Privacy Policy

We at Siemens AG (“we”, “us”, “our”) respect your privacy. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) explains the privacy practices for our website inspekto.com (the “Website”), It also describes the rights and options available to you with respect to your information. The Website provides content and information about Inspekto, our products, and services (“Content”).

PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT

Inquiries. You can submit an inquiry through our online contact form. You will be asked to provide information such as your name, company, email address, phone number, the topic of your inquiry and the text of your message. We refer to this entire data as “Inquiry Information”.

When you visit the Website, we will record and collect certain information in relation to your visit and use of the Website and your interaction with our email messages, including: IP address (and the general location corresponding to the address), time and date of access, type of browser used, links clicked and the web pages you accessed. We refer to this data as “Analytics Information”.

HOW WE USE PERSONAL DATA

We will use your Inquiry Information to handle the inquiry and to contact you about it.

 

We will use your Newsletter Information to send you communications about our existing and upcoming products, services, and events.
We use Analytics Information to improve and enrich the content of our Websites, our email communications and the products and services we offer to customers. We also use the Analytical Information to adapt the Websites, their content, our services, our marketing efforts, and our email communications to users‘ preferences. Finally, we will use the Analytics Information to understand the market in which Inspekto operates in and for managerial reporting and business planning.

WHEN AND HOW WE SHARE PERSONAL DATA WITH OTHERS

We will not share your personal data with third parties, except in the events listed below or when you provide us your explicit and informed consent.

We will handle your personal data with the assistance of our service providers, such as the operator of our Websites, our cloud storage providers, as well as marketing consultants. They help us with the internal operations of our Website and our marketing efforts. These companies are authorized to use your personal data only as necessary to provide these services to us and not for their own promotional purposes. We do not sell your personal data to third parties.
If we find or suspect that you have breached the terms of use of the Website, this Policy or any other agreement you have with Inspekto, abused your rights to use the Website, or violated any applicable law, your information will be shared with competent authorities and with third parties (such as legal counsels and advisors) for the purpose of handling of the violation or breach.
If we are required to disclose your information by a judicial, governmental, or regulatory authority.

COOKIES

Cookies are text files, comprised of a small amount of data, that are saved on your computer or other devices (e.g. smartphone, tablet, etc.) when you use the internet and visit various websites. 
The information that the cookies maintain is read by the website you visit, during the session of your visit to the website (these are called ‘session’ cookies), and when you return to visit it again (these are called ‘persistent’ cookies). We also use techniques called web beacons and web pixels for purposes similar to the use of cookies.
When visiting the Website, you may select the cookies you consent to be used on your device.
We use cookies for a number of purposes, as briefly explained below
Necessary. Cookies that are strictly necessary for the functioning of the Website. The Website cannot operate properly without these cookies. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the Website may not function properly.
Statistics. Analytics cookies that help us understand how you and other users interact with the Website by collecting data that does not directly identify you.
Marketing. Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites and display ads that are costumed for the individual’s interests and preferences.
You can always revise your preferences and delete the cookies saved on your device through the link on the Website: https://inspekto.com/privacy-policy/#cookies.
You can also configure your browser to stop accepting cookies altogether by changing your browser’s cookie settings. You can usually find these settings in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser.

THIRD-PARTY LINKS

While visiting the Website, you may be directed via hyperlinks or other means to third-party websites, services and online communities that are not affiliated with us such as LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube etc. Different rules may apply to the use or disclosure of your information by those third parties, and you will be subject to the privacy customs and policies of such third parties. We do not control the privacy policies of third parties and recommend that you review such third parties’ privacy policies prior to sharing your information with them.

SECURITY AND DATA RETENTION

We retain personal data for the duration needed to support our ordinary business activities operating the Websites and interacting with customers. Thereafter, we will still retain your personal data as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, establish and defend legal claims and enforce our agreements.
We implement measures to reduce the risks of damage, loss of information and unauthorized access or use of information. However, these measures do not provide absolute information security. Therefore, although efforts are made to secure your personal data, it is not guaranteed, and you cannot expect that the Service will be immune from information security risks.

POLICY REGARDING CHILDREN

You must be 16 years old or older to use the Website; we do not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of 16. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under the age of 16 years old, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to delete such information from our database.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR USERS IN THE EU

The following is the data controller for the purposes of the personal data we collect and the products and services offered through the Websites.
Siemens AG.
Oestliche Rheinbrueckenstr. 50
76187 Karlsruhe
Germany

The legal basis for collecting and processing your Inquiry Information is our legitimate interests in developing our business and relationships with prospective customers, vendors and members of the public at large. 

The legal basis for collecting and processing Newsletter Information is your explicit consent to receive our newsletters. 

The legal basis under EU law for collecting and processing Analytics Information is is your consent that you have given in our cookie consent management platform.

The legal basis under EU law for sharing your information if required by judicial, governmental or regulatory authority, is our legal obligation to comply with such requests.

If we transfer your information to other jurisdictions outside the EU or Israel, we will do so using adequate safeguards as determined by the GDPR.

If you are in the EU, you have the following rights under the GDPR:

Right to Access your personal data that we process and receive a copy of it.

Right to Rectify inaccurate personal data we have concerning you and to have incomplete personal data completed.

Right to Data Portability, that is, to receive the personal data that you provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You have the right to transmit this data to another service provider. Where technically feasible, you have the right that your personal data be transmitted directly from us to the service provider you designate.

Right to withdraw consent at any time to us using your personal data to send you our newsletters. You may so through the “unsubscribe” link that appears in every email or by simply contacting us.

Right to Object, based on your particular situation, to using your personal data on the basis of our legitimate interest. However, we may override the objection if we demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds, or for the establishment, exercise of defense of legal claims. You may also object at any time to the use of your personal data for direct marketing purposes.

Right to Restrict the processing of your personal data (except for storing it) if you contest the accuracy of your personal data, for a period enabling us to verify its accuracy; if you believe that the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request instead to restrict its use; if we no longer need the personal data for the purposes outlined in this Policy, but you require them to establish, exercise or defense relating to legal claims, or if you object to processing, pending the verification whether our legitimate grounds for processing override yours.

Right to be Forgotten. Under certain circumstances, such as when you object to us processing your data and we have no compelling legitimate grounds to override your objection, you have the right to ask us to erase your personal data. However, we may still process your personal data if it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation we are subject to under laws in EU Member States or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, contact us at dataprotection@siemens.

We reserve the right to ask for reasonable evidence to verify your identity before we provide you with information. Where we are not able to provide you with information that you have asked for, we will explain the reason for this.

Subject to applicable law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. If you are in the EU, then according to Article 77 of the GDPR, you can lodge a complaint to the supervisory authority in the EU Member State of your residence, place of work or of an alleged infringement of the GDPR. For a list of supervisory authorities in the EU, click https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

From time to time, we may change this Policy, in which case we post the updated Policy on the Website. The latest version of the Policy will always be accessible on the Website.

CONTACT US

Should you have any inquiries, complaints, or suggestions, you may contact us at dataprotection@siemens.com. We will do our best to resolve your issue in a timely manner.