Privacy Policy and Data Security

Privacy Policy and Data Security
Data protection and data security are important to Venturelab Ltd., startup space Wiesenstrasse 10A, 8952 Schlieren ("Venturelab Ltd."; "we"). We handle your personal data responsibly, in accordance with applicable legal requirements and this Privacy Policy.

Contents of This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy informs you about how we collect and process personal data when you visit our website at https://www.venturelab.swiss ("Website") or our social media pages, contact us, or use our services.
This Privacy Policy also applies to our additional services and portals, which you can find at the following websites:

Controller for Data Processing
The controller for the data processing described in this Privacy Policy is Venturelab Ltd. If you have any questions or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us at: info@venturelab.swiss

Personal Data Processed When Communicating With Us or Using Our Services
We collect the information you provide to us, including:

when you contact us;
when you register as a user on the website or online platform;
when you order services;
when you apply for a job with us.

This includes general personal data (e.g., name and contact details) and information about your position or role in the organization on whose behalf you are contacting us. If you order paid services, we also collect your financial information (e.g., preferred payment method, billing address).

We also process personal data received from third parties. This regularly includes personal data received in correspondence or meetings with customers, members, or business partners, such as your name and information regarding your role within the customer or business partner's team.

Where necessary to achieve the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, we also collect general personal data from publicly accessible registers, websites, or platforms (e.g., to verify signing authority) or by obtaining information from third parties (e.g., for reference checks during recruitment, with your consent).

Provision and Use of Our Website and Online Platform
Informational Use:
You may browse the Website to learn about Venturelab Ltd. and our services without telling us who you are.
As with any connection to a web server, the server hosting our Website and online platform automatically logs and temporarily stores certain technical data, such as:

the IP address and operating system of your device,
the date and time of access,
the type of browser used to access the Website or online platform.

Use of Our Online Platforms
When you register as a user on the online platform, we collect the information you provide to us. This includes general personal data such as name and contact details, as well as personal information that you or other users enter, upload, generate, store, or process when using the online platform.
Our additional portals include:

Web Analytics
We use web analytics services (currently Google Analytics) to evaluate the use of the Website and obtain information for optimization. These services collect and store usage data using cookies. Before being transmitted to a server outside Switzerland/EU/EEA, the requesting IP address is shortened.
We therefore do not transmit personal data to the web analytics provider abroad.

Advertising Technologies
We use advertising technologies from LinkedIn, Google Ads, YouTube Ads, Microsoft Ads, Meta Ads, and TikTok Ads. This enables us to display relevant advertisements to individuals who visit our Website when they access other websites.
Advertisements are shown based on an analysis of your previous use of our Website. For this purpose, the advertising providers place cookies when you visit our Website.

Social Plugins
The social plugins used on the Website allow you to recommend and share our content on social networks. Social plugins can be identified by the logos of the respective social networks.
When you interact with a social plugin, data is transmitted to the operator of the respective social network.

Resources from External Websites
We integrate resources from external servers on our Website, including visible content (e.g., images, videos) and technical resources (e.g., scripts, fonts). These technical resources improve the performance or security of our Website. When retrieving such resources, the external server operator receives your IP address and/or certain metadata necessary to use the external server.

Use of Cookies
We use cookies, tags, and similar technologies on the Website to provide you with the best possible user experience and to help us improve the Website. Cookies are text files downloaded to your device when you visit a website or use an app. Some cookies are necessary for certain features of the Website. Others are used to analyze Website usage and obtain information for optimization. You may configure your browser to refuse cookies or require confirmation before a cookie is stored. You may also delete cookies from your device using your browser settings.

Use of Our Social Media Pages
On our social media pages, we publish posts about current developments at Venturelab Ltd. and our services.
Social media providers collect and analyze usage data, such as the number of visits and demographic information about visitors to our corporate pages.
We receive aggregated or otherwise sufficiently anonymized evaluations based on this data. Only the respective provider can identify you personally. Therefore, please also review the privacy notices of the respective social media providers.

Use and Optimization of Our Newsletter
When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect the information you provide, including general personal data such as first name, last name, and email address.
We use analytics services to measure and analyze newsletter usage, including the number of people who open the newsletter or click on specific articles.
We receive aggregated evaluations that enable us to optimize our newsletter and provide content that interests you.
You may unsubscribe at any time using the link at the end of the newsletter. If you unsubscribe, we will no longer measure or analyze your newsletter usage.

Purposes and Basis for Processing Your Personal Data
We primarily process your personal data to inform you about our services and to provide, document, and invoice our services in accordance with our contractual and legal obligations.
We also process your personal data for the following purposes:

Responding to inquiries and communicating with you;
Processing your registrations or orders;
Handling job applications;
Providing the Website and online platform;
Analyzing and optimizing the use of the Website and online platform;
Marketing and advertising;
Optimizing our posts on social media;
Informing you about new developments and new services at Venturelab Ltd. (e.g., newsletter – you may unsubscribe at any time);
Fulfilling legal obligations;
Enforcing legal claims.

We have a legitimate interest in processing your personal data for the purposes listed above. Some processing is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you or our legal obligations (e.g., record-keeping requirements). We process your personal data on this basis where required by applicable data protection law.

How We Store and Protect Your Personal Data
We store and retain your personal data for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, to prepare reports, or to comply with legal obligations. Data may be deleted upon request.
To ensure the integrity and confidentiality of your personal data, we implement appropriate technical and organizational measures. In line with our risk assessment, we implement access controls, entry controls, and procedures for regular review, evaluation, and assessment of the effectiveness of these measures.

Recipients of Personal Data
To achieve the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, it may be necessary for us to disclose your personal data to other companies. We have data processing agreements in place with these recipients.
Recipients may include:

other group companies;
external service providers;
other customers;
suppliers and business partners;
(where applicable) authorities and courts.

Location of Processing
We primarily store and process your personal data in Switzerland and the EU. However, we may transfer your personal data to recipients in countries outside Switzerland or the EU (worldwide, especially the USA).
Transfers to countries without adequate data protection safeguards are based on standard contractual clauses or legal exemptions (e.g., necessary for contract performance).

Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Data
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

the right to obtain information about which personal data we store and how it is processed;
the right to receive or transfer a copy of your personal data in a commonly used format;
the right to correct your personal data;
the right to delete your personal data;
the right to object to the processing of your personal data.

Please note that legal requirements and exceptions may apply. Where legally permissible, we may refuse your request to exercise these rights. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority.

Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time, particularly if we change our data processing practices or if new legal requirements apply.
The version published at https://www.venturelab.swiss/Datenschutz is the applicable version.

Schlieren, 02 February 2024