These disclosures are provided by MKS Instruments, Inc., and its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively the “Company”) and applies solely to residents of the State of California (“consumers” or “you”) with respect to personal information Company processes as a business. Any terms defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended from time to time, including by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 and its implementing regulations (“CCPA”) have the same meaning when used in these disclosures. These disclosures do not reflect our collection, use, or disclosure of California residents’ personal information, or data subject rights, where an exception or exemption under the CCPA applies. You can download a pdf version of these disclosures here.
We have set out below categories of personal information about California resident website visitors, customers, prospective customers, corporate representatives of our vendors and other partners, and job applicants and other potential employees. We do not sell or share for cross context behavioural advertising any personal information of California residents. The California Consumer Privacy Act Privacy Policy is in section 2 of these disclosures.
Non-Sensitive Personal Information:
We use personal information about our website visitors as reasonably necessary and proportionate to:
In general, with respect to categories of personal information about website visitors, we retain each category as long as needed or permitted in light of the purpose(s) for which it was obtained and any additional time periods necessary for the compliance with laws, exercise or defense of legal rights, and archiving, back-up and deletion processes.
Non-Sensitive Personal Information:
Sensitive Personal Information:
We use personal and sensitive personal information about you as a job applicant or other potential employee for the following purposes:
In general, with respect to categories of personal and sensitive personal information about job applicants and other potential employees of the Company, we retain each category until the withdrawal or rejection of your application, or if you are engaged by the Company, until the end of your employment, plus 4 years and any additional time periods necessary for the compliance with laws, exercise or defense of legal rights, and archiving, back-up and deletion processes.
Non-Sensitive Personal Information:
We use personal information about you as a customer, prospective customer, corporate representative of our vendors and other partners for the purposes of:
In general, with respect to categories of personal and sensitive personal information about customers, prospective customers, corporate representatives of our vendors and other partners, we retain each category until we determine that the Company will not be engaged by or engage the customer, vendor, or partner, or if a customer, vendor or partner engages or is engaged by the Company, until the end of such engagement, plus any additional time periods necessary for the compliance with laws, exercise or defense of legal rights, and archiving, back-up and deletion processes.
Last Updated: May 11, 2023
We have set out below categories of personal information about California residents we have collected, and as applicable disclosed, for a business purpose in the preceding 12 months. The table is followed by a description of the purposes for which we collected personal information, identification of the categories of sources from which the personal information is collected from, identification the categories of third parties to whom the information was disclosed. In the preceding 12 months we did not sell or share for cross context behavioural advertising, the personal information of California residents. If we process de-identified information, we will maintain the information in a deidentified form and not attempt to reidentify the information, except that we may attempt to reidentify the information solely for the purpose of determining whether deidentification processes used satisfy legal requirements.
| Category of personal information | From what source did we collect? | Did we disclose? If so, to whom and for what purpose? |
|---|---|---|
| Non Sensitive Personal Information | ||
| Identifiers such as a real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers. | Job applicants, website visitors, customers, prospective customers, corporate representatives of our vendors, and employees. |
Yes, to our affiliates and employees, third party service providers, to customers and prospective customers, and to our channel partners. We disclose this information to receive services including to procure services for our employees such as health insurance and other benefits, to facilitate corporate transactions, and to comply with the law. |
| Any information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, a particular individual, including, but not limited to, his or her name, signature, social security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, medical information solely related to disability but excluding publicly available information that is lawfully made available to the general public from federal, state, or local government records. (The categories of personal information described in the California Customer Records Act (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)) | Job applicants, website visitors, customers, prospective customers, corporate representatives of our vendors and other partners, and employees. | Yes, to our affiliates and employees, third party service providers, to customers and prospective customers, and to our channel partners. We disclose this information to receive services including to procure services for our employees such as health insurance and other benefits, to facilitate corporate transactions, and to comply with the law or to protect you or others. |
| Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law. | Job applicants and employees. |
Yes, to our affiliates, employees and third-party service providers. We disclose this information to receive services, to facilitate corporate transactions, and to comply with the law or to protect you or others. |
| Commercial information, including products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies. | Customers and prospective customers. |
Yes, to our affiliates, employees, third-party service providers, and channel partners. We disclose this information to receive services, to facilitate corporate transactions, and to comply with the law. |
| Internet or other electronic network activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an internet website application, or advertisement. | Website visitors, customers, prospective customers, corporate representatives of our vendors and other partners, employees, and job applicants. |
Yes, to our affiliates, employees, and third-party service providers. We disclose this information to receive services, to facilitate corporate transactions, and to comply with the law. |
| Geolocation data. | Job applicants, customers, prospective customers, website visitors, employees, and corporate representatives of our vendors |
Yes, to our affiliates, employees, and third-party service providers. We disclose this information to receive services, to facilitate corporate transactions, and to comply with the law. |
| Professional or Employment related information. | Job applicants, customers, prospective customers, corporate representatives of our vendors, and employees. |
Yes, to our affiliates, employees, and third-party service providers. We disclose this information to receive services, to facilitate corporate transactions, and to comply with the law. |
| Education information, defined as information that is not publicly available | Job applicants and employees. | Yes, to our affiliates, employees, and third-party service providers. We disclose this information to receive services, to facilitate corporate transactions, and to comply with the law. |
| Sensitive Personal Information | ||
| A consumer’s social security, driver’s license, state identification card, or passport number. | Job applicants and employees. |
Yes, to our affiliates, employees, and third-party service providers. We disclose this information to receive services, to facilitate corporate transactions, and to comply with the law. |
| A consumer’s racial or ethnic origin. | Job applicants and employees. |
Yes, to our affiliates, employees, and third-party service providers. We disclose this information is to receive services, to facilitate corporate transactions, and to comply with the law. |
| Personal information collected and analyzed concerning a consumer’s health | Job applicants and employees. |
Yes, to our affiliates, employees, and third-party service providers. We disclose this information to receive services, to facilitate corporate transactions, and to comply with the law or to protect you or others. |
| Personal information collected and analyzed concerning a consumer's sex life or sexual orientation. | Employees. |
Yes, to our affiliates and employees. We disclose this information to provide diversity, equity and inclusion services to our employees and to comply with the law. |
Directly from the consumer, and in some cases we may obtain information about you from third parties, partners, and financial/credit services.
We disclose the categories of personal information described above to our affiliates and employees, third party service providers, vendors and channel partners, in corporate transactions and when required to comply with law or to protect you or others.
We do not have actual knowledge that we sell or share for cross context behavioural advertising, the personal information of California residents under 16 years of age.
As a California resident, you have the following rights under the CCPA:
Methods of Submission and Instructions: To submit a request to exercise your rights to know, delete or correct, please email privacy@mksinst.com or call 1-855-378-5244 (toll free) or populate our web form.
Verification: Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a request related to your personal information. You may designate an authorized agent by taking the steps outlined under "Authorized Agent" further below. In your request or in response to us seeking additional information, you, or your authorized agent, must provide sufficient information to allow us to reasonably verify that you are, in fact, the person whose personal information was collected which will depend on your prior interactions with us and the sensitivity of the personal information being requested. We may ask you for information to verify your identity and, if you do not provide enough information for us to reasonably verify your identity, we will not be able to fulfil your request. We will only use the personal information you provide to us in a request for the purposes of verifying your identity and to fulfill your request.
Authorized Agents: You can designate an authorized agent to make a request under the CCPA on your behalf if:
If you provide an authorized agent with power of attorney pursuant to Probate Code sections 4121 to 4130, it may not be necessary to perform these steps and we will respond to any request from such authorized agent in accordance with the CCPA.
If you have any questions or comments about these disclosures or our practices, please contact us at:
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