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Terms of Use

Robert Bosch SA (hereinafter referred to as "Bosch", "We" or "Us") appreciates your visit to our websites and mobile applications (together also "online offer") and also your interest in our company and our products.

  1. Bosch respects your private sphere

    The protection of your private sphere during the processing of personal data as well as the security of all business data is a major concern for us that we take into consideration in our business processes. We process personal data, collected during your visit to our online offers confidentially and only in accordance with the legal directives.

    Data protection and information security are an integral part of our corporate policy.

  2. Controller

    Robert Bosch SA is responsible for the processing of your personal data.

    Our contact details are the following:

    Robert Bosch S.A.
    37 Erchias St.
    19400 Koropi, Attica

    Tel. +302105701200
    contact.RBGR@gr.bosch.com

  3. Collection, processing and usage of personal data

    1. Processed categories of data

      The following categories of data are processed:

      • Communication data (e.g. name, telephone, e-mail, address, IP address)

      • Contractual master data (e.g. contractual relationships, contractual or pro-duct interest)

      • Client history

      • Contract accounting and payment data

      • Planning and regulation data

      • Transaction data

      • Provision of information (from third parties, e.g. credit reference agencies or from public directories)

    2. Principles

      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.

    3. Processing purposes and legal basis

      We as well as the service providers commissioned by us; process your personal data for the following processing purposes:

      1. Provision of these Online Offers and fulfillment of a contractual obligations under our contractual terms including invoicing. Invoicing may include the sale of claims.

        (Legal basis: Fulfillment of contractual obligation, therefore the following conditions apply https://www.bosch.gr/our-company/bosch-in-greece/#downloads, respectively our legitimate interest in an efficient claims management as regards the sale of claims).

      2. Resolving service disruptions as well as for security reasons.

        (Legal basis: Fulfillment 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).

      3. Self-promotion and promotion by others as well as market research and reach analysis done within the scope statutorily permitted or based on consent

        (Legal basis: Consent / legitimate interest on our part in direct marketing if in accordance with data protection and competition law).

      4. Safeguarding and defending our rights.

        (Legal basis: Legitimate interest on our part for safeguarding and defending our rights).

    4. Registration

      If you wish to use or get access to benefits requiring to enter into the fulfillment of a contract, we request your registration. With your registration we collect personal data necessary for entering into the fulfillment of the contract (e.g. first name, last name, date of birth, email address)

    5. Log files

      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) until the end of user’s activity 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 internet browser used, including add-ons installed (e.g., Flash Player);

      • http status code (e.g., "Request successful" or "File requested not found").

    6. Children

      This Online Offer is not meant for children under 16 years of age.

    7. Parcel announcements

      For the announcement of your parcels, we transfer your email address and phone number within the scope of the fulfillment of the contractual obligations to:

      Orphee Beinoglou International Forwarders S.A.
      27th Km. Old National Road Athens – Korinth
      19200 Elefsina
      Greece

      This company processes data as a data processor.

    8. Duration of storage, retention periods

      Principally, we store your data for as long as it is necessary to render our Online Offers and connected services or for as long as we have a legitimate interest in storing the data (e.g. we might still have a legitimate interest in postal mail marketing after fulfillment of our contractual obligations). In all other cases we delete your personal data with the exception of data we are obliged to store for the fulfillment 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).

  4. Usage of Cookies

    In the context of our 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.

    1. Categories

      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. External links

    Our Online Offers 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, processing 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 data by third parties.

  6. Security

    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. Our security measures are, pursuant to technological progress, constantly being improved.

  7. User rights

    To enforce your rights, please use the details provided in the Contact. 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 have the right to demand for 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

    Additionally, you may object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes at any time. Please take into account that due to organizational reasons, there might be an overlap between your objection and the usage of your data within the scope of a campaign which is already running.

    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 data, unless we demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds according to legal requirements which override your rights.

    Withdrawal of consent

    In case you consented to the processing of your 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.

  8. Right to lodge complaint with supervisory authority:

    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. This is:

    The competent authority is:

    Hellenic Data Protection Authority
    Headquarters: 1-3 Kifissias Ave.,
    P.C. 115 23, Athens

    Call center: +30 210 6475600
    Fax: +30 210 6475628
    E-mail: contact@dpa.gr

  9. Changes to the Data Protection Notice

    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.

  10. Contact

    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://www.bkms-system.net/bkwebanon/report/clientInfo?cin=18rbds19&language=eng.

    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

    DPO@bosch.com

  11. Effective date: [2020.04.21]

Τhe Greek text is agreed as the official text and in case of any deviations from its translation into English the Greek text shall prevail

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