Since 2003, we have established clear procedures for an increased security and confidentiality of your data provided, as well as a total transparency about how we handle your data.
As a result, the www.Assistante.ch website is enjoying almost 15 years of positive and constant feedback, way ahead of the General Data Protection Regulations that came into force on 25 May 2018. Indeed, the confidentiality of the data and the assignments we work for represents the first element for a solid and serious business relationship.
The www.assistante.ch website is using your data with the utmost care, as set out in these Terms of Use for the www.assistante.ch website, the Privacy Policy attached hereto, the Cookies Policy attached hereto, and the General Terms of Sale attached hereto.
Cookie Policy for the Assistante.ch website
To ensure transparency and promote understanding of the new GDPR European law, this page contains information about the Cookie Policy on the www.assistante.ch website and how cookies are used in accordance with the attached Terms of Use for the www.assistante.ch website, the enclosed Privacy Policy, and the applicable General Terms and Sales Conditions.
This Cookie Policy page applies to any service and/or product sold on the www.assistante.ch site, which refers to this policy, and/or incorporates it by reference. This Cookie Policy can be amended over time. We encourage you to visit this page regularly to ensure that the terms are always convenient for you.
This “18.04.PC.EN” version of this Cookie Policy is valid from 18 April 2018.
Introduction
On this site we are using different “cookies” and various IT technologies in order to efficiently support and understand your needs, how this website www.assistante.ch is used, and to ensure the availability of a safe customer area where you will be provided with, e.g. requested files, e-books, any required working files: images, presentation files, various documents, reports, etc.
All users has the choice about the type of data transmitted under this Cookies Policy, the attached Privacy Policy, and the attached Copyright Policy also included in the Terms of Use for the website www.assistante.ch.
By accessing this site, you agree to the following Cookie Policy. If you do not accept this Cookie Policy, please leave the website www.assistante.ch immediately and do not continue to access the various pages and/or do not use the information contained on these pages.
Cookies
A “cookie” is a small piece of text or information that may be automatically stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. A cookie includes the name of the website you have accessed, and it enables various other features on the site you are visiting. All professional websites are using cookies.
For example, a cookie may be used to secure your access to your customer account by allowing the rapid recognition of your connections; another may be used to send files, submit various requests before placing an order or as part of the execution of your work, view files, download content, etc.
For more information about cookies, please have a look at the following websites: Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies, or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Why we are using Cookies for Assistante.ch
The website www.assistante.ch is using cookies to simplify the technical usability of our site and to deliver relevant content that is customized to your needs.
Cookies we use can be a useful method to secure the access to your account by allowing the rapid recognition of your visits, or to confirm your identity, or to upload files, or to execute different tasks, such as viewing various documents, displaying images, displaying personalized navigation menus in your personal account, saving your browsing preferences, downloading content, etc.
We compile this information to improve the services we are providing. The collected data may be the general name of the file, the IP address of the visitor, the date and time of access, etc. Anonymous and statistical analysis may use this information. We may communicate this information to third parties only in a global and anonymous form. Interest-based advertising is available on this site. For example, when an Internet user displays or clicks on an advertisement on this Web site, a cookie may be sent on their Web browser. For more information about the use of such data or the possibility of prohibiting these companies from using it, click here.
The cookies information is not otherwise utilized on this website.
We also may use cookies to generate anonymous and aggregated statistics and as a basis for improving the content of our website. We are not able to personally identify you from this anonymous information.
What type of cookies are used on Assistante.ch
The website www.assistante.ch is using cookies to simplify the technical usability of the site and to provide you with relevant content tailored to your needs. We use two types of cookies:
- persistent cookies – a method to identify you as an existing user/customer. This identification method means that when you return to the www.assistante.ch website, you will not need to reconfigure everything or re-login as an existing customer. However, when you sign out from your customer account and/or cookies are deleted, then you will have the experience provided by the session cookies.
- session cookies – a primary method to only help you for the duration of a single session. Session cookies on the www.assistante.ch site only remain for the period of the current browsing session / ongoing log-in, which is limited to the length of the current visit to a website or Internet browser session. When you choose this type of cookie, each time you visit the site you will have to reconfigure everything and log in again.
We believe it is essential for www.assistante.ch to be transparent and responsive about how we collect and use the information we have about you. As a result, since 2003 we have implemented clear procedures for increased security and confidentiality, as well as providing you with complete information about how we are processing the data.
The following are some specific instances where cookies are used on www.assistante.ch:
- account related cookies – are used for account creation, account management, and general administration information.
- login-related cookies – are used to authenticate and secure your logins to your customer account, and/or during your visits on this website, and/or to ensure that restricted areas of the site are not publicly accessible.
- newsletter cookies – are used if you have subscribed to a newsletter, which can only display specific information and notifications.
- cookies associated with order processing and payments – are used to ensure that the order and/or payment is recorded and processed correctly.
- form cookies – are used when you submit information on contact pages, and/or pages with various prompts to receive additional information.
- cookies related to job applications, partnerships, joint ventures, etc. – are used to have the necessary information required to process your business offering, collaboration, job application, business partnership, etc.
- cookies related to the site settings – are used as an essential feature (example: language choice) that may be necessary when you visit this website.
We also use external cookies provided by trusted third parties in some specific situations. Here are some examples. The following is an example of the third party cookies you may experience on this site.
- test cookies – occasionally used to test new features and technological improvements on this www.assistante.ch website, and/or all of its pages, and/or a portion thereof, with the purpose of ensuring a consistent experience without any interruption of services.
- social network and sharing cookies – used to enable users to share content on social networks such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Google+, Pinterest, etc., and to ensure a seamless and timely sharing experience.
Control your cookies on Assistante.ch
The www.assistante.ch website will not force you to accept cookies in order to browse and/or to access the content of this website.
You are not forced to accept the cookies that are provided – to do this you click “No” in the consent box that appears on the site when you first visit this website. Alternatively, you can set your browser to refuse cookies. You may also delete the existing cookies in your browser settings. Use the relevant instructions for your specific Internet browser.
Please note that if you choose these particular settings about cookies, you also need to know that some sections of the www.assistante.ch website may no longer be displayed, the browsing process may significantly slow down, and/or that the content you have requested may be displayed randomly – or even not at all. The “no cookies option” can also deny you from registering any authentication credentials such as the login and password to your customer account, or denying you from viewing the links and/or various files you need to download as part of your requests and/or execution of your assignments.
Final provisions
The www.assistante.ch website is using your data with the utmost care, as per the attached Terms of Use for the www.assistante.ch website, the attached Privacy Policy, the present Cookies Policy, and the applicable General Terms and Sales Conditions.
You may access your personal data and/or update your personal data free of charge and withdraw your consent at any time.
You can contact your account manager, or your usual assistant, or contact us as shown on our website. You may also contact us via dataprotection@assistante.ch with any questions regarding this Cookie Policy.
External links to www.assistante.ch
Please note that our www.assistante.ch website may contain hyperlinks to other sites, but that these external websites are not under our control, and therefore this Cookie Policy does not apply to these external websites and links.
Because the Internet is an open network, it is not possible to guarantee the existence or the correct functioning of these links and/or their distinct Cookie Policy.
If you visit other websites, we encourage you to familiarise with their Cookie Policy. Our liability for external links is now declined. You are solely responsible for exercising due diligence when accessing other websites, or when you click on links on this website, or when you place orders through the external links.