Privacy policy
The ThinkSport brand and its related website (www.thinksport.org) are the solely property of the “Association Cluster Sport International”
1. Collection and processing of personal data
Welcome to the ThinkSport website (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”). The use of certain functionalities of the Website requires that you register and provide ThinkSport and/or its partners with certain information about yourself, including personal data within the meaning of the Federal Data Protection Law of June 19, 1992.
In general, you can visit the Website without providing personal information. However, information is generally requested when you wish to take part in certain activities available on the Website. In such cases, you may be invited or required to provide information about yourself or your company. By providing ThinkSport with your personal data or company, you expressly authorize ThinkSport, its partners, subcontractors and/or affiliates to collect and subsequently process such data in accordance with the terms defined herein.
You also agree that ThinkSport may implement an automatic tracking process (cookies) gathering anonymous information, such as browser type, operating systems and the date and time of access when you use the Website to help improve the content of the Website, to customize the Website for our visitors and to learn more about them and how they use the Website.
2. Use of cookies
ThinkSport uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences and to record session information, for purposes including ensuring that visitors are not repeatedly offered the same information and/or advertisements and to customize newsletter, advertising and web page content based on browser type and user profile information. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on the Website. You may be able to configure your browser to accept or reject all or some cookies, or to notify you when a cookie is set (each browser is different, so check the “Help” menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences). However, you must enable cookies from ThinkSport Website in order to use some of its functions.
3. Right of access
At any time, you may request access to your personal data, to request a correction of any erroneous or incomplete data about you or to request suppression of your personal data by contacting ThinkSport at the following address: info@thinksport.org. You can also update your personal data at any time by accessing your user account. It is your responsibility to verify that your personal data is accurate and updated. In case, you notice that some of your personal data is inaccurate or obsolete, it is your responsibility to notify ThinkSport.
Your personal details are extremely important to us. Please be assured that in the unlikely event of a security breach to our system, you will be notified immediately if there is any risk to your information.
4. Purpose Of The Collection And Processing Of Personal Data
Pursuant to this Privacy Policy, ThinkSport will collect and process your personal data solely for the following purposes:
a) subscription to the ThinkSport Newsletter;
b) subscription to ThinkSport membership;
c) registration to ThinkSport events;
d) other purposes as defined from time to time.
5. Hosting And Transfer Of Personal Data
ThinkSport is based in Switzerland and all personal data you submit to ThinkSport will be hosted in that State, or in a State of the European Union. As a matter of principle, ThinkSport will never transmit your personal data to third parties without your prior consent. By registering to the Website, you accept that ThinkSport may transmit your personal data to its subcontractors, including outside Switzerland or European Union, if ThinkSport deems it necessary for the purposes mentioned in Article 4.
ThinkSport will take all necessary measures to ensure that the receiving entity has agreed to keep your data confidential and secure. If the level of privacy protection in a country does not comply with internationally recognized standards, ThinkSport will ensure that data transfers to databases in that country are equally protected and that a transfer of data to third parties in such countries does not occur. ThinkSport and its subcontractors reserve the right to release your personal data if required under law to do so, or based on the good-faith belief that such release is necessary to comply with applicable legislation.
6. Data security
ThinkSport is committed to ensure the best possible level of security of your personal data, and will take adequate technical and organizational measures to protect your data against the risks of damage, destruction, loss or unauthorized access.
7. Data Retention
ThinkSport will retain your personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes set forth under Article 4 above. Please note that data may be kept for a longer period of time exclusively for mere statistical purposes and ThinkSport shall use anonymous data wherever possible.
8. Spamming
ThinkSport will not engage in spamming and will not authorize the use of your personal information for commercial or advertising purposes by third parties, except with your express consent. Where we believe that certain information about the ThinkSport Website is of importance to you, we inform you by e-mail whilst giving you the choice of opting out of such service.
9. Amendment Of This Privacy Policy
ThinkSport reserves the right to change any of the terms and conditions contained in the present Privacy Policy, at any time and in its sole discretion. When changes are made, the last updated version will be effective immediately upon posting on the Website. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes will constitute your acceptance of such changes. ThinkSport encourages you to review the Privacy Policy periodically to be informed of any change. If you have any queries, comments or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact ThinkSport at: info@thinksport.org.