DATA PROTECTION

Privacy Policy of Leica Camera AG

Using the website leica-camera.com involves the processing of personal data (hereinafter simply “data”). Because the protection of our users’ privacy is important to us, we would like to inform you which personal data we collect when you use the website and the associated services as well as the purposes for which we process the data.
With a view to protecting the privacy of your end devices (computer or mobile device), we will also provide you with information about storage and access to information on your end device via cookies or similar technologies.

1 Controller / Contact Details

Leica Camera AGAm Leitz-Park 535578 WetzlarGermany
Email: data-protection@leica-camera.com
Should you have any questions or suggestions regarding data protection or this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to contact us to assert your rights, please use the above-mentioned contact details when submitting your query.

2 Data Protection Officer

You can contact our data protection officer at: DPO@leica-camera.com.

3 Automated Data Processing

When accessing our website, your end device automatically transmits certain data for technical reasons, which is required to establish the connection and access the queried and embedded contents (e.g., shopping cart, texts, images, videos and product information as well as data provided for downloading). This comprises:

• the IP address or device ID allocated to the respective end device
• the type of end device in question
• browser type/version
• the operating system used
• the visited website
• the previously visited website (referrer URL)
• the date and time of the server query
• the HTTP status code

The collection and subsequent processing is intended to deliver the contents of our website and make the functions and services associated with our website available to you.

We store this data for the following purposes:

• to ensure the security of our IT systems, e.g., to defend against specific attacks on our systems and to detect attack patterns
• to ensure the proper operation of our IT systems, e.g., when faults occur which we can only resolve by storing the IP address
• for law enforcement, hazard prevention or prosecution if there is specific evidence of crimes

The data is processed on the basis of our overriding legitimate interests specified above; Art. 6 para. 1(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

We store this data for a period of 14 days. We then delete or anonymize this data, including the IP addresses.

The data is only stored for a longer period when there are specific indications to warrant a justified suspicion of unlawful use which necessitates an additional review and processing of the data for this reason.