This Privacy Policy (the "Privacy Policy") is an integral part of the Terms and Conditions of heritages.io. The terms of this Privacy Policy - specifically those terms beginning with a capital letter - refer to the terms as defined in the General Terms and Conditions.
In order to provide the services it offers, heritages.io processes User's personal data, provided by the User during registration or through the use of services offered by heritages.io. The information collected by heritages.io includes the User' personal information such as their name, physical address, email address, phone number, banking details, identity documents, as well as professional information (occupation, company, etc.) (the "Personal Data").
The User expressly authorizes heritages.io to disclose their Personal Data, including banking details such as IBAN and/or account number, to companies within the group to which heritages.io belongs, partner companies, or third-party data processing services in Switzerland and abroad in order to enable heritages.io to execute the services it offers. These service providers process the User's personal data only at the request of heritages.io, in accordance with our instructions and in line with heritages.io's privacy policy, and for the purposes of the website. These service providers are contractually bound to maintain confidentiality.
heritages.io commits to complying with the Federal Data Protection Act of June 19, 1992 (LPD), particularly regarding the processing of the User's personal data.
The User expressly authorizes heritages.io to delegate certain tasks (such as financial intermediation, IT services and infrastructure, server hosting and maintenance, and other services) to companies outside of Switzerland. This implies that User-related data may be communicated to such companies outside of Switzerland. In the context of delegating certain tasks as mentioned above, the User is informed that certain jurisdictions may not have an adequate level of protection as per LPD. If the User's Personal Data were to be shared with such companies and the other conditions of LPD are not met, heritages.io will seek the User's consent.
In order to enhance the User's experience on the Website, cookies are used. Cookies are small files stored on the web browser that store certain configurations and data about the web browser to exchange with heritages.io's system. Cookies are in no way used to store the User's Personal Data.
The User can choose to decline the use of cookies by adjusting their web browser settings. The User is advised that disabling cookie usage might limit their access to the full functionality of the Website.
The Website uses Google Analytics, a service provided by Google Inc., headquartered in the United States of America. Google Analytics is a tool that analyzes the use of the Website. This tool may use cookies to collect anonymous information and generate reports on the Website's usage statistics without personally identifying the User to Google. The information generated by these cookies (including the User's IP address) may be sent and stored on Google servers in the United States of America. Google adheres to the data protection requirements of the Swiss-US Privacy Shield framework and is certified under the US Department of Commerce's Privacy Shield program. If the User does not want Google Analytics to record their visit data, an extension can be installed to disable Google Analytics.
The User is also informed that the Website uses similar third-party services to Google Analytics, such as Mix Panel, Hotjar, and others.
The Website employs social plugins for various social networking sites (hereinafter: the "Social Network"), such as facebook.com (operated by Facebook, Inc.), twitter.com (operated by Twitter, Inc.), and more.google.com (operated by Google, Inc.) (hereinafter: the "Plugin(s)"). When the User visits a Website containing Plugins, their browser directly connects to the servers of the corresponding Social Network. The content of the Plugin is directly transmitted to the User's browser from each respective Social Network. By integrating the Plugin, the Social Network receives information that the User has visited the Website. If the User is logged into a Social Network, their visit may be associated with the corresponding Social Network account. If the User interacts with a Plugin, the corresponding information form from the User's browser is sent directly to the corresponding Social Network and is recorded there. For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection, processing, and use of data by the respective Social Network, as well as the User's rights and means of protecting their privacy, please refer to the privacy policy of the relevant Social Network.
By using the Website, the User declares their consent to the processing of collected data concerning the User by Google, Google Analytics, Mix Panel, Hotjar, and others, in accordance with the above-mentioned privacy policy and Google's privacy policy. The User acknowledges that heritages.io assumes no responsibility for this process.
The User can access their Personal Data at any time by accessing their account on the Website and can make specific modifications.
This Privacy Policy may be modified at any time. heritages.io will inform the User of any changes.
The User can contact heritages.io at the address contact@heritages.io if they have any questions or concerns regarding the services and privacy policy of heritages.io