Last updated: June 8, 2018
When you use this website and its features, Banque Thaler SA (hereinafter referred to as “Banque Thaler”, “we” or “us”) protects and processes your personal data according to this Cookie Policy and in compliance with Swiss and any other applicable laws.
This Cookie Policy applies to any information obtained by Banque Thaler through your use of this website. It is not applicable to any websites controlled by third parties that this website may link to.
1. What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the website. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you do not have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.
2. What types of cookies are used in our website and for what purposes?
We use (i) functional cookies, which are required for the functioning of our website and (ii) analytical cookies, which gather information on how you use our website (e.g. number of visits, most popular pages). We may also use advertisement cookies to deliver tailor-made advertisements on our website or on third party websites.
After the browser session, most of the cookies we use are deleted from your hard disk (“session cookies”). Other cookies remain on your computer (“permanent cookies”) and permit its recognition on your next visit to our website. The cookies we use on our websites are used to enhance the way you navigate our website, and to improve its speed and its performance.
The cookies also enable us to collect statistics on the number of users and their usage patterns. This allows us to manage and improve the usability of our website.
3. Third party plug-ins
We may also use third party plug-ins and components to improve the user’s experience. These components may also use cookies for similar purposes. Note that we have no control over how these plug-ins work, the data that they collect or what the third-party providers does with this information. For more information on how these third-party providers use your personal data collected via their plug-ins, you are kindly referred to their respective privacy policies.
4. Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (Google). Google Analytics uses cookies to enable analysis of website usage by you. Information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. In case of activated IP anonymization on this website, however, your IP address is previously truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states which are party to the agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is a full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the United States and truncated there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of our website, compile reports about website activities, and provide us with further services related to website and Internet usage. The IP address sent from your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other data by Google.
5. Controlling and deleting cookies
Via the settings of your web browser you can control which types of cookies our website may set on your device. Please ensure that you set your cookie settings by un-ticking certain types of cookies if you do not consent to their use by us and that your browser setting reflects whether you wish to be warned about and/or accept tracking technologies (such as cookies) where possible. The specific capabilities of your browser and instructions on how to use them can usually be found in the manual or help file of your browser. To comply with applicable laws and regulations, in some countries you may be asked to confirm or reconfirm your cookie settings when you visit our website. Furthermore, you can prevent data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) from being collected and processed by Google, by downloading and installing a browser plug-in from the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en If you have accepted cookies to be recorded on your computer, or if you delete those already recorded on it, you will no longer be able to benefit from a number of features on our website.
6. Your rights
We delete your personal data when all processing purposes have been fulfilled. When we are obliged by statutory provisions to retain your personal data, we will delete it after the end of the applicable retention period. You have the right to request access to the data we hold about you, including the right to request correction of incorrect personal data, its restriction and deletion. In addition, you may contact our Data Protection Officer and lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority if you believe that our processing of your personal data infringes applicable data protection laws.
For questions or queries please contact us at: data-protection@banquethaler.com or write to Banque Thaler SA, Data Protection Officer, Rue Pierre-Fatio 3, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland.