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When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

(October 2024 version 1.2)

1. PREAMBLE

Thank you for visiting and using our website (commoditieshub.ch, hereinafter: the “Site“), owned and governed by SUISSENÉGOCE (hereinafter: “SUISSENÉGOCE”), located at rue de Chantepoulet 11, 1201 Genève, Switzerland.

SUISSENÉGOCE respects your right to privacy in both the online and the offline world, when you use our Site. This Cookies Policy (hereinafter: “Policy”) sets out the definition of cookies, the purpose of their use, the legal basis for processing as well as the type of cookies used to collect information relating to an identified or identifiable person (hereinafter: “Personal Data”) when visiting our Site.

2. COOKIES

2.1 What are cookies and what information do they collect?

Cookies are files containing a small amount of data that are sent from a website to your browser and stored on your mobile or computer device (hereinafter: “Cookies“). Other tracking technologies, such as beacons, tags and scripts (hereinafter: “Similar Technologies”), may also be used to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Sites.

Through the use of Cookies and Similar Technologies, we may collect Personal Data when you interact with our Site. In particular, we may identify certain usage data when you browse or click on content.

The following information and Personal Data are collected through the use of Cookies and Similar Technologies:

  • your device ID;
  • the IP address of the device that can connect to the Internet and request the connection;
  • the location, if enabled on the device;
  • the resources you accessed on the Sites;
  • name and URL of the linking page;
  • the browser you are using and, if necessary, the operating system of your Internet-enabled device, as well as the name of your service provider.
  • In order to control or limit the collection of this information, you can:
  • if available, set up your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent;
  • delete Cookies and clear your browsing data directly from your browser’s settings.

Please note that if you do not accept certain Cookies or Similar Technologies, you may not be able to access certain features of our Sites.

Here is the list of Cookies and Similar Technologies that we use, in addition to strictly necessary Cookies or Similar Technologies :

2.2  Purposes of using Cookies or Similar Technologies for the collection of information

We use Cookies and Similar Technologies that we collect in order to:

  • enable access to our Site;
  • make certain features of our Site accessible, and to provide you with additional functionality;
  • improve our Site ;
  • store information regarding your preferences, enabling us to customize our Site in accordance with your personal preferences;
  • ensure the security of our Site ;
  • collect statistical information about the use of our Site.

2.3  Legal basis for processing

With regards to Cookies and Similar Technologies used for the operation, maintenance and security of our Site, the legal basis we rely on to process your Personal Data is our overriding private interest.

In addition, Cookies and Similar Technologies which would go beyond the purposes justified by our overriding private interests (for example, analytics and targeting Cookies used for marketing purposes), are implemented upon your consent, collected through the means of our cookie banner.

2.4 Retention

The length of time we retain Cookies and Similar Technologies depends on their purpose. It is defined under point 2.1 above and is always the same, regardless of who the Personal Data relates to.

3. AMENDMENTS

SUISSENÉGOCE reserves the right to make changes to the aforementioned clauses at any time by posting a new version of them on the Site, without any prior notification. You shall be notified of any change on the Site’s home page. 

The new version of the clauses will become effective on the date it is posted, which will be listed at the top of the page as the new effective date.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.