Privacy Policy

Addex Pharma SA: Privacy Principles  

Addex Pharma SA  takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. This Privacy Statement discloses the items of information that are collected, processed and utilized when using our website and for what purpose. 

The constant development of the Internet, changes to our services, the legal environment and other reasons may require us to make adjustments to our Privacy Policy. We therefore reserve the right to modify this Privacy Statement at any time and ask that you check our Privacy Statement regularly in order to keep up-to-date with its current status. 

1: PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA 

Addex Pharma SA complies with the legal provisions for the protection of personal data. Personal data are data that serve to identify a person, such as their name, email address, postal address and telephone number (Article 4 No. 1 GDPR). Personal data are always processed pursuant to the current German and European statutory regulations. 

2: COMPANIES RESPONSIBLE FOR DATA PROCESSING 

The company responsible for data processing pursuant to Article 4 (7) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is 

Addex Pharma SA  

Chemin des Mines 9, 
1202 Geneva 

Geneva, Switzerland 

Phone: +41 22 884 15 55 
Email: info@addexpharma.com 

3: HOW TO CONTACT THE DATA PROTECTION OFFICER 

Our Data Protection Officer may be contacted at the email address dataprivacy@addexpharma.com or addressed to "Data Protection Officer" at our postal address. 

4: YOUR RIGHTS 

You have the following rights with respect to the personal data concerning you: 

4.1: GENERAL RIGHTS 

You have a right to information, correction, deletion, limitation of data processing, objection to data processing and data portability. If the processing we perform is based on your consent, you have the right to revoke this consent with effect in the future. 

4.2: RIGHT TO PROCESS DATA FOR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS 

Under Article 21 (1) of the GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising out of your particular situation, occurring as a result of Article 6 (1e) of the GDPR (Data Processing in the Public Interest) or Articles 6 (1f) GDPR (Data Processing for the Protection of a Legitimate Interest). This also applies to profiling supported by this provision. If you object, we will no longer process your personal information unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the purpose of enforcing, pursuing or defending legal claims. 

4.3: RIGHTS IN RELATION TO DIRECT MARKETING 

If we process your personal data for direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time under Article 21 (2) GDPR to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is connected with such direct marketing. 

If you object to processing for the purpose of direct marketing, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes. 

4.4: RIGHT TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH AT A SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY 

You also have the right to complain to the competent data protection supervisory authority about our processing of your personal data. 

5: COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA 

In principle, you can visit our website without revealing your identity and use the information and Internet services provided without your personal registration. 

We collect only the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following information that is technically necessary for us to display our website and to ensure its stability and safety. The legal basis for collecting this data is Article 6 (1f) GDPR: 

IP address; date and time of the request; content request (concrete page); access status/HTTP status code; amount of data transferred; site requesting; browser; operating system and its interface; language and version of the browser software. 

However, for certain services, such as ordering documents or subscribing to press releases, we ask for your name, address and/or other personal information as appropriate. If we use your personal information for a purpose that requires your consent, we will always request your consent. If you do not agree with this use, we ask that you understand that you may not be able to use the respective service. The legal basis for data processing is always Article 6 (1a) GDPR. 

6: CONTACT VIA EMAIL OR CONTACT FORM 

When you contact us through email or a contact form, the information you provide (your email address and, where necessary, your name and telephone number) will be stored by us to answer your questions. Insofar as we use our contact form to request entries that are not required for contacting us, we always mark these as optional. This information serves to substantiate and improve the handling of your request. A statement of this information is expressly provided on a voluntary basis and with your consent under Article 6 (1a) GDPR. If this concerns information on channels of communication (such as your email address and telephone number), you also agree that we may contact you via this communication channel to answer your request. You may naturally revoke this consent for the future at any time. 

7: USE OF PERSONAL DATA 

We use the personal data provided by you only to provide you with the information and services you require and for other purposes for which you have given your consent or which legally require such use (for example, due to a court or administrative order). 

8: NON-DISCLOSURE AND DISSEMINATION OF PERSONAL DATA 

Addex Pharma SA will not disclose your information to third parties without your consent, except as required by a court or administrative order. Personal data may also be disclosed to Addex Pharma SA external service providers who act on behalf of Addex Pharma SA in order to process the personal data in accordance with their intended purpose, such as providing services, evaluating the usability of our website, processing data or providing technical support. These service providers are contractually obliged vis-à-vis Addex Pharma SA under Article 28 GDPR to use personal data for the agreed purpose only and not to pass on your personal data to other parties without permission and to transfer your personal data with our permission or if required by law and only to the extent permitted by law. 

9: STORAGE OF PERSONAL DATA 

Addex Pharma SA complies with the principles of data avoidance and data minimization. We store personal data only for the period necessary for the respective purposes and in accordance with statutory regulations. 

10: LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES 

The privacy policy described here applies only to this website. We have no influence on the content of third-party websites, including those linked by our website. Please familiarize yourself with the privacy policies and other legal statements of third-party websites. Continuous control of the content of the link is not possible. Addex Pharma SA is unable to guarantee the privacy standards of any linked websites or to accept any liability for their content.