Legal & Privacy Policy

BB Switzerland Sàrl, registered in the Commercial Register of Geneva with its registered office at Chemin Louis-Hubert 2, 1213 Petit-Lancy ("INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND") ("THE COMPANY") is committed to respecting your privacy. 

Your personal data is processed in accordance with the principles of lawfulness, accuracy and transparency, purpose limitation, data minimization, accuracy, retention (storage) limitation, integrity and confidentiality and accountability, and in compliance with all other applicable provisions of EU Reg. 2016/679, adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on April 27, 2016 applicable from May 25, 2018 ("the EU Data Protection Regulation"), also in compliance with the Swiss nLPD of September1, 2023.

The main purpose of this statement is to explain INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND's privacy policy regarding the processing of personal information collected.

The channels through which the Company collects personal information are as follows:

  1. Our websites, especially www.influence-switzerland.ch
  2. All of our other linked websites, social media pages and/or social networks, internal and external websites and any INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND mobile and tablet applications, including the INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND application and the Campaign Builder desktop functionality.
  3. Any other means by which a person provides personal information to INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND
  4. Any other means by which we lawfully collect personal information 

INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND is committed to protecting the privacy of its users by recognizing your right to verify how personal information is collected and used. 

INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND and its partners, with the exception of cases where privacy legislation permits different procedures, collect and use personal information as indicated below.

With regard to the type of personal information, INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND collects information or opinions from an identified person or a reasonably identifiable person. Full name, gender, date of birth, address, landline telephone number, mobile telephone number, e-mail address and business contacts are effective examples of the information that may be collected by the Company. INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND may also collect information about individual preferences.

INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND has developed and implemented this statement to reflect international best practice in privacy protection.

In order to ensure concrete alignment with international legislation and best practices, INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND reserves the right to revise and update this information at any time, unless changes are published on the Company's website.

 

Anonymity and pseudonymity

Wherever possible and compatible with the products and services offered, INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND allows you to use its platform anonymously or under a pseudonym. However, this solution is not compatible with the material possibility of providing all the services and products offered by INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND, which undertakes in any case to request your express consent when the solution of anonymity and pseudonymity is not possible and it is therefore necessary to request different and more in-depth information.

 

Types of personal information collected and stored

The personal information that INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND may collect includes:

  1. Contact information, such as full name, date of birth, landline telephone number, mobile telephone number, current and valid e-mail address, home address and zip code.
  2. Apple AppStore and/or Google Play Store ID and unique device identifier (UDID)
  3. Management and login details of your social media and/or social networks, including your username
  4. Location information, location and/or geolocation 
  5. More detailed contact preferences
  6. Sensitive information 
  7. Photographs 
  8. Information on employment, work history and possible professional interests 
  9. Information on the main characteristics of the company's business and/or the company itself
  10. Information on educational background and qualifications obtained
  11. Information about personal interests
  12. Banking and financial data, such as current account and PayPal details
  13. Online behavior and interests based on browsing activities
  14. Information about preferences, interests and experience with our products or services

All the information indicated is collected in order to enable INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND to progressively personalize its communication, including for the purpose of optimizing the supply of products and services.

INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND also brings together :

  1. Information about experience with the Company's products or services or with third-party products or services
  2. Data relating to credit cards or other means of payment, as they may be used to make instrumental payments based on INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND products or services.
  3. Contact data relating to third parties (it is advisable in this respect to ensure that these third parties have given their specific consent to sharing)
  4. Any other personal information provided directly, unless, in the event of receipt of unsolicited information, it is retained only insofar as it coincides with the main scope of the company's and/or activity's collection of personal information.  
  5. Information on how to use the Company's website

INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND may collect personal information in the following general categories:

  1. Usage and preference information: information on interaction with the website is collected, including pages visited, preferences and settings chosen, by means of cookies and other similar technologies that guarantee secure identification. 
  2. Device information (e.g. hardware model, operating system, preferred language, unique device ID and mobile network)
  3. Other information: INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND may also collect and store information such as IP address, connection data and times, type of browser used and pages visited.

 

Sensitive information

INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND only collects sensitive information with your express consent and only in the event of a direct request. When sensitive information (such as, but not limited to, information on sexual orientation, political and religious beliefs, medical and/or criminal history) is provided, it is used only for the purposes declared at the time of collection.

 

Methods of collecting and storing personal information

INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND only collects your personal information with your express consent, in accordance with the principles and procedures described in this newsletter. Only personal information collected by INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND and the company to which it belongs has been provided to or collected by the same company in compliance with applicable privacy protection legislation.

 

Active information gathering

Personal information may be collected and combined using the collection information indicated if :

  1. You have signed up and/or registered to become a member of a social network or channel 
  2. You have downloaded and used a mobile and/or tablet application, including the INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND application and/or the Campaign Builder desktop function.
  3. You have sent and/or participated in any way in a group response, including through the participation of other users or participation in advertising campaigns.
  4. You have subscribed to a newsletter, update, alert or information and media services, or have requested information about events or information about the company's or third parties' products or services, as well as other information services.
  5. You have completed and sent modules or requests
  6. You have made contact directly or by any means of communication, including mail, telephone, social media and/or social networks and commercial electronic messaging (SMS, MMS, direct message and email).
  7. You have taken part in an offer and/or promotion and/or activity related to marketing or communication
  8. You have interacted with a website for a specific purpose
  9. You have interacted with or browsed an internal or external website
  10. You are a business partner of INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND

This personal information is necessary to enable you to participate in collection channels, in order to provide certain content, products or services and information about such content, products or services (including downloading, accessing and receiving products and services on a website and purchase transactions carried out on a website); commercial material (including direct marketing material); newsletters, bulletins, e-newsletters, news and media publications/launch information, as well as to warn and alert you to other opportunities and products, services, offers, competitions or events from INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND or third parties, which may be of interest to you.

There is no obligation to provide personal information. However, if you legitimately withhold your consent, INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND may not be able to provide you with certain content, products or services, product or service information, opportunities and promotions, offers or events.

INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND may also obtain personal information from authorized third parties, including social media channels and/or social networks, lists of intermediaries and other data providers or organizations that legally share data. If you are the representative and/or a partner company of INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND, the Company may also obtain financial information about an entity in the credit analysis, and information about your business history (track record) via references provided.

 

Age requirements

Personal information is not collected from persons under the age of eighteen (18). Personal information relating to persons under the age of eighteen (18) will not be collected without the consent of a parent or legal guardian. Persons under the age of eighteen (18) may use our Company's websites only with the involvement and consent of a parent or legal guardian. Downloading the INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND application and installing the Campaign Builder assumes that users are of adult age. If INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND becomes aware that someone under the age of eighteen (18) is accessing the INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND platform, it will exclude them.

 

Passive information gathering

Like many commercial and merchant websites, and mobile and tablet applications, the Company may also collect information that enables it to learn more about visitors to its websites. For example, INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND may collect information on the date, time and duration of visits, and on which pages of a website the greatest number of people have registered. The information is generally not linked to the identity of visitors, except in cases where a website is reached via a link in a mail sent by the Company, or where the Company is able to uniquely identify the user's device or access to a website. By accessing a website via links present in an email sent by the Company and/or by accessing a website in general, even when logged into an account, you will be giving your consent to the collection of this information if it is personal information.

When you browse the Company's websites, certain information may be passively collected (i.e. gathered without actively providing the information) using various technologies, such as unique device identifiers (UDIs), cookies, Internet tags or web beacons and collected browsing data (log files, server details, clickstream). This depends on the device used and the method by which the Internet connection was established.

This is because the Internet browser automatically transmits certain anonymous or personal information to the website it is browsing, such as the URL of the website it comes from, the Internet Protocol (IP) address, the UDI (if applicable) and the browser version the device is using.

The Company's websites may also collect and collate anonymous or personal information from the customer's and/or user's device via cookies, Internet tags or web beacons. The customer and user can configure their browser to send a notification when a cookie is sent or to reject all cookies, but certain functions of the website may not function without cookies and this could limit the services provided. Cookies and other technical methods may include the transmission of information to INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND directly or to another person authorized to collect information.

The Company's Web sites may use and combine such anonymous or personal information collected passively and/or from various third-party sources, including those described above, and may combine such information with other personal information collected or collected previously to provide better service to Web site visitors and users, to customize the Web site based on preferences, to compile and analyze statistics and trends, to provide relevant advertising when a Web site or third-party site is visited, and to administer and improve a Web site for future use. 

INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND may combine visit session information or other information collected via tracking technologies with personally identifiable information to understand and measure online experiences in order to determine which products, promotions and services are most likely to be of interest to you. By accessing the Websites, you consent to the collection, processing and use of information in the manner described. 

Customers and users can authorize, block or delete cookies using their browser settings. Please note that you can use the link corresponding to the browser currently in use:  

Mozilla Firefox

Google Chrome

Internet Explorer

Apple Safari

Opera browser

For more information on cookies :

https://www.cnil.fr/fr/cookies-les-outils-pour-les-maitriser

 

Objectives pursued by INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND in the collection, retention and storage, use and disclosure of personal information

Personal information collected in the manner indicated will also be used by INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND to achieve the following purposes, in addition to those indicated in the illustration of the purposes of collection:

  1. To maintain the functionality of the website, including the provision of information relating to the content available on the website and e-commerce transactions carried out via the website. 
  2. Comply with the CGCI and CGCE, in order to fulfill contract sharing obligations with INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND
  3. For sending important technical, administrative or legal notes for INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND websites
  4. To enable you to create an account, access it and use all the features of the platform, including the INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND mobile application and the Campaign Builder functionality.
  5. To enable you to respond to opportunities, briefs or advertising campaigns created by other users, on the chosen social channels
  6. To enable you to publish content on your social networks and/or social media via a collection channel
  7. To facilitate payments between users and corporate customers, and thus in your favor
  8. To provide you with information about the transactions of other customers and users with whom you work (including downloading, accessing and receiving content on a website, and purchasing transactions made on a website), services and products. 
  9. To provide you with marketing materials, events, special offers, contests and promotions in person and by any means of communication, including mail, telephone and commercial electronic messaging (SMS, MMS, instant messaging and email) or any other form of electronic, emerging, digital or conventional communication channel.
  10. To give you the opportunity to obtain advertising when using the Company's websites or third-party websites.
  11. To maintain INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND's relationship with the customer and the user
  12. To provide services related to the Company (e.g. after-sales services and requests) 
  13. To provide customers and users with e-mail newsletters and e-newsletters via commercial e-mail.
  14. To respond to requests and complaints from customers and users and to handle complaints
  15. To improve the web interface and system administration
  16. To obtain opinions or comments on products and/or services and to conduct other research and development activities
  17. To record statistical data for marketing analysis and market research purposes
  18. To share personal information with INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND brands, our promotional partners, trusted brands using a particular collection channel and their associated entities and agents, and/or other trusted third parties
  19. If the customer and user are business partners of INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND, to continue the business relationship with the entity, including identification and contact, invoicing and credit risk assessment.
  20. For any other purpose that may be deemed reasonably necessary by INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND depending on the circumstances.

In pursuit of the purposes described, personal information may be shared with INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND's brands, business partners and their corporate bodies and/or other trusted third parties (and their directors, officers and agents) in Switzerland or abroad, including, but not limited to, Switzerland, Europe, the United States of America, Australia and the United Kingdom. Failure to consent to the processing of certain personal information may result in the Company being unable to provide users and customers with content, information, opportunities, promotions, events or product information.

In the course of managing and operating the INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND service and its website, or any other service sold by BB AGENC, personal information may also be shared with INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND brands, selected service providers and their corporate bodies, and/or other trusted third parties (including, for example, credit card payment processing).

INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND's brands, as well as certain service providers and/or other trusted third parties may be involved by INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND to perform various functions and services, such as legal and accounting services, data storage, order processing, conducting market research, processing credit card payments, assisting with promotions and providing technical services for the Company's websites. These persons may have access to personal information if this is necessary for the performance of the indicated functions and/or tasks. Customer and user credit card details are only used to simplify purchases. They are not used for any other purpose and will never be provided to third parties other than INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND or its service provider. If the user or customer is a business partner of INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND, the latter may share information with operators in the credit management sector, but only in cases of strict necessity.

INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND is aware of the trust that the customer and the user demonstrate by providing their respective personal information and, with the exception of what is indicated in this declaration and for the purposes expressly provided for by law, this will not be used or disclosed without their consent. However, the Company reserves the right to use or disclose any information, including personal information, if necessary, to ensure compliance with laws, standards or legal requirements, in order to protect the rights of INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND and any member of the INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND company, to protect the integrity of the web site, to respond to customer and user requests or to cooperate with any investigation and/or inquiry into public safety.

 

Contact INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND

INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND's brands (and their directors, officers and agents), INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND's promotional partners and their related trusted legal entities or its trusted third parties (including users of a collection channel), as well as other selected service providers and other companies or professionals in Switzerland or abroad may contact you by telephone, SMS, MMS, Instant Messaging, email, publication or any other form of electronic, emerging, digital or conventional communication channel, using the information provided for the primary purposes of collecting personal information as identified and described above.

INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND does not send advertising or marketing information without having obtained the consent required by law. In the event of receiving unwanted communications from INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND, it will be possible to remove one's name from the database by following the instructions described in the communications themselves, or by using the unsubscribe function present (if the communication is made by commercial electronic mail) or, alternatively, by contacting INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND at the coordinates indicated in this declaration. Processing and execution of the request will take thirty (30) days from receipt. 

Despite the deletion of the name from the database to no longer receive advertising or marketing information, INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND may send administrative communications by e-mail with no commercial purpose. These communications refer to the INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND user account used and may include confirmations of administrative aspects, transactions, requests, questions or information regarding a particular INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND user account. You may remove your name from the database using the unsubscribe function even if you do not wish to receive these communications from INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND, again using the procedure described.

 

Possibility of viewing information for other third parties

INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND may provide certain elements or areas of its Web site where you can upload content generated or published by you, provide information and communicate with other users and customers, including commercial users and companies. You may also provide feedback on customers and partners, products and/or services, use features that allow you to post and interact on social networks and/or social media, or interact with or vote and express your opinion on particular content. This information may be shared with other stakeholders and may be published publicly on the Company's websites, but also, and without limitation, on other social media and/or social networking platforms or other public forums in which you may choose to participate. This information may be made available to the public and may be read, collected and used by others on or off the Company's websites. INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND is not responsible for the conduct and behavior of third parties who may read, collect and use such information.

 

Right of access

You may at any time exercise the right to access and consult the personal information that may be stored in the INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND database. The information can be reviewed and modified by contacting the INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND Brand Privacy Officer, using the contact details contained in this document. INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND will process and execute such requests within thirty (30) days of receipt.

From time to time, INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND may decide that it is not necessary to provide individual access to personal information as permitted by law. In such cases, too, the Company will nevertheless provide written notification to interested parties.

Where it is necessary to process specific requests for access to information contained on an electronic file or on paper copies of documents, the Company may charge a reasonable fee for its management and execution.

 

Modifying and deleting your personal information

The information contained in the database may be modified, as may the contacts for receiving any communications, by means of a request to INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND's Privacy Officer, using the contact details indicated in this newsletter. INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND will process and execute such requests within thirty (30) days of receipt.

Similarly, a request for deletion of personal information may be forwarded to INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND, which will be deleted unless it is necessary to retain it for legal purposes. Deletion of this information may result in INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND being unable to provide you with information about certain transactions (including downloading, accessing and receiving content on the Web site and purchase transactions conducted on the Web site), other service or product information, or information about incoming promotions, contests or events, and certain goods or services.

We are not responsible for removing your personal information from lists of third parties who have already provided information about you in accordance with the provisions of this statement.

 

Retention and security of personal information

INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND will take all necessary measures to protect your personal information and to ensure that it is up to date and complete. INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND guarantees that access to this information can only be granted to persons with the necessary authorizations in accordance with the law. Personal information is stored on secure servers and protected by controlled equipment. This service and the data collected may also be managed by authorized and duly selected INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND suppliers. In some cases, data and suppliers may be located or sent abroad, for example to Europe, the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. The data provided will be retained for the duration of the relationship, for the years necessary to fulfill legal obligations or for the duration necessary to protect the Company's position.

 

Disclosure of personal information to foreign recipients

In certain cases, INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND may communicate your personal information to foreign recipients, including, but not limited to, Switzerland, Italy, Europe, the United States of America, Australia and the United Kingdom. INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND's employees, subcontractors and other persons mandated by INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND are required to respect the confidentiality of all personal information held by the Company. However, the security of communications on networks cannot be guaranteed by paying attention to the known difficulties arising from the dangers of intrusion inherent in the tools used: it is therefore impossible to absolutely guarantee that no access to information will occur. INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND cannot be held responsible for events resulting from unauthorized access to personal information.

 

SWITZERLAND INFLUENCE and links to other websites

Our websites may from time to time contain links to websites of other persons or entities which may be of interest to you. The presence of these links does not imply any validation or certification of the content relating to the Company. In fact, the linked websites are themselves responsible for aspects of data confidentiality, so it is advisable to consult their respective information. INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND is in no way responsible for the conduct and behavior observed by persons or entities linked to these websites or links.

The Company may use third-party advertising on its websites. Any third-party advertising, when paid for, is paid for by the advertisers of the relevant third parties. These advertisements do not constitute a recommendation or sponsorship by BB AGENC. The Company is not responsible for the content (including statements) or any advertising attributable to third parties. These advertisements may also be associated with cookies that allow the advertiser to track the number of anonymous users who respond to the campaign. However, INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND has no access to, nor control over, cookies placed by third parties.

 

INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND websites

All websites produced by INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND adhere to this privacy policy. However, information on INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND brand Web sites may vary according to custom, practice or applicable law from time to time.

 

Sale of the Company

If INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND is acquired by another company or disposes of a portion of its assets, your personal information may be disclosed to our advisors and prospective purchasers and may become part of the transferable assets. In any event, this Privacy Statement shall be deemed applicable.

 

Problems or requests

If you wish to ask any questions regarding this newsletter or raise any issues and/or complaints regarding BB's practice in relation to the collection, use, retention, management and/or disclosure of your personal information, we ask that you contact our Privacy Officer using the following contact details:

Postal address: 

Influence Switzerland

Small City building

Chemin Louis-Hubert 2

1213 Petit-Lancy

 

By electronic mail (email): support@influence-switzerland.ch

The company responsible for the data is BB Switzerland Sàrl.

Please note that this type of request will require thirty (30) days from receipt of the request to be processed and executed. If you do not receive a satisfactory response from INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND to the question or problem raised within the period of thirty (30) days indicated, you may contact the Data Protection Supervisor responsible for ensuring the protection of privacy in Switzerland, or any competent supervisory authority in the Member State of the European Union where you reside or work.

Transactions

Transactions are carried out via shopping carts (or customer portfolios) specially developed by INFLUENCE SWITZERLAND and its partners. This function uses certain personal user and customer data (company name, VAT number, email address, etc.; or surname, first name, tax code, date of birth, etc.) to facilitate the execution of payments by companies and the remuneration of creative influencers. Transactions on this portfolio are carried out via the PayPal platform. The following is a link to PayPal's privacy policy for your perusal: https://www.paypal.com/fr/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full