Legal notice and privacy policy
Legal Notice
Ownership of this website
This website is the responsibility of ALMATECH SA, a public limited company registered in the Commercial Register under IDE CHE-114.799.485 and federal number CH-550.1.057.554-3. It is the sole owner of this website, hereafter the "Owner":
ALMATECH SA
EPFL Innovation Park, building D 1015 Lausanne
Phone: +41 21 555 3000
Fax: +41 21 555 3001
Email info@almatech.ch
The website is hosted by the company Infomaniak Network SA.
Development of this website
The BB Switzerland® agency, represented by BB Switzerland Sàrl based in Geneva, has developed and produced this entire website (design, technical animation and development), hereafter the "Developer".
Copyright and rights
All rights belong to ALMATECH SA, a public limited company registered in the commercial register under IDE CHE-106.612.745 and federal number CH-660.1.459.998-8.
The content, design, illustrations and photographs may not be used without the express permission of ALMATECH SA and the BB Switzerland® agency represented by BB Switzerland Sàrl.
Data privacy policy of this website
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2018, this section presents the data processing policy of the company that owns this website,
The developer collects information related to your browsing. All information collected is only necessary to improve the quality of our services and that of our customers. We collect as little information as possible. Navigational data is technically collected by the following main tools:
- Google Analytics
- Google Ads
- Google Maps
- Google My Business
- Google Tags
- Facebook Ads
- Twitter Ads
- Linkedin Ads
- All companies active in payment options (Stripe, Paypal, PostFinance, etc.) if this website is an e-commerce using an online payment solution
The developer does not collect any information about the customers/prospects/visitors of this website, this information is automatically sent to the client company that owns this website without any storage within the developer. Only browsing data is collected using the tools listed above.
The use of this website
The developer provides the owner of this website with all the information collected by the above-mentioned third-party companies. It keeps track of browsing data in order to know how this site is used, the products and services of this site in order to identify the interests of visitors in order to improve this site and the targeting of any advertisements.
Privacy Commitment
The developer may store browsing data on its servers based in Petit-Lancy (Geneva, Switzerland) with back-up copies at the following locations. The developer does not systematically keep them.
- Daily backup 1 - Petit-Lancy (Geneva, Switzerland)
- Daily backup 2 - Frankfurt (Germany)
The hosting of the data of this website is operated by Infomaniak Network SA which guarantees the security of the data.
Cookie Policy
The developer uses cookie technology in order to improve the owner's services and to personalise and improve the user's navigation. This technology is also used to improve the effectiveness of advertising related to the activity of this website. The website owner considers that you accept the use of cookies by clicking on "ok, I accept".
What is a cookie?
Cookies are generally small text files stored on the terminal from the visited website and are used to record certain browsing interactions by storing data that can be updated and retrieved. These files are stored on the user's computer and contain anonymous data that is not harmful to your computer.
They are used to store user preferences, such as language selection, access data or page customisation.
Cookies can also be used to record anonymous information about how a visitor uses a site. For example, which web page you accessed from, or whether you used an advertising "banner" to access it.
Why do we use cookies?
The developer only uses cookies that are necessary and essential for you to be able to use this website and allows you to move around freely, use security zones, customised options, etc. In addition, the developer uses cookies to collect data relating to the analysis of website usage. These are used to help improve the quality of the service and the customer experience, by measuring the use and performance of the page, to optimise and personalise it. This website may have links to social networks (such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat or Twitter). The developer does not control the cookies used by these external platforms. For more information on cookies related to social networks or other platforms, please consult their own cookie policies.
What are the different types of cookies that may be used on this website?
Session cookies :
Session cookies are those that last as long as the user is browsing the site and are deleted at the end.
Persistent cookies :
These cookies are stored in the user's terminal for a longer period of time, making it easier to control selected preferences without having to repeat certain settings each time you visit the site.
Own cookies:
These are cookies created by this site and can only be read by the site itself. For example:
Technical cookies for downloading images, cookies for customising web settings, cookies for traffic analysis, etc.
Third-party cookies:
These are cookies created by third parties that we use for different services (e.g. site analysis or advertising.)
Depending on their purpose
Technical cookies:
Technical cookies are those that are essential and strictly necessary for the proper functioning of a Web Portal and the use of the different options and services offered. For example, those used for session maintenance, response time management, performance or validation of options, use of security elements, sharing of content with social networks, etc.
Cookies for personalisation:
These cookies allow the user to specify or customise certain features of the general settings of the web page. For example, set the language, local setting or browser type.
Analytical cookies:
Analytical cookies are used by our web portal to develop browsing profiles and learn about the preferences of its users in order to improve the product and service offering. For example, by using an analytical cookie, the geographical areas of greatest interest to a user would be monitored, etc.
Advertising cookies:
Advertising cookies allow the management of advertising spaces according to specificities. For example, the frequency of access, the content edited, etc. These cookies allow advertising management to store behavioural information by observing habits, studying access and forming a profile of user preferences, providing advertising related to the interests of the user profile.
Mostly used cookies:
- Cookies from Facebook
- Woocommerce cookies
- Google cookies
How do I change my cookie settings?
- Internet Explorer cookie settings
- Firefox cookie settings
- Google Chrome cookie settings
- Safari cookie settings
- Flash cookie settings
These browsers are subject to updates or changes, so the developer cannot guarantee that the above information is correct. The user can also use another browser that is not referenced in these links, such as Konqueror, Arora, Flock, etc.
For most of these browsers, it is possible to browse privately to avoid your browser recording user data.
Contact form
The owner offers the possibility to contact his sales department directly. The following personal data are collected: company name, first and last name of the contact person, telephone number, email. These data are necessary to process the request in a professional way. This information is stored on the storage server and in an email box of the owner company.
User rights
Each user may at any time request access, correction or deletion of his/her data. Being the owner of his data, the user has the right to use his right to oblivion by contacting the owner of this website at: info@almatech.ch
The owner of this website may modify this policy in cases where the information is outdated or if internal processes change. This page always shows the latest version of our data privacy policy.
This policy was updated on 25 May 2018.