This Privacy Policy explains how 7oceans, a Swiss association ("we," "our," or "us"), collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you visit our website at https://7oceans.com ("the Website"). As an international premium M&A alliance, we are committed to protecting the privacy and security of our website visitors and members.
This policy applies to all personal data collected through our Website, including data provided by you, or data collected automatically when you browse our site.
2. Data Controller
The data controller responsible for the processing of your personal data is:
7oceans
Dufourstrasse 101
8008 Zurich
Switzerland
3. What Personal Data Do We Collect?
We may collect and process the following types of personal data:
● Contact Information: Name, email address, company, and phone number, which you may provide when you fill out a contact form or subscribe to our newsletter.
● Professional Information: Data related to your professional background or company, which you might share in a form or through direct communication.
● Technical Data: We automatically collect certain technical information when you visit our Website. This includes your IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, location, operating system, and platform.
● Usage Data: Information about how you use our Website, such as the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, and the time spent on those pages.
● Cookies: Our Website uses cookies to enhance your user experience. Please refer to our Cookie Policy
4. How We Use Your Personal Data
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
● To Respond to Your Inquiries: To communicate with you and respond to your questions or requests submitted through our contact forms.
● To Provide Services: To deliver information and services you have requested.
● For Marketing and Communication: To send you newsletters, updates, or other information about our alliance and services, only if you have explicitly consented to receive such communications. You can opt out at any time.
● To Improve Our Website: To analyze how our Website is used and to improve its functionality, content, and user experience.
● For Security: To maintain the security and integrity of our Website and to prevent fraudulent or malicious activity.
● To Comply with Legal Obligations: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes.
5. Legal Basis for Processing
We will only process your personal data when we have a legal basis to do so, which includes:
● Consent: When you have given us clear consent for a specific purpose (e.g., subscribing to a newsletter).
● Legitimate Interests: When the processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided that these interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms. Our legitimate interests include improving our services, ensuring the security of our website, and responding to inquiries.
● Legal Obligation: When we need to process your data to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
6. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We will not sell, rent, or lease your personal data to third parties. We may share your data with:
● Service Providers: Third-party service providers who perform functions on our behalf, such as website hosting, analytics, and IT support. These providers are contractually obligated to protect your data and are prohibited from using it for any other purpose.
● Member Firms: In the course of facilitating M&A activities, we may share relevant professional information with our member firms, but only with your explicit consent.
● Legal Authorities: If required by law, we may disclose your personal data to government agencies or other third parties.
7. International Data Transfers
As an international alliance, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside of Switzerland or the European Union. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws. This includes using standard contractual clauses or relying on legal adequacy decisions.
8. Your Data Protection Rights
Under Swiss and European data protection laws, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
● Right to Access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
● Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
● Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request that we delete your personal data under certain conditions.
● Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your data.1
● Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.2
● Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.
● Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent to process your data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]
9. Data Security
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration. However, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the updated policy on this page with the effective date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
+41 44 344 11 22
Dufourstrasse 101
8008 Zurich
Switzerland