1. INTRODUCTION
By accessing our website, you are likely to provide us with data such as, among others: your first and last name (natural person), company name (legal entity), your e- mail address as well as the IP address from which you are connected to the Internet. This data and its processing are protected by the revised Swiss Federal Data Protection Act of September 1, 2023(nLPD) and, to the extent applicable, by the European Union's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force on May 25, 2018. Data protection is a key concern for us. The purpose of this privacy statement is to inform you about the data we process and to help you understand how we may use the data you voluntarily provide to us as a user of our site or when you communicate with us in any other way.
2. LEGAL BASIS
When we process your personal data, our processing activities are based on:
- User consent: Whenever we need personal information outside our standard operations, we seek your clear and informed consent.
- Performing a contract: When you make a purchase or use our services, certain data is required to fulfill our contractual obligations to you.
- Legitimate interest: We are constantly seeking to improve our services, which may sometimes require data analysis to identify areas for improvement.
- Legal compliance: In some cases, laws or regulations dictate how we process certain data. In these cases, we always follow the required legal guidelines.
3. UPDATING
Our privacy policy may require periodic updating, particularly in the context of changes to the legal or regulatory framework for data protection. We invite you to check this page regularly to ensure you have read the most recent version. Last update: 09/11/2023
4. OUR SITE URL
www.bernard-nicod.ch
5. DEFINITIONS IP address
The IP address is an identification number that is permanently or temporarily assigned to each connection to a computer network, using the Internet Protocol.
Personal data
So-called personal data are data that can be used to identify you or that we can associate with you. It includes any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural or legal person (by aggregation of information). Examples of such data include surname, first name, postal address, domicile or residence, company name, registered office, e-mail address, telephone number, age, occupation, professional status, position held within a company, etc.
CMS
CMS stands for Content Management System. It is the system used to manage the content displayed on a website. Consent This is the action whereby a natural or legal person agrees to the collection and processing of his or her personal data after having been clearly informed of the purpose of the processing.
Cookies
A cookie is a text file that the site you are visiting stores on the hard disk or in the browser memory of the computer you are using to access the Internet. A cookie allows your computer to store various technical data enabling general control of public access to a site (number of visits, length of visit, connection to other sites, etc.) or personalization of the pages displayed with a view to your future interactions with the same site (your account, the most visited pages, etc.). Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Detailed study aimed at establishing the privacy risk that a personal data processing operation could have on the privacy of data subjects if an incident were to occur.
File
A file is any set of personal data whose structure makes it possible to search for data by data subject. Purpose of processing The purpose of processing is the reason why data is collected and processed.
Plugins
A plugin or plug-in is a computer program designed to add functionality to another piece of software (called host software). For example, social networking buttons. Equivalent terms: "plug-in", "Add in", "Add on". Data subjects Any natural or legal person whose personal data is processed.
Data controller
The data controller is the natural or legal person on whose behalf the processing is carried out. He or she alone or jointly determines the purposes of the processing.
Sub-processor
The sub-processor is any natural or legal person, public authority, service or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller. For example, a website host or an online service provider, particularly for e-mail.
Tag
Tags or HTML tags are the basic elements of the HTML coding of a web page. They are invisible to the Internet user (unless source code display is activated). They are interpreted by the browser to compose the page. They enable content to be formatted and structured, and some are specifically taken into account by search engine algorithms to establish the page's score on a query and return results.
Processing
Any operation or set of operations involving personal data, whether or not carried out using automated processes, in particular collection, recording, organization, use, conservation, adaptation, modification, extraction, consultation, use, communication by transmission, dissemination or any other form of making available, reconciliation or interconnection, as well as limitation, erasure or destruction.
6. PROCESSING YOUR DATA
We only collect and process data that you voluntarily transmit to us and for which you explicitly consent to the processing.
Contact form
Through our website, you can fill in a contact form. The following data will be requested:
- Nom
- Prénom
- Entreprise
- Adresse email
- Telephone number
- Real estate to rent or buy
You have the option of writing a message related to your contact. We recommend that you keep your message concise and that you do not provide us with any personal information.
Newsletter
You can also choose to receive our newsletter by checking the option provided. If you have subscribed to our newsletter and no longer wish to receive it, you have the option to unsubscribe by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of the newsletter.
7. PURPOSE OF PROCESSING
The personal data we process is used as part of our business relationship, or more generally to be able to communicate with you, refine topics of interest to you, send you information that is relevant to you as well as to maintain our list of contacts and customers.
Clearly, we process your data solely in order to best meet your expectations.
We do not sell your personal data or make it available to third parties with the exception of cases where we use subcontractors for data processing purposes.
In collecting some of your personal data, two processing purposes stand out:
1. An operational purpose
- Responding to contact or information requests
2. A marketing purpose
- Sending newsletters
- Sending one-off offers
8. DURATION OF PERSONAL DATA RETENTION
Your data will be kept in our systems for the time required for the intended processing. At the end of the processing, the data is archived and anonymized or destroyed.
9. TRANSFER OF YOUR DATA
To process your data, as well as for the maintenance and support of our IT systems, we use subcontractors (service providers) based in Switzerland.
10. DATA PROTECTION MEASURES
We strive to maintain a high level of security when collecting, processing and storing data by relying on organizational and technical measures and by taking the necessary and useful precautions with regard to the nature of the personal data you are likely to communicate to us and the risks presented by their processing in order to preserve their security and prevent, in particular, their alteration, damage, destruction or access by unauthorized third parties.
11. COOKIES & PLUGINS
Our site uses plugins and cookies that may automatically record information. Their use is intended to make use of the site more pleasant by improving its ergonomics based on the data collected. This data may also be used for statistical purposes, to analyze user behavior and geolocation, in order to personalize our commercial offering.
When you browse our site, the computer you are using dialogs with a server that provides it with all the resources requested, automatically recording each operation in a specific file in which the computer used is identified by its IP address. This is how the browser you are using transmits certain standard data to us, in particular about the browser used and its functionalities, the operating system of the computer, tablet or smartphone used, any third-party sites (Facebook, Linkedin, etc.) from which you may have logged on, and the dates and times of access to our site.
This data, and in particular the IP address from which you logged on, does not enable us to identify you by name.
Marketing analysis and targeting plugins
Our site uses marketing analysis and targeting services provided by third-party companies (suppliers). These services are made possible by the use of cookies. The data generated by the cookies concerning your use of the site, including your IP address, is transmitted to and stored on servers that may be located abroad, including in a country offering a lower level of data protection than Switzerland or the European Union.
The supplier will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the site, compiling reports on site activity and providing other services relating to site activity and Internet use. The provider may disclose this data to third parties in the event of a legal obligation or when these third parties process the data on their own behalf.
Our site uses the following advertising and analysis services:
- Google Adwords Remarketing from Google Inc.
- Google Analytics from Google Inc.
- Google Tag Manager from Google Inc.
- Facebook Pixel from Facebook Inc.
Social network plugins
Our website uses social plugins ("plugins"). These plugins are marked with logos.
If you open a page on our website containing one of these plugins, your Internet browser then establishes a direct link with the servers of the relevant social network. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly by the relevant social network to your Internet browser and integrated into the web page by the latter.
Thanks to the integration of cookies on the pages of our website, the relevant social network is informed that you have consulted one or more pages of our website. If you are connected to a social network when you visit our site, it is able to attribute your visit to our site to your account with them.
To find out about the purposes and scope of data collection and processing by the social networks of which you are a member, as well as your rights in this area and the possibilities for setting up your account to protect your privacy, we recommend that you consult their privacy policy.
The following social plugins are installed on our site:
- (Linkedin Corporation)
12. MEANS YOU CAN USE TO CONTROL YOUR TRACES
- You can deactivate plugins and cookies via the console provided for this purpose. This is accessible via the cookies banner that appears at the bottom of the home page when you visit our website. To personalize or deactivate plugins and cookies, select the "personalize" button.
- Recent versions of the main browsers not only allow you to oppose the saving of cookies, but also to carry out browsing sessions at the end of which all cookies installed during that session are automatically deleted regardless of their expected lifetime, thus offering better protection of traces.
13. YOUR RIGHTS
Right to information
You have the right to be informed about your personal data, including the nature of the data and the purpose of the processing.
Right to access data
You have the right to request access to your data at any time.
Right to rectification of data
You have the right to request the rectification or updating of your data.
Right to erasure of data (Right to be forgotten)
Under applicable data protection laws, individuals have the right to request the complete and permanent deletion of their data. In an effort to apply the measures that are most favorable to you, we extend this right to Swiss residents.
Right to limit data processing
You have the right to limit the processing of your data, particularly with regard to the nature, purpose and duration of processing.
Right to data portability (transmitted to a third party on your instruction)
Under applicable data protection laws, individuals have the right to request that their data be transmitted to third parties. In an effort to apply the measures that are most favorable to you, we extend this right to Swiss residents.
Right to object to data processing
You have the right to object to the processing of your data at any time.
Right not to be subject to an automated individual decision
You have the right not to be subject to a decision resulting exclusively from automated processing that produces legal effects concerning you or significantly affects you. Profiling is expressly included.
14. EXERCISE OF YOUR RIGHTS & INQUIRIES
You may exercise your rights or request information from us by contacting us via the email address info@bernard-nicod.ch or by post at the address given below. We will do our best to reply as soon as possible.
Address : Av de la Gare 26 ,1003 Lausanne