Panasonic Privacy Notice
Panasonic Privacy Notice
Last updated [23.11.2021]
Panasonic is committed to ensuring that your “Personal Data” (as explained below) is used fairly, lawfully, and securely and that your privacy is protected at all times. We place high importance on compliance with the applicable privacy and data protection laws and regulations, including, but not limited to the European Union (EU) Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
This Privacy Notice is intended to tell you how we “process” (as explained below) information about you ("Personal Data" as explained below) that you provide to us or that we collect through your use of/registration for events on this website/our websites. It also applies if explicit reference is made to it via link or in a similar manner.
This Privacy Notice explains what Personal Data we collect, store, use, disclose and transfer (hereinafter “process”), how we do it, for which purpose and what our legal bases are. It also provides you with information on your rights under the GDPR and how you can contact us if want to exercise your rights or have a complaint.
Please click on the links below for further information on our privacy practices:
3. What Personal Data do we collect about you and how?
4. How do we use your Personal Data (purpose and legal basis)?
5. To whom do we disclose your Personal Data?
6. What do we do to keep your Personal Data secure?
7. Accessing your Personal Data and other rights you have
If you wish to exercise any of the above rights, then please contact us by using the communication means set out in Section 12 below
8. Data Retention – How long we will retain your Personal Data?
9. Third-party links and products on our Services
10. Cookies
11. Changes to this Privacy Notice or to your Personal Data
12. Contact Us
1. Information about us
This Privacy Notice is issued by Panasonic Deutschland, a branch of Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH, Winsbergring 15, 22525 Hamburg on behalf of ourselves and the Panasonic Group of Companies. The Panasonic Group of Companies consists of Panasonic Corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, as well as a number of Affiliates can be found here http://www.panasonic.com/global/corporate/profile/group-companies.html#renketsu
In this Privacy Notice, when we refer to “Panasonic”, “we”, “us” or “our”, this means the relevant company/companies (in the case of joint controllers) in the Panasonic Group that is/are responsible for processing your Personal Data. For Personal Data gathered via this website, this is Panasonic Deutschland und Panasonic Industry Europe GmbH, Winsbergring 15, 22525 Hamburg. Where several Panasonic companies are jointly responsible for the processing of your Personal Data, you can exercise your rights against the company issuing this Privacy Notice.
2. What is Personal Data?
For the purposes of this Privacy Notice, "Personal Data" consists of any information about an individual from which that person can, directly or indirectly, be identified. When we combine other information (i.e. information that does not, on its own, identify an individual) with Personal Data, we treat the combined information as Personal Data.
3. What Personal Data do we collect about you and how?
Depending upon your use of this website/our Services, see Section 4.below, and your cookie choices, see Section 10.below, Panasonic collects and processes some or all of the Personal Data set out in the table below, using the methods and channels also set out in the table.
| Types of collected Personal Data | How we collect the Personal Data | |
| “Business Communication Data”: Electronic such as chat messages. | From you directly, if you choose to use the chat function. | |
| “Business Contact Data”: Including your work email address and work telephone numbers (landline and mobile). | From you directly, if you register for an event. | |
| “Identity Data”: Including your first name, last name, title, and username or similar identifier. | From you directly, if you register for an event. | |
| “Product/Device/Application Data”: Including your time zone setting, IP address, operating system details, and other technology on the product or device you use to access the Services. | Automated, through our use of technologies set on your product, device or our application.
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| “Profile and Usage Data”: Including information collected about your use of this website/our Services such as the time and duration of your use. | Automated, through our use of cookies and similar technologies set on your product, device or our application, if you consented to our usage on beforehand; please visit our Cookie Policy for more information [see below]. | |
4. How do we use your Personal Data (purpose and legal basis)?
We process your Personal Data in the context of the activities and for the purposes set out in the table below and rely on one or more of the following the specified legal bases:
Performance of a contract: Where we need to perform a contract which we are about to put in place or have put in place with you as a party, or (at your request) take steps before putting such a contract in place (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR);
Legitimate interests: Where we are acting in our legitimate interests, provided that they are not overridden by your fundamental rights (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). We assess our legitimate interests for processing your Personal Data and balance them against any potential impact on you. Where we rely on our legitimate interests you have the right to object to such processing at any time under the conditions set out in the GDPR; for more information on our legitimate interests or our balancing test please contact us by using the communication means set out in Section 12 below;
Consent: Where we rely on your consent we will ask for it separately (6(1)(a) GDPR).
Please note that Panasonic does not base any decision solely on automated processing including profiling that significantly affects you or has legal effects for you (Art. 22 GDPR).
| Activity and purpose | Types of Personal Data | Legal basis |
Provision and registration of online events on this website To enable you to register and participate in online events and to verify you when you dial in. | Business Contact Data | Performance of a contract Legitimate interests |
| Identity Data | ||
| Profile and Usage Data | ||
Dispatching of workshop documents and certificates To confirm that you have successfully participated in a workshop, we need to collect certain information in order to send you the certificate. | Business Contact Data | Consent Legitimate interests |
| Identity Data | ||
| Profile and Usage Data | ||
Publish your comments on the event plattform This Panasonic website has chat functionality through which you can post information, messages and other materials. | Business Communication Data | Performance of a contract Consent |
| Business Contact Data | ||
| Identity Data | ||
| Profile and Usage Data |
5. To whom do we disclose your Personal Data?
We will not disclose your Personal Data to third parties for their own independent marketing or business purposes, unless you have given your explicit consent to do so. However, we may have to disclose your Personal Data to the following entities for the purposes we collected it as set out in Section 4 relying on the legal bases specified therein:
Panasonic Corporation and Affiliates
We may need to transfer your Personal Data within the Panasonic Group of Companies to provide the Services you require or any other services/assistance you request. All companies within the Panasonic Group are required to follow the privacy practices set forth in this Privacy Notice, or another privacy policy that they may notify to you and to process your Personal Data in accordance with the applicable privacy and data protection laws and regulations.
6. What do we do to keep your Personal Data secure?
The security of your Personal Data is of greatest importance to Panasonic. We have put in place a range of appropriate physical and technical measures as well as robust policies and processes. The purpose thereof is to safeguard your Personal Data and to protect it against accidental or unlawful destruction or alteration, accidental loss, unauthorized disclosure or access and against other unlawful forms of processing. These measures take into account the state of the art of the technology, the costs of its implementation, the nature of the Personal Data, and the risk of the processing.
Information security, including the protection of Personal Data is organized in a global Panasonic Program called Information Security Management (“ISM”). The related aim, standards and implementation measures are organized in a globally valid Policy, and further standards and guidelines. The program and all its parts follow a strong yearly Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) approach to secure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of all data (including your Personal Data) for the whole information lifecycle from collection to destruction of such information.
7. Accessing your Personal Data and other rights you have
What are your rights?
Your rights under the GDPR include, the right to be informed, the right to access a copy of your Personal Data, the right to request the rectification or the update of any inaccurate Personal Data we hold, and the right to request erasure of your Personal Data.
You also have the right to obtain restriction of the processing of your Personal Data, the right to object to the processing of your Personal Data at any time under the conditions set out in the GDPR, and the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing.
In addition, you have the right to data portability in certain cases. This is the right to request the return of the personal data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to request the transmission of such personal data to a third party, without hindrance from us and subject to your own confidentiality obligations.
You also have the right to not provide consent and, where you have consented to our processing of your Personal Data, you have the right to withdraw such consent at any time without this withdrawal affecting the lawfulness of the processing prior to such withdrawal.
Your rights are further specified in Art. 7 and Chapter 3 of the GDPR and other applicable data protection legislation.
Exercising your rights
If you wish to exercise any of the above rights, then please contact us by using the communication means set out in Section 12 below.
Complaints
If you are not satisfied with how we process your Personal Data, then please contact us by using the communication means below in Section 12 or alternatively file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority:
EEA/EU authorities: Members | European Data Protection Board (europa.eu)
Hamburg: File a complaint | Der Hamburgische Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationssicherheit
Hessen: File a complaint | Der Hessische Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationssicherheit
8. Data Retention – How long we will retain your Personal Data?
We will only store your personal data until the completion of the online event and will delete it at the latest after a period of 6 months.
9. Third-party links and products on our Services
Our website contains links to third party websites, plug-ins and applications such as YouTube. These linked websites and applications are not under Panasonic's control and we are not responsible for their privacy practices or the content of any linked websites and applications. If you choose to use any third party website or application, Personal Data collected by the third party’s website or application will be controlled by the privacy policy of that third party. We strongly recommend that you take the time to review the privacy policies of any third parties to which you provide Personal Data.
10 .Cookies
For information on what cookies are, how Panasonic and other third parties use cookies and similar technologies, and for details of how cookies can be disabled, please see our Cookie Policy [see below].
11. Changes to this Privacy Notice or to your Personal Data
It also is important that you check back often for updates to the Privacy Notice, as we may change it from time to time. The “Date last updated” Section at the top of this page states when this Privacy Notice was last updated and any changes will become effective upon our posting of the revised Privacy Notice.
We will provide additional notice to you if these changes are material by adding a statement to this website or by sending you a notification through any relevant Services or email.
We encourage you to review the Privacy Notice whenever you access the Services or otherwise interact with us to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you.It is important to us that the Personal Data we hold about you is accurate and up-to-date at all times. If any of the Personal Data we hold about you changes, please keep us informed.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing, or use of your Personal Data or if you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at:
Panasonic Deutschland
a division of Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH
Winsbergring 15
22525 Hamburg.
You can also contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) at Data_Protection@eu.panasonic.com.
Cookie Policy
Last modified: [23.11.2021]
This Cookie Policy (Policy) provides you with information about the use of technologies that store or access information on your device like cookies, pixels, and plugins by Panasonic Deutschland, a division of Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH, Winsbergring 15, 22525 Hamburg (referred to as “we”, “us” or “Panasonic”) and certain permitted third parties that provide content, advertising, or other functionalities when you visit our website. For convenience these technologies are all referred to as “cookies”.
This Policy explains what cookies are, which types of cookies we use and what our legal bases are. It also provides you with information on how your personal data (if any) is used, what your rights in relation to cookies are under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and how you can contact us if want to exercise your rights or have a complaint. This Policy lists which cookies are placed and used, for which purposes and for how long these cookies last. In addition, this Policy describes how you can manage and delete cookies.
Please click on the links below for further information on our privacy practices:
2. Which types of cookies do we use and what are our legal bases?
4. Which cookies are placed and used by whom, for which purposes and how long do they last?
5. How can you manage and delete cookies?
6. Contact us
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files which are stored on your device when you visit our website and act as an identifier. They allow our website to recognize your device when it interacts with and returns to our website, particularly when you are using the same browser as you did when you last visited our website.
Depending on their function and purpose cookies are classified as essential, performance, functional and advertising cookies. For more information on this, please see section 2.
In addition, cookies are classified either as first party or as third party cookies. First party cookies are placed by us whereas third party cookies are placed by a third party website while you are visiting our website. For more information about the relevant third parties please see section 4.
Cookies can be either session or persistent cookies depending on their duration. Session cookies are temporary cookies that last only for the duration of your visit to our website and are deleted when you close your browser. In contrast, persistent cookies are created upon your visit to our website and remain on your device after you close your browser or restart your device until their set expiry date unless you delete them before the expiry date; they are active when you return to our website.
2. Which types of cookies do we use and what is our legal basis?
We use the following categories of cookies on our website:
2.1 Essential cookies
These cookies are essential to make our website work or to provide necessary functions relating to the services you request or to enable communications. They allow us to provide you with a seamless internet experience. We also use them for security purposes.
2.2 Performance cookies
These cookies analyze, how you use our website to improve the way our website works for you and for others visitors to our website. They enable us (and our third party service providers) to recognize and count the visitors and see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. We use them to understand which pages are popular with visitors. This helps us to improve how our website works by, for example, ensuring that you can easily find what you are looking for and to overall enhance visitors’ experience on our website.
2.3 Functional cookies
These cookies allow us to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They enable the website to remember settings and choices you have made like e.g. your preferred language so that you do not have to do this over and over again when you visit our website.
2.4 Advertising cookies
These cookies allow us to monitor and to improve the efficiency and relevance of advertising so that we can serve you with tailored advertising that corresponds with your interests. They enable different advertising related functions.
2.5 Consent cookies
These cookies store your consent and preferences in relation to the use of cookies and allow us to fulfill our accountability obligations under the GDPR.
2.6 Our legal bases
We rely on our legitimate interests for processing personal data collected through our first-party essential cookies. These cookies are strictly necessary for our website to work and allow us to provide the visitors to our website with the services they request, to enable communications, or to comply with security obligations under the applicable data protection law.
All other non-essential cookies will only be used with your consent.
3. How do we and certain permitted third parties use cookies and process your personal data and what are your rights?
3.1 Cookies owned and placed by Panasonic
To the extent that our first-party cookies and the data we collect with them, qualify as personal data we determine the means and purposes of such processing and are the data controller as defined in the GDPR. Such processing takes place in accordance with our online Privacy Policy that applies in addition to this Cookie Policy. We encourage you to read our Privacy Policy where you can find more about e.g.:
- how we use and protect your personal data collected through cookies (if any);
- your data protection rights; if you are based in the EU/EEA these include the right to access your personal data and obtain a copy thereof, the right to request the correction or update of any inaccurate personal data, the right to object to or restrict the processing of your personal data under the conditions set out in the GDPR and the right to request the erasure of your personal data under certain conditions;
- if you are based in the EU/EEA how you can file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority, https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/board/members_en;
- how long will we store/keep your personal data;
- to whom and where we disclose your personal data; and
- the existence of automated decision-making and, where this is the case, useful information on the underlying logic and the importance and consequences of the processing.
3.2 Cookies owned and placed by permitted third parties
On our website we have integrated links to third party websites, plug-ins and applications e.g. for marketing purposes and, for example, to allow you to easily share content in social media networks. We have no control over these third party websites’ use of those cookies and refer to their Privacy Policies for further information on how they use these cookies. For more information on the third parties please see section 4.
4. Which cookies are placed and used by whom, for which purposes and how long do they last?
The following table lists all cookies in use on our website. We will update this table as our website changes and evolves.
4.1. Essential cookies
| Cookie | Purpose | Placed by | Used by | Data collected and purpose of collection | Duration |
| PHPSESSID | Session Cookie | First-Party | events.eu.panasonic.com | Session | |
| sessid | Cookie to save User-Ident | First-Party | events.eu.panasonic.com | 100 Days |
4.2. Performance cookies
| Cookie | Purpose | Placed by | Used by | Data collected and purpose of collection | Duration |
| SIDCC | Third-Party | .youtube.com | 1 Year | ||
| SID | Third-Party | .youtube.com | 2 Years | ||
| __Secure-1PAPISID | Third-Party | .youtube.com | 2 Years | ||
| __Secure-3PAPISID | Third-Party | .youtube.com | 2 Years | ||
| __Secure-1PSID | Third-Party | .youtube.com | 2 Years | ||
| SAPISID | Third-Party | .youtube.com | 2 Years | ||
| __Secure-3PSID | Third-Party | .youtube.com | 2 Years | ||
| APISID | Third-Party | .youtube.com | 2 Years | ||
| HSID | Third-Party | .youtube.com | 2 Years | ||
| SSID | Third-Party | .youtube.com | 2 Years |
4.3. Functional cookies
| Cookie | Purpose | Placed by | Used by | Data collected and purpose of collection | Duration |
| PREF | Third-Party | .youtube.com | 2 Years | ||
| YSC | Third-Party | .youtube.com | Session | ||
| _sm_au_c | Third-Party | .youtube.com | Session | ||
| wide | Third-Party | .youtube.com | Session | ||
| ssm_au_c | Third-Party | .youtube.com | Session | ||
| LOGIN_INFO | Third-Party | .youtube.com | 100 Days | ||
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Third-Party | .youtube.com | 3 Months |
4.4 Advertising cookies
| Cookie | Purpose | Placed by | Used by | Data collected and purpose of collection | Duration |
| IDE | Third-Party | .doubleclick.net
| 28 Days | ||
| RUL | Third-Party | .doubleclick.net
| 50 Days | ||
| ssm_au_c | Third-Party | .doubleclick.net
| Session |
4.5 Cookie consent
| Cookie | Purpose | Placed by | Used by | Data collected and purpose of collection | Duration |
| c | Cookie to save the selected answer in response to the cookie banner | First-Party | events.eu.panasonic.com | 90 Days | |
| CONSENT | YouTube Video Player | Third-Party | .youtube.com | 15 Years |
5. How can you manage and delete cookies?
5.1. Except for essential cookies you can change your preferences and withdraw your cookie consent at any time by navigating to “cookie settings”.
5.2. You can manage and delete non-essential cookies by changing your browser settings. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser. Please bear in mind that if you block all cookies some features and services on our website might not be delivered to you and you will be served with advertising less tailored to your interests.
You can obtain information on how to manage and how to delete cookies for the most popular browsers by following these links:
- Chrome
- Edge
- Firefox
- Internet Explorer
- Opera
- Safari
For further information on how to manage and delete cookies, please visit https://www.allaboutcookies.org/
6. Contact us
If you have any questions about how we as the controller of your personal data (if any) use cookies on our website or would like to exercise your rights, you can contact us at Panasonic Deutschland, a division of Panasonic Marketing Europe GmbH, Winsbergring 15, 22525 Hamburg.
You can also contact our Data Protection Officer at Data_Protection@eu.panasonic.com.Where personal data is processed through the use of first-party cookies, CCS determines the means and purposes of such processing and is the data controller as defined in the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation 2016/679).
7. Changes to this Policy
We may from time to time make changes to this Policy which was first published on 23.11.2021.Changes to this Policy will be published on our website and will be effective as of the date of publication. This Policy was last updated in 23.11.2021.
If the changes materially alter how we use cookies, we will post a notice on our website and request your consent again for the use of cookies. Please check back frequently to any updates or changes to our Cookie Policy.
| Cookie Subgroup | Cookies | Cookies used | Speicherdauer |
| .youtube.com | IDE | Drittanbieter | 28 Tage |
| .youtube.com | RUL | Drittanbieter | 50 Tage |
| .youtube.com | ssm_au_c | Drittanbieter | Session |