Policy

PRIVACY STATEMENT

FINAPORT appreciates your visit to this web site (“FINAPORT Website”) and your interest in our services and products. Your privacy is important to us and we want you to feel comfortable visiting our site. We take care to protect your personal data collected, processed and used during visits to the FINAPORT Website.

BY ACCESSING THE FINAPORT WEBSITE YOU ACCEPT THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT (“STATEMENT”).

If you do not agree to this Statement, do not proceed to further web pages of the FINAPORT Website.

This Statement may be updated from time to time. We therefore ask you to consult it on a regular basis. The last line of this Statement indicates when the Statement was last updated.

WHAT ARE THE PURPOSE AND THE SCOPE OF THIS STATEMENT?

FINAPORT Limited (“FINAPORT” or “We”) are committed to safeguarding the personal information that we collect from individuals who use the FINAPORT Website. Accordingly, FINAPORT has developed this Statement to describe what type of data and how it will be collected from users of the FINAPORT Website and the purposes for which FINAPORT may collect, share or disclose the data. FINAPORT also outlines reasonable precautions which are taken to keep your data secure.

This Statement applies to any information obtained by FINAPORT through your use of the FINAPORT Website. It is not applicable to any Internet websites controlled by third parties not affiliated with FINAPORT that the FINAPORT Website may link to (“Third Party Sites”). Please review the privacy statements of Third Party Sites as FINAPORT is not responsible for and has no influence on the content or the privacy practices of Third Party Sites.

The terms of this Statement are subject to any additional terms of disclaimers or other contractual terms you have entered into with FINAPORT such as client privacy statements or notices, and any applicable mandatory laws and regulations.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT FROM YOU AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE?

When you visit the FINAPORT Website, our web server automatically records your IP address, the web site from which you visit us, the type of browser software used, the web pages you actually visit including date and duration. In addition, we collect personal data which you provide through the FINAPORT Website, for example when you enter personal details (e.g. name, gender, address, e-mail address, phone/fax number) on a registration page or if you sign up for an email newsletter. FINAPORT will use your personal data only for the purposes of technical administration and research & development of the FINAPORT Website as well as customer and user administration and marketing.

We use your personal data to inform you about our services and products only in line with applicable laws and regulations.

HOW DO WE COLLECT AND STORE INFORMATION FROM YOU?

FINAPORT uses tracking technology such as cookies or tags to gather such information as outlined above (see: “What information do we collect from you and for what purpose?”) and to understand how visitors use the FINAPORT Website. Tracking technology helps us manage and improve the usability of the FINAPORT Website, for example, by determining whether there has been any contact between your computer and us in the past and identify the most popular sections of the FINAPORT Website.

Please ensure that your computer setting reflects whether you accept cookies and other tracking technologies or have disabled or deactivated them. You can set your browser to warn you before accepting such tracking technology, or you can also set it to refuse such devices. The specific instructions can be found in the manual of your browser. Disabling or deactivating of devices may result in a reduced availability of the services provided by the FINAPORT Website or parts of the FINAPORT Website may no longer function correctly.

All electronic messages sent to and from FINAPORT are automatically retained in a distinct journaling system which preserves the evidential weight of the e-mails. They are protected by adequate legal, technical and organisational measures and may only be accessed in justified cases in line with applicable laws and regulations (e.g. court order, suspicion of criminal conduct, violation of regulatory obligations, material breach of employment contract) to specific persons in defined functions (e.g. Legal, Compliance, Risk). Every step of the process as well as the search criteria used, are logged in an audit trail. All emails are disposed of after the applicable retention period has expired.

TO WHOM DO WE DISCLOSE INFORMATION GATHERED FROM THE FINAPORT WEBSITE?

FINAPORT may disclose your information to its employees, agents and affiliates inside or outside your country of residence to perform services for FINAPORT. Our employees, agents, affiliates and third party providers who have access to personal data obtained through the FINAPORT Website are obliged to respect privacy.

When transferring personal data internationally we make sure that we comply with applicable laws and regulations, for example, by entering into agreements which will ensure that the recipients of your information maintain an adequate level of data protection.

We may also disclose your information to governmental agencies or entities, regulatory authorities, or other persons in line with applicable rules, orders, subpoenas, official requests, or similar processes as either required or permitted by applicable law.

WHICH SECURITY MEASURES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED TO PROTECT INFORMATION FROM YOU?

FINAPORT uses technical and organizational security measures in order to reasonably protect personal data against unauthorized access, accidental or intentional manipulation, loss and destruction.

WHAT IS TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN DATA IS TRANSFERRED OVER THE INTERNET?

The Internet is generally not regarded as a secure environment, and information sent via the Internet can be accessed by unauthorized third parties, potentially leading to disclosures, changes in content or technical failures. Even if both sender and receiver are located in the same country, information sent via the Internet may be transmitted across international borders and be forwarded to a country with a lower data protection level than exists in your country of residence.

Please note that we accept no responsibility or liability for the security of your information whilst in transit over the Internet to FINAPORT. In order to protect your privacy we would like to remind you that you may choose another means of communication with FINAPORT, where you deem it appropriate.

HOW DO WE DEAL WITH INFORMATION FROM INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF 18?

The FINAPORT Website does not seek to collect personal data from individuals under the age of 18. Individuals under the age of 18 should receive permission from their parent or legal guardian before providing any personal data to FINAPORT on the FINAPORT Website.

HOW CAN YOU ACCESS OR REVIEW YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

Should you have a request regarding the processing of your personal data please send a letter to the following address:

Group COO
FINAPORT Limited
Fraumünsterstrasse 9
8001 Zürich
Switzerland

Last update in January 2013

COOKIE POLICY

We are particularly mindful of your expectations with regard to discretion and your right to privacy, and we therefore strive to retain the trust you show in us.

This cookie policy therefore aims to describe exactly how we handle the information gathered during visits to this website, and to offer you the opportunity to set cookie usage in accordance with your preferences.

WHAT IS A COOKIE?

A cookie is a text file sent by a website and recorded on your IT terminal (e.g. computer or smartphone) when an online service is viewed from your browser. The vast majority of websites use cookies.

A cookie enables its issuer to identify the terminal on which it is recorded, during the period when the cookie is valid and being stored.

Any method of storage used by the browser, such as local storage, session storage or any other local browser database, is considered to be a “cookie” within the meaning of this definition.

WHAT DO WE USE COOKIES FOR?

In general, cookies allow you to navigate our website more easily and efficiently. Subject to your agreement, which may be modified at any time, we use cookies on our website in order to enhance the way you navigate our site. In particular, cookies allow you to set your connection preferences (e.g. language) and to subscribe for products and service online.

The cookies we issue also enable us to collect statistical data and monitor traffic and usage volumes for the various components of our website. This allows us to make our services more attractive and user-friendly and adapt the way our website is presented to you.

WHAT COOKIES DO WE USE AND HOW ARE THEY SET?

In principle, cookies are recorded on a terminal only with the consent of the terminal user. There are several ways to manage cookies: the user may at any time choose to express or modify their cookie preferences via their browser settings, or, for our website, by means of the tools described below.

Each browser is configured differently as described in the browser’s help menu. This will tell you how to change your general preferences regarding cookies.

If you have accepted cookies in your web browser, with the result that cookies are recorded on your terminal, the cookies contained in the pages and content you have viewed may be stored temporarily in a specific area of your terminal.

If you decline to allow cookies to be recorded on your terminal, or if you delete those already recorded on it, you will no longer be able to benefit from a number of features on our website.

The cookies we use on our site can be set individually by you according to their type. More detailed information is given below regarding each type of cookie (data collected, purpose of the cookies and how long the data is stored) and you can choose to accept or decline their use.

a. Technical cookies

Technical cookies are vital to the functioning of the website. These cookies enable you to browse our site and make use of its features. Their settings therefore cannot be changed.

Cookies are stored for a maximum of 13 months.

b. Analytical cookies

These cookies gather information on how visitors use the website (e.g. number of visits, most popular pages, most-viewed content). They enable us to find out how our website is used, how it performs, and to collect statistics and monitor traffic volumes in order to make our services more attractive and user-friendly.

Cookies are stored for a maximum of 13 months.

These cookies are for internal use only.

c. Shared cookies (social networks)

Our website contains links to external social media sites such as LinkedIn, enabling you to share content from our site with other people. When you agree to the use of cookies in general or activate this type in particular and when you use social sharing buttons, a third-party cookie relating to the social network concerned is installed. Sharing buttons allow the content viewed to be linked to your user account if you are simultaneously connected to the social network.

RENEWING YOUR CONSENT

When you consent to the use of cookies, your consent is valid for a maximum of 13 months, after which you will be asked to renew it. A renewal request may also be triggered if you connect from a different terminal or modify your browser settings or when a new version of the website is released.