The protection of personal data is an important concern for Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Wittelsbacherplatz 2, 80333 Munich ("Siemens“). Siemens therefore operates the TIA Selection Tool in compliance with the applicable legal regulations for the protection of personal information and for data privacy.

You can use the TIA Selection Tool both with and without registration and logon. If you use the tool without logging on beforehand, not all functions may be fully available. You can log on with your SiePortal user name and password ("Credentials"). If you do not yet have a SiePortal account, you must first register with SiePortal. As part of the TIA Selection Tool, your credentials will only be processed and used to enable authentication and to provide you with the functions of the TIA Selection Tool. If you use the TIA Selection Tool as a registered user, current and previous configurations can be saved so that you can access them at a later date.

The TIA Selection Tool provides you with the option of contacting Siemens via contact forms. Furthermore, input screens allow you to further personalize the TIA Selection Tool and your projects stored therein. We always process the included personal data only for the purpose for which you have provided us with the data, that is, in order to answer your request and to provide the various functions of the TIA Selection Tool to you.

In order to provide you with the individual functions of the TIA Selection Tool and county-specific content, we process the following information: IP address or other device identifiers, country from which you access the TIA Selection Tool, information on the operating system used, screen size, information on the browser used (if you access the TIA Selection Tool via your browser) and information on the start and end of a user session.

The data protection declaration is valid only for the TIA Selection Tool and not for third-party websites or applications. The TIA Selection Tool contains links to third-party websites and applications that may be of interest to you. Links to third-party websites or applications are identified as such. Siemens is not responsible for the processing of your data on websites or in applications that are not run by Siemens, nor is it responsible for the content of such websites and applications.

We process your personal data, provided processing is required • to fulfill a contract with you (Article 6 (1) (b) of the General Data Protection Regulation), • to fulfill legal obligations to which Siemens is subject (Article 6 (1) (c) of the General Data Protection Regulation), or • to protect the legitimate interests of Siemens (Article 6 (1) (f) of the General Data Protection Regulation). The legitimate interests of Siemens lie in the processing of your personal data for the purpose of effectively providing and operating the TIA Selection Tool.

Siemens commissions third parties which provide IT services to Siemens and which process personal data only for the purpose of such services (e.g., hosting or IT maintenance and support services). These third parties only act upon Siemens’ instructions and are contractually bound by Siemens to comply with applicable data privacy principles.

Your personal data is deleted when it is no longer required to fulfill the purpose of the storage unless legal storage obligations (e.g. trade law and tax law storage obligations) require that the data not be deleted.

According to applicable data protection law you may have the right: • to demand a confirmation of whether Siemens processes personal data about you and to obtain information on the personal data processed by Siemens as well as additional information, • to demand that incorrect personal data be corrected, • to demand the deletion of the personal data processed by Siemens, • to demand the restriction of the processing of personal data by Siemens, • to demand the transfer of the data or • to object to the data processing of personal data by Siemens.

Siemens provides products and solutions with industrial security functions that support the secure operation of plants, systems, machines and networks. In order to protect plants, systems, machines and networks against cyber threats, it is necessary to implement – and continuously maintain – a holistic, state-of-the-art industrial security concept. Siemens’ products and solutions constitute one element of such a concept. Customers are responsible for preventing unauthorized access to their plants, systems, machines and networks. Such systems, machines and components should only be connected to an enterprise network or the internet if and to the extent such a connection is necessary and only when appropriate security measures (e.g. firewalls and/or network segmentation) are in place. Protect the files in removable storage media from malware with appropriate protection measures, e.g. virus scanners. For additional information on industrial security measures that may be implemented, please visit https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity. Siemens’ products and solutions undergo continuous development to make them more secure. Siemens strongly recommends that product updates are applied as soon as they are available and that the latest product versions are used. Use of product versions that are no longer supported, and failure to apply the latest updates may increase customer’s exposure to cyber threats. To stay informed about product updates, subscribe to the Siemens Industrial Security RSS Feed under https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity.

The TIA SELECTION TOOL and all its editions also supports the integration of complementary products in the configuration, which are manufactured and distributed by third parties outside the Siemens group ("external companies") instead of by Siemens. These external companies organize the production, distribution and delivery of their products independently. The Terms and Conditions also apply in this case. The responsibility for these complementary products as well as for the information provided in this regard lies solely with the respective external company. Unless required by law, Siemens accepts no liability and makes no guarantee for the complementary products of external companies. Liability disclaimer Siemens has compiled the descriptions contained in the TIA SELECTION TOOL and all its editions with great care. However, it is not possible to review the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of the data supplied by the external company. Siemens assumes no liability for the applicability of the information or the product for the user unless when required by law.