Privacy 

WISE Sàrl

PRIVACY AND COOKIES POLICY APPLICABLE TO THE WEBSITE AND SOCIAL NETWORKS

October 11, 2023 version

The protection of your privacy in the processing of your personal data, as well as the security of all personal data, is one of our major concerns. This privacy and cookies policy applicable to the website and social networks (the "Privacy Policy") describes how your information is processed in connection with the site accessible at https://www.wise.net (the "Site" or "Website") and with our pages available on the following social networks: LinkedIn, Vimeo and YouTube, all of which are managed by WISE Sàrl (the "Company", "WISE", "we", "us", "our"), whose registered office is at Place de Cornavin 2, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the Website and our social network pages. This Privacy Policy explains how information relating to an identified or indentifiable person ("Personal Data") is collected, used and protected in accordance with the legal obligations arising from the Data Protection Act of 25 September 2020 ("DPA") and other relevant legal bases, including the European Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("GDPR") of 27 April 2016, to the extent applicable.

If you access our pages available on social networks, as well as other third party websites from our Website, the information you communicate will be subject to the confidentiality policy of the third party concerned.

By browsing the Website, you acknowledge and agree to the processing of your Personal Data as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to your Personal Data being processed in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Website or our pages available on social networks.

WISE Sàrl, whose registered office is at Place de Cornavin 2, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland, acts as data controller for the processing of Personal Data collected via its website and its dedicated pages on social networks.

3.1       Our Website and our pages available on social networks contain the following information and services:

3.2       This Privacy Policy does not apply to offline services.

4.1.      The Personal Data that we collect via our Website and our pages available on social networks fall into two categories:

1. What are cookies and what information do they collect?

4.2. Cookies are files containing a small amount of data that are sent from a website to your browser and stored on your device (computer or mobile device). Other tracking technologies, such as beacons, tags and scripts (the "Similar Technologies"), may also be used to collect and track information and to improve and analyse our Website.

4.3. By means of Cookies and Similar Technologies, we may collect Personal Data when you visit our Website or our pages available on social networks. In particular, we may identify certain usage data when you browse or click on content.

4.4. The following information and Personal Data are collected by means of Cookies and similar Technologies:

4.5. To control/limit the collection of this information, you may:

If you do not accept certain Cookies or similar Technologies, you may not be able to access certain features of our Website, in particular the various videos available on it.

4.6. List of Cookies and similar Technologies we use on the Website:

2. For what purposes do we collect information using Cookies (purposes)?

4.7. We use Cookies and similar Technologies that we collect in order to:

3. Reason for treatment

4.8. With regard to Cookies and similar Technologies that are necessary for the operation, maintenance and security of our Website, the grounds on which we justify the processing of your Personal Data is our overriding private interest in the operation of our Website and its functionalities.

4.9. With regard to Cookies and similar Technologies used for statistical purposes in connection with our Website, the basis on which we justify the processing of your Personal Data is your consent, obtained by means of the Cookies banner displayed on the Website.

1. What Personal Information do you provide to us?

4.10. We collect Personal Data from you on a voluntary basis when, through our Website, you:

4.11. This Personal Data may include your surname, first name, date of birth and nationality, e-mail and postal addresses (home and/or business; i.e. address, postcode, town and country), telephone number (private, home and/or business), the name of the organisation for which you work, the name of your employer and the position held (title and function), as well as your invoicing details.

2. For what purposes do we collect this Personal Data (purposes)?

4.12. We use the Personal Data you provide for the following purposes:

3. Grounds for treatment

4.13. The grounds on which we justify the processing of your Personal Data are:

5.1. This Privacy Policy does not cover how your Personal Information is handled by third parties when we link to their websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the other websites you visit.

5.2. When you establish a connection with a social network or other website, your browser connects directly to the server of the service provider concerned. Through this connection, the website receives the information accessed by your browser on the corresponding page of our Website or on our pages available on the social networks. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted from your browser directly to the service provider's server and stored there. If you interact with our pages available on social networks, for example by clicking on the "Like" or "Share" icon, this information will also be transmitted directly to the server of the provider of the social network concerned and stored there.

5.3. Please refer to the privacy policy of the social network or website concerned for any information relating to the purpose and scope of the collection of Personal Data by the service provider concerned, the subsequent processing and use of such Personal Data by the service provider concerned, as well as the rights associated therewith and the adjustment options to enable the protection of your Personal Data.

6.1. We may give access to the Personal Data that you have communicated to us through our Website or our pages available on social networks to certain independent co-contractors and affiliated companies in order for them to assist us in the operation of said Website or said pages available on social networks. To date, these co-contractors are as follows:

6.2. We take all necessary steps to ensure that your Personal Information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law. All our co-contractors undertake to protect Personal Data using procedures similar to ours, unless otherwise provided for in this Privacy Policy.

6.3. The purpose of sharing your Personal Data with the aforementioned third parties is to operate our business and to maintain and seek to constantly improve our Website and the services offered to our users. Thus, the justification for this processing is that of our overriding private interests.

7.1. We may disclose your Personal Information (including your communications) if we consider this necessary for security reasons, to investigate a potential breach or other violation of this Privacy Policy and/or to prevent harm to other users of our Website or social network pages. Consequently, we may need to communicate your Personal Data in order to investigate, respond to or resolve a complaint or dispute in relation to our Website or one of our pages available on a social network.

7.2. We may be required to disclose your Personal Information where we are required to do so by law or where we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary in order to:

7.3. We will endeavour to notify users of third party requests for their Personal Data where this is appropriate in our view and where it appears technically feasible to do so, except where we are prohibited from doing so by law or by a decision of an authority or where the request is urgent. We may contest such requests where, in our sole discretion, we consider that they are too broadly worded, too vague or unfounded, but we do not guarantee to contest any request.

7.4. The purpose of sharing your Personal Data with the above-mentioned authorities is to meet our obligation to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject.

8.1. We do not sell your Personal Data to third parties. We do not share or otherwise make available your Personal Information to third parties, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy.

9.1. If, as a result of certain services provided by third parties, we are required to transfer your Personal Data to one of their databases outside the European Economic Area, and/or Switzerland, potentially to a State which does not have a level of protection of Personal Data comparable to that prevailing in Switzerland or the European Economic Area, unless otherwise provided for in this Privacy Policy, we undertake to enter into an agreement with the third party service provider in order to ensure an adequate level of protection of your Personal Data.

10.1. We undertake to use all commercially reasonable means to prevent any exposure or disclosure of your Personal Data. In particular, we implement and maintain measures (including administrative, physical and technical measures) to manage cases of unauthorised disclosure or exposure of your Personal Data.          

10.2. In the event of an actual or suspected Personal Data breach, we will (i) use our best efforts to notify you without delay, where technically feasible, and (ii) cooperate with you in investigating and resolving the breach, including but not limited to providing reasonable assistance in notifying affected third parties. We undertake to give you access, without delay and within the limits of a reasonable request, to our files relating to the breach of your Personal Data, provided however that this does not give you access to files which belong to other users or which could compromise their security.

10.3 In the event of an actual or suspected breach of Personal Data, we undertake to notify the competent authority under the applicable law.

11.1. Right to access, update and delete your Personal Data: As far as possible, you may access, update or request the deletion of your Personal Data by contacting us by sending an e-mail to the following address: contact@wise.net.

11.2. Right of rectification: You have the right to obtain rectification of your Personal Data if it is inaccurate or incomplete.

11.3 Right to object: Within the limits of the law, you have the right to object to the processing of your Personal Data.

11.4. Right to limit processing: Within the limits of the law, you have the right to obtain a limitation of the processing of your Personal Data.

11.5. Right to portability of Personal Data: You have the right to obtain a copy of your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.

11.6 Right to withdraw consent: Within the limits of the law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where the processing of your Personal Data is based on your consent. It should be noted, however, that such withdrawal: (i) does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out prior to such withdrawal and based on your consent; and (ii) may result in you no longer being able to use certain features of the Website or our pages on social networks.

11.7 Right to complain to an authority: You have the right to complain to any competent authority about the collection and use of your Personal Data.

11.8. We may ask you to prove your identity before responding to a request based on the aforementioned rights or otherwise related to your Personal Data.

12.1. We retain the Personal Data you provide to us to the extent required to access and use our Website and our social network pages and the features on them (such as interest forms or registration forms for training, events or conferences), as well as to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example if we are required to retain your Personal Data under applicable law), to resolve a dispute or to enforce our agreements and internal policies.

12.2. The retention period for Cookies and similar Technologies depends on their purpose and is always the same regardless of who the Personal Data relates to.

12.3. We reserve the right to retain data in a de-identified (i.e. anonymous) form after the deletion of your Personal Data.

13.1. We attach great importance to the security of your Personal Information. However, no method of communication over the Internet or method of electronic storage can guarantee 100% security. Consequently, although we endeavour to use commercially acceptable technical and organisational means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

14.1 We do not provide services specifically aimed at children via our Website and we do not proactively collect Personal Data relating to them.

15.1 We may change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting a new version on this page or on a deeper page without prior notice. If we do so, we will notify you by posting a notice on the home page of our Website. By continuing to access or use our Website or our pages available on social networks after the entry into force of this modification, you acknowledge and accept the processing of your Personal Data in accordance with the revised Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these changes, please do not use our Website or our pages available on social networks.

15.2. We undertake always to process your Personal Data in accordance with the Privacy Policy in force at the time the Data is collected.

15.3. The new version of the Confidentiality Policy comes into force on the day of its publication, the day mentioned at the top of this Confidentiality Policy corresponding to the date of entry into force.

16.1. Please do not hesitate to contact us by e-mail at contact@wise.net if you have any questions in relation to this Privacy Policy.

16.2. You may also contact us by post at the following address: Place de Cornavin 2, CP 2124, 1211 Geneva 1.