Your privacy is important for us!
This Privacy Policy explains how we respect the personal data of the users that is why we inform you that this website complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and the Council of 27 April 2016 (GPDR) and all the other data protection legislation in force.
Under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) personal data is defined as: “any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person”.
Business & Hospitality School Switzerland (from now on BHS Switzerland) respects the protection of personal data -stated above- the privacy of users and the confidentiality and security of the personal data, and adopts for this purpose technical and organizational measures to avoid the loss, misuse, alteration, unauthorized access and theft of the provided personal data, taking into account the current state-of-the-art, nature of the data and the risks to which they are exposed.
This Privacy Policy can be subject to periodical revisions with the aim to update the changes in accordance with the legislation in force in order to update our practices regarding collection, use and disclosure of the information. Those changes will be in force since the publication on the website. For this reason, the periodical revision of this Privacy Policy in order to keep it updated.
CONTROLLER OF THE DATA
Regarding to the GDPR the personal data you give us through the web form will be treated as “Web Users”.
PRINCIPLES APPLICABLE TO YOUR DATA
During the treatment of your personal data we will apply the following principles according to the GDPR:
- Lawfulness, fairness and transparency: we will always require your consent for the treatment of your data for a specific purpose that we will inform you about.
- Minimization, purpose limitation: We will collect data for a specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes and those data will be adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed.
- Time limitation of conservation: personal data may be stored for longer periods insofar as the personal data will be processed according each purpose.
- Integrity and confidentiality: Your data will be processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data, including protection against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage, using appropriate technical or organizational measures.
PURPOSES
Data collected through this website will not be categorized as special, but general personal data, according to the GDPR.
The main purpose why we collect data through this website is to provide services in order to comply with the purposes of BHS Switzerland. The services rendered are the following:
- Provide information and advice about BHS Switzerland.
- Provide information and advice for Admissions.
- Offering publicity and advertisement about the educational programs.
We never ask for personal information unless it’s necessary to provide our services.
HOW HAVE WE OBTAINED YOUR DATA?
The personal data treated by BHS Switzerland obtained from this website comes:
- Through the contact us Form
TRANSFERING DATA TO THIRD PARTIES
BHS Switzerland share information of their clients and users:
- With services renderers: BHS Switzerland entities hire other companies in order to develop certain function on their behalf. Some of those functions are managing offering legal and monetary services, collection and destruction of documents, IT services, and security services. Consequently, those third parties will have access to personal information which is necessary to develop their functions, but they will not use it for other purposes or addition objectives. Moreover, they will treat that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the applicable legislation in Data Protection matters.
Nonetheless, we inform you that BHS Switzerland entities will be allowed to transfer information about the user whenever the Law provides so and when Administrative and/or Judicial Authorities require it.
SOCIAL MEDIA
BHS Switzerland has presence at different social media. The process of personal data following the official profiles of BHS Switzerland will not only be treated by this privacy policy, but also by the terms of use, privacy policies and regulations to access belonging to that specific social network. The main purpose is to correctly manage the presence at the social network, informing about activities, products or services rendered at https://bhss.education// or any other purpose allowed by the legislation of the social networks.
ACCURACY AND VERACITY OF DATA
The User sending the information to the website is the only responsible of the veracity and correction of their data, exonerating BHS Switzerland entities of any responsibility on this regard. The Users will guarantee and answer, in any case, about the precision, validity and authenticity of the personal data provided and undertaken to keep them up to date as required.
ACCEPTANCE AND CONSENT OF THE USER
The sending of personal data through the forms available on the Web or, if necessary, the sending of messages by email requesting information or services implies the User’s consent for their personal data to be used in accordance with the aforementioned purposes and the acceptance of this Privacy Policy.
The User may revoke at any time their consent to sending commercial and advertising communications by communicating by email admission@bhss.education
FOR HOW LONG ARE YOUR DATA PROCESSED
The controller shall process and store the personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of the storage or as far as this is granted by the legislator or by other legislators in laws or regulations, to which the controller is subject to.
If the storage purpose is not applicable, or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data are routinely blocked or erased in accordance with legal requirements.
Moreover, data will be erased when the requirement from the interested subject is made.
RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT
Right of Confirmation
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed.
Right of Access
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller free information about his or her personal data stored at any time and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European legislator grants the data subject access to the following information:
- the purposes of the processing;
- the categories of personal data concerned;
- the recipients or categories of recipient to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations;
- where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;
- the existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the data subject or to object to such processing;
- the existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
- where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source;
- the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22 (1) and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.
Furthermore, the data subject shall have a right to obtain information as to whether personal data are transferred to a third country or to an international organisation.
Right to Rectification
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Considering the purposes of the processing, the data subject shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.
Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten)
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay and the controller shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies and as long as the processing is not is necessary:
- The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
- The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6 (1) of the GDPR, or point (a) of Article 9 (2) of the GDPR, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.
- The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21 (1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21 (2) of the GDPR.
- The personal data have been unlawfully processed.
- The personal data have to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
- The personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8 (1) of the GDPR.
Right of Restriction of Processing
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following applies:
- The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
- The processing is unlawful, and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the restriction of their use instead.
- The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
- The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21 (1) of the GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.
Right to Data Portability
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator, to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which was provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. He or she shall have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data have been provided as long as the processing is based on consent pursuant to point (a) of Article 6 (1) of the GDPR or point (a) of Article 9 (2) of the GDPR or on a contract pursuant to point (b) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means, as long as the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.
Furthermore, in exercising his or her right to data portability pursuant to Article 20 (1) of the GDPR, the data subject shall have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.
Right to Object
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to object, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6 (1) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
HOW TO EXERCISE ALL THOSE RIGHTS:
The User may exercise their rights of access, rectification, erasure, object, restriction of processing and portability of their personal data, under the terms and conditions set forth in the GDPR, by sending a signed request and including a copy of their ID to admission@bhss.education or by sending a letter together with a copy of their ID at: D4 Business Village Luzern, Platz 4, 6039 Root D4, Luzern, Switzerland.
For the resolution of any doubt or question regarding our Privacy Policy you can send us an e-mail to admission@bhss.education
Furthermore, interested subjects will also have the right to lodge an appeal before the supervisory authority if the treatment of the data is considered contrary to the GDPR.
SECURITY MEASURES
BHS Switzerland guarantees that they have adopted the appropriate technical, administrative and organizational measures in their facilities, systems and processes, necessary to guarantee the security of their personal data and to prevent their alteration, loss, theft, disclosure or unauthorized use; all in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Legislation in force.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Our Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.
COMMERCIAL MAIL
BHS Switzerland does not SPAM. We do not send commercial mails unless they have been required by the web used.
Privacy Policy, state as of: 01.01.2022.
