PRIVACY POLICY

The HOROPEDIA Foundation, 1, Rue de la Tertasse, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland, is the operator of this website, accessible from www.horopedia.org, and the provider of the services and/or products offered and described on this website. The HOROPEDIA Foundation is responsible for the collection, processing and use of your personal data and must ensure compliance with Swiss law and, where applicable, European law.

We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We process your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal provisions on data protection as well as this privacy policy. Here we inform you about the data that is collected on this website and how it is used. You will also learn how you can verify the accuracy of this information and ensure that we delete this data.

In collaboration with our hosting providers, we strive to protect databases as much as possible against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or falsification. Please note that data transmission over the internet (for example, communication by email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing, and use of data in accordance with this policy. This website can be visited without registration. Data such as pages viewed or the names of files accessed, the date and time, are stored on the server for statistical purposes without this data being directly linked to your person. Personal data, in particular name, address, or email address, is collected as far as possible on a voluntary basis. Data will not be made available to third parties without your consent.

1. SCOPE OF APPLICATION
Personal data is all information relating to an identified or identifiable person. A data subject is a person about whom personal data is processed. Processing includes any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, in particular the storage, disclosure, retrieval, deletion, recording, modification, destruction and use of personal data.

We process personal data in accordance with the Swiss Data Protection Act. To the extent that the European General Data Protection Regulation (EU-GDPR) is applicable, we also process personal data in accordance with the following legal provisions in connection with Art. 6 para. 1 EU-GDPR:

Point a) Processing of personal data with the consent of the data subject.
Point b) Processing of personal data for the performance of a contract with the data subject and for the implementation of corresponding pre-contractual measures.
Point c) Processing of personal data to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject under any applicable EU law or any applicable law of a country in which the EU GDPR is applicable in whole or in part.
Point d) Processing of personal data in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person.
Point f) Processing of personal data to protect our legitimate interests or those of third parties, unless the fundamental freedoms, rights and interests of the data subject prevail. Legitimate interests include in particular our business interest in being able to provide our website, information security, the enforcement of our own legal rights and compliance with Swiss law.

We process personal data for as long as is necessary to achieve the respective purpose or purposes. In the event of longer-term storage obligations due to legal or other obligations to which we are subject, we limit the processing accordingly.

2. COLLECTION, USE AND PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
2.1 When you visit our website
When you visit our website, certain data is automatically stored on our servers or on the servers of the services and products that we purchase and/or have installed for system administration, statistics, security or tracking purposes. This information may include the following
the name of your Internet service provider
your IP address (in certain circumstances)
the version of your browsing software
the operating system of the computer you used to access our website
the Date
the time
the website from which you visit our website
the search terms you used to find our website

Under certain circumstances, this data may allow conclusions to be drawn about a particular visitor. However, personal data is not used in this context.

2.2 Order Execution and Processing
When you order our services or products, we collect and use your personal data such as your first and last name, your address, your email address, your payment data and possibly other data such as your phone number or your date of birth, as well as any data you have voluntarily entered. Your data may also be enriched with data acquired from third parties.

By ordering our services or products and entering your data on our website, you consent to your data being used for purposes related to the service.

2.3 Third Parties
Your data will be transmitted to our partners (third parties) to the extent that the processing of your orders requires it. If we transmit data to external service providers, technical and organizational measures are taken to ensure that the data is transmitted in accordance with legal data protection provisions. If you provide us with personal or company-related data on your own initiative, we will not use, process, or transmit this data beyond what is permitted by law or by a declaration of consent from you. We only transmit your data to external service providers to the extent necessary for the performance of the contract and provided they have agreed to the corresponding confidentiality and due diligence provisions. Furthermore, we only transmit your data if we are required to do so by law or by an official or judicial decision.

2.4 Cookies
We generally use cookies on our website. These are small text files that are saved by your web browser and store certain settings and data for exchange with our web server. This technology allows us to recognize individual users as (repeat) visitors and offer them personalized services and products. In general, the use of cookies is intended to improve our services, making them more efficient and more secure. These cookies may also be necessary to use shopping carts or checkout functions. A cookie does not always mean that we can identify you.

You can set your browser settings so that no cookies are stored on your computer. Completely disabling cookies may result in you not being able to use all the functions of our website.

By continuing to use our website and/or by accepting this privacy policy, you consent to our use of cookies to collect, store, and use your personal usage data beyond the end of your browsing session. You may revoke this consent at any time by activating your browser settings to block third-party cookies.

2.5 Newsletter
If you subscribe to our newsletter, you agree that we may use the data you have provided us, such as your first and last name, your address, your email address, and any data you have voluntarily entered in your user profile, to send you the newsletter.

2.6 Analytics Tools
Our website may use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your Internet browser, to help the website analyze how users use the site (see Cookies above). The information generated by cookies (browser type/version, operating system used, referring URL / previously visited website, IP address, time of server request) regarding your use of this website is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the United States. However, if IP address anonymization is enabled on our website, your IP address will first be shortened by Google within Member States of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the United States and shortened there. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the site, compiling reports on site activity for the site operator, and providing other services related to site activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process this information on Google’s behalf. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data.

You can refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that, in this case, you may not be able to use all the features of this website. By using this website, you expressly consent to the processing of your personal data by Google under the conditions and for the purposes described above. You will find further information on the Web analytics service used on the Google Analytics website. You will find instructions on how to prevent your data from being processed by the Web analytics service at http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

3. YOUR RIGHTS
You may at any time request information about the data we have recorded. Please send a request for information by email to the address below. The request must be accompanied by proof of your identity sent to the same address.

You have the possibility to request the deletion or correction of your data at any time. Of course, you also have the right to revoke your consent to the use or processing of personal data at any time, with effect for the future.

Stored data is deleted by us when it is no longer needed for the purposes indicated. Regarding data deletion, please note that we are subject to certain legal obligations that require the retention of certain data. We must comply with this obligation. If you wish to have data deleted that is subject to the legal obligation of retention, the data will be blocked in our system and will only be used to fulfill the legal retention obligations. Once the retention period has expired, your deletion request will be fulfilled.

If your personal data may be processed on the basis of legitimate interests, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data if there are reasons to do so arising from your particular situation or if the objection is directed against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which we apply without the need to indicate any particular circumstance.

In addition, you have the option of receiving the personal data you have provided us with or requesting their transfer to another responsible person.

Please send us an email at info@horopedia.org. We reserve the right to ask you to provide us with an identity card and to bear the actual costs in advance if the effort required is disproportionate.

4. CONTACT DETAILS
Here is our contact information:
HOROPEDIA Foundation, 1, Rue de la Tertasse, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland
info@horopedia.org
www.horopedia.org

5. REVISIONS TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may modify or adapt this privacy policy at any time. The current privacy policy can be viewed at the following address: https://horopedia.org/fr/politique-de-confidentialite.

Geneva, February 01, 2023