Privacy Policy
Effective Date: November 23, 2025 Last Updated: November 23, 2025
Bernoly is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. In this privacy policy ("Privacy Policy"), we explain how Bernoly collects, uses, discloses and protects the Personal Information you submit to us, including, for example, when accessing and using Bernoly websites or applying for job offerings.
Our Privacy Policy has been drafted to comply with applicable data privacy laws, in particular, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). If the GDPR does not apply to you, not all terms of this Privacy Policy may be relevant to you.
As used in this Privacy Policy:
- “Bernoly”, "we," "our" and "us" means Berboly and, when applicable, its affiliates.
- “Controller” for the purposes of the GDPR, other data protection laws applicable in member states of the European Union and other provisions related to data protection is Bernoly, Erismannstrasse 2, 8004 Zürich, Switzerland.
- “Personal Information” generally has the same meaning as personal data or personal identifiable information (PII). Personal Information is defined in the data privacy laws applicable in your country. It includes any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Principle 1: Sharing Your Personal Information
We limit how, and with whom, we share your personal information.
Bernoly will only share your Personal Information with others for the following purposes: a) at your request; b) to process or service a transaction or product authorized or requested by you; this may include sharing, when applicable, within the Bernoly group of entities; c) when required by law to disclose such information to appropriate authorities; d) to companies that assist us in marketing, recruiting, placement and servicing our products and services; for example, in order to support our information technology or to handle mailings on our behalf; and e) to our professional advisers.
Principle 2: Purpose and Legal Basis of the Processing
1.
Personal Information
Information we receive from you when (i) you visit https://www.bernoly.com/ and other Bernoly websites and (ii) any other information you subsequently provide to us orally, in writing, or through the internet (i.e. using the chatbots): this may include your full name, postal address, e-mail address, employer/business, and professional information, job titles, telephone and fax numbers, demographic information, IP address.
Purpose
The Personal Information is used in providing the website and answering requests from you (e.g. if you choose to register to receive information about our products and services or if you enquire about these, we will use your Personal Information in order to respond).
Legal Basis
The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or in order to take steps at the request of you prior to entering into a contract. Processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests, i.e. providing a website for information and use.
2.
Personal Information
Name, address, e-mail address and other information about your transactions and communications with us.
Purpose
The Personal Information is used to process or service a transaction or product authorized or requested by you.
Legal Basis
The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or in order to take steps at the request of you prior to entering into a contract.
3.
Personal Information
Name, address, e-mail address and other contact information.
Purpose
To periodically contact you to inform you of new products and/or services we provide or that we consider to be of interest to you.
Legal Basis
The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or in order to take steps at the request of you prior to entering into a contract. Processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests, i.e. providing a website for information and use.
4.
Personal Information
IP address and other information submitted by your browser.
Purpose
To diagnose any problems with our server and administer our website.
Legal Basis
Processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests, i.e. providing a website for information and use.
5.
Personal Information
Application data, including your name, address, CV, birthdate.
Purpose
Processing is required to enable us to administer the recruiting process, including the set-up of an electronic job applicant HR file, managing your application, organizing interviews. We may retain your Personal Information following your unsuccessful application so that we may contact you in case of future job vacancies. Your data may also be shared with other Bernoly group companies to consider your application for other job openings
Legal Basis
Primarily, the processing is necessary to take steps for entering into a contract with you. We also have a legitimate interest to (i) store your data for a period of up to 2 years following the conclusion of an unsuccessful application and/or (ii) to share it with the Bernoly group of entities and/or (iii) to retain and use your data as far as necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
6.
Personal Information
All of the above.
Purpose
For compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and corporate governance obligations.
Legal Basis
Processing is necessary for compliance with legal obligations to which we are subject.
Where you wish to provide us with Personal Information about another person, including colleagues or the persons you act on behalf of, you must ensure that you have their prior permission to do this. We collect Personal Information for the purposes described above when you visit https://www.bernoly.com/ and other Bernoly websites and from public sources, such as recruiting and business portals (i.e. www.linkedin.com).
Principle 3: Security and Confidentiality
Bernoly restricts access to your company’s information to our employees who need it to do their job. Employees with access to your information are required to strictly maintain the confidentiality of such information. Bernoly maintains physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with Industry standards to protect your company’s information.
Principle 4: Data Retention
We keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary to do so to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected as described above. The criteria we use to determine data retention periods for Personal Information includes the following: (i) Retention in case of queries: We will retain it for a reasonable period after the relationship between us has ceased in case of queries from you; (ii) Retention in case of claims: We will retain it for the period in which you might legally bring claims against us; (iii) Retention in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements: We will consider whether we need to retain it after the period described in (ii) because of a legal or regulatory requirement, e.g. to comply with tax or fiscal duties; (iv) Retention in case of job applications: If you applied for a job offering with Bernoly and have not been successful, your application data will be retained in our talent pool for a limited period as defined in Principle 2.
Additional Information
Transfers outside the EU/EEA: We transfer the Personal Information we process to countries outside the European Economic Area (”EEA”). We establish an adequate level of data protection, usually through EU Standard Contractual Clauses based on the EU commission’s model clauses.
Provision of Personal Information / Automated decision-making: The Personal Information we collect from you is necessary to provide the services and the website to you. We do not use automatic decision-making or profiling of individuals.
Your Rights: You have various rights under data privacy laws in your country. These may include (as relevant): the right to request access to the Personal Information we hold about you; the right to rectification; the right to request the restriction of processing or to object; the right to request the erasure of your Personal Information; the right to data portability; the right to object to automated decision making; and the right to withdraw your consent to any processing for which you have previously given that consent.
Marketing Information: With your consent, we will keep your name, address and contact details in our databases and may use that information to make you aware of our related products and services. If at any time you decide that you do not want your contact details used for these purposes, you may object or revoke your consent by following the instructions in the relevant marketing communication (e.g., clicking on the “Unsubscribe” button) or by contacting us (see below).
Security Statement: We take reasonable precautions to protect your information, including appropriate technical and organizational measures designed to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk, including pseudonymization and encryption.
Our Use of Cookies and Analytic Tools: Bernoly uses “cookies” and analytic tools as further described in our Cookie Policy.
Third Party Websites: Our websites may contain links to third-party websites. This privacy policy does not apply to the websites of third parties.
Give Us Your Feedback
To comment or help us improve, please contact us via email (admin@bernoly.com). You may also contact us via written letter at Bernoly’s address listed above. If you consider that we are in breach of our obligations under data protection laws, you may lodge a complaint with the competent Data Protection Authority.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
This privacy policy may be modified from time to time. We will post any changes to this on our website and will endeavor to notify you via your contact email.