We are independent experts in structured investment products and long-term savings solutions, supported by a market-leading technology platform. This privacy statement provides information on how we process your data and the choices that you have with respect to that information. Any references to “Leonteq”, “we”, “our” or “us” refers to Leonteq AG and its subsidiary companies. You can email us at dataprotection@leonteq.com or write to us at: Data Protection c/o Leonteq Securities AG Europaallee 39 8004 Zurich Switzerland
If Leonteq contracts, or seeks to contract with the entity, partnership, trust or fund that you represent (including as an employee or officer), own or are otherwise associated with, we may collect and process personal data relating to you for the following purposes:
In order to manage our investor relations (“IR”), we may collect and process personal data for the following purposes:
We may collect and process personal data relating to representatives of our service providers for the following purposes:
When you visit the Leonteq Website, our web server automatically records details about your visit to compile anonymous statistics, for example, website usage statistics (which includes your IP address, the website from which you visit us, the type of browser software used, the Leonteq Website pages that you actually visit including the date and the duration of your visit). In addition, we collect personal data which you provide through the Leonteq Website, for example when you enter personal details (e.g. name, address, email address, phone/fax number) on a registration page, when you otherwise submit personal data to us in the course of an actual or potential contractual relationship with us, or when you contact us with an enquiry. We may also collect personal data from public sources, including searches via search engines, sector specific newsletters, public registers and social media. We use your personal data only for the following purposes:
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations and the content you see to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. We use cookies to allow the website to recognize users when they return to the site and to remember certain information about their preferences. If you do not wish to receive cookies, please configure the settings of your browser to erase all cookies placed by us from your computer or to block such cookies. Cookies will stay on your computer until expired or manually deleted. The data will also be used for Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies (files stored on your computer) to analyse your use of this website. The information generated by these cookies (IP address, internet provider, website from which you entered the site, order of pages visited, time spent on each page and similar data) is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google will use this information on behalf of the website operator to analyse your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and provide additional services related to your use of the website and the internet. Google will also transfer this information to third parties insofar as this is a legal requirement or if third parties are commissioned to process this data on Google’s behalf (see Google’s Privacy Policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy). Please note that Google and these third parties may be based in countries that do not offer the same level of data protection as Switzerland or the EEA. Google will under no circumstances link your IP address to any other data held about you. You can prevent the installation of these cookies by adjusting the relevant settings in your browser.
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. The inclusion of any link is for convenience only and does not imply any affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement, approval, verification or monitoring by Leonteq of any information contained in any third party website. We have no control over the content on such third party websites nor do we monitor such websites. Therefore, no warranties concerning the content of such websites are made and we shall not be liable for any loss or damages arising out of any such content, including assurances that it is correct, accurate, complete, true, up-to-date or fit for any particular purpose. Using links to third party websites provided on our website is at your sole discretion and at your own risk. We are not responsible for, and will not be liable for any loss or damages arising out of the failure in relation to, the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this Privacy Statement or our Terms of Use. You should exercise caution and look at the Terms of Use and Privacy Statement applicable to the website in question.
We only ever process your personal data where:
We take all necessary technical and organizational measures according to applicable data protection laws, to protect your data against loss, alteration and against unauthorized collection, processing and disclosure.
Personal data such as name, address, email, phone number, fax number and any other person related information you have communicated to us will not be sold, rented, distributed or otherwise made commercially available to any third party, except as described in this privacy statement. By accepting the Terms of Use of the Leonteq Website and/or by having access to this Privacy Statement you acknowledge you have read and accepted this Privacy Statement and have consented to such use of your personal data as described herein. Managing our relationship with you may entail the transfer of your personal data to other Leonteq offices outside of Switzerland and/or the European Economic Area (“EEA”) and/or allow the information to be accessed by Leonteq personnel outside of Switzerland and/or the EEA. In such case, data protection laws may be different and/or weaker than Switzerland’s and/or the EEA’s data protection standards. To ensure the confidentiality of your personal data we have implemented high security and confidentiality standards. In principle, your data will not be passed on to third parties except where stated as follows: when sending emails to which you have expressly consented (including materials as needed), we use a service provider who always follows our strict instructions and will only have access to the data needed for this purpose.
The General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (“GDPR”), if applicable to you, provides you with various rights in relation to how we use your information and these are set out below.
In the event of a breach, as required by GDPR, Leonteq will inform the relevant supervisory authorities within 72 hours of the breach being identified, where feasible. In addition, where the breach is likely to result in a high risk of adversely affecting impacted individuals’ rights and freedoms, we will inform those individuals without undue delay. (May 2018)