Privacy Policy

QLogic respects your online privacy and is committed to protecting it. This privacy statement is to inform you about the types of information that may be collected when you visit our websites, how that information is used and what your choices are regarding the use of your information.

Types and Uses of Personal Information

Personal information is any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, a first and last name, a home or other physical address, an email address or other contact information. Generally, you can visit our websites without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information.

The types of personal information collected and the uses are:

Account Information – tells us who you are, how to contact you, and your shipping and billing information. Also contains preferences you have expressed in the past.
Transactions – show which products and services you have used
Email – used to raise and respond to issues and inquiries of all types, and to distribute information regarding QLogic products and services
Customer Feedback and Support – provides a mechanism for requesting information from QLogic. Also used to report used to report product issues, concerns and suggestions, and to provide information regarding product updates.
Shareholder Information – allows us to identify you as a stockholder of our company for purposes of electronically delivering to you annual reports and other communications to stockholders.

Who we share information with

QLogic will not sell, rent or lease your personal information to others. Except as described below, we will not share your personal information with third parties except in responding to or fulfilling your requests for products or services, as required to complete transactions with you or as required by law or legal process.

We may contract with third party service providers and suppliers to accomplish the activities described under "Types and Uses of Personal Information." Suppliers and service providers are required to keep confidential the information received on behalf of QLogic and to not use the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for QLogic.

QLogic or its related entities could be involved in some type of business combination, such as a merger or stock or asset acquisition. If a business combination were to occur, we would make every reasonable effort to notify you in the event we share with the other party to the business combination some or all of your personal information.
Your options.

We give you a choice of receiving a variety of information related to our products and services. You can subscribe to receive certain product-related information and updates. You may also receive certain QLogic company-wide communications regarding new products, product updates, product offers or promotions, or market research. We will provide you with the opportunity to "opt-out" of receiving communications that are sent to you by QLogic. You can generally do this by selecting the "opt-out" or "unsubscribe" link, or following the "opt-out" instructions that accompany each communication.

Cookies

Most of our websites use cookies. Cookies help us provide a better user experience by measuring which website areas are of greatest interest. We also use cookies when you register for one of our web programs. In this instance, cookies will be used to store useful information that enables our website to remember you when you return to the site.
If you choose to disable cookies in your browser, you can still access most of our website areas.

We may display advertisements from third parties. Third party ad-serving companies control which ads are shown. These ad-serving companies may use their own cookies to collect non-personally identifiable information from you. Advertisers use this information to target the ads and measure their impact.

We use third parties to monitor web traffic, statistics, advertisement "click-through" and other activity on our websites. When authorized by us these third parties may use cookies, our web log files, web beacons and other monitoring technology to compile anonymous aggregate statistics on visitors to our websites.

Links to Third Party Websites

The QLogic website may contain links to third-party websites for your convenience and information. In order to access those websites you will leave the QLogic website. QLogic does not control those sites or their privacy practices. Any information you choose to give to a third party website is not covered by this online privacy policy. You are urged to review the privacy policy of any third-party websites that you visit.

Security

We are concerned with the security of the personal information we collect from you, and we have in place reasonable measures to prevent unauthorized access to, or disclosure of, that information.

Children's Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If we learn that we have personal information on a child under the age of 13, we will delete that information from our systems. We encourage parents to teach their children to never give out personal information , unless supervised by a parent or responsible adult.

Online Privacy Policy Updates

If there are updates to the terms of QLogic's Online Privacy Policy, we will post those changes and update the revision date in this document, so you will always know what information we collect and how we use it.

Contacting Us

We value your feedback. If you have comments or question regarding this policy, or its implementation, please write to us at:
QLogic Corporation 26650 Aliso Viejo Parkway Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 Attention: General Counsel