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:
- 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
- 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:
- 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,
- is necessary to prepare, negotiate and perform a contract
with you,
- is required by law or the competent governmental or
judicial authorities,
- is necessary to establish or preserve a legal claim
or defense,
- 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.
Links to Other Websites
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.
