Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice contains information on how we collect and process personal data when you use our website, obtain or provide services from or to us, communicate with us or otherwise interact with us. This Privacy Notice is aligned with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as well as the Swiss Data Protection Act (DPA). However, the application of these laws depends on each individual case.

Definitions

• You – refers to the individual using this Website or is interacting with us.
• We/Us/Our – refers to B&I Capital AG, Talacker 35, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland.
• Website – refers to the B&I Capital website, accessible from bnicapital.com and bnicapital.ch.
• Personal Data – refers to any information that relates to an identifiable individual.
• Device – refers to any device that can access the Website such as a computer, a mobile phone, or a digital tablet.

Data Controller

B&I Capital AG, Talacker 35, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland is the controller of your personal data we process.

GDPR Representative

Our European Union GDPR representative is CMS Hasche Sigle. The address is CMS Hasche Sigle, attn: GDPR Representative B&I Capital, Stadthausbrücke 1-3, 20355 Hamburg, Germany. The email address is hamburg@cms-hs.com. Please add the following in your email: “Reference: GDPR Representative B&I Capital” so that your request can be assigned appropriately.

Purposes for which we collect your Personal Data

Our collecting of your personal data depends on your relationship with us:

Website Visitors

Analytical Cookies

When accessing our website a pop-up message will inform you that cookies are being used for the purpose of analysing the use of our website. If you click the “Accept” button, you agree to the use of your data within the scope of this Notice. Your Personal Data will only be processed if you expressly agree to this. Your IP address may be stored on our server to document your agreement to personal data processing.

The tool we use for this is the open-source web analysis service Matomo and the purpose for using it is the analysis of the use of our website. Matomo uses cookies which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. We process data such as your IP address, the pages you visit, the website from which you came (referrer URL), when which page views occurred and from which region they came, the duration of your visit, and the frequency of your visits. Matomo stores a cookie on your device via your browser in order to collect this data. Prior to storing, your IP address will first be anonymized.

We host Matomo exclusively on servers hosted by a carefully selected service provider. All analysis data remains with us and is not sold or passed on to third parties.

We retain your Personal Data we process for as long as is considered necessary for the purpose for which it was collected (including as required by applicable law or regulation). 

The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR: the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes.

You may revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by disabling cookies using the appropriate browser settings.

Essential Cookies

Cookies are small pieces of information that a website saves on your device. We use essential cookies automatically on our website for the purpose to provide you with an interactive experience and to support your access and use of our website. We may use both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them).

If you prefer to avoid the use of cookies on our website, you can disable the use of cookies in your browser and then delete the cookies already saved in your browser associated with our website. You may use this option for preventing the use of cookies at any time. Please visit the help page of your browser for instructions to disable and delete cookies. If you disable the use of cookies on our website, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of the website and some features may not function properly.

Email Requests

By voluntarily contacting us by sending an email to our email address the sender’s personal data sent with the email will be stored. This data will be used exclusively for processing the correspondence. The contact information may be retained for as long as necessary to contact you.

Other

As is true for most websites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information is stored at the facility of our web hosting service provider in Switzerland. This information includes Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) data, browser type, operating system, and the time and date of your visit. We collect this information to operate and maintain the website. The log files are kept for 7 days.

Business contacts

We process personal data about our business contacts (such as current and potential customers/investors) by means of a customer relationship management system (CRM). The data collected may contain first name, last name, company name, telephone number, email address, address, email content and notes from discussions with our employees.

The personal data collected may be used for:

• Conclusion/execution of contracts with our customers
• administration and management of our services
• communication with you
• market analysis and improvement of our services and operations
• marketing our services and relationship management

Newsletter

For the provision of our newsletter we collect and process your first name, last name, company name and email address.

The personal data collected may be used for:

• reporting to customers/investors
• marketing and relationship management
• administration of the service

Service providers

We collect and process personal data about our service providers. Information collected may contain first name, last name, company name, telephone number, address, email address and email content.

The personal data collected may be used for:

• conclusion/execution of contracts with our service providers
• administering, managing and receiving services
• communication

Security

We may also process your data for security purposes. We continuously improve the appropriate security of our IT infrastructure. Like all companies, we cannot exclude data security breaches with absolute certainty, but we do our best to reduce the risks. We therefore process data, for example, for monitoring, inspection, analysis and testing of our networks and IT infrastructures, for system and error checks, for documentation purposes and in the context of backups.

Data recipients and transfers abroad

In order to provide our business activities and for the purposes listed in this Privacy Notice your personal data may be processed by the following categories of recipients:

• B&I Capital group companies: We may share certain personal data with our B&I Capital group companies where necessary for administrative purposes and to provide investment management services.
• Service providers: To be able to deliver our products and services efficiently and focus on our core competencies, we procure services from third parties. These include, for example, technology systems providers such as cloud, CRM, hosting, backup and newsletter services. Your personal data is stored in data centers in Switzerland only.
• Auditors and other professional advisers
• Authorities

We may disclose personal data to agencies, courts and other authorities in Switzerland and abroad if we are legally obliged or entitled to make such disclosures or if it appears necessary to protect our interests.

The disclosure of personal information to the third parties set out above may involve the transfer of data to the EU and the countries in which we are represented. Where we transfer Personal Data to outside the EU we may be required to take specific additional safeguards to the relevant Personal Information, which include EU model contractual clauses. Please contact us if you would like to see a copy of the specific safeguards applied to the export of your Personal Data.

Your data protection rights

To help you control the processing of your personal data, you have the following rights in relation to our data processing, depending on the applicable data protecting law:

• The right to access – This enables you to receive a copy of your data.
• The right to rectification – This enables you to ask us to correct any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you.
• The right to erasure – This enables you to ask us to delete or remove your data.
• The right to restrict processing – This enables you to ask us to restrict the processing of your data.
• The right to object to processing – This enables you to object the processing of your data.
• The right to data portability – This enables you to ask us to transfer the data that we have collected directly to you or to another organization.
• The right to lodge a complaint with supervisory authority – If you are located in the EEA, the United Kingdom or in Switzerland you have the right to lodge a complaint about the processing of your personal data with the competent data protection supervisory authority in your country.

Please note that exceptions or restrictions apply to these rights under applicable data protection law.

Linked websites

Our website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third-party's site. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content or practices of any third-party websites or services.

Changes to our Privacy Notice

We update this Privacy Notice from time to time and recommend you check it regularly. The version published on this website is the current version.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about our Privacy Notice or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us:

• Email us at: contact@bnicapital.com
• Call us at: +41 44 215 2888
• Or write to us at: B&I Capital AG, Talacker 35, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland