Privacy Statement

§1 Data Protection

We are pleased about your visit on our web pages and your interest in our offers. The protection of your personal data is an important concern for us. In these Privacy Statement we explain how we collect your personal data, what we do with it, for what purposes and on what legal basis this is done, and which rights and claims are associated with it for you.

In addition, we refer to the Mercedes-Benz Data Protection Policy: Mercedes-Benz Data Protection Policy.

Our Privacy Statement for the use of our websites and the Data Protection Policy of Mercedes-Benz Group AG do not apply to your activities on the websites of social networks or other providers that you can reach via the links on our websites. Please check the websites of these providers for their data protection regulations.

§2 Collection and processing of your personal data

a. When you visit our website, we store certain information about the browser and operating system you use, the date and time of your visit, the access status (e.g. whether you were able to access a website or received an error message), the use of website functions, the search terms you may have entered, the frequency with which you access individual websites, the designation of files accessed, the amount of data transferred, the website from which you accessed our websites and the website which you visit from our websites, either by clicking on links on our websites or by entering a do-main directly in the input field of the same tab (or the same window) of your browser in which you opened our websites. We also store your IP ad-dress and the name of your Internet service provider for seven days for security reasons, in particular to prevent and detect attacks on our websites or attempts at fraud.

b. We only store other personal data if you provide this data, e.g. as part of a registration, a contact form, a survey, a price competition or for the execution of a contract, and even in these cases only insofar as this is permitted to us on the basis of a consent given by you or in accordance with the applicable legal provisions (further information on this can be found below in the section "Legal bases of processing").

c. You are not legally or contractually obliged to make available your personal data. However, it is possible that certain functions of our websites depend on the availability of personal data. If you do not make available personal data in these cases, this may result in functions not being available or only being available to a limited extent.

d. You can find data protection information on our Workday application platform here: Workday data protection

§3 Purpose of use

a. We use the personal data collected when you visit our website in order to operate it in the most convenient manner for your use and to protect our IT systems from attacks and other illegal activities.

b. If you provide us with further personal data, e.g. within the scope of a registration, a contact form, a survey, a price competition or for the execution of a contract, we use this data for the purposes mentioned, for the purposes of customer administration and - if necessary - for the purposes of processing and accounting of any business transactions, in each case to the extent required for this.

§4 Transfer of personal data to third parties; social plug-ins; use of service providers

a. We do not use any social plug-ins on our website. If you click on the social media icons in the footer, you will be automatically redirected to our respective social media presence, but no personal data will be transmitted (see also section No. 11 “Social Media”).

b. We use Matomo, an open-source software for statistical analysis of visitor access. Matomo enables an anonymized analysis of your use of the website. Matomo is configured so that no tracking cookies are set. It is not possible to draw conclusions about a specific person, as your IP address is anonymized immediately after processing and before storage. You may lodge an objection to the storage and analysis of this data by Matomo at any time. Your visit to this website is currently recorded by Matomo web analysis. Deactivate below checkbox for opt-out.

§5 Security

We use technical and organisational security measures to protect your data managed by us against manipulation, loss, destruction and against access by unauthorised persons. We are constantly improving our security measures in line with technological developments.

§6 Legal bases of processing

a. Insofar as you have given us your consent for the processing of your personal data, that consent is the legal basis for the processing (Art. 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR).

b. For the processing of personal data for the purposes of initiating or fulfilling a contract with you, Art. 6 para. 1 letter b GDPR is the legal basis.

c. Insofar as the processing of your personal data is necessary for the fulfilment of our legal obligations (e.g. for the retention of data), we are authorized to do so pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 letter c GDPR.

d. In addition, we process personal data for the purposes of safeguarding our legitimate interests and the legitimate interests of third parties pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR. Maintaining the functionality of our IT systems, (direct-) marketing our own and third-party products and services as well as documenting business contacts as required by law are such legitimate interests. As part of the consideration of interests required in each case, we take into account various aspects, in particular the type of personal information, the purpose of processing, the circumstances of processing and your interest in the confidentiality of your personal information.

§7 Deleting your personal data

Your IP address and the name of your Internet service provider, which we only store for security reasons, will be deleted after seven days. Otherwise, we delete your personal data as soon as the purpose for which we have collected and processed the data ceases to apply. Beyond this time period, data storage only takes place to the extent made necessary by the legislation, regulations or other legal provisions to which we are subject in the EU or by legal provisions in third-party countries if these have an appropriate level of data protection. Should it not be possible to delete data in individual cases, the relevant personal data are flagged to restrict their further processing.

§8 Rights of the data subject

a. As a data subject, you have the right of access (Art. 15 GDPR), right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR), right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR), right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR) and right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR).

b. If you have consented to the processing of your personal data by us, you have the right to revoke your consent at any time. The legality of processing your personal data before revocation remains unaffected. We may further process such data pursuant to another applicable legal basis, e.g. for the fulfilment of our legal obligations (see section "Legal bases of processing").

c. Right to object You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 letter e GDPR (data processing in the public interest) or Art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balance of interests) on grounds relating to your particular situation. If you object, we will only process your personal data if we can prove compelling legitimate reasons that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. To the extent we process your personal data for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object thereto at any time without giving reasons.

d. We ask you to address your claims or declarations to the following contact address if possible: mbti-datenschutz@mercedes-benz.com.

e. If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates legal requirements, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR).

§9 Central Access Service of Mercedes-Benz Group AG

With the Central Registration Service offered by Mercedes-Benz Group AG, you can sign up for every website and application belonging to the Mercedes-Benz Group and its brands that are connected to the service. The applicable terms of use contain specific data protection provisions. Those terms of use can be found on the registration pages of affiliated websites and applications.

§10 Social Networks

We have integrated links on our website to different social media services. Clicking on the respective symbol will direct you to the website of the respective provider. If you select the link of a service with the mouse, you can click on the “Follow” button to follow our activities on the platform.

• Instagram LLC., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
• Linkedin Inc., 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
• Xing AG, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany
• Medium Corporation, P.O. Box 602, San Francisco, CA 94104
• YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA

Please refer to the data protection information of the provider for the purpose and scope of data collection, further processing and use of data by the provider and your rights and setting options for protecting your personal data:

Instagram LinkedIn XING Medium YouTube

Last update: October 2023