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Privacy Notice of Transform and Transform Talks

What is the purpose of this Privacy Notice?

The data controller for the event is Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Adress: Huawei Industrial Base, Bantian, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China (hereinafter referred to as "Huawei", “we”, "our" or "us"). The Data Protection Officer can be contacted at Office of the data protection officer Hansaallee 205; 40549 Düsseldorf, Germany and via https://www.huawei.com/en/personal-data-request.

This Privacy Statement applies to the processing of personal data of our media contacts, clients, channel partners, operator partners, print and online journalists, freelance journalists, bloggers, vloggers and Key Opinion Leaders, or employees of the companies in the Huawei group who we may invite to our press conferences, exhibitions, interviews, business summits, press trips or other events held by or for Huawei or attendance upon invitation of Huawei (collectively “you” and “your”).

What Personal Data do we process, for what purposes and how?

Personal Data collected and processed

What categories of personal data are we processing?

We collect and process the following categories of personal data:
1)Personal data provided by you, i.e. all data you include therein (inc, name, contact information, information about your professional experience and educational background, as well as any other data you provide to us)
2)Data such as your image and voice from interview and/or image and voices provided by you in various format.

The source of personal data

Data will be:
1) Collected directly from you;
2) Generated by Huawei, partners or suppliers, in connection with the interview and publication activity

Will we process special categories of data?

No

Recipients of the personal data

Huawei uses suppliers and service providers , such as photographers, event organizers etc.to ensure carrying out its business and to ensure adequate protection of the Personal Data. The processing of Personal Data in relation to our suppliers is always commissioned by us and the parties will act only on our behalf as data processors or based on another contractual set-up. Such processing is always protected with contractual arrangements to ensure that your Personal Data is processed in accordance with the laws and good data processing practices.
To comply with applicable laws or respond to valid legal procedures, Huawei may also disclose your personal data to law enforcement or other government agencies.
Huawei and its suppliers and service providers shall establish technological, physical, administrative and procedural safeguards all in line with the industry accepted standards in order to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and accessibility of the Personal Data processed; prevent the unauthorized use of or unauthorized access to the personal data or prevent a personal data breach (security incident).

How long will the Personal Data be retained before it is deleted?

If you have voluntarily consented to Huawei's processing of your personal data for the purpose of publishing interview on online platforms including social media channels, we will keep your personal data, until you withdraw your consent, when consent is withdraw, your personal data will be permanently deleted or anonymized.
In the event of a legitimate interest in the establishment, exercise or defence against claims, your data will be kept for a period corresponding to the limitation period of claims which the controller may raise and which may be raised against the controller. The current period is 6 years.



Below you will find detailed information on what personal data we process, for what purpose and on what legal basis arising from generally applicable data protection regulations.

For what purpose does Huawei process your personal information?

What categories of personal data do we process for this processing purpose

Legal basis of processing

Recording in interviews for Huawei to be published in various platforms, including Huawei websites accessible to public, media channels and social media channels

Name, contact information, information about your professional experience and educational background, as well as any other data you provide to us
Your image and voice from interview and/or image and voices provided by you in various formats

Consent – Article 6(1)(a) GDPR;
You may withdraw your consent at any time as specified in this Privacy Policy.

To fulfill obligations arising from applicable laws, inc. tax law

Contact data, including name, surname, email address, telephone number, home address, and other data that may be necessary for the stated purpose (e.g. records keeping and managing taxation and accounting).

Legal Obligation Article 6(1)(c) GDPR

Claims and defence against claims.

Data necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, which may include any of the data above.

Legitimate Interests to defend Huawei’s rights in case of claims, or to claim rights according to contracts and lawArticle 6(1)(f) GDPR



Your rights as a data subject

To exercise these rights or to contact us about privacy or data protection issues, please send your request via the form: https://www.huawei.com/en/personal-data-request

As the Data Subject, you have certain legal rights in relation to your personal data, which you can find described below. Depending on the case and the legal basis for processing your personal data, these rights may be subject to certain restrictions under the applicable data protection rules.

Right of Access

You have the right to obtain from Huawei confirmation as to whether or not Personal Data concerning you is being processed and, where that is the case, access to a copy of the Personal Data and specific information about how Huawei or any of its affiliates processes your Personal Data.

Right of Rectification (Correction)

You have the right to obtain from Huawei the correction of inaccurate Personal Data concerning you and also the right to have incomplete Personal Data completed.

Right of Erasure (Deletion)

You have the right to obtain from Huawei the erasure (deletion) of your Personal Data in particular circumstances.

Right of Restriction

You have the right to obtain from Huawei restriction of processing in particular circumstances.

Right of Objection

You have the right to object to the processing of your Personal Data in particular circumstances.

Right of Portability

In certain circumstances, you have the right to receive your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller. Please bear in mind that the right of portability does not apply in the case of processing personal data on legal obligation or legitimate interests’ basis.

Right to Withdraw Consent

Where the legal basis of processing Personal Data is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by providing a withdrawal notice to Huawei. Please note, however, that the withdrawal of your consent will not affect any use of the Personal Data made before you withdrew your consent.

Right to lodge a Complaint

If you consider your Personal Data is not being processed in compliance with the applicable laws, you have the right to lodge a complaint with any relevant supervisory authority, especially the one in your country. List of Supervisory Authorities:http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm