I do not intend to collect and/or process sensitive personal data and you should therefore not provide such data. However, I collect, process, use, store and transfer various types of personal data including data about your identity such as first name, surname, date of birth, gender, title; contact data such as addresses (billing address, delivery address, e-mail address) and telephone number, and financial data such as bank details and payment card details; product and service data such as details of payments made to you or by you and other details of websites, products and/or services you have received from me or I have received from you; identification and background information that you provide to me or that is collected from you as part of a verification process; information related to your professional background, job functions and activities; data and information, for example, in documents or correspondence and meetings with third parties, which are provided to me by third parties or which I obtain from public sources; information disclosed to me for the purpose of teaching, the provision of consultancy services, attending meetings, workshops, conferences or events; marketing and communication data such as information about when you receive and read newsletters from me, which of mine events you attended, and preferences such as communication preferences; any other information related to you that you provide/d to me. I collect and process personal data when you communicate with me or my team, register to receive information by e-mail, or when you attend a conference, class, workshop, meeting, or other event. In addition to the data you provide directly, I collect personal data from the following sources: information provided to me by your employer, your contracting parties, my business partners, consultants or other third parties; information from public sources and registers such as the Internet; information from the media and the Internet about your person. When you access my website, data transmitted by your browser are automatically stored by my externally utilised server (and any service provider/ISP you are utilising in the course of accessing my website/s, product/s and/or service/s), such as the date and time of access, the name of the file accessed, as well as the amount of data transferred and the access time, your web browser, browser language and requesting domain, and other industry-standard data. If you register to receive my newsletter and/or other regular communication, I process the contact details you provide. I process your information, including your personal data, for the following purposes: primarily, to enter into and perform business relationships; for the purpose of purchasing products and services from my suppliers and contractual partners; to comply with legal and regulatory obligations and responsibilities, in the course of my general business and for other business administration purposes; for marketing, promotional and other purposes (where you have given me consent to process your personal data for specific purposes, I will process your personal data within the scope of and based on that consent, unless I have another legal basis and I require one. Consent given can be revoked at any time, but this will not affect any data processing that has already taken place); for the further development of my website/s, product/s and/or service/s, and other platforms on which I am present; communication with you; communication with third parties and processing of their inquiries (e.g. applications, media inquiries); for market and opinion research; for the purpose of ensuring that my operations, in particular ICT, my website/s and other platforms, as well as measures for ICT and infrastructure security and protection of my business partners and other persons and assets entrusted to me; in the context of any transactions under Swiss law and the related transfer of personal data as well as measures for business management, compliance with legal and regulatory obligations and internal processes and regulations. Depending on the purpose of the processing activity, your information and personal data will be processed if it is necessary for our business relationship; necessary for the legitimate interests of my operations without unreasonably prejudicing your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms; necessary to comply with my legal or regulatory obligations, including conducting verifications to identify you and disclosing information to authorities, regulators and government agencies; if they are processed with your consent, which I may obtain from you from time to time (e.g., if required by law); to exercise my rights under Articles 26 and 27 of the Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation or Articles 16 and 17 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, including my freedom to conduct a business and my right to property; to provide products and services, and ensuring consistently high standards of service and satisfaction of my clients and other stakeholders; to meet my accountability and legal requirements globally. I may share personal information in my research, teaching, and consulting projects, if required to perform the project/task, subject to this Privacy Policy. I may also disclose personal information to comply with the law, a court order, or other legal reasons. When required, I disclose personal information to public and judicial authorities, regulators, or government agencies and in proceedings, including when required by law or regulation, under a code of conduct, or by those authorities or agencies. I may also share your information with third party business partners, vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform service functions that I need to operate my projects; hosting providers, e-mail communication providers, and other third parties. In cases where the named recipient/s may be located outside of Switzerland, except where the country in question has been determined by the EU or Switzerland to provide an adequate level of protection, I will take appropriate measures to ensure that such transfer is in compliance with applicable data protection laws. I retain your information, including personal data, only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected and for as long as I have a legitimate interest in retaining personal data, for example, to provide you with research updates. Furthermore, I store your personal data if and as long as this is required in accordance with a legal retention obligation. I have taken reasonable precautions to protect the information I collect from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. On this website, I do not use cookies that collect data from website visitors. My website/services may contain links to third-party websites/services. Access to and use of such linked websites is not subject to this Privacy Policy, but to the privacy policies of such third-party websites/services. I am not responsible for the information practices of such third-party websites.