1. Our Commitment to Privacy
Nikon recognizes that the protection of information that it receives from you is very important. Collecting information allows Nikon to better understand and to be more responsive to you, as well as to develop and maintain websites relevant to your needs, and assists us in managing our business better. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.

2. NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA & STATE SPECIFIC PRIVACY INFORMATION
IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA CONSUMER OR USA CONSUMER OF ANY OTHER STATE THAT HAS ENACTED DATA PRIVACY LEGISLATION, YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS REGARDING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED BY NIKON. PLEASE READ THE CALIFORNIA-SPECIFIC ADDENDUM OR STATE SPECIFIC ADDENDUM THAT APPLIES TO YOU WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND WHICH SUPPLEMENTS SECTIONS 1 THROUGH 14 OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY (the “STATE SPECIFIC ADDENDUM”).

3. The Information We Collect
We collect both Non-Personally Identifiable Information, including but not limited to Cookies (as defined below) and Personally Identifiable Information, each defined below, that you provide to us through the Communication Points.

“Non-Personally Identifiable Information” is information that, by itself, cannot be used to identify you or to contact you and is information not associated with a specific personal identity. Non-Personally Identifiable Information may include information that you, at your option, voluntarily provide us through any of the other Communication Points such as, for example, information such as your hobbies and interests, level of education, photographic skill level, research areas of interest, as well as your experience with our products.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information also includes information that we (or third parties) collect and/or log automatically from you by tracking your use of the Nikon Owned Websites, using technology and methodology that enables tracking, such as cookies, pixels, web beacons, log files, and other tracking technologies (collectively, “Cookies”). A Cookie is a small file of information sent by a web server to store on a web browser so it can later be read back from that browser. Information that a Cookie collects may include, but is not limited to, information such as domain type, browser version, service provider, internet protocol address, your geographical location, time spent, and web pages visited, as well as information searched for on our Nikon Owned Websites. Cookies are used for purposes such as collecting website data; facilitating the functionality of the Nikon Owned Websites; understanding how you interact with our Nikon Owned Websites; analyzing website traffic patterns on an aggregate basis; personalizing website content that you receive; and helping a website recognize a returning visitor for purposes of saving certain preferences that the visitor set while previously browsing the website.

Our use of Cookies will not by itself reveal anything to us about you personally or provide us with any information that personally identifies you, such as your name or e-mail address. However, if Nikon has collected your Non-Personally Identifiable Information from your visit to a Nikon Owned Website, and you subsequently provide your Personally Identifiable Information to that Nikon Owned Website, then Nikon’s third party software may be able to link your Non-Personally Identifiable Information to your Personally Identifiable Information. This connection assists Nikon in the ways described in Section 4 below in this Privacy Policy.

For more information and to manage your Cookie preferences, please visit the Cookie Settings on our website. Specifically, the following Cookies may be used on the Nikon-Owned Websites:

Functional Cookies. These cookies are necessary for basic site functionalities and are therefore set when you visit our websites. These cookies remember your preferences as you use our websites. They are also used to distribute the load on our servers, which keeps the site available, and for security purposes. These cookies are always active and cannot be disabled.

Analytic Cookies. We collect statistics from the users of our websites with analytic cookies. These cookies are used to collect information about the way in which visitors use our websites, including information about the pages most visited and the number of error messages displayed. These cookies help Nikon to improve its websites. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know how you have visited our website to help us monitor its performance.

“Personally Identifiable Information” or "Personal Information" is information collected from the Communication Points that is associated with a person’s name or personal identity and can be used to identify or contact you. It includes, but is not limited to, such information as your name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number (mobile and/or landline), fax number, credit/debit card information, as well as information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular individual, which may include consumers, customers, employees, vendors, or other third parties. We do not knowingly collect Personally Identifiable Information from individuals under the age of sixteen. Some states may consider Cookies to be Personally Identifiable Information. Please see Section 8 below as well as the State Specific Addendum, if applicable.

4. How We Use Collected Information
Nikon uses collected information (both Personally Identifiable Information and Non-Personally Identifiable Information) to provide you with the goods, services, quotes, and/or other information that you request, and also to help us better understand the needs and interests of consumers so that we may more closely meet your needs.

For example, we may use Personally Identifiable Information to help you complete a transaction or order with us, to respond to your inquiries and requests, to provide and update you on our customer services and support, to notify you of promotional or special offers, to communicate with you about our products and services, to allow you to participate in an interactive feature, to invite you to participate in surveys about our products and/or services, to send you information about Nikon products, services, promotions, events, firmware or software updates, and service advisories, to suggest how to more effectively use your Nikon products and to suggest how to be a more effective photographer, to post reviews or comments that you have submitted to Nikon, and/or to help us determine other Nikon products, services or information that may be of interest to you (see Section 12 below, “Your Privacy Preferences Regarding Personally Identifiable Information-Opting In/Out” regarding communications to you). Personally Identifiable Information in the form of credit/debit card information is used only for payment processing and fraud prevention.

We use Non-Personally Identifiable Information to increase the functionality and user friendliness of our Nikon Owned Websites, to improve the design, content and visitor experience of all of our Communication Points, and/or to deliver interest-based advertising as described in this Privacy Policy (see Section 7 below, “Online Behavioral Advertising” regarding interest-based advertising). We may also use Personally Identifiable Information and/or Non-Personally Identifiable Information for research purposes such as analyzing how visitors use and navigate our Nikon Owned Websites, including but not limited to the website visitors come from, the pages they visit on the Nikon Owned Website, and how long they spend on each page. In addition, we may take your Personally Identifiable Information and make it Non-Personally Identifiable Information, either by combining it with information about other individuals (aggregating your information with information about other individuals), or by removing characteristics, such as your name, that make the information personally identifiable to you, i.e., de-personalizing your information. Given the nature of this information, there are no restrictions under this Privacy Policy on Nikon’s right to aggregate or de-personalize your Personally Identifiable Information, and use and/or share with third parties the resulting Non-Personally Identifiable Information in any way.

5. Who We Share Information With
Nikon may disclose Personally Identifiable Information to companies affiliated with Nikon, such as our parent company and/or unaffiliated third parties performing services on our behalf or for us or with us, such as agents, service providers, consultants, shippers, processors, vendors, and suppliers, for the purposes of enabling them to respond to your requests to us or your purchase of products, services or information; for fulfilling Nikon-related contests, sweepstakes, promotions, and/or Nikon-related offers; assisting us in understanding your needs and interests so that we can better provide you with products, services or information; or for the other purposes discussed above in Section 4 of this Privacy Policy. All such affiliated and unaffiliated parties who have access to Personally Identifiable Information are required by Nikon to keep confidential such information and may not use, retain, and/or disclose it for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for Nikon and as otherwise required by law. Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, Nikon will not share Personally Identifiable Information with third parties without your permission, unless to (a) comply with any law, subpoena, regulation or court order; (b) respond to requests from governmental authorities; and/or (c) help prevent fraud or to protect the safety, rights, property or security of Nikon as well as that of third parties.

6. Links to Non-Nikon Owned Websites
The Communication Points may include links to and/or from other websites and/or social media platforms which are not owned by Nikon and are owned by companies or parties which are either affiliated or unaffiliated with Nikon (collectively, “Non-Nikon Owned Websites”). These links are provided to you as a matter of convenience and for informational purposes only. When you access links to or from a Non-Nikon Owned Website, you are not on a Nikon Owned Website. We do not endorse or make any representations about Non-Nikon Owned Websites, and we are not responsible for and we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, as to the practices, privacy, content or security of such Non-Nikon Owned Websites. You are responsible for reviewing, and we encourage you to review the terms of use, privacy and any other policies of such Non-Nikon Owned Websites.

Some Nikon Owned Websites include, display, and/or host social media buttons, links, and other features (collectively, “Social Media Buttons”) that allow you to share your online activities (including but not limited to on Nikon Owned Websites) on third party social media networks such as, for example, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and others (each, a “Social Media Platform”). If you are logged into one of your Social Media Platform accounts when you visit a Nikon Owned Website, the Social Media Platform may receive information about your visit to the Nikon Owned Website. Your use of Social Media Platforms and your interactions with the Social Media Buttons from a Nikon Owned Website are subject to and governed by the individual privacy policies of each respective Social Media Platform.

7. Online Behavioral/Targeted Advertising
Nikon may participate in targeted advertising, whereby you may receive advertisements that may be of interest to you on Nikon Owned Websites and/or Non-Nikon Owned Websites from Nikon, third party advertisers or advertising networks (“Targeted Advertising”). These advertisements are selected based on an assessment of your on-line browsing behavior and may use tracking technologies, such as Cookies, to collect information about your visit(s) to Nikon Owned Websites. To manage your Cookie preferences with respect to Targeted Advertising (if and to the extent Nikon participates in Targeted Advertising activities), please visit the Cookie Settings link on a Nikon Owned Website.

If you receive a behaviorally targeted advertisement as stated above, you may click on the icon displayed on the advertisement to receive more information, including instructions for opting out from receiving further advertisements from that particular advertising network. Your opt-out choices may depend on your specific device or browser settings and some websites or browsers may have different features regarding your ability to choose which ads to display or opt out from receiving. Please refer to the applicable website that you are visiting for additional information.

For ad networks or other third parties who follow the Digital Advertising Alliance’s (“DAA”) Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising, or who are members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”), you can opt-out of receiving targeted ads from such parties by visiting the opt-out pages on the DAA website at https://www.aboutads.info/choices/ and/or the NAI website at https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/.

8. Global Privacy Control
In some states, browser related information received from a website visitor (such as Cookies) is considered Personally Identifiable Information (“Browser Based Personal Information”). The Global Privacy Control (“GPC”) is a browser privacy preference signal standard that allows users to signal their chosen privacy settings to websites. If a user enables the GPC in their web browser then the GPC signal is sent to the websites they visit to communicate the user’s preferred privacy settings. The Nikon Owned Websites will recognize and honor GPC signals if received from your web browser and treat it as a consumer request not to track or sell Browser Based Personal Information. It is important to note that Nikon does not associate Browser Based Personal Information with a particular individual, name or email address. To submit a request not to sell your Personally Identifiable Information other than Browser Based Personal Information, please access the Rights Request Form available by clicking here.

9. Our Commitment To Information Security
Information security is important at Nikon, and while no security measure is perfect or impenetrable and we cannot guarantee the security of the information that you provide to us, you can be assured that we maintain commercially reasonable physical, electronic, and administrative measures and safeguards and periodically review these security measures and safeguards to protect your Personally Identifiable Information from unauthorized or inappropriate access and use.

10. Our Commitment To Children's Privacy
Our Communication Points are not intended for or directed at individuals under the age of sixteen (16), and we do not knowingly solicit or collect personal information from or about individuals under the age of sixteen. If we learn that we have collected or received personal information from an individual under the age of sixteen (16) without parental consent and verification, we will delete that information. Should any parent or guardian discover that his/her child has provided personal information to Nikon, please contact Nikon by email at nikoninstruments.us@nikon.com to have such information deleted from our records. If you are a resident of California or another US state that has enacted privacy legislation, please see the California-Specific Addendum or the State Specific Addendum for more information concerning personal information of individuals of a certain age.

11. How To Access, Edit, Delete or Update Your Information
You can access, edit, delete, and update any Personally Identifiable Information that you provided to us by contacting us by email at nikoninstruments.us@nikon.com. If you are a resident of California or another US state that has enacted privacy legislation, to exercise your rights under this Section 11, please follow the instructions set forth in the California-Specific Addendum or the State Specific Addendum. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take steps to verify your identity before granting you access to edit or update your Personally Identifiable Information.

12. Your Privacy Preferences - Opting In/Out
You can opt out of receiving promotional communications from Nikon by notifying us that you do not wish to receive such information by contacting us by email at . Please note that if you have opted out of receiving promotional communications from us, Nikon may still send you non-promotional communications (such as, for example, information about your accounts or purchases and/or service advisories).

13. CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY
BY VISITING ANY OF THE COMMUNICATION POINTS, OR OTHERWISE PROVIDING NIKON WITH YOUR INFORMATION, YOU ARE SUBJECT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND THUS CONSENT TO OUR COLLECTION AND USE OF YOUR INFORMATION AS SET FORTH IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO AMEND THIS PRIVACY POLICY AT OUR DISCRETION AND AT ANY TIME. WHEN WE MAKE CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, WE WILL POST THE UPDATED NOTICE ON THE APPLICABLE NIKON OWNED WEBSITE AND UPDATE THE NOTICE’S EFFECTIVE DATE. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF OUR NIKON OWNED WEBSITE FOLLOWING THE POSTING OF CHANGES CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH CHANGES.

14. How To Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments or concerns with respect to our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy statement, please feel free to contact us in writing at Nikon Instruments Inc., 1300 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, New York 11747, Attention: Legal Department - Privacy.

NIKON INSTRUMENTS INC. PRIVACY POLICY
CALIFORNIA-SPECIFIC ADDENDUM

Updated: June 24, 2024

If you are a California consumer within the meaning of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, as may be amended from time to time (collectively, the “CCPA”), this California-Specific Addendum applies to you. This California-Specific Addendum supplements our Privacy Policy to which this California-Specific Addendum is attached and prevails over any conflicting provisions in the Privacy Policy (this California-Specific Addendum and the Privacy Policy, together, the “California Privacy Policy”).

California Personal Information We Collect
We have collected the following categories of Personal Information within the last twelve (12) months:

Under the CCPA, “Sensitive Personal Information” means (1) personal information that reveals: (a) a consumer’s social security, drivers’ license, state identification card, or passport number; (b) a consumer’s account log-in, financial account, debit card, or credit card number in combination with any required security of access code, password, or credentials allowing access to an account; (c) a consumer’s precise geolocation; (d) a consumer’s racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs or union membership; (e) the contents of a consumer’s mail, email, and text messages unless the business is the intended recipient of the communication; or (f) a consumer’s genetic data; and (2) (a) the processing of biometric information for the purpose of uniquely identifying a consumer; (b) personal information collected and analyzed concerning a consumer’s health; or (c) personal information collected and analyzed concerning a consumer’s sex life or sexual orientation.

To the extent any Sensitive Personal Information is collected, Nikon does not use or disclose your Sensitive Personal Information, as defined above for any purpose other than those expressly permitted under the CCPA.

Please note Personal Information does not include publicly available information or lawfully obtained, truthful information that is a matter of public concern, de-identified or aggregate consumer information, and personal information protected by certain other sector-specific federal or California statutes. We maintain and use de-identified data without attempting to re-identify such data. For purposes of this section, the term “publicly available” shall have that meaning as defined under the CCPA.

Sources of Collection
For the above categories (A) - (K), we obtain Personal Information from a variety of sources.
These sources include:

• yourself, with respect to both online and offline interactions you may have with us, our affiliates, and/or our service providers;
• other entities with whom you transact or with whom you maintain relationships who may deal with us on your behalf;
• the devices you use to access our websites, mobile applications, and online services;
• identity verification and fraud prevention services;
• marketing and analytics providers; public databases; social media platforms; and
• other sources consistent with this California Privacy Policy.

Our Use of California Personal Information
For the above categories (A) – (K), we use the Personal Information we collect for the business purposes disclosed within this California Privacy Policy.

These business purposes include:

1. Audits and reporting relating to particular transactions and interactions, including online interactions, you may have with us or others on our behalf;
2. Detecting and protecting against security incidents, and malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting the same;
3. Debugging to identify and repair errors in our systems;
4. Short-term, transient use including contextual customization of ads;
5. Providing services on our behalf or on behalf of another, including creating, maintaining or servicing accounts; providing customer service and support; fulfilling transactions; verifying identity information; processing payments; and other services;
6. To fulfill a purchase made by you or complete a transaction requested by you;
7. Conducting internal research to develop and demonstrate technology, including but not limited to, data analysis of images aimed at improving product and marketing initiatives;
8. Conducting activity to verify, enhance, and maintain the quality or safety of services or devices which we may own, control, or provide;
9. To personalize your experience with us;
10. To better understand the needs and interests of consumers so we may more closely meet your needs and interests;
11. To respond to your questions and requests;
12. To notify you of promotional or special offers concerning our products and/or services;
13. To allow you to participate in contests and/or sweepstakes and/or other interactive features;
14. To enable us to communicate with you regarding our business relationship, such as for example, by email or by online virtual meeting platforms;
15. To allow you to post reviews or comments about our products and/or services;
16. As part of our recruitment and employment activities including but not limited to conducting interviews and background checks, fulfilling administrative functions, providing benefits, and/or other employment-related matters during the course of employment;
17. To invite you to participate in surveys about our products and/or services; and
18. To comply with applicable laws and regulations.

Retention of Personal Information
Nikon keeps your Personal Information as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the business purpose(s) set forth above, subject to your right to delete Personal Information as further described below in this California Privacy Policy. We may keep some longer to the extent necessary to comply with any applicable legal or regulatory obligations.

Sharing of Personal Information

Categories of Third Parties

A. Disclosure of Personal Information for Business Purposes:
Within the last twelve (12) months, we have disclosed Personal Information identified in the above Categories (A)-(K) for our business purposes, to our service providers; to our affiliates; and/or to any other third party to whom you or your agents have authorized us to disclose your personal information in connection with the Nikon products and/or services provided to you. To learn more about the categories of third parties with whom we share such information, please see Section 5 of the Privacy Policy.

B. Sale of Personal Information
Within the last twelve (12) months we have not sold , within the meaning of the CCPA, any Personal Information identified in categories (A)-(K) above, except (1) to the extent that you have provided us with your Personal Information together with your express request that we share it with a specific third party company for the sole purpose of that company contacting you about their products and/or services, and/or (2) to certain data analytics providers. We do not disclose Personal Information of individuals we know to be under the age of sixteen (16) to third parties for monetary or other valuable consideration as a “sale” under the CCPA without affirmative authorization. If you are an individual under the age of sixteen (16), please do not submit any Personal Information to us unless we have received the affirmative authorization described below in this California Specific Addendum. The CCPA may deem the sharing of California Personal Information for Targeted Advertising to be a “sale” under the CCPA. Please see sections C. and D. below that explain how you may opt-out of Targeted Advertising if and to the extent Nikon participates in Targeted Advertising activities.

C. Cross-Contextual Behavioral and/or Targeted Advertising
Nikon may participate in Targeted Advertising by collecting Cookies. These advertisements are selected based on an assessment of your on-line browsing behavior and may use tracking technologies, such as Cookies, to collect information about your visit(s) to Nikon Owned Websites. To manage your Cookie preferences with respect to Targeted Advertising (if and to the extent Nikon participates in Targeted Advertising), please visit the Cookie Settings link on a Nikon Owned Website.

D. Global Privacy Control
The GPC is a browser privacy preference signal standard that allows users to signal their chosen privacy settings to websites. If a user enables the GPC in their web browser then the GPC signal is sent to the websites they visit to communicate the user’s preferred privacy settings. The Nikon Owned Websites will recognize and honor GPC signals if received from your web browser and treat it as a consumer request not to track or sell Browser Based Personal Information. It is important to note that Nikon does not associate Browser Based Personal Information with a particular individual, name or email address. To submit a request not to sell your Personally Identifiable Information other than Browser Based Personal Information, please access the Rights Request Form available by clicking here.

California Rights and Choices
You have certain rights related to your Personal Information. You may exercise these rights free of charge except as otherwise provided by applicable law. We endeavor to respond to your request promptly upon verification and as required by applicable law.

A. Right to Know/Portability. You have the right to request that we disclose to you:

• the categories of Personal Information we have collected about you;
• the categories of sources from which the Personal Information is collected;
• our business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling or sharing Personal Information;
• the categories of third parties with whom we disclose Personal Information; and
• the specific pieces of information we have collected about you. To protect your privacy and security, we may redact this information to the extent it is Sensitive Personal Information.

To the extent that we sell or share your Personal Information or disclose such information for a business purpose, you may request that we disclose to you:

• the categories of Personal Information that we have collected about you;
• the categories of Personal Information about you that we have sold or share within the meaning of the CCPA and the categories of third parties to whom the Personal Information was sold or shared, by category or categories of personal information for each third party to whom the California personal information was sold or shared; and
• the categories of Personal Information about you that we disclosed for a business purpose.

B. Right to Delete. You have the right to request that we delete Personal Information about you which we have collected from you. We may deny your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service provider(s) to:

• complete the transaction for which we collected the personal information, provide a good or service that you requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform our contract with you.
• detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.
• debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
• exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law.
• comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.).
• engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information’s deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research’s achievement, if you previously provided informed consent.
• enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us.
• comply with a legal obligation.
• make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which you provided it.

C. Right to Correct. You have the right to correct your inaccurate Personal Information that we maintain about you.

D. Right to Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing of Personal Information. You have the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your Personal Information by Nikon.

E. Right to Limit Use/Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information. You have the right to limit the use or disclosure of your Sensitive Personal Information by Nikon. To the extent any Sensitive Personal Information is collected, Nikon does not use or disclose your Sensitive Personal Information for any purpose other than those expressly permitted under the CCPA.

F. Right to Non-Discrimination. You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment by Nikon for the exercise of your privacy rights conferred by the CCPA, including an employee’s, applicant’s, or independent contractor’s right not to be retaliated against for the exercise of their CCPA rights.

G. How to Submit a Request. You may request to exercise these rights by:

• By completing Rights Request Form available by clicking here.
• By calling us toll-free at 877-589-0492.
• If and to the extent Nikon participates in Targeted Advertising activities, our Cookie Settings will display an option to opt-out of Targeted Advertising.
  

We also recognize and honor any GPC settings that you enable on your web browser.

H. Verifiable Request.As required under applicable law, we take steps to verify your identity before granting you access to information or acting on your request to exercise your rights. We may require you to provide information sufficient to allow us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information and to describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it. For example, we may request that you provide us with at least two data points that match those that we maintain about you; or, for Sensitive Personal Information, we may require that we match three pieces of personal information you provide to us with personal information we maintain about you, together with obtaining a signed declaration from you confirming that you are the consumer whose personal information is the subject of the request. We may deny a request or limit our response to your exercise of the above rights as permitted under applicable law. We will respond to your request no later than forty-five (45) calendar days after we receive your request, provided that any delays in providing verification information may delay our processing of your request.

I. Agent Authorization and Disability Access You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. You may make such a designation by providing the agent with written permission to act on your behalf. As permitted by law, we may require additional verification in response to a request even if you choose to use an agent. Unless the agent provides us with a valid Power of Attorney, we may require a consumer to verify their identity with us separately. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child.

Consumers with disabilities may access this California Privacy Policy in an alternative format by contacting us in writing at Nikon Instruments Inc., 1300 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, New York 11747, Attention: Legal Department - Privacy, and requesting that we mail a copy of this California Privacy Policy.

J. Children’s Right to Opt Out and Right to Opt In. Although we are not currently selling Personal Information, if you are sixteen (16) years of age or older, you have the right to direct us to not sell your Personal Information at any time should our practices change in the future (the “right to opt out”) and this election shall be effective for a period of twelve (12) months. We do not sell the Personal Information of consumers we actually know are younger than sixteen (16) years of age, unless we receive affirmative authorization (the “right to opt in”) from either the consumer who is between thirteen (13) and sixteen (16) years of age, or the parent or guardian of a consumer younger than thirteen (13) years of age. Consumers who opt-in to Personal Information sales may opt-out of future sales at any time.

To manage your Cookie preferences, please visit the Cookie Settings on a Nikon Owned Website. We also recognize and honor any GPC settings that you enable on your web browser.

Nondiscrimination and Financial Incentives
We will not discriminate against you because of your exercise of any of the above rights, or any other rights under the CCPA, including by:

• denying you goods or services;
• charging different prices or rates for goods or services, including through the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties;
• providing you a different level or quality of goods or services; or
• suggesting that you will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services
  

However, we may offer you certain financial incentives permitted by the CCPA that can result in different prices, rates, or quality levels. Any CCPA-permitted financial incentive we offer will reasonably relate to your personal information’s value and contain written terms that describe the program’s material aspects. Participation in a financial incentive program requires your prior opt in consent, which you may revoke at any time. If we offer a financial incentive, we will provide you with a notice of the financial incentive that includes:(1) A succinct summary of the financial incentive or price or service difference offered; (2) A description of the material terms of the financial incentive or price or service difference, including the categories of personal information that are implicated by the financial incentive or price or service difference and the value of the consumer’s data; (3) How the consumer can opt-in to the financial incentive or price or service difference; (4) A statement of the consumer’s right to withdraw from the financial incentive at any time and how the consumer may exercise that right; and (5) An explanation of how the price or service difference is reasonably related to the value of the consumer’s data, including: (A) A good-faith estimate of the value of the consumer’s data that forms the basis for offering the price or service difference; and (B) A description of the method(s) the business used to calculate the value of the consumer’s data.

Other California Privacy Rights
Under California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83), if you are a California resident, you may, one time per calendar year, request a notice regarding the categories of personally identifiable information disclosed by Nikon (if any) during the immediately preceding twelve (12)-month period to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes, and the name and address of any such third parties. To obtain such a notice, please send a written request by postal mail to Nikon Instruments Inc., 1300 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, New York 11747, Attention: Legal Department - Privacy.

CHANGES TO THIS CALIFORNIA-SPECIFIC ADDENDUM
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO AMEND THIS CALIFORNIA-SPECIFIC ADDENDUM AT OUR DISCRETION AND AT ANY TIME. WHEN WE MAKE CHANGES TO THIS CALIFORNIA-SPECIFIC ADDENDUM, WE WILL POST THE UPDATED NOTICE ON THE APPLICABLE NIKON OWNED WEBSITE AND UPDATE THE NOTICE’S EFFECTIVE DATE. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF OUR NIKON OWNED WEBSITE FOLLOWING THE POSTING OF CHANGES CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH CHANGES.

Contact Information
You may contact us with questions or concerns about our privacy policies or practices and your choices and rights under California law by emailing us at nikoninstruments.us@nikon.com; or by contacting us in writing at Nikon Instruments Inc., 1300 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, New York 11747, Attention: Legal Department - Privacy.

NIKON INSTRUMENTS INC. PRIVACY POLICY
STATE-SPECIFIC ADDENDUM

Updated: July 1, 2024

Personal Information We Collect
We have collected the following categories of Personal Information within the last twelve (12) months:

For Nevada consumers, Nikon does not currently sell personal information as defined under Nevada law. However, Nevada law gives Nevada consumers the right to request that a company not sell their personal information, even if their information is not currently being sold. If you are a Nevada consumer and wish to exercise this right, please submit your request by completing the Rights Request Form available by clicking here.

COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, UTAH, VIRGINIA, & OTHER STATES

If you are a consumer of:

1. Colorado within the meaning of the Colorado Privacy Act within the Colorado Consumer Protection Act, as may be amended (“CPA”);
2. Connecticut within the meaning of the Connecticut Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring Act, as may be amended (“CPDP”);
3. Virginia within the meaning of the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, as may be amended (“VCDPA”);
4. Utah within the meaning of the Utah Consumer Privacy Act, as may be amended (“UCPA”);
5. Oregon within the meaning of the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act, as may be amended (“OCPA”);
6. Texas within the meaning of the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, as may be amended (“TDPSA”); or
7. Any other U.S. state that has enacted legislation pertaining to your Personal Information;

(collectively, the “State Privacy Laws”), then this State-Specific Addendum applies to you. This State-Specific Addendum supplements our Privacy Policy to which this State-Specific Addendum is attached and prevails over any conflicting provisions in the Privacy Policy (this State-Specific Addendum and the Privacy Policy, together, the “State-Specific Privacy Policy”).

For purposes of this State-Specific Privacy Policy, the term “Sensitive Data” includes: (1) personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, mental or physical health diagnosis, sexual orientation, or citizenship or immigration status; (2) the processing of genetic or biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person; (3) the personal data collected from a known child; or (4) precise geolocation data. To the extent any Sensitive Data is collected, Nikon does not use or disclose your Sensitive Data, as defined above for any purpose other than those expressly permitted under the applicable State Privacy Law.

Personal Information does not include de-identified, publicly available information, personal information protected by certain other sector-specific federal or state statutes, or, if permitted under the applicable State Privacy Law, information that we have a reasonable basis to believe you have lawfully made available to the public.

Sources of Collection
For the above categories (A) - (K), we obtain Personal Information from a variety of sources. These sources include:

• yourself, with respect to both online and offline interactions you may have with us, our affiliates, and/or our service providers;
• other entities with whom you transact or with whom you maintain relationships who may deal with us on your behalf;
• the devices you use to access our websites, mobile applications, and online services;
• identity verification and fraud prevention services;
• marketing and analytics providers; public databases; social media platforms; and other sources consistent with this State-Specific Privacy Policy.

Our Use of Your Personal Information
For the above categories (A) – (K), we use the Personal Information we collect for the business purposes disclosed within this State-Specific Privacy Policy.

These business purposes include:

1. Audits and reporting relating to particular transactions and interactions, including online interactions, you may have with us or others on our behalf;
2. Detecting and protecting against security incidents, and malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting the same;
3. Debugging to identify and repair errors in our systems;
4. Short-term, transient use including contextual customization of ads;
5. Providing services on our behalf or on behalf of another, including creating, maintaining or servicing accounts; providing customer service and support; fulfilling transactions; verifying identity information; processing payments; and other services;
6. To fulfill a purchase made by you or complete a transaction requested by you;
7. Conducting internal research to develop and demonstrate technology, including but not limited to, data analysis of images aimed at improving product and marketing initiatives;
8. Conducting activity to verify, enhance, and maintain the quality or safety of services or devices which we may own, control, or provide;
9. To personalize your experience with us;
10. To better understand the needs and interests of consumers so we may more closely meet your needs and interests;
11. To respond to your questions and requests;
12. To notify you of promotional or special offers concerning our products and/or services;
13. To allow you to participate in contests and/or sweepstakes and/or other interactive features
14. To enable us to communicate with you regarding our business relationship, such as for example, by email or by online virtual meeting platforms;
15. To allow you to post reviews or comments about our products and/or services;
16. As part of our recruitment and employment activities, including but not limited to, conducting interviews and background checks, fulfilling administrative functions, providing benefits, and/or other employment-related matters during the course of employment;
17. To invite you to participate in surveys about our products and/or services; and
18. To comply with applicable laws and regulations.

Retention of Personal Information
Nikon keeps your Personal Information as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the business purpose(s) set forth above, subject to your right to delete Personal Information as further described below in this State-Specific Privacy Policy. We may keep some longer to the extent necessary to comply with any applicable legal or regulatory obligations.

Sharing of Personal Information

Categories of Third Parties

A. Disclosure of Personal Information for Business Purposes
Within the last twelve (12) months, we have disclosed Personal Information identified in the above Categories (A)-(K) for our business purposes, to our service providers; to our affiliates; and/or to any other third party to whom you or your agents have authorized us to disclose your personal information in connection with the Nikon products and/or services provided to you. To learn more about the categories of third parties with whom we share such information, please see Section 5 of the Privacy Policy.

B. Sale of Personal Information
Within the last twelve (12) months, within the meaning of the State Privacy Laws (if applicable), we have not sold any Personal Information identified in categories (A)-(K) above. We do not disclose Personal Information of individuals we know to be under the age of thirteen (13) to third parties for monetary or other valuable consideration as a “sale” under the State Privacy Laws without affirmative authorization. If you are an individual under the age of thirteen (13), please do not submit any Personal Information to us unless we have received the affirmative authorization described below in the “Right to Opt Out and Right to Opt In” below in this State-Specific Addendum.

C. Cross-Contextual Behavioral and/or Targeted Advertising
Nikon may participate in Targeted Advertising by collecting Cookies. These advertisements are selected based on an assessment of your on-line browsing behavior and may use tracking technologies, such as Cookies, to collect information about your visit(s) to Nikon Owned Websites. To manage your Cookie preferences with respect to Targeted Advertising (if and to the extent Nikon participates in Targeted Advertising), please visit the Cookie Settings link on a Nikon Owned Website.

D. Global Privacy Control
The GPC is a browser privacy preference signal standard that allows users to signal their chosen privacy settings to websites. If a user enables the GPC in their web browser then the GPC signal is sent to the websites they visit to communicate the user’s preferred privacy settings. The Nikon Owned Websites will recognize and honor GPC signals if received from your web browser and treat it as a consumer request not to track or sell Browser Based Personal Information. It is important to note that Nikon does not associate Browser Based Personal Information with a particular individual, name or email address. To submit a request not to sell your Personally Identifiable Information other than Browser Based Personal Information, please access the Rights Request Form available by clicking here.

Your Rights and Choices
You have certain rights related to your Personal Information, which may vary depending on your U.S. state of residence or may not be applicable. You may exercise these rights free of charge except as otherwise provided by applicable law. We endeavor to respond to your request promptly upon verification and as required by applicable law.

A. Right to opt out. You have the right to request to opt out of the processing of your Personal Information for the purposes of: Targeted Advertising (if any); the sale of your Personal Information (Nikon does not sell your Personal Information within the meaning of the State Privacy Laws (if applicable)); and/or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you.

B. Right to know or access. You have the right to confirm whether Nikon is processing your Personal Information and to access such information.

C. Right to correction. You have the right to correct inaccuracies in your Personal Information, taking into account the nature and purposes of the processing of such information.

D. Right to deletion. You have the right to request to delete your Personal Information.

E. Right to data portability. When accessing your right to access your Personal Information, you have the right to request to obtain such information in a portable and readily usable format that will allow you to transmit your Personal Information to another entity. Some State Privacy Laws may limit the exercise of this right to no more than two (2) times a year.

F. How to Submit a Request. You may request to exercise these rights by:

• By completing Rights Request Form available by clicking here.
• By calling us toll-free at 877-589-0492.
• If and to the extent Nikon participates in Targeted Advertising activities, our Cookie Settings will display an option to opt-out of Targeted Advertising.

We also recognize and honor any GPC settings that you enable on your web browser.

G. Verifiable Request. As required under applicable law, we take steps to verify your identity before granting you access to information or acting on your request to exercise your rights. We may require you to provide information sufficient to allow us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information and to describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it. For example, we may request that you provide us with at least two data points that match those that we maintain about you; or, for Sensitive Data, we may require that we match three pieces of personal information you provide to us with personal information we maintain about you, together with obtaining a signed declaration from you confirming that you are the consumer whose personal information is the subject of the request. We may deny a request or limit our response to your exercise of the above rights as permitted under applicable law. We will respond to your request no later than forty-five (45) calendar days after we receive your request, provided that any delays in providing verification information may delay our processing of your request.

H. Appeal Process. In the event we deny your request to your exercise of the above rights, then to the extent applicable under the State Privacy Laws, you have the right to appeal such denial within a reasonable time after your receipt of the notice sent by us informing you of our denial. Instructions on how to appeal will be included with the notice of denial.

I. Agent Authorization and Disability Access. You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. You may make such a designation by providing the agent with written permission to act on your behalf. As permitted by law, we may require additional verification in response to a request even if you choose to use an agent. Unless the agent provides us with a valid Power of Attorney, we may require a consumer to verify their identity with us separately. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child.

Consumers with disabilities may access this State-Specific Privacy Policy in an alternative format by contacting us in writing at Nikon Instruments Inc., 1300 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, New York 11747, Attention: Legal Department - Privacy, and requesting that we mail a copy of this State-Specific Privacy Policy.

J. Children’s Right to Opt Out and Right to Opt In. Although we are not currently selling Personal Information, if you are thirteen (13) years of age or older, you have the right to direct us to not sell your Personal Information at any time should our practices change in the future (the “right to opt out”) and this election shall be effective for a period of twelve (12) months. We do not sell the Personal Information of consumers we actually know are younger than thirteen (13) years of age, unless we receive affirmative authorization (the “right to opt in”) from either the consumer who is between thirteen (13) and sixteen (16) years of age, or the parent or guardian of a consumer younger than thirteen (13) years of age. Consumers who opt-in to Personal Information sales may opt-out of future sales at any time.

• To submit an opt-out request, please complete our Rights Request Form available by clicking here.
  Or
• By calling us toll-free at 877-589-0492

To manage your Cookie preferences, please visit the Cookie Settings link on a Nikon Owned Website. We also recognize and honor any GPC settings that you enable on your web browser.

CHANGES TO THIS STATE-SPECIFIC ADDENDUM
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO AMEND THIS STATE-SPECIFIC ADDENDUM AT OUR DISCRETION AND AT ANY TIME. WHEN WE MAKE CHANGES TO THIS STATE-SPECIFIC ADDENDUM, WE WILL POST THE UPDATED NOTICE ON THE APPLICABLE NIKON OWNED WEBSITE AND UPDATE THE NOTICE’S EFFECTIVE DATE. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF OUR NIKON OWNED WEBSITE FOLLOWING THE POSTING OF CHANGES CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH CHANGES.

Contact Information
You may contact us with questions or concerns about our privacy policies or practices and your choices and rights under the State Privacy Laws by emailing us at nikoninstruments.us@nikon.com; or by contacting us in writing at Nikon Instruments Inc., 1300 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, New York 11747, Attention: Legal Department - Privacy.

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