This Web Privacy & Cookie Policy (“Policy”) has been implemented to inform you how
Sonova AG, as data controller, which its registered address is Laubisruetistrasse 28,
8712 St\u00e4fa, Switzerland, and its subsidiaries (“Sonova” or “we” or “us”) process your
Personal Data during your visit to this website, and which cookies and other similar
technologies Sonova uses.
Certain services provided by this website may require the collection and processing of your
Personal Data. If you do not wish to provide your Personal Data, you may not be able to access
certain parts of the website, or we may not be able to respond to your request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A. PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED AND PURPOSES<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n During your visit to this website, Sonova may collect the following Personal Data:<\/p>\n\n\n Those Personal Data may be collected for the following purposes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Based on your consent: for the creation of your account, to contact us via the contact form, for Sonova B. PERSONAL DATA DISCLOSURE<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We will not sell, share or otherwise distribute your Personal Data to third parties except as providing in this C. PERSONAL DATA TRANSFER<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The third parties to whom we may transfer Personal Data may be located outside the country in which we D. PERSONAL DATA RETENTION<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Personal Data will not be kept longer than necessary for the above-mentioned purposes. This means that E. <\/strong>PERSONAL DATA SECURITY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sonova implements a variety of security measures in order to protect Personal Data from security incidents F. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As may be relevant according to applicable data protection law, you may request access, to be informed, G. COOKIE POLICY<\/strong> Cookies are small files stored by most internet browsers to track visitor information and enable Sonova to G.2 HOW DO WE USE THEM?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We use cookies in order to:<\/p>\n\n\n Some of the cookies used by our websites are set by us, and some are set by third parties on Sonova\u2019s behalf. G.3 WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES DO WE USE?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Strictly necessary cookies: these cookies are necessary for us to provide you with the basics Our websites also may use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (\u201cGoogle\u201d). G.4 HOW TO MANAGE COOKIES?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Each type of cookies reflects a specific purpose, on our website you can easily consent specifically to each H. SOCIAL MEDIA PLUG INS <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Social media plugins are a part of certain web pages of Sonova, and exist for social media providers\n
The three legal bases for which we are collecting your Personal data is your consent, our legitime interest
and our legal requirement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
to respond to users, to take an online hearing test<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to respond to users, to take an online hearing test<\/li>\n\n\n\n
website functionality<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Policy. Sonova may share your Personal Data with the following third parties: subsidiaries and other group
entities of Sonova; to our partners, co-contractors and subcontractors to ensure the proper execution of the
website and services; to public or governmental authorities if required by law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
process your Personal Data. If this is the case, and if the importing third party is located in a country that is
not considered to offer an adequate level of protection for Personal Data according to EU data protection
law or other applicable data protection law, then we will implement appropriate procedures and measures
to ensure an adequate level of protection.
These measures may vary from country to country, in accordance with applicable law. If you would like to
know more about legal safeguards and mechanisms in place, please contact us at the address provided in
the \u201cContact us\u201d section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Personal Data will be deleted as soon as the purpose of the processing of Personal Data has been achieved.
However, Sonova may retain Personal Data longer if this is necessary to comply with applicable law
requirement, or if it is necessary to protect or exercise our rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
or unauthorized disclosure. These security measures are based on appropriate industry security standards
and include, inter alia, access controls, password, encryption and regular security assessments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
rectification, deletion, portability of your Personal Data, limitation or opposition to the processing of your
Personal Data or withdraw your consent. You have also a right in relation to automated decision making and
profiling. Please note that the exercise of such rights is not absolute and is subject to legal limitations.
If you have any concern about your Personal Data or want to exercise your rights, please contact us.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority or the competent regulator
if you consider that the processing of your Personal Data infringes applicable law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
G.1 WHAT ARE COOKIES?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
make its web-offering more relevant to you. During your visit to our website, Sonova uses four kind of cookies.
Their retention period depends on each country and the relevant application law, but we will store it for a
minimum of six months according to the French data protection authority guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
operating system, the date and time of access, location, type of device used to access the website
to access our website and conduct system administration<\/li>\n\n\n\n
your experience<\/li>\n\n\n\n
website to business and technical purposes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
Our use of cookies from third parties enables tailored advertising, meaning that you may see advertisement
for Sonova on other websites that you visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
functionalities of our website and cannot be switched off in our systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to measure and improve the performance of our website.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
your visit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
partners to build a profile of your interests and propose you relevant adverts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
Google Analytics also uses Cookies to help the website analyze how users use the site across multiple
devices. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and
stored by Google, including transfers to the United States. To learn more about Google Analytics click here<\/a>.
You can opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics with effect for the future by downloading and
installing Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add on for your current web browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
purpose. By accepting all cookies, you will have a fully personalized web experience. We allow you to choose
which types of cookies you accept or block, but it may impact your experience on the website and the
services we offer (as mentioned above). Nevertheless, you can use the service even in case of refusal to
consent some cookies, except for strictly necessary cookies. At any time, you can withdraw or modify your
consent by going on the \u201cCookie Preferences\u201d page.
The way to give your consent specifically to each purpose, or to accept all cookies will depend on the
applicable law concerning cookies in your country and be easily find and explain in the cookie banner.
If you are not interested in the advantages of our Cookies, the \u201cHelp \u201cfunction of your browser can provide
instructions on how to prevent Cookies or delete existing Cookies. Also, you can learn how to block all new
Cookies on your browser and which configuration steps are required to receive a notification about new
Cookies.
Very helpful information on Cookies in general can be accessed on these websites:
http:\/\/www.allaboutcookies.org<\/a> or https:\/\/cookiepedia.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(\u201cProvider\u201d); that is to say Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, and Youtube. When you visit a
page by clicking such a plugin your browser will connect to the respective social media server. At the same
time, the Provider will know that you visited our website prior to landing on the social media site. If you are
registered and have logged in with the relevant Provider, your visit can also be linked to your user account.
The Providers in general do not provide specific information about which data are transmitted in the use of
their social plugins. We, therefore have no definitive ability to verify the content and scope of the transmitted
data or its use by such Providers. For further information about this, please consult the data protection
stipulations of the relevant Provider. If you do not wish a Provider to collect data on you through our website,
please deactivate the plugins in your web browser. If you wish to avoid a link to any existing user account,
you must log out of the social media web page before your visit to our website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n