1. Preamble
This Website Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) describes how your information is handled in connection with the website accessible at foundationsaudemarspiguet.org (the “Site” or “Website”), all of which are managed, jointly, by the Audemars Piguet Foundation for Common Good Trees and the Audemars Piguet Foundation for Trees (together, the “Foundations”, “we”, “us”, “our”).
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the Website. This Privacy Policy explains how information relating to an identified or identifiable individual (the “Personal Data”) is collected, used and protected.
If you access our social networking pages or view video content embedded on the Website, the information you provide will be subject to the privacy policy of the relevant third party.
By browsing the Website, you acknowledge and agree to the processing of your Personal Data as described in this Privacy Policy.
2. Data controlers
The Audemars Piguet Foundation for Common Good and the Audemars Piguet Foundation for Trees, located at Route de France 16, 1348, Le Brassus, Switzerland, act as co-controllers of the processing of Personal Data collected through the Website.
3. General principles
3.1 Our Website contains the following information and services:
3.2 This Privacy Policy does not apply to offline services.
4. Personal data we collect and purposes of collection
A. Sources of collection
4.1 The Personal Data that we collect through our Website corresponds to the Personal Data that you provide to us (infra B.).
B. Personal Data you provide to us
1. What Personal Data do you provide to us?
4.2 We collect Personal Data that you provide to us on a voluntary basis, when, through our Website, you fill in a form enabling you to contact us, such as the contact form or newsletter subscription form. You also provide us with Personal Data when you submit a project as part of the various calls for projects proposed by the Foundations.
4.3 This Personal Data may include your surname, first name, the organisation you work for, your email address, your private telephone number and any other personal information you may include in the message(s) you send us.
2. For what purposes do we collect Personal Data?
4.4 We use the Personal Data you send us to respond to any requests, contacts and calls for projects you make via forms available on the Website.
3. Processing basis
4.5 When you fill in a form available on the Website, we process your Personal Data on the basis of your consent.
5. Personal Data collected by third parties (links to other websites and social networks)
5.1 This Privacy Policy does not cover how your Personal Data is processed by third parties when we link you to their websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the other websites you visit.
5.2 When you establish a connection with a social network, your browser connects directly to the server of the relevant service provider. Through this connection, the website receives the information accessed by your browser on the corresponding page of our Website. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted from your browser directly to the service provider’s server and stored there.
5.3 Please refer to the privacy policy of the relevant website or social network for any information in connection with the purpose and scope of the collection of Personal Data by the relevant service provider, the further processing and use of such Personal Data by the relevant service provider, as well as the rights attached thereto and the adjustment possibilities to enable the protection of your Personal Data.
6. Disclosure of your Personal Data to third parties
6.1 We may provide access to the Personal Data you have provided to us through our Website to certain independent contractors and affiliated companies to assist us in operating the Website. To date, these contractors are as follows:
6.2 We take all necessary measures to ensure that your Personal Data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the applicable law. All our co-contractors undertake to protect the Personal Data using procedures similar to ours, unless otherwise provided for in this Privacy Policy.
6.3 The purpose of sharing your Personal Data with the aforementioned third parties is to ensure our activities, as well as to maintain and seek to constantly improve our Website and the services offered to our users. Thus, the basis for such processing is our overriding private interests.
7. Communication of your Personal Data to Audemars Piguet Group entities
7.1 The various Audemars Piguet Group entities may share Personal Data with each other in order to ensure the continuity of their services. Personal Data may thus be collected, stored and processed by an Audemars Piguet entity located in the following countries/regions: Switzerland, the United States, the European Economic Area, China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Lebanon, Israel, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Russia.
7.2 Where your Personal Data is transferred to a country that is not designated by the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner or by the European Commission as providing an adequate level of protection for Personal Data, transfers are governed by the contractual clauses in force adopted by the European Commission and adopted by the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner or through mechanisms validated by the latter or by the competent authorities responsible for the protection of Personal Data within the European Economic Area and, where applicable, supplemented by measures that may be required in other jurisdictions.
8. Communication of your Personal Data to authorities
8.1 We may be required to disclose your Personal Data (including your communications) if we consider this necessary for security reasons, to investigate a potential breach or other violation of this Privacy Policy and/or to prevent harm that may be caused to other users of our Website. Accordingly, we may need to disclose your Personal Data to investigate, respond to or resolve complaints or disputes relating to our Website.
8.2 We may be required to disclose your Personal Data where we are required to do so by law or where we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to:
8.3 We attempt to notify users of third-party requests for their Personal Data where this seems appropriate from our point of view and where it seems technically feasible, subject to the case where we are prohibited from doing so by law or by a decision of an authority or where the request suffers from an emergency. We may contest such requests where, in our sole discretion, we consider that they are formulated too broadly, are too vague or are unfounded.
8.4 The purpose of sharing your Personal Data with the aforementioned authorities is to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
9. No disclosure of your Personal Data for commercial purposes
9.1 We do not sell Personal Data to third parties. We do not share or otherwise make available Personal Data to third parties, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy.
10. Protection of your Personal Data and notification of a Personal Data breach
10.1 We undertake to use all commercially reasonable means to prevent any exposure or disclosure of your Personal Data. In particular, we implement and maintain measures (including administrative, physical and technical measures) to manage cases of unauthorised disclosure or exposure of your Personal Data.
10.2 In the event of an actual or suspected breach of Personal Data, we will (i) use our best efforts to notify you without delay, where technically feasible, and (ii) cooperate with you in investigating and resolving the breach, including, but not limited to, providing reasonable assistance in notifying aggrieved third parties. We undertake to give you access, without delay and within the limits of a reasonable request, to our files relating to the violation of your Personal Data, provided however that this does not give you access to files which belong to other users or which could compromise their security.
10.3 In the event of an actual or suspected breach of Personal Data, we undertake to notify the competent authority under the applicable law.
11. Management of your Personal Data (your rights)
11.1 Right to access, update and delete your Personal Data: Wherever possible, you may access, update or request the deletion of your Personal Data by contacting us by sending an email to the following addresses: ap.fondation@audemarspiguet.com and privacy@audemarspiguet.com.
11.2 Right of rectification: You have the right to obtain rectification of your Personal Data if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
11.3 Right to object: Within the limits of the law, you have the right to object to the processing of your Personal Data.
11.4 Right to limit processing: Within the limits of the law, you have the right to obtain a limitation of the processing of your Personal Data.
11.5 Right to portability of Personal Data: You have the right to obtain a copy of your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
11.6 Right to withdraw consent: Within the limits of the law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time when the processing of your Personal Data is based on it. It should be noted, however, that such withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out prior to such withdrawal and based on your consent.
11.7 Right to complain to an authority: You have the right to complain to any competent authority about the collection and use of your Personal Data.
11.8 We may ask you to prove your identity before responding to a request based on the aforementioned rights or otherwise related to your Personal Data.
12. Retention of your Personal Data
12.1 We retain the Personal Data you provide to the extent required to access and use our Website and the features found therein, as well as to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your Personal Data under applicable law), to resolve a dispute or to enforce agreements we have entered into and our internal regulations.
12.2 We reserve the right to store data in de-identified (i.e. anonymous) form after deletion of your Personal Data.
13. Security of your Personal Data
We attach great importance to the security of your Personal Data. However, no method of communication over the Internet or method of electronic storage can guarantee 100% security. Consequently, although we endeavor to use commercially acceptable technical and organisational means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
14. Changes to this Privacy Policy
14.1 We may change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting a new version on this or a future page without notice. If we do so, we will notify you by posting a notice on the homepage of our Website. By continuing to access or use our Website after such modification has come into effect, you acknowledge and agree to the processing of your Personal Data in accordance with the revised Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these changes, we kindly ask you not to use our Website.
14.2 We undertake always to process your Personal Data in accordance with the Privacy Policy in force at the time of collection of such Data.
14.3 The new version of the Privacy Policy comes into force on the day of its publication, the day mentioned at the end of this Privacy Policy corresponding to the date of entry into force.
15. Questions
15.1 Please do not hesitate to contact us via the contact form, or by email at ap.fondation@audemarspiguet.com, should you have any questions in relation to this Privacy Policy.
15.2 You may also contact us by post at the following address: Fondations Audemars Piguet, Route de France 16, 1348 Le Brassus.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on September 4, 2024.