Data Protection principles for
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH


1. General1
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH would like to thank you for visiting our Web sites and showing interest in our company and company products.

2. Protection of personal Data / Protection of privacy2
Protecting the security and privacy of your personal data is important to us. Therefore we conduct our business in compliance with the applicable laws about Protection of personal data and Protection of privacy. As described below, you will get to know what kind of data information is collected by us, how we work with the information and with whom we eventually share the information.

3. Collecting and processing personal data3
Through our Web sites, we will not collect any personal data about you (e.g. your name, address, date of birth), unless you voluntarily choose to provide us with it (e.g. by registration, survey, orders).
In order to recognize the sites you have already visited and to meet your interests when visiting our web sites, we may store connection data, the Internet Browser you used, visited sites, etc. In some cases we might also store "cookies" or make use of "active components (e.g. JAVA Scripts). This information cannot be traced back to a specific person and is used for statistical purposes only. If you do not wish to receive cookies, you have the possibility to change these Settings in your Browser. Please bear in mind that you might not be able to operate certain functions after you have changed these settings.

4. Specification of Purpose4
Personal data provided by you are only used for the following specific purposes:
  • Enquiries which have been sent to us (e.g. Product information, Traders' certificate)
  • Orders, which have entered our portal
  • Surveys (e.g. customer satisfaction)
  • Applications
5. Utilization and Transfer5
In order to maintain Customer and Supplier contacts, it may be necessary that we store, process and forward personal data to
  • our subsidiaries worldwide or
  • third parties working on our behalf
to understand and react to your needs as quickly and efficiently as possible e.g.
  • process product or offer enquires
  • send your ordered products
  • inform you about special offers
  • conduct surveys
6. Security measures6
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH will take all necessary technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against
  • improper or illegal deletion,
  • unauthorized alteration or transfer,
  • unauthorized disclosure or
  • loss
7. Links to other Web sites7
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH's web site may contain links to other Web sites but the BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH is not responsible for their privacy practices or content.

8. Contacts8
If you have any comments, suggestions, questions or complaints, please don't hesitate to phone or email one of the contact persons listed in our Imprint.

9. Development of Data protection principles9
As the offers in Internet develop further, so will our Data Protection principles. We will regularly post changes to our Data Protection principle on this page, please check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.