Privacy Policy

fips consulting offers supplier diversity, supply chain, business process, and transformation consulting. We are committed to supporting the privacy of individuals who enroll in our programs or connect with us, and to acting in compliance with current data protection legislation including the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/ 679 (GDPR).

Data protection
When you use this website, your personal data will be processed by us as the data controller and stored for the period required to fulfill the specified purposes and legal obligations. In the following, we will inform you about what data is involved, how it is processed and what rights you have in this regard.

According to Art. 4 No. 1 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

I. General

The protection of the data we process about you is important to us.

In this privacy policy, we provide you with comprehensive information about how we handle your personal data as our internet user, as training applicant, and newsletter subscriber. We explain your rights in connection with the processing of personal data in our company. The processing of personal data of our employees and customers outside of our website is governed exclusively by other contracts.

II. Scope of application

This privacy policy applies to all processing activities relating to personal data:

– Visiting our website
– Registration to our trainings
– newsletters/subscriptions

Depending on the data processing, in addition to the applicable Swiss law (Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) of June 19, 1992, SR 235.1), European data protection law (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation)) may also or exclusively apply.

Responsible party:
Fimian Passionate Supply Chain – fips consulting
Andrea Fimian, CEO & founder
+41 78 763 17 90
contact@fipsconsulting.com

Contact details of the Swiss supervisory authority
Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner
Feldeggweg 1, CH – 3003 Bern

III. Processing activities

Depending on your relationship with us, we process different personal data about you for different purposes and on different legal bases.

A. Visiting our website

Data processing

When you visit our website, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to our website server. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file.

Personal data

The following information is collected without any action on your part and stored until it is automatically deleted;

– IP address of the requesting computer
– Date and time of access
– Name and URL of the retrieved file
– Website from which the access is made (referrer URL)
– Browser type and browser version as well as other information transmitted by the browser, such as the operating system of your computer, the name of your access provider, your geographical origin, language setting, etc.

Purpose

The data in question is processed for the following purposes:
– Ensuring a smooth connection to the website
– Ensuring a comfortable use of our website
– Evaluation of system security and stability

Legal basis

The legal basis for this data processing is our private interest in accordance with Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR. This data is collected and evaluated for statistical purposes and to improve the quality of the website. Under no circumstances do we use the collected data to draw conclusions about your person or to create user profiles with the help of this data.

Necessity

This information is necessary for the functioning of the websites.

Retention period

At the end of your session, the session cookies are deleted, but we retain the log in accordance with legal requirements.

B Contact form

Data processing

For questions of any kind, we offer you the opportunity to contact us via a form provided on the website.

Personal data

The following information must be provided:
– valid e-mail address
– First name and surname
– Company name (optional)
– Address (voluntary – needed for invoice processing for trainings)
– Telephone number (voluntary)

Purpose

The data in question will be processed for the following purposes:
– Answering your request
– Contacting you
– invoice processing for trainings

Legal basis

This data processing is carried out on the basis of contractual or pre-contractual measures in accordance with Art. 13 para. 2 lit. a FADP or Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.

IV Cookies

A General

Data processing

We use cookies on our website. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. A cookie does not always mean that we can identify you.

Personal data

A cookie does not always mean that we can identify you.

Purpose

The use of cookies serves to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimization and user-friendliness.

Legal basis

We process technically necessary cookies based on our overriding private interest. We only process cookies that are not technically necessary if we have obtained your consent voluntarily in accordance with Art. 13 para. 1 FADP or Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

Necessity

Cookies are automatically accepted in the default settings of most Internet browsers. If you do not wish to store cookies from our websites on your device, you can configure your browser settings so that you receive a warning before certain cookies are stored.

Please note that the partial or complete deactivation of cookies may result in you not being able to use all the functions of our websites.

Storage period

Cookies have different storage periods. If they are third-party cookies, we have no influence over the storage period.

B Technically necessary cookies

Data processing

We use a logging cookie to save your personal user settings regarding cookies and language selection on our websites.

Personal data

No personal data is processed. Only the current status of your selected cookie and language settings is stored.

Purpose

The processing is carried out to re-identify your personal cookie settings on our website.

Legal basis

The processing is based on our overriding interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR and Art. 13 para. 1 FADP.

Necessity

This cookie is necessary for the functionality of the website.

Retention period

The cookie is automatically deleted from your system after one month.

V Newsletter/Subscription

Data processing

You have the option of subscribing to our newsletter, in which we inform you about important news relating to our company.

We will only send you a newsletter by e-mail if you have subscribed to it via form on our webpage.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time, with sending an email to contact@fipsconsulting.com.

VI Disclosure of data to third parties

Data processing

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed or to contractors other than those listed and their subcontractors.

Third parties are technology providers for the optimal operation of the websites and social media presences and for the provision of the services listed above.

VII Data security

Data processing

We take appropriate measures to ensure that your personal data cannot be accessed or stolen by unauthorized third parties. In particular, we take appropriate technical (e.g. firewall, password protection, SSL encryption, etc.) and organizational (e.g. restriction of authorized persons, training of authorized persons, etc.) measures to ensure that only authorized persons have access to this data.

Personal data

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, including name, address, telephone number, e-mail or IP address.

Purpose

We use SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the requests you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http: //” to “https: //” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

VIII Retention period

Data processing

We will retain your personal data for as long as we deem necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable laws or for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. We delete your personal data as soon as it is no longer required and in any case after expiry of the maximum statutory retention period of five or ten years. Data that is no longer required and for which there is no legal obligation to retain it will be destroyed once the purpose and justification no longer apply.

Personal data

In detail, we store your data for the following period:

o Data that we process by law will be stored for the statutory retention period, for example if required by tax law or the Ordinance on Business Records;

o Data that we require for the performance of a contract will be retained for at least the duration of the contract and for a maximum of 10 years thereafter, unless we require the data to assert our rights;

o Data that we process to protect our legitimate interests will be retained for a maximum of ten years after the end of the contractual relationship, unless we need the data to assert our rights;

IX Your rights

Data processing

As a data subject, you may assert various claims against us in accordance with the applicable national and international law. We may process your personal data again to fulfil these claims.

Personal data

Depending on the applicable law, data subjects may assert the following rights:
– to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, information in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR may contain information;
o about the purposes of processing
o the category of personal data
o the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed
o the planned storage period
o the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection
o the existence of a right to lodge a complaint
o the origin of your data if it was not collected by us
o the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, where applicable, meaningful information about its details

– to immediately request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us (Art. 16 GDPR)

– to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it and we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR (Art. 18 GDPR).

– to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that it be transmitted to another controller (Art. 20 GDPR)

– to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims (Art. 17 GDPR, Art. 15 FADP)

– to revoke your consent once given to us at any time. As a result, we may no longer continue the data processing that was based on this consent in the future (Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR)

– object to the processing if your personal data are processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR (Art. 21 GDPR) and if there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or if the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which will be implemented by us without specifying a particular situation.

X Up-to-dateness and amendment of this privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time or to adapt it to new processing methods. The current privacy policy can be accessed at any time at https://fipsconsulting.com/privacy-policy-2/

If you have concerns about any of these purposes, or how we communicate with you, please contact us at contact@fipsconsulting.com

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