Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how we collect and process the personal data of any user of (i) the website (the "Website") and (ii) the services associated with it, in particular the services related to the rental of commercial space.
When you provide information or download documentation on the Website, you acknowledge the processing of your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
1. Data controller
PI Esplanade 3, place Cornavin 3, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland, is responsible for processing your personal data collected on the Website and in connection with the provision of the Services, subject to the developments set out in the paragraph below and in Section 4.
If you believe that your personal data has been used in a way that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy, or if you have any questions about our treatment of your personal data, you can contact us by e-mail at dpo[at]m-3.com.
2. On what legal grounds do we collect your personal data?
We only process your personal data if we have a valid legal basis for doing so. Depending on the processing involved, we will only process your personal data if: we have obtained your prior consent; the processing is necessary to perform our contractual obligations to you; the processing is necessary to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations; the processing is necessary for the safeguarding of our legitimate interests, unless these are overridden by your interests, freedoms or fundamental rights. Our "legitimate interests" include being able to (i) offer our professional services; (ii) obtain cost-effective services (for example, we may choose to use certain services offered by suppliers instead of others); and (iii) protect the security of our computer systems and networks.
3. What types of personal data do we process and for what purposes?
We process personal data that is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy (see below), only to the extent that is relevant to achieving those purposes. To the extent permitted by law, we may process sensitive personal data, such as health-related data. We will only do so to the extent strictly necessary for the purposes listed below.
3.1 For your application on the Website and the management of the Services
a) Categories of personal data concerned
We process the personal data you provide to us when you use the Website and related Services, namely :
Contact details
Last name, first name, e-mail address, telephone number, company
Fields marked with a red frame or an asterisk (*) are mandatory. Without this data, we cannot provide you with access to the Services. Some data is optional and you can access the Services without completing it. The corresponding fields can be filled in at any time in your personal area.
b) Treatment goals
Your personal data is collected and processed in order to operate the Website and/or provide you with the Services. Our purposes are: to contact you about our Services; to interact with you, for example to answer your questions; to offer you new premises in the future; to enable us to carry out internal analysis and statistical operations, in order to improve the Website and the Services.
Other purposes may be indicated at the time of collection of your personal data.
3.2 For statistical purposes and to improve our Website
We may automatically collect analytical data on the use of the Website and Services, in particular through the use of cookies. You will find more detailed information on the use of cookies in section 9 below.
We use this data for statistical purposes and to improve our Website. We do not use this data to identify you directly, nor do we combine it with other data.
3.3 To comply with our legal obligations
We may process your personal data to comply with our legal obligations. This may be the case if we need to disclose certain information to the authorities or retain such information for tax, accounting or legal purposes.
3.4 If we have obtained your consent
We process your personal data if we have obtained your prior consent for specific purposes.
You may withdraw your consent at any time, which does not affect the validity of the processing of your personal data carried out prior to the withdrawal.
4. Who has access to personal data and with whom is it shared?
We may disclose your personal data in order to comply with our legal obligations if we are required to do so by law or an authority.
Your personal data relating to your use of the Website may be disclosed to third parties if this is necessary for the operation of the Website, in particular to our subcontractors providing services relating to the Website.
5. Processing methods and safety
We process your personal data in accordance with the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act (DPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Data processing is carried out using computers or IT tools, and in compliance with the purposes indicated in this Privacy Policy.
We do not make decisions exclusively on the basis of automated processing that has legal effects on or significantly affects the data subject (automated individual decision) and do not use profiling systems via the Website. We maintain appropriate physical, technical and procedural measures to secure your personal data, and we encrypt personal data when it is stored.
Although we take appropriate measures to protect your personal data, no system is completely secure. We do not and cannot guarantee the absolute security, integrity or confidentiality of any electronic communication or other electronic processing of data, even if such data is encrypted or encoded.
6. International transfers
We store your personal data on servers located in Switzerland and in the European Union which are under the control of our company or our subcontractors.
In principle, we do not transfer or make your personal data accessible in other countries (outside Switzerland and the European Union). Insofar as your personal data must be transferred or become accessible outside Switzerland or the European Union due to the technical or operational infrastructure of the suppliers we have chosen, we will ensure that this transfer or access complies with Swiss federal data protection law and will put in place the appropriate safeguards required (for example, by relying on the standard clauses adopted by the European Commission. You can contact us (see section 1) for further information on this subject.
7. Shelf life
Your personal data will not be kept longer than necessary.
We draw your attention to the fact that the parties with whom we share your personal data (see section 4 above) may retain this data for a longer period for reasons specific to them. We recommend that you carefully read their data protection policies for any information relating to the processing they carry out in connection with your personal data.
We delete or anonymize personal data as soon as it is no longer necessary for the purposes of this Privacy Policy.
8. Data collected by third-party services
We use various types of cookies, analytical tools, or other similar technologies, which may automatically process analytical data directly on your devices and/or transfer personal data about you to PI Esplanade 3 or third parties.
These technologies are generally used to monitor and analyze your interactions with the Website and/or to enable us to improve the Website and its functionalities. For example, they allow us to personalize the Website and Services based on your interactions. We may also use cookies to measure and monitor traffic, Website usage and performance.
You can manage cookies via the settings of your Internet browser and/or your electronic device. If you do not want cookies to be stored on your electronic device, you can configure your Internet browser or your electronic device to refuse and/or restrict them. However, some cookies are essential to the operation of the Website and its use may be impaired if you refuse them completely. If you do not refuse or restrict cookies, you consent to their use and to the processing of your personal data collected in this way.
For more information, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/fr.
You can also consult the help section of your Internet browser or electronic device for more specific instructions on managing cookies.
We use the following cookies:
a) Cookies absolutely necessary for the operation of the Website
Necessary cookies make the Website usable by providing basic functionality such as page navigation and access to secure areas. The Website cannot function properly without these cookies.
b) Preference / functional cookies
Preference/functional cookies are useful for the operation of the Website, in particular for remembering your actions, etc. They are used to store information that impacts the behavior or appearance of the Website. In particular, they are used to store information that affects the behavior or appearance of the Website.
c) Marketing cookies
Marketing cookies are used to display ads that are relevant and attractive to you, based on your preferences.
d) Statistical / productivity cookies
Statistical / productivity cookies, such as those linked to Google Analytics, help us understand how users interact with the Website, by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
9. Your rights
In accordance with applicable law, you have the following rights regarding your personal data. You can assert the following rights against the person responsible for processing your data: Information about your stored data and the processing of this dataCorrection of errors concerning your personal dataDeletion of your stored dataRestrictions on procedures in the event that we are unable to delete it for legal reasonsObjection to the processing of your dataData portability, e.g. the transfer of data into a machine-optimized reading format if you have consented or entered into a contract with us.
You can exercise these rights by contacting us using the contact details in section 1. It may take several days to process your request. In some cases, you will also be asked to provide proof of your identity. If you feel that the response provided is not satisfactory, you can contact the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner(https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/fr/home.html).
Your rights must be exercised within the limits of the legal provisions applicable to our activities. The exercise of these rights may have an impact on our ability to provide you with access to the Website and/or to provide you with the Services.
10. Modifications
We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time, in particular to adapt it to any change in the law or new commercial or technological practices.
The current Privacy Policy applies. Changes will take effect as soon as they are published on the site.