Privacy Policy

We process general personal data about you, such as your name and contact details.
We process personal data that you provide to us.
We process personal data that we collect about you.
We process your personal data worldwide.

This privacy policy explains how this website collects, uses, discloses and protects the personal information that you provide to us when you use our website. We attach great importance to the protection of your privacy and are committed to complying with applicable data protection laws.

This data protection declaration is aligned with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the Federal Data Protection Act (“LPD”) and the new Federal Data Protection Act (“nLPD”). 

Who are we ?

The website https://www.hellolachauxdefonds.city presents the services offered by the Communication Department – SCom, Rue du Rocher 1, PO Box 1420, 2301 La Chaux-de-Fonds.

Your rights

Applicable data protection laws give you the right to object to processing of your data in certain circumstances, including processing for direct marketing purposes, profiling for direct marketing purposes and other legitimate interests in the treatment.

To help you control the processing of your personal data, you have the following rights in relation to our processing of your data, in accordance with applicable data protection legislation: 

  • The right to request information from us about whether we are processing data about you and, if so, which ones;
  • The right to request that we correct the data if it is inaccurate;
  • The right to request the erasure of data;
  • The right to request that we provide certain personal data in a commonly used electronic format or transfer it to another controller;
  • The right to withdraw your consent, where our processing is based on your consent;
  • The right to receive, on request, other information useful for the exercise of these rights;

Consent

By using our website and providing your personal information, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Use of your data 

We use third-party services to be able to use the digital infrastructure required for our offering and to integrate content into our website. The provider of the service in question is the primary controller of data collected or transmitted during interaction with such integrated service. We use the following third party services in particular:

Neuchâtel Entity IT Department: Hosting; Supplier: SIEN (Switzerland);

Google Fonts : Font integration; Supplier: Google LLC (USA) / Google Ireland Limited (Ireland); Confidentiality.

Google Analytics : Audience analysis service; Supplier: Google LLC (USA) / Google Ireland Limited (Ireland); Confidentiality.

Google Tag Manager : Tag management tool; Supplier: Google LLC (USA) / Google Ireland Limited (Ireland); Confidentiality.

Google Recaptcha : CAPTCHA testing tool; Supplier: Google LLC (USA) / Google Ireland Limited (Ireland);  Confidentiality.

Transmission of your data 

Les données des utilisateurs de ce site ne sont pas partagées avec des tiers, excepté les fournisseurs de services nécessaires au fonctionnement et à la gestion administrative du site internet du Communication Department – SComThe web and email server is hosted at SIEN (Switzerland).

Online tracking

Nous utilisons diverses techniques sur notre site web qui nous permettent – ainsi qu’aux tiers que nous engageons – de vous reconnaître lors de votre utilisation de notre site web, et éventuellement de vous suivre sur plusieurs visites.

In essence, we would like to distinguish between your access and access by other users, in order to be able to ensure the functionality of the website and carry out analyzes and customizations. We do not intend to determine your identity, although it may be possible for us or third parties we engage to identify you by linking to registration data. However, even in the absence of registration data, the technologies we use are designed in such a way that you are recognized as an individual visitor each time you access the website, for example our server (or the servers of third party) that assigns a specific identification number to you or your browser (called a “cookie”). 

Nous distinguons les catégories suivantes de «cookies» (y compris les technologies qui fonctionnent de la même manière, par exemple les empreintes digitales) :

Necessary cookies : Some cookies are necessary for the operation of the website or for certain functionalities. For example, they ensure that you can move from one page to another without losing the information that was entered into a form. They also make sure you stay connected. These cookies only exist temporarily (“session cookies”). If you block them, the website may not work properly. Other cookies are necessary for the server to store options or information (that you have entered) beyond a session (i.e. a visit to the website) if you use this function (e.g. , language settings, consents, auto-login functionality, etc.) These cookies have an expiration date of up to [24] months. 

Performance cookies : In order to optimize our website and related offers and to better adapt them to user needs, we use cookies to record and analyze the use of our website, potentially beyond a session. We use third-party analytics services for this purpose. Performance cookies also have an expiration date of up to [24] months. 

Marketing cookies : We and our advertising partners have an interest in targeting advertising as precisely as possible, that is, showing it only to the people we want to reach. To this end, if you consent, we and our advertising partners use cookies which may record the content viewed or contracts concluded. This allows us and our advertising partners to present advertisements which we think may be of interest to you, on our website and on other websites which display advertisements from us or our partners advertisers. These cookies have an expiration period ranging from a few days to [12] months, depending on the circumstances. 

Duration of storage and deletion of your data

We retain and process your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected or as required by law. After this period, your personal data will be deleted from our systems or anonymized so that you can no longer be identified.

Protection of your data

We take adequate security measures to ensure the necessary security of your personal data and to guarantee the confidentiality, integrity and availability of your data, to protect it against unauthorized or illegal processing, and to minimize the risk loss, accidental alteration, unauthorized communication or access. 

Privacy Policy Changes

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time. Any changes will be published on our website with the effective date. We encourage you to regularly review our Privacy Policy to stay informed of our current practices.

Contact us

If you have any questions, concerns or requests regarding our privacy policy or our personal data processing practices, please contact us at: 

Communication Department – SCom,
Rock Street 1
PO Box 1420
2301 La Chaux-de-Fonds
Swiss

+41 32 967 62 07
infos.lachauxdefonds@ne.ch

Last updated: September 2023