Privacy Policy

Privacy Contact

Swiss American Advisors AG
Otto Hüppi
Bellerivestrasse 67
8008 Zurich
Switzerland
otto.hueppi@s-a-advisors.com

Thank you for visiting the website of Swiss American Advisors AG and for your interest in our company and its asset management services. On our homepage you can inform yourself about our company, get in contact with us.

Mandatory national and international data protection laws require that personal data be processed in a loyal and trustworthy manner in legal dealings and that the purpose for processing is appropriate and necessary.

We at Swiss American Advisors AG take these requirements very seriously and show below which personal data is processed and protected in what way.

1. Categories of personal data and persons concerned

Personal data transmitted through the use of e-mail addresses published on this website.

2. Nature and purpose of the disclosure of personal data.

The personal data we collect includes, but is not limited to, your name, address, email address, IP address and other information you send to us via email.

We may process information contained in or relating to communications you send to us (“Correspondence Data”). Correspondence Data may include message content and personal data associated with the communication. The Correspondence Data may be processed for the purposes of communicating with you and keeping a record. The basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business and communication with users.

Server log files

Our server automatically stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

browser type and browser version
Operating system used
referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address

This data will not be merged with other data sources.

Cookies

Internet pages often use so-called cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser; they do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses, but serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”, which are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed that cookies are being set and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. When deactivating cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Functional cookies – always active

These cookies are necessary for basic functions and are therefore stored automatically when you access our websites. These cookies store your preferences when using our websites. They are also used to distribute the load on our servers, to keep our website available, and for security purposes. Consent is not required for the use of functional cookies, which enable basic website functions.

Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts from Google. Those fonts are stored locally. There is not submission of any kind of date to Google.

Google Maps

This website uses the offer of Google Maps. This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website and enable you to use the map function comfortably. By visiting the website, Google receives the information that you have called up the corresponding sub-page of our website. This happens regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether there is no user account. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly assigned to your account. If you do not want the assignment to your profile at Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (also for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right. For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by Google, as well as further information on your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your Privacy can be found at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

3. Disclosure abroad: name of the state or int. organization

By agreeing to the marketing cookies (Google Maps), anonymized data is passed on to Google and thus to the USA. Please read the paragraph “Google Maps” under point 2.

4. Storage, deletion and destruction requirements

All personal data collected by us will be anonymized or deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary for the purpose of processing.

5. Recipients of personal data

Your personal data will only be received by employees of Swiss American Advisors AG.
External services such as Google only receive personal data with the consent of the person concerned.

6. Measures to ensure data security

Swiss American Advisors AG ensures that the confidentiality of personal data is guaranteed by means of access, access and user controls.

Furthermore, the integrity of personal data is ensured via controls on data carriers, storage and transport. Even in the event of a technical or physical incident, data can be quickly recovered.

Our systems and application programs are up to date with the latest security standards and all known critical vulnerabilities – OWASP Top 10 – have been closed.

As for traceability, these are documented via input and disclosure logs, data security breaches are detected and the resulting consequences mitigated and/or eliminated.

7. Obligation to report data security breaches

All data security breaches that result in a high risk to the personality or fundamental rights of the data subject are reported by us to the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).

Have you noticed a data security breach? Please contact us immediately at otto.hueppi@s-a-advisors.com.

8. Rights of the data subjects

Would you like to know whether we are processing personal data about you? You have disclosed personal data to us and would like to correct, delete or destroy them, or object to their disclosure?

9. Links to other websites

Our website contains links to various external websites that may provide useful information to our visitors. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those sites and we recommend that you contact the external websites directly regarding their privacy policies.