This privacy policy details how we use information that you provide to us, or that we collect through your use of our website. Please note that by visiting our site, you are accepting the practices described in this policy.
Who is responsible for your personal data?
We collect, process, use, transmit and store (together the “Processing”) information and personal data about you (“Personal Data”) in connection with your use of our website and/or your submission of information in the context of exploring a new business relationship. If you have any questions or objections in relation to this Privacy Policy, you may contact us at the following address
Qanta Energy AG
Baarerstrasse 52
6300 Zug
Switzerland
How do we process your personal data?
This Privacy Policy sets out how we process Personal Data. We are responsible for Processing Personal Data as detailed in this Privacy Policy. In the course of our business, we are subject to certain obligations of confidentiality and secrecy; Personal Data is subject to the same obligations.
What personal data do we process?
When you visit www.qanta.energy, we collect information that helps us understand how people use our website so that we can continue to make it more useful and valuable over time. None of the information we collect in this way can be directly or indirectly linked to a specific individual. In addition to collecting basic usage information, we also collect information that helps us monitor network traffic and enables us to identify unauthorised or unusual activity on the site.
The specific personal data we collect may include:
- Identification data: surname, first name, employer’s name and addresses, telephone number and e-mail address;
- Any additional information you have submitted as a potential relationship (for example, the nature of your business, your sector of activity, etc);
- The name of the domain and host from which you access the internet, the internet protocol address of the host server you use, the name and version of your internet browser, the date and time you access our site, and the internet address of the site from which you linked to us;
- Any additional relevant information available from public sources, subscription providers or information provided by other third parties;
- Information about cookies and similar technologies on websites and in emails (please see below).
Cookies
We use cookies and/or similar technologies to analyse user behaviour, administer our website and collect information about users. This is done in order to personalise and improve the way you navigate our site. A cookie is a text file sent by our website and stored on your computer or smartphone.
We use the following types of cookies:
Technical cookies – these cookies enable you to navigate and use important features of our website, such as logging in. These cookies do not collect personal information and their settings cannot be changed.
Analytical cookies – these cookies collect information about how visitors use our website (e.g. number of visits, most popular pages, most viewed content). They enable us to find out how our website is used, how well it performs, and to gather statistics and monitor traffic volumes in order to make our services more attractive and user-friendly.
Functionality cookies – these cookies provide features that make our service more convenient and personalised. They allow us to remember your name and email address so that you do not have to re-enter this information on the website.
Shared cookies – our website contains links to external sites (e.g. LinkedIn), allowing you to share content from our site with others. When you accept the use of cookies in general or activate this type in particular and when you use sharing buttons, a third-party cookie relating to the network concerned is installed. The sharing buttons make it possible to link the content viewed to your user account if you are simultaneously connected to the network.
Cookies are stored for a maximum of 13 months. You can control and delete the cookies stored on your computer via your browser settings. Please note that choosing to deactivate cookies may prevent you from using certain functions. For more information on cookies, please visit allaboutcookies.org.
We use Google Analytics to measure traffic on our website. Google has its own privacy policy, which you can read here. To opt out of Google Analytics tracking, please visit the Google Analytics opt-out page.
For what purposes and on what legal grounds do we process personal data?
We process Personal Data for the following purposes (the “Purposes”):
Our obligation to comply with a legal and regulatory obligation, for example know-your-customer obligations, co-operation with financial and public authorities in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, the prevention of crime under tax law by disclosing Personal Data to tax authorities or the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA” ) or other tax legislation in order to prevent tax evasion and fraud, where applicable ;
The legitimate operation of our business, for example developing and identifying new business relationships with you, compiling statistics for marketing or advertising purposes (unless you have objected to the use of your Personal Data for these purposes);
The performance of tasks carried out in the public interest, for example the detection and prevention of fraud or other offences.
You may object to the use of your Personal Data for these purposes; however, please note that the provision of Personal Data may be required as part of our compliance with legal and regulatory obligations, and that failure to provide Personal Data may therefore prevent us from entering into a commercial relationship with you.
Do we share your Personal Data with third parties?
Provided that it is legally required or authorised, we reserve the right to disclose Personal Data to the following recipients:
- Public administration, tax authorities and courts;
- Regulatory authorities;
- Auditors;
- Legal advisers.
Furthermore, we do not transfer, distribute, sell or rent your Personal Data to third parties.
How long do we keep your Personal Data?
We keep your Personal Data for as long as it is necessary to achieve the Objectives. We will delete or anonymise your Personal Data once we no longer need it to achieve the Purposes, provided that there are no applicable legal or regulatory requirements to retain Personal Data for a longer period, or we do not need the information for the Purposes.
What are your data protection rights?
Subject to applicable local data protection legislation, your rights in relation to your Personal Data are as follows:
- Request and receive a copy of your Personal Data;
- To modify your Personal Data;
- To request the destruction of your Personal Data if it is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected;
- To object to the use of your Personal Data for our advertising or marketing activities, in which case we will not use your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes;
- To object to the Processing of your Personal Data, in which case we will no longer Process your Personal Data unless the Processing of your Personal Data is (i) legally required, (ii) necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party, (iii) necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest, or (iv) necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests, including the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims ;
- To access our guidelines on the transfer of your personal data outside the European Union or Switzerland;
- To lodge a complaint about the Processing of your Personal Data and to lodge a complaint about the Processing of your Personal Data with the relevant data protection authority.
