Privacy Policy

Introduction

Temple Partners S.A. is committed to protecting personal data and respecting the privacy of individuals. We process personal data in accordance with applicable data protection legislation, including the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and, where applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

This Privacy Policy explains how Temple Partners S.A., as the controller, collects, uses, discloses and retains personal data, and describes the rights available to individuals under applicable data protection law.

Changes to this Privacy Statement and Keeping your Personal Data Accurate

This privacy statement will be updated to reflect any changes in the way we handle your personal data or any changes in applicable laws. We may update this Privacy Statement from time to time to reflect changes in our processing activities or applicable legislation. The latest version will be published on this website and, where appropriate, we will notify you of material changes.

It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please therefore keep us informed if your personal data changes (or if you wish to verify or remove your personal details) during your business relationship with us by contacting us at sbroom@templepartners.ch

The Data we Collect about you and How we Collect it

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

We may collect, use, store and transfer the following types of personal data:

Identity data: including first name, last name, marital status, title, date of birth and gender;
Contact data: including residential address, email address and telephone number;
Technical data: including IP address used to connect your computer or mobile device to the internet, browser type and version, operating system and platform and other technologies on the devices you use to access this Website.

We use different methods to collect personal data from you, including through:

Direct interactions. For example, when we interact with you for business purposes or contact you with business related information that we consider may be of interest to you. Also, if you make an enquiry or submit a job application you will be asked to provide certain information including name, email address and telephone number.
Automated technologies or interactions. When you interact with our Website, we may automatically collect information about your equipment, browsing action and patterns. This information is collected through cookies. A cookie is an element of data that our Website sends to your browser which is then stored on your system. You can set your browser to prevent this happening. Any information collected in this way can be used to identify you unless you change your browser settings.

Where we process special categories of personal data, we will do so only where permitted by applicable data protection legislation and where an appropriate condition for such processing applies. This may include where you have given explicit consent or where another lawful condition for processing applies.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to operate and secure our website and, where applicable, to understand how visitors use it and improve its functionality. Depending on the technologies used, these may include strictly necessary cookies, analytics cookies and cookies or technologies provided by third parties. Further information about the cookies and similar technologies used on this website, their purposes, the providers involved, their duration and the available settings is provided in our Cookie Policy: Cookie Policy.

Purposes of Processing and Data Retention

We process personal data for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including responding to enquiries, managing client and supplier relationships, providing services, administering recruitment, complying with legal obligations, maintaining website security and conducting direct marketing where permitted by applicable law.

Depending on the relevant activity, personal data may be disclosed to service providers supporting our IT systems, website hosting, communications, security and recruitment activities; professional advisers; relevant group companies; and public authorities where required by law. We disclose personal data only where appropriate for the relevant purpose and subject to applicable legal requirements.

Your Data Protection Rights

Under applicable Swiss data protection law, you may have the right to request information about the processing of your personal data and to request that inaccurate personal data be corrected. Where the statutory requirements are met, you may also exercise the right to data portability or seek other remedies available under Swiss law, including measures to stop unlawful processing or the deletion of unlawfully processed personal data.

Where the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies to our processing, you may have additional rights under that Regulation, subject to its conditions and exceptions.

Where we process personal data based on your consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

To exercise your rights or ask questions about our processing of personal data, please contact us at sbroom@templepartners.ch. We may request information reasonably necessary to verify your identity before responding.

Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

Data Retention

We maintain a specific data retention policy to ensure that we only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

International Transfers

We may transfer personal data to recipients located outside Switzerland, including in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man, where necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. We assess the applicable requirements under Swiss data protection law for each transfer. Where the destination benefits from an applicable Swiss adequacy decision, the transfer may be based on that decision. Where adequate protection is not recognised, we will ensure that an appropriate legal basis and the required safeguards or statutory exception apply before transferring personal data.

Information about the safeguards applicable to a particular transfer may be requested from us at sbroom@templepartners.ch.

Automated Decision-Making

We do not currently make decisions based solely on automated processing, including profiling, that produce legal or similarly significant effects on individuals.

Data Controller

The controller responsible for processing personal data in connection with this website and the activities described in this Privacy Policy is:

Temple Partners S.A.
Registered address: c/o Fidraco SA, Baarerstrasse 25, 6300 Zug, Switzerland, CHE-214.820.281
Postal address: c/o Fidraco SA, Baarerstrasse 25, 6300 Zug, Switzerland, CHE-214.820.281
Email: sbroom@templepartners.ch

If, despite our commitment and efforts to safeguard your personal data, you have any concerns or complaints about our privacy activities, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Swiss Information Commissioner, the independent supervisory authority responsible for data protection in Switzerland (www.edoeb.admin.ch)

We would, however, appreciate the opportunity to address your concerns before you approach the FDPIC, so please contact us in the first instance.

Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner
Feldeggweg 1
Switzerland - 3003 Berne

Tel: 058 462 43 95