by Cisco Systems, Inc. · Business · ★ 4.3
"Your Personal Data may be disclosed to third parties (such as Cisco business partners or vendors) so that they may inform you about websites, programs, products, or services that may be of interest to you. To opt out of Cisco disclosing to third parties for their marketing purposes, please submit a Privacy Request."
Cisco shares personal data with business partners and vendors for their own marketing purposes by default, requiring users to actively opt out via a privacy request form.
"Personal Data may be disclosed in the following ways: Within Cisco and any of our worldwide subsidiaries for the purposes of data processing, such as marketing, business operations, compliance, security, website or Solution functionality, or storage. With business partners, service vendors, authorized third-party agents, or contractors to provide a requested website, Solution, service, or transaction."
Cisco shares personal data broadly across its worldwide subsidiaries and with business partners, vendors, and third-party agents for a wide range of purposes including marketing and business operations.
"We partner with third parties to display advertising on our website and to manage our advertising on other sites. Our third-party partners may use cookies or similar technologies to provide you with advertising based on your browsing activities and interests."
Cisco partners with third-party advertisers who use cookies and similar technologies to track browsing activities and interests across websites to serve targeted ads.
"We may update this Privacy Statement from time to time. If we modify our Privacy Statement, we will post the revised version here with an updated revision date. By continuing to use our website after such revisions are in effect, you accept and agree to the revisions and to abide by them."
Cisco can change the privacy statement at any time and treats continued use of the website as acceptance of the new terms, with no requirement for explicit consent.
"We will retain your Personal Data as needed to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. We will retain and use your Personal Data as necessary to comply with our business requirements and legal obligations, resolve disputes, protect our assets, and enforce our rights and agreements."
Cisco provides no specific retention timelines, using open-ended justifications like 'business requirements' and 'enforce our rights' that could allow indefinite retention of personal data.
"Cisco uses automatic data collection tools, such as cookies, embedded web links, pixels, tags, and web beacons. These tools collect certain standard information that your browser sends to us (such as Internet Protocol [IP] address, MAC address, clickstream behavior, and telemetry)."
Cisco collects IP addresses, MAC addresses, and device telemetry via automatic data collection tools, which can be used for IP-based geolocation tracking.
"Information about the user and usage of our websites and Solutions, including System Information such as device identifiers and telemetry (such as IP or MAC address) when such data is linked or tied to a specific individual's device."
Cisco collects device identifiers, MAC addresses, and telemetry data linked to specific individual devices, going beyond basic browsing data collection.
