Privacy policy of a collision avoidance system

SICK is pleased about your visit on our website and your interest in our company, in our products and our services. Protecting your privacy is important to us and we want you to feel secure while visiting our website. To this end, we would like to explain below what information we process during your visit on our website.

Responsible SICK AG, Erwin-Sick-Straße 1, 79183 Waldkirch, Germany
Purpose of processing Development and validation of a collision avoidance system
Categories of data
  • Image data
  • Video data
  • 3D information
  • Geoposition data
  • Time of recording
  • Weather data
The quality of the video material only allows people to be identified if they are within 3.8m of the camera.
Legal basis GDPR Art. 6 (1) f) - legitimate interests
Legitimate interest SICK processes images and videos in combination with time, geoinformation and weather data for the training and validation of AI systems. Most of the data is processed automatically. This processing is done to protect people in the vicinity of machines and to prevent accidents involving them.   By developing such a system for the protection of persons, there is a justified company interest in the general welfare of all persons. Due to the purpose of the system's accident prevention, the future protection in the interest of all people therefore outweighs the right to the image recordings of the individual, which is worthy of protection.
Consequences of failure to provide the data The data is provided fully automatically via the recording system.
Retention time As a product to be classified as a high-risk AI system in accordance with EU AI Act Article 6 is also to be developed on the basis of this data, it is necessary to store the data. Based on the data, the accuracy and robustness of the product is to be evaluated and improved throughout the product life cycle. In order to safeguard product liability in accordance with Section 13 (1) ProdHaftG, the recorded data is stored for 10 years after the last sale of a system based on this technology. 
Data source We process data generated by the recording system.
Recipients of the data Certifying bodies
Transmission in third countries We do not transfer any personal data to third countries.
Logic of the automated decision We do not make automated decisions.

 

Your rights

You have the right to

  • information about personal data relating to you;
  • correct personal data concerning you;
  • delete or block personal data concerning you;
  • object to the processing of personal data concerning you;
  • the portability of personal data concerning you;
  • revoke your consent with effect for the future, provided that a processing of personal data concerning you is based on your consent, and
  • lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, if you believe that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes privacy laws

If you would like to exercise any of your rights under this Privacy Policy or at law or have any other questions about privacy-related issues, you should contact our Data Protection Officer at the email address below. We will provide an appropriate response to all requests.

Amendments of the privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time to take into account new laws, changes to our operations and practices or changes in the business environment and technology. All modifications will be effective immediately upon our posting of the modification on our website. Please check back from time to time to review our Privacy Policy.