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Privacy Policy

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

Wattson Audio SA (hereinafter "WA," "we/us/our") is a Swiss limited company registered in Switzerland under UID number CHE-467.757.191 and located at ZI Le Trési 6B, 1028 Préverenges, Switzerland.

 

"Wattson Audio" is a brand registered, owned, operated, and managed by WA.

 

WA attaches a great importance to the protection of your Personal data and understands that you care about how it is collected and used.

 

Personal data (hereinafter "Personal Data") refers to any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data, in particular by means of an identifier, such as an identification number, location data, or username.

 

The present Privacy Policy (hereinafter "PP") is an integral part of our General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter "GTC"). By accepting any of our GTC, you expressly accept the provisions of this PP. Please read this document carefully and ensure that you understand it.

 

WA reserves the right to modify this PP at any time; therefore, make sure you review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If material changes are made to this document, you will be notified here so that you are aware of what information is collected and how it is used. 

II. Which Legal Provisions Govern the Service Provider's Data Processing Practices?

Generally speaking, a Privacy Policy often addresses these types of issues: the types of information the website is collecting and how it collects the data; an explanation about why the website is collecting these types of information; what the website’s practices on sharing the information with third parties; ways in which your visitors and customers can exercise their rights according to the relevant privacy legislation; the specific practices regarding minors’ data collection; and much, much more.

III. Which Personal Data is collected and for what purpose?

We collect Personal Data when you visit www.wattson.audio (hereinafter "Website", "online store"), make an order on our online store, register on our Website, contact us by email, phone, or with the contact form on our Website, and visit and interact on any official Wattson Audio social media accounts.

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Depending on how you choose to interact with us, some or all of the following personal and non-personal data may be collected: first name, last name, username, email address, postal address, phone numbers, company name, products purchased on our online store, social media username, IP address, terminal type and version, operating system type and version, browser type and version, date and time of access to our Website.

IV. COOKIES

Cookies are files with a small amount of data commonly used as anonymous unique identifiers. These are sent to Internet browsers from the websites you visit and stored on your device's internal memory. By default, most Internet browsers are set up to accept cookies automatically. You can change the browser settings to block cookies or alert you when cookies are sent to your device. Suppose you use different devices (e.g., computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.) to view and access our Website. In that case, you must ensure that each browser on each device is adjusted to suit your preferences regarding cookie management.

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Our Website is hosted on the Wix.com platform (hereinafter « Wix »). Our use of Wix ensures that all cookies created are essential for the regular operation of our Website and online store or analytical and performance purposes. Those cookies may collect personal data about your online activity while using our website.

 

In addition, our Website uses Google Analytics (hereinafter “GA”), a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (hereinafter “Google”). GA uses cookies to analyze your use of our Website. The information contained in the cookie about your use of the website may be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers located in the USA. Suppose the function for anonymizing IP addresses is activated on this website. In that case, Google will shorten your IP address within the Member States of the European Union or other countries that are part of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases may the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of our website, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services related to website and Internet usage. The IP address provided by your browser within the GA framework will not be merged or cross-referenced with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser. You can also prevent Google from collecting data generated by the cookie and related to your use of our website (including your IP address) and processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.


GA is used regularly to analyze and improve the use of our Website. In the exceptional case of transferring personal data to the USA, Google is subject to the “EU-U.S. Privacy Shield” and the “Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield”: https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

V. Which personal data is communicated to third parties and for what purpose?

To fulfill our obligations and services, we may contract with third parties to supply products and services to you on our behalf. These may include payment processing, delivery of goods, advertising, and marketing of our own products. In some cases, those third parties may require access to some or all of your Personal Data. Where any of your data is required for such a purpose, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your Personal Data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, our obligations, and the obligations of the third party under the law.

 

We may provide links on our Website to third party websites, including but without limitation those owned or managed by our partner networks, distributors, affiliates or advertisers. These websites have separate privacy policies, and we, therefore, cannot accept any responsibility for the content. As such, choosing to follow these links is a choice you make at your own risk, and we advise that you check these websites’ individual privacy policies before submitting any Personal Data. 

VI. What rights (particularly right of access and right of correction) do users have?

You retain the right to request that we refrain from processing your personal data for marketing. You can opt out of receiving marketing communications at any time to exercise such a right. Marketing communications we send will generally have opt-out options. You may also reply to any information we send you, detailing your request that we refrain from sending any marketing correspondence. If we intend to use your data at any time for such marketing purposes, however, it is standard practice for us to inform you of the need to collect such data in advance. 

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You retain at all times the right to access/amend/delete any Personal Data we hold about you or to exercise your right to object to or restrict the purposes for which your Personal Data is processed on certain grounds. You may exercise this right by making a request in accordance with Data Protection Laws, by sending a message from our contact form. You may also lodge a complaint with the Swiss data protection regulator, The Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) should you be dissatisfied with the way that we handle your Personal Data.

VII. Which security measures are applied to protect personal data?

Wix provides us with the online platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix’s data storage, databases and the general Wix applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall. 
 
All direct payment gateways offered by Wix and used by WA adhere to the standards set by Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our online store and its service providers.

VIII. Which department is responsible for answering questions about data processing?

Should you have any questions or comments about PP or your Personal Data, please send a message from our contact form or by phone at +41 21 558 70 40.

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