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Privacy Policy

Swiss Career Institute AG operates this service. This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our service and the choices you have associated with that data.

We use your data to provide and improve the service. By using the service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Data Controller

The data controller responsible for your personal data collected via our online platform is Swiss Career Institute AG, located at 37 Pelikanstrasse, 5th Floor, Zurich, Canton of Zurich, 8001, Switzerland.

Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our service to you.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

* Email address

* First name and last name

* Phone number

* Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City

* Curriculum Vitae, Resume, professional background details, career goals, work history, education details, and other information relevant to the career services we provide.

* Payment information (processed via secure third-party providers)

Usage Data

We may also collect information how the service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and hold certain information.

Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.

Examples of Cookies we use:

* Session Cookies: We use Session Cookies to operate our service.

* Preference Cookies: We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.

* Security Cookies: We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR

Our legal basis for collecting and using the personal data described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

We may process your Personal Data because:

* We need to perform a contract with you (e.g., to provide coaching, workshops, resume writing).

* You have given us permission to do so (e.g., for marketing communications).

* The processing is in our legitimate interests and it's not overridden by your rights (e.g., improving our services, preventing fraud).

* To comply with the law.

Use of Data

We use the collected data for various purposes:

* To provide and maintain the service.

* To notify you about changes to our service.

* To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service when you choose to do so.

* To provide customer support.

* To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the service.

* To monitor the usage of the service.

* To detect, prevent and address technical issues.

* To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.

* To deliver the specific career services you have requested (e.g., using your CV details for resume writing, using your background for coaching sessions).

Retention of Data

We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.

Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside Switzerland and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Switzerland and process it there.

We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information. For transfers outside the European Economic Area or Switzerland, we implement appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission or Swiss authorities.

Disclosure of Data

Legal Requirements

We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

* To comply with a legal obligation.

* To protect and defend the rights or property of Swiss Career Institute AG.

* To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the service.

* To protect the personal safety of users of the service or the public.

* To protect against legal liability.

Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Your Data Protection Rights under GDPR

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, you have certain data protection rights. We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete or limit the use of your Personal Data.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

* The right to access, update or delete the information we have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.

* The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.

* The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.

* The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.

* The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.

* The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where we relied on your consent to process your personal information.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area or Switzerland.

Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our service ("Service Providers"), provide the service on our behalf, perform service-related services or assist us in analyzing how our service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Links to Other Sites

Our service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children's Privacy

Our service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children").

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let you know via a prominent notice on our service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy (Note: This part is included for standard policy practice, but the final output will not have a date structure as requested).

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us by mail:

Swiss Career Institute AG
37 Pelikanstrasse, 5th Floor
Zurich, Canton of Zurich, 8001
Switzerland

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