Data protection

Last updatet: 01.07.2025

1. Identification and contact details of the company

We, Technomag AG, as the data controller (hereinafter referred to as the “data controller”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), are committed to protecting your personal data and to providing you with transparent information about how your personal data is processed.

2. Purpose of this privacy policy

The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you about how we process your personal data, in particular regarding:

The purposes for which we may process your personal data and the legal basis on which we do so;
The categories of personal data we may process and their sources;
The retention period;
The recipients or categories of recipients to whom we may disclose your personal data, and any transfers outside the European Economic Area (EEA);
Your rights as a data subject and how you can exercise those rights.

The information described in this policy applies both to your interaction with this website (the “website”) and to other interactions we may have with you independently of your use of the website. This policy is therefore structured according to the type of relationship or interaction you have with us. This means that not all processing purposes and related details described herein will necessarily be relevant to you.

If we provide you with a specific privacy notice or a similar document in connection with a particular interaction with you, the information in that document shall take precedence.

3. If you are a customer or potential customer (natural person)

Purpose	Legal basis	Categories of personal data and sources
Negotiation of the terms of the business relationship with you and conclusion of a contract with you.	Processing is necessary to fulfil the contract concluded with you or to take steps at your request prior to entering into the contract.	Identification and contact data: First name, last name, address, delivery address, email address, telephone number, internal identification code/number, username, signature. Demographic data: Your age, gender. Financial and payment data: Your bank account, data necessary for payment processing and fraud prevention, credit/debit card numbers, and other related billing information. Your purchase/interest in our goods/services: The goods/services about which you request information or purchase, information you provide to us during the course of the contractual relationship with you, your preferences regarding receiving marketing information from us, and satisfaction feedback. Other personal data you provide to us directly. Some of the above categories of personal data may be obtained from sources other than directly from you: from our service providers, other companies within our group, business partners, publicly available sources, and sources provided by search tools. Some of the above categories of personal data may also be derived by us from personal data we have obtained from you or from other sources.
To provide the goods or services you have requested and to manage the various aspects of our contractual relationship, including communicating with you on all matters relating to the goods or services you are interested in or have purchased, providing information on pricing, delivering the purchased goods or services, and issuing invoices.
Manage your account(s) online and receive technical notifications and other administrative communications.
Fulfilment of our legal obligations. This includes statutory obligations in the areas of taxation, accounting, record-keeping, and data protection.	Processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
Management and improvement of our business operations, including the creation, administration, and maintenance of databases for customer relationship management.	Processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests, i.e., for the proper management of our contractual relationship with you and our business.
Keeping records of business activities, budgeting, management, financial and internal reporting, as well as detecting, preventing, and responding to actual or potential fraud, illegal activities, or infringements of intellectual property rights.
To understand how you use our services, we compile and analyse statistics.	Processing is necessary to safeguard our legitimate marketing interests. We rely on your consent where this is required by law.
Evaluation of the effectiveness of our events and marketing campaigns.
Evaluation of the effectiveness of our events and marketing campaigns.
Sending newsletters and other marketing communications.

4. If you are a representative, contact person, or employee of a customer or potential customer/contract partner

Purpose	Legal basis	Categories of personal data and sources
To negotiate the terms of the business relationship with you and to conclude a contract with you.	Processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests, i.e., for the proper management of our contractual relationship with you and the conduct of our business.	Identification and contact data: First name, last name, address, delivery address, email address, telephone number, internal identification code/number, username, signature. Demographic data: Your age, gender. Other personal data you provide to us directly. Some of the above categories of personal data may be obtained from sources other than directly from you: from our service providers, other companies within our group, business partners, publicly available sources, and sources provided by search tools. Some of the above categories of personal data may also be derived by us from personal data we have obtained from you or from other sources.
To provide the goods/services you have requested and to manage aspects of our contractual relationship, including communication with you on all matters relating to the goods/services in which you are interested or which you have purchased, providing information on pricing, delivering the purchased goods/services, and issuing invoices.
To manage your account(s) online and to send technical notifications and other administrative communications.
To comply with our legal obligations, including statutory obligations in the areas of taxation, accounting, record-keeping, and data protection.	Processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
To manage and improve our business operations, including the creation, administration, and maintenance of databases for customer relationship management.	Processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests, i.e., for the proper management of our contractual relationship with you and the conduct of our business.
To keep records of business activities, budgeting, management, financial and internal reporting, and to detect, prevent, and respond to actual or potential fraud, illegal activities, or intellectual property infringements.
To evaluate the effectiveness of our events and marketing campaigns.
To conduct market research and studies.
To send newsletters and other marketing communications.

5. If you are an applicant

Purpose	Legal basis	Categories of personal data and sources
To evaluate your application, assess your suitability for the position, communicate with you regarding the recruitment process and/or your application, and make hiring decisions.	Processing is necessary to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract and/or to fulfil our legitimate interests in ensuring the smooth conduct of recruitment.	Identification and contact data: First name, last name, address, email address, telephone number, citizenship, nationality, work permit. Demographic data: Your age, gender, date of birth. Employment-related information: Employment history, start and end dates of employment, position/role, place of employment, data on disciplinary actions or measures or other data collected as part of compliance checks, information from your CV, interview notes and assessments, information on education, professional qualifications, language skills, and other relevant competencies, background checks, signature, information on conflicts of interest, and data from background verifications. Other personal data you provide to us directly. Some of the above categories of personal data may also be obtained from sources other than directly from you: recruitment agencies and other personnel service providers, references, websites offering recruitment services, professional networks, online trade publications, comparable companies, sources provided by search tools, and other contractual partners. Some of the above categories of personal data may also be derived by us from personal data we have obtained from you or from other sources.
To review your application by contacting references, conducting background checks, and, if applicable, checking for conflicts of interest.
To comply with our legal obligations, including those relating to employment, record-keeping, and data protection.	Processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
To contact you regarding other employment opportunities.

6. Wenn sie ein Benutzer unserer Website sind

Purpose	Legal basis	Categories of personal data and sources
To ensure access to and use of our website.	Processing is necessary to safeguard our legitimate marketing interests. We rely on your consent where this is required by law.	Profile and usage data collected through the use of cookies or similar technologies: Your preferences for cookies and similar technologies, information about how you use our website, your interests and preferences, the goods/services you have viewed or searched for, page response times, download errors, visit duration, and information about your interaction with the website (scrolling, clicks, and mouse movements), other technical data collected during your visits to our website, IP address, login data, browser type and version, device type, and time zone. Details on the use of cookies and similar technologies can be found in the Cookie Policy, which is available at the following link: cookie policy.
To understand how you use our website, by compiling and analyzing statistics, monitoring traffic, and improving website content (for example, by placing the most popular pages where they are easiest to find).
For online advertising, by displaying generic and personalized content.

Purpose

Legal basis

Categories of personal data and sources

To ensure access to and use of our website.

Processing is necessary to safeguard our legitimate marketing interests. We rely on your consent where this is required by law.

Profile and usage data collected through the use of cookies or similar technologies: Your preferences for cookies and similar technologies, information about how you use our website, your interests and preferences, the goods/services you have viewed or searched for, page response times, download errors, visit duration, and information about your interaction with the website (scrolling, clicks, and mouse movements), other technical data collected during your visits to our website, IP address, login data, browser type and version, device type, and time zone.

Details on the use of cookies and similar technologies can be found in the Cookie Policy, which is available at the following link: cookie policy.

To understand how you use our website, by compiling and analyzing statistics, monitoring traffic, and improving website content (for example, by placing the most popular pages where they are easiest to find).

For online advertising, by displaying generic and personalized content.

7. For all affected categories of individuals

Purpose	Legal basis	Categories of personal data and sources
Receiving and managing reports of concerns. This purpose may involve several processing activities, such as receiving, investigating, and resolving whistleblowing reports, and taking protective, supportive, and remedial measures following a report.	Processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject. If processing is not required to comply with a legal obligation, we may still have a legitimate interest in processing your personal data for the proper development of our business.	We may process personal data that you provide to us directly or that we collect during or in connection with our relationship/interaction with you, as described in the sections above. It is also possible to process the following data: Whistleblowing data: Date and time of a report, channel and form of submission, and related information, facts alleged in the report, evidence obtained from investigating the report, measures taken, records of conversations, and other personal data you provide directly. We may collect your personal data from the following sources: the individual acting as the whistleblower, intermediaries, the data subject, other individuals named in a report or who may have knowledge of the reported facts, the relevant authorities, public sources (e.g., if the whistleblower chooses to make a public report), and third parties (our contractual partners, group companies).
Recording reports of misconduct and the measures taken in response.
Cooperating with the relevant authorities, for example, when a whistleblower has submitted a report via external reporting channels.
Carrying out mergers and acquisitions or other structural changes or similar transactions.	Processing is necessary to pursue our legitimate interest in conducting the transaction as efficiently as possible. If we are legally required to process your personal data, we will do so in accordance with that law.
Monitoring rights and remedies, and handling complaints and legal claims.	Processing is necessary to protect our legitimate interests, i.e., for the proper conduct of our business and the protection of our rights.
Defending, exercising, or enforcing the company’s rights, including, if necessary, in court.

8. Provision of personal data

Providing your personal data for processing that is necessary to perform a contract with you or to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract, or for processing necessary to comply with a legal obligation, is mandatory. If we request your personal data in this context and you refuse to provide it, you should be aware that we may not be able to enter into a contract with you, fulfil the contract in whole or in part, or comply with our legal obligations, which may also affect you.

If you provide us with personal data about another person, please ensure that the individuals to whom the personal data relates understand how their personal data will be used and that they have given their consent to the disclosure of the data to us before you provide it, if such consent is required.

9. Retention period

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it is processed and as permitted by applicable law. To comply with a legal obligation, we retain your personal data for the period specified in the relevant legislation.

For other purposes, the retention period is determined specifically for the particular purpose, as described above. In general, the criteria for determining the applicable retention period for your personal data may include the type of personal data and the potential risks of unlawful processing of your personal data.

10. Disclosure and transfer of your personal data

To achieve the purposes described above, we may disclose your personal data to the following categories of recipients:

Other companies within the same group
Governmental and regulatory authorities
Providers of personnel services, payment services, IT support services, storage and hosting services
Auditors, tax advisors, and legal service providers
Representatives, consultants, contractors, and other third parties providing services
Other contractual partners who are obliged to disclose data in order to provide contractual services
Any other person or entity to whom you have requested the disclosure of data

Some of these recipients may be located in countries outside the European Economic Area (third countries), meaning that your personal data may be transferred to third countries. To obtain a complete list of all third countries to which your personal data may be transferred (if applicable), and to receive a copy of the transfer safeguards we have implemented, as well as further information regarding such transfers, please contact us using the details provided in this privacy policy.

11. Your rights

Right of access
You can obtain confirmation as to whether your personal data is being processed by us and, if so, the relevant details of these processing activities as well as a copy of your personal data.

Right to rectification
You may request that we correct inaccurate personal data or complete incomplete personal data that we process about you.

Right to erasure
You may request the deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances (e.g., if the personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected).

Right to restriction
You may request that we temporarily suspend the processing of your data in the legally prescribed cases, for example, for the period required to verify the accuracy of personal data we process about you if you dispute its accuracy.

Right to object
You may object to the further processing of your personal data under the conditions and within the limits provided by law. This applies when the processing of your personal data is based on our legitimate interests or the public interest. Important note: We are legally obliged to comply with such requests only for direct marketing purposes. In other cases, we will weigh our interests against the reasons you provide for your objection to reach a final decision. Therefore, please explain your reasons when submitting such a request.

Right to data portability
If we process your personal data on the basis of your consent or for the conclusion and/or performance of a contract with you using automated means, you have the right to data portability. This means you have (i) the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and (ii) the right to request that we transmit this data to another data controller.

Right to withdraw consent
You may withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

You can exercise your rights and learn more about the processing of your personal data by sending a request to the following contact: info@technomag.ch. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority..

12. Changes to the privacy policy

The company reserves the right to amend and update this document to reflect changes in legislation and/or to reflect how our company processes personal data.

13. Use of cookies and similar technologies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies. Details on the use of cookies and similar technologies can be found in the Cookie Policy, which is available at the following link: cookie policy.