion, collect, use, process, transfer or disclose non-identifying data for other purposes. We do our best to separate your personal data from non-identifiable data and use both separately. If personal data is mixed with non-identifiable data, it will still be treated as personal data.

When Ellington Electronics processes your personal data, we do so in compliance with applicable legal requirements and on an appropriate legal basis.

2. How does Ellington use cookies and similar technologies

2.1 Cookie

To keep our websites functioning, we sometimes store small data files called cookies on our computers or mobile devices. A Cookie is a plain text file that a web server stores on a computer or mobile device. The contents of a Cookie can only be retrieved or read by the server that created it. Each Cookie is unique to your web browser or mobile application. Cookies typically contain an identifier, a site name, and some numbers and characters. With cookies, websites can store data such as user preferences or items in their shopping basket.

Ellington Electronics uses cookies for the same purpose that most websites or Internet service providers use cookies for: to improve the user experience. With cookies, a website can remember a single visit by a user (using a session Cookie) or multiple visits (using a permanent Cookie). With cookies, websites can save Settings, such as the language, font size and other browsing preferences of a computer or mobile device. This means that users do not need to reconfigure user preferences on each visit. If a website does not use cookies, it will treat users as new visitors every time they open a Web page. For example, if you log on to a website and then go to another page, the website will not recognize you and you will be logged off again. Ellington Electronics will not use cookies for any purpose other than those described in this Policy. You can manage or delete cookies based on your preferences. For details, see AboutCookies.org. You can clear all cookies saved on your computer. Most web browsers have a feature to block cookies. However, if you do this, you will need to personally change the user Settings each time you visit our site. For more information on how to change your browser Settings, visit the official website of the browser provider you are using.

2.2 Website beacons and pixel tags

In addition to cookies, we use other similar technologies such as website beacons and pixel tags on our website. For example, an E-mail sent to you by Ellington Electronics may contain a click URL that links to content on Eaton's Web site. If you click on the link, Eaton will track the click to help us understand your product and service preferences and improve customer service. A website beacon is usually a transparent image embedded in a website or email. With the help of the pixel tags in the E-mail, we can know if the E-mail was opened. If you do not want your activities to be tracked in this way, you can unsubscribe from Ellington mailing list at any time.

Your use of our website means that you agree to use cookies, website beacons and pixel tags as described above.

3. How does Ellington disclose your personal data

Ellington may also disclose your personal data to relevant law enforcement or other government authorities when required by applicable law or in response to legal proceedings. In some jurisdictions, your personal data may also be disclosed to counterparties if Eaton is involved in restructuring, merger or bankruptcy and liquidation proceedings. Ellington Electronics will also disclose your data when there is a reasonable need to do so, such as to enforce a contract and when we believe disclosure is necessary and appropriate to prevent physical injury or property damage or to investigate possible or actual illegal conduct.

4 . How do you access or modify your personal data

You should ensure that all personal data submitted is accurate. Eaton Electronics tries its best to maintain the accuracy and integrity of personal data and to update such data in a timely manner.

When required by applicable law, you may (1) have access to specific personal data held by us about you; (2) Request us to update or correct your inaccurate personal data; (3) Refuse or restrict our use of your personal data; And (4) request that we delete your personal data. If you would like to exercise the relevant rights, please click here to feedback to us online. For security purposes, you may need to provide a written request. We will refuse to process requests if we have reasonable grounds to believe that they are deceptive, unenforceable, or infringe upon the privacy of others.

You also have the right to revoke your consent at any time, as required by applicable law, when Ellington Electronics processes your personal data based on your consent. However, the revocation of consent will not affect the validity and validity of the processing of your personal data by us based on your consent prior to revocation, nor will it affect the processing of your personal data by us based on other appropriate justification basis.

If you believe that our treatment of your personal information does not comply with applicable data protection laws, you may contact a statutory data protection authority.

5 . How does Ellington protect and retain your personal data

Ellington Electronics values the security of personal data. We adopt appropriate physical, administrative and technical safeguards to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, use, modification, damage or loss. For example, we use encryption to ensure data confidentiality; We use protection mechanisms to protect data from malicious attacks; We will deploy access control mechanisms to ensure that only authorized personnel have access to personal data; And we will conduct security and privacy training courses to enhance staff's awareness of the importance of protecting personal data. We will do our best to protect your personal data, but please note that no security measures can be airtight.

We will retain your personal data for as long as necessary to achieve the purposes stated in the Cost Policy, unless required or permitted by law to extend the retention period or permitted by law. Because the data storage period may vary based on different scenarios and products and services, the criteria we use to determine the retention period include: The time required to retain personal data for the completion of the business purpose, including providing products and services, maintaining the corresponding transaction and business records, managing and improving the performance and quality of products and services, ensuring the safety of the system, products and services, responding to possible user inquiries or complaints, and locating problems; Whether the user agrees to a longer retention period; Whether there are special requirements for data retention in laws, contracts, etc. As long as your account is necessary to provide you with the service, we will retain your registration information. You can also choose to cancel your account, after you cancel the account, we will stop providing products and services based on the account, and delete your corresponding personal data in the absence of special legal requirements.

6 . How does Ellington handle children's personal data

Our products, websites and services are geared towards adults. If Ellington Electronics finds that it has collected personal data on children without prior verifiable parental consent, it will seek to delete the data as quickly as possible.

7. Third party providers and their services

To ensure a smooth browsing experience, you may receive content or network links from third parties (" third parties ") outside Ellington Electronics and its partners. Eaton Electronics has no control over such third parties. You can choose whether to access links, content, products, and services provided by third parties.

Ellington Electronics has no control over the privacy and data protection policies of third parties and such third parties are not subject to this Policy. Please refer to the privacy policies of third parties before submitting personal information to them.

8. How can your personal data be transferred globally

Ellington Electronics is a global enterprise, which means that your personal data collected by Ellington Electronics may be processed in or accessed from the country/region where you use your products or services, or other countries/regions where Eaton Electronics or its affiliates, subsidiaries or service providers or business partners have an presence. Data protection laws may be different in these countries. In such cases, Eaton takes steps to ensure that the data we collect is processed in accordance with the requirements of this Policy and applicable law.

9. How is this policy updated

Ellington Electronic reserves the right to update or modify this policy from time to time. If our privacy policy changes, we will post the latest version of the privacy policy here. If we make a material change to our privacy policy, we may also notify you of the change through various channels, for example, by Posting a notice on our website or by Posting a separate notice to you.

When Ellington Electronics processes your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy, the Ellington Electronic entities that respond to your requests, contact you, provide you with products or services, or enter into or enter into a contract with you are the controllers of the relevant personal data. Contact information for each Ellington entity can be viewed here.

Last updated: February 2023