Privacy Policy

We thank you for your visit and your interest in Thalent.com, the website of Thalent SA.
This policy is part of our General Terms and Conditions of Use (GTCU) and you agree with it by using our site.
Before explaining in more detail what information is collected and how it is used, we would like to emphasise that we comply with the Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) when collecting, processing or using personal data. We protect and treat your personal information with care and use it solely for the purposes described in this policy.

1. Personal data

Personal data is information about the personal, physical situation of a natural person that can be used to determine that person’s identity.
It includes information such as name, address, email, telephone number or date of birth. Personal data is only collected by Thalent SA if you provide this type of information for example when requesting us to contact you, making an appointment, simulating income, during a consultation or if you comment on our social networks using your real name.
Information that cannot be used directly to determine the identity of an individual, such as the number of visitors to a website, the number of contact requests per month, or the number of users of a website, is not or non personal data.

2. Non-personal data

Each time you access the pages of our site, general information is automatically recorded (e.g. the number and duration of visits to the various pages, the pressing of a button on a contact request). This anonymous data is not personal as it does not allow direct identification of a person and is used exclusively for statistical purposes to optimise the online offer.

3. Processing and transmission of your personal data

When you transmit your personal data to us, for example after a contact request, a salary simulation, a request for a free consultation, during a consultation, during the signing of the contract, you understand and consent that we may use and process it, within the limits and the regulation of the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act (FADP), including sharing it with third parties or subcontractors in the processes that enable us to bring consultants/potential clients to our company or if needed for the execution of the contract itself. These third parties may be located in Switzerland in other countries. If they are abroad, we will check, before disclosing the data, whether the recipient offers an adequate level of data protection (e.g. on the basis of a suitability decision for the country).

4. Personal data, right to information, correction and deletion

You have the right to request at any time, free of charge, by email or post mail, information on your personal data registered with Thalent SA. In addition, you have the right to have it corrected, deleted, its processing limited, to object to its processing, to withdraw your consent to its processing or to have incorrect data deleted. Contact us using the contact information or contact forms on the site if you wish to do so.

5. Processing and transmission of your non-personal, anonymous data

If anonymous, non-personal data is transmitted, for example after accessing one of our pages, pressing a button or reading an article, you understand and consent that this data may be transmitted and processed anonymously by us and a number of third party companies based in Switzerland or abroad (Google, Facebook, etc.) using cookies, scripts, pixels and other technologies. We have no influence on the non-personal data transmitted by some of the tools we use (see point 9 and 11) and cannot block them ourselves. See our Cookies page also on this subject.

6. Hosting

Our internet host, Infomaniak Network SA, Avenue de la Praille 26, CH-1227 Geneva is a Swiss service provider. You understand and consent that as a result personal and non-personal data even if encrypted via SSL may be transmitted to this company indirectly via the website or that it may have access to such data even if it does not read or use it or have formal authorisation to do so. As Infomaniak Network SA has its servers in Switzerland, the company is also subject to Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection.

7. Newsletter and Marketing Emails

By using our site, in particular if you use our contact forms, request a free consultation, a callback or a salary simulation, you will receive some information or marketing emails from us only. You understand and agree to this fact and to the use of these channels of communication. By consenting to receive newsletters, or other marketing emails, you also agree to the use of these means of communication. If you do not wish to receive such emails, you can set your email program accordingly or ask us at any time not to receive any more emails.

8. Security

We take all necessary technical and organisational security measures to protect personal data against loss or misuse during operation of our website.This includes storing data in a secure operating environment that is not accessible to the public.

9. Use of cookies

On our website we use cookies, i.e. files containing configuration information, to determine the frequency of use, the number of users of our web pages and to increase the user-friendliness of the online offer. Other technologies such as scripts or pixels are also used by a range of third-party tools and services that we use.
You can set your browser preferences to accept or reject cookies at any time. There are also a variety of free programs that allow you to block cookies and most ad tracking technologies.
By blocking cookies or other ad tracking technologies, however, some features of our site may not work.
By using our site you agree and consent to the transfer of non-personal data if you do not block cookies and other ad tracking technologies yourself.
For more information please refer to our Cookies page.

10. Images in Emails

We have integrated image elements In our emails that allow us to receive statistics such as opening rates, click rates, etc. Our purpose is to better understand how you use our offers and adapt them to your needs. You have the possibility to block this process in your email client.

11. Advertising tools, statistics and tracking, non-personal data

The website Thalent.com uses several advertising, statistical and tracking tools that work with anonymous non-personal data and transmit it via cookies but also via other tracking technologies. You should be aware that we do not have an exact list of the anonymous data transmitted and its use by the various tools and you understand and accept this fact if you use our site, as also explained in point 5 above.

a. Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Google Optimize

The website Thalent.com uses various products and services from Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and Google Ireland Limited, (Registered Number: 368047), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4 Ireland:
Google Ads which is an advertising service, Google Analytics which is an audience and traffic measurement tool, Google Optimize which is used to optimize landings pages and Google Tag Manager which is used to integrate other analysis and marketing services into our website (e.g. “Google Ad Conversion Tracking”, “Google DV360”, “Google Analytics” or the “Facebook Pixel”). The information recorded by these services of Google, about users is transmitted to Google and stored on Google’s servers.
Further information on how Google uses the data and whether it can be blocked can be found here:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads
https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/tag-manager/
The setting and opt-out options provided by Google or how to disable interest-based advertising or Google Analytics:
http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/
http://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
http://optout.networkadvertising.org
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

b. Google Remarketing

The website Thalent.com uses the remarketing feature of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and Google Ireland Limited (Registered Number: 368047), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4 Ireland.
This feature is used to present users of a website with interest-based ads within the Google advertising network. It is used to recognise users when they visit other sites or applications that are part of the Google advertising network.
These sites can then present visitors with advertisements that refer to previously viewed content and use Google’s “remarketing” function.
You will find further information on how Google uses this data and whether or not it can be blocked:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads
https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/tag-manager/
The setting and opt-out options provided by Google or how to disable interest-based advertising or Google Analytics:
http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/
http://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
http://optout.networkadvertising.org
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

c. Google Maps

The website Thalent.com uses Google Maps to integrate maps into our website. Google Maps is a service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and Google Ireland Limited (Registered Number: 368047), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4 Ireland.
You can find further information on the nature, scope and purpose of Google’s data processing and possible ways of blocking it here:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads
https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/tag-manager/
The setting and opt-out options provided by Google or how to disable interest-based advertising or Google Analytics:
http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/
http://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
http://optout.networkadvertising.org
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

d. Facebook for Business, Facebook Ads, Business Manager, Facebook Analytics

The website Thalent.com uses various products and services from Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA and Facebook Ireland Ltd. 4 Grand Canal Square Grand Canal Harbour Dublin 2 Ireland: Facebook for Business, Facebook Ads, Facebook Business Manager and Facebook Analytics to advertise on Facebook.
You can find more information about the nature, scope and purpose of the data processing by Facebook and the possible possibilities to block them here:
https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
https://www.facebook.com/business/m/privacy-and-data
https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/

e. Facebook Pixel

The website Thalent.com uses the Facebook pixel from the social network Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA and Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square Grand Canal Harbour Dublin 2 Ireland.
When visited, the Facebook pixel establishes a connection between the user’s browser and the Facebook server. Facebook receives information that a user has visited the site and allows Facebook to associate the visit to the site or a particular web page with the user’s account. The information obtained in this way may be used for advertising, Facebook remarketing or for the use of certain features of Facebook’s products and services.
You can find more information on the nature, scope and purpose of data processing by Facebook and possible ways of blocking it here:
https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
https://www.facebook.com/business/m/privacy-and-data
https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/

f. Facebook Plugins

The Thalent.com website uses the plugins from the social network Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA and Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square Grand Canal Harbour Dublin 2 Ireland.
An overview of Facebook plugins can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
Whenever a page is called up with such a plugin, the user’s browser loads and displays the visual representation of the plugin from the Facebook server. The Facebook server is thus informed about the specific page that is currently being visited. If the user is a member of Facebook and is logged in to Facebook when visiting the page, Facebook uses the information sent by the plugin to identify that page and associates that information with the user’s Facebook account. If a plugin is activated, information is sent to the user’s Facebook account and stored there. In addition, information that the user has visited a specific page is sent to Facebook, regardless of whether or not the user has activated one of the plugins.
You can find more information on the nature, scope and purpose of data processing by Facebook and possible ways of blocking it here:
https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
https://www.facebook.com/business/m/privacy-and-data
https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/

g. LinkedIn Marketing Solutions

The Thalent.com site uses LinkedIn Marketing Solutions to advertise on LinkedIn. These are products of LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Ct, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and LinkedIn Ireland, Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.
More information on the nature, scope and purpose of LinkedIn’s data processing and the possible possibilities of blocking them can be found here:
https://privacy.linkedin.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy
It is possible to object to personalised advertising here:
https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out

h. LinkedIn Insight Tag

The Thalent.com site uses LinkedIn Insight Tag. It is owned by LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Ct, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and LinkedIn Ireland, Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.
It is a JavaScript tracking code that works with cookies, pixels and other technologies to track conversions, audiences and website demographics for LinkedIn advertising campaigns. Non-personal data is transmitted to LinkedIn, but if you are registered as a LinkedIn user, LinkedIn may associate your visit to our site with your LinkedIn profile.
You can find more information on the nature, scope and purpose of data processing by LinkedIn and the possible possibilities of blocking them here:
https://privacy.linkedin.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy
It is possible to object to personalised advertising here:
https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out

i. LinkedIn Plugin

The Thalent.com site uses LinkedIn Plugin. It is owned by LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Ct, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and LinkedIn Ireland, Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.
You can recognise the LinkedIn plug-ins by the respective logo or the “recommend button”. Whenever you access the information page and share an article via LinkedIn, your browser establishes a direct connection with the LinkedIn servers. LinkedIn is informed that you are visiting our web pages. If you use the LinkedIn “Recommend” button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, it is possible for LinkedIn to link your visit to our website to your user account. In this way, you allow LinkedIn to link your visit to our website to your user account. You can find more information about the nature, scope and purpose of the data processing by LinkedIn and the possible possibilities to block it here:
https://privacy.linkedin.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy
It is possible to opt out of personalized advertising here:
https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out

j. ZOHO CRM

Thalent SA works with the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software from Zoho Corporation B.V., baseed in Beneluxlaan 4B, 3527 HT UTRECHT, Netherlands. This CRM allows us to manage the processes that enable us to bring potential consultants/clients to our company.
Some of the personal data you have shared with us is therefore stored with them, once you have made a request for a consultation, a salary simulation or otherwise made contact to join or work with Thalent SA. Zoho has been certified for compliance with industry standards such as ISO27001:2013 and SOC 2 Type II for data protection. More information on the nature, scope and purpose of Zoho’s data processing and possible options to block it can be found here:
https://www.zoho.com/privacy.html
https://www.zoho.com/gdpr.html

k. Microsoft Clarity

We partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products/services. Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of products/services and online activity. Additionally, we use this information for site optimization, fraud/security purposes, and advertising. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.

12. Version of the privacy policy

The current version is dated 21.06.2021.