This Privacy Policy informs you about how we collect and process personal data when you visit our website, contact us, use our services, or apply for a position with us.
Who We Are
We are Eggheads.World, a website by Ugauga GmbH.
The address of our website is: https://eggheads.world
1. Personal Data Collected for Communication and Service Provision
We collect the information you provide when you contact us, request or use our services, or apply for a position. The data collected includes general personal information, such as name, address, email address, phone number, and possibly your role or position within the organization on whose behalf you are contacting us.
For job applications, we process your contact information, qualifications, and any data provided in your resume. We store this data only as long as the application process is ongoing. We may contact third parties (e.g., for references) as part of the hiring process.
2. Providing and Using Our Website
Server Log Files
You can visit our website to learn about us and our services without disclosing personal information. As with any connection to a web server, the provider of this website automatically records technical information in server log files. This includes:
- Browser type and version,
- operating system,
- referrer URL (the previously visited page),
- hostname of the accessing computer,
- date and time of the server request.
These data points are not associated with specific individuals and are used solely to ensure the operation and security of the website. We reserve the right to review this data if there is evidence of unlawful usage.
3. External Resources
We incorporate technical resources from external servers to improve the performance or security of our website. These resources may collect your IP address and other data necessary for using the external servers.
4. Use of Cookies
Our website uses cookies – small text files stored on your device. Cookies allow us to analyze usage, make our offerings more user-friendly, and enable features such as the favorites list. Some cookies remain stored beyond the end of a browser session, so they can be retrieved on your next visit.
Some cookies are necessary to provide essential website functionality, while others are used for analytical purposes. You can block cookies or set notifications before a cookie is stored in your browser settings. Disabling cookies may limit website functionality.
5. Security Through SSL/TLS Encryption
To protect your data, our website uses SSL/TLS encryption. A secure connection is indicated by “https://” in the browser’s address bar and the lock symbol. This encryption prevents third parties from accessing your data.
6. Analytics and Third-Party Services
We use various analytics tools and third-party services to understand user behavior and optimize our content:
- Google Services: We use Google Analytics to analyze user behavior. IP anonymization ensures that your IP address remains anonymous within the EU or EEA. We also use Google reCAPTCHA for spam protection and Google Maps and Google Fonts to enhance the user experience with visual content and user-friendly fonts.
- Matomo: The Matomo analytics tool is operated on our servers, allowing us to securely analyze page views without sharing data with third parties.
7. Forms
We use forms on our website to collect and process your inquiries. Depending on the form’s function, cookies may be set to store progress on multi-page forms and prevent spam.
8. Popular Pages and Internal Analytics
We collect data on the popularity of our pages to highlight frequently visited content and provide relevant insights for our marketing clients. These internal analyses help us continuously align the site with user interests.
9. Multilingual Support
To ensure that you see the website in your preferred language upon returning, we store your language selection using cookies.
10. Comments and User Contributions
To prevent abusive or unlawful comments and contributions, we store the IP addresses of users who post content on our website. This allows us to take action against any prohibited content.
11. Use of Our Contact Form
If you send us an inquiry via the contact form, the data you provide (including contact details) is stored to process your request and any follow-up inquiries. We do not share this data without your consent.
12. Purposes and Basis of Data Processing
We primarily process your personal data to inform you about our services and to provide services in compliance with our contractual and legal obligations. Further purposes of data processing include:
- Responding to your inquiries and communicating with you,
- conducting application processes,
- analyzing and optimizing the website,
- fulfilling contractual and legal obligations,
- asserting legal claims.
Processing is based on our legitimate interests and, where necessary, the fulfillment of contractual and legal obligations.
13. Storage and Protection of Your Personal Data
We store your data only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or to fulfill legal obligations. To protect your data, we implement technical and organizational measures, such as access controls, that are regularly reviewed and improved.
14. Disclosure of Personal Data
To fulfill the purposes mentioned, it may be necessary to disclose your data to the following recipients:
- internal departments,
- external service providers,
- authorities and courts, if applicable.
15. Data Processing Location
Your personal data is stored and processed exclusively in Switzerland and the EU.
16. Your Rights
You have the right to access your stored data, as well as the right to correct, delete, restrict processing, or transfer your data. Please note that these rights may be subject to legal requirements and exceptions. You can also file a complaint with the relevant data protection authority.
17. Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated at any time, especially when we adjust our data processing practices or new legal requirements apply. The current version is always available on our website.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at info@ugauga.ch
Version 3.1 – November 2024, Zurich
