In this privacy policy, we inform you about how we collect and process personal data when you visit our website, contact us or use our services or apply for a job with us.
Who we are
We are H+M MEDIA AG.
The address of our website is: https://hm-media.ch
Personal data processed in communication and service provision
We collect the information you provide to us when you contact us or when you use or enquire about our services or apply for a job with us. This includes general personal data, e.g. name and contact details (such as address, e-mail address, telephone number), as well as information about your position or role in the organisation on whose behalf you are contacting us.
If you apply for a job with us, we will process the data you submit, such as: Your contact details, qualifications and other details in your CV. We will process your data until the application process is completed. We may contact third parties as part of the application process (e.g. to obtain references).
We also process personal data that we receive from third parties. This regularly includes personal data that we receive in correspondence or in meetings with customers or business partners, e.g. Your name and details of your work as a team member of the customer or business partner. In addition, we collect some personal data ourselves, e.g. from public registers or websites.
Communication by electronic means is unencrypted.
Provision and use of our website
Server log files
You can find out more about us and our services on our website without telling us who you are. As with any connection to a web server, the provider of this website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
- Browser type and version
- operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Hostname of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
This data cannot be assigned to specific persons. This data is not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to check this data retrospectively if we become aware of concrete indications of illegal use.
Resources from external websites
We integrate resources from external servers on our website. These contain technical resources.
The technical resources are used to improve the performance or security of our website. When these resources are accessed, the operator of the external servers learns your IP address and/or certain marginal data that is necessary for the use of the external operator’s servers.
The use of cookies
We use cookies on our website. These are small text files that make it possible to store specific information related to the user on the user’s device while using the website. Cookies make it possible, in particular, to determine the frequency of use and number of users of the pages, to analyse the behaviour of site use, but also to make our offer more customer-friendly. Cookies remain stored at the end of a browser session and can be called up again when you visit the site again.
Some of the cookies we use are necessary to provide certain features of the website. In addition, we use cookies to analyze the use of the website and to obtain information on how to optimize the website. You can instruct your browser not to accept cookies or to request you before a cookie is set. Please note that it may not be possible to use all the functions of this online offer. You can also delete cookies on your device by using the appropriate function of your browser.
Use of SSL/TLS encryption
This website uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address bar of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
How to use Google reCAPTCHA
This website uses Google reCAPTCHA for protection against bots and spam. Google is committed to ensuring adequate data protection in accordance with the American-European and American-Swiss Privacy Shields. Further information can be found in Google’s privacy policy.
Use of our contact form
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
For what purposes we process your personal data and on what basis
We process your personal data primarily in order to provide information about our range of services and to provide, document and bill our services in accordance with our contractual and legal obligations.
We also process your personal data for the following purposes:
- Responding to your inquiries and communicating with you;
- As part of an application process;
- Analysis and optimization of the use of the website;
- Obtaining credit reports about yourself;
- Fulfilling our contractual obligations;
- To comply with legal obligations; and
- Enforcement of legal claims.
We have a legitimate interest in processing your personal data in accordance with the purposes mentioned. Some processing is also necessary so that we can fulfil our contractual obligations towards you or our legal obligations (e.g. retention obligations). On this basis, we process your personal data if and to the extent that the applicable data protection law requires a legal basis or justification for the lawfulness of data processing in general or for specific processing activities.
How we store and protect your personal data
We will only store your personal data to the extent and for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or to comply with legal obligations.
In the interest of the integrity and confidentiality of personal data, we take appropriate technical and organizational measures. In accordance with our risk assessment, we implement access controls, access controls and procedures for regularly reviewing, evaluating and evaluating the effectiveness of the measures
Who we share your personal data with
In order to achieve the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, it may be necessary for us to share your personal data with other companies. These are the following categories of recipients:
- internal bodies;
- external service providers;
- (if applicable) authorities and courts.
Place of processing
We only store and process your personal data in Switzerland and the EU.
Your rights in relation to your personal data
You have the following rights in relation to personal data concerning you:
- The right to obtain information about what personal data we hold about you and how we process it;
- the right to receive or transmit a copy of your personal data in a commonly used format;
- the right to rectify your personal data; the right to erasure of your personal data; as well as
- the right to object to processing of your personal data.
Please note that these rights are subject to legal requirements and exceptions. To the extent permitted by law, we may refuse your request to exercise these rights. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority.
How we can change this Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy at any time, in particular if we change our data processing or if new legislation becomes applicable. The version provided on our website applies.
Version 3.1 2024
Zurich, August 2024
