Privacy Policy for the Website of Carnot Capital AG

Carnot Capital AG (hereinafter “Carnot”, “we” or “us”) undertakes to process all personal data (hereinafter “personal data”) collected via the online portal (hereinafter “portal” or “website”) in accordance with Swiss data protection law and to take appropriate security measures to protect it from unauthorized access. In this data protection declaration, we inform you in particular about which personal data is collected and processed in connection with the use of the portal, for what purposes it is used, to whom it may be passed on and what your rights are in connection with the use of your personal data by Carnot. Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural or legal person, e.g. surname, first name, address, email address, date of birth or telephone number. 

This Privacy Policy is an integral part of Carnot’s Terms of Use. By accessing the portal and using the services and products we offer, you declare that you have read this privacy policy carefully and agree to the data processing described. Any questions in connection with this privacy policy can be sent at any time by email to info@carnotcapital.com. If you do not agree with this declaration, you must refrain from accessing the portal and using our services and products.

 

1. Person Responsible 

The controller within the meaning of data protection legislation is Carnot Capital AG, Lindenhofweg 4, CH-8806 Bäch, info@carnotcapital.com. Carnot determines the purposes and means of the processing of your Personal Data and is therefore responsible for the processing and use of your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or the processing of your Personal Data, please contact us at any time by sending an email to info@carnotcapital.com.

 

2. Data Processing

All personal data collected via the website is processed in accordance with the Swiss Data Protection Act. We collect and process personal data carefully and for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. In accordance with applicable law, we may also use your personal data in ways other than those described in this Privacy Policy. In this case, we will provide you with specific privacy statements or notices at the time of collection and, if necessary, obtain your consent. We always endeavour to collect information in anonymized or pseudonymized form within the bounds of what is reasonable, so that we cannot recognize your identity. 

 

3. Collection of Personal Data and Purposes of Data Processing

Carnot collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in “server log files” when you visit our website. This personal data is collected automatically and includes, for example:

The IP address used (possibly in anonymized, shortened form), date and time stamp, web browser and operating system used, language and version of the browser software, websites accessed, amount of personal data transferred in each case.

These personal data are not merged with other personal data and are stored separately from any other personal data transmitted by the user.

Carnot uses the automatically collected personal data to fulfill the following purposes:

• to enable the display,
  operation and functionality of the portal
• to ensure the stability and
  security of the system
• to improve and protect our
  services                                                                                                                                                

Carnot collects and processes personal data that the user voluntarily transmits to Carnot by means of an online form directly on the portal, via our contact email address, via any other applications connected to the portal, by telephone or in any other way. This information includes, for example, the following personal data:

• Names, first names, postal
  addresses, e-mail address, telephone number, date of birth, gender                                                  

The provision of this personal data is expressly on a voluntary basis. Without this personal data, however, we will not be able to provide the services requested by the user. Carnot uses the personal data that the user transmits to us to fulfill the following purposes:

• to provide, maintain, protect and optimize the services and information offered
• to communicate with you and provide you with the best possible and personalized information you need from us (e.g. about our products and services)
• to offer you new services and information and, based on your profile, to suggest services and
  information tailored to you that may be of interest to you
• to comply with legal or other regulatory requirements and internal regulations
• for the establishment, exercise and/or defense of actual or potential legal claims, investigations or similar proceedings
• for other legitimate purposes, if this processing is evident from the circumstances or was indicated at the time of collection.

4. Recipient of Personal Data

Carnot takes the necessary measures to ensure that only our authorized personnel and our auxiliary persons who have the necessary knowledge have access to your personal data in order to fulfill the purposes for which your personal data was collected.

We may disclose your personal data to the following possible categories of recipients in accordance with the purposes and legal bases of processing described above, insofar as this is necessary for the intended data processing:

• Experts and other Carnot
  service providers in the context of a request
• Service providers who process
  the personal data on behalf of and on the instructions of Carnot
  (so-called processors, e.g. in the area of IT, hosting and support)
• Service providers, other
  business partners and auxiliary persons (e.g. lawyers)
• Public authorities, official
  bodies, courts or other state institutions
• Other parties in potential or
  actual legal proceedings

 

We select our partners and processors carefully and only if we have sufficient guarantees that they have appropriate technical and organizational measures in place in accordance with the legal requirements. Our processors can only process personal data on our documented instructions. They are all subject to confidentiality requirements and may only use your personal data to the extent
necessary to fulfill the purpose for which your personal data was collected, unless otherwise required by law. 

 

5. Transfer of Personal Data Outside the EU/EEA

The personal data collected via our website is stored in Switzerland. In addition, we may transfer, store and process your personal data at data locations around the world, e.g. where our third-party providers or partners are located. Therefore, we may transfer your personal data outside the EU if this is necessary for the data processing described in this Privacy Policy in
accordance with applicable law.

 

6. Cookies

When you access or use the website, we may place so-called cookies – small text files or similar tools on your computer. We use these cookies to recognize you as a user of the website, to customize content, to improve the performance of the website and to improve its usability.

1. Categories of cookies that we us depending on their function and purpose, the cookies we use can be divided into the following categories: functional cookies, performance cookies and advertising cookies:

1. • functional cookies: These cookies serve a variety of purposes for the presentation, functionality and performance of a website and in particular to improve the experience
     and enjoyment of visitors to the website. They allow a website to remember information already provided (e.g. user name, location or language selection) and offer visitors improved, more personalized features. Functional cookies are used, for example, to remember things like your login details. These cookies cannot track your movement on other websites.
   • Performance cookies: These cookies are used to collect information about how a website is used for example, how visitors arrived at our website, which pages a visitor opens most frequently, how you navigated our website during your visit and whether you receive error messages from a page. We may also use these cookies to provide us with certain statistical and analytical information, such as how many visitors have come to our website. These cookies are used to monitor the level of activity of the website and to improve the performance of the website.
   • Advertising cookies allow us or a third-party vendor to serve ads on our website or on third-party websites with products that the user likes, so that the ads the user sees may be more relevant to the user’s preferences or interests (sometimes referred to as “targeting cookies”). They can also be used to evaluate the effectiveness of advertising and promotions.

 

These cookies may be placed by us or by a third party on our behalf. You can find more information about cookies and their use at www.allaboutcookies.org.

The legal basis for data processing is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) or our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR).

You can configure your browser settings so that no cookies are stored on your computer. The complete deactivation of cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of our website.

By continuing to use our website and/or agreeing to this privacy policy, you consent to cookies being set by us and thus to personal usage data being collected, stored and used, even beyond the end of the browser session. You can revoke this consent at any time by activating the browser setting to refuse
third-party cookies.

2. Google Analytics

Carnot uses the website analysis service of Google Analytics on its website, which is operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The cookies used by Google Analytics are stored on your computer and thus enable an analysis of your use of the website.

We use Google Analytics on the basis of our legitimate interests to analyze and regularly improve our website and to use the statistics obtained to regularly improve our offer and make it more interesting for you. Furthermore, the use of Google Analytics is based on your consent to the tracking of your surfing behavior on our websites and their analytical evaluation.

The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. These cookies may contain the following information, for example IP address, number, date and time of the visit, duration of the visit, your access page from which you use the website (reference URL), the pages visited on our website, browser type/version and operating system used. Google will use this information on our behalf because we have a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behavior so that we can optimize the offer on our website as well as our advertising. Google uses this information to evaluate the use of our website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Pseudonymized user profiles can also be created from the processed personal data.

We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website (so-called IP masking). This means that your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union, in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and in Switzerland before being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software. However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the personal data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this personal data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. Alternatively, or within browsers on mobile devices, you can prevent the collection of your personal data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link: Deactivate the collection of personal data by Google Analytics for this website. In this case, a special opt-out cookie will be placed on your device that prevents the future collection of your user data when you visit this website. If you delete your stored cookies, you must click this link again. You can find more information on how Google Analytics handles user personal data in Google’s personal data protection declaration:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Furthermore, it is possible that Google may check the use of the website by the user and possibly combine the personal data collected with other information about the user that Google has independently collected from other websites visited by the user and use it for its own purposes (e.g. to control advertising) under its own responsibility on the basis of its own privacy policy. Further information on this and how Google processes personal data can be found in Google’s privacy policy:

2. • policies.google.com
   • policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites                                                                          
3. GoogleMaps

This website uses Google Maps API, a map service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. This allows us to show you interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to use the map function conveniently. The legal basis for processing results from your consent based on your voluntary information for the creation of a map and our legitimate interests in the presentation of our location and the ease of finding the location specified by us on the website. By using Google Maps, information about the use of our website, including your IP address, may be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google may transfer the information obtained through Google Maps to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will never associate your IP address with other Google data. Nevertheless, it would be technically possible for Google to identify at least individual users on the basis of the data received. It would be possible that personal data and personality profiles of users of the website could be processed by Google for other purposes over which we have and can have no influence. It is possible to deactivate Google Maps and prevent data transmission to Google if you deactivate JavaScript in your browser. However, we would like to point out that you will not be able to use the map display in this case. For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by Google, as well as further information on your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, please visit: www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

 

7. E-mail and Newsletter for Advertising Purposes

If you sign up for our newsletter, we will use your email address to send you information about our products and services as well as other commercial communications (e.g. announcements of events, competitions and surveys) that may be of interest to you if you are added to the email distribution list. You can unsubscribe from such emails at any time by clicking on the highlighted “Unsubscribe from this list” link at the bottom of each email or by contacting us directly by email at info@carnotcapital.com.

 

8. Data Protection Declarations of Third-Party Providers

Please note that if you click on the link to a third-party website (e.g. Google or social media or other websites), you will be redirected to a website that we do not control and our Privacy Policy will no longer apply. Your browsing and interaction on another website is subject to the terms of use and privacy policies and notices of those third party websites. In addition, we cannot
guarantee the accuracy and timeliness of these links. We recommend that you read the terms of use and privacy policies and notices of other websites carefully before you submit any personal data via this website. We are not responsible or liable for the information content and data processing of such third-party websites.

 

9. Children

Our website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of 16 unless we have the express consent of their parents. If we are notified or otherwise become aware that personal data relating to a child under the age of 16 has been improperly collected, we will take all reasonable steps to delete that personal data.

 

10. Changes to the privacy policy

Carnot reserves the right to adapt, amend or otherwise change this personal data protection declaration at any time and without giving reasons. The current personal data protection declaration as published on the portal shall apply.

Carnot Capital AG, 1 September 2023