Privacy Policy

These privacy policies apply to our Electronic Services and to the processing of personal data by the company Azimut Switzerland SA (hereinafter “Financial Institution” and/or “Company”). Responsibility for the Electronic Services described here and for the processing of your data lies with the Company.

For questions or concerns about privacy, you can contact us at any time at our email address info@azimutswitzerland.ch.

Azimut Switzerland SA attaches great importance to adequate data protection. Below we inform you about the processing of your personal data in connection with the use of our Electronic Services (“Privacy Policy“).

By further using the Electronic Services of Azimut Switzerland SA, you confirm that you are at least 18 years old. Please note that we may update this privacy statement from time to time. The current version applies as indicated in the update notice (“latest update“).

We are very keen to protect your privacy and ensure lawful processing of the personal data of all users of our Electronic Services. We understand that by using our Electronic Services you may be entrusting us with personal information (“Data“), and we want to reassure you that we take our responsibility to protect and secure this data very seriously. Therefore, with this privacy statement, we inform you about what data we process in the use of our Electronic Services, how we process it, to whom we disclose it and what security measures we have taken to protect your data.

This privacy statement applies to all data we receive as a result of the use of our Electronic Services. It does not apply to data we receive through other channels, nor to third-party Electronic Services (“Third Party Electronic Services”), even if you access them through links from our Electronic Services or if they are necessary to provide our Electronic Services. We have no control over the contents and privacy policies of Third Party Electronic Services and therefore cannot assume any responsibility for them.

As soon as you use our Electronic Services, our backend systems may automatically record details of your usage (e.g. your IP address, the type of browser you use, HTTP header user agent, device-specific information, the content you requested on our website including date and time, usage and user interaction, as well as the website from which you were redirected to our Electronic Services). In addition, we process personal data such as name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, date of birth, gender, and other data that you provide to us when you register to use our Electronic Services or fill in a registration form or field notification for the newsletter, for a product demonstration, etc.

We process data based on the following legal bases:

- Legitimate interest of Azimut Switzerland SA or third parties;
- Your consent;
- Fulfillment of contractual obligations and implementation of measures before the conclusion of the contract;
- Legal obligations.

We process data for the following purposes:

- Offer you our Electronic Services and continually improve them;
- Process your requests and concerns and provide you with support;
- Communicate with you, e.g. to send you information about our products and services or to send you information upon request;
- Analyze our website to improve its usability, security and effectiveness;
- Verify the identity and eligibility of customers for certain products and services;
- Create a basis for future information on the products and services offered by Azimut Switzerland SA and to improve their quality;
- Ensure the security and operational functioning of our IT environment;
- Allow application procedures in accordance with the data processing and data protection declaration for candidates, to whom you give consent before the application begins;
- Managing compliance and risk, preventing and investigating crime, exercising legal rights and defending legal disputes.

We process your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws and for as long as necessary.

We may transmit data for the above-mentioned purposes within the Company (any branches), to representatives of the Company or to service providers engaged by the Company, both within and outside the country in which you are currently located. All mentioned persons and companies receiving the data are required to comply with national and international data protection laws and data protection standards.

Azimut Switzerland SA transmits your data to countries outside of Switzerland

- for the purposes of providing Electronic Services;
- if you have given your consent (for example in your contracts with the Company or as part of your privacy settings); or
- on the basis of legal obligations, at the request of the authorities or in the context of similar processes according to applicable law.

Azimut Switzerland SA must possibly disclose the data to supervisory authorities, judicial authorities or other competent persons, within the scope of applicable laws and in accordance with supervisory obligations.

Azimut Switzerland SA adopts appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data processed in the IT environment controlled by the Company against unauthorized access, abuse, loss and/or destruction.

Azimut Switzerland SA implements both physical and electronic security precautions and specific procedures. This includes, for example, the use of firewalls, personalized passwords, encryption and authentication technologies. Our employees and authorized service providers are bound by us to confidentiality and compliance with data protection provisions.

Furthermore, access to personal data is strictly limited to those employees and third parties (e.g. service providers) who must have access ('need to know' principle).

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary for the purposes described in these data protection guidelines or as required by law.

If you use our Electronic Services via an open network, Azimut Switzerland SA would like to point out that third parties (for example, App Stores, network providers or the manufacturer of your device) can access and process your data regardless of their location. Open networks are not under the control of Azimut Switzerland SA and therefore cannot be considered a secure environment. Data transmitted over such an open network cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free, as it may be intercepted, modified, damaged or destroyed, or may be lost, arrive late or incomplete, contain viruses or be monitored. In particular, data transmitted via an open network – even if the sender and recipient are located in the same country – may leave the country in question and be transmitted and processed in a third country, where less stringent data protection rules may apply than to the country you are currently in. If data is transmitted over an open network, we cannot be held responsible for its protection. Accordingly, we assume no responsibility or liability for the security of your data during such a transmission. We therefore recommend that you do not transmit strictly confidential information over open networks. Where you deem it appropriate, you may communicate with the Company through other means.

As part of the Electronic Services of Azimut Switzerland SA, cookies can be used for statistical purposes, as tools for our web developers and to improve the user experience. Cookies are small files that are saved on your electronic device to track your use of the Electronic Services and your preferences as you navigate between different pages, and possibly save your settings between different visits. Cookies help the Electronic Services to collect statistical information on the frequency of visits to certain areas of the site and help make the Electronic Services even more useful and easy to use. Please note that most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies. You can configure your browser so as not to save cookies on your device or to only accept certain cookies, or to always display a warning before receiving a new cookie. However, deactivating cookies may prevent you from using all the functions of our Electronic Services.

We may use third-party analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, to monitor the Electronic Services. This includes the use of analytics cookies.

The Electronic Services of Azimut Switzerland SA may contain links to third-party Electronic Services that are neither operated nor controlled by us. Please note that such third-party Electronic Services are not subject to this Privacy Policy, and we are not responsible for their content or the data processing policies of such providers. Therefore, we recommend that you read and check the privacy statements or terms of use for the relevant third-party Electronic Services.

Subject to applicable data protection laws and regulations, you may have the following rights:

- You can request information about the personal data we hold about you;
- You can request that the data be transmitted in a generally usable, machine-readable and standardized format (data portability);
- You can request that inaccurate personal data be corrected;
- You can request that your data be deleted if the bank is not authorized or legally obliged to retain it;
- You can request that the processing of your data be limited;
- You can object to the processing of your personal data.

Furthermore, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority.

If you have any questions about the processing of your personal data, please contact us:

Azimut Switzerland SA
Via Carlo Frasca 5
CH-6900 Lugano - TEL: +41 091 910 14 00
This Privacy Policy was last updated in December 2023