January 2023
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We (meaning the specific company that has provided or referred you to this privacy notice or that is identified as being the operator of the website that directed you to this
Privacy Notice) believe that protecting the security and privacy of your personal data is important. This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, store, use, disclose and transfer
(hereinafter “process”) your personal data. The personal data that we collect about you depends on the context of your interactions with us, the products. services and features that you
use, your location, and applicable law.
Categories of personal data processed, purpose of the processing
When visiting our external and internal websites or using our applications, or online services (each
an “Online Offering”), we may process the following categories of personal data:
We process your personal data for the following purposes:
Online Offerings provided by your organization
Our Online Offerings may be provided to you for your use by the organization to which you
belong, such as our enterprise customers. If your organization provides you with access to an Online Offering, our processing of personal data provided by or collected from you or your
organization in connection with the Online Offering’s content is performed under the direction of your organization and is subject to a data processing agreement between your
organization and us. In such instance, your organization is responsible for any personal data contained in such content and you should direct any questions about how personal data
contained in such content is used to your organization.
Categories of personal data processed, and purpose of the processing
When visiting our online stores and marketplaces (each a “Marketplace”), we may process the following categories of personal data:
We process your personal data for the following purposes:
Categories of personal data processed, and purpose of the processing
In the context of the business relationship with us, we may process the following categories of
personal data of consumers and contact persons at (prospective) customers, suppliers, vendors and partners (each a “Business Partner”):
We may process the personal data for the following purposes:
Where and as permitted under applicable law, we may process your contact information for direct marketing purposes (e.g. trade show invitations, newsletters with further information and offers concerning our products and services) and to carry out customer satisfactions surveys, in each case also by e-mail. You may object to the processing of your contact data for these purposes at any time by writing to contact@siemens.com or by using the opt-out mechanism provided in the respective communication you received.
When you apply for a job, we process your personal data as set out in the privacy notice of the Siemens Recruiting Portal or of the respective other recruiting platform you may use.
We may transfer your personal data to:
The recipients of your personal data may be located outside of the country in which you reside. Personal data published by you on Online Offerings (such as chat rooms or forums) may be globally accessible to other registered users of the respective Online Offering.
Unless indicated otherwise at the time of the collection of your personal data (e.g. within a form completed by you), we erase your personal data if the retention of that personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed, or to comply with legal obligations (such as retention obligations under tax or commercial laws).
The data protection laws in the jurisdiction in which you reside may entitle you to specific rights in relation to your personal data.
In particular, and subject to the legal requirements, you may be entitled to
To protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, use, or alteration and against unauthorized disclosure or access, we use adequate physical, technical and organizational security measures.
Our Data Privacy Organization provides support with any data privacy related questions, comments, concerns or complaints or in case you wish to exercise any of your data privacy related rights. The Data Privacy Organization may be contacted at: dataprotection@siemens.com.
The Data Privacy Organization will always use reasonable efforts to address and settle any requests or complaints you bring to its attention. Besides contacting the Data Privacy Organization, you always have the right to approach the competent data protection authority with your request or complaint.
This section applies and provides you with further information if your personal data is processed by one of our companies located in the European Economic Area.
Data Controller
Online Offerings
The specific company identified in the Online Offering as being the operator of the Online Offering is the data controller in the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation for the processing activities described in this Privacy Notice.
Marketplaces
The specific company identified on the Market Place as being the operator of the Marketplace is the data controller.
Business Partner personal data in Customer Relationship Systems
In the course of our business relationship with you, we may share Business Partner contact information with affiliated companies. We and these affiliated companies are jointly responsible for the proper protection of your personal data (Art. 26 General Data Protection Regulation).
To allow you to effectively exercise your data subject rights in the context of this joint controllership, we entered into an agreement with these Siemens companies granting you the right to centrally exercise your data subject rights under section 8 of this Privacy Notice against Siemens AG.
To exercise your rights, you may reach out to: dataprotection@siemens.com.
Legal basis of the processing
The General Data Protection Regulation requires us to provide you with information on the legal basis of the processing of your personal data.
The legal basis for our processing data about you is that such processing is necessary for the purposes of
In some cases, we may ask if you consent to the relevant use of your personal data. In such cases, the legal basis for us processing that data about you may (in addition or instead) be that you have consented (Article 6 (1) (a) General Data Protection Regulation) (“Consent”).
This section applies and provides you with further information if the processing by one of our companies (i) occurs in Brazilian territory, (ii) concerns the data of individuals located in Brazilian territory, (iii) comprises personal data collected in Brazilian territory or (iv) has as its objective the offer or supply of goods or services to individuals located in Brazilian territory. In these cases the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados - LGPD) applies to the processing of your personal data and the following additions and/or deviations apply to sections 2, 5, 6, 9, of this Data Privacy Notice:
Retention Periods
As allowed under article 16 of LGPD we may retain your personal data to comply with legal or regulatory obligations (such as retention obligations under tax or commercial laws), during the legal statute of limitation period, or for the regular exercise of rights in judicial, administrative or arbitration proceedings
Your rights
Additionally to the rights mentioned in this Data Privacy Notice, you are entitled under LGPD to:
Legal basis of the processing
The Brazilian General Data Protection Law requires us to provide you with information on the legal basis of the processing of your personal data.
The legal basis for our processing is:
International transfers
Following the LGPD requirements defined in the Article 33 of Brazilian General Data Protection Law, in the event that we transfer your personal data outside the Brazilian territory, we ensure that your data is protected in a manner which is consistent with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law, we will follow the applicable law and decisions imposed by the proper authority.
Your competent data protection contact
If this section applies, you may also contact our Brazilian Data Privacy Organization at dataprivacy.br@siemens.com.
Each Siemens company established in Canada (“Siemens in Canada Entity”) maintains your personal data on secure servers that are accessible to authorized employees, representatives or agents who require access for the purposes descried in this privacy notice. If you have any questions about how a Siemens in Canada Entity processes your personal data, including with respect to its use of service providers outside of Canada, or if you would like to exercise any of your rights in respect of your personal data under the control of a Siemens in Canada Entity, you may contact the Siemens in Canada Privacy Officer at privacy.panel@siemens.com.
This section applies and provides you with further information if the processing by one of our companies is located within the borders of People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) or concerns the data of individuals within the borders of PRC.
Processing of sensitive personal information
According to the PIPL, sensitive personal information means personal information that, once leaked or illegally used, may easily cause harm to the dignity of natural persons grave harm to personal or property security, including information on biometric characteristics, religious beliefs, specially-designated status, medical health, financial accounts, individual location tracking, etc. as well as the personal information of minors under the age of 14.
In addition to the payment data mentioned in section 2 of this Data Private Notice, we will, in principle, not process your sensitive personal information. In case your sensitive personal information will be processed, we will notify you about the necessity of processing and effects on the individual’s rights and interests, and obtain your specific consent if applicable.
Transfer and disclosure of personal data
Following the requirements defined in the Article 23 of PIPL, additionally to the contents mentioned in section 4, we, in principle, will not transfer or share your personal information to third party controllers, unless (1) obtain your specific consent if applicable, or (2) to fulfill the statutory duties under local laws and regulations.
International Transfer
You acknowledge that your data will be transferred and proceed outside of PRC. We will follow the applicable laws and decisions imposed by the competent authority and ensure that your data is protected in a manner which is consistent with the PRC Personal Information Protection Law. If you or the company you work for is a Business Partner, please be aware that Siemens is a multi-national company, and for the purpose of concluding or fulfilling the contract/agreement with you or the company you work for, you understand and agree that we may transfer your personal information to foreign affiliated companies.
Legal Basis of the processing
The PIPL requires us to provide you with information on the legal basis of the processing of your personal data. The legal basis for our processing is:
Usage by Children
This Online Offering is not directed to children under the age of fourteen (14). We will not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of fourteen (14) without prior parental consent if required by applicable law. We will only use or disclose personal data about a child to the extent permitted by law, to seek parental consent, pursuant to local law and regulations or to protect a child.
For Business Partners and users located in South Africa, please take note of the following:
In terms of section 1 of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (“POPI”), “personal data” or “personal information” includes “information relating to an identifiable, living, natural person, and where it is applicable, an identifiable, existing, juristic person.”
The corresponding legal grounds and conditions for lawful processing of personal data in South Africa are contained in Sections 8 to 25 of POPI, and relate to “Accountability”; “Processing limitation”; “Purpose specification”; “Further processing limitation”; “Information quality”; “Openness”; “Security safeguards” and “Data subject participation”.
In terms of section 69 of POPI, the processing of personal information of a data subject for the purposes of direct marketing by means of any form of electronic communication, including automatic calling machines, facsimile machines, sms’s or e-mail is prohibited unless the data subject has provided consent to the processing, or is, subject to further conditions, an existing customer of the responsible party.
For purposes of a Data Subject exercising its rights further enquiries and the exercise of its rights in relation to access, objection to, and complaints in respect of the processing of personal data, the contact particulars of the Information Regulator of South Africa, are as follows:
JD House, 27 Stiemens Street
Braamfontein
Johannesburg
2001
PO Box 31533
Braamfontein
Johannesburg
2017
Complaints: complaints.IR@justice.gov.za
General enquiries: inforeg@justice.gov.za
This section applies and provides you with further information if your personal data is processed by one of our companies located in the United Kingdom under the Data Protection Act 2018 and/or the UK GDPR (meaning Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27th April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) as it forms part of the law of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland by virtue of section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018).
Data Controller
The specific company identified on this page as being the operator of this website is the data controller in the meaning of the UK GDPR for the processing activities described in this Privacy Notice.
In the course of our business relationship with you, we may share Business Partner contact information with affiliated Siemens companies. We and these Siemens companies are jointly responsible for the proper protection of your personal data (Art. 26 UK GDPR). To allow you to effectively exercise your data subject rights in the context of this joint controllership, we entered into an agreement with these Siemens companies granting you the right to centrally exercise your data subject rights under section 7 of this Privacy Notice against Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Germany.
To exercise your rights, you may reach out to: dataprotection@siemens.com.
Legal basis of the processing
The UK GDPR requires us to provide you with information on the legal basis of the processing of your personal data.
The legal basis for our processing data about you is that such processing is necessary for the purposes of
In some cases, we may ask if you consent to the relevant use of your personal data. In such cases, the legal basis for us processing that data about you may (in addition or instead) be that you have consented (Article 6 (1) (a) UK GDPR) (“Consent”).
If you are a U.S. resident, then please take note of the following:
Do Not Track
At this time our Online Offerings do not recognize or respond to “Do Not Track” browser signals. For more information on “Do Not Track”, please visit your browser’s support page.
Usage by Children
This Online Offering is not directed to children under the age of thirteen. We will not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of thirteen without insisting that they seek prior parental consent if required by applicable law. We will only use or disclose personal data about a child to the extent permitted by law, to seek parental consent, pursuant to local law and regulations or to protect a child.
State Rights
Depending on the US state in which you reside, you may have special rights with respect to your personal data. For information regarding any of those rights, please click here.
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