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Privacy Policy of Siemens Venture Capital GmbH (SVC)
Siemens Commitment to Data Privacy Protection
Protecting the security and privacy of your personal data is
important to Siemens; therefore, we conduct our business in compliance
with applicable laws on data privacy protection and data security.
We hope the policy outlined below will help you understand what
data Siemens may collect, how Siemens uses and safeguards that data
and with whom we may share it.
Personal data
Through our Web sites, Siemens will not collect any personal
data about you (e.g. your name, address, telephone number or e-mail
address), unless you voluntarily choose to provide us with it (e.g.
by registration, survey), respectively, provide your consent, or
unless otherwise permitted by applicable laws and regulations for
the protection of your personal data.
Purpose of Use
When you do provide us with personal data, we usually use it
to respond to your inquiry, process your order or provide you access
to specific information or offers. Also, to support our customer
relationship with you:
- we may store and process personal data and share it with our
worldwide affiliates to better understand your business needs
and how we can improve our products and services; or
- we (or a third party on our behalf) may use personal data to
contact you about a Siemens offer in support of your business
needs or to conduct online surveys to understand better our customers'
needs.
If you choose not to have your personal data used to support our
customer relationship (especially direct marketing or market research),
we will respect your choice. We do not sell or otherwise market
your personal data to third parties, except to Siemens affiliates.
Purpose Limitation
Siemens will collect, use or disclose personal data supplied by
you online only for the purposes disclosed to you, unless the disclosure:
is a use of the personal data for any additional purpose that is
directly related to the original purpose for which the personal
data was collected,
is necessary to prepare, negotiate and perform a contract with you,
is required by law or the competent governmental or judicial authorities,
is necessary to establish or preserve a legal claim or defense,
is necessary to prevent fraud or other illegal activities, such
as willful attacks on Siemens information technology systems.
Communications or Utilization Data
Through your use of telecommunications services to access our
Web site, your communications data (e.g. Internet protocol address)
or utilization data (e.g. information on the beginning, end and
extent of each access, and information on the telecommunications
services you accessed) are technically generated and could conceivably
relate to personal data. To the extent that there is a compelling
necessity, the collection, processing and use of your communications
or utilization data will occur and will be performed in accordance
with the applicable data privacy protection legal framework.
Non-Personal Data Collected Automatically
When you access our Web sites, we may automatically (i.e., not by
registration) collect non-personal data (e.g. type of Internet browser
and operating system used, domain name of the Web site from which
you came, number of visits, average time spent on the site, pages
viewed). We may use this data and share it with our worldwide affiliates
to monitor the attractiveness of our Web sites and improve their
performance or content.
"Cookies" - Information Stored Automatically on Your
Computer
When you view one of our Web sites, we may store some data on your
computer in the form of a "cookie" to automatically recognize
your PC next time you visit. Cookies can help us in many ways, for
example, by allowing us to tailor a Web site to better match your
interests or to store your password to save you having to re-enter
it each time. If you do not wish to receive cookies, please configure
your Internet browser to erase all cookies from your computer's
hard drive, block all cookies or to receive a warning before a cookie
is stored.
Children
Siemens will not knowingly collect personal data from children 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. The definition
of "child" or "children" should take into account
applicable laws as well as national and regional cultural customs.
Security
To protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful
destruction, loss or alteration and against unauthorized disclosure
or access, Siemens uses technical and organizational security measures.
Links to Other Web Sites
Siemens Web sites contain links to other Web sites. Siemens
is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other
Web sites.
Questions and Comments
Siemens will respond to reasonable requests to review your personal
data and to correct, amend or delete any inaccuracies. If you have
any questions or comments about the Siemens Data Privacy Protection
Policy (e.g. to review and update your personal data), please click
on "Contact Us" in the upper right-hand corner of this
window, and select "About Siemens", "About us - questions
about Siemens". As the Internet matures, so will our Data Privacy
Protection Policy. We will post changes to our Data Privacy Protection
Policy on this page. Please check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.
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