Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy, Last updated: August 30, 2022
Thrive Consulting Group GmbH operates the website www.thriveconsulting.ch.
Thrive Consulting Group GmbH is thus responsible for the collection, processing, and use of your personal data in connection with the websites and enquires and for processing data in compliance with applicable data protection laws.
Your trust is important to us; therefore, we take data protection seriously and take care to provide proper security. In doing so, as a matter of course we comply with the legal provisions of the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (“FADP”), the Swiss Ordinance to the Federal Act on Data Protection (“OFADP”), the Swiss Telecommunications Act (“TCA”) and other applicable data protection provisions under Swiss or EU law, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
Please carefully read the information provided in this privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) to know what personal data we collect from you and for what purpose we use it.
If you have any questions regarding data protection you can contact us at www.thriveconsulting.ch.
This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.
We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Interpretation and Definitions
Interpretation
The words of which the initial letter is capitalised have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us”or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to Thrive Consulting Group GmbH, 72 Grellingerstrasse, 4052 Basel, Switzerland.
Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
Country refers to: Switzerland
Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Service refers to the Website.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analysing how the Service is used.
Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website through which a User can log in or create an account to use the Service.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Website refers to Thrive Consulting Group GbmH, accessible from www.thriveconsulting.ch.
You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
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. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to: Email address, First name and last name, Usage Data.
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. 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.
When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
Cookies help in many ways to make your visit to our website easier and more convenient and sensible. Cookies are information files that your web browser automatically saves on your computer’s hard drive when you visit our website.
For example, we use cookies to temporarily store your selected services and data provided on a form on the website so that you need not provide the same data again when you access a subpage. Cookies may also be used to identify you as a registered user once you have registered on the website so that you do not have to log in again when you visit a different page.
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 parts of our Service.
Cookies can be ‘Persistent’ or ‘Session’ Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close your web browser. Learn more about cookies: All About Cookies.
Social plug-ins and embedded links
We have embedded links and social plugins (“Plugins”) such as Facebook and Instagram (“Providers”) on our website.
When you visit a page of our website that contains a social plug-in, your browser makes a direct connection to the servers of the Provider. The plug-in allows the Provider to obtain the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page respectively has clicked on the icon of the social plug-in on our website. This is the case even if you do not have a profile with the Provider or are just not logged in. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted from your browser directly to a server of the Provider. If you are logged in to one of the accounts, the Provider can assign your visit on our website to your profile. If you interact with the plugins, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a server of the Provider and stored there. The information may also be published on the social network of your Twitter or Instagram account and appear to your contacts. We offer you the possibility to directly share content of our website by clicking on the respective button on the website with the Provider. We cannot influence what data these Providers process. Therefore, we recommend that you check their respective privacy policies before accessing these social media platforms.
You may prevent this by downloading an add-on, which completely prevents that certain social plug-ins can establish a connection to your browser, e.g. with the Script Blocker “NoScript” (http://noscript.net/).
Facebook is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”).
Instagram is operated by Instagram LLC., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Instagram”).
Pinterest is operated by Pinterest Inc., 651 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.
TripAdvisor is operated by TripAdvisor LLC., 400 1st Avenue, Needham, MA 02494, USA.
Google Maps
We use the product of Google Maps Inc. By using our website and accessing services provided by Google Maps you agree to the collection, processing and use of automated data by Google Inc., its agents and third parties.
The Terms and Conditions of Google Maps can be found at: https://www.google.com/intl/e/help/terms_maps.html.
Tracking tools and re-targeting
For needs-oriented design and continuous optimisation of our website, we use tracking tools. In this context cookies are stored on your computer. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is transmitted to the server of the provider, stored there, and processed for us. In addition to the data listed under clause 1, we may receive the following data: – Navigation path that a visitor takes on the website;
– Length of stay on the website or webpage;
– Country, region, or city from which the access is made;
– End device; and
– Returning or new user.
The data is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage for purposes of market research and needs-based design of this website. It is within our legitimate interest to process such data to continuously improve our website according to our customers’ needs.
This data may also be transferred to third parties if required by law or if the third parties are contracted for processing the data. It may be that the third parties and/ or our processes or stores the personal data abroad, in which case we will make sure that an adequate level of data protection is maintained, for example by ensuring that an adequacy decision or contractual warranties are in place.
Please note that you have the possibility to object to interest-based advertising by Google Inc. For this purpose, you must call up the link to www.google.de/settings/ads and change the settings on each Internet browser used by you.
We are using the following tracking and re-targeting tools:
a. Google Analytics
We use the web analysis service of Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a service provided by Google Inc., a company of the holding company Alphabet Inc., with its registered office in the USA. Before being transferred to the service provider, the IP address is abbreviated by activating the IP anonymising function (“anonymizeIP”) on this website within a member state of the EU or the EEA. The anonymised IP address transferred by your browser is not compiled with other data from Google Inc. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transferred to a server of Google Inc. in the USA and abbreviated there. In these cases we ensure, by undertaking contractual guarantees, that Google Inc. maintains a sufficient level of data protection. According to Google Inc. the IP address is not linked to other data associated with the user.
Further information and the actual data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
b. Google Tag Manager
To manage the usage-based advertising service, we use Google Tag Manager, which is also a service of Google Inc. We use Google Tag Manager to manage usage-based advertising services. The Tool Tag Manager itself is a cookie-free domain and does not compile any personal data. Instead, the tool removes other tags which may compile your data. If you perform deactivation at domain or cookie level, this applies to all tracking tags which are implemented with Google Tag Manager.
Further information and the actual data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
c. Google AdSense
Google AdSense is an online service which allows the placement of advertising on third-party websites. Google AdSense is based on an algorithm that selects advertisements displayed on third-party websites to match with the content of the respective third-party website. Google AdSense allows an interest-based targeting of the Internet user, which is implemented by means of generating individual user profiles. The operating company of Google’s AdSense component is Google Inc.,1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, United StatesUSA.
The purpose of Google’s AdSense component is the integration of advertisements on our website. Google AdSense places a cookie on the information technology system of the user. With the setting of the cookie, the Provider is enabled to analyse the use of our website. With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by us and into which a Google AdSense component is integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the user will automatically submit data through the Google AdSense component for the purpose of online advertising and the settlement of commissions to the Provider. During the course of this technical procedure, the Provider gains knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the user, which serves the Provider, inter alia, to understand the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently create commission settlements.
Furthermore, Google AdSense also uses so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic that is embedded in web pages to enable a log file recording and a log file analysis through which a statistical analysis may be performed. Based on the embedded tracking pixels, the Provider is able to determine if and when a website was opened by a user, and which links were clicked on by the user. Tracking pixels serve, inter alia, to analyse the flow of visitors on a website. Through Google AdSense, personal data and information including the IP address and additional data, which is necessary for the collection and accounting of the displayed advertisements, is transmitted to Alphabet Inc. in the USA.
Further information and the actual data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
d. Google Remarketing
On this website, we have integrated Google Remarketing services. Google Remarketing is a feature of Google AdWords, which allows an enterprise to display advertising to Internet users who have previously resided on the enterprise’s Internet site. Therefore, the integration of Google Remarketing allows an enterprise to create user-based advertising and thus shows relevant advertisements to interested Internet users. The operating company of the Google Remarketing services is the Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
The purpose of Google Remarketing is the insertion of interest-relevant advertising. Google Remarketing allows us to display ads on the Google network or on other websites, which are based on individual needs and matched to the interests of Internet users. Google Remarketing sets a cookie on the information technology system of the user. With the setting of the cookie, Google Inc. enables us to recognise the visitor on our website if he calls up consecutive web pages, which are also a member of the Google advertising network. With each call-up to an Internet site, on which the service has been integrated by Google Remarketing, the web browser of the user identifies automatically with Google Inc. During the course of this technical procedure, Google Inc. receives personal data, such as the IP address or the surfing behaviour of the user, which Google Inc. uses, inter alia, for the insertion of interest relevant advertising. The cookie is used to store personal data, e.g. the visited Internet pages.
Further information and the actual data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
e. Google AdWords
On this website, we have integrated Google AdWords. Google AdWords is a service for Internet advertising that allows the advertiser to place ads in Google search engine results and the Google advertising network. Google AdWords allows an advertiser to pre-define specific keywords with the help of which an ad on Google’s search results only then displayed, when the user utilizes the search engine to retrieve a keyword-relevant search result. In the Google Advertising Network, the ads are distributed on relevant web pages using an automatic algorithm, taking into account the previously defined keywords. The operating company of Google AdWords is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
The purpose of Google AdWords is the promotion of our website by the inclusion of relevant advertising on the websites of third parties and in the search engine results of the search engine Google and an insertion of third-party advertising on our website. If a user reaches our website via a Google ad, a conversion cookie is filed on the information technology system of the user through Google Inc. The definition of cookies is explained above. A conversion cookie loses its validity after 30 days and is not used to identify the user. If the cookie has not expired, the conversion cookie is used to check whether certain sub-pages, e.g, the shopping cart from an online shop system, were called up on our website. Through the conversion cookie, both Google Inc. and Thrive Consulting Group GbmH can understand whether a person who reached an AdWords ad on our website generated sales, that is, executed or cancelled a sale of goods. The data and information collected through the use of the conversion cookie is used by Google Inc. to create visit statistics for our website. These visit statistics are used in order to determine the total number of users who have been served through AdWords ads to ascertain the success or failure of each AdWords ad and to optimise our AdWords ads in the future. Neither our company nor other Google AdWords advertisers receive information from Google Inc. that could identify the user. The conversion cookie stores personal data, e.g. the Internet pages visited by the user. Each time we visit our Internet pages, personal data, including the IP address of the Internet access used by the user, is transmitted to Google Inc. in the USA. These personal data are stored by Google Inc. in the USA. Google Inc. may pass these personal data collected through the technical procedure to third parties.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
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 manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
We may share your personal information in the following situations:
With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyse the use of our Service, to contact You.
For Business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honour this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
With Business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If You interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see Your name, profile, pictures and description of Your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You and view Your profile.
Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company 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.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, 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 time periods.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information 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 than those from Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.
The Company 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 organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
Business Transactions
If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Law enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Other legal requirements
The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: Comply with a legal obligation, Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company, Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service, Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public, Protect against legal liability
Security of Your Personal Data
The security of Your Personal 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.
Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites 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.
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 email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the ‘Last updated’ date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
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 email: info@thriveconsulting.ch.