Alfavin.ch data protection declaration for the Swiss DPA and the European RGPD
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Data privacy policy
This Privacy Policy, taken together with our Terms of Use and Terms of Sale (and any other documents referred to in them) constitute the terms and conditions of alfavin.ch and govern all interaction between alfavin.ch and all users (hereinafter “user” or “you”) of the www.alfavin.ch website and any of the sub-domains of that site (hereinafter referred to as the “website”), unless otherwise agreed in writing.
By accessing this website and using our services, you:
Confirm that you are over 18 years of age; Accept, without limitation or qualification, this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to immediately block access to the website and discontinue our services in the event of a breach of any provision of this privacy policy. alfavin.ch complies with regulations on the processing of personal data and, in particular, with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016, applicable from May 25, 2018 (hereinafter referred to as “GDPR”), as well as with the Swiss nLPD, applicable from September 1, 2023.
Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding personal data, how we will process it, what your rights are, how we use cookies and how to contact us.
1. Personal data
As you may know, personal data is information relating to an identifiable person who can be identified directly or indirectly.
alfavin.ch will normally collect personal data from you only where we have your consent to do so, where we need your personal information to perform a contract with you, or where processing is in our legitimate interests. In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect the personal data in question.
alfavin.ch will ensure that the persons empowered to process your personal data have committed to confidentiality or are subject to an appropriate legal obligation of confidentiality and have received appropriate training in the protection of personal data.
A. alfavin.ch takes into consideration, in terms of its tools, products, applications or services, the principles of data protection by design and by default.
alfavin.ch will process different types of personal data and in particular:
Receive information about which of your personal account data is processed and how it is processed; Request correction, limitation or deletion of your personal account data; Request portability of your personal account data; Withdraw your consent to the use or processing of your personal account data at any time. If you have any requests or questions in this regard, please contact us in writing. Please refer to the contact section below.
B. Website personal data
You may provide us with personal information through our website, for example, when you approach our services, create an account, contact us for help, get a quote or consultation, or explore career opportunities with us, or when you sign up to receive our marketing communications.
We may also disclose your personal website data to third parties: Where required by law or regulatory requirements, court order or other judicial authorization; in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including for the purposes of satisfying national security and law enforcement requirements; to protect or defend our rights, interests or property, or those of third parties; to investigate any wrongdoing related to the website or our services; or to protect the vital interests of an individual. If you have any requests or questions, please contact us in writing. Please refer to the contact section below.
2. Communication preferences
If you have opted-in to our marketing communications, you may receive promotional communications and/or marketing emails from alfavin.ch (such as general information about our services, partners, events and special offers).
You can update your consent to receive our communication by
modifying your user account; clicking on the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of our marketing emails; contacting us via our contact page. We use a third-party supplier called Mailchimp to deliver our marketing communications (electronic newsletter). We collect statistics on e-mail opens and clicks to help us monitor and improve our communication. For more information, please see Mailchimp's privacy policy here.
3. When we store personal data
Personal data is stored on servers in Switzerland and (Azure Switzerland). By providing/submitting/uploading your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storage or processing. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your personal data is treated securely and in accordance with this policy.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we strive to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your transmission of your personal data to the website for the use of our services: any transmission is at your own risk.
4. Notification of personal data breaches
alfavin.ch will notify you by e-mail of any personal data breach no later than 72 hours after becoming aware of it. Said notification must be sent together with any documentation necessary to enable you, where appropriate, to notify the breach to the competent supervisory authority.
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5. Registration of categories of processing activities
alfavin.ch declares that it maintains a written record of all categories of processing activities performed, containing:
Your name (and/or company name); Any other processor and, where applicable, the data protection delegate; The categories of processing carried out; Where applicable, transfers of personal data to a third country or international organization; Where possible, a general description of the technical and organizational security measures we take during processing.
6. Your responsibility
By using our services, you undertake to:
Inform alfavin.ch of the potential sensitivity of your personal content data; Ensure, before and During all processing, compliance with the obligations set out in the RGPD and nLPD; Supervise processing, including by carrying out audits and inspections.
7. Contact
The processor of your personal data is:
alfavin.ch ,
Rte de Denges 28C,
1027 Lonay
Switzerland
Tel: 021 801 55 41
Email: info [at] alfavin.ch.ch
8. Online payment systems
PostFinance's Checkout solution for credit card and Twint payments is PCI DSS certified. As a result, PostFinance only works with PCI-certified partners to meet the relevant requirements, both in Switzerland and abroad. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) includes the permanent protection of data stored on Checkout, which also includes annual audits.
Postfinance informs you that your data is stored encrypted by the software provider Wallee SA, Winterthur, in the data cloud of Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, Luxembourg (subsidiary of Amazon Web Services Inc., USA) on their servers in Ireland and verified by the Web Application Firewall (WAF) of Cloudflare Inc., USA. In order to check that the data does not contain malware, it must be decrypted by the WAF for a short period of time. This is a mandatory PCI requirement for data protection. Abroad, data decrypted during the WAF checking process is no longer subject to the Swiss Data Protection Act or banking secrecy, but to the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or other applicable legal rules.
9. Links/third-party websites
Our website may contain links to other websites that are beyond our control and are not covered by our terms and conditions.
Although we try to link only to Web sites that share our standards for privacy, we are not responsible for the content, security or privacy practices employed by other Web sites.
If users access other websites using the links provided, the operators of those websites may collect information from users that will be used by them in accordance with their terms and conditions, including their privacy policy, which may differ from ours.
10. Changes to our privacy policy
alfavin.ch may at any time revise the terms and conditions contained in this Privacy Policy by updating this posting. You agree to any revisions and should periodically visit this page to review the privacy policy that applies to your use of the website and our services.
11. Last updated
This privacy policy was last updated in September 2023.