- Why does Applied Materials require my citizenship or most recent permanent residency?
Supplier Collaboration Vault (SCV) contains export-controlled technology. To grant access to export-controlled technology, Applied Materials requires citizenship or your most recent country of permanent residency. Without this information, Applied Materials cannot determine export control requirements and may be required to overly restrict access to technology files.
- How does Applied Materials protect my PII data?
Applied Materials protects customer personal data through a combination of technical, administrative, and contractual safeguards. We limit access to authorized personnel with a legitimate business need, maintain security controls designed to protect data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure, and require employees and service providers to comply with strict confidentiality and data protection obligations. We process personal data only for authorized business purposes, retain it in accordance with applicable legal and business requirements, and maintain incident response processes to address potential security or privacy events. Applied also supports its data handling practices through contractual commitments and compliance with applicable privacy and data protection laws.
- What happens if I do not update my citizenship status?
Failure to update your citizenship or most recent country of permanent residency may result in users being overly restricted in SCV. SCV allows external parties to download export-controlled technology directly from Applied Materials. Applied Materials is committed to ensuring export compliance and may overly restrict access if this information is not available.
- How long do I have to update my information?
The portal to update the information is open now and will remain open. This information can be updated at any time. If information is not updated by Nov 22, 2026 you may be overly restricted in SCV.
- What if my citizenship or permanent residency changes?
If your citizenship or permanent residency changes, you can complete a new export form in MyApp. After completing the new form, your information will be updated in SCV with the appropriate access controls.
- How do I update my citizenship or permanent residency?
- What if I am currently producing products that require export licenses?
Applied Materials hold export licenses for various suppliers and may choose to continue sending technology under an approved export license.
- What if I am blocked for accessing documents, I previously had access to?
Ensure your citizenship and permanent residency are up to date. This will provide the most flexibility when accessing export-controlled technology.
- When will these changes go into effect?
New controls will be introduced on Nov 22, 2026. Please ensure your citizenship and/or permanent residency are up to date prior to this date to ensure the most flexibility when accessing export-controlled technology.
- What if I already have access to export-controlled technology or files?
Technology or files already transferred are not impacted. New controls will go into effect on Nov 26, 2026. After this date, new downloads may be restricted.