NIKON PRIVACY MANAGEMENT
CALIFORNIA-SPECIFIC ADDENDUM
Last Updated: June 26th, 2025
If you are a California “consumer” within the meaning of the California Consumer Privacy Act (as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act) (“CCPA”), this California-Specific Addendum (“California-Specific Addendum”) applies to you. This California-Specific Addendum supplements, and prevails over any conflicting provisions with the Privacy Management and the Nikon Group Privacy Protection Statement. Our Privacy Management, the Nikon Group Privacy Protection Statement and this California-Specific Addendum together constitute our “Privacy Policy.”
1. Our collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information
A. Categories, Sources, and Purposes of Your Personal Information Collected or to Be Collected
We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household. The table below describes the categories of your personal information that we collect, or have collected during the 12-month period prior to the effective date of this California-Specific Addendum.
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| Categories of Personal Information collected | Examples |
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| Identifiers | Name, alias, resident country/area, address, postal code, email address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, IP address, account name, driver's license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers. |
| Other personal information | Signature, physical characteristics or description, telephone/fax number. |
| Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law | Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information). |
| Commercial information | Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies, including repair history, questionnaires given at the time of purchase, customer satisfaction surveys, and customer's inquiry history. |
| Education information | Including your grades and degrees earned. |
| Internet or other electronic network activity information | Browsing history, search history, technical information about your equipment and interaction with the website, application, or advertisement, including cookies, and your IP address. |
| Geolocation data | Physical location or movements, including both your specific location obtained from your device as well as derived geolocation addresses from your IP. |
| Sensory data | Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information. |
| Professional or employment-related information | Current or past job history or performance evaluations (including company name and department/position). |
| Inferences drawn from other personal information | Profiles reflecting a person's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes. |
| Sensitive personal information | Driver's license number, passport number, race, color, ancestry, religion or creed, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, genetic information (including familial genetic information), physical location or movements, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, health insurance information, as well as certain of the Identifiers above. |
- Length of Time We Intend to Retain Information. We will retain each category of personal information described above for the period necessary to process it, except to the extent that we are required by law to retain it for a longer period of time, in which case, we will retain it for the period required by law. In regard to the storage period of cookies used in connection with our websites, please see the Cookie Notices for our websites.
- Business or Commercial Purposes. The business or commercial purposes for which your personal information will be collected or used are as described in Section 2 of the main body of the Privacy Management (privacy policy）. We do not use or disclose your sensitive personal information for purposes other than those permitted by the CCPA.
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Categories of Sources. The categories of sources from which your personal information was collected during the 12-month period prior to the effective date of this California-Specific Addendum are as follows.
- Yourself, with respect to both online and offline interactions you may have with us or our service providers;
- Other entities with whom you transact;
- Others 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;
- Marketing and analytics providers; and
- Social media platforms.
B. Sale or Sharing of Your Personal Information
We have not sold consumer information for any monetary value. However, the use of cookies, advertising and tracking technologies on certain Nikon websites may constitute “sharing” under certain California law. Where those technologies are active on a website, we may have shared the following categories of Personal Information with our advertising providers and partners: Identifiers, Non-specific Geolocation Data, and Internet Activity Information. We do not knowingly sell or share the Personal Information of minors under 18. To opt-out of targeted advertising, please use the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link at the bottom of the website you are visiting.
C. Disclosure of Your Personal Information for a Business Purpose
The table below describes: (i) the categories of personal information that we may have disclosed in connection with our business operations (i.e., business purposes) during the 12-month period prior to the effective date of this California-Specific Addendum; and (ii) the categories of third parties to whom we have disclosed personal information in connection with our business operations (i.e., business purposes) during the 12-month period prior to the effective date of this California-Specific Addendum.
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| Category of Personal Information Disclosed | Third Parties to whom Personal Information Was Disclosed in the Last 12 Months |
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| Identifiers | Our affiliates, employees, service providers, advertising partners, government entities. |
| Other personal information | Our affiliates, employees, service providers, government entities. |
| Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law | Our affiliates, employees, service providers, government entities. |
| Commercial information | Our affiliates, employees, service providers, government entities. |
| Education information | Our affiliates, employees, service providers, government entities. |
| Internet or other electronic network activity information | Our affiliates, employees, service providers, advertising partners, government entities. |
| Geolocation data | Our affiliates, employees, service providers, advertising partners, government entities. |
| Sensory data | Our affiliates, employees, service providers, government entities. |
| Professional or employment-related information | Our affiliates, employees, service providers, government entities. |
| Inferences drawn from other personal information | Our affiliates, employees, service providers, government entities. |
| Sensitive personal information | Our affiliates, employees, service providers, government entities. |
- Business or Commercial Purpose. The business or commercial purposes for which personal information was disclosed during the 12-month period prior to the effective date of this California-Specific Addendum are as described in Section 2 of the main body of the Privacy Management (privacy policy).
2. Your rights and requests
If you are a California consumer, you have certain rights regarding your personal information, as described below:
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(a)Access: You have the right to request, twice in a 12-month period, that we disclose to you the following information we have collected, used, and disclosed about you:
- (i)The categories of personal information we collected about you;
- (ii)The categories of sources from which we collected such personal information;
- (iii)The business or commercial purpose(s) for collecting such personal information;
- (iv)The categories of third parties with whom we disclosed such Personal Information; and
- (v)The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
- (b)Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete certain personal information we collected from you.
- (c)Correction: You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
- (d)Right to Opt-out of Sales or Sharing. You may have the right to opt-out of the “sale” or “sharing” of your Personal Information as those terms are defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act. To request to opt-out of sales or sharing, please use the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link at the bottom of the website you are visiting.
How to Submit a Request.
To make an access, deletion, or correction request (as described above), please contact us by using the link below:
Verifying Requests.
To help protect your privacy and maintain security, we will take steps to verify your identity before granting you access to your personal information or complying with your request for deletion or correction.
Upon receiving a request from you for access, deletion, or correction, we first will verify your identity, by requiring you to submit information necessary to verify your identity, such as your name and e-mail address, depending on the service provided, and by matching the information you provide with what we already have on file.
If you use an authorized agent to make a request for access, deletion, or correction on your behalf, we may require the authorized agent to provide proof that you gave the agent signed permission to make the request. Also, we may require you to either (1) verify your own identity directly with us (as described above), or (2) directly confirm to us that you provided the authorized agent permission to submit the request.
Additional Information.
If you exercise any of your rights under the CCPA, you have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment from us. To the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, we may charge a reasonable fee to comply with your request.
3. Other California Privacy Rights
A. California Do Not Track Disclosure.
Our websites, apps and other online services are not designed to respond to “Do Not Track” requests from browsers.
B. Other California Privacy Rights.
Under California's “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83), you, as a California resident, may ask us once a year, free of charge to provide you information about the categories of information (if any) that we disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us using the contact information below.
4. Changes to this California-Specific Addendum
We review and may change this California-Specific Addendum from time to time. The “Last Updated” date at the top of this page states when this California-Specific Addendum was last updated; any changes will become effective upon us posting the revised California-Specific Addendum.
We request that you bookmark and periodically review this California-Specific Addendum in order to ensure continued familiarity with the most current version of this California-Specific Addendum.
5. Contact details
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this California-Specific Addendum or our privacy practices, please contact us here.