Siemens Commitment to Data Privacy
Protection
Protecting the security and privacy
of your personal data is important to Siemens; therefore,
we conduct our business in compliance with applicable laws
on data privacy protection and data security. We hope the
policy outlined below will help you understand what data
Siemens may collect, how Siemens uses and safeguards that
data and with whom we may share it. Personal data
Through our Web sites, Siemens will
not collect any personal data about you (e.g. your name,
address, telephone number or e-mail address), unless you
voluntarily choose to provide us with it (e.g. by registration,
survey), respectively, provide your consent, or unless
otherwise permitted by applicable laws and regulations
for the protection of your personal data.
Purpose of Use
When you do provide us with personal
data, we usually use it to respond to your inquiry, process
your order or provide you access to specific information
or offers. Also, to support our customer relationship with
you:
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we may store and process personal
data and share it with our worldwide affiliates to
better understand your business needs and how we can
improve our products and services; or
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we (or a third party on our behalf)
may use personal data to contact you about a Siemens
offer in support of your business needs or to conduct
online surveys to understand better our customers'
needs.
If you choose not to have your personal
data used to support our customer relationship (especially
direct marketing or market research), we will respect your
choice. We do not sell or otherwise market your personal
data to third parties, except to Siemens affiliates.
Purpose Limitation
Siemens will collect, use or disclose
personal data supplied by you online only for the purposes
disclosed to you, unless the disclosure:
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is a use of the personal data
for any additional purpose that is directly related
to the original purpose for which the personal data
was collected,
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is necessary to prepare, negotiate
and perform a contract with you,
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is required by law or the competent
governmental or judicial authorities,
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is necessary to establish or preserve
a legal claim or defense,
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is necessary to prevent fraud
or other illegal activities, such as willful attacks
on Siemens information technology systems.
Communications or Utilization Data
Through your use of telecommunications
services to access our Web site, your communications data
(e.g. Internet protocol address) or utilization data (e.g.
information on the beginning, end and extent of each access,
and information on the telecommunications services you
accessed) are technically generated and could conceivably
relate to personal data. To the extent that there is a
compelling necessity, the collection, processing and use
of your communications or utilization data will occur and
will be performed in accordance with the applicable data
privacy protection legal framework.
Non-Personal Data Collected Automatically
When you access our Web sites, we
may automatically (i.e., not by registration) collect non-personal
data (e.g. type of Internet browser and operating system
used, domain name of the Web site from which you came,
number of visits, average time spent on the site, pages
viewed). We may use this data and share it with our worldwide
affiliates to monitor the attractiveness of our Web sites
and improve their performance or content.
"Cookies" -
Information Stored Automatically on Your Computer
When you view one of our Web sites,
we may store some data on your computer in the form of
a "cookie" to
automatically recognize your PC next time you visit. Cookies can
help us in many ways, for example, by allowing us to tailor a Web
site to better match your interests or to store your password to
save you having to re-enter it each time. If you do not wish to receive
cookies, please configure your Internet browser to erase all cookies
from your computer's hard drive, block all cookies or to receive
a warning before a cookie is stored.
Children
Siemens will not knowingly collect
personal data from children 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.
The definition of "child" or "children" should
take into account applicable laws as well as national and
regional cultural customs.
Security
To protect your personal data against
accidental or unlawful destruction, loss or alteration
and against unauthorized disclosure or access, Siemens
uses technical and organizational security measures.
Links to Other Web Sites
Siemens Web sites contain links to
other Web sites. Siemens is not responsible for the privacy
practices or the content of other Web sites.
Questions and Comments
Siemens will respond to reasonable
requests to review your personal data and to correct, amend
or delete any inaccuracies. If you have any questions or
comments about the Siemens Data Privacy Protection Policy
(e.g. to review and update your personal data), please
click on "Contact Us" in the upper right-hand
corner of this window, and select "About Siemens", "About
us - questions about Siemens". As the Internet matures,
so will our Data Privacy Protection Policy. We will post
changes to our Data Privacy Protection Policy on this page.
Please check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.
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