By visiting our website, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Overview
Genevia Lifesciences AG and its Affiliates (collectively and individually, the “Genevia Lifesciences Group”) strongly encourages each of its website users become familiar with this Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) as, by using this website (the “Services”), you consent to the collection and use of information as set forth herein (which you may withdraw at any time).
In the event that Genevia Lifesciences Group desires to use a user’s Personal Information (as defined below) in a manner beyond those set forth in this Policy, Genevia Lifesciences Group will provide you with notice and, where required under applicable data protection law, ask for your consent or give you the opportunity to “opt-out” of such purposes by using the means offered for a specific Service.
On our website there may be links to other websites, tools or services owned or provided by third parties. Third party providers may provide some services such as credit card, registration, payment or settlement services and, if used, such services may be subject to such third party provider’s privacy policies. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such websites, tools or services and Genevia Lifesciences Group expressly disclaims any responsibility for them or for Personal Information provided by a user through them.
Collecting Personal Information
Genevia Lifesciences Group collects Personal Information that users provide to us on our websites, which may include:
Contact information – such as name, email address, as well as any other contact information provided in a contact form.
While Genevia Lifesciences Group takes appropriate measures to provide accuracy in the handling of Personal Information, Genevia Lifesciences Group relies entirely on its users to maintain correct Personal Information and to update this information as appropriate.
In addition, when a user accesses Genevia Lifesciences Group’s website, the servers automatically record information provided by the user’s browser. Generally, this information is automatically provided by a user whenever a user accesses any website. This information, recorded in a server log, may include a user’s particular information (including, without limitation, IP address, browser software, language, date/time of access and other information and/or cookies that will uniquely identify a user’s computer and the Internet browser the user is using). Genevia Lifesciences Group may also collect Personal Information about a user in connection with the user’s use of the Services by using cookies on its website(s) as provided for in Genevia Lifesciences Group’s Cookies Policy.
Additionally, whenever you send an email to Genevia Lifesciences Group, Genevia Lifesciences Group will retain that email so that Genevia Lifesciences Group can investigate and respond to your concerns. We may also use publicly accessible information to verify information we have been provided and to manage and expand our business.
Processing and Use of Personal Information
Personal Information collected through this website is utilized by Genevia Lifesciences Group only as set forth in this Policy and in order to fulfil your requests for products and services, to contact you, to conduct research, and to provide Services to users, including, without limitation, delivering enhanced Services and demonstrating functionality of the Services. Genevia Lifesciences Group may also use Personal Information submitted to send you information on products and promotions, provided that you have subscribed to Genevia Lifesciences Group’s news updates on any of its website(s). In particular, Genevia Lifesciences Group as well as its service providers, consultants and agents may use your Personal Information for the following purposes:
To process applications of candidates for open positions at Genevia Lifesciences Group;
To provide the information, services or support you request;
To identify you, and to contact you from time to time with product or service updates;
To send other messages that are useful to the service we provide;
To promote our services, events, conferences, or the services, events, conferences of our partners, including by email, telephone and via social media platforms;
To compare information for accuracy, and verify it with third parties;
To detect, investigate and prevent activity we think may be potentially illegal, unlawful or harmful and to enforce our Privacy Policy and/or our terms or any other purpose referenced herein or therein;
To carry out research, including market research, statistical research on website traffic, sales and other commercial information to assist us in improving the services we provide to you and tailor the website(s).
In case a user explicitly consented that we use, in accordance with this Privacy Policy, Personal Information the user provided to us when registering on our website or when issuing a request for information form, such Personal Information may be associated with information we obtained by using certain cookies as provided for in the Cookies Policy in more detail. This applies to cookies we use in order to coordinate the site functionality, performance related cookies, cookies used for advertising purposes and our lead generation process or when the user checked a “remember me” box on any of Genevia Lifesciences Group’s websites. In the event a user does not wish that we use its Personal Information in this way, the user may withdraw consent at any time with effect for the future by contacting Genevia Lifesciences Group as set out in Section 12 below.
Genevia Lifesciences Group will only share a user’s Personal Information under limited scenarios. Those scenarios include sharing it: (i) in accordance with this Privacy Policy; (ii) with a user’s consent; (iii) within the Genevia Lifesciences Group of companies for the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy; (v) with Genevia Lifesciences Group’s third party services providers, consultants or agents for the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy; (vi) when required by law or public policy; (vii) in connection with actual or proposed litigation, or to protect our property, security, people and other rights or interests, or (viii) when it seeks to enforce its terms and conditions.
You may have accessed our website(s) through a hyperlink from the website of one of our trading partners. If so, you consent to your personal details and purchase information, including behavioural patterns, being shared with that trading partner in accordance with our contractual relationship with them.
Genevia Lifesciences Group may, from time-to-time, share with third parties information that contains non-Personal Information If you have asked us to share data with third party websites (such as social media sites), their servers may not be secure. Note also that, despite the measures taken by us and the third parties we engage, the internet is not secure. As a result, others may nevertheless unlawfully intercept or access private transmissions or data.
If any part of the Genevia Lifesciences Group is sold, or some of its assets transferred to a third party, your Personal Information, as a valuable asset, may also be transferred to the acquirer, even if they are not in the same line of business as us. Our customer database could be sold separately from the rest of the business, in whole or in a number of parts. Potential purchasers and their advisors may have limited access to data as part of the sale process. However, use of your personal information will remain subject to this Privacy Policy. Similarly, your Personal Information may be passed on to a successor in interest in the unlikely event of a liquidation, bankruptcy or administration.
Security and Data Retention
Genevia Lifesciences Group takes all reasonable technical and organizational measures to guard against unauthorized or unlawful processing of your Personal Information and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to your Personal Information. We have security measures in place to protect our user database and access to this database is restricted internally. To ensure the security and confidentiality of Personal Information that Genevia Lifesciences Group collects online, we use data networks protected by industry standard firewall and passwords. In the course of handling your Personal Information, Genevia Lifesciences Group takes measures reasonably designed to protect that information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.
Genevia Lifesciences Group does not sell, rent or trade any of your Personal Information to third parties without your consent. Personal Information is not transferred to third parties unless provided for otherwise in this Privacy Policy. Genevia Lifesciences Group may store Personal Information with a third party in encrypted form on secure servers.
We will retain your Personal Information for as long as necessary for processing purposes for which they were collected, processed and/or used and any other associated purposes (for example certain transaction details and correspondence may be retained until the time limit for claims in respect of the transaction has expired or in order to comply with regulatory requirements regarding the retention of such data). Therefore, if information is used for two purposes, we will retain it until the purpose with the latest period expires; but we will stop using it for the purpose with a shorter period one that period expires. We restrict access to your Personal Information to those persons who need to use it for the relevant purpose(s). Our retention periods are based on business needs and your Personal Information that is no longer needed is either irreversibly anonymized (and the anonymized information may be retained) or securely destroyed.
Your Rights
If you have given permission, we may contact you by [specify, e.g. email about products, services, promotions, special offers, events, webcasts, conferences and charitable causes that may be of interest to you. If you prefer not to receive any direct marketing communications from us, you can opt out at any time.
In addition, to the extent permitted by the laws of your country, you may have the right to object to the processing of your Personal Information for direct marketing purposes. If your objection is not to direct marketing in general, but to direct marketing by a particular channel e.g. email or telephone, please specify the channel you are objecting to.
Further, to the extent permitted by the laws of your country, you may also have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict, be forgotten, or object to processing of, or request data portability of the Personal Information collected about you subject to some conditions and exceptions.
You can find out more about these rights in the EU by reading the General Data Protection Regulation here: http://www.eugdpr.org/the-regulation.html.
If you wish to inquire about any of this, please send an email to privacyofficer@genevia.ch.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection regulator.