PRIVACY POLICIES

DATA PRIVACY STATEMENT

This privacy policy (“Policy”) describes how Galerie WOS, Gwattstrasse 15, 8808 Pfäffikon SZ hereinafter referred to as “Galerie WOS”, “We”or “we”, may store, use and disclose to third parties personal data that we collect about you through your use of this website.

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  1. To process your application as efficiently as possible, Galerie WOS collects and stores your relevant personal data (received i.a. through interviews, tests, CVs, testimonials, references, ID cards, extracts from police records and this questionnaire). This data includes your identity, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number, salary and other expectations, education, further education and training, professional career, skills, location (region), professional experience and health – hereinafter referred to as “personal data”.
  2. Information about your health and/or legal/criminal record is only recorded and stored if this is required to assess your suitability for the position (placement through staffing service or as interim manager or temporary agency worker). Compliance with the relevant legal requirements is guaranteed.
  3. If you disclose information about third parties to Galerie WOS, Galerie WOS assumes that these third parties have given their consent for the data to be disclosed to Galerie WOS and that this consent also covers the collection, storage and forwarding of this data by Galerie WOS. Galerie WOS also assumes that you do not infringe any contractual or legal obligations in disclosing this information about third parties.
  4. Galerie WOS processes personal data ONLY for the purposes of assessing your suitability for a position, providing private employment agency services (staffing services, interim management or provision of temporary agency workers), drawing up statistics, requesting references and complying with regulations. Galerie WOS will disclose your personal data to clients only in the context of providing private employment agency services (staffing services, interim management or provision of temporary agency workers).
  5. In the context of providing private employment agency services (staffing services, interim management or provision of temporary agency workers), Galerie WOS also offers its clients an (anonymized) candidate search service (candidate browsing) on its website. For these purposes, the following personal data is shown on the website of Galerie WOS: your skills, your location (region), your professional experience and your education.

USE OF THE WEBSITE BY CLIENTS OF GALERIE WOS

  1. To process your staffing request as efficiently as possible and provide the contractual services, Galerie WOS collects, stores, processes and uses your relevant personal data and company data. Personal data and company data is processed exclusively to perform the service requested and to protect our own legitimate business interests.
  2. We also collect, store, process and use your personal data and company data to initiate, conduct and terminate contractual relationships, to provide private employment agency services (staffing services, interim management or provision of temporary agency workers), to inform you about our products and services, to contact you or maintain contact with you, to implement management interests or to comply with legal or administrative orders or other legal obligations or to defend against or enforce legal claims.

GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY

  1. For client relationship management purposes, it may also be necessary for us or a service provider commissioned by us to use personal data or company data to inform you about product offers or conduct online surveys in order to improve our services and to better meet the requirements of our clients and candidates. Galerie WOS will disclose your personal data and company data to clients or candidates only in the context of providing private employment agency services (staffing services, interim management or provision of temporary agency workers).
  2. In the context of Section 4 of the Terms of Use, Galerie WOS may disclose data to third parties. Personal data and company data is disclosed to third parties in the following circumstances:
  3. a) We will disclose personal data and company data to our clients and candidates in all cases where this is necessary and appropriate for the provision of services in the context of private employment agency services (staffing services, interim management or provision of temporary agency workers).
  4. b) We may disclose personal data and company data to companies and individuals we commission or employ to provide business functions or services on our behalf. Such functions may, for example, include hosting web servers, analyzing data or providing legal, accounting or marketing services. We may disclose personal data and company data to government agencies, courts, advisors and other third parties to the extent necessary or appropriate in order to comply with applicable law or if we reasonably believe that such action is necessary to (i) comply with the law requiring such disclosure, (ii) protect the rights or property of Galerie WOS or its affiliated companies, (iii) prevent a crime or protect national security or (iv) protect the safety of the users of this website or of the general public.
  5. Personal data and company data may also be disclosed in countries which do not have a level of data protectionequivalent to that in force in Switzerland. In this case, Galerie WOS will contractually ensure the protection of the data disclosed. Galerie WOS has adopted the necessary measures to prevent unauthorized access to your data by third parties. Although these measures have been implemented, it cannot be entirely ruled out under all circumstances that unauthorized third parties may gain access to your data.
  6. Owing to our clients’ and candidates’ global activities, your personal data and company data may be globally accessible (with some of the recipients located in countries that do not have a level of data protection equivalent to that in force in Switzerland) by candidates or our clients’ employees including their IT administrators as well as service providers commissioned with data processing that require knowledge of this data as appropriate for the purposes stated in Section 4 of the Terms of Use. You are therefore aware that your personal data or company data will be disclosed to recipients in countries that do not have an appropriate level of data protection and that your data will be collected, processed, stored and used by our candidates, clients and possibly their service providers. Our clients and candidates have assured us that they have adopted adequate security measures to protect this data.
  7. Data collection and processing when accessing our website: When you visit our website, our web servers will temporarily store each access in a log file. The following data may be recorded and stored until it is automatically deleted:
    • IP address of the accessing computer
    • Date and time of access
    • Name and URL of the retrieved file
    • Data volume transmitted
    • Notification of whether retrieval was successful
    • Data identifying the browser system/operating system used
    • Website from which access is made
    • Name of your Internet access provider

This data is processed for the following purposes:

  • To enable the use of our website (establishing the connection)
  • In the context of system security and technical administration of the network infrastructure
  • To optimize our web presence

The visitor’s IP address will only be analyzed in case of attacks on the network infrastructure of Galerie WOS. Personal data and company data will only be processed in the cases described above, unless you expressly consent to further processing.

  1. Galerie WOS may also use personal data and company data to send you information about the products and services provided by Galerie WOS. Galerie WOS may contact you by e-mail, telephone or fax to send surveys, newsletters and invitations to business events (direct marketing).
  2. By clicking “I have read this Privacy and Cookie Notice and agree” or by accessing this website of Galerie WOS, you agree with this Policy and grant Galerie WOS your express consent
    • to request references for you from the people you have indicated;
    • to store, process, use and disclose your personal data and company data for the purposes set out in this Policy and in Section 4 of the Terms of Use
    • to be contacted via e-mail, telephone or fax for direct marketing purposes.

If you do not agree with this Policy, you should refrain from further accessing the website of Galerie WOS and any other pages of the Galerie WOS website. By giving your consent, you also declare that the data you have provided is complete and accurate. In the event of any changes relating to your data, you confirm that you will inform Galerie WOS of these changes without delay.

  1. In individual cases, Galerie WOS may make decisions based exclusively on automated processing (including profiling). Galerie WOS will inform you accordingly and adopts appropriate measures to protect your rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests.
  2. If you wish to exercise your right to consult or change your data, have further questions regarding the processing of your data or wish to withdraw your consent to the processing of your data for the future, wish to receive your data in a structured, common and machine-readable format, or wish to transmit it to another person responsible to the extent that this is technically feasible and does not interfere with the rights and freedoms of other persons, or exercise your rights regarding automated decisions (including profiling), please contact: Galerie WOS Ltd, Rainstrasse 1, 8808 Pfäffikon or send an e-mail to the Data Protection Officer.
  3. Data Protection Officer: Visay Saycocie, eMedia Marketing, Zugerstrasse 15, 6330 Cham, E-Mail: info@emedia-marketing.ch
  4. Use of cookies: On several pages we use cookies to make your visit to our website attractive and allow you to use certain functions. Cookies are small text files that are downloaded and stored on your computer. Most of the cookies we use are deleted from your computer’s hard disk at the end of the browser session (known as session cookies). Other cookies are stored permanently on your computer and allow us to identify your computer at your next visit (known as permanent cookies). Cookies are data records that are sent by the web server to the user’s web browser and are stored there for later retrieval. You determine yourself whether cookies can be collected by adjusting your browser settings such that you are informed prior to any storing of cookies and cookies will be stored only when you expressly accept this.

We only use cookies to collect information on how visitors use our website and for statistical purposes. The data records do not contain any personal information. They are not consolidated with any personal data you have made available.

  1. Google+ button, Facebook like button, Twitter button, LinkedIn button, XING button and others (social plug-ins): Our website uses the plug-ins of providers such as:
    • Google+, operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 in the USA. The Google+ plug-in is shown as a white logo with a red “G 1”.
    • com, operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304 in the USA. The Facebook plug-in is shown as a blue logo with a white letter “f”.
    • com, operated by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107 in the USA (“Twitter”). The plug-in is shown with the Twitter logo or the words “Follow us on Twitter”.
    • com, provided and operated by LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043 in the USA (“LinkedIn”). The plug-in is shown as the LinkedIn logo with the lettering “Join Our Community”.
    • XING, operated by XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg in Germany. The plug-in is shown as a white logo with the letter “X” in varying shades of green.
    • Dropbox business, operated by Dropbox, Inc., PO Box 77767, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Data storage
    • CleverReach, operated by CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, Trade Register A: 4020 Oldenburg (Oldb.), Muehlenstr. 43, 26180 Rastede. Newsletter
    • Evernote plus, operated by Evernote Corporation, 305 Walnut Street, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA, Discussion notes

Please note that the plug-ins for Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, XING and others are installed on our website. When clicking one of these buttons, the respective plug-in creates a direct connection with Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, XING and others. The content of the plug-in you use is directly transmitted to your browser by Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, XING and others. The content of the data transmitted by these plug-ins lies outside the scope of our control. Nevertheless, we would like to inform you which data is transmitted to Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, XING and others according to our current understanding. When you use the plug-ins mentioned above, that is when you click the respective buttons, the information that you have accessed specific pages of our website is transmitted to the servers of Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, XING and others. For users who are at the same time logged in to, for example, Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, XING and others, this means that their usage data is allocated to their personal account. When you use the buttons, that is the plug-ins of Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, XING and others, by e.g. making a comment or a post, your browser directly sends this information to Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, XING and others and it is stored there. Even if you are not a member of these social networks, it may be possible that Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, XING and others identify and store your IP. When you use the plug-ins mentioned above, that is when you click the respective buttons, the information that you have accessed specific pages of our website is transmitted to the servers of Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, XING and others. For users who are at the same time logged in to, for example, Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, XING and others, this means that their usage data is allocated to their personal account. When you use the buttons, that is the plug-ins of Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, XING and others, by e.g. making a comment or a post, your browser directly sends this information to Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, XING and others and it is stored there. Even if you are not a member of these social networks, it may be possible that Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, XING and others identify and store your IP.

To find out the purpose and scope of the collection, processing and use of your data and to learn about your rights and the setting options to protect your privacy, please consult the social network providers’ privacy policies at:

If you do not agree with Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, XING and others collecting data about you through our website, please log out of Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, XING and others before visiting our website. You may also use add-ons to block the plug-ins of Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, XING and others for your browser.Next to the plug-ins for Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and XING on the homepage, an additional plug-in is provided in the upper right-hand corner. It is shown as a white cross on a red background. Clicking this plug-in opens a window with additional plug-ins for selection. At the bottom of the selection window for additional plug-ins there is a link leading to the privacy policy for AddThis. Our statements on privacy and data protection made in this Policy also apply to these plug-ins. If you do not agree with one of these plug-ins collecting data about you through our website, please follow the instructions set out in the privacy policy for AddThis. To find out the purpose and scope of the collection, processing and use of your data and to learn about your rights and the setting options to protect your privacy regarding these plug-ins, please consult the privacy policies on the websites of the respective providers.

USE OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS AND GOOGLE DOUBLECLICK COOKIES:

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service offered by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called cookies, i.e. text files that are stored on your computer and allow analysis of how you use this website. The information created by the cookie about your usage of this website is normally transmitted to and stored on a server operated by Google in the USA.
If IP anonymization is activated on this website, Google will, however, prior to transmission truncate your IP address in member states of the European Union or in other signatories to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will your complete IP address be transmitted to a server operated by Google in the US and truncated there. By commission of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your usage of this website, to compile reports about website activities and to provide additional services connected with the usage of this website and Internet usage for the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not consolidated with other data collected by Google.

You may block the storing of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software; please be informed that by doing so you may not be able to fully use all functions of this website. Furthermore, you may block the recording and processing of data generated by the cookie regarding your usage of this website (including your IP address) by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in provided under this link: Google.

DoubleClick cookies are used to evaluate how this website is used. To this end, reports about the website activities are compiled for Galerie WOS to allow Galerie WOS to align its website content to your specific requirements. DoubleClick cookies do not contain any personal data. Sometimes the cookie contains an additional, anonymized identifier to identify a campaign to which a user was previously exposed. It is therefore impossible to draw conclusions about the online activities of a specific person. DoubleClick cookies use a pseudonymous identification number allocated to your browser that is used to check the display and access of advertisements. This allows Google and its partner websites to serve ads based on your previous visit to Galerie WOS pages or other websites. Google transmits the information generated by DoubleClick cookies to a server located in the United States of America and stores them on that server. Google complies with data protection provisions. Data is transmitted to third parties only subject to legal provisions or for commissioned data processing. By using the Galerie WOS website, you consent to the use of the above-mentioned data and its processing by Google as described above.

You may at any time withdraw your consent to the tracking web analysis for the future or deactivate the DoubleClick cookie. You can download the add-in for your browser from the respective Google websites and install it. If you use several devices or browsers, you need to install the opt-out on each device or browser.

Opt-out: Deactivate cookies

Google Analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Links: This Privacy Policy does not apply to any external links we provide on our website pages. Where we provide links, we warrant that at the time of setting the link, there was no evidence of any violation of applicable law by the linked websites. The compliance with data protection and security provisions by other providers is, however, beyond our control. To learn more, please consult the privacy policies such other providers publish on their websites.
If we modify this Privacy Policy, we will publish the modifications made on this page for your perusal. If we introduce substantial modifications to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you accordingly with 30 days’ notice by publishing a notice to that effect on our homepage https://www.galerie-wos.com and including a link to this page.