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1. Definition of personal data ersonal data

Personal data is any information that, alone or combined with other information received by the servers, allows the identification of a person. This includes, for example, a name, an email address, or an IP address

2.Collection of information

We only collect the information you choose to provide to us.

This may include your first name, last name, and email address, particularly when you submit a request via the contact form or when you sign up for our newsletter. By doing so, you consent to our Privacy Policy.

When you browse our site, third-party tools, such as Google Analytics, collect navigation data in an anonymized manner.

Disabling cookies may mean that you will not be able to use all the features of our website.

The legal basis for processing personal data for the aforementioned purposes is in our legitimate interest, in accordance with Art. 31 para. 1 DPA, namely to ensure the functionality and optimization of our web pages. In the case of purely analytical cookies, we base the processing of your personal data on your consent, which you give via the cookie banner.

Tracking tools / Tracking-tools

Google Analytics

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, United States. Google Analytics uses methods that allow the analysis of your use of our website, such as cookies. The following information is generated by the cookie regarding your use of our website.

Visitor’s navigation path on our sites:

Duration of stay on the page or subpage,
Subpage from which the website is exited,
Country, region, or city from which the site is accessed,
Device (type, version, resolution, width and height of the browser window),
Returning visitor or new visitor,
Browser type and version,
Operating system used,
Referring URL (the previously visited page),
Hostname of the accessing computer (IP address)
Time of the server query.

This information is transmitted to a Google server, a company of the Alphabet Inc. holding company, in the United States and stored there. Due to the activation of IP anonymization on this website, the IP address is shortened before transmission to the United States (anonymizeIP). The anonymized IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the United States and shortened there. In these cases, we ensure, through a guarantee contract, that Google maintains an adequate level of data protection.

The information is used to evaluate the use of our web pages, to compile reports on activities conducted on our web pages, and to provide other services related to the use of our web pages and Internet usage for market research purposes and to organize our website according to needs. This information may also be transferred to third parties when required by law or when third parties process this data on behalf of Google. According to Google, the IP address is never associated with other information about the user.

Users can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to the use of the website by the user concerned (including the IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at this link.

This processing is justified by the legitimate interest, in accordance with Art. 31 para. 1 FADP, to ensure the functionality and optimization of our Website.

Google Maps

We use Google Maps API (Application Programming Interface, Google Maps) from Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, United States, on our Website for the visual presentation of the geographical location of our members’ offices. By using Google Maps, information about the use of our website, including your IP address, is transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there.

This processing is based on our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 31 para. 1 FADP.

Social Networks

Our website may contain links to social networks. The links do not lead to data transmission to the provider without the user having influence when loading our web pages (no “plugins”). Behind the social network buttons, there is only a link to our presence on the network concerned. No user data is transmitted from our Website to the social network.

Our Website may include the following links:

Facebook by Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, or Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Instagram by Instagram Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States
LinkedIn by LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States
X Corp (X) (formerly Twitter), Suite 900, 1355 Market Street, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
YouTube, operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, or Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, United States

When you click on a link to one of our social network profiles, a direct connection is established between your browser and the server of the social network concerned. The network is thus informed that you have used your IP address to visit our Website and access the link. If you log into a network while you are logged into your account on that network, the content of our Website may be linked to your profile on the network, which means that the network can associate your visit to our Website directly with your account. If you wish to avoid this, you should log out before clicking on a link. In any case, a mission takes place when you log into the network in question after clicking on the link.

The legal basis for processing data for this purpose is our legitimate interest according to Art. 31 para. 1 nFADP.

Retention Period

We retain personal data for as long as necessary for the provision of the aforementioned services and for further processing within the scope of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 31 para. 1 and para. 2 let. a FADP.

We will retain contractual data for a longer period if this is prescribed by legal retention obligations or if we have another legitimate interest in doing so. Storage obligations that require us to retain data arise in particular from accounting and tax regulations. According to these regulations, business communications, concluded contracts, and accounting documents must be retained for 10 years after the end of the year in which they were last processed. If we no longer need this data for providing services to you or within the scope of other legitimate interests, the data will be blocked. This means that the data can then only be used for accounting and tax purposes.

Transfer of Data to Third Parties

We only transfer your personal data if you have expressly consented to it, if there is a legal obligation to do so, or if it is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations or to assert our rights, particularly when you register for conferences or events, especially for online payments for these registrations, and for purposes “of public information through the” directory of our members.

Furthermore, we transfer your data to third parties to the extent necessary in connection with the use of our websites or application and the execution of the contract (also outside our websites).

Some third parties have already been mentioned (Google Inc.). Our website is hosted on servers in Switzerland. Data is transmitted for the purpose of fulfilling our pre-contractual and contractual obligations and to provide and maintain the functionalities of our website and applications. The legal basis for processing data for this purpose is our legitimate interest according to Art. 31 para. 1 and para. 2 let. a FADP.

Our firm may also be required to share your personal data with administrative or judicial authorities when required by applicable laws, an authority decision or judgment, for audit purposes, or to investigate or respond to a complaint or security threat, or in any other way to defend the interests of our firm.

Transfer of Personal Data Abroad

We may also transfer your personal data to third-party companies (commissioned service providers) abroad for the purposes of data processing described in this privacy policy. These companies are obligated to protect your data to the same extent as we are. If the level of data protection in a country does not correspond to that of Switzerland or the EU, we will ensure that the protection of your personal data corresponds at all times to that of Switzerland or the EU, through one of the measures listed in Art. 16 para. 2 FADP (in particular by incorporating the standard data protection clauses previously approved, established or recognized by the Federal Data Protection Commissioner).

For the sake of completeness, we note that under American legislation, U.S. authorities may take surveillance measures and access data, which may also include data transferred from Switzerland or the European Union to the United States. This is done without distinction, restriction, or exception based on the pursued objective and without objective criteria that would allow limiting the access of U.S. authorities to personal data and their subsequent use to certain strictly limited purposes that would justify access to this data.

We expressly draw your attention to this legal and factual situation so that you can make an informed decision regarding your consent to the disclosure of your data to persons who are domiciled in the United States or who are likely to carry out the processing of the data concerned in the United States.

Your Rights

You can object to data processing at any time, particularly to data processing in connection with direct advertising (for example, against advertising emails). You also have the following rights:

Right to information: You have the right to request free access at any time to your personal data that is processed within our firm. This gives you the opportunity to verify which personal data we process about you and that we use it in accordance with applicable data protection regulations.
Right to rectification: You have the right to have incorrect or incomplete personal data rectified and to be informed of the rectification. In this case, we will inform the recipients of the data concerned of the adjustments made, unless this is impossible or involves disproportionate effort.
Right to erasure: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances. In individual cases, the right to deletion may be excluded.
Right to restriction of processing: Under certain conditions, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be limited.
Right of appeal: You have the right to appeal to a competent supervisory authority against the way your personal data is processed.
Right to data portability: If you are domiciled outside of Switzerland and reside in an EU/EEA member state, you have, in certain circumstances, the right to receive from us the personal data that you have provided to us free of charge and in a readable form.
Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the applicable data protection regulations.
Right of revocation: In principle, you have the right to revoke a given consent at any time. However, processing activities based on your past consent do not become illegal by your revocation.

Data security

We use appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data processed by us against manipulation, partial or total loss, and unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are constantly improved in line with technological developments.

We also take internal data protection very seriously. Our employees and subcontractors have been obligated by us to maintain confidentiality and comply with data protection regulations.

It is your responsibility to ensure that the computer or smartphone you use is properly secured and protected against malicious software such as Trojans, computer viruses, and worms. You are aware that without adequate security measures (including secure web browser configuration and up-to-date anti-virus software), there is a risk that the personal data and passwords you use to protect access to your personal data may be disclosed to unauthorized third parties.

In the event of unauthorized access to data by third parties, both the ODA and the user must inform each other without delay to allow the necessary security measures to be taken.

Changes

Our firm reserves the right to make any changes to this Privacy Policy. If applicable, you will be informed by email or notification, and your consent to these changes will be required.

In case of disagreement with these changes, you will be free to no longer access the Site and/or to request our firm to delete your personal data.

Applicable law and jurisdiction

The Privacy Policy, as well as all questions arising from or related to it (including non-contractual disputes or claims and their interpretation) will be subject to Swiss law, excluding the rules on conflict of laws. The place of jurisdiction is Zurich.

N.B.: In this document, the use of the masculine generic to designate persons or functions is solely for the purpose of making the text easier to read.

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