Data Protection Notice

BOSCH LIMITED(hereinafter “Bosch” or “We” or “Us”) welcomes you to our internet pages and mobile applications (together also referred to as “Online Offers”). We thank you for your interest in our company and our products.

BOSCH respects your privacy. 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 was gathered during your visit of our Online Offers confidentially and only in accordance with statutory regulations.

Data protection and information security are important aspects of our corporate policy.

Controller (Data Fiduciary)

BOSCH is the controller responsible for the processing of your data; exceptions are outlined in this data protection notice.

Our contact details are as follows:

Bosch Limited,
P.O Box 3000,
Hosur Road,
Adugodi,
Bangalore – 560030,
India

Collection, processing and usage of personal data

Processed categories of data

The following categories of data are processed:

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

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.

Processing purposes and legal basis

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

Provision of these Online Offers

Legal basis: Consent and Fulfillment of contractual obligations.

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

       Purpose – To communicate with the customer on product QR code, multifactor authentication (OTP) and warranty details.

       Legal basis – Consent.

Resolving service disruptions as well as for security reasons.

Legal basis: Fulfillment of our contractual and legal obligations.

Advertisement and market research - Self-promotion and promotion by others as well as market research and reach analysis

Legal basis: Consent.

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. Name, email address, Phone number)

Log files

Customer Log files are not stored, As it’s a mobile application and Browser is not involved in the offering

Children

This Online Offer is not meant for children under 18 years of age.

Data transfer to other controllers

Principally, your personal data is forwarded to other controllers only if required for the fulfillment of a contractual obligation or if you have given your consent. Particulars on the legal basis and the recipients or categories of recipients can be found in the Section – 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.

Service providers (general)

We involve external service providers with tasks such as programming, data hosting and hotline services. 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.

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. In all other cases we delete your personal data with the exception of data we are obliged to store for Valid issue only in Intranet. No change service for print-outs. 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).

Usage of our mobile applications

We offer mobile applications ("Apps"), which you can download to your mobile device. We collect personal data(as mentioned above) through our apps that specifically result from the usage of a mobile device. This is subject to your prior consent.

Processing of your location data

Our offers also include so-called location based services through which we provide you with special offers that are necessary for the application to function efficiently. The App communicates with TPMS sensors using BLE(Bluetooth Low Energy) technology. The app requires Bluetooth and location access in receiving BLE packets to monitor the tire pressure and temperature while the app runs the foreground or background mode. We do not save user GPS location data anywhere in the app or server The user is free to turn it off but this will mean that the app will not be able to function as intended to do.

Data processing by App Store operators

We do not collect data, and it is beyond our responsibility, when data, such as username, email address and individual device identifier are transferred to an app store (e.g., Google Play by Google, App Store by Apple, Apps Store by Samsung) when downloading the respective application. We are unable to influence this data collection and further processing by the App Store as controller.

YouTube

Our Online Offers use the YouTube video platform, which is operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland („YouTube”). YouTube is a platform which allows the playback of audio and video files.

When you access a respective site of our Online Offers that contains an embedded YouTube player, this creates a connection to YouTube so that the video or audio file can be transmitted and played back. In doing so, data is transferred to YouTube as a data controller. We are not responsible for the processing of such data by YouTube.

Additional information on the scope and purpose of collected data, on further processing and usage of data by YouTube, on your rights and the privacy options available to be chosen by you, can be found in YouTube's data protection notice.

External links

Our App 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.

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.

User rights

To enforce your rights, 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 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 updating or 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

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.

Right to grievance redressal

To assert your rights and to notify data protection incidents please use the following link: https://www.bkmssystem.net/bosch-dataprotection

For suggestions and complaints regarding the processing of your personal data we recommend that you contact our data protection officer: DPO.India@in.bosch.com

If unsatisfied with our responses or the resolution of your grievance, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.

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.

Contact

If you wish to contact us, please find us at the address stated in the "Controller" section.

Effective date: [2023.12.13]