At Forty2, we are committed to safeguarding your personal data and ensuring compliance with the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (nLPD) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when applicable.
This privacy notice informs you how we collect, use, share, retain and protect personal data received through the www.forty2.ch, www.forty2.lu, www.forty2.pt, www.forty2.sg website (“website”) and our branded social media pages (such as our LinkedIn pages) (“social media”). Our website and social media are hereinafter jointly referred to as “online platform”.
We may occasionally update this privacy notice. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy notice to be informed of how we use your information.
We are the Forty2 AG (“we”, or “us”), a Swiss company registered at Gewerbestrasse 10, 6330 Cham, Switzerland. We are the data controller responsible for the processing of personal data through our online platform.
We may collect and receive personal data through our online platform.
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
We collect personal data that you choose to voluntarily provide to us for your use of our online platform, particularly through, but not limited to:
By submitting personal data, you consent to its processing in accordance with this policy.
We only collect personal data that you provide to us voluntarily. We may collect and receive the following personal data from you:
We do not collect sensitive data unless specifically required for the recruitment process.
We may collect other types of personal data if required under applicable law or if necessary, for the purposes listed below.
We may collect and process your personal data for the purposes and on the legal bases identified in the following:
Providing our online platform and delivering the services you have requested:
We may process your personal data to perform our contract with you for the use of our online platform and to fulfill our obligations under the applicable terms and conditions; if we have not entered into a contract with you, we base the processing of your personal data on our legitimate interest to operate and administer our online platform and to provide you with content you access and request.
We may process your personal data to assess new potential customer opportunities to the extent you have provided your prior consent.
When applying at Forty2, we collect and process your personal data (name, e-mail address, telephone number, and other contact details) and you professional information (CV, job history, academic history) for the only propose of recruitment. You may request to erase your information.
You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data at any time, and we will ensure that it is promptly erased unless we are legally required to retain it.Displaying personalized content and ads:We may process your personal data to conduct marketing research, advertise to you, provide personalized information about us on and off our online platform and to provide other personalized content based upon your activities and interests to the extent you have provided your prior consent.Managing our relationship with you:We may process your personal data to send you marketing information, product recommendations and other non-transactional communications about us and our partners, including information about our products, promotions or events to the extent you have provided your prior consent.Managing your event registrations and attendance:We may process your personal data to plan and host events or webinars for which you have registered or that you attend, including sending related communications to you, to perform our contract with you.Complying with legal obligations:We may process your personal data when cooperating with public and government authorities, courts or regulators in accordance with our legal obligations under applicable laws to the extent this requires the processing or disclosure of personal data to protect our rights or is necessary for our legitimate interest in protecting against misuse or abuse of our online platform, protecting personal property or safety, pursuing remedies available to us and limiting our damages, complying with judicial proceedings, court orders or legal processes, respond to lawful requests, or for auditing purposes.
We may share the personal data we collect and receive on a need to know basis with the following parties:Other affiliates of the Forty2 group or its agents; Third-party providers that perform services for us; Event sponsors (only if you attend an event or webinar organized by us. Refer to section 4 “Managing your event registrations and attendance”); Other users of the online platform if you choose to share your messages; Competent public authorities or other third parties (if required by law or reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property and safety of ourselves or others).We may also transfer your personal data in the event that we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets on a need to know basis. Should such a sale or transfer occur, we will use reasonable efforts to direct the transfer to use personal data you have provided to us in a manner that is consistent with applicable law and this privacy notice. We do not sell, rent or trade your personal data.
We may transfer the personal data we obtain to third parties in countries outside of Switzerland and the European Economic Area (EEA). The laws in those countries may not offer an adequate level of data protection.When we transfer your personal data outside of Switzerland or the EEA, we will protect your personal data as described in this privacy notice and in accordance with applicable laws, such as by entering into the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses for the transfer of personal data to a processor located outside of Switzerland or the EEA.
Our online platform may contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. Pay attention when you leave our website and read the privacy notices of any other site that collects personal data. Your data protection and privacy rights under these third-party platforms will be governed by their respective privacy practices.
We maintain appropriate technical and organizational security safeguards designed to protect your personal data against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use. However, due the inherent open nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that communications between you and us or the personal information stored is absolutely secure. We will notify you of any data breach that is likely to have unfavorable consequences for your privacy in accordance with applicable law.\
We retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collect or receive the personal data, except if required otherwise by applicable law. Typically, we will retain most of the personal data for the duration of your use of the online platform, or until you have removed your account, unless a longer applicable statutory retention period applies.After expiry of the applicable retention periods, your personal data will be deleted. If there is any data that we are unable, for technical reasons, to delete entirely from our systems, we will implement appropriate measures to prevent any further use of such data.
You have the following rights in relation to your personal data:The right to obtain, at reasonable intervals and free of charge, information on whether your personal data are being processed and to receive the personal data that is being processed in an intelligible form;The right to have your personal data rectified, blocked or deleted if your personal data are incorrect, incomplete, inaccurate, irrelevant, outdated or processed unlawfully; The right to withdraw your consent at any time;The right to transfer your personal data to another controller, to the extent possible;The right to object on legitimate grounds to the processing of your personal data. To exercise these rights, please contact us using our contact details set out below. We may request you to provide a copy of your ID card or otherwise evidence your identity. We will respond to your request within the applicable statutory term.
If you have any comments or inquiries about the information in this privacy notice, if you would like us to update your personal data, or if you want to exercise your rights, please contact us by email at info@forty2.ch.
