This data protection notice is for the purposes of gift with purchase promotion run by the promoter, Robert Bosch Limited, its power tools division, a company incorporated and registered in Scotland with company number SCO13418 whose registered office is at C/O Bosch Rexroth, Viewfield Industrial Estate, Glenrothes KY6 2RD (“Bosch” or “we”). We thank you for your interest in our company and our products.
The protection of your privacy throughout the course of processing personal data as well as the security of all business data are important concerns to us. We process personal data that will be gathered during your visit to the site and in relation to the promotion confidentially and only in accordance with statutory regulations. Data protection and information security are included in our corporate policy.
Robert Bosch Limited is the controller responsible for the processing of your data in relation to the Bosch promotion; exceptions are outlined in this data protection statement.
Our registered office details are as set out in section 1 above and our contact details are as follows:
Robert Bosch Limited, P.O. Box 98, Uxbridge UB9 5HN
Or
Email: DSO@uk.bosch.com
Telephone: +44(0)344 892 0115.
We process the following categories of personal data:
- Communication data: Contact details (e.g. name, telephone number, email, postal address, IP address, gender)
- Promotion administration data: Sales invoice/receipt which may contain contact details and payment card information
- Planning and regulation data
Personal data consists of all information related to an identified or identifiable natural person, this includes, e.g. names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, contractual master data, contract accounting and payment data, which is an expression of a person's identity.
We collect, process and use personal data (including IP addresses) only when there is either a statutory legal basis to do so or if you have given your consent to the processing or use of personal data concerning this matter, e.g. by means of registration.
We, as well as the service providers commissioned by us, process your personal data for the following processing purposes:
4.3.1 Provision of the online offer namely conducting and administering the promotion via online site, validating your claim and, where your claim is successful, complying with the reward delivery commitments in accordance with the promotion terms and conditions
(Legal basis: Fulfillment of contractual obligations).
4.3.2 Safeguarding and defending our rights.
(Legal basis: Legitimate interest on our part for safeguarding and defending our rights).
4.3.3 Self-promotion and promotion by others as well as market research and reach analysis done within the scope of statutory permitted or based on consent.
(Legal basis: consent or legitimate interest on our part in direct marketing if in accordance with data protection and competition law)
4.3.4 Resolving service disruptions as well as for security reasons.
(Legal basis: Fulfilment of our legal obligations within the scope of data security and legitimate interest in resolving service disruptions as well as in the protection of our offers).
If you wish to use or get access to benefits requiring to enter into the fulfilment of a contract, we request your registration. With your registration we collect personal data necessary for entering into the fulfilment of the contract (e.g. first name, last name, email address, telephone number) as well as further data on voluntary basis, if applicable. Mandatory information is marked with an *.
Each time you use the internet, your browser is transmitting certain information which we store in so-called log files.
We store log files to determine service disruptions and for security reasons (e.g., to investigate attack attempts) for a period of 60 days and delete them afterwards. Log files which need to be maintained for evidence purposes are excluded from deletion until the respective incident is resolved and may, on a case-by-case basis, be passed on to investigating authorities.
In log files, the following information is saved:
• IP address (internet protocol address) of the terminal device used to access the online offer;
• Internet address of the website from which the online offer is accessed (so-called URL of origin or referrer URL);
• Name of the service provider which was used to access the online offer;
• Name of the files or information accessed;
• Date and time as well as duration of recalling the data;
• Amount of data transferred;
• Operating system and information on the inter-net browser used, including add-ons in-stalled (e.g., Flash Player);
• http status code (e.g., “Request successful” or “File requested not found”).
The promotion is not available for anyone under age of 18.
Principally, your personal data is forwarded to other controllers only if required for the fulfilment of a contractual obligation, or if we ourselves, or a third party, have a legitimate interest in the data transfer, or if you have given your consent. Your personal data is forwarded to us if the same conditions are satisfied. Particulars on the legal basis and the recipients or categories of recipients can be found in the – Processing purposes and legal basis.
Additionally, data may be transferred to other controllers when we are obliged to do so due to statutory regulations or enforceable administrative or judicial orders.
4.7.1 Service providers (general)
We involve external service providers with tasks such as provision and management of online claims site (the website you visit to claim the reward), data hosting and contract management (including validating claims and delivering rewards) for the promotion. We have chosen those service providers carefully and monitor them on a regular basis, especially regarding their diligent handling of and protection of the data that they store. All service providers are obliged to maintain confidentiality and to comply with the statutory provisions. Service providers may also be other Bosch group companies.
4.7.2 Provision and management of online claims site
We use an external provider, Benamic Unlimited Company (“Benamic”), to provide and manage the online claims site for the promotion (the website you visit to claim the reward) and to validate your claims on behalf of Bosch. Therefore, we transfer personal data to Benamic in scope of fulfilment of the contractual obligations.
4.7.3 Parcel announcements
For the announcement of your parcels, we (or our services providers) transfer your email address and phone number within the scope of the fulfilment of the contractual obligations either to:
Eurobase Ltd, IDA Business Park, Cork Road, Waterford, Ireland
This company processes data as a data controller.
We might transfer personal data to recipients located outside the UK and the EEA into so-called third countries. In such cases, prior to the transfer we ensure that the data recipient provides an appropriate level of data protection.
You are entitled to receive an overview of third country recipients and a copy of the specifically agreed-provisions securing an appropriate level of data protection. For this purpose, please use the statements made in the Contacts section 11.
Principally, we store your data for as long as it is necessary in order to provide the promotion in accordance with the promotion terms and conditions or for as long as we have a legitimate interest in storing the data. In all other cases we delete your personal data with the exception of data we are obliged to store for the fulfilment of legal obligations (e.g. due to retention periods under the tax and commercial codes we are obliged to have documents such as contracts and invoices available for a certain period of time).
In the context of the online service, cookies and tracking mechanisms may be used.
Cookies are small text files that may be stored on your device when visiting our online service.
Tracking is possible using different technologies. In particular, we process information using pixel technology and/or during log file analysis.
We distinguish between cookies that are mandatorily required for the technical functions of the online service and such cookies and tracking mechanisms that are not mandatorily required for the technical function of the online service.
It is generally possible to use the online service without any cookies that serve non-technical purposes.
5.1.1 Technically required cookies
By technically required cookies we mean cookies without those the technical provision of the online service cannot be ensured. These include e.g. cookies that store data to ensure smooth reproduction of video or audio footage.
Such cookies will be deleted when you leave the website.
5.1.2 Cookies and tracking mechanisms that are technically not required
We only use cookies and tracking mechanisms if you have given us your prior consent in each case. With the exception of the cookie that saves the current status of your privacy settings (selection cookie). This cookie is set based on legitimate interest.
We distinguish between two sub-categories with regard to these cookies and tracking mechanisms:
These cookies facilitate operation and thus allow you to browse our online service more comfortably; e.g. your language settings may be included in these cookies.
General
By using marketing cookies and tracking mechanisms we and our partners are able to show you offerings based on your interests, resulting from an analysis of your user behaviour:
- Statistics:
By using statistical tools, we measure e.g. the number of your page views.
- Conversion tracking:
Our conversion tracking partners place a cookie on your computer ("conversion cookie") if you accessed our website via an advertisement of the respective partner. Normally these cookies are no longer valid after 30 days. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and the relevant conversion partner can recognize that a certain user clicked on the advertisement and thereby was redirected to our website. This can also be done across multiple devices. The information obtained by means of the conversion cookie serves the purpose of compiling conversion statistics and recording the total number of users who clicked on the respective advertisement and were redirected to a website with a conversion tracking tag.
- Retargeting:
These tools create user profiles by means of advertising cookies or third-party advertising cookies so called "web beacons" (invisible graphics that are also called pixels or tracking pixels), or by means of comparable technologies. These are used for interest-based advertising and to control the frequency with which the user looks at certain advertisements. The relevant provider is the controller responsible for the pro-cessing of data in connection with the tool. The providers of the tools might disclose information also to third parties for the purposes mentioned above. Please note the data protection notices of the relevant provider in this context.
Please note that using the tools might include transfer of your data to recipients outside of the UK and the EEA where there is no adequate level of data protection pursuant to the GDPR (e.g. the USA). For more details in this respect please refer to the following description of the individual marketing tools.
5.3.1 Name: Tealium
Provider: Tealium Inc., 11095 Torreyana Road San Diego, CA 92121
Function: Administration of website tags via a user interface, integration of program codes on our websites
5.3.2 Name: Cookiebot
Provider: Cookiebot ( trademark of Usercentrics A/S. Usercentrics A/S is registered in Denmark)
Function: It automatically detects all cookies and similar trackers on a website and blocks them until users have given their consent.
Cookiebot CMP displays a interface the first time a user visits the website – no matter what page the user first lands on. The consent interface informs the website’s visitors about the use of cookies and asks for consent to set cookies on their web browser, all with minimum impact on the overall user experience.
You can manage your cookie and tracking mechanism settings in the browser and/or our privacy settings.
Note: The settings you have made refer only to the browser used in each case.
5.5 Deactivation of all cookies
If you wish to deactivate all cookies, please deactivate cookies in your browser settings. Please note that this may affect the functionality of the website.
5.6 Management of your settings with regard to cookies and tracking mechanisms not required technically
When visiting our websites, you will be asked in a cookie layer whether you consent to our using of any Comfort cookies, marketing cookies or tracking mechanisms, respectively.
In our privacy settings, you may withdraw the consent with effect for the future or grant your consent at a later point in time.
Our online offer may contain links to internet pages of third parties, in particular providers who are not related to us. Upon clicking on the link, we have no influence on the collecting, pro-cessing and use of personal data possibly transmitted by clicking on the link to the third party (such as the IP address or the URL of the site on which the link is located) as the conduct of third parties is naturally beyond our control. We do not assume responsibility for the processing of personal da-ta by third parties.
Our employees and the companies providing services on our behalf, are obliged to confidentiality and to compliance with the applicable data protection laws.
We take all necessary technical and organizational measures to ensure an appropriate level of security and to protect your data that are administrated by us especially from the risks of unintended or unlawful destruction, manipulation, loss, change or unauthorized disclosure or unauthorized access
To enforce your rights, please use the details provided in the Contact section 11. In doing so, please ensure that an unambiguous identification of your person is possible.
Right to information and access
You have the right to obtain confirmation from us about whether or not your personal data is being processed, and, if this is the case, access to your personal data.
Right to correction and deletion
You have the right to obtain the rectification of inaccurate personal data. As far as statutory requirements are fulfilled, you have the right to obtain the completion or deletion of your data.
This does not apply to data which is necessary for billing or accounting purposes or which is subject to a statutory retention period. If access to such data is not required, however, its processing is restricted (see the following).
Restriction of processing
As far as statutory requirements are fulfilled you have the right to demand for restriction of the processing of your data.
Data portability
As far as statutory requirements are fulfilled you may request to receive data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or if technically feasible that we transfer those data to a third party.
Objection to direct marketing
Additinoally, you can object at any time to the processing of your personal data for marketing purposes at any time. Please take into account that due to organisational reasons, there may be an overlap between the submission of your objection and the use of your data during a campaign that is already ongoing.
Objection to data processing based on the legal basis of “legitimate interest”
In addition, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time, insofar as this is based on “legitimate interest”. We will then terminate the processing of your personal data, unless we demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds according to legal requirements which override your rights.
Withdrawal of consent:
In case you have consented to the processing of your personal data, you have the right to revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. The lawfulness of data processing prior to your withdrawal remains unchanged.
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. You can appeal to the supervisory authority which is responsible for your place of residence or your state of residency or to the supervisory authority responsible for us.
The supervisory authority for the UK is Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
Their address is:
First Contact Team
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
SK9 5AF
or
Phone: +44 (0)303 123 1113
or
Email: casework@ico.org.uk
We reserve the right to change our security and data protection measures. In such cases, we will amend our data protection notice accordingly. Please, therefore, notice the current version of our data protection notice, as this is subject to changes.
If you wish to contact us, please find us at the address stated in the "Controller" section.
To assert your rights and to notify data protection incidents please use the following link: https://request.privacy-bosch.com/entity/RBGB/?app=00303ee8-577a-473c-b786-19df4d562740
To notify us of data protection incidents please use the following link: https://www.bkms-system.net/bosch-dataprotection.
For suggestions and complaints regarding the processing of your personal data we recommend that you contact our data protection officer:
Data Protection Officer
Information Security and Privacy (C/ISP)
Robert Bosch GmbH
Postfach 30 02 20
70442 Stuttgart
GERMANY
or
mailto:DPO@bosch.com.
Effective date is 21.03.2022