Privacy Policy

Data protection and data security are important to Gingko-Educa (“Gingko-Educa”; “we”). We process your personal data responsibly, in accordance with applicable legal provisions, and as described in this privacy policy.

Contents of this Privacy Policy

In this privacy policy, we inform you about how we collect and process personal data when you visit our website at https://ginkgo-educa.com/ (“Website”) or social media pages, contact us, or use our services.

Data Controller

Gingko-Educa is responsible for the data processing described in this privacy policy. If you have any questions or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us at info@ginkgo-educa.com or write to: Ginkgo-Educa Chutzenstrasse 61, 3007 Bern, info@ginkgo-educa.com.

Processing of Personal Data in Communication and Service Provision

We collect the information you provide to us when you contact us, including general personal data such as your name and contact information, as well as any information about your position or role within the organization on whose behalf you are contacting us.

We also process personal data received from third parties. This may include personal data obtained during correspondence or meetings with customers, members, or business partners, such as your name and information about your role as a team member of the customer or business partner.

To the extent necessary to achieve the purposes described in this privacy policy, we may also collect general personal data from publicly accessible registers, websites, or platforms (e.g., to verify your signing authority) or by obtaining information from third parties (e.g., for reference purposes in the application process, if you consent to it).

Website Access and Use

Usage for Information

You can browse the Website to learn about Gingko-Educa and our services without disclosing your identity. Like any connection to a web server, the server on which we host the Website automatically logs and stores certain technical data for a short period. This includes the IP address and operating system of your device, the date and time of use, and the type of browser you use to access the Website.

Web Analysis

We use web analytics services (currently Google Analytics) to evaluate the use of the Website and obtain information for its optimization. The web analytics services we use collect and store usage data using cookies. Before being transmitted to a server outside of Switzerland/EU/EEA, the requesting IP addresses are truncated. Therefore, we do not transmit personal data to the provider of the foreign web analytics services.

External Website Resources

We embed resources from external servers on our Website. These resources include technical resources such as fonts. Technical resources are used to improve the performance or security of our Website. When accessing these resources, the operator of the external server may collect your IP address and/or certain peripheral data necessary for the use of the external operator’s servers.

Note on the 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 computer or mobile device when you visit a website or use an app.

Some of the cookies we use are necessary to provide certain functions of the Website. Additionally, we use cookies to analyze Website usage and obtain information for Website optimization.

You can instruct your browser not to accept cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie. You can also delete cookies from your device using your browser’s settings.

Use of Our Social Media Pages

On our social media pages, you will find posts about current developments at Gingko-Educa and our services. The social media providers collect and analyze usage data such as the number of visits and demographic informationabout visitors to our company pages. We receive evaluations based on this data. These evaluations contain onlyaggregated or sufficiently anonymized data. Only the respective provider can identify you based on the collected usage data. Therefore, please refer to the privacy policies of the respective providers.

Use and Optimization of Our Newsletter

When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect the information you provide to us, including general personal data such as first name, last name, and email address. We use analysis services to measure and analyze the use of our newsletter. The analysis services collect and analyze usage data, such as the number of people who have opened a newsletter or clicked on specific articles. We receive evaluations based on this data, allowing us to optimize our newsletter and provide you with content that interests you.

You can also inform us at any time that you no longer wish to receive our newsletter. Please use the unsubscribe link at the end of the newsletter. If you click on this link, we will no longer measure and analyze your use of the newsletter in the future.

Purposes and Legal Bases for Processing Your Personal Data

We primarily process your personal data to inform you about our services, fulfill our contractual and legal obligations, document our services, and handle billing. Additionally, we process your personal data for the following purposes:
  • Responding to your inquiries and communicating with
  • Providing the
  • Analyzing and optimizing the use of the
  • Optimizing our posts on our social media company
  • Providing information about new developments at Gingko-Educa and new services (e.g., through our newsletter, which you can opt out of receiving at any time).
  • Fulfilling legal
  • Enforcing legal
 

We have a legitimate interest in processing your personal data for the purposes mentioned above. Some processing is also necessary for us to fulfill our contractual obligations to you or our legal obligations (e.g., retention obligations). We process your personal data on this basis to the extent that applicable data protection law requires alegal basis or justification for data processing in general or for certain processing activities.

How We Store and Protect Your Personal Data

We store your personal data only to the extent and for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this privacy policy or to comply with legal obligations.

To protect the integrity and confidentiality of personal data, we implement appropriate technical and organizational measures. Based on our risk assessment, we implement access controls and procedures for regular review, evaluation, and assessment of the effectiveness of these measures.

Who We Share Your Personal Data With

To achieve the purposes described in this privacy policy, it may be necessary for us to share your personal data with other companies. These include the following categories of recipients:

  • External service providers.
  • Suppliers and business partners.
  • (If necessary) authorities and courts.

Location of Processing

We primarily store and process your personal data in Switzerland and the EU. However, we may also transfer your personal data to recipients in countries outside of Switzerland or the EU (worldwide, especially the USA). We make data transfers to countries without adequate data protection based on standard data protection clauses or legal exceptions (e.g., necessity for contract performance).

Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Data

You have the following rights regarding personal data concerning you:
  • The right to receive information about what personal data we store about you and how we process it.
  • The right to receive or transfer a copy of your personal data in a common
  • The right to rectify your personal
  • The right to delete your personal
  • The right to object to the processing of your personal

Please note that there are legal requirements and exceptions for these rights. To the extent permitted by law, we may reject your request to exercise these rights. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection supervisory authority.

How We Can Change This Privacy Policy

We may change this privacy policy at any time, particularly if we change our data processing practices or if new legal regulations apply. The version provided at https://ginkgo-educa.com/privacy-policy shall prevail.