Peter Nitz AG (“Peter Nitz”), with registered office in Zurich (Switzerland), recognises the importance of maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and security of your personal data (“Personal Data”), and hereby informs you that any Personal Data which you provide to Peter Nitz through our website www.peternitz.com (“Website”), as well as any Personal Data which you may provide to Peter Nitz, will be processed in compliance with current European privacy laws and with any specific local regulations applicable from time to time for the processing of data outside the European Union.

1. Type and source of data

Browsing data

During their normal operation, the computer systems and software procedures used to operate our Website collect certain personal data (log files). The transmission of such data is inherent to the use of internet communication protocols. This information is not collected in order to be associated to specific data subjects. However, due to its nature, this information can allow users to be identified by means of their processing and integration with data held by third parties. Such information includes the IP addresses or domain names of the computers you use to visit our Website, URIs (Uniform Resource Identifiers) of the resources requested, the time of the request, the method used to submit the request to the server, the size of the file obtained in reply, the numerical status code of the server reply (successful, error, etc.) and other parameters concerning the user's operating system and computer environment. This data is used with the sole purpose of obtaining anonymous statistical information on the use of our Website and to guarantee its correct operation.

Cookies

Our Website uses cookies to ensure its efficient functioning and to improve our services. Cookies are small text files that are sent to your computer (usually to your browser) by the websites you visit. Cookies are stored in your computer to be recognised by those websites on your subsequent visits. For more information on cookies, on the types of cookies used on our Website, on how to disable them and on how you can revoke your consent, see our cookie policy.

Collection of personal data

Use of the Website, access to certain sections and/or any request for information from Users of the Website may result in the communication of personal data. The processing of this data by Peter Nitz will comply with the Law and the GDPR regulations.

Peter Nitz collects and processes the Personal Data that you directly and voluntarily provide through our Website when you place online orders and/or register to our Website and/or subscribe to our newsletter and/or contact our Client Service. These data include, for example, your first and last name, postal and e-mail address, phone number and date of birth. Furthermore, when you voluntarily send an e-mail through our Website and/or to the addresses indicated in our Website, we collect your e-mail address so that we can reply to any request, as well as any additional Personal Data contained in your message.

Peter Nitz collects information using cookies and web beacons to track Users’ navigation of the Website.

Personal data is collected and used to optimize access to the Website, to the brand’s Products and above all, to allow the processing and delivery of Orders placed on the Website.

Subject to validation by an ‘opt-in’ from the Customer, personal information may also be used by Peter Nitz and/or its partners for commercial purposes, such as sending newsletters or personalised offers.

2. Purpose of the processing

Your Personal Data may be processed for the following purposes:

(a) to respond to all your requests and to manage your relationship with Peter Nitz;

(b) to fulfil your online purchase orders and perform all management activities connected with it (including administrative management of the contract, delivery of goods, payment processing, management of any claims and litigation, and fraud prevention), and to comply with any applicable legal or regulatory obligations.

Furthermore, subject to your prior consent, your Personal Data may be included in the Peter Nitz customer data base and processed together with the details of your purchases for the following purposes:

(c) profiling: to perform individual or group studies, surveys, statistical and/or market researches on your preferences with regards to our products, so that we can offer you a personalised service and promote cultural and recreational activities that may interest you;

(d) marketing: to contact you and/or send you (by post, telephone, e-mail and any other form of electronic communication) information and promotions, including commercial information, newsletters, advertising material, catalogues and invitations to events related to the Peter Nitz’s products and services.

3. Processing Methods

Your Personal Data will be processed by suitable electronic or automated means and computerised tools, or manually and on hard copy, exclusively for the purposes for which they have been collected and guaranteeing the security and confidentiality of any processed information. Your Personal Data will be processed only by the Peter Nitz’s internal staff duly authorised to do so under their respective job duties. Your Personal Data may also be processed by third parties to the extent necessary and/or instrumental for the above purposes. These third parties will act on behalf of Peter Nitz as data processors (e.g. service providers, carriers, IT technicians or any other suppliers appointed by Peter Nitz to carry out and/or manage any promotional campaigns for Peter Nitz’s products and services, etc.).

Please also note that if you consent to the processing of your Personal Data for the purposes referred to under letters (c) and (d) of paragraph 2 above, your data will be automatically visible to, and shared with, all Peter Nitz stores (inside and outside of the European Union), and Peter Nitz will take all appropriate security and confidentially measures required by applicable legislation.

4. Retention period

Your personal data will be processed and stored for as long as required for the purposes for which they were collected, and in accordance with the storage periods provided for by the applicable laws, or until you revoke your consent to the processing, if applicable.  After such period, your Personal Data will be automatically and permanently erased or made anonymous.

5. Contacts

Peter Nitz reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time. The Privacy Policy currently in force is the one published on our Website.