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JANUARY 2023


DATA PRIVACY NOTICE

Click here to download the Data Privacy Notice.

We (meaning the specific company that has provided or referred you to this
privacy notice or that is identified on this page as being the operator of this
website) believe that protecting the security and privacy of your personal data
is important. This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, store, use, disclose
and transfer (hereinafter “process”) your personal data. The personal data that
we collect about you depends on the context of your interactions with us, the
products, services and features that you use, your location, and applicable law.

1. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITES, APPLICATIONS
AND ONLINE

Categories of personal data processed, and purpose of the processing

When visiting our external and internal websites or using our applications, or
online services (each an “Online Offering”), we may process the following
categories of personal data:

 * Your contact information, such as full name, work address, work telephone
   number, work mobile phone number and work email address;
 * Organizational information, including job position and company name;
 * Information submitted as part of a support request, survey or comment or
   forum post;
 * Further personal data that you provide by filling in forms in our Online
   Offerings; and
 * Information on your interaction with the Online Offering, including your
   device and user identifier, information on your operating system, sites and
   services accessed during your visit, the date and time of each visitor
   request.

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

 * To provide the Online Offering’s services and functions which includes
   creating and administering your online account, updating, securing, and
   troubleshooting, providing support, as well as improving and developing our
   Online Offerings;
 * To bill your use of the Online Offering;
 * To verify your identity;
 * To answer and fulfill your requests or instructions;
 * To process your order or to provide you with access to specific information
   or offers;
 * To contact you with information and offers concerning our products and
   services, to send you further marketing information or to contact you in the
   context of customer satisfaction surveys as explained in Section 4; and
 * As reasonably necessary to enforce the Online Offering’s terms, to establish
   or preserve a legal claim or defense, to prevent fraud or other illegal
   activities, including attacks on our information technology systems.

Online Offerings provided by your organization

Our Online Offerings may be provided to you for your use by the organization to
which you belong, such as our enterprise customers. If your organization
provides you with access to an Online Offering, our processing of personal data
provided by or collected from you or your organization in connection with the
Online Offering’s content is performed under the direction of your organization
and is subject to a data processing agreement between your organization and us.
In such instance, your organization is responsible for any personal data
contained in such content and you should direct any questions about how personal
data contained in such content is used to your organization.

2. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OUR MARKETPLACES

Categories of personal data processed, and purpose of the processing

When visiting our online stores and marketplaces (each a “Marketplace”), we may
process the following categories of personal data:

 * Your contact information, such as full name, work address, work telephone
   number, work mobile phone number and work email address;
 * Organizational information, including job position and company name;
 * Payment data, such as data necessary for processing payments and fraud
   prevention, including credit/debit card numbers, security code numbers and
   other related billing information;
 * Information submitted as part of a support request, survey or comment or
   forum post;
 * Further personal data that you provide by filling in forms in our
   Marketplace;
 * Information that are legally required compliance screenings or export control
   checks; such as date of birth, nationality, place of residence, ID numbers,
   identity cards and information about relevant and significant litigation or
   other legal proceedings; and
 * Information on your interaction with the Marketplace, including your device
   and user identifier, information on your operating system, sites and services
   accessed during your visit, the date and time of each visitor request.

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

 * Communicating with you about our products, services and projects, e.g. by
   responding to inquiries or requests or providing you with information about
   purchased products;
 * Planning, performing and managing the (contractual) relationship with
   customers, e.g. by performing transactions and orders of products or
   services, processing payments, performing accounting, auditing, billing and
   collection activities, arranging shipments and deliveries, facilitating
   repairs and providing support services;
 * Contacting you with information and offers concerning our products and
   services, sending you further marketing messages and conducting customer
   satisfaction surveys as explained in Section 4;
 * Maintaining and protecting the security of our products, services and
   websites, preventing and detecting security threats, fraud or other criminal
   or malicious activities;
 * Ensuring compliance with legal obligations (such as record keeping
   obligations), export control and customs, customer compliance screening
   obligations (to prevent white-collar or money laundering crimes), and our
   policies or industry standards; and
 * Solving disputes, enforce our contractual agreements and to establish,
   exercise or defend legal claims.

3. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA RELATED TO YOUR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH US

Categories of personal data processed, and purpose of the processing

In the context of the business relationship with us, we may process the
following categories of personal data of consumers and contact persons at
(prospective) customers, suppliers, vendors and partners (each a “Business
Partner”):

 * Contact information, such as full name, work address, work telephone number,
   work mobile phone number and work email address;
 * Organizational information, including job position and company name;
 * Payment data, such as data necessary for processing payments and fraud
   prevention, including credit/debit card numbers, security code numbers and
   other related billing information;
 * Further information necessarily processed in a project or contractual
   relationship with us or voluntarily provided by the Business Partner, such as
   personal data relating to orders placed, payments made, requests, and project
   milestones;
 * Personal data collected from publicly available resources (including business
   and employment oriented social networks and websites), integrity data bases
   and credit agencies; and
 * Information that are legally required for Business Partner compliance
   screenings or export control checks, such as date of birth, nationality,
   place of residence, ID numbers, identity cards and information about relevant
   and significant litigation or other legal proceedings against Business
   Partners.

We may process the personal data for the following purposes:

 * Communicating with Business Partners about our products, services and
   projects, e.g. by responding to inquiries or requests or providing you with
   information about purchased products;
 * Planning, performing and managing the (contractual) relationship with
   Business Partners; e.g. by performing transactions and orders of products or
   services, processing payments, performing accounting, auditing, billing and
   collection activities, arranging shipments and deliveries, facilitating
   repairs and providing support services;
 * To create a personal profile containing business-related information on
   interactions between you and us with the aim of being able to offer you and
   the company you work for relevant information and suitable offers for our
   services and products and to improve our personal communication with you;
 * Administrating and performing market analysis, sweepstakes, contests, or
   other customer activities or events;
 * Contacting you with information and offers concerning our products and
   services, sending you further marketing messages and conducting customer
   satisfaction surveys as explained in Section 4;
 * Maintaining and protecting the security of our products, services and
   websites, preventing and detecting security threats, fraud or other criminal
   or malicious activities;
 * Ensuring compliance with legal obligations (such as record keeping
   obligations), export control and customs, Business Partner compliance
   screening obligations (to prevent white-collar or money laundering crimes),
   and our policies or industry standards; and
 * Solving disputes, enforce our contractual agreements and to establish,
   exercise or defend legal claims.

4. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA FOR CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEYS AND FOR DIRECT
MARKETING

Where and as permitted under applicable law, we may process your contact
information for direct marketing purposes (e.g. trade show invitations,
newsletters with further information and offers concerning our products and
services) and to carry out customer satisfactions surveys, in each case also by
e-mail. You may object to the processing of your contact data for these purposes
at any time by writing to contact@siemens.com or by using the opt-out mechanism
provided in the respective communication you received.

5. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA RELATED TO YOUR JOB APPLICATION

When you apply for a job, we process your personal data as set out in the
privacy notice of the Siemens Recruiting Portal or of the respective other
recruiting platform you may use.

6. TRANSFER AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA

We only transfer your personal data as described below:

 * Affiliated Companies and sales partners
   
   
   
   * For the purpose of and to the extent necessary to conduct our business
     relationship with you, we may share your personal data with affiliates and
     other third parties (e.g., sales partners and agents). We, for example,
     sell certain products and services only via local business relationships
     and in this case, we may transfer your personal data to our respective
     local affiliates or other sales partners conducting the business
     relationship with you.
 * Transactions on our Marketplaces
   
   
   
   * Via our Marketplaces we make available products, services and offerings of
     affiliates and other third parties. We share customers' personal data
     related to those transactions with that affiliate and/or third party.
 * Service Providers
   
   
   
   * We employ affiliates and other companies to perform functions on our
     behalf, such as IT-services or payment processing services. These
     affiliates and other companies process personal data only for the purpose
     of such services.
 * Other third parties
   
   
   
   * We may transfer personal data to other 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
     regulators, law enforcement and government authorities, to attorneys and
     consultants).

The recipients of your personal data may be located outside of the country in
which you reside.

Personal data published by you on Online Offerings (such as chat rooms or
forums) may be globally accessible to other registered users of the respective
Online Offering.

7. 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 for the purposes for
which they were collected or otherwise processed, or to comply with legal
obligations (such as retention obligations under tax or commercial laws).

8. YOUR RIGHTS

The data protection laws in the jurisdiction in which you reside may entitle you
to specific rights in relation to your personal data.

In particular, and subject to the legal requirements, you may be entitled to

 * Obtain from us confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you
   are being processed, and where that is the case, access to the personal data;
 * Obtain from us the correction of inaccurate personal data concerning you;
 * Obtain from us the erasure of your personal data;
 * Obtain from us restriction of processing regarding your personal data;
 * Data portability concerning personal data, which you actively provided;
 * Object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to further
   processing of personal data concerning you; and
 * Withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal data.

9. SECURITY

To protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss,
use, or alteration and against unauthorized disclosure or access, we use
adequate physical, technical and organizational security measures.

10. DATA PRIVACY CONTACT

Our 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 Data Privacy Organization may be
contacted at: dataprotection@siemens.com.

The Data Privacy Organization will always use reasonable efforts to address and
settle any requests or complaints you bring to its attention. Besides contacting
the Data Privacy Organization, you always have the right to approach the
competent data protection authority with your request or complaint.

11. PROCESSING UNDER THE EU’S GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION

This section applies and provides you with further information if your personal
data is processed by one of our companies located in the European Economic Area.

Data Controller

Online Offerings

The specific company identified in the Online Offering as being the operator of
the Online Offering is the data controller in the meaning of the General Data
Protection Regulation for the processing activities described in this Privacy
Notice.

Marketplaces

The specific company identified on the Market Place as being the operator of the
Marketplace is the data controller.

Business Partner personal data in Customer Relationship Systems

In the course of our business relationship with you, we may share Business
Partner contact information with affiliated companies. We and these affiliated
companies are jointly responsible for the proper protection of your personal
data (Art. 26 General Data Protection Regulation).

To allow you to effectively exercise your data subject rights in the context of
this joint controllership, we entered into an agreement with these Siemens
companies granting you the right to centrally exercise your data subject rights
under section 8 of this Privacy Notice against Siemens AG.

To exercise your rights, you may reach out to: dataprotection@siemens.com.

Legal basis of the processing

The General Data Protection Regulation requires us to provide you with
information on the legal basis of the processing of your personal data.

The legal basis for our processing data about you is that such processing is
necessary for the purposes of

 * exercising our rights and performing our obligations under any contract we
   make with you (Article 6 (1) (b) General Data Protection Regulation)
   (“Contract Performance”);
 * Compliance with our legal obligations (Article 6 (1) (c) General Data
   Protection Regulation) (“Compliance with Legal Obligations”); and/or
 * Legitimate interests pursued by us (Article 6 (1) (f) General Data Protection
   Regulation) (“Legitimate Interest”). Generally, the legitimate interest
   pursued by us in relation to our use of your personal data is the efficient
   performance or management of (i) your use of the Online Offerings, and/or
   (ii) our business relationship with you. Where the below table states that we
   rely on our legitimate interests for a given purpose, we are of the opinion
   that our legitimate interest 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 us processing that data about you may
(in addition or instead) be that you have consented (Article 6 (1) (a) General
Data Protection Regulation) (“Consent”).

Purpose

Legal Basis

Processing of personal data in the context of Online Offerings

To provide the Online Offering’s services and functions which includes creating
and administering your online account, updating, securing, and troubleshooting,
providing support, as well as improving and developing our Online Offerings,

Contract Performance (Article 6 (1) (b) General Data Protection Regulation)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR)

To bill your use of the Online Offering

Contract Performance (Article 6 (1) (b) General Data Protection Regulation)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR

To verify your identity

Contract Performance (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR)

To answer and fulfill your requests or instructions

Contract Performance (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR)

To process your order or to provide you with access to specific information or
offers

Contract Performance (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR)

To send you marketing information or to contact you in the context of customer
satisfaction surveys as further explained in Section 4

Consent, if voluntarily provided(Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR)

As reasonably necessary to enforce the Online Offering’s terms, to establish or
preserve a legal claim or defense, to prevent fraud or other illegal activities,
including attacks on our information technology systems

Compliance with Legal Obligations (Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR)

Processing of personal data related to your use of marketplaces and/or business
relationship with us



Communicating about our products, services and projects, e.g. by responding to
inquiries or requests or providing you with technical information about
purchased products

Contract Performance (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR)

Planning, performing and managing the (contractual) relationship; e.g. by
performing transactions and orders of products or services, processing payments,
performing accounting, auditing, billing and collection activities, arranging
shipments and deliveries, facilitating repairs and providing support services;

Contract Performance (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR)

Compliance with Legal Obligations (Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR)

To create a personal profile containing business-related information on
interactions between you and us with the aim of being able to offer you and the
company you work for relevant information and suitable offers for our services
and products and to improve our personal communication with you

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR)

Administrating and performing market analysis, sweepstakes, contests, or other
customer activities or events;

Consent, if voluntarily provided(Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR)

Conducting customer satisfaction surveys and direct marketing activities as
further explained in Section 4;

Consent, if voluntarily provided(Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR)

Maintaining and protecting the security of our products, services and websites,
preventing and detecting security threats, fraud or other criminal or malicious
activities;

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR)

Ensuring compliance with legal obligations (such as record keeping obligations),
export control and customs, business partner compliance screening obligations
(to prevent white-collar or money laundering crimes), and our policies or
industry standards; and

Compliance with Legal Obligations (Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR)

Solving disputes, enforce our contractual agreements and to establish, exercise
or defend legal claims.

Compliance with Legal Obligations (Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR)

Processing of personal data for customer satisfaction surveys and for direct
marketing

Processing of your contact information for direct marketing purposes (e.g. trade
show invitations, newsletters with further information and offers concerning our
products and services) and to carry out customer satisfactions surveys

Consent, if voluntarily provided(Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR)

International data transfers

In the event that we transfer your personal data outside the European Economic
Area, we ensure that your data is protected in a manner which is consistent with
the General Data Protection Regulation. Therefore, and if required by applicable
law, we take the following measures:

 * We share your personal data with affiliated companies outside the European
   Economic Area only if they have implemented our Binding Corporate Rules
   („BCR“) for the protection of personal data. Further information about the
   BCR can be found here.
 * We transfer personal data to external recipients outside the European
   Economic Area only if the recipient has (i) entered into EU Standard
   Contractual Clauses with us, or (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.

Your competent data protection authority

In case of data privacy related concerns and requests, we encourage you to
contact our Data Privacy Organization at dataprotection@siemens.com. Besides
contacting the Data Privacy Organization, you always have the right to approach
the competent data protection authority with your request or complaint.

A list and contact details of local data protection authorities is available
here.

12. PROCESSING UNDER THE BRAZILIAN GENERAL DATA PROTECTION LAW

This section applies and provides you with further information if the processing
by one of our companies (i) occurs in Brazilian territory, (ii) concerns the
data of individuals located in Brazilian territory, (iii) comprises personal
data collected in Brazilian territory or (iv) has as its objective the offer or
supply of goods or services to individuals located in Brazilian territory. In
these cases the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (Lei Geral de Proteção de
Dados - LGPD) applies to the processing of your personal data and the following
additions and/or deviations apply to sections 2, 5, 6, 9, of this Data Privacy
Notice:

Retention Periods

As allowed under article 16 of LGPD we may retain your personal data to comply
with legal or regulatory obligations (such as retention obligations under tax or
commercial laws), during the legal statute of limitation period, or for the
regular exercise of rights in judicial, administrative or arbitration
proceedings.

Your rights

Additionally to the rights mentioned in this Data Privacy Notice, you are
entitled under LGPD to:

 * In case you understand your data is not being processed in accordance with
   the applicable data protection law or in an excessive way, request us to
   anonymize, block or delete unnecessary or excessive personal data or;
 * Request information regarding the public and/or private entities we shared
   your personal data with;
 * Be informed about the possibility of not giving your consent to process your
   data and the consequences of not giving the consent in case we request your
   consent to process your data;
 * Revoke at any time your consent to our processing of your personal data in
   case we request your consent to process your data

Legal basis of the processing

The Brazilian General Data Protection Law requires us to provide you with
information on the legal basis of the processing of your personal data.

The legal basis for our processing is:

 * Article 7 V LGPD (“Contract Performance”);
 * Article 7 II LGPD (“Compliance with Legal Obligations”);
 * Article 10 I and II LGPD (“Legitimate Interest”).
 * Article 7 I LGPD (“Consent”).

International transfers

Following the LGPD requirements defined in the Article 33 of Brazilian General
Data Protection Law, in the event that we transfer your personal data outside
the Brazilian territory, we ensure that your data is protected in a manner which
is consistent with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law, we will follow the
applicable law and decisions imposed by the proper authority.

Your competent data protection contact

If this section applies, you may also contact our Brazilian Data Privacy
Organization at dataprivacy.br@siemens.com.

13. PROCESSING UNDER CANADIAN PRIVACY LAWS

Each Siemens company established in Canada (“Siemens in Canada Entity”)
maintains your personal data on secure servers that are accessible to authorized
employees, representatives or agents who require access for the purposes
descried in this privacy notice. If you have any questions about how a Siemens
in Canada Entity processes your personal data, including with respect to its use
of service providers outside of Canada, or if you would like to exercise any of
your rights in respect of your personal data under the control of a Siemens in
Canada Entity, you may contact the Siemens in Canada Privacy Officer at
privacy.panel@siemens.com.

14. PROCESSING UNDER PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION
LAW

This section applies and provides you with further information if the processing
by one of our companies is located within the borders of People’s Republic of
China (“PRC”) or concerns the data of individuals within the borders of PRC.

Processing of sensitive personal information

According to the PIPL, sensitive personal information means personal information
that, once leaked or illegally used, may easily cause harm to the dignity of
natural persons grave harm to personal or property security, including
information on biometric characteristics, religious beliefs,
specially-designated status, medical health, financial accounts, individual
location tracking, etc. as well as the personal information of minors under the
age of 14.

In addition to the payment data mentioned in section 2 of this Data Private
Notice, we will, in principle, not process your sensitive personal information.
In case your sensitive personal information will be processed, we will notify
you about the necessity of processing and effects on the individual’s rights and
interests, and obtain your specific consent if applicable.

Transfer and disclosure of personal data

Following the requirements defined in the Article 23 of PIPL, additionally to
the contents mentioned in section 4, we, in principle, will not transfer or
share your personal information to third party controllers, unless (1) obtain
your specific consent if applicable, or (2) to fulfill the statutory duties
under local laws and regulations.

International Transfer

You acknowledge that your data will be transferred and proceed outside of PRC.
We will follow the applicable laws and decisions imposed by the competent
authority, and ensure that your data is protected in a manner which is
consistent with the PRC Personal Information Protection Law. If you or the
company you work for is a Business Partner, please be aware that Siemens is a
multi-national company, and for the purpose of concluding or fulfilling the
contract/agreement with you or the company you work for, you understand and
agree that we may transfer your personal information to foreign affiliated
companies.

Legal Basis of the processing

The PIPL requires us to provide you with information on the legal basis of the
processing of your personal data.

The legal basis for our processing is:

 * PIPL Article 13(2) (“Contract Performance”);
 * PIPL Article 13(3) (“Statutory duties and responsibilities”)
 * PIPL Article 13(6) (“Process publicly available data”);
 * PIPL Article 13(1) (“Consent”)

Usage by Children

This Online Offering is not directed to children under the age of fourteen (14).
We will not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of
fourteen (14) without 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.

15. PROCESSING UNDER SOUTH AFRICA’S PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ACT

For Business Partners and users located in South Africa, please take note of the
following:

In terms of section 1 of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013
(“POPI”), “personal data” or “personal information” includes “information
relating to an identifiable, living, natural person, and where it is applicable,
an identifiable, existing, juristic person.”

The corresponding legal grounds and conditions for lawful processing of personal
data in South Africa are contained in Sections 8 to 25 of POPI, and relate to
“Accountability”; “Processing limitation”; “Purpose specification”; “Further
processing limitation”; “Information quality”; “Openness”; “Security safeguards”
and “Data subject participation”.

In terms of section 69 of POPI, the processing of personal information of a data
subject for the purposes of direct marketing by means of any form of electronic
communication, including automatic calling machines, facsimile machines, sms’s
or e-mail is prohibited unless the data subject has provided consent to the
processing, or is, subject to further conditions, an existing customer of the
responsible party.

For purposes of a Data Subject exercising its rights further enquiries and the
exercise of its rights in relation to access, objection to, and complaints in
respect of the processing of personal data, the contact particulars of the
Information Regulator of South Africa, are as follows: 

JD House, 27 Stiemens Street
Braamfontein
Johannesburg
2001

PO Box 31533
Braamfontein
Johannesburg
2017

Complaints: complaints.IR@justice.gov.za

General enquiries: inforeg@justice.gov.za

16. PROCESSING UNDER THE UNITED KINGDOM’S DATA PROTECTION ACT 2018 AND THE UK
GDPR

This section applies and provides you with further information if your personal
data is processed by one of our companies located in the United Kingdom under
the Data Protection Act 2018 and/or the UK GDPR (meaning Regulation (EU)
2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27th April 2016 on the
protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and
on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) as it
forms part of the law of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland by
virtue of section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018).

Data Controller

The specific company identified on this page as being the operator of this
website is the data controller in the meaning of the UK GDPR for the processing
activities described in this Privacy Notice.

In the course of our business relationship with you, we may share Business
Partner contact information with affiliated Siemens companies. We and these
Siemens companies are jointly responsible for the proper protection of your
personal data (Art. 26 UK GDPR). To allow you to effectively exercise your data
subject rights in the context of this joint controllership, we entered into an
agreement with these Siemens companies granting you the right to centrally
exercise your data subject rights under section 7 of this Privacy Notice against
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Germany.

To exercise your rights, you may reach out to: dataprotection@siemens.com.

Legal basis of the processing

The UK GDPR requires us to provide you with information on the legal basis of
the processing of your personal data.

The legal basis for our processing data about you is that such processing is
necessary for the purposes of

 * exercising our rights and performing our obligations under any contract we
   make with you (Article 6 (1) (b) UK GDPR) (“Contract Performance”);
 * Compliance with our legal obligations (Article 6 (1) (c) UK GDPR)
   (“Compliance with Legal Obligations”); and/or
 * Legitimate interests pursued by us (Article 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR) (“Legitimate
   Interest”). Generally, the legitimate interest pursued by us in relation to
   our use of your personal data is the efficient performance or management of
   (i) your use of the Online Offerings, and/or (ii) our business relationship
   with you. Where the below table states that we rely on our legitimate
   interests for a given purpose, we are of the opinion that our legitimate
   interest 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, (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 us processing that data about you may
(in addition or instead) be that you have consented (Article 6 (1) (a) UK GDPR)
(“Consent”).

Purpose

Legal Basis

Processing of personal data in the context of Online Offerings

To provide the Online Offering’s services and functions which includes creating
and administering your online account, updating, securing, and troubleshooting,
providing support, as well as improving and developing our Online Offerings,

Contract Performance (Article 6 (1) (b) UK GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR)

To bill your use of the Online Offering

Contract Performance (Article 6 (1) (b) UK GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR

To verify your identity

Contract Performance (Article 6 (1) (b) UK GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR)

To answer and fulfill your requests or instructions

Contract Performance (Article 6 (1) (b) UK GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR)

To process your order or to provide you with access to specific information or
offers

Contract Performance (Article 6 (1) (b) UK GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR)

To send you marketing information or to contact you in the context of customer
satisfaction surveys as further explained in Section 4

Consent, if voluntarily provided(Article 6 (1) (a) UK GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR)

As reasonably necessary to enforce the Online Offering’s terms, to establish or
preserve a legal claim or defense, to prevent fraud or other illegal activities,
including attacks on our information technology systems

Compliance with Legal Obligations (Article 6 (1) (c) UK GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR)

Processing of personal data related to your use of Siemens marketplaces and/or
business relationship with us



Communicating about our products, services and projects, e.g. by responding to
inquiries or requests or providing you with technical information about
purchased products

Contract Performance (Article 6 (1) (b) UK GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR)

Planning, performing and managing the (contractual) relationship; e.g. by
performing transactions and orders of products or services, processing payments,
performing accounting, auditing, billing and collection activities, arranging
shipments and deliveries, facilitating repairs and providing support services;

Contract Performance (Article 6 (1) (b) UK GDPR)

Compliance with Legal Obligations (Article 6 (1) (c) UK GDPR)

To create a personal profile containing business-related information on
interactions between you and Siemens with the aim of being able to offer you and
the company you work for relevant information and suitable offers for Siemens
services and products and to improve our personal communication with you

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR)

Administrating and performing market analysis, sweepstakes, contests, or other
customer activities or events;

Consent, if voluntarily provided(Article 6 (1) (a) UK GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR)

Conducting customer satisfaction surveys and direct marketing activities as
further explained in Section 4;

Consent, if voluntarily provided(Article 6 (1) (a) UK GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR)

Maintaining and protecting the security of our products, services and websites,
preventing and detecting security threats, fraud or other criminal or malicious
activities;

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR)

Ensuring compliance with legal obligations (such as record keeping obligations),
export control and customs, Business Partner compliance screening obligations
(to prevent white-collar or money laundering crimes), and our policies or
industry standards; and

Compliance with Legal Obligations (Article 6 (1) (c) UK GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR)

Solving disputes, enforce our contractual agreements and to establish, exercise
or defend legal claims.

Compliance with Legal Obligations (Article 6 (1) (c) UK GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR)

Processing of personal data for customer satisfaction surveys and for direct
marketing

Processing of your contact information for direct marketing purposes (e.g. trade
show invitations, newsletters with further information and offers concerning our
products and services) and to carry out customer satisfactions surveys

Consent, if voluntarily provided(Article 6 (1) (a) UK GDPR)

Legitimate Interest (Article 6 (1) (f) UK GDPR)

International data transfers

In the event that we transfer your personal data outside the United Kingdom, we
ensure that your data is protected in a manner which is consistent with the UK
GDPR. Therefore, and if required by applicable law, we take the following
measures:

We transfer personal data to recipients outside the United Kingdom only if the
recipient has (i) entered into UK Standard Contractual Clauses with us, or (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.

Your competent data protection authority

In case of data privacy related concerns and requests, we encourage you to
contact our Data Privacy Organization at dataprotection@siemens.com. Besides
contacting the Data Privacy Organization, you always have the right to approach
the competent data protection authority with your request or complaint.

A list and contact details of local data protection authorities is available
here.

17. FURTHER INFORMATION FOR US RESIDENTS

If you are a U.S. resident, then please take note of the following:

Do Not Track

At this time our Online Offerings do not recognize or respond to “Do Not Track”
browser signals. For more information on “Do Not Track”, please visit your
browser’s support page.

Usage by Children

This Online Offering is not directed to children under the age of thirteen. We
will not knowingly collect personal data 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.

State Rights

Depending on the US state in which you reside, you may have special rights with
respect to your personal data. For information regarding any of those rights,
please click here.

18. FURTHER INFORMATION FOR SIEMENS EMPLOYEES

Further Siemens-internal privacy notices are available in the footer information
in the Siemens Intranet (Siemens Intranet access required).