Please read these notes carefully. By accessing any website (“website”) of ViCollective AG, Untergass 13, 8193 Eglisau, Switzerland, or its affiliated company (“ViCollective” or “we”), you declare that you have understood and accept the following notices in connection with this website, app or application (collectively, “services” or “services”) and the elements contained therein.

Collection of information
‍We collect the following types of personal information:

- User-provided information: When users register for an account on our website or application, they provide personal information, such as their name, contact details, telephone numbers, addresses, nationalities, email addresses, and passwords.
- Usage information: We collect information about your interactions with our services, including details about your purchases, the pages you visit, and other activities. Each time you use our services, we collect and store certain types of information. To facilitate your shopping experience and improve or customize your online browsing and shopping experience, our services use “cookies,” tagging, and other tracking technologies.
- Location information: When you access our services, we may collect location data. This data helps us provide services based on your location, such as targeted advertising and tailored services. If you prefer not to share certain location information, such as GPS data or latitude and longitude information, you can change the settings on your device to deny such permissions. See the “Location Tracking” section below for more details.

Using information
‍We may also use your information for the following purposes:

- To fulfill your requests for services or information, such as to create an account or sign you up for our programs;
- To inform you about our products, services, promotions, events and offers, such as through newsletters, emails, and text messages;
- processing transactions, including purchases and shipments of products;
- providing support to our customers;
- collecting customer reviews about our products, services, and programs;
- overseeing our promotional events, surveys, and community engagement activities;
- ensuring compliance with legal standards, industry regulations and our internal policies;
- personalizing content based on your interactions with our services, preferences and/or geographic location, in accordance with the information you share with us;
- improve and optimize our services, products, and operations;
- Detect, investigate, and prevent acts that violate our policies or could constitute fraud or illegal activity;
- Analysis of statistical, demographic and marketing data about users of our services and their behavior patterns.

Our processing of data is based exclusively on our legitimate interests in staying in contact and communicating with you as a potential customer or business partner, or serving you as a customer or business partner. For this purpose, the data is made available to our employees and directors.

Third Parties
Within the framework of contract relationships, third parties may be involved who comply with the relevant regulations. The viCollective data is kept by a delegated IT service provider, which guarantees compliance with the relevant regulations. Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those mentioned above. Data will only be disclosed abroad if appropriate data protection is guaranteed. Of course, we will also provide you with information about the personal data we have stored about you at any time. We are also happy to correct or delete them at your request, as long as there are no legal storage obligations to the contrary. To contact us in this context, please use the contact details provided in this legal notice. We may share personal data with public authorities when we respond to legal demands or to prevent unlawful activity.

Choices related to information
You have several options when it comes to the information you provide and how to use it:
- Marketing emails: When you register an account or sign up for certain services, you agree that we use your email for product updates. When you sign up via our mobile app, you can choose whether you want to receive promotional emails. You can't opt out of account-related communications, but you can stop receiving promotional emails by either turning off the option when you sign up, using the “unsubscribe” link in emails, or by contacting info@vicollective.ch.
- Push notifications: You can turn off push notifications via your mobile device settings by turning off the notification toggle for our app.
- Location tracking: On most devices, you can turn off accurate location services from the settings menu. For certain app features, such as location-based push notifications, to be fully functional, location services must be enabled.

Unsubscribing from one type of communication does not automatically mean unsubscribing from others. For example, if you unsubscribe from marketing emails, you may still receive push notifications if you haven't unsubscribed from them.

Cookies
We use “cookies” to collect information and improve our services. Cookies are small data files that are stored on your device or computer and often contain an anonymous unique identifier. We use cookies to save your preferences, customize your experience, and provide you with more relevant content and advertising. We may also use cookies to collect information about how you use our services, such as the pages you visit and the links you click on. You can set your browser to reject all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of our services may not work properly if your cookies are disabled. We may also use third-party services, such as Google Analytics, to analyze how visitors use our services. These third parties may use cookies to collect information about your activity on our website. Services, you consent to the use of cookies and similar technologies in accordance with these terms.

Data security
ViCollective uses various administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect your data, adapting these measures to the sensitivity of the data. However, no system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the complete security of your data. Submitting data to ViCollective is at your own risk, and we cannot guarantee that such data will not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by a breach of our security measures. You can increase the security of your personal information by using encryption and other methods to prevent unauthorized access. You are also responsible for securing the data that you send or access over unencrypted, public, or unsecured networks.

Responsibility for data protection
The management of ViCollective is responsible for compliance with applicable data protection regulations. She can be reached at +41 43 960 38 20, by post to ViCollective AG, Hohlstrasse 418, 8048 Zurich, Switzerland, or by email at info@vicollective.ch. By contacting us, you can exercise the following rights at any time:

- information about your data stored by us and its processing,
- correction of incorrect personal data,
- release or deletion of your data stored by us,
- Restriction of data processing, provided that we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations,
- Objection to the processing of your data by us,
- Data portability, provided that you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us.
- If you have given us consent, you can withdraw it at any time with effect for the future.
- You can also contact the supervisory authority responsible for you at any time with a complaint. We only process your personal data for the purposes set out in this legal notice.

Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
‍All legal relationships arising from access to the ViCollective websites are subject to Swiss law. The exclusive place of jurisdiction is Zurich.

Languages
‍These notes may be available in various languages. In any case, the German version is decisive.

Subject to change
ViCollective expressly reserves the right to change this legal notice and information on its websites at any time without prior notice.

Status: 17.05.2024