Privacy Policy

Preamble

For the purposes of this privacy policy, pom+Consulting AG, Technopark, Limmatstrasse 214, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland, Phone: +41 44 200 42 00, website www.pom.ch (“pom+Consulting”) is the data processor or controller for the handling/processing of data. pom+Consulting’s Data Protection Officer can be reached at the above postal address, or by email at datenschutz@STOP-SPAM.pom.ch.

By clicking on the “Cookies button” in the course of the visualisation of this website as well as by signing-up for our newsletter by clicking the respective “registration button”, you confirm that you acknowledge this privacy policy and consent to a processing of your personal data by pom+Consulting as defined by this privacy policy. Thereafter, your consent constitutes the legal basis for the processing of your personal data by pom+Consulting as well as by its contract data processors as defined by this privacy policy.

You can revoke your consent to the processing of your personal data as defined by this privacy policy at any time without affecting the legality of the processing that took place prior to revocation. You also have the right – depending on the circumstances and applicable privacy laws – to information regarding your relevant personal data, as well as to rectification, erasure, or limitation of processing, and the right of objection to processing, the right of appeal to a competent regulatory authority, and the right to data portability.

Use of your personal data

Personal data is information relating to a specific or identifiable (i.e. identified or identifiable) person. It provides information about the identity of a person.

Any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, in particular the acquisition, storage, use, modification, disclosure, archiving or destruction of data, is considered processing.

pom+Consulting processes the following personal data: IP address, surname*, first name*, e-mail address*, company*. The personal data required for events are marked with an asterisk (*) in the respective input field. pom+Consulting and its communications agency Senarclens, Leu + Partner reserve the right to use personal data for marketing purposes (event participant lists, newsletters, mailings, etc.).

All personal data collected or entered by you during your visit to the website, including all domains and subdomains ("website"), will be used and processed by pom+Consulting and its contractual communications agency Senarclens, Leu + Partner to the extent necessary for user identification, logging and support (in the event of technical problems or concerns).

Insofar as pom+Consulting is obliged to do so by law or by court order, it will transmit personal data to bodies entitled to receive such information.

Marketing

We collect personal data that you have voluntarily provided to us, for example, when you communicate with us via email, post or telephone;

• when you ask us to send you communications, newsletters or other (marketing) information; or
• register for an event on our homepage or sub-domains operated by pom+;
• request services from us
• use our contact forms
• communicate via our social media channels

In certain cases, we may supplement your personal data with information we obtain through other sources, such as publicly available data search engines, social media platforms and via your employer's website.

Recipients of personal data

pom+Consulting collaborates with internezzo ag, Grundstrasse 4b, 6343 Rotkreuz, Switzerland. internezzo provides the technical platform for the website. Moreover, as a contract data processor, internezzo is subject to pom+Consulting’s directives.

Storage

Your personal data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the fulfilment of the purpose of its collection. However, your personal data will in any case be erased no later than 45 days after visiting the website.

Security

pom+Consulting takes appropriate steps to safeguard your personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. To this end, pom+Consulting avails itself of appropriate technical and organisational security measures which are continuously being improved in line with technological advances. However, pom+Consulting is unable to guarantee the absolute security of your data. pom+Consulting is not liable for infringements of this security provision, provided that they are not done intentionally or are the result of gross negligence.

SSL encryption

This website uses SSL encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content.  An encrypted connection can be recognised by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock icon in your browser line.

Server log files

The website provider internezzo automatically collects and stores data in so-called “server log files” which your browser automatically shares with pom+Consulting. In particular, this includes:

• IP-address of the requesting computer;
• name of owner of the IP address range (usually your internet access provider);
• host name of the accessing computer;
• status code (e.g. server-/client error);
• the operating system being used;
• referrer URL, potentially with search term used;
• browser type and browser version;
• transmission protocol used (e.g. HTTP/1.1);
• time of server request.

This data is not able to be matched to specific individuals, nor is it combined with data from other sources.

This data is collected and processed for the purpose of enabling the use of the website (connection establishment), to guarantee system security and stability and to enable the optimisation of our internet offer as well as for internal statistical purposes. This data is deleted after 45 days.

pom+Consulting reserves the right to review this data at a later date if concrete evidence of unlawful use becomes apparent.

Web analysis tools

In order to continually improve and optimise our online offering, this website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. The IP anonymization option is active.

This web analytics service supplies pom+Consulting with statistics and graphs which provide valuable information about the usage of our web site. As a result, data concerning the use of this web page is transmitted to a server used for this purpose in the USA.

Google complies with the data protection regulations of the «U.S.-Swiss Privacy Shield» and is registered with the US Department of Commerce’s «Privacy Shield» programme. The IP address transmitted from your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be amalgamated with any other data held by Google. Google will only share this data with third parties because of statutory regulations or as part of contract data processing.  Further information about Google Analytics and data privacy can be found at the following links:

• https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en
• https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/?hl=en

Use of cookies

This website uses mandatory and optional cookies. These are small files which are saved on your computer or mobile device when you use our website.

Mandatory cookies are small amounts of data that can be sent to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive so that we are able to offer you certain features. They do not require website users’ approval.

Optional cookies help us to collect information about visits to the website.

We also use optional cookies to improve the website’s user-friendliness, for instance make browsing our site as convenient as possible. We also use cookies for the optimisation of our advertising.

Optional cookies require the approval of website users. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you are not obliged to use them. You can usually configure your browser in such a way as to decline cookies while still being able to use most website features. So-called “session cookies” are automatically deleted at the end of your visit.

In addition, we also use permanent cookies. These remain stored on your computer or mobile device after the end of your browser session, until you delete them. When you visit one of our websites again, the inputs and settings you prefer will be automatically recognised.

No personal data is retained in the cookies we use. The cookies we use are not able to be matched to any specific individual. When a cookie is enabled, an identification number is allocated to it.

The option exists with all web browsers to enable, disable, or delete the use of cookies by configuring the browser settings or options accordingly. If cookies are completely or partially disabled or deleted, however, not all website features remain available.

Links to other websites

The website contains links to other websites. pom+Consulting has no influence on whether the operators of these websites adhere to the data privacy regulations. pom+Consulting assumes no responsibility or liability for websites accessible via the links of third parties.

Final provision

pom+Consulting reserves the right to amend the contents of this privacy policy at any time, and without notice. The new privacy policy comes into effect from the time of its release. It is therefore recommended that the privacy policy be consulted on a regular basis.

Should any provision of this privacy policy become invalid, the remaining provisions shall otherwise continue to be valid. The relevant statutory provisions shall apply in place of the invalid provision.

Subject to any applicable foreign mandatory data privacy rights in any given case, the applicable law will be Swiss Law, excluding the conflict-of-law rules of the Swiss Federal Act on International Private Law. Subject to any applicable foreign jurisdictions in any given case, the exclusive court of jurisdiction shall be Zurich 1, Switzerland.

As of/last modified: 05.10.2023