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Desigo Fire Connect
Privacy Notice
January, 2022
Protecting the security and privacy of your personal data is important to Siemens Switzerland Ltd.
(“Siemens”).
Therefore, Siemens operates Desigo Fire Connect
(“App”) in compliance with applicable laws on data protection
and data security.
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).
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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,
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Security
, such as prevent fraud, implement security measures,
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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:
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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
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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:
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.