1. Introduction
Now, this data and its processing are protected by the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act of June 19, 1992 (DPA) and, to the extent applicable, by the European Union's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force on May 25, 2018.
Data protection is a key concern for us. The purpose of this privacy statement is to inform you about the data we process and to help you understand how we may use the data you voluntarily provide to us as a user of our site or when you communicate with us in any other way.
2. LEGAL BASIS
This privacy statement is based on the Federal Data Protection Act of June 19, 1992(DPA) and the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force on May 25, 2018.
3. UPDATE
Our privacy policy may require periodic updates, particularly in the context of changes to the legal or regulatory framework for data protection. We invite you to check this page regularly to ensure that you have read the most recent version.
Last update: 18.03.2022
4. URL OF OUR WEBSITE
5. DEFINITIONS
IP address
The IP address is an identification number that is permanently or temporarily assigned to each connection to a computer network using the Internet Protocol.
Personal data
Personal data is data that can be used to identify you or that we can associate with you. It includes any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural or legal person (by grouping together information). Examples of such data include surname, first name, postal address, domicile or residence, company name, registered office, e-mail address, telephone number, age, profession, professional status, position held within a company, etc.
CMS
CMS stands for Content Management System. It is the system used to manage the content displayed on a website.
Consent
This is the action whereby a natural or legal person agrees to the collection and processing of his or her personal data after having been clearly informed of the purpose of the processing.
Cookies
A cookie is a text file stored on the hard disk or in the browser memory of the computer you are using to access the Internet. A cookie allows your computer to store various technical data enabling general control of public access to a site (number of visits, length of visit, connection to other sites, etc.) or personalization of the pages displayed with a view to your future interactions with the same site (your account, the pages you visit most, etc.).
Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)
A detailed study aimed at establishing the privacy risk that a personal data processing operation could have on the privacy of the data subjects if an incident were to occur.
File
A file is any set of personal data whose structure makes it possible to search for data by data subject.
Purpose of processing
The purpose of processing is the reason for which data is collected and processed.
Plugins
A plugin is a computer program designed to add functionality to other software (called host software). For example, social networking buttons. Equivalent terms: “plug-in”, “Add in”, “Add on”.
Data subjects
Any natural or legal person whose personal data is processed.
Data controller
The data controller is the natural person or legal entity on whose behalf the processing is carried out. He or she alone or jointly determines the purposes of the processing.
Sub-processor
The sub-processor is any natural or legal person, public authority, department or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller. For example, a website host or an online service provider, particularly for e-mail.
Tag
HTML tags are the basic HTML coding elements of a web page. They are invisible to the Internet user (unless source code display is activated). They are interpreted by the browser to compose the page.
They enable content to be formatted and structured, and some are specifically taken into account by search engine algorithms to establish the page's score for a given query and return results.
Processing
Any operation or set of operations concerning personal data, whether or not by automated means, in particular collection, recording, organization, use, storage, adaptation, modification, retrieval, consultation, use, communication by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
6. PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA
We only collect and process data that you provide us with voluntarily and for which you give your explicit consent.
Contact form
You can fill in a contact form on our website. You will be asked to provide the following information:
Last name
First name
Company
E-mail address
Telephone number
Properties you are interested in renting or buying
You can write a message in connection with your contact. We recommend that you keep your message concise and that you do not provide us with any personal information.
Newsletter
You can also choose to receive our newsletter by checking the appropriate box.
If you have already subscribed to our newsletter and no longer wish to receive it, you can unsubscribe by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the newsletter.
7. PURPOSE OF PROCESSING
The personal data we process is used in the context of our business relationship, or more generally to be able to communicate with you, to refine the subjects of interest to you, to send you information that is relevant to you as well as to maintain our list of contacts and customers.
In short, we process your data solely for the purpose of meeting your expectations.
We do not sell your personal data or make it available to third parties, except in cases where we use subcontractors to process the data.
In collecting some of your personal data, we use it for two different purposes:
An operational purpose
Responding to contact or information requests
A marketing purpose
Sending newsletters
Sending occasional offers
8.DURATION FOR WHICH PERSONAL DATA IS KEPT
Your data is kept in our systems for the time required for the intended processing. At the end of the processing period, the data is archived and anonymized or destroyed.
9.TRANSFER OF YOUR DATA
To process your data, and for the maintenance and support of our IT systems, we use subcontractors (service providers) based in Switzerland.
10.MEASURES TO PROTECT DATA
We endeavor to maintain a high level of security when collecting, processing and storing data, using organizational and technical measures and taking all necessary and useful precautions in view of the nature of the personal data you are likely to communicate to us and the risks presented by their processing, in order to preserve their security and prevent them from being altered, damaged, destroyed or accessed by unauthorized third parties.
11. COOKIES & PLUGINS
Our site uses plugins and cookies which may automatically record information. They are used to make the site more user-friendly by improving its ergonomics based on the data collected. This data may also be used for statistical purposes, to analyze user behavior and geolocation, in order to personalize our commercial offer.
When you browse our site, the computer you are using communicates with a server that provides it with all the resources requested, automatically recording each operation in a specific file in which the computer used is identified by its IP address. In this way, the browser you use transmits certain standard data to us, in particular concerning the browser used and its functionalities, the operating system of the computer, tablet or smartphone used, any third-party sites (Facebook, Linkedin, etc.) from which you may have logged on, and the dates and times of access to our site.
This data, and in particular the IP address from which you logged on, does not enable us to identify you by name.
Marketing analysis and targeting plug-ins
Our site uses marketing analysis and targeting services provided by third-party companies (suppliers). These services are made possible by the use of cookies. The data generated by cookies concerning your use of the site, including your IP address, is transmitted to and stored on servers that may be located abroad, including in a country offering a lower level of data protection than Switzerland or the European Union.
The provider will use this information to evaluate your use of the site, to compile reports on site activity and to provide other services relating to site activity and Internet use. The supplier may disclose this data to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the data on their own behalf.
Our website uses the following advertising and analysis services:
Google Adwords Remarketing by Google Inc.
Google Analytics by Google Inc.
Google Tag Manager by Google Inc.
Facebook Pixel by Facebook Inc.
Social network plugins
Our website uses social plugins. These plugins are marked with logos.
If you open a page on our website containing one of these plug-ins, your Internet browser establishes a direct link with the servers of the relevant social network. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly by the relevant social network to your Internet browser and integrated into the web page by the latter.
Thanks to the integration of cookies on the pages of our site, the social network concerned is informed that you have consulted one or more pages of our website. If you are connected to a social network when you visit our site, the network is able to attribute your visit to our site to your social network account.
To find out about the purposes and scope of data collection and processing by the social networks of which you are a member, as well as your rights in this area and the possibilities for setting up your account to protect your privacy, we recommend that you consult their privacy policy.
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12.MEANS AVAILABLE TO YOU TO CONTROL YOUR TRACES
You can deactivate plugins and cookies via the console provided for this purpose. This is accessible via the cookies banner that appears at the bottom of the home page when you visit our website. To personalize or deactivate plugins and cookies, select the “personalize” button. Recent versions of the main browsers allow you not only to prevent cookies from being saved, but also to carry out browsing sessions at the end of which all cookies installed during the session are automatically deleted, regardless of their expected lifetime, thus offering better protection of your data.
13. YOUR RIGHTS
Right to information
You have the right to be informed about the personal data concerning you, in particular the nature of the data and the purpose of the processing.
Right of access to data
You have the right to request access to your data at any time.
Right to rectify data
You have the right to request that your data be rectified or updated.
Right to erasure of data (Right to be forgotten)
Under the RGPD, EU nationals may request the complete and definitive erasure of data concerning them. In an effort to apply the measures that are most favorable to you, we extend this right to Swiss residents.
Right to limit data processing
You have the right to limit the processing of your data, particularly with regard to the nature, purpose and duration of processing.
Right to data portability (transmitted to a third party on your instruction)
Under the RGPD, EU nationals have the right to request that their data be transmitted to third parties. In an effort to apply the measures that are most favorable to you, we extend this right to Swiss residents.
Right to object to data processing
You have the right to object to the processing of your data at any time.
Right not to be subject to an automated individual decision
You have the right not to be subject to a decision resulting exclusively from automated processing that produces legal effects concerning you or significantly affects you. Profiling is expressly included.
14. EXERCISE OF YOUR RIGHTS & INQUIRIES
You may exercise your rights or request information from us by contacting us via the e-mail address hello@size.swiss or by post at the address given below. We will do our utmost to reply as soon as possible.
Data controller: Size SA
Address: Rue du Rhône 50, 1204 Geneva - Switzerland