Privacy Policy

How we protect and handle your personal information

Privacy Notice

This privacy notice (the "Privacy Notice") informs you about how OTT Investments GmbH (Pk. Höchi Allee 6, 6353 Weggis, Switzerland), ("we", "us" or "Company"), treats your personal data ("Data") according to the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection ("DPA") and the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), as applicable, when using our website (the "Website"), any of the services provided on or through the Website (the "Services"), or in any of the other situations set out in Section 3.

1. Controller, Representative and Contact Details

Controller is OTT Investments GmbH, Pk. Höchi Allee 6, 6353 Weggis, Switzerland (E-Mail: contact@ott-investments.com).

2. Obligation to Provide Data and Your Sharing of Third Party Data

You are in general under no obligation to provide us with any Data. However, if you do not provide the required information regarding certain use cases set out in Section 3 (in particular Registration Data, as defined in Section 3.4), we may not be able to process your corresponding request, provide the related services or get in contact with you.

If you share with us personal data regarding any other individual (e.g. regarding your relatives, family members, colleagues, etc.) we assume that this data is correct. By sharing such data with us, you confirm that you are authorized to share such data with us and that you have informed the affected individuals about this Privacy Notice.

3. Processed Data, Purpose and Legal Basis

We may process various categories of Data, depending on the circumstances as set out hereinafter. We may process your Data for security and access control purposes (GDPR 6.1.1.f) or in order to comply with legal obligations, directive and recommendations from authorities (GDPR 6.1.1.c) and internal regulations, including such purposes as compliance, risk management, corporate governance and business organization (GDPR 6.1.1.f).

To the extent required under the GDPR, our processing is generally based on (a) the need for performance of our contract with you or for processing your request for a contract (GDPR 6.1.1.b); (b) the need for compliance with legal obligations to which we are subject (GDPR 6.1.1.c); (c) legitimate interests in fulfilling the purposes mentioned below (GDPR 6.1.1.f) and/or as otherwise specified in the following Sections hereinafter.

3.1 Website Use

The Data processing related to your use of our website is limited to Data that is required to operate, provide and secure the website and the services provided thereon ("Website Use Data") and for web analysis purposes ("Website Analysis Data").

Categories of Data: When accessing our Website (and through our Website the Services), the following information about your device may be collected automatically: server name, IP address, operating system, type of device, browser name and version, date and time of access, address of the website from which you were redirected to our Website (if applicable). We may analyze your use of our Website with web analysis tools, including Google Analytics (with IP anonymization activated). Further information on the use of data by Google and configuration options can be found here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/partners.

Purpose and Legal Basis: The processing regarding Website use is based on our legitimate interest to operate and secure our Website and our Services, in particular for security reasons to ensure the stability and integrity of our systems (GDPR 6.1.1.f). In addition, we may perform basic web analysis based on our legitimate interest (GDPR 6.1.1.f) to optimize the Website regarding usability and to gain insights about the use of our Website and Services.

4. Disclosure

We may make your Data available to the following recipients in compliance with the applicable legal requirements:

  • our group companies;
  • external service providers (e.g. IT and technical services providers, business information providers, newsletter management service providers, etc.);
  • contractual partners (to the extent the disclosure results from such contracts, e.g. if you use our Services under a contract that we have with your employer);
  • authorities (in Switzerland and abroad, if we are legally obliged or entitled to such disclosures or if it appears necessary to protect our interests);
  • transaction partners and advisors (e.g. in relation to mergers, acquisitions or other business transactions involving us or our group companies)

5. Storage Periods and Erasure

We process and retain Data for as long as our processing purposes, the legal retention periods and our legitimate interests regarding documentation require it or storage is a technical requirement. Except in case of contrary legal or contractual obligations, we will erase or anonymize your Data once the storage or processing period has expired.

6. Right to Object

Regarding any processing of your Data based on our legitimate interest (GDPR 6.1.1.f), you may have the right to object to such processing by explaining your particular reasons and specific circumstances on which your objection is based.

Regarding cookies through which certain Data may be collected, you can block the setting of such cookies at any time by changing the settings in your browser accordingly. You will then be notified whenever your browser attempts to create a cookie and you can decide whether you want to allow the cookie or not. Please note that a deactivation of cookies may result in a limited user experience and you may not be able to use every function of our Website or Services or to access the Services in an appropriate manner altogether.

7. Your Rights as Affected Data Subject

You have the right to request information about your Data we process and further rights regarding such data processing. In particular, you have – or may have, depending on the circumstances – the right to:

  • Information, i.e. to ask us whether we are processing Data about you, and if so, to provide you with further information related thereto.
  • Correction, i.e. to ask us to correct your Data if it is incorrect or incomplete.
  • Deletion, i.e. to delete your Data (to the extent we are not under a legal obligation or have an overriding legitimate interest to retain such Data).
  • Restrict Processing, i.e. to ask us to temporarily restrict our processing of your Data.
  • Data Portability, i.e. to ask us to provide you in electronic form (to the extent technically feasible) the Data you have provided to us.
  • Withdraw Your Consent, i.e. to withdraw your consent if and to the extent you have previously given your consent to any specific purpose of processing of your Data. This will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent (or any processing based on any legal basis other than your consent) and it may mean that we will no longer be able to provide our Services to you.

In case you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us as specified in Section 1. Before responding to your request, we may ask for proof of identity. This helps us to ensure that your Data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it.

8. Data Security

We have put appropriate technical and organizational security policies and procedures in place to protect your Data from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. We limit access to personal data in general. Those individuals who have access to the data are required to maintain the confidentiality of such information.

9. Changes to this Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice does not form part of any contract with you and we may amend it at any time. The version published on this website is the version that currently applies.

OTT Investments GmbH, February 2025