Website Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how Semtech Limited ("Semtech", "us", or "we") uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website.

Semtech Limited is a UK company (No. SC053259) and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Semtech International AG, which is based in Switzerland. Semtech International AG is a wholly owned subsidiary of Semtech Corporation, which is based in the USA. This website is hosted on behalf of Semtech Ltd. in the United Kingdom. For this reason, any data collected in connection with this website is subject to the United Kingdom Data Protection Act 1998 (although, as described below, it may be shared with our parent companies which will be subject to alternative legislation). Please note, for this reason, this privacy policy differs from that of www.semtech.com.

Semtech is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you, when using this website, to provide certain information by which you can be identified, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Semtech may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 30th November 2007.

What we collect

We may collect the following information:

  • Contact information including email address.
  • Information about your computer and your use of this website, such as your IP address and the pages of our site that you have viewed.

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

  • Internal record keeping.
  • We may use the information to improve our products and services.
  • If you choose to provide your email address in order that one of our representatives may contact you, then we will pass your details to a suitable representative within our organization. This representative may be outside of the European Economic Area.

This website is hosted and managed on behalf of Semtech by I.T. Dev Limited ("ITDev"). ITDev may process and maintain the data collected by this website acting under instructions from Semtech. For the purposes of the Data Protection Act, Semtech is the Data Controller and ITDev is a Data Processor.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Cookies and access logging

We do not make use of cookies on this website; however, we do, in common with most other websites, keep logs of the pages accessed and the IP address that they have been accessed from.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

Your email address will only be used for the purpose stated on the page where you provide it.

Any information gathered by this website may be shared with our parent company, Semtech International AG, and its parent company Semtech Corporation. Neither of these parent companies is based within the European Economic Area and, as such, will be subject to different jurisdiction and data protection laws. Any company that Semtech Ltd. shares this website's data with will not use your personal information for any purposes beyond those stated in this privacy policy.

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties (other than Semtech Corporation, its subsidiaries and agents) unless we have your permission or are required by law.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to:

Semtech Limited,
Units 2/3 Park Court,
Premier Way,
Abbey Park Industrial Estate,
Romsey,
SO51 9AQ,
United Kingdom

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please email us, or write to us at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.