Introduction

Thank you for choosing to be part of our community. Advance Gender Equality in Business is committed to protecting personal information and the right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about our policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at contact@weadvance.ch.

This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of our website visitors and service users; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.

We use cookies on our website. You can manage your preferences relating to the use of cookies by visiting the settings of your internet browser.

What personal data we collect

Information automatically collected

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the Site. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Site and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Site, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

How do we use that information

• to tailor the content within our Website and across Advance Gender Equality in Business digital properties, including content shown to you, to your preferences and interests;
• to manage our relationship with you or the organisation for which you work (for example, by including personal data we collect about you from your use of the Websites in our customer relationship management systems);
• to provide you with information about us and our services including via personalised marketing messages and/or communications unique to your organisation about our products and services;
• to invite you to attend events, participate in sessions, etc.;
• For other business purposes such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, evaluate and improve our site, services, marketing and your experience.

Analytics/cookies

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

This website also uses LinkedIn and Facebook cookies to measure the impact of our social media campaigns to continuously improve our activities in advancing our cause. Here as well, IP anonymization is activated.

You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, please note that in this case you may not be able to use all features of this website to the fullest extent. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

Other disclosures

We may also disclose personal information to third parties under the following circumstances:

• when explicitly requested by you;
• when required to deliver publications or reference materials as requested by you;
• as otherwise set out in this Privacy statement.

How long we retain your data

We will retain your personal information on our systems only for as long as we need it, given the purposes for which it was collected, or as required to do so by law. We keep contact information (such as mailing list information) until a user unsubscribes or requests that we delete that information. We dispose of resumes when they are no longer under consideration unless the owner allows us to keep it in our files e.g. for future consideration.

Unsubscribe

If you want to unsubscribe from mailing lists or any registrations, you should look for and follow the instructions we have provided within the appropriate area(s) of the Websites or in the relevant communications to you.

If you choose to unsubscribe from any or all mailings, we may retain information sufficient to identify you so that we can honour your request.

If you are a Registered User, you may deactivate your account at any time via the Registered User section of the Websites. If you deactivate your account on the Websites, you will no longer receive the benefits of being a Registered User. If you choose to deactivate your account, we may retain information sufficient to identify you so that we can honour your request.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

How we protect your data

We have implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security in order to protect personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. Only authorised persons are provided access to personally identifiable information collected via the Member Area; such individuals have agreed via their contracts to maintain the confidentiality of this information.

Although we use appropriate security measures once we have received your personal data, and all data is saved on a secure server, located in Switzerland, the transmission of data over the internet (including by e-mail) is never completely secure. We endeavour to protect personal data, but we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to or by us.

Do we make updates to this policy?

This privacy policy will be updated as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws. The updated version will be indicated by an updated ‘revised’ date and will be effective as soon as it is accessible.

Contact us

If you have any questions or complaints about this Privacy statement or the way your personal information is processed on the Websites, or would like to exercise one of your rights set out above, please contact us by one of the following means:

• per e-mail at contact@weadvance.ch
• per post at Advance Gender Equality in Business, Freigutstrasse 27, 8002, Zurich