Privacy notice for the use of the Building Bridges website, last updated 24 June 2024

The purpose of this privacy notice (the “Notice“) is to inform you of the type of personal data we collect through the website buildingbridges.org (the “Website“) or the online registration platform for Building Bridges’ events (the “Portal“) in the context of your attendance to our events, the way we process such personal data and how we ensure their safety. By navigating on the Website, creating an account on the Portal, or being registered to an event by a third party, you are deemed to have read and approved this Notice. If you disagree with the Notice, please do not use the Website or the Portal and do not provide your personal data through the Website or the Portal. 

Please note however that we decline any responsibility for the collection and processing of your personal data by third parties’ websites that the Website may refer to (links) and we therefore invite you to read the corresponding privacy policies when visiting these third party websites. The use of such websites is at your own risk.

The present Notice is subject to change and the latest version is published on the Website and the Portal. Continued use of the Website or the Portal after a change in the Notice indicates your acknowledgement and acceptance of the processing of your personal data in accordance with the amended Notice.

The services provided on the Website and the Portal are not intended for individuals below the age of 18. If you are under 18, please do not provide your personal data on the Website and on the Portal.

1.    Who collects/processes your Personal Data?

Building Bridges Foundation, a Swiss foundation with registered office at c/o OBERSON ABELS SA, Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 5, 1212 Grand-Lancy, Switzerland (the “Foundation”, “Building Bridges” or “we“), determines the purposes and means of the processing of your Personal Data (as defined below) in the context of your use of the Website and the Portal and, as such, acts as data controller.

2.    What Personal Data do we collect?

Personal data is all information
relating to an identified or identifiable person.(i)          
When you navigate on our Website or request our services, we may collect in particular:

a.           
Information obtained through the use of cookies and other trackers (as described under
section 6 below), in particular:

–             
Your navigation information and your frequentation of the Website’s pages;

–             Limited
personal data connected with your use of the Website, i.e. IP address, browser
type, operating systems, websites you visit before and after our Website.

b.          
Where applicable, the content of the messages and/or queries you send us including:

–             
The application form to register your event on the Website: lead/planning organization, event or
initiative title, first name, last name, email, short description, target
audience, location (optional), start date and end date (optional), website
(optional), themes;

–             
The application form to engage with the community: email address, first name,
last name, position (optional), organisation, country, city (optional);

–             The contact form: first name, last name, email, job title (optional), organization,
city, country (optional), content of your message.

(ii)         
When you use the Portal in order to register for an event or when you accept to be
registered for an event by a third party, we may collect in particular:–             
Contact details: first name, last name, email;

–             
Other information: gender, age, position, organization, listed industry, country of
residence, Swiss canton when applicable.

(iii)       
When you participate in an event organized by Building Bridges, we may, in addition to the
information referred to above, also collect:

–             
Your photograph and video footage where you may appear.

The above-mentioned information collected as part of your use of the Website, the Portal or your participationin an event is hereafter referred to as “Personal Data“.

We never ask for sensitive data (i.e., personal data related to your racial or ethnic origins, political

opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union affiliation, genetic data, data concerning your health, private sphere or data relating to administrative
or criminal convictions and offenses) unless it is required by law. If we need
to process sensitive data for other purposes, we will inform you and obtain
your explicit prior consent.