General Data Protection Regulation - Siemens SINAMICS S120 Commissioning Manual

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1.10 General Data Protection Regulation

1.10 General Data Protection Regulation
Compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation
Siemens respects the principles of data privacy, in particular the data minimization rules (privacy
by design).
For the SINAMICS Startdrive product – including the installed SINAMICS DCC option package –
this means the following:
The product only sends personal data to SIEMENS AG if the user explicitly requests this. This
occurs in the following cases:
• If the SINAMICS Startdrive program and the SINAMICS DCC option package end
unexpectedly, then the user is given the opportunity to send diagnostics information to
SIEMENS AG for analysis. If the user avails themselves of this option, then their email address
will be collected, transmitted and saved so that they can be contacted in the event of queries.
• The Totally Integrated Automation UPDATER enables the user to check whether updates are
available for SINAMICS Startdrive and the SINAMICS DCC option package and to install them.
The user can manually check for available updates or activate the corresponding setting in
the TIA UPDATER for automatic updating. If the TIA Automation Update Server is used for
verification or installation purposes, the IP address of the device used will be transmitted for
technical reasons.
Beyond the previously mentioned information, the product only saves personal data in the
project. The user is therefore responsible for ensuring compliance with the statutory data
protection provisions. This applies in particular to the transfer of projects.
The following data must be taken into account.
• Windows login
In the standard configuration, the product saves the login details of the Windows user
together with technical function data (e.g. time stamp) in the project. The specified data is
saved in order to trace changes in large configurations.
For SINAMICS Startdrive and the SINAMICS DCC option package, reference to specific persons
can be established via the project and all elements contained within it (e.g. devices and
diagrams).
The specified data can be viewed in the properties of the project and the elements in
SINAMICS Startdrive and the SINAMICS DCC option package ("Author" property) and, with
the exception of the most recent change to the project, subsequently modified.
• User names in the user administration
The product only processes and saves additional personal data when the user explicitly
enables one of the following functions.
User names created by the user are saved by the user administration (security settings) to be
able to verify them during subsequent authentication.
• Login for multi-user engineering
For multi-user engineering, various technical function data (e.g. time stamp) are saved
together with the login of the Windows user concerned in order to be able to trace project
changes.
For the three previously mentioned points, the details relating to the specified functions must be
observed in the relevant chapter in the Startdrive information system and the SINAMICS DCC
option package.
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