Privacy Notice
Last Update July 2019
Protecting the security and privacy of your personal data is important to Siemens. Therefore, Siemens
(as defined below) operates Siemens Smart Thermostat RDS (“
App
”) in compliance with applicable
laws on data protection and data security.
For App users residing in the United States, “
Siemens
” shall be Siemens Industry, Inc., Smart
Infrastructure, a Delaware corporation, with its principal office in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, 60089, USA;
for all App users residing
elsewhere, “
Siemens
” shall be Siemens Switzerland AG, Smart
Infrastructure Global Headquarter, Theilerstrasse 1a, 6300 Zug, Switzerland.
In the following, we provide information on the categories of data we process via the App, the
purposes of processing and the parties with which we may share such data, where applicable.
1. Categories of personal data processed
We process the following personal data (your personal data):
•
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 such as full name, your e-mail address, language preference, your company
information;
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Session information such as IP-address or information on your operating system; and
•
Information on your usage of the App.
2. Purpose of the processing
We process your personal data for the following purposes:
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to offer the App’s services and functions and to administer your use of the App;
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to verify your identity;
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to answer and fulfill your specific requests;
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to provide support;
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to send you marketing information or to contact you in the context of customer satisfaction
surveys as further explained in Section 9; and
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as reasonably necessary to enforce our agreements, to establish or preserve a legal claim or
defense, to prevent fraud
or other illegal activities, including attacks on Siemens’ information
technology systems.
The personal data processed is strictly necessary for the purposes mentioned above. If you do not
provide us with the aforementioned personal data, we may not be able to offer the App to you.
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:
(i) 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),
(ii)
compliance with Siemens’ legal obligations (Article 6 (1) (c) General Data Protection Regulation),
and/or
(iii) 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.