Privacy policy use of the SIAonline learning management platform

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.

Use of the SIAonline learning management platform

Data controller SICK AG, Erwin-Sick-Straße 1, 79183 Waldkirch, Germany
Purpose of processing Use of professional development and further training offered
Categories of data
  • Learning progress
  • Personnel master data
  • Training schedule
Legal basis Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR - Contractual relationship
Legitimate company interest -
Consequences of non-disclosure You are not legally required to disclose your personal data. If you choose not to disclose this data, however, it will not be possible to use the Learning Management System.
Period of storage
  • Course-related data is deleted after four weeks or at the latest when you leave the company or the contract is terminated
  • Certificates relevant to product liability are deleted after 30 years
Origin of the data We only process data that you provide to us directly.
Recipients of the data
  • External training providers
  • Internal trainers and training management of the specialist departments of SICK AG and also of the SICK AG subsidiaries
  • If you or your employer are domiciled in a third country, personal data will be transmitted to this third country for invoicing reasons.
Transmission to third countries If your company is located in a third country, personal data may be transmitted to this third country for billing purposes.
Logic of automated decision-making We do not perform any automated decision-making.

 

Cookies when using e-learning services

When you visit our web pages, we store information on your computer in the form of a “cookie”. Among other things, cookies allow us to adapt a web page to your interests or to save your shopping cart for future visits. If you do not want us to recognize your computer, please configure your browser so that it deletes cookies from your computer’s hard drive, blocks all cookies or warns you before a cookie is saved. For detailed instructions on how to do this, please refer to your browser provider’s user guide. If you change this setting, you may experience limited functionality when using our web pages. Below, you will find a list of the cookies we use:

 

Generally required cookies

Name

Purpose

Additional information

ASP.NET_SessionId

 

SuiSessionId

 

SuiAuthentication

These cookies are required for our web pages to work properly and for you to be able to use the main functions. We can also see if you are logged in and ensure that you can establish a connection to secure areas of the website.

These are referred to as session cookies and are deleted as soon as you close your browser.

 

 

Comfort cookies

Name

Purpose

Additional information

SuiLanguage

This cookie is used to record the language you have selected. This means that the same language selection will be automatically adopted for the next page you visit.

This type of cookie is a persistent cookie which is retained on your computer after you have closed your browser. It expires after 90 days.

SuiLoginDomain

This cookie is used to record the domain from which you are visiting our website. This domain is then automatically used the next time you visit.

This type of cookie is a persistent cookie which is retained on your computer after you have closed your browser. It expires after 90 days.

SuiLoginUsername

This cookie is used to record the user name that you used last. You will then be automatically logged in the next time you visit.

This type of cookie is a persistent cookie which is retained on your computer after you have closed your browser. It expires after 90 days.

 

 

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.