Robert Bosch LLC has set out below some important highlights of the Privacy Notice for our website. You can obtain more information about how we collect, use, disclose and safeguard your personal information by reviewing our full Privacy Notice below. This website is intended for customers in the United States only.
Robert Bosch LLC acts as a controller of your personal information. We determine how and why personal information can be used, and Robert Bosch LLC provides the specific Service.
Any comments, complaints, or questions regarding the processing of your personal information may be emailed to privacy.policy@us.bosch.com or mailed to the Privacy Notice Administrator 38000 Hills Tech Drive, Farmington Hills, Michigan 48331.
For more information see Collection of Personal Information and Sources of Personal Information sections below.
We collect various types of information about our users in connection with the services or products, including:
Why do we collect personal information and how is it used?
For more information see Collection of Personal Information below.
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Bosch will not collect or use personal information for materially different, unrelated or incompatible purposes without providing you notice (or obtaining your consent, where required by applicable laws in the relevant jurisdiction). Additionally, Bosch only retains personal information for as long as necessary to carry out the purposes for which we originally collected it and for other legitimate business purposes, including to meet our legal, regulatory, or other compliance obligations.
Is personal information disclosed, sold, or shared?
For more information see Disclosure, Sale, and Sharing of Personal Information – Past 12 months, Personal Information Sales: Opt-Out and Opt-In Rights, and Use of Cookies below.
Bosch may disclose your information with:
Sale or Sharing of Personal Information. In the preceding twelve (12) months, Bosch has not sold your personal information for monetary considerations. Bosch does share the following categories of personal information for cross-contextual behavioral advertising:
We share your personal information with the following categories of third-parties:
To exercise your right to ask that we do not share, or use your personal information for cross-contextual behavioral advertising, please click the “Your Privacy Choices” link, located at the bottom of the homepage, or email us directly at this email link. We also recognize the Global Privacy Control opt-out preference signal in a frictionless manner. The Global Privacy Control applies to devices, so additional devices may need to have the Global Privacy Control activated.
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BOSCH US PRESS PORTAL WEBSITE PRIVACY NOTICE
Introduction
Robert Bosch LLC is pleased to have you visit our websites and welcomes your interest in the services or products provided through the website. This Privacy Notice applies to all users of the website and the Services, anywhere in the United States.
The protection of your privacy is an important concern to which we pay special attention. We process personal information collected during your visit to the website and use of Services in compliance with this Privacy Notice and all applicable laws and regulations. Data protection and information security are part of Bosch corporate policy.
Scope
This Notice covers our treatment of personally identifiable information, as defined by numerous statutes in the United States, which we gather when you are accessing, viewing, completing, or using this website or our Services, which we gather while you are accessing, viewing, completing, or using the Services.
Collection of Personal Information
The website has collected the following personal information from users of the website within the last twelve (12) months
| Category and Sources of Information | Examples | Business or Commercial Purpose | We disclose, share or sell this data? | Retention |
| Identifiers We collect this information from our users, customers, and business partners. We also generate identifiers internally. | Real name, company, telephone number, country, IP address and email address. | Business- To enable use of our sites, services, and products, to communicate with you and to understand how our Users interact with our sites. Commercial- To improve our offerings. | We disclose this data with our service providers and with business partners, including those whom you instruct us to send this information. We do not sell/share this data. | We only retain personal information for the length of time needed to fulfil the purposes outlined in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. |
| Personal Information We collect this information from our users, customers, and business partners. | Real name, company, telephone number, country and email address. | Business- To enable use of our sites, services, and products, to communicate with you and to understand how our users interact with our sites. Commercial- To improve our offerings. | We disclose this data with our service providers and with business partners, including those whom you instruct us to send this information. We do not sell/share this data. | We only retain personal information for the length of time needed to fulfil the purposes outlined in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. |
| Internet or other similar network activity We collect this information from our users and customers. | Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer’s interaction with a website, application, or advertisement. | Business- Technical administration of Bosch and Bosch affiliate websites, mobile applications and/or services. We do not use internet or other similar network activity for commercial purposes. | We do not disclose, sell, or share this data. | IP address and similar information is stored in the us.bosch-press.com log file for seven days. |
Bosch will continue to collect the personal information described above. If any additional personal information is collected by Bosch, we will provide any required notice(s), and where applicable obtain any required consent(s), in accordance with applicable laws in the relevant jurisdiction.
Sources of Personal Information
Bosch collects personal information from the following categories of sources:
1. Directly from You. For example, when given by you or collected from you through your access to and/or use of the website, in context of contacting customer support or otherwise interact or communicate with Bosch, its agents, representatives, suppliers, vendors or consultants through the website. This information may include, without limitation, your real name, company, telephone number, country, IP address and email address and any other information you choose to provide us.
2. Indirectly from You. For example, from observing your use of the website and/or the Services, or services related thereto. The website from which you visit Bosch (referrer), pages viewed, files downloaded (downloads), individual links clicked, search words or search phrases (site search), duration of visit, browser used, device data (e.g., unique device identifier, MAC address, IP address, serial number, hardware model, network information and operating system and version), and other relevant details and/or information. If the visit is a result of online advertising such as banners, video ads, search engine advertising, etc., Bosch or its agents, representatives, suppliers, vendors or consultants may record which banner, adware, etc. motivated or assisted with the visit to the website.
Bosch will not collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information we collected for materially different, unrelated or incompatible purposes without providing you notice or obtaining your consent, where required by applicable laws in the relevant jurisdiction.
Disclosure, Sale and Sharing of Personal Information – Past 12 Months
Bosch may use, store, compile, manipulate, share and disclose your personal information with third parties for the purposes stated above. Your personal information is disclosed with the following:
By accessing and/or using the website or the Services, you consent to the above uses and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this notice.
Sale or Sharing of Personal Information. In the preceding twelve (12) months, Bosch has not sold your personal information for monetary considerations. Bosch does share the following categories of personal information for cross-contextual behavioral advertising:
We share your personal information with the following categories of third-parties:
To exercise your right to ask that we do not share, or use your personal information for cross-contextual behavioral advertising, please click the “Your Privacy Choices” link, located at the bottom of the homepage, or email us directly at this email link. We also recognize the Global Privacy Control opt-out preference signal in a frictionless manner. The Global Privacy Control applies to devices, so additional devices may need to have the Global Privacy Control activated.
Use of Third-Party Web Analytics Tools
This website uses web analytics tools, such as the Google Analytics web analytics tool, to provide us with an analysis of your use of the website, overall use of and traffic on the website and other related services.
Google Analytics uses cookies that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (such as when you visited the website, the referrer URL, details on the configuration of your operating system, your browser and your access provider) are generally transmitted to, and stored on, a server of Google located in the U.S. You can opt out of Google Analytics by downloading and utilizing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, which you can obtain at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. The website has enacted Google’s Restricted Data Processing as to not constitute as a sharing of data with Google.
Bosch uses any information gathered by such analytics tools to analyze your use of the website to generate reports on website activities and to perform other website related services to you. Only authorized persons have access to this anonymized data.
Use of Social Plugins as Part of Social Media
Bosch’s website uses social media plugins (“Plugins”) from social networks like Facebook, Twitter/X, YouTube, LinkedIn (“Social Network”). The Plugins are identified by the respective social media logo or the respective suffix (the “Button”).
If you visit a page on the website that contains Plugins, your browser will establish a direct connection to the Social Network server and load the Button from there, At the same time the Social Network will know that the respective page on the website has been visited. If you click on a Button, you establish a direct connection to the respective Social Network. By clicking the applicable Button, you accept and consent to the transmission of your data to the Social Network. If you are logged into the Social Network, it can also associate your visit to the website to your Social Network account.
If you do not wish your data to be transmitted to the applicable Social Network via the website, ensure that you are not logged into the Social Network before visiting the website, and do not click on any Plugins while on the website.
Our website uses the YouTube video platform that enables playback of audio and video files. By visiting such websites, YouTube receives information that you have accessed the corresponding page on the website. Such data is transmitted to YouTube whether you are logged into a YouTube user account or not.
For information about the scope and purpose of data collection by these social media companies, and your rights and the settings you can configure to protect your privacy, refer to their privacy policies.
International Data Transfer
Bosch may transfer your personal information to Bosch’s parent company in Germany, Robert Bosch GmbH, and/or to any other Bosch affiliates throughout the world, when processing, storing, analyzing and otherwise using data. Bosch may also transfer your data to a service, provider, contractor, or third party outside the country of origin. Accordingly, your personal information may be accessible to courts, law enforcement and national authorities in countries other than the country in which you reside. You can obtain information about Bosch’s policies and practices with respect to foreign service providers (including affiliates), or ask questions about the collection, use, disclosure or storage of personal information by such service providers, by contacting our Privacy Administrator as described below.
Children’s Privacy
Bosch does not knowingly collect or use any personal information from online visitors under the age of 16. Bosch does not knowingly allow visitors under the age of 16 to participate in any promotions or contests made available on websites from time to time.
California “Shine the Light” Privacy Rights
California’s “Shine The Light” law permits those Bosch customers who are residents of California to annually request a list of their personal information (if any) that Bosch disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year, and the names and addresses of those third parties. At this time, Bosch currently does not share any personal information with third parties for direct marketing purposes.
Use of Links to Affiliated Sites
The website may contain links to other Bosch sites. The website provides these links only as a convenience. Your use of these Affiliated Sites and any related services are outside the scope of this Privacy Notice and is governed by the Privacy Notice and any other terms referred to or located on such Affiliated Sites.
Use of External Links
The website may contain links to third-party websites or services operated by providers that are not associated with Bosch. After you click the link, Bosch no longer has any influence over the collection, storage, use or processing of any personal information transmitted by clicking the link (such as the IP address or URL of the page that contains the link), as the behavior of third parties is, by nature, beyond Bosch control. Therefore, Bosch is not responsible for the collection, storage, use, disclosure or other processing of personal information by such third parties. For further clarity, this Privacy Notice does not apply to any such third-party websites or services; refer to the privacy statements or policies for such third-party websites or services for information about how they collect, use, disclose and protect personal information.
Security
Bosch takes commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that your data collected by Bosch through this website is protected against tampering, loss, destruction, access by unauthorized persons or unauthorized disclosure. Bosch security measures are being continuously improved in accordance with the state of technological developments, however, absolute protection is not possible.
Chat Feature
Within the scope of the us.bosch-press.com website, we do not offer information about our products and services by means of a chat.
Use of Cookies, Analytics, and Other Similar Technologies
We distinguish between cookies and similar technologies that are required for your convenience and those that are not. Bosch makes it possible to control the use of cookies and other similar technologies that are not technically required.
We use the following services:
Cookies for your convenience will be deleted when you leave this website. Cookies and similar technologies provided by third parties will be retained until the provider’s designated expiration date. You can opt out of third-party cookies by adjusting your browser settings or using tools provided by the third parties. You can opt-out and manage your preferences at any time through “Your Privacy Choices” link located at the footer of the homepage.
Do Not Track Signals and Universal Opt-Out Mechanisms
When activated in your browser, our website recognizes your Global Privacy Control (GPC) settings. No other browser opt-out tracking settings are recognized.
International Users
This is a U.S. website and service targeted to users in the U.S., and the website and Bosch Services are subject to U.S. laws, as applicable, including, without limitation, those governing the privacy and security of your information. If you use Bosch Services, you are transferring your information to Bosch in the United States. By using the Bosch Services or providing your information to Bosch through the Services you consent to the transfer of your personal information to the United States, and Bosch handling of your information in accordance with applicable U.S. requirements and this Privacy Notice. Accordingly, your personal information may be accessible to courts, law enforcement and national authorities in the United States. You can obtain information about Bosch’s policies and practices with respect to service providers (including affiliates) outside the country where you reside, or ask questions about the collection, use, disclosure or storage of personal information by such service providers, by contacting our Privacy Notice Administrator as described below.
Your Rights - US
State specific privacy laws within the United States provide data subjects certain rights regarding the personal information that businesses collect and how the collected personal information is used. If you would like to exercise data subject right available to you, find the “Exercise your Rights” section below. Our privacy team will examine your request and respond to you as quickly as possible.
We may still use any aggregated and de-identified Personal Information that does not identify any individual and may also retain and use your Personal Information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our Agreements. We maintain and use all de-identified information in de-identified form. We do not attempt to reidentify it except to ensure our de-identification processes are in compliance with applicable law.
Dependent on the state of your residence, you may be provided the following rights:
* States include California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota , Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia
How to Exercise Your Rights
To exercise your rights, submit a verifiable consumer request or access request, as applicable, to us by either:
Calling us at (888-43-BOSCH (888-432-6724)).
Sending an email to: privacy.policy@us.bosch.com
To assist Bosch in processing your request when exercising your rights, supply the following information:
To assist Bosch to process your request, the following information is required: your full name, phone number, address, and include any additional information about your previous contact with Bosch (e.g. contact point with Bosch, screenshots, reference to a specific product/newsletter) may help expedite the request. We can only respond if we can verify your identity or authority to make the request.
Depending on your state of residence you may request certain rights through an authorized agent. When an authorized agent submits your request, we may also require that you:
1. Provide us a copy of your written permission for the authorized agent to submit the applicable request; and
2. Verify your own identity directly with us.
When you have provided your authorized agent with a power of attorney pursuant to California Probate Code Sections 4000 to 4465, we may require a copy of such power of attorney before fulfilling any request.
Response Timing and Format
We respond to all verifiable consumer requests within forty-five (45) days or sooner when required by law. In some cases, more time may be needed to provide a response. We will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. If we cannot comply with a request, a written response explaining the reasons will be provided.
We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verified consumer request, unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.
Filing a Complaint
You may file a complaint with the applicable state Attorneys General Office or regulatory agency.
Controller Contact
To obtain more information on our products or Services, you may submit your inquiry using one of the contact methods below:
Email: contact@us.bosch.com
Postal Address:
Robert Bosch LLC
ATTN: Bosch US Press Portal website controller
38000 Hills Tech Drive
Farmington Hills, MI 48331
You may also contact as follows:
Phone: (888-43-BOSCH (888-432-6724)).
Website: https://www.bosch.us/contact/
Looking for product support? Email us at contact@us.bosch.com
Changes to Privacy Notice
Bosch reserves the right to revise this privacy notice as required. Published revisions are effective immediately, unless we are required to provide direct notice or obtain your consent pursuant to applicable laws.
The effective date of this Privacy Notice is January 1, 2020
This Privacy Notice was updated on June 1, 2026.
The following information was updated: