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Privacy Policy

Data protection and data security are important to geoimpact AG ("geoimpact"; "we"). We process your personal data responsibly, in compliance with applicable laws and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

 

Content of this privacy policy

In this privacy policy, we inform you about how we collect and process personal data when you use geoimpact's online services (e.g., https://geoimpact.ch or https://swissenergyplanning.ch), visit social media pages, contact us, or use our services. This also applies to online services that are technically integrated with third parties.

 

Person responsible for data processing

Geoimpact is responsible for the data processing described in this privacy policy.

 

If you have any questions or would like to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us

 

by telephone +41 41 560 09 85, by email info@geoimpact.ch

 

or write to the following address:

 

geoimpact AG
Schulhausweg 7
4571 Lüterkofen

 

Personal data processed during communication and service provision

We collect the information you provide to us as follows:

 

  • when you contact us;

  • when you register as a user on the website or online platform;

  • when you order services;

  • when you apply for a position with us;

 

This includes general personal data, such as name and contact details, as well as information about your position or role in the organization on whose behalf you are contacting us.

 

If you order paid services, we will also ask for your financial information, such as your preferred payment method and billing address.

 

We also process personal data we receive from third parties. This regularly includes personal data we receive in correspondence or meetings with customers or business partners, such as your name and information about your role as a team member of the customer or business partner.

 

To the extent necessary to achieve the purposes described in this privacy policy, we also collect general personal data from publicly accessible registers, websites or platforms (e.g. to verify your signature authorization) or by obtaining information from third parties (e.g. for reference purposes in the application process, if you agree).

 

Provision and use of our website and online platform

Use for information
You can learn about geoimpact and our services on the website without telling us who you are. As with any connection to a web server, the server that hosts the website and online platform automatically logs and temporarily stores certain technical data. This includes your device's IP address and operating system, the date and time of use, and the type of browser you use to access the website or online platform.

 

Use of our online platform

We operate Swiss Energy Planning ("Online Platform"). When you register as a user on the Online Platform, we collect the information you provide to us. This includes general personal data such as your name and contact details, as well as personal information that you or other users enter, upload, generate, store, and edit when using the Online Platform.

 

Web analysis

We use web analytics services to evaluate website usage and obtain information for optimization. The web analytics services we use collect and store usage data using cookies.

 

Resources from external websites

We integrate resources from external servers on our website. These contain visible content (videos, photos) as well as technical resources (maps, fonts, scripts).

The technical resources are used to improve the performance or security of our website. When you access these resources, the operator of the external server receives your IP address and/or certain other data necessary for using the external operator's servers.

 

Note on the use of cookies

We use cookies, tags, and similar technologies on our website to provide you with the best possible experience and to help us improve the website. Cookies are text files that are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or use an app.

Some of the cookies we use are necessary to provide certain website features. We also use cookies to analyze website usage and to gather information to optimize the website. You can learn more about our use of cookies by using the Cookie Preferences tool implemented on the website.

You can instruct your browser not to accept cookies, or to prompt you each time a cookie is set. You can also delete cookies from your device using the appropriate function in your browser. You also have the option of communicating your preferences regarding the acceptance of cookies using the Cookie Preferences tool used on the website.

 

Use of our social media pages

On our social media pages, you will find posts about current developments at geoimpact and our range of services. Social media providers collect and analyze usage data such as the number of visits and demographic information about visitors to our company pages.

 

We receive evaluations from the social media providers based on these data. These contain only aggregated or otherwise sufficiently anonymized data. Only the respective provider can identify you based on the collected usage data. Therefore, please observe the privacy policy of the respective provider.

 

Use and optimization of our newsletter

When you sign up for our newsletter, we collect the information you provide. This includes general personal data such as your first name, last name, and email address. We use analytics services to measure and analyze the use of our newsletter. These analytics services collect and analyze usage data such as the number of people who opened a newsletter or clicked on specific posts. We receive evaluations based on this data. These enable us to optimize our newsletter and provide you with content that interests you.

 

You can also inform us at any time that you no longer wish to receive our newsletter in the future. Please use the unsubscribe link at the end of the newsletter. If you click this link, we will no longer measure and analyze your newsletter usage in the future.

 

For what purposes we process your personal data and on what basis

We process your personal data primarily to inform you about our range of services and to provide, document and invoice our services in accordance with our contractual and legal obligations.

 

We also process your personal data for the following purposes:

 

  • Responding to your inquiries and communicating with you;

  • Processing your registration or orders

  • Responding to applications;

  • Provision of the website and the online platform;

  • Analysis and optimization of the use of the website and the online platform

  • Development and improvement of products and services;

  • Optimizing our posts on our social media company pages;

  • Information about new developments at geoimpact and about new services (e.g. via our newsletter; you can inform us at any time that you do not wish to receive such information in the future);

  • Fulfillment of legal obligations; and

  • Enforcement of legal claims.

 

We have a legitimate interest in processing your personal data corresponding to the stated purposes. Some processing is also necessary for us to fulfill our contractual obligations to you or our legal obligations (e.g., retention obligations). We process your personal data on this basis if and to the extent that applicable data protection law requires a legal basis or justification for the lawfulness of data processing in general or for specific processing activities.

 

How we store and protect your personal data

We store your personal data only to the extent and for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this privacy policy or to comply with legal obligations.

 

In the interest of the integrity and confidentiality of personal data, we take appropriate technical and organizational measures. In accordance with our risk assessment, we implement, in particular, access controls, access controls, and procedures for regularly reviewing, assessing, and evaluating the effectiveness of these measures.

 

Who we share your personal data with

To achieve the purposes described in this privacy policy, it may be necessary for us to share your personal data with other companies. These categories of recipients include:

 

  • external service providers;

  • suppliers and business partners;

  • (where applicable) authorities and courts.

 

Place of processing

We primarily store and process your personal data in Switzerland and the EU. However, we may also transfer your personal data to recipients in countries outside Switzerland or the EU (worldwide, particularly the USA). Data transfers to countries without adequate data protection are based on standard data protection clauses or statutory exceptions (e.g., necessity for contractual performance).

 

Your rights regarding your personal data

You have the following rights with regard to personal data concerning you:

 

  • The right to receive information about what personal data we store about you and how we process it;

  • the right to obtain or transmit a copy of your personal data in a commonly used format;

  • the right to rectification of your personal data;

  • the right to erasure of your personal data; and

  • the right to object to the processing of your personal data.

 

Please note that these rights are subject to statutory requirements and exceptions. To the extent permitted by law, we may refuse your request to exercise these rights. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority.

 

How we may change this privacy policy

We may change this privacy policy at any time, particularly if we change our data processing practices or if new legislation becomes applicable. The version available at https://geoimpact.ch/datenschutz applies at any given time.

 

Last modified: September 1, 2023

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