Privacy Policy

Information Regarding the Collection of Personal Data

Data protection and data security are important to the Fair Recycling Foundation (“Fair Recycling”; “we”). We process your personal data responsibly, in accordance with applicable legal provisions and this Privacy Policy.
 

Contents of this Privacy Policy
In dieser Datenschutzerklärung informieren wir Sie über die Erhebung und Bearbeitung personenbezogener Daten, wenn Sie unsere Website unter  ODER registry.fair-recycling.com («Website») In this Privacy Policy, we inform you about the collection and processing of personal data when you visit our website at fair-recycling.com OR registry.fair-recycling.com (“Website”), visit our social media pages, contact us, or use our services. By using these websites, you consent to the processing of your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
 

Data controller
Fair Recycling is responsible for the data processing described in this privacy policy. If you have any questions or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us at info@fair-recycling.com or write to: Fair Recycling Foundation, Obstgartenstrasse 28, 8006 Zurich
 

Personal data processed in the course of communication and service provision

This includes general personal data, such as your name and contact information, as well as, where applicable, details regarding your position or role within the organization on whose behalf you are contacting us.
 

If you order paid services, we also request your financial information, such as your preferred payment method and billing address. We also process personal data that we receive from third parties. This regularly includes personal data that we receive in correspondence or during meetings with clients or business partners, such as your name and details regarding your role as a team member of the client or business partner.
 

To the extent necessary to achieve the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, we also collect general personal data from publicly accessible registers, websites, or platforms (e.g., to verify your authority to sign) or by obtaining information from third parties (e.g., for reference purposes in the application process, if you consent).

Provision and Use of Our Website and Online Platformm
 

Use for Information Purposes
You can visit the website to learn about Fair Recycling and our range of services without telling us who you are. As with any connection to a web server, the server on which we host the website and online platform automatically logs and stores certain technical data and retains it for a short period of time. This includes your device’s IP address and operating system, the date and time of use, and the type of browser you use to access the website.
 

Use of Our Online Platform
We operate a product platform and a registry website. When you make a purchase on the online platform and thereby register, we collect the information you provide to us. This includes general personal data such as your name and contact details, as well as personal information that you or other users enter, upload, generate, store, and edit while using the online platform.
 

Web Analytics
We use web analytics services to evaluate website usage and obtain information for its optimization. The web analytics services we use collect and store usage data using cookies. Before being transmitted to a server outside Switzerland/the EU/the EEA, the requesting IP addresses are truncated. We therefore do not transmit any personal data to the provider of the web analytics services abroad.
 

Advertising Technologies

We use advertising technologies on our website. This allows us to show visitors to our website ads that are relevant to them when they visit other websites. These ads are displayed on the websites you visit based on an analysis of your previous use of our website. To do this, the providers of these advertising technologies set cookies when you visit our website.
 

Social Plugins

The social plugins used on the website allow you to recommend and share our content on social networks. You can recognize the social plugins on the website by the logos of the respective social network. When you interact with the social plugin, data is sent to the respective social network provider.
 

Resources from External Websites

We embed resources from external servers on our website. These include visible content (e.g., images, maps, videos, music) as well as technical resources (e.g., fonts, CAPTCHAs, payment tools).

The technical resources are used to improve the performance or security of our website. When these resources are accessed, the operator of the external servers receives your IP address and/or certain peripheral data necessary for the use of the external operator’s servers.
 

Note on the Use of Cookies

We use cookies, tags, and similar technologies on the website to provide you with the best possible user experience and to help us improve the website. Cookies are text files that are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or use an app.

Some of the cookies we use are necessary to provide certain website features. In addition, we use cookies to analyze website usage and to gather information to optimize the website. You can learn more about our use of cookies by using the Cookie Preferences Tool implemented on the website.

You can set your browser to refuse cookies or to prompt you before a cookie is set. You can also delete cookies from your device by using the appropriate function in your browser. Additionally, you have the option to share your preferences regarding the acceptance of cookies with us via the Cookie Preferences Tool used on the website.
 

Use of Our Social Media Pages

On our social media pages, you will find posts about current developments at Fair Recycling as well as information about our services. Social media providers collect and analyze usage data, such as the number of visits and demographic information about visitors to our company pages.

We receive reports generated by the social media providers based on this data. These reports contain only aggregated or otherwise sufficiently anonymized data. Only the respective provider can identify you based on the usage data collected. Therefore, please refer to the privacy policies of the respective providers.
 

Use and Optimization of Our Newsletter

When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect the information you provide to us. This includes general personal data such as first name, last name, and email address. We use analytics services to measure and analyze the use of our newsletter. The analytics services collect and analyze usage data such as the number of people who opened a newsletter or clicked on specific articles. We receive reports generated based on this data. These reports enable us to optimize our newsletter and provide you with content that interests you.
 

You can also let us know at any time if you no longer wish to receive our newsletter. To do so, please use the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the newsletter. If you click on this link, we will no longer track or analyze your use of the newsletter.

 What purposes do we process your personal data, and on what legal basis?
We primarily process your personal data to provide information about our services and to perform, document, and bill for our services in accordance with our contractual and legal obligations.

addition, we process your personal data for the following purposes:

We have a legitimate interest in processing your personal data for the purposes described above. Some processing is also necessary so that we can fulfill our contractual obligations to you or our legal obligations (e.g., retention obligations). On this basis, we process your personal data if and to the extent that applicable data protection law requires a legal basis or justification for the lawfulness of data processing in general or for specific processing activities.
 

We Store and Protect Your Personal Data

We store your personal data only to the extent and for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or to comply with legal obligations.

In the interest of the integrity and confidentiality of personal data, we take appropriate technical and organizational measures. In accordance with our risk assessment, we implement, in particular, access controls and procedures for the regular review, assessment, and evaluation of the effectiveness of these measures.

To Whom We Disclose Your Personal Data
To achieve the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, it may be necessary for us to disclose your personal data to other companies. These recipients fall into the following categories:

Place of Processing

We generally store and process your personal data in Switzerland and the EU. However, we may also transfer your personal data to recipients in countries outside Switzerland or the EU (worldwide) if required by law. In doing so, we ensure that the respective country provides adequate data protection. We transfer data to countries without adequate data protection based on standard data protection clauses or legal exceptions (e.g., necessity for contract fulfillment). Any data transfer abroad is always carried out in accordance with and in compliance with the principles of Articles 16 and 17 of the DSG.

Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Data

You have the following rights regarding personal data concerning you:

How we may change this Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy at any time, particularly if we modify our data processing practices or if new laws come into effect. The version of the Privacy Policy currently available on the website is the authoritative one.

Please note that legal requirements and exceptions apply to the exercise of these rights. To the extent permitted by law, we may refuse your request to exercise these rights. You also have the right to file a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority.