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Building X Fire Connect Privacy Notice
June, 2023
Protecting the security and privacy of your personal data is important to Siemens Switzerland Ltd.
(“Siemens”).
Therefore, Siemens operates Building X Fire Connect
(“App”) in compliance with applicable laws on data protection
and data security. Personal data are processed by the backend application called Cerberus/Sinteso/Desigo Fire
Portal.
Categories of personal data processed, purpose of the processing and legal basis
When visiting and using the App, Siemens processes the following personal data about you:
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Personal data that you actively provide to us within the App. i.e. information that you actively enter when
registering for the app or creating a user account or when using contact and other forms offered within the App
(for example, in order to contact Siemens with your enquiries and questions).
•
Information that is automatically sent to us by your web browser or device, such as your IP-address or other
device identifier, device type, browser type (if applicable), referring site, sites accessed during your visit, the
date and time of each visitor request.
We process your personal data for the following purposes:
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App Functionality
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Operation of the App
, such as to authenticate the user, enable features,
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Maintenance and Support
, such as ensure server up-time, minimize app crashes, improve scalability
and performance, or perform customer support,
•
Security
, such as prevent fraud, implement security measures,
•
Analytics
, meaning using data to evaluate user behavior, including to understand the effectiveness of
existing product features, plan new features, or measure audience size or characteristics
We only process your personal data if we are permitted by applicable law to do so. In particular, if you are based in
the European Economic Area, the legal basis for Siemens processing data about you is that such processing is
necessary for the purposes of:
•
Siemens exercising its rights and performing its obligations in connection with any contract we make with
you (Article 6 (1) (b) General Data Protection Regulation),
•
C
ompliance with Siemens’ legal obligations (Article 6 (1) (c) General Data Protection Regulation), and/or
•
Legitimate interests pursued by Siemens (Article 6 (1) (f) General Data Protection Regulation). Generally,
the legitimate interest pursued by Siemens in relation to our use of your personal data is the efficient
operation, management and support of the App, but we may disclose other legitimate interests for specific
uses. Where we rely on our legitimate interests for a given purpose, we are of the opinion that this
legitimate interests is not overridden by your interests and rights or freedoms, given (i) the regular reviews
and related documentation of the processing activities described herein, (ii) the protection of your personal
data by our data privacy processes, including our Binding Corporate Rules on the Protection of Personal
Data, (iii) the transparency we provide on the processing activity, and (iv) the rights you have in relation to
the processing activity. If you wish to obtain further information on this balancing test approach, please
contact our Data Privacy Organization at:
dataprotection@siemens.com
.
In some cases, we may ask if you consent to the relevant use of your personal data. In such cases, the legal basis
for Siemens processing that personal data is that you have consented (Article 6 (1) (a) General Data Protection
Regulation).
Push notifications
The activation of push notification services allows Siemens to provide you with the following information:
information on Events and status of connected systems, as requested by the user. In the course of using this
function and after activation of the push-notification permission, a connection with the push notification service of
your operating system provider is established and your device receives notifications over this connection. For this
purpose, information on your device identifier is transferred to your operating system provider.
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Links
This Privacy Notice applies only to this App, and not to websites or applications offered and operated by third
parties. We may provide links to other websites or applications (such as Google Maps or YouTube) which may be
of interest to you. Any link to an external website or application is marked as such. Siemens is not responsible for
the privacy practices or the content of external websites or applications.
Transfer and disclosure of personal data
For the purposes mentioned above Siemens may transfer or disclose your personal data to:
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other affiliated companies or third parties - e.g. sales partners or suppliers - in connection with your use of
the Online Offerings or our business relationship with you;
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third parties which provide IT services to us and which process such data only for the purpose of such
services (e.g., hosting or IT maintenance and support services); and
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third parties in connection with complying with legal obligations or establishing, exercising or defending
rights or claims (e.g., for court and arbitration proceedings, to law enforcement authorities and regulators,
to attorneys and consultants).
The recipients of your personal data may be located outside of the country in which you reside.
If you are located within European Economic Area, please be aware that sometimes the recipients to whom
Siemens transfers or discloses your personal data are located in countries in which applicable laws do not offer the
same level of data protection as the laws of your home country. In such cases and if required by applicable law,
Siemens takes measures to implement appropriate and suitable safeguards for the protection of your personal
data. In particular:
•
We share your personal data with Siemens companies in such countries only if they have implemented the
Siemens Binding Corporate Rules („
BCR
“) for the protection of personal data. Further information about
the Siemens BCR can be found here.
•
We transfer personal data to external recipients in such countries only if the recipient has (i) entered into
EU Standard Contractual Clauses with Siemens, (ii) implemented Binding Corporate Rules in its
organization. You may request further information about the safeguards implemented in relation to specific
transfers by contacting dataprotection@siemens.com.
Retention periods
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 (i) for the purposes for
which they were collected or otherwise processed, or (ii) to comply with legal obligations .
Your rights
The data protection law applicable to Siemens when processing your personal data may entitle you to specific
rights in relation to your personal data. You can find out more about those rights by contacting
dataprotection@siemens.com
.
In particular and subject to the respective statutory requirements, if you are located in the European Economic
Area, you are entitled to:
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Obtain from Siemens confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you are being processed,
and where that is the case, access to the personal data;
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Obtain from Siemens the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you;
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Obtain from Siemens the erasure of your personal data;
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Obtain from Siemens restriction of processing regarding your personal data;
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Data portability concerning personal data, which you actively provided; and
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Object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to processing of personal data concerning you.
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Data Privacy Contact
The Siemens 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 Siemens Data
Privacy Organization may be contacted at:
dataprotection@siemens.com
.
The Siemens Data Privacy Organization will always use best efforts to address and settle any requests or
complaints you bring to its attention. Besides contacting the Siemens Data Privacy Organization, you always have
the right to approach the competent data protection authority with your request or complaint.
Do Not Track
At this time our Internet sites do not recognize or respond to “Do Not Track” browser signals.
Children
This Application is not directed to children under the age of thirteen. We will not knowingly collect personal data via
this Application 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.
Security
To protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, use, or alteration and against
unauthorized disclosure or access, Siemens uses reasonable physical, technical and organizational security
measures. Unfortunately, there is no complete assurance of security in transit or storage to any information that
you transmit, no complete assurance that information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by a
breach of any of our physical, technical, or organizational measures.
For US Residents only
There are special notices that may need to be given to, and rights that may be available to, residents of certain US
states. Please click
here
for those notices.
For Canadian Residents only
Use of the App constitutes consent to collect, use and process the personal data.
We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time.