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Industry Online Support
Last Update: October 2019
Data Privacy Notice
Protecting the security and privacy of your personal data is important to Siemens AG, Werner-von-
Siemens-
Straße 1, 80333 München (“
Siemens
”). Therefore Siemens operates the Industry Online
Support App (“
App
”) in compliance with applicable laws on data protection and data security.
Categories of personal data, purpose of the processing and legal basis
When using the App, Siemens processes the following personal data about you:
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Personal data that you voluntarily enter when using the app (i.e. when registering or contacting
us, etc.), such as your first and last name, e-mail address, telephone number, information
provided as part of a support request or any comments and forum posts you have published.
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Information that is automatically sent to us by your web browser or terminal device, such as your
IP address, device type, browser type, previously visited web page, sub-pages visited or date
and time of the specific visitor request.
We process your personal data for the following purposes:
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To offer the app’s services and functions.
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To verify your identity.
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To answer your specific requests.
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To enforce our terms of use, to establish or preserve a legal claim or defense, to prevent fraud or
other illegal activities, including attacks on Siemens’ information technology systems.
The processing of personal data is necessary in order to achieve the above mentioned purposes. 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 your personal data 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),
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compliance 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.
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).
Processing of pseudonymized data for the creation of usage profiles
Siemens may store information on your interaction with the App in usage profiles for the purpose of
analyzing your use of the App and allowing us to tailor the App to better match your interests. Usage
profiles are created on pseudonymized basis only, i.e. Siemens does not link a usage profile to an
individual user. You have the right to object to the creation of usage profiles with future effect by
activating the check-box below.