The majority of materials provided under www.htc.com are provided for information purposes and you will be able to use www.htc.com without informing HTC who you are or providing HTC with any personal data basically. However, HTC might need to information about you with respect to your use of www.htc.com.

In the event users opt to voluntarily enroll in any membership program on the HTC website, the user consents for HTC to use the personal information provided for specific HTC purposes, including but not limited to, marketing, sales, services, survey, newsletters mailing-list, etc.? For instance, by joining the HTC e-Club, users may need to provide HTC with some personal information such as name, mobile phone number, e-mail address, country of origin, mobile phone number, and date of birth.? In addition, users will be able to choose a password for security as well opt-in for product registration and newsletter subscription all in one convenient step.? Please rest assured that HTC takes our user data security seriously, and will implement the proper administrative, technical, and physical measures to safeguard user information against loss, theft, and misuse, as well as any unauthorized disclosure, alteration, destruction, or access.

Once the user signed up for HTC e-club, HTC will send an auto-reply confirmation email to the user-directed email account.? To make any subsequent newsletter subscription changes such as opt-in or opt-out, the user may go to the “Manage Subscription” page after the user has logged onto HTC e-club.? Alternatively, the user may click on the provided link in the newsletter email to remove the user from HTC’s mailing list.? Any request for opt-out requests will take the system at least thirty (30) days to process.? In addition, it will take at least ten (10) business days for the server to stop sending email to the given email address.

A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. At this time, HTC issues only one type of cookie, which is temporary and is set only when users enter the site by clicking on a banner ad. We use such cookies to track the effectiveness of our marketing efforts. Please note that you have choices with respect to cookies. By modifying your browser preferences, you can choose to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. You can still use www.htc.com even if you do not accept cookies; however, by disabling cookies, certain site features and functionality may no longer work properly, or at all.

Our Privacy Statement applies solely to www.htc.com. While this website contains links to other sites, please be aware that HTC has no control or influence over the privacy practices of such other sites. HTC encourages www.htc.com users to be aware when they leave www.htc.com and to read the privacy statements of every website they visit.

HTC takes special care to protect the privacy of minors (the age of minors is determined by local law where you reside) and encourages parents/guardians to be active participants in their minor's activities and interests. HTC does not target, and is not intended for minors. HTC will not knowingly collect data from minors. If HTC discovers personal data from a minor, HTC will eliminate that data.

To secure site integrity, www.htc.com employs measures including but not limited to security audits, use of encryption tools and software, and other reasonable security measures and procedures. Internal access to users' private and non-public personal information is restricted to site administrators and individuals on a need-to-know basis.

In the event that HTC becomes aware that www.htc.com security has been compromised or user non-public information has been disclosed to unrelated third parties as a result of external activity, including but not limited to external security attacks, HTC shall take reasonable measures that it deems appropriate, including but not limited to internal investigation and reporting and notification to and cooperation with law enforcement authorities, notwithstanding other provisions of this Statement. If HTC becomes aware that a user's personal information provided to www.htc.com has been disclosed in a manner not permitted by this Privacy Statement, HTC shall make reasonable efforts to notify the affected user, as soon as reasonably possible and as permitted by law, of what information has been disclosed, to the extent that www.htc.com knows this information. HTC reserves the right to disclose information contained in our access logs concerning any user, as we reasonably feel is necessary to protect our systems or business. In particular, HTC reserves the right to disclose such when a user is in violation of our current or later Terms of Use or other published guidelines, or initiates or participates (or is reasonably believed to do so) in any illegal activity, even without a subpoena, warrant, or other court order, and to disclose such information in response to court and governmental orders, civil subpoenas, discovery requests, and as otherwise required by law.

While this Privacy Statement expresses HTC's standards for maintenance of private data, HTC is not in a position to guarantee that the standards will always be met. Some factors beyond our control may result in disclosure of data. As a consequence, HTC disclaims any warranties or representations relating to maintenance or nondisclosure of private information.