Privacy Policy

  1. Data Controller

The entity responsible for processing personal data in connection with this website is:

CE cideon engineering Schweiz AG
Aeschengraben 6
4051 Basel
Switzerland

Phone: +41 61 205 77 50
Email: info-ch@cideon-engineering.com

  1. General Information

The protection of your personal data is important to us. We process personal data in accordance with applicable data protection regulations, in particular the Swiss Data Protection Act (DSG).

Personal data refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. Processing encompasses any handling of personal data, including, in particular, the collection, storage, use, disclosure, archiving, or deletion of such data.

  1. Visit our website

When you visit our website, data that your browser transmits to our server is automatically collected for technical reasons. This includes, in particular:

  • IP address
  • Date and time of access
  • Pages and files accessed
  • Browser used and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL, if provided

This data is processed to provide the website, ensure its stability and security, analyze errors, and improve our online services.

Server log data is retained only as long as necessary for the purposes stated. It is retained for a longer period only to the extent necessary to investigate security incidents, enforce legal claims, or comply with legal obligations.

  1. Contact Us

When you contact us via email, phone, or a contact form, we process the information you provide. Depending on how you contact us, this includes, in particular, your name, company, contact information, the content of your inquiry, and any other information you provide.

We use this data to process your inquiry, communicate with you, and initiate or fulfill a contractual relationship. Data submitted via contact forms may be stored and processed in our customer relationship management system (HubSpot) for the structured processing and management of customer inquiries.

The data will be deleted or anonymized as soon as it is no longer needed for processing and there are no legal retention periods or legitimate interests requiring further retention.

  1. Newsletter

When you subscribe to our newsletter, we process the information required for this purpose, specifically your email address and, if applicable, your name, company, and preferences.

We use this data to send you the newsletter and to analyze its usage, to the extent that this is technically necessary or permitted. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the newsletter or by contacting us.

After you unsubscribe from the newsletter, we will delete or block your data for newsletter distribution, provided that there are no legal retention requirements or legitimate interests that prevent us from doing so.

  1. Applications

When you apply for a position with us, we process the application data you provide. This includes, in particular, contact information, your resume, certificates, qualifications, correspondence, and any other information you submit to us as part of your application.

We process this data solely for the purpose of conducting the application process, assessing your suitability, and communicating with you.

Application data is generally deleted upon completion of the application process, unless there are legal obligations, legitimate interests, or your consent to retain it for a longer period.

  1. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small files that are stored on your device. They may be technically necessary to provide the website, or they may be used to analyze website usage and integrate third-party features.

You can configure your browser to block, restrict, or delete cookies. Disabling technically necessary cookies may result in certain features of the website being unavailable or only partially functional.

Unless we use cookies or similar technologies that are technically necessary, we will inform you separately about this and, if necessary, obtain your consent.

We use the Borlabs Cookie consent management tool to manage consent and cookie settings. This tool allows you to grant, manage, or revoke your consent for specific cookies and services. The settings you select are saved so that we can demonstrate compliance with data protection regulations.

  1. Analytics, marketing, security, and third-party services

We use various third-party services to host, optimize, and secure our website. In doing so, personal data—in particular IP addresses, usage data, device information, and browser data—may be processed.

In particular, the following services are used on our website:

  • Google Tag Manager for managing and integrating website services and tracking technologies
  • Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website and to statistically evaluate user behavior
  • Matomo for analyzing and optimizing our online presence
  • Meta Pixel for measuring the effectiveness of marketing initiatives and analyzing user interactions
  • Google Maps for displaying interactive maps and location information
  • Google reCAPTCHA and Cloudflare Turnstile to protect our forms from abuse, spam, and automated submissions
  • Wordfence to ensure the security of our website and to detect attempted attacks
  • WPML for Delivering Multilingual Content

The use of these services may result in personal data being transmitted to the respective providers. In such cases, the data may also be processed outside of Switzerland or the European Economic Area (EEA), particularly in the United States.

For more information about Google’s data processing, please visit:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

For information on how other providers process data, please refer to the respective privacy policies of those service providers.

  1. Disclosure of Personal Data

We disclose personal data only when it is necessary to fulfill our business purposes, when you have given your consent, when there is a legal obligation to do so, or when we have a legitimate interest in doing so.

Recipients may include, in particular:

  • IT and Hosting Service Providers
  • Service Provider for Website Operation, Maintenance, and Support
  • Communications and Newsletter Service Provider
  • CRM and sales service providers (particularly HubSpot)
  • Analytics and Marketing Service Provider
  • Security and Website Protection Service Providers
  • Recruitment or HR service providers
  • affiliated companies, to the extent necessary for processing purposes
  • Government agencies, courts, or other entities, provided there is a legal obligation to do so

Service providers who process personal data on our behalf are contractually obligated to process personal data only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with appropriate security measures.

  1. Processing Abroad

Personal data may be processed in Switzerland, the European Economic Area (EEA), and other countries. If processing takes place in a country without an adequate level of data protection, we ensure data protection through appropriate safeguards, in particular through recognized standard contractual clauses, unless a statutory exception applies.

Data may be transferred abroad, particularly when using international IT, hosting, analytics, marketing, communications, CRM, or cloud service providers.

  1. Data Security

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, unauthorized disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

Our security measures are reviewed and adjusted in line with technological developments and the risks associated with the respective data processing activities.

  1. Retention Period

We retain personal data only for as long as is necessary for the respective processing purposes, as long as there are statutory retention requirements, or as long as we have a legitimate interest in retaining it.

Once the respective retention period has expired, the data will be deleted or anonymized.

  1. Your Rights

Under applicable data protection laws, you have the following rights in particular:

  • To request information about the personal data we process
  • have incorrect personal information corrected
  • to request the deletion of personal data, provided that there are no retention requirements or overriding interests that would prevent it
  • to object to the processing of personal data
  • to revoke consent that has been given, effective for the future
  • to request the disclosure or transfer of certain personal data, provided that the legal requirements are met

To exercise your rights, you may contact us at any time using the contact information provided in Section 1.

You also have the right to file a complaint with the relevant data protection supervisory authority. In Switzerland, this is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).

  1. Children

Our website is not intended for children. We do not knowingly process any personal data of children, unless it is necessary for a specific inquiry or we have obtained consent from their legal guardian.

  1. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy at any time. The version currently published on this website is the one that applies.

As of August 2026