Legal representative

Dirk Nowak, Managing Partner & Member of the Board

Entry in the Commercial Register

Company name: SDI Management Consulting AG
Number: CH-170.3.031.352-3
Registration Office: Zug, Switzerland

VAT Number

CHE-113.877.697

Disclaimer

The author does not take responsibility for the accuracy, timeliness, reliability and completeness of the information.

Liability claims against the author due to material or immaterial damage resulting from the access or use or non-use of the published information, the misuse of the connection or from technical errors are excluded.

All offers are nonbinding. The author reserves the right to change, expand or delete parts of the page or the entire web offering without prior notice, or to cease publication temporarily or permanently.

Liability for External Links

References and links to third party websites are beyond our responsibility. We deny any responsibility for such websites and their contents. The access and use of such websites are at the user's own risk.

Copyrights

The copyright and all other rights to content, images, photos or other files on the website belong exclusively to the company SDI Management Consulting AG or the specifically named rights holders. For the reproduction of any elements, the written consent of the copyright holders must be obtained in advance.

Privacy Notice

The protection of your personal data is important to us. This data protection notice informs you about the collection and processing of your personal data by SDI Management Consulting AG (hereinafter referred to as "SDI") when using this website, how and for what purposes we process this data and what rights you are entitled to under the Basic Data Protection Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as DSGVO).

The following information applies to all information we receive about your use of this website.  It does not apply to websites to which the sdi-mc.com website is linked; these are outside the sphere of responsibility and influence of SDI.

I. Responsible for data processing and data protection officer

SDI Management Consulting AG is responsible for the processing of your data under data protection law. You can reach the data protection officer by email and by mail at the following address

SDI Management Consulting AG
Data Protection Officer
Seestraße 5
CH-6300 Zug
datenschutz@sdi-mc.com

II. General information on data processing

Scope of collection and processing of personal data
We collect and process personal data from users of the website only to the extent necessary to provide a comfortable and functional website and our content and services. The processing of personal data of our users takes place regularly only after consent of the user. An exception applies in those cases in which prior consent cannot be obtained for actual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by statutory provisions.

Legal basis for the processing of personal data
We process your personal data in compliance with the provisions of the European Data Protection Basic Regulation (DSGVO), and based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the data protection provisions of the Swiss Confederation (Data Protection Act, DSG), and all other relevant laws on the processing of personal data. The specific legal basis for data processing depends on the context in which and the purpose for which we receive your data.

Insofar as we obtain the consent for the processing of personal data from the person concerned, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a EU Data Protection Basic Regulation (DSGVO) serves as the legal basis. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO serves as a legal basis for the processing of personal data required for the performance of a contract to which the person concerned is a party. This shall also apply to processing operations necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DSGVO serves as the legal basis.

If the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and fundamental freedoms of the person concerned do not outweigh the first-mentioned interest, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO serves as the legal basis for the processing.

Recipient of the data
Only those persons or bodies within SDI who need your data to fulfil their contractual or legal obligations will have access to it. Service providers used by us (e.g. IT service providers) may also receive data for these purposes.

Other data recipients may be those entities for which you have given us your consent to the transfer of data or for which we are authorized to transfer personal data on the basis of a weighing of interests.

Transfer of data to third countries
Data may be transferred to locations in countries outside Switzerland and the European Union (so-called third countries) if servers or cloud services are located in third countries and also if this is necessary to fulfil contractual or legal obligations and, in addition, an appropriate level of data protection has been confirmed by the EU Commission in the third country concerned, or other appropriate data protection guarantees (e.g. binding internal company data protection regulations, EU standard contract clauses or, in the case of US companies, EU-US Privacy Shield certification) are in place.

III. Measures to protect your privacy

We take appropriate technical and organizational security measures in accordance with the state of the art to protect data against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or against access by unauthorized persons. The data traffic on this website is encrypted via https for this purpose. You can recognize an encrypted connection, for example, by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

Data erasure and storage duration
Your personal data will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Storage can also take place if this has been provided for by European or national legislators in corresponding regulations, laws or other provisions to which the person responsible is subject.

IV. Provision of the website and creation of logfiles

Each time you visit our website, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the requesting client. The following data will be collected:

• Information about the browser type and the version used
• Operating system of the user
• The Internet service provider of the user
• The IP address of the user
• Date and time of access
• Websites from which the user's system accesses our website (referrer)
• Websites accessed by the user's system through our website

The data is stored in the log files of our system. These data are not stored together with other personal data of the user.

The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable delivery of the website to the user's computer. For this purpose, the IP address of the user must remain stored for the duration of the session.

Log files are stored, for example, to ensure the functionality of the website. The data is also used to optimize the website and to guarantee the security of our information technology systems.

The data will be deleted when they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected.
The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

V. Use of cookies

Our website uses cookies. These are text files that are stored by the Internet browser on the user's computer system. When a user visits a website, a cookie may be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again.

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change. Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit.

Other cookies are stored on the user's computer and transmitted to our site by the user. Therefore, you as a user have full control over the use of these cookies. By changing the settings in your Internet browser, you can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it is possible that all functions of the website can no longer be used to their full extent.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

VI. Social Media

LinkedIN
Our pages contain links to the external social network 'LinkedIN' (LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). The links are identified by the LinkedIN logo on our website. If these links are followed, your browser establishes a direct connection to the LinkedIN servers. This enables LinkedIN to assign the visit to our pages to your user account. We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we do not have any knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or of its use by LinkedIN. Further information on this can be found in LinkedIN's data protection declaration at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
If you do not wish LinkedIN to assign your visit to our pages to your LinkedIN account, please log out of your LinkedIN account.

Twitter
Links to the short message network 'Twitter' (Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA) are integrated on our web pages. You can recognize the links by the Twitter logo on our pages. If these links are followed, your browser will establish a direct connection to the Twitter server. This allows Twitter to assign the visit to our pages to your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we do not have any knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. Further information on this can be found in Twitter's data protection declaration at https://twitter.com/de/privacy
If you do not wish that Twitter can assign the visit of our pages to your Twitter user account, please log out of your Twitter user account.

VII. Contact SDI

On our website, it is possible to contact us via a contact form and the e-mail addresses we provide. In this case, the personal data of the user transmitted via e-mail or the contact form will be stored. In this context, we will not pass your data on to third parties unless we have your consent. The data are used exclusively for the processing of the conversation and/or of the request of the contact inquiry.

The processing of personal data serves us solely to process the establishment of contact. If you contact us by e-mail or via one of our contact forms, this will also constitute the necessary legitimate interest in the processing of the data. Other personal data processed during the sending process is used to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected.
The legal basis for processing the data transmitted in the course of sending an e-mail is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

If the user contacts us via e-mail or contact form, he/she can object to the storage of his/her personal data at any time. In such a case, the conversation cannot be continued. All personal data stored in the course of establishing contact will be deleted in this case, unless there are legal reasons to the contrary.

VIII. Webanalysis

Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies which are stored on your computer and which enable an analysis of your use of this website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will generally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and Google from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

For more information on how Google Analytics uses user data, please see Google's privacy policy:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en

The processing of users' personal data enables us to analyze the surfing behavior of our users. By evaluating the data collected, we are able to compile information about the use of the individual components of our website. This helps us to constantly improve our website and its user-friendliness. Herein also lies our legitimate interest in the processing of the data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

The legal basis for the processing of users' personal data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

IX. Rights of the person concerned

You can request information on the personal data stored about you at the a for mentioned address in accordance with Art. 15 DSGVO. In addition, under certain circumstances you may request that your data be corrected in accordance with Art. 16 DSGVO or deleted in accordance with Art. 17 DSGVO. You may also have a right to limit the processing of your data pursuant to Art. 18 DSGVO and a right to data transfer pursuant to Art. 20 DSGVO. The restrictions according to §34 and §35 BDSG apply to the right to information and the right to cancellation.

Right of objection
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (data processing to safeguard legitimate interests). In the event of objection, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can prove compelling legitimate reasons, such as statutory retention periods, for the processing, which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.

X. Change of this privacy policy

The further development of our Internet pages as well as technical progress sometimes require adjustments to our data protection declaration. In this respect, we ask you to observe the current version of our data protection declaration.