Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 20 November 2025 Effective Date: 20 November 2025

1. Introduction Growth Equity Directors GmbH ("we," "us," or "our"), located in Switzerland, is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our services or visit our website [Website URL].

We process personal data in compliance with:

  • The Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP).

  • The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (for users in the EU).

  • The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) (for users in the UK).

2. Data Controller The entity responsible for the processing of your personal data is:

Growth Equity Directors GmbH, Guggerstrasse 19, 8702, Zurich, Switzerland Email: info@growth-directors.com

3. Personal Data We Collect We may collect and process the following categories of personal data:

  • Identity Data: First name, last name, username, or similar identifiers.

  • Contact Data: Billing address, delivery address, email address, and telephone numbers.

  • Financial Data: Bank account and payment card details (processed securely by our payment providers).

  • Technical Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, and usage data.

4. How and Why We Use Your Data We only use your personal data when the law allows us to. We rely on the following legal bases:

  • Performance of a Contract: To register you as a customer, process orders, and manage our relationship.

  • Legitimate Interest: To improve our website/services and for business records.

  • Consent: For marketing communications (where required by law).

  • Legal Obligation: To comply with tax and accounting laws.

5. International Data Transfers As a Swiss company, your data is primarily stored and processed in Switzerland.

  • Transfers to EU/UK: Switzerland is recognized by the EU and UK as providing an adequate level of data protection, allowing free data flow.

  • Transfers to Third Countries: If we transfer data to providers outside Switzerland/EU/UK (e.g., the USA), we ensure protection through Adequacy Decisions (such as the Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework) or Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs).

6. Data Security We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, accessed, altered, or disclosed in an unauthorized way.

7. Data Retention We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements (e.g., retaining contracts and invoices for 10 years).

8. Your Rights Under the FADP, EU GDPR, and UK GDPR, you have the right to:

  • Request access to your personal data.

  • Request correction of inaccurate data.

  • Request erasure of your data ("Right to be Forgotten").

  • Object to processing of your data.

  • Request the transfer of your data (Data Portability).

  • Withdraw consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [Privacy Email Address].

9. Cookies We use essential cookies to make our site work. We may also use analytics cookies to understand visitor numbers, which we only use with your consent.

10. Complaints You have the right to make a complaint to the supervisory authority:

  • Switzerland: Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).

  • UK: Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

  • EU: The Data Protection Authority in your country of residence.

We appreciate the chance to address your concerns directly first.