Information on data protection of the the Signal Conditioner app

We are delighted that you are interested in our company, products, and services and would like to provide you with some key information regarding our approach to protecting your personal data.

Protecting personal data is crucial, particularly in tomorrow’s Internet-based business models and when developing Internet-based economies. With this information on data protection, we therefore want to emphasize our dedication to protecting your privacy.

Our staff and the appointed service providers are through to confidentiality and to comply with the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the German Federal Data Protection Act (FDPA) and other relevant data protection regulations required.

We take the protection of your personal data seriously and strictly adhere to the rules of the data protection laws.

For explanation: “Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (data subject), for instance, name, physical address, contact data, user ID, IP address, photo and video recordings, location data, etc.

The following information offers you an overview of how we intend to protect your data.

Principles for the use and disclosure of personal data

Data that is collected in the context of the use of this app and, if necessary, transferred, will be used by Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG and its affiliated companies (hereinafter jointly referred to as "Phoenix Contact"). This data is used exclusively for processing the services offered in the app.

If required, we will also pass on information to service providers or other third parties. This may be necessary to ensure the functions of the app or to provide a service or transaction of your choice. When passing on personal data to third parties, we limit ourselves to the information that is necessary for the provision of our respective services. The respective third-party provider may only use this personal data to provide the requested service or to carry out the necessary transaction on our behalf. The service providers are thereby obliged by us in writing to comply with the data protection laws, usually through a data processing agreement. Your personal data collected by us will never be passed on, sold or otherwise made available by us to third parties for external marketing purposes.

Processing of personal data specific functions of the app

When downloading data sheets, a secure connection to a Phoenix Contact web server is established. For security and technical reasons, we automatically process information on our systems that your end device transmits to us. These are essentially:

• Host name and full IP address of your accessing device
• Date and time of retrieval
• Name and language of the downloaded file.

We do not combine this data with other data sources, nor do we carry out statistical evaluations on the basis of this data.

Please refer to the following table for information on the processing of your personal data within the scope of this app function:

Identity and contact details of the controller:

Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
Flachsmarktstr. 8
32825 Blomberg
Deutschland
Tel.: +49 5235 3-00
info@phoenixcontact.com

Contact details of the data protection officer:
Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
Attn. Data Protection Officer
Flachsmarktstr. 8
32825 Blomberg
Deutschland
datenschutz@phoenixcontact.com

The purposes of the processing for which the personal data are intended:

When using the download function in the app, your personal data is processed for security and technical reasons. The information is transmitted to us from your device.

Legal basis for the processing:

Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO
(Required to process your request)
for the personal data to be collected (e.g., IP address) when using the download function for product-related documentation.
Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO
(legitimate interest) for logging within the web server for IT security reasons.

Categories of personal data that are processed:
When using the download function in the app:

• Host name and full IP address of your accessing device
• Date and time of retrieval
• Name and language of the downloaded file

Source (origin) of the data:
From the data subject (when using the app).

Recipient(categories) of the data:
As part of the administration of the website, employees of companies in the Phoenix Contact Group may access the data.

Transfer of data to a third country or an international organization and the
associated safeguards to protect the data:
It is not intended to transmit the data to third countries.

Storage duration of the data:
System log data when using the Download data sheets and package inserts function: 6 months

Rights of the data subjects:

• to access
• to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing
• to object to the processing
• to data portability

If the respective legal requirements are met, you are entitled to the following rights: Right to have access to your data that we store; rectification, erasure, restriction of processing your data or the right to object to the processing, as well as data portability.

Right to lodge a complaint:
If you are of the opinion that the processing of your personal data is unlawful, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority.

Automated decision-making / Profiling:
There will be no automated decision-making or personalized profiling based on your collected data. The pseudonymized collected data will not be assigned to a person.

App analysis

No tracking tools are used in this app and no other analytical data is collected.

Supplementary information on the use and disclosure of personal data

Phoenix Contact may be forced to disclose your data and corresponding details by order of a judicial or regulatory action. We also reserve the right to use your data to assert a claim or to defend against legal claims. In compliance with applicable law, we reserve the right to save and pass on personal data and any other data in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, and violations of Phoenix Contact’s terms and conditions of use.

Update to this Privacy Policy

If Phoenix Contact launches new services, alters its Internet procedures or if the legal requirements or the Internet and IT security technology is further developed, this will be updated in the data protection statement. We therefore reserve the right to alter or modify this statement as required. The current version will be published here.

Right to obtain information / changing and deleting personal data Information in accordance with Article 13 or 14 GDPR

Should you have any questions that have not been addressed by this data protection statement or you require more detailed information regarding a specific point, please do not hesitate to contact us.

If you do not agree to your personal data being saved or this data becomes inaccurate, we will ensure, upon your request, that your data is corrected, blocked or deleted under the statutory provisions. Upon request, we will send you a list of all your personal data that we have stored.
To do so, please contact:

Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
Flachsmarktstraße 8
32825 Blomberg
Deutschland
Tel. +49 5235 3-00
info@phoenixcontact.com.

Please appreciate that we require proof of identification to handle any requests regarding your personal data. The legally required information on the collection of your personal data (according to art. 13 and 14 DSGVO) can be found contextually above within this data protection information.

Controller within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or the Federal Data Protection Act (FDPA)

Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
Flachsmarktstraße 8
32825 Blomberg
Tel. +49 5235 3-00
info@phoenixcontact.com.

Supplementary, general information on the subject of data protection at Phoenix Contact can be found in the data protection information on our website.

Updated: March 2023