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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy provides information regarding the processing of personal data (“Personal Data” or “Data”) of users of the official website of Andersen in Switzerland, Andersen Tax & Consulting AG (“A”), www.ch.andersen.com (“Site”).

If the user (“User(s)” or “Data Subject(s)”) does not accept the terms of this Privacy Policy and/or the Terms and Conditions of use of the Site, he or she should stop browsing and accessing it.

1. Personal Data collected

Registration Data: These Data are requested for the filling of contact forms or a possible newsletter signup, including using computerized tools and procedures.

Navigation and Browsing Data: The computer systems and software procedures used to operate this website acquire, during their normal operation, some Personal Data whose transmission is implicit in the use of internet communication protocols.

Cookies: Cookies are small text files that websites send to your computer or other Internet-connected device to uniquely identify your browser or to store information or settings in your browser. Your browser may tell you how to be notified when you receive certain types of cookies and how to restrict or disable certain cookies. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to use all of the features of our website. In conjunction with obtaining information through cookies, our web servers may log details such as your operating system type, browser type, domain, and other system settings, as well as the language your system uses and the country and time zone in which your device is located. The web server logs also may record information such as the address of the web page that linked you to our site and the IP address of the device you use to connect to the Internet.

Navigation, browsing data and cookies are not collected to be associated with identified Data Subjects, however by the very nature they could, through processing and association with data held by third parties, allow Users to be identified.

2. Purpose of Personal Data Processing

The Personal Data collected may be processed by A for the following purposes:

(i) allowing the User to access the Site within the limits of the relevant Terms and Conditions of use;

(ii) elaborating job applications or enquiries submitted by the User;

(iii) responding to requests for information submitted by the User and in general giving execution to a specific User request;

(iv) obtaining statistical information on the use of the Site and collecting User profiles which will be used by A to give the User information about services which A believes you may be interested in;

(v) future marketing, promotional and publicity purposes, including to carry out direct marketing, market research and surveys regarding A’s services, as well as those of selected third parties (including in particular Andersen Global international member firms)

(vi) ascertaining responsibility in case of hypothetical computer crimes committed against the Site.


3. Data Recipients

The Data may be processed by natural persons and/or legal entities, acting on behalf of A and under specific contractual obligations, based in Switzerland, in EU Member States or in countries outside the EU, including in particular members of the Andersen Global international organization and/or entities acting on their behalf (e.g. for the purpose of distributing newsletters on international base or establishing international clients’ databases).

The Data may also be communicated to third parties to comply with legal obligations, to execute Public Authorities orders or to exercise A rights before judicial authorities.

4. Data Controller and Data Controller Representative within EU

The Data Controller is Andersen Tax & Consulting AG, with registered office in Baumackerstrasse 24 – 8050 Zurich (Switzerland), Tel. +41 58 123 04 00; Email: privacy@ch.andersen.com

The Data Controller representative within the EU, pursuant to art. 27 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (“GDPR”), is Andersen in Italy, with registered office in Corso Magenta 82 – 20123 Milano (Italy), Tel. +39 02 48100471; Email: info.milano@it.andersen.com

5. Periods of Data Retention

The Data processed to provide the site access and services will be kept by A for the period deemed strictly necessary to fulfil such purposes. However, A may continue to store these Data for a longer period, as may be necessary to protect the company’s interests related to potential liability related to the provision of its service.

6. Rights of Data Subjects

Data Subjects can exercise the following rights in connection with the processing of their Data:

  • right to access, means the right to obtain from A whether their Data are being processed and, where applicable, have access to them;
  • right to rectification and right to erasure, means the right to obtain the rectification of inaccurate and/or incomplete Data, as well as the erasure of Data when the request is legitimate;
  • right to restriction of processing, means the right to request suspension of the processing when the request is legitimate;
  • right to data portability, means the right to obtain Data in a structured format, ordinary used and readable, as well as the right to transfer Data to other controllers;
  • right to object, means the right to object to the processing of Data when the request is legitimate, including when the Data are processed for marketing or profiling, if applicable;
  • right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in case of unlawful processing of Data.

Data Subjects can exercise the abovementioned rights by writing to Andersen Tax & Consulting AG, with registered office in Baumackerstrasse 24 – 8050 Zurich (Switzerland) or sending an email to privacy@ch.andersen.com.

7. Links to third party websites

Our Site may provide links to third party websites for your convenience and information. These websites are operate independently from A. Linked websites may have their own privacy notices or policies, which we strongly suggest you review if you visit any linked websites.

To the extent any linked websites you visit are not owned or controlled by A, the latter is not responsible for the websites’ content, any use of the websites, or the privacy practices of the websites.

8. Applicable Law and Disputes Resolution

All rights and obligations and all actions contemplated by this Privacy Policy shall be governed by the Swiss Data Protection Law and, to the extent applicable, the GDPR.

Any dispute relating in any way to your use of the Site, these Terms and Conditions, or the relationship between the Parties shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Lugano (Switzerland).

9. Updating of the Privacy Policy; Contact

A may update this Privacy Policy at any time, without the Users being given prior notice.

Users are asked to view the Privacy Policy, accessible through the link “Privacy Policy”, from time to time, before accessing the Site.

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please email us at privacy@ch.andersen.com.

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