PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy provides you with an overview of which personal data Ringier Sports AG (hereinafter referred to as either “Ringier Sports,” “we,” or “us”) and its affiliated companies (hereinafter “Ringier Group”) collect about you, how this personal data is processed, and to whom it may be disclosed when you interact with us or we interact with you (e.g., when you use our websites or mobile applications). You will also learn about the rights you have under applicable data protection law and how you can exercise them.

Please review this Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed about what happens with your personal data and how you can exercise your rights.

Some information about us:

1. WHO IS RINGIER SPORTS?

We are legally required to inform you who is responsible under data protection law for the processing of personal data described in this Privacy Policy. A data controller is a person or entity who determines whether, for what purposes, and how personal data is processed. For the processing of personal data as described in this Privacy Policy, the data controller is primarily Ringier Sports AG, Flurstrasse 55, 8048 Zurich. Ringier Sports was founded in 2011 and is a subsidiary of Ringier AG (hereinafter “Ringier”). Ringier Sports is thus part of the affiliated companies of Ringier (hereinafter “Ringier Group”). Ringier Sports AG focuses on the marketing, consulting, digitization, and activation of clubs, associations, and organizations, as well as national and international events within the Swiss market.

Other companies may also be jointly responsible for the processing of personal data under this Privacy Policy if they participate in determining the purpose or form of the processing. This could include advertising partners or companies whose tools we integrate into our websites or applications (a current list of these advertising partners and companies can be found here), as well as companies within the Ringier Group. We remain your primary point of contact, even if other joint controllers exist.

2. WHO IS RINGIER, AND WHO BELONGS TO THE RINGIER GROUP?

Ringier is an independent Swiss family-owned company founded in 1833. Today, Ringier is an innovative, digital, and diversified media company operating in 19 countries with over 6,400 employees. Based on its 188-year history, Ringier stands for pioneering spirit and individuality, for independence as well as freedom of expression and information diversity.

You can learn more about Ringier here: http://www.ringier.ch/en/ringier-ag

The Ringier Group includes companies affiliated with Ringier in Switzerland, such as JobCloud AG, Admeira AG, GRYPS AG, and many others.

If you would like to learn more about Ringier’s affiliated companies and additional investments in Europe, Asia, and Africa, please feel free to click here: http://www.ringier.ch/en/about-ringier/facts-figures/investments-europe

3. WHAT DOES THE RINGIER GROUP DO?

Ringier currently operates media brands in print, TV, radio, online, and mobile, and is active in the printing, entertainment, and internet sectors. 

Within the Ringier Group, various publications such as Blick, SonntagsBlick, Schweizer Illustrierte, Schweizer Landliebe, Handelszeitung, and Beobachter are produced. To see the full portfolio, click here: http://www.ringier.ch/de/portfolio.

4. WHAT DATA DOES RINGIER SPORTS GENERALLY PROCESS?

4.1 WHAT ARE PERSONAL DATA AND WHAT DOES „PROCESSING“ MEAN?

Personal data include all information that relates to you and says something about you. For example, this includes your first and last name, postal address, email address, date of birth, phone number, and similar information. Information that cannot be associated with you personally, and therefore not with your identity, is not considered personal data.

Processing encompasses any handling of your personal data. This includes, among other things, the collection, anonymization, storage, management, use, transmission, disclosure, or deletion of your personal data.

4.2 HOW AND ON WHAT LEGAL BASIS DO WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

Your trust in our protection of your personal data, and thereby your privacy, is important to us. We would like you to know the following:

We adhere to the principles required by Swiss data protection laws and – where applicable – by the European Union. This means we are transparent with you about which personal data we process for what purposes. We collect your personal data lawfully and process it only when we have a legal basis for doing so. A legal basis can be a contract, your consent, a legal provision, a public interest allowing processing, or a legitimate interest on our part.

With this Privacy Policy, we inform you about the purposes for which we collect your personal data. When we no longer need your personal data and are not legally obligated to retain it, we do not keep it (you can learn more about this in section 4.6).

Further down in section 5, you will learn about your rights regarding your personal data and how to exercise them.

4.3 WHICH PERSONAL DATA IS COLLECTED AT RINGIER SPORTS, WHEN, AND WHY (PURPOSE)?

We generally collect your personal data whenever there is interaction between you and us. This applies to Ringier Sports products when you:

  • become a sponsorship partner;
  • use our streaming platform RED+;
  • purchase a Gamepass for a Ringier Sports product, thus entering into a contract with us, or if you already have a Gamepass;
  • purchase paid digital offerings;
  • participate in a contest, sweepstake, or online raffle;
  • subscribe to an email newsletter;
  • receive advertisements related to our media products and services (direct marketing);
  • register for a user account;
  • use our websites and applications;
  • contact us for suggestions or feedback; or

visit the publicly accessible areas within our buildings.

A) SPONSORSHIP PARTNERS

When acquiring sponsorship partners, selling advertising products, and managing relationships with active sponsorship partners, we typically process the following personal data:

  • Salutation (gender)
  • Company
  • First name
  • Last name
  • Address
  • Email address
  • Phone number (landline and/or mobile)
  • Date of birth

We process this personal data for the following purposes:

  • to acquire new sponsorship partners;
  • to fulfill and manage contractual obligations;
  • to maintain customer relationships.

To present you with additional offers for products and services within the Ringier Group, we also process the aforementioned personal data for marketing purposes, meaning that we may send you advertisements about other Ringier Group products by mail, phone, email, or SMS (as noted above in section 2). You have the option to object to this processing at any time (see section 5).

B) Streaming Platform RED+

If you wish to use our streaming platform RED+, you can create a user account (see section 4.3 j) and manage your registration through it. The following personal data is collected in this process:

  • First name
  • Last name
  • Email address

For providing access to the digital streaming platform RED+, we collect additional information as part of the registration process:

  • Gamepass
  • Favorite club

We process this personal data for the following purposes:

  • to fulfill and comply with legal obligations;
  • to verify access permissions and manage the user account;
  • to provide the RED+ streaming platform.

If you choose an online payment option, such as credit or debit card, when purchasing a Gamepass, the payment is processed through the online payment system of the respective provider. In this case, the processing of personal and payment data is handled directly by the payment system provider. We do not have access to or store your payment information. Please refer to the privacy policy of the respective online payment provider in such cases.

To present you with additional offers for products and services within the Ringier Group, we also process the above personal data:

  • to develop and maintain the relationship with you;
  • for marketing purposes, meaning we may send you advertisements for other products of the Ringier Group via mail, phone, email, or SMS (see above, section 2). You may object to this processing at any time (see section 5).

C) Gamepass for a Ringier Sports Product

If you wish to purchase a subscription and therefore enter into a contract with us, you may create a user account (see section 4.3 j) to manage your order. The following personal data is collected when placing an order:

  • First name
  • Last name
  • Email address
  • Payment method

We process this personal data during the subscription period for the following purposes:

  • to fulfill and comply with contractual and legal obligations (e.g., newspaper delivery);
  • to manage and maintain the customer relationship (e.g., address changes);
  • to verify access permissions and manage the user account;
  • for invoicing purposes.

If you select an online payment option, such as credit or debit card, when purchasing a subscription, the payment is processed through the online payment system of the respective provider. The processing of personal and payment data is handled directly by the provider of the respective payment system. We do not have access to or store your payment information. Please refer to the privacy policy of the respective online payment provider in such cases.

To present you with additional offers for products and services within the Ringier Group, we also process this personal data:

  • for marketing purposes, meaning we may send you advertisements for other products of the Ringier Group via mail, phone, email, or SMS (see above, section 2). You may object to this processing at any time (see section 5).

D) Purchase of Paid Digital Offers

Certain digital offers from Ringier Sports are paid and can only be purchased with a user account (see section 4.3 j).

When purchasing a paid digital offer, online payment options such as credit or debit card may be selected. Payment is processed through the online payment system of the respective provider. In this case, the processing of personal and payment data is handled directly by the payment system provider.

We do not have access to or store your payment information. Please refer to the privacy policy of the respective online payment provider in such cases.

E) Competition, Contest, Raffle

If you participate in a competition, contest, or raffle online, we typically collect the following personal data:

  • Salutation (gender)
  • First name
  • Last name
  • Year of birth/Date of birth
  • Address, including house number, postal code, and city
  • Telephone number (landline or mobile)
  • Email address
  • Bank details (only for prize payout)

We process this personal data for the following purposes:

  • to select the winner;
  • to publish the winner’s personal data;
  • to facilitate prize payout.

To present you with additional offers for products and services within the Ringier Group, we also process this personal data:

  • to develop and maintain our relationship with you;
  • for marketing purposes, meaning we may send you advertisements for other Ringier Group products via mail, phone, email, or SMS (see above, section 2). You may object to this processing at any time (see section 5).

Please note that some contests are conducted in cooperation with various business partners. As part of these collaborations, additional personal data may be collected and processed, and it may also be shared with the respective cooperation partners. 

For further details, please refer to the terms and conditions of the respective contest or the privacy policies of the cooperation partners.

F) Email Newsletter

If you have consented to our use of your email address for advertising purposes, we will regularly send you newsletters to inform you of additional offers and services from the Ringier Group. You may object to the processing of your email address at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the end of the newsletter.

You may also subscribe to our editorial newsletters. To ensure you don’t miss anything, you have the option to subscribe to the corresponding newsletter alert in your user account. You may unsubscribe from the editorial newsletter at any time by clicking the link at the end of the newsletter.

If you have a user account, you can also manage your newsletters (advertising and editorial) and the respective newsletter alerts directly in your user account.

G) Advertising for Our Media Products and Services (Direct Marketing)

To present you with additional offers for products and services within the Ringier Group, we, along with the companies in the Ringier Group, also process your personal data for marketing purposes. This means we may send you advertisements about additional products and services by mail, phone, email, or SMS.

H) User Account Registration

If you register for a user account, we collect the following personal data:

  • First name
  • Last name
  • Email address

We process this personal data for the following purposes:

  • to fulfill and comply with legal obligations;
  • to verify access permissions and manage the user account.

To present you with additional offers for products and services within the Ringier Group, we also process the above personal data:

  • to develop and maintain our relationship with you;
  • for marketing purposes, meaning we may send you advertisements for other Ringier Group products via mail, phone, email, or SMS (see above, section 2). You may object to this processing at any time (see section 5).
  • to deliver personalized online advertising. You may object to this processing at any time in your OneLog user account. For more information, please refer to the aforementioned OneLog privacy policy.

I) Online Tracking and Online Advertising Techniques

When you use our websites and applications, we and third parties we engage may collect and process various technical data. Examples of such data include IP addresses, the operating system used, the time of use, or device identifiers or codes assigned to your device (PC, smartphone, tablet, etc.) through cookies and similar technologies. We collect and process such data to ensure the functionality and security of the websites and applications, continuously improve and adapt our products and services to meet your needs, identify trends, compile and evaluate statistics on the usage of our digital offerings, and to provide you with an enhanced advertising experience.

Detailed information on the data used, the technologies employed, their purposes, and settings options (e.g., for deactivation) can be found here.

J) Other Contact

If you contact us, for example, to provide suggestions or feedback, we collect the following personal data from you:

  • First name
  • Last name
  • Phone number (optional)
  • Email address
  • Message

We use this data to address your concerns or suggestions and, if necessary, to communicate with you.

K) Video Surveillance

If you move within the publicly accessible areas of the Ringier Media Park, video recordings will be made at the building’s entrance/exit areas and in the garage.

These recordings are made for your protection and that of our employees, as well as for evidence collection in case of incidents. Recordings are retained for a maximum of one week and are not shared with third parties. Disclosure of video recordings may be required by law, for example, to law enforcement authorities or for the investigation and detection of unlawful activities.

4.4 Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties

All personal data collected when you interact with Ringier Sports is disclosed within the Ringier Group (see above, section 2) and may be processed for the purposes mentioned above, especially for marketing purposes.

For marketing purposes, Ringier Sports may cooperate with partners outside the Ringier Group, who are informed solely that someone is not a subscriber. Personal data of subscribers is not shared. You may object to this disclosure and processing at any time (see section 5).

Your personal data may also be disclosed to third parties outside the Ringier Group that perform technical or organizational services on behalf of Ringier or any Ringier Group company, which we require for the fulfillment of the above purposes or general business operations. Such service providers may include, for example, hosting partners, printing companies, or delivery organizations. These providers are primarily located in Switzerland and the European Union, but they may be located in any country worldwide. We contractually require these service providers to process your personal data solely on our behalf and according to our instructions, and to ensure protection of your personal data through appropriate technical or organizational security measures.

If you comment on an article on a website or in a mobile application and log in via a user account created with Ringier, Facebook, Apple, or Twitter, you consent to having your first and last name and possibly your location (as specified in your user account, Facebook, or Twitter account) published in connection with your comment. Your comment, along with personal data, may be distributed on third-party websites and indexed by search engines.

There is no further disclosure, transfer, or sale of your personal data to third parties outside the Ringier Group, unless necessary to fulfill a contract you have entered into with Ringier or a Ringier Group company, or you have explicitly consented.

Disclosure of personal data may still be required by law, for example, to law enforcement agencies or for the investigation and detection of unlawful activities.

4.5 Is Your Personal Data Transferred Abroad?

As explained in section 4.4, we may disclose personal data to third parties who are not necessarily located in Switzerland. Therefore, your data may be processed in Europe and, in exceptional cases, in any country worldwide. This may also occur when the recipient is located in Switzerland, but the data is routed through foreign servers due to internet transmission.

If a recipient, such as one of our service providers, is located in a country without adequate legal data protection, we contractually obligate them to adhere to data protection standards. We use the revised Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Commission, available here, unless the recipient is already subject to a legally recognized framework ensuring data protection, or we can rely on an exemption. Such exemptions may apply in cases of legal proceedings abroad, in instances of overriding public interest, when required for contract fulfillment, if you have consented, or if the data in question is publicly accessible and you have not objected to its processing. Contractual arrangements can partially compensate for weaker or absent legal protection, although not all risks can be eliminated (e.g., government access abroad).

4.6 How Long Do We Process Your Personal Data?

We process and store your personal data as long as required for our processing purposes, legal retention periods, and legitimate interests, or when technical constraints necessitate storage. A legitimate interest in processing your personal data might exist if we need it as evidence, for enforcing or defending claims (e.g., in legal disputes), or for archival or IT security purposes. Technical constraints might require storage if specific personal data cannot be separated from other data and must be retained together (e.g., in backups).

Generally, we apply the following retention periods, although individual cases may differ:

  • Employee Data:
    • Contract data is retained for 10 years from the last contract activity or the end of the contract.
    • Core data, such as personnel files and reference documents, is retained for 10 years from the employee’s departure.
    • Access data and system user data are deleted immediately upon the employee’s departure or at the end of any technically required retention period.
    • Applicant data is generally deleted 4 months after the application process ends unless we have received consent to keep the application pending.

  • Customer Data:
    • Contract and core data of subscribers are retained as legally required for 10 years from the last contract activity or the end of the contract.
    • Event participant/contest entrant data is generally retained for 3 months.

  • Business Partner Data:
    • Contract and core data are retained as legally required for 10 years from the last contract activity or the end of the contract.
    • Creditor data is retained for 10 years from the date of collection.

Unless legal or contractual obligations prevent it, we delete or anonymize your personal data after the storage or processing period has ended in line with our standard procedures.

5. What Are Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Data?

Applicable data protection law grants you the right, under certain circumstances, to object to the processing of your data, especially when it is for direct marketing, profiling for direct advertising, and other legitimate interests.

Depending on the applicable data protection law, you may also have the following rights concerning your personal data:

  • The right to request information on whether and which personal data we process about you;
  • The right to have us correct personal data if it is incorrect;
  • The right to restrict the processing of personal data;
  • The right to request the deletion of personal data;
  • The right to request that we provide certain personal data in a commonly used electronic format or transfer it to another controller;
  • The right to withdraw consent where our processing relies on your consent;
  • The right to request further information necessary for exercising these rights.

If you wish to exercise your rights concerning your personal data, please contact us in writing at the following address: Ringier Sports AG, Flurstrasse 55, 8048 Zurich. You may also reach us by email at (info@ringiersports.ch). To prevent misuse, we must be able to identify you; therefore, please include a copy of an identity document with your request.

Please note that these rights are subject to conditions, exceptions, or limitations under applicable data protection law (e.g., to protect third parties or trade secrets). In particular, we may need to process and store your personal data to fulfill a contract with you, safeguard our legitimate interests (e.g., in asserting, exercising, or defending legal claims), or comply with legal obligations.

Where legally permissible, especially to protect the rights and freedoms of other individuals or safeguard legitimate interests, we may deny or partially deny a request (e.g., by redacting content that concerns third parties or our trade secrets). We will inform you in specific cases about the requirements, exceptions, and limitations.

If you disagree with how we handle your personal data or your rights regarding it, please let us know. You also have the right to file a complaint with the supervisory authority in the country where you reside or work, or in the location or country where the alleged violation of data protection law occurred. The Swiss supervisory authority can be reached here: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home/the-fdpic/contact.html. A list of authorities within the European Economic Area is available here: https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/board/members_en.

6. How You Can Protect Your Children

Together, we should ensure that future generations become responsible digital citizens.

Since children may be less aware of the risks and consequences of processing their personal data and may not know their rights, special protection should be provided concerning their personal data. This is especially important when such data is used for advertising purposes. Therefore, all our terms of participation include age limits and references to protection age.

Information and tips on media usage are available here: https://www.jugendundmedien.ch/en/topics/safety-and-data-protection.

7. Data Security

Ringier Sports operates secure data networks that comply with applicable technical standards. Appropriate technical and organizational measures are taken to protect your personal data carefully against loss, destruction, falsification, manipulation, or unauthorized access.

Although Ringier Sports uses all necessary means to prevent the disclosure of personal data due to data transmission errors and/or unauthorized third-party access, it cannot assume liability for such unwanted events.

8. How Can You Contact Us?

You have several options to contact us:

If you have a data protection-related question, please email us at info@ringiersports.ch. You are also welcome to send us a letter: Ringier Sports AG, Flurstrasse 55, 8048 Zurich.

For questions about your subscription or another customer relationship with us, email us at info@ringiersports.ch or write to Ringier Sports AG, Flurstrasse 55, 8048 Zurich. You can also reach us by phone at 058 269 20 00.

9. Legal Basis

When processing your personal data, we consider not only Swiss data protection law and its regulations but also, where applicable, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union.

10. Changes and Consent to This Privacy Policy

Ringier Sports updates this Privacy Policy as needed to reflect new or changing requirements. The current version will be made available to you in an appropriate manner.

The latest version of our Privacy Policy applies as published.

Version 5.0 / January 3, 2025

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