Privacy Statement
The controller as per the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:
Cyprus Import Corporation Ltd
("We")
65/67 Kantaras Avenue, Kaimakli,
Nicosia 1027, Cyprus
Email: dpo@cic.com.cy
Data Protection Officer:
Dr Adrian Ioannou
Cyprus Import Corporation Ltd
65/67 Kantaras Avenue, Kaimakli,
Nicosia 1027, Cyprus
Email: dpo@cic.com.cy
1.
Data
Protection
We appreciate
you visiting our website and your interest in the products we offer. Protecting
your personal data is very important to us. In this Privacy Policy, we explain
how we collect your personal information, what we do with it, for what purposes
and on what legal foundation we do so, and what rights you have on that basis.
We will also refer you to Mercedes-Benz's Data Protection Policy:
Mercedes-Benz Data Protection Policy.
Our Privacy Statement
on the use of our websites and the Mercedes-Benz Data Protection Policy do not
apply to your activities on the websites of social networks or other providers
that can be accessed using the links on our websites. Please read the data
protection provisions on the websites of those providers.
2.
Collecting
and processing your personal data
a. Whenever
you visit our websites, we store certain information about the browser and
operating system you are using; the date and time of your visit; the status of
the interaction (e.g. whether you were able to access the website or received
an error message); the usage of features on the website; any search phrases you
entered; how often you visit individual websites; the names of the files you
access; the amount of data transferred; the Web page from which you accessed
our website; and the Web page you visited after visiting our website, whether
by clicking links on our websites or entering a domain directly into the input
field of the same tab (or window) of the browser in which you have our websites
open. In addition, we store your IP address and the name of your Internet
service provider for seven days. This is for security reasons; in particular,
to prevent and detect attacks on our websites or attempts at fraud.
b. We
only process other personal data if you provide this data, e.g. as part of a
registration, contact form, chat, survey, 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 (including consent to international
data transfer, see section 12) given by you or in accordance with the
applicable legal provisions (see section 7).
c. You
are neither legally nor contractually obligated to share your personal
information. However, certain features of our websites may depend on the
sharing or personal information. If you do not provide your personal
information in such cases, you may not be able to use those features, or they
may be available with limited functionality.
3.
Purpose
of use
a. We use the personal
information collected during your visit to any of our websites to make using
them as convenient as possible for you and to protect our IT systems against
attacks and other unlawful activities.
b. If you share additional
information with us – for example, by filling out a registration form, contact
form, chat, survey, contest entry or to execute a contract with you – we will
use that information for the designated purposes, purposes of customer
management and – if required – for purposes of processing and billing and
business transactions within the required scope in each instance.
c. For other purposes (e.g.
display of personalized content or advertising based on your usage behaviour),
we and, if applicable, selected third parties, use your personal data if and to
the extent you give your consent through our consent management system. You
will find further information and decision-making options under "Cookie Settings"
in the footer at the bottom of the website.
d. In addition, we use personal data to the extent that we are legally
obliged to do so (e.g., storage for the fulfilment of commercial or tax-related
retention obligations, release in accordance with official or judicial orders,
e.g. to a law enforcement authority).
4.
Transfer
of Personal Information to Third Parties; Social Plugins; Use of Service Providers
a. Our websites may also contain an offer of
third parties. If you click on such an offer, we transfer data to the
respective provider to the required extent (e.g. information that you have
found this offer with us and, if applicable, further information that you have
already provided on our websites for this purpose).
b. When we use social plug-ins on our websites
from social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, we integrate them as
follows:
When you visit our
websites, the social plug-ins are deactivated, i.e. no data is transmitted to
the operators of these networks. If you want to use one of the networks, click
on the respective social plug-in to establish a direct connection to the server
of the respective network.
If you have a user account
on the network and are logged in when you activate the social plug-in, the
network can associate your visit to our websites with your user account. If you
want to avoid this, please log out of the network before activating the social
plug-in. A social network cannot associate a visit to other Mercedes-Benz
websites until you have activated an existing social plug-in.
When you activate a
social plug-in, the network transfers the content that becomes available
directly to your browser, which integrates it into our websites. In this
situation, data transmissions can also take place that are initiated and
controlled by the respective social network. Your connection to a social
network, the data transfers taking place between the network and your system,
and your interactions on that platform are governed solely by the privacy
policies of that network.
The social plug-in remains
active until you deactivate it or delete your cookies (see section 5.d).
c.
If you click on the link to an offer or activate a social plug-in,
personal data may reach providers in countries outside the European Economic
Area that, from the point of view of the European Union ("EU"), may
not guarantee an "adequate level of protection" for the processing of
personal data in accordance with EU standards. Please remember this fact before
clicking on a link or activating a social plug-in and thereby triggering a
transfer of your data.
d. We also use qualified
service providers (e.g., IT service providers, marketing agencies)
to operate, optimize and secure our websites. We only pass on personal data to
the latter insofar as this is necessary for the provision and use of the
website and its functionalities, for the pursuit of legitimate interests, to
comply with legal obligations, or insofar as you have consented there to (see section
7). You will find more information regarding recipients of personal data in our
consent management system under "Cookie
Settings" in the footer at
the bottom of the website.
5.
Cookies
a. Cookies may be used when you
are visiting our websites. Technically, these are so-called HTML cookies and
similar software tools such as Web/DOM Storage or Local Shared Objects
(so-called "Flash cookies"), which we collectively refer to as
cookies.
b.
Cookies are small files that are stored, and later read out, on your
desktop, notebook or mobile device while you visit a website. Cookies make it
possible, for example, to determine whether there has already been a connection
between the device and the websites; take into account your preferred language
or other settings, offer you certain certain functions (e.g. online shop,
vehicle configurator) or recognize your usage-based interests. Cookies may also
contain personal data.
c.
Whether and which cookies are used when you visit our websites depends
on which areas and functions of our websites you use and whether you agree to
the use of cookies that are not strictly, typically for technical reasons,
required in our Consent Management System. You will find further information
and decision-making options under "Cookie Settings" in the footer at the bottom of the website.
d.
The use of cookies also depends on the settings of the web browser you
are using (e.g., Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox).
Most web browsers are preset to automatically accept certain types of cookies; however,
you can usually change this setting. You can delete stored cookies at any time.
Web/DOM storage and local shared objects can be deleted separately. You can
find out how this works in the browser or device you are using in the manual of
the learner.
e.
The consent to, and rejection or deletion of, cookies are tied to the
device and also to the respective web browser you use. If you use multiple
devices or web browsers, you can make decisions or settings differently.
f.
If you decide against the use of cookies or delete them, you may not
have access to all functions of our websites or individual functions may be limited.
6.
Security
We take
technical and organizational security measures in order to protect your
information managed by us from being tampered with, lost, destroyed or accessed
by authorized individuals. We are continuously improving our security measures
in line with technological advancements.
7.
Legal
Foundations for Data Processing
a. If
you have given us your consent to process your personal information, then that
is the legal foundation for processing it (Art. 6, para. 1, letter a,
of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR). Regarding consent to
transfer of data to recipients outside of the European Economic Area (Art. 49
para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR), please refer to section 12.
b. Art.
6, para. 1, letter b, of the GDPR is the legal basis for processing personal
information for the purpose of entering into a contract or performing a
contract with you.
c. If
processing your personal information is required to fulfill our legal
obligations (e.g. data retention), we are authorized to do so by Art. 6,
para. 2, letter c, of the GDPR.
d. Furthermore,
we process personal information for purposes of protecting our legitimate
interests as well as the interests of third parties in accordance with
Art. 6, para. 1, letter f of the GDPR. Examples of such legitimate interests
include maintaining the functionality of our IT systems as well as the (direct)
marketing of our products and services (to the extent not covered by your
consent) and those of third parties and the legally required documentation of
business contacts. 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.
8.
Deleting
your personal data
Your IP
address and the name of your Internet service provider, which we store for
security reasons, are deleted after seven days. Moreover, we delete your
personal information as soon as the purpose for which it was collected and
processed has been fulfilled. 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.
9.
Rights
of the Data Subject
a. As
a data subject affected by data processing, you have the right to information
(Section 15 GDPR), Correction (Section 16 GDPR), Deletion (Section 17 GDPR),
Restricted processing (Section18 GDPR) and Data Transferability (Section 20
GDPR).
b. If
you have consented to the processing of your personal information by us, you
have the right to revoke your consent at any time. Your revocation does not
affect the legality of the processing of your personal information that took
place before your consent was revoked. It also has no effect on the continued
processing of the information on another legal basis, such as to fulfill legal
obligations (see section titled "Legal Foundation of Processing").
c.
Right to object[A6]
For reasons relating to your particular
situation, you have the right to file an objection at any time to the
processing of personal data pertaining to you that is collected under Section 6
Clause (1e) GDPR (data processing in the public interest) or Section 6 Clause 1
f) GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balance of interests). If you file
an objection, we will continue to process your personal data only if we can
document mandatory, legitimate reasons that outweigh your interests, rights and
freedoms, or if processing is for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal
claims. To the extent we use your personal data for direct marketing based on
legitimate interests, you have the right to object at any time without giving
reasons.
d. We
ask you to address your claims or declarations to the following contact address
if possible: [insert contact email address
of/for business department as hyperlink]
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).
10. Newsletter
If you subscribe to a newsletter offered on our website, the information provided
during registration for the newsletter will be used solely for the purpose of
mailing the newsletter unless you consent to its use for additional purposes.
You may cancel the subscription at any time by using the option to unsubscribe
contained in the newsletter.
11. Mercedes-Benz Group AG's Central
Registration Service
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.
12. Data transmission to recipients outside the
European Economic Area
a. When using service providers
(see section 4. d.) and passing on data to third parties based on you consent
(see section 3.c.), personal data may be provided to recipients in countries
outside the European Union ("EU"), Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway
(= European Economic Area) are transferred and processed there, in particular USA, India.
b. In the following countries,
from the EU's point of view, there is an adequate level of personal data
protection (so-called "adequacy"), in compliance with EU standards:
Andorra, Argentina, Canada (limited), Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Israel, Isle of
Man, Japan, Jersey, New Zealand, Switzerland, Uruguay. We agree with recipients
in other countries on the use of EU standard contractual clauses, binding
corporate rules or other applicable instruments (if any) to create an "adequate level of
protection" according to legal requirements. For more information, please
use the contact details given in section 9.d. above.
c. To the extent that you
consent within our Consent Management System, you also consent to the transfer
of data to recipients in countries outside of the European Economic Area in
which no “adequate level of protection” exists. You may find information on
data transferred, data recipients or categories of data recipients, and the
relevant countries in our Consent Management System under "Cookie Settings" in the footer at the
bottom of the website. Data protection law in these countries may not be fully comparable to that in the European Economic Area (e. g., regarding data subject rights, see section 9 above), no data protection authorities and/or no comparable options to oppose data protection violations. Among other
things, public bodies (e. g., authorities) in these countries potentially may have easier access to data processed there and use such data for other purposes than in the European Economic Area. These circumstances may only partially be compensated through specific measures.
Last update: July 2022
Copyright.
All rights reserved. All text, images, graphics, audio/video and animation files and their arrangements are protected by copyright and other legislation for the protection of intellectual property. They must not be used for commercial purposes, nor copied or modified for use on other websites. Some internet pages also contain material the copyright to which is held by the parties that provided it.
Products and prices.
Changes may have been made to products and services since the editorial deadline for individual pages. The manufacturer reserves the right to make changes to the design, form, colour and the product specification or service scope during the delivery period, provided these changes, while taking into account our interests, can be deemed reasonable with respect to the buyer. The illustrations may show accessories, optional equipment or other features which are not part of the standard specification or service scope. Colours may differ slightly from those shown on the website, owing to technical limitations. Individual pages may contain models and services which are not available in certain countries. Information given regarding statutory regulations, legal requirements and taxation applies only to the Federal Republic of Germany. Unless stated otherwise in our Terms & Conditions of sale and delivery, the prices as valid on the day of delivery apply. The prices are recommended retail prices for our authorised dealers. Please consult a company branch or an authorised dealer for final details.
Trademarks.
Unless otherwise indicated, all brands displayed on Internet sites are subject to the trademark rights of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, this applies especially to its model names, and its corporate logos and emblems.
Licence rights.
We have sought to achieve an innovative and informative internet site. We hope that you will be as enthusiastic as we are about this creative effort. However, we ask you to understand that our intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, labelling rights and copyrights, is protected and that these Internet pages cannot grant any licensing rights to this intellectual property.
Cautions regarding forward-looking statements.
This website contains forward-looking statements about our current assessment of future events. The words "anticipate", "assume", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "intend", "may", "plan,“ "project“, "should“ and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.
These statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Some examples are
- an unfavourable development of the global economic situation, especially a decline in demand in our most important sales markets,
- a deterioration in our refinancing options on the credit and financial markets, unavoidable events of force majeure such as, for example, natural disasters, acts of terrorism, political unrest, armed conflicts, industrial accidents and their consequential effects on our sales, purchasing, production or financing activities,
- changes in exchange rates and customs regulations,
- a change in consumer behaviour towards smaller and less profitable vehicles or a possible loss of acceptance of our products and services with the consequence of an impairment in the enforcement of prices and in the utilisation of production capacities,
- price increases for fuels and raw materials,
- interruptions in production due to material bottlenecks, staff strikes or supplier insolvencies,
- a decline in the resale prices of used vehicles,
- the successful implementation of cost reduction and efficiency improvement measures,
- the business prospects of the companies in which we hold significant shares,
- the successful implementation of strategic cooperations and joint ventures,
- the changes in laws, regulations and official directives, especially insofar as they affect vehicle emissions, fuel consumption and safety,
- as well as the conclusion of ongoing official investigations or investigations initiated by authorities and the outcome of pending or threatening future legal proceedings
- and other risks and uncertainties, some of which are described in the current annual report under the heading "Risk and Opportunities Report".
If any of these uncertainties or contingencies materialise, or if the assumptions underlying any of the forward-looking statements prove incorrect, then actual results may be materially different from those expressed or implied by such statements.
We neither intend nor assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements on an ongoing basis, as these are based solely on the circumstances on the date of publication.
Liability.
The information and descriptions on these pages do not represent any kind of assurance or guarantee either expressed or implied. In particular they do not represent any implied assurance or guarantee concerning the condition, the merchantability, adequacy for a particular purpose or non-infringement of laws and patents.
Our Internet site contains links to external sites which are not under the control of Daimler. Please note, therefore, that we are not responsible for the contents of any linked site. Consequently, neither are we able to guarantee that the information provided on the external website is up-to-date, correct, complete or of the required integrity. In view of this, we hereby disassociate ourselves from all contents of these websites. This declaration applies to all links to external pages on our website and the contents thereof.
Information on online dispute resolution
The EU Commission has created an internet platform for the online settlement of disputes (so-called "ODR platform"). The OS platform serves as a point of contact for out-of-court dispute settlement with regard to contractual obligations arising from online purchase agreements. You can access the ODR platform at the following link:
> http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr
Notice pursuant to § 36 of the German Consumer Dispute Settlement Act (VSBG)
We will not participate in a dispute resolution procedure before a consumer arbitration board within the meaning of the German Consumer Dispute Resolution Act (VSBG) and we are not obliged to do so.
Order of precedence
Terms of use for a Digital Offer taking precedence over this Legal Notice.
Notes on the battery law.
The symbol of the crossed-out dustbin indicates that batteries and accumulators (together: old batteries) must not be disposed of in unsorted municipal waste (household waste) after use.
If batteries or accumulators contain mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd) or lead (Pb), you will find the respective chemical symbol below the symbol of the crossed-out dustbin. You are legally obliged to return old batteries and accumulators after use. You can do this free of charge at the retail shop or at another collection point near you. Addresses of suitable collection points can be obtained from your city or local government.
Batteries may contain substances that are harmful to the environment and human health. Caution is advised when handling lithium-containing batteries due to the special risks involved. The separate collection and recycling of old batteries and accumulators is intended to avoid negative impacts on the environment and human health.
Please avoid the generation of waste from old batteries as far as possible, e.g. by preferring batteries with a longer life or rechargeable batteries. Please avoid littering the public space by not carelessly leaving batteries or electrical and electronic equipment containing batteries. Please consider ways of reusing a battery instead of disposing of it, for example by reconditioning or repairing the battery.
The recycling rate achieved in 2020 for the used automotive and industrial batteries taken back by Mercedes-Benz AG is 100%.
According to the End-of-Life Vehicles Ordinance and the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act, we as manufacturers are obliged to publish annual data on the achievement of quantitative targets with regard to the recovery of end-of-life vehicles (recovery rates) and the separate collection and recycling of electrical equipment. Details on end-of-life vehicle recycling rates in Germany can be found on the website of the Federal Environment Ministry >here.
Information obligations pursuant to § 18 Sec. 2 of Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act can be found >here.
We are registered with the Foundation for Waste Electrical Equipment Register as a manufacturer of electrical and electronic equipment under the registration number (WEEE Reg. No.). DE) registered: DE 64356963.
