Eaton Corporation plc respects your preferences about the processing of your Personal Data. The following Privacy Notice is tailored for the different ways your Personal Data is collected by Eaton.
Eaton and our subsidiaries and affiliates ("Eaton", "we", “us” or “our”) respect your preferences concerning the treatment of Personal Data that we may collect. This Notice ("Notice") explains how we process your Personal Data, how you can control its use and how you can exercise your privacy rights. It also describes our practices regarding information collected from the different Eaton sites that link or refer to this Notice (such as our websites, computer or mobile software applications, social media pages and HTML-formatted e-mail messages), as well as through offline sales and marketing activities (collectively, the "Information Channels").
The Information Channels may provide links to or the ability to connect with non-Eaton websites, services, social networks or applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow the third party to collect or share information about you. Those third-party websites or services are beyond our control. We encourage you to check the privacy policies and terms of use of any non-Eaton websites or services before providing your Personal Data to them.
If you have any questions or concerns about our processing of your Personal Data, please contact us using the contact details provided at the bottom of this Notice.
Acquisitions: Eaton may acquire companies that engage in online interest-based advertising. These companies will transition to this Notice as a part of integration. Please note that provisions of the existing privacy policies may remain active until the transition is complete. Please visit the privacy policies for the acquired companies for more information about these services, the types of data collected, how this data is used and opt-out options.
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Through your interaction with and use of the Information Channels, Eaton may collect Personal Data, which is information that identifies an individual or relates to an identifiable individual. Personal Data is also information collected through your interaction with and use of the Information Channels and non-Eaton websites, which does not reveal your specific identity or does not directly relate to an individual, but could, when combined with other data, link back to you. Personal Data may include online or offline interactions, and includes, but is not limited to:
Eaton Account Data
When you create an Eaton Account, we collect the following Personal Data:
We use this Personal Data in order to create and maintain your Eaton Account. You can use your Eaton Account for various services. When using your Eaton Account for a service, we may add additional Personal Data to your Eaton Account.
Your Eaton Account creation only happens at your request and we consider the processing of your Account Data to be necessary for the performance of the contract.
For more information about your data protection rights, click here.
For more information on retention and deletion of data, click here.
For more information on how this data might be shared with third parties, click here.
Purchase and Registration Data
You can purchase Eaton products and services and register your product. When you purchase products/services, and when you register your product, we collect the following Personal Data:
We use this Personal Data to fulfil your purchase and/or register your product. When you have an Eaton Account, you may also register your product. If you sign in with your Eaton Account, your Purchase and Registration Data will be added to your Eaton Account. If you purchase Eaton products/services as a ‘guest’ we will use your Purchase & Registration Data to fulfil your purchase, but will not add the information to your Eaton Account.
Purchase and registration of products only happens at your request and we consider the processing of your Purchase and Registration Data to be necessary for the performance of the contract to which you.
For more information about your data protection rights, click here.
For more information on retention and deletion of data, click here.
For more information on how this data might be shared with third parties, click here.
Product Tester Data
When you have an Eaton Account or you interact with Eaton’s marketing campaigns, you can sign up to become an Eaton product/service tester and tell us what you think about our products or services.
When you sign up to become an Eaton product/service tester, we will collect the following Personal Data:
We use this Personal Data to invite you to participate as a tester and we use your feedback to improve and develop products and services in relation to the tested product and services. Your Product Tester data will be added to your Eaton Account.
We consider the processing of your Product Tester Data to be based on legitimate interest of Eaton to improve our range of products and services.
For more information about your data protection rights, click here.
For more information on retention and deletion of data, click here.
For more information on how this data might be shared with third parties, click here.
Promotional Communications Data
You can choose to sign up for marketing and promotional communications. When you sign up for marketing and promotional communications, we will use the following Personal Data:
We may collect this through tour interactions with Eaton Pages, Eaton mobile apps, the emails you clicked and opened, and your attendance at events. We use this Personal Data to send you promotional communications – based on your preferences and behavior – about Eaton products, services, events and promotions.
Based on your consent or if Eaton has a legitimate interest, Eaton group companies may contact you with promotional communications via email, SMS and other digital channels, such as mobile apps and social media. To be able to tailor the communications to your preferences and behavior and provide you with the best, personalized experience, we may analyze and combine all information associated with your Account Data and data about your interactions with Eaton. We also use this information to create segments of our audience showing which of our products and/or services users are interested in and track success of our marketing efforts. We may also send Eaton press releases by email (Press email data). When Eaton sends press releases, Eaton will process your name, contact details (e.g. email) and company information.
As described above, the processing of Personal Data for Promotional Communications is based on your consent or if Eaton has a legitimate interest. Where Eaton processes your Personal Data based on consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before withdrawal of consent. Eaton will give you the opportunity to withdraw your consent to receiving promotional communications at any time via the unsubscribe link at the bottom of each promotional communications email you receive from us.
For more information about your data protection rights, click here.
For more information on retention and deletion of data, click here.
For more information on how this data might be shared with third parties, click here.
Competition Data
You may choose to participate in sweepstakes, contest games or other competitions (Competition) via our Eaton Pages.
When you sign up for a Competition, we may use the following Personal Data:
We use this Personal Data to allow you to participate, to identify you, to prevent/detect fraud and to fulfill the prize to you (if you win) and we consider the processing of your Competition Data in the above context to be necessary for the performance of the contract.
Please read the terms and conditions of the respective sweepstake, contest, game or other Competition for further information.
For more information about your data protection rights, click here.
For more information on retention and deletion of data, click here.
For more information on how this data might be shared with third parties, click here.
Online Feedback Data
You can choose to give your feedback, comments, questions, ratings and reviews in online evaluations (Online Feedback). Where you make use of this opportunity, we will process the following Personal Data:
We use this Personal Data to provide Eaton with valuable insights to improve our Eaton Pages or products/services and consider the processing of your Online Feedback Data to be based on legitimate interest of Eaton to improve our Eaton Pages and our range of products and services.
For more information on your registration and privacy choices, including the ability to unsubscribe, click here.
For more information about your data protection rights, click here.
For more information on retention and deletion of data, click here.
For more information on how this data might be shared with third parties, click here.
Events Data
Eaton may collect data for events, webinars or fairs (“Events”) that you may wish to attend and register for via the Eaton Pages. You may either register for the Event via Eaton Pages or via other organizing companies. When you register for an event, we will process the following information:
Furthermore, we might need the following information when you interact with Eaton as a Professional:
In rare cases where Eaton is directly booking travel or accommodations for you, we may collect the following information:
By registering for an event, you are agreeing to receive communications from Eaton directly related to the event, such as what location the event will be hosted at and what time the event takes place. We are processing this data as it is necessary for the performance of the contract to which you are party.
For more information on your registration and privacy choices, including the ability to unsubscribe, click here.
For more information about your data protection rights, click here.
For more information on retention and deletion of data, click here.
For more information on how this data might be shared with third parties, click here.
Social Listening Data
When you interact or communicate on social media channels/pages/promotions and blogs (e.g. when you click on ‘like’ or ‘share’, when you post and share comments and when you submit ratings and reviews) your Personal Data is processed by a third party that provides social listening services to Eaton. This means that the third party that provides social listening services will retain a copy of your online publicly available interactions to which the third party has provided us access.
The Personal Data we collect includes publicly available data provided in the social media context by you from the relevant social media provider via a third party that provides social listening services such as:
We use this Personal Data to gain a general view of the opinion of people about us and our brands, to get an idea of relevant online influencers, to resolve issues and/or improve Eaton products and services and/or start a promotional conversation with you. We consider the processing of Social Listening Data in the above context to be based on a legitimate interest of Eaton.
If you don’t want to share this information with us as described above, do not interact with Eaton on social media channels.
For more information about your data protection rights, click here.
For more information on retention and deletion of data, click here.
For more information on how this data might be shared with third parties, click here.
Consumer or Customer Care Data
You may from time to time interact with our Consumer or Customer Care centers. When you contact Customer Support, or when you communicate with one of our Eaton Customer Care representatives by email, phone or in writing (e.g. reply card) we will use the following Personal Data:
We use this Personal Data to provide you with consumer and customer support (which may be product- or service related), respond to your inquiries, fulfil your requests and provide you with related customer service, such as repair or redeem products/services. We also use this Personal Data to improve, fix and customize our products and services, to meet compliance standards and to educate our Customer Care employees during training.
If we provide this service on the basis of an agreement with you, we consider the processing of your Personal Data to be necessary for the performance of the contract to which you are party. In other cases, we consider the processing of your Personal Data in the above context to be based on a legitimate interest of Eaton.
For more information about your data protection rights, click here.
For more information on retention and deletion of data, click here.
For more information on how this data might be shared with third parties, click here.
Data relating to our premises
When you visit one or more of Eaton’s premises we may collect Personal Data relating to your visit, including your name, contact details, vehicle registration number, reason for your visit, the duration of your visit, the Eaton contact hosting you at our premises and any queries or concerns you raise in respect of your visit to us (before, during or after your visit). Eaton also uses CCTV throughout its premises and so location and video data may also be collected on you where you enter those areas of surveillance on our sites.
Eaton collects this data for security and safety monitoring on its premises.
In addition to the ways described in the ‘Information we collect’ section, Eaton may collect personal data from a variety of sources that generally fall into these categories:
For more information on the cookies we use, click here.
We may disclose your Personal Data:
For more information about your data protection rights, click here.
For more information on retention and deletion of data, click here.
For more information on how this data might be shared with third parties, click here.
Like many companies, Eaton uses “cookies” and other similar tracking technology (collectively "Cookies"). Eaton's server will query your browser to see if there are Cookies previously set by our electronic Information Channels.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file which is placed on your device. Cookies help to analyze web traffic and allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. Certain cookies may contain Personal Data – for example, if you click “Remember me” when logging in, a cookie may store your username. Cookies may collect information, including a unique identifier, user preferences, profile information, membership information and general usage and volume statistical information. Cookies may also be used to collect individualized website use data, provide electronic Information Channel personalization or conduct and measure the effectiveness of advertising in accordance with this Notice.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Eaton) are called "first-party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
What do we use cookies for?
We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Information Channels to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Information Channels. Third parties serve cookies through our Information Channels for advertising, analytics and other purposes.
We may place cookies or similar files on your device for security purposes, to tell us whether you have visited the Information Channels before, to remember your language preferences, to determine if you are new visitor or to otherwise facilitate site navigation, and to personalize your experience on our Information Channels. Cookies allow us to collect technical and navigational information, such as browser type, time spent on our Information Channels and pages visited. Cookies also allow us to select which of our advertisements or offers are most likely to appeal to you and display them to you. Cookies may enhance your online experience by saving your preferences while you are visiting a website.
The specific types of first- and third-party cookies served through our Information Channels and the purposes they perform are described via the link below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Information Channel you visit).
What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphic files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognize when someone has visited our websites or opened an email we have sent them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within our websites to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to our websites from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their function.
How can you manage your cookies?
You can choose to accept or decline cookies all cookies or certain types of cookies using the “Cookie settings” button below or from the pop-up banner on the site. The cookie banner will ask for reconsent after one year. Eaton.com also respects your browser cookie settings. Please be aware that if you disable or reject cookies, some features and services may not work properly because we may not be able to recognize and associate you with your Eaton Account(s). In addition, the offers we provide when you visit us may not be as relevant to you or tailored to your interests.
For more information on which cookies we use, click here.
Eaton uses third parties such as Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and X and other programmatic advertising platforms to administer Eaton advertisements on third-party electronic channels. Personal data, such as user community or implied or inferred interests, may be used in the selection of advertising to make sure that it has relevance to the user. Some ads may contain embedded pixels that may write and read cookies or return session connection information that allows advertisers to better determine how many individual users have interacted with the ad.
Eaton may also use advertising technologies and participate in advertising technology networks that collect usage information from Eaton and non-Eaton websites, as well as from other sources, to show you Eaton-related advertisements on Eaton’s own and third-party websites. These advertisements may be tailored to your perceived interests using retargeting and behavioral advertising technologies. Any retargeted or behavioral advertisements served to your browser will contain information on or near it that informs you about the advertising technology partner and how to opt-out of viewing such advertisements. Opting out does not mean that you will stop receiving ads from Eaton. It means that you still stop receiving ads from Eaton that have been targeted to you based on your visits and browsing activity across websites over time.
Cookie-based tools that allow you to opt-out of Interest-Based Advertising prevent Eaton and other participating advertising technology companies from serving interest-related ads to you on behalf of Eaton. They will only work on the internet browser on which they are deposited, and they will function only if your browser is set to accept third-party cookies. These cookie-based opt-out tools may not be as reliable where (e.g., certain mobile devices and operating systems) cookies are sometimes automatically disabled or removed. If you delete cookies, change browsers, computers or use another operating system, you will need to opt-out again.
Your Personal Data may be transferred to and processed in countries other than the country in which you are resident. These countries may have data protection and privacy laws that are different to the laws of your country.
We have taken appropriate safeguards to require that your Personal Data will remain protected in accordance with this Notice. These include implementing the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers of Personal Data between our group companies, which require all group companies to protect Personal Data they process from the European Economic Area (EEA) in accordance with European Union data protection law.
Eaton complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF) as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Eaton has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles (EU-U.S. DPF Principles) with regard to the processing of personal data received from the European Union in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF and from the United Kingdom (and Gibraltar) in reliance on the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF. Eaton has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles (Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles) with regard to the processing of personal data received from Switzerland in reliance on the Swiss-U.S. DPF. If there is any conflict between the terms in this privacy policy and the EU-U.S. DPF Principles and/or the Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles, the Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) program, and to view our certification, please visit https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/.
(ii) Types of personal data collected
Please refer to the “Information we collect” section above to find out about the types of personal data collected by Eaton under the Data Privacy Framework.
(iii) Commitment to be subject to the Data Privacy Framework Principles
Eaton is committed to being subject to the Data Privacy Framework Principles for all personal data received from the European Union, the United Kingdom (and Gibraltar), and Switzerland in reliance on the relevant part(s) of the Data Privacy Framework program.
(iv) Purposes for collection and use of personal data
Please refer to the “Information we collect” section above to find out about the purposes for which Eaton collects and uses personal data under the Data Privacy Framework.
(v) How to contact us about any inquiries or complaints regarding Data Privacy Framework compliance
In compliance with the EU-U.S. DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF and the Swiss-U.S. DPF, Eaton commits to resolve DPF Principles-related complaints about our collection and use of your personal information. EU and UK and Swiss individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding our handling of personal data received in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF and the Swiss-U.S. DPF should first contact Eaton at: 1000 Eaton Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44122, or Eaton House, 30 Pembroke Road, Dublin 4.
(vi) independent dispute resolution
In compliance with the EU-U.S. DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF and the Swiss-U.S. DPF, Eaton commits to cooperate and comply {respectively} with the advice of {the panel established by the EU data protection authorities (DPAs) and the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority (GRA) and the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) with regard to unresolved complaints concerning our handling of personal data received in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF and the Swiss-U.S. DPF.
(vii) The type or identity of third parties to which we disclose personal information under the Data Privacy Framework, and the purposes for which we do so
Please refer to the “Affiliates, service providers and third-party sharing” section above to find out about the type or identity of third parties to which we disclose personal information under the Data Privacy Framework, and the purposes for which we do so.
(viii) Your right to access your personal data
You also have the right to access any personal data that relates to you and which is processed under the Data Privacy Framework. Further information about this right can be found in the “Your data protection and privacy rights” section below.
(ix) Your choices regarding use of your personal data Under the Data Privacy Framework:
For personal data processing that is controlled by Eaton, these choices can be exercised by contacting Eaton through the methods noted in the “Your data protection and privacy rights” section below.
(x) Subjection to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the Unite States Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
The Federal Trade Commission has jurisdiction over Eaton’s compliance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF) and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF).
(xi) Possible use of binding arbitration
You have the possibility, under certain conditions, to invoke binding arbitration for complaints regarding Data Privacy Framework compliance not resolved by any of the other Data Privacy Framework mechanisms. For additional information about this, please see: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/article/ANNEX-I-introduction-dpf?tabset-35584=2
(xii) requirement to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests by public authorities
Please be aware that Eaton may be required to disclose personal data that relates to you (and which is protected under the Data Privacy Framework) in response to lawful requests by public authorities including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
(xiii) Eaton's liability in cases of onward transfers to third parties
Eaton may transfer personal data for the purposes described in the “Affiliates, service providers and third-party sharing” section above to a third party acting as a data controller or as an agent. If we intend to disclose personal data to a third party acting as a data controller or as an agent we will comply with, and protect, personal data as provided in the Accountability for Onward Transfer Principle of the Data Privacy Framework.
Eaton remains liable for the processing of personal data received under the Data Privacy Framework and subsequently transferred to a third party acting as an agent if the agent processes such personal data in a manner inconsistent with the Data Protection Framework principles, unless we prove that we are not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.
Eaton Corporation US affiliates:
To the extent provided by the law of your country or state you have the following data protection and privacy rights:
You can execute your rights at any time by contacting us by sending an email to dataprotection@eaton.com, by using this online form, or for California Residents only by calling +1-800-386-1911. We will try to comply with your request(s) as soon as reasonably practicable within the required timeframe specified in the data protection and privacy law of the country and state you are residing in.
In your request, please specify what right you want to execute and what Personal Data this is referring to. For your protection we may need to verify your identity before implementing your request.
If you make use of (some of) your choices and rights, you may not be able to use, in whole or in part, certain Eaton services.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes and/or to complete any transactions that you began prior to requesting a change or deletion (e.g. when you make a purchase or enter a promotion, you may not be able to change or delete the Personal Data provided until after the completing of such a purchase or promotion).
For more information on retention and deletion of data, click here.
You also have the right to complain to a data protection authority competent for your country or region about our collection and use of your Personal Data.
This section supplements the above Data Protection and Privacy Notice and provides additional details regarding our collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Data relating to U.S. residents.
Collection, Disclosure, and Sharing of Personal Data
The following chart details which categories of Personal Data we collect and process, as well as which categories of Personal Data we disclose to third parties for our operational business purposes, including within the 12 months preceding the date this Notice was last updated. The chart also details the categories of Personal Data that we “sell” or share” for purposes of cross-context behavioral or targeted advertising, including within the 12 months preceding the date this Notice was last updated.
Categories of Personal Data |
Disclosed to Which Categories of Third Parties for Operational Business Purposes |
Sold to Which Categories of Third Parties |
Shared with Which Categories of Third Parties for Cross-Context Behavioral or Targeted Advertising |
Processing Purposes (See “Information we collect” in the above Data Protection and Privacy Notice for more details on each processing purpose) |
Identifiers, such as name, contact information, and online identifiers, and government-issued identifiers
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Our affiliates and subsidiaries; third-party service providers;; third-party channel partners; social media platforms; business partners; suppliers |
[Ad networks] |
[Ad networks] |
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Personal information as defined in the California customer records law, such as name, contact information, financial information, employment information, and government-issued ID numbers
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Our affiliates and subsidiaries; third-party service providers; third-party sponsors of sweepstakes, contests and similar promotions; third-party channel partners; social media platforms; business partners; suppliers |
None |
None |
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Protected Class Information, such as characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law, such as gender, disability, medical conditions, primary language, and age |
Our affiliates and subsidiaries; third-party service providers; third-party sponsors of sweepstakes, contests and similar promotions; third-party channel partners; social media platforms; business partners; suppliers |
None |
None |
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Commercial Information, such as transaction information and purchase history |
Our affiliates and subsidiaries; third-party service providers;; third-party channel partners;business partners; suppliers |
None |
None |
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Internet or network activity information, such as browsing history, and interactions with our website |
Our affiliates and subsidiaries; third-party service providers; third-party sponsors of sweepstakes, contests and similar promotions; third-party channel partners; social media platforms; business partners; suppliers |
None |
None |
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Geolocation Data, such as device location |
Our affiliates and subsidiaries; third-party service providers; third-party sponsors of sweepstakes, contests and similar promotions; third-party channel partners; social media platforms; business partners; suppliers |
[None/Ad networks |
[None/Ad networks?] |
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Audio/Video Data. Audio, electronic, visual, similar information, such as call recordings and CCTV recordings |
[Our affiliates and subsidiaries; third-party service providers;; third-party channel partners; social media platforms; business partners; suppliers] |
None |
None |
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Employment Information. Professional or employment-related information, such as work history, current employer, and business contact information |
[Our affiliates and subsidiaries; third-party service providers; third-party channel partners;; business partners; suppliers] |
None |
None |
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Inferences drawn from any of the Personal Data listed above to create a profile or summary about, for example, an individual’s preferences and characteristics |
[Our affiliates and subsidiaries; third-party service providers; third-party sponsors of sweepstakes, contests and similar promotions; third-party channel partners; social media platforms; business partners; suppliers] |
[None/Ad networks?] |
[None/Ad networks?] |
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Sensitive Personal Data
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[Our affiliates and subsidiaries; third-party service providers; third-party sponsors of sweepstakes, contests and similar promotions; third-party channel partners; social media platforms; business partners; suppliers] |
[None] |
[None] |
Please see the section below, entitled “Purposes for the Collection, Processing, and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Data.”
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We do not knowingly “sell” or “share” (for purposes of cross-context behavioral or targeted advertising) Personal Data, including Sensitive Personal Data, of minors under 16 years of age.
Purposes for the Collection, Processing, and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Data
Subject to your consent where required by applicable law, we collect, process, and disclose Sensitive Personal Data for purposes of: providing goods or services as requested; ensuring safety, security, and integrity; countering wrongful or unlawful actions; short term transient use such as displaying first party, non-personalized advertising; performing services for our business, including maintaining and servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, providing analytic services, providing storage, or providing similar services on behalf of our business; activities relating to quality and safety control or product improvement; and other collection and processing that is not for the purpose of inferring characteristics about an individual. We do not use Sensitive Personal Data beyond these purposes.
Individual Requests
Subject to applicable law, you may make the following requests:
We will not unlawfully discriminate against you for exercising your rights under applicable privacy law.
To make a request under #1-#4, you may send an email to dataprotection@eaton.com, use this online form, or for California Residents only call +1-800-386-1911.
To make a request under #5 or #6, please either click here or use the ‘Do Not Sell or Share My Information/Opt-Out of Targeted Ads’ link in the footer of our website.
We will verify and respond to your request consistent with applicable law, taking into account the type and sensitivity of the Personal Data subject to the request. We may need to request additional Personal Data from you, such as [name, email address, and mailing address], in order to verify your identity and protect against fraudulent requests. If you make a request to delete, we may ask you to confirm your request before we delete your Personal Data.
We also process opt-out preference signals, such as the Global Privacy Control. These signals set your opt-out preferences only for the particular browser or device you are using. For information about how to use the Global Privacy Control, please visit https://globalprivacycontrol.org/.
Appeal Process
If you are a resident of Colorado, Connecticut, Montana, Oregon, Texas, or Virginia and we refuse to take action on your request, you may appeal our refusal within a reasonable period after you have received notice of the refusal. You may file an appeal by contacting us via dataprotection@eaton.com.
Authorized Agents
If an agent would like to make a request on your behalf as permitted under applicable law, the agent may use the submission methods noted in the section above entitled “Individual Requests.” As part of our verification process, we may request that the agent provide, as applicable, proof concerning his or her status as an authorized agent. In addition, we may require that you verify your identity as described in the section above entitled “Individual Requests” or confirm that you provided the agent permission to submit the request.
De-Identified Information
Where we maintain or use de-identified information, we will continue to maintain and use the de-identified information only in a de-identified fashion and will not attempt to re-identify the information.
Do Not Track
Some third-party sites do keep track of your browsing activities when they serve you content, which enables them to tailor what they present to you. Eaton does not do this on Eaton websites. If you are visiting such sites, some browsers allow you to set the DNT signal on your browser so that third parties (particularly advertisers) know you do not want to be tracked. Visit your browser settings to learn how to set these Do Not Track Signals.
Third parties that have content embedded on Eaton’s websites, such as a social feature or a stock ticker, may set cookies on a user’s browser and/or obtain information about the fact that a web browser visited a specific Eaton website from a certain IP address. Third parties cannot collect any other personally identifiable information from Eaton’s websites unless you provide it to them directly.
This section applies to California Residents.
The personal information we collect might, depending on the situation, include identifiers, characteristics of protected classifications under California Federal Law, commercial information, internet or other network activity information, geolocation information, audio, electronic, visual or similar information, professional or employment-related information and inferences drawn from any of the information identified above to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities and aptitudes. For detailed information on what we collect please review the ‘Information we collect’ section of this Notice.
As described in this Notice personal information we collect from consumers might be shared for business or commercial purposes with third parties. You can find more details on this third-party sharing in the ‘Affiliates, service providers and third-party sharing’ section.
We might have disclosed all of the categories of personal information listed above, based on the use case, for a business purpose in the past 12 months.
As a California resident you have certain rights, subject to legal limitations and applicable exceptions, regarding the collection, use, and sharing of your personal information. Those right are in particular:
For more information about your data protection rights, click here.
In accordance with applicable law, we will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights. You may use an authorized agent to exercise your rights on your behalf. If you are making any of the requests above through an authorized agent, we will request written authorization from you and will seek to verify your identity or we will accept a legal Power of Attorney under the California Probate Code to the authorized agent. We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you.
You can execute your right, including the Do-Not-Sell request at any time by contacting us by sending an email to dataprotection@eaton.com, by calling +1-800-386-1911 or by using this online form.
We will respond to a Request to Opt-Out within 15 days. We will respond to Requests to Delete and Requests to Know within 45 days, unless we need more time, in which case, we will notify you and may take up to 90 days total to respond to your request.
Do Not Track
Some third-party sites do keep track of your browsing activities when they serve you content, which enables them to tailor what they present to you. Eaton does not do this on Eaton websites. If you are visiting such sites, some browsers allow you to set the DNT signal on your browser so that third parties (particularly advertisers) know you do not want to be tracked. Visit your browser settings to learn how to set these Do Not Track Signals.
Third parties that have content embedded on Eaton’s websites, such as a social feature or a stock ticker, may set cookies on a user’s browser and/or obtain information about the fact that a web browser visited a specific Eaton website from a certain IP address. Third parties cannot collect any other personally identifiable information from Eaton’s websites unless you provide it to them directly.