Privacy Policy of House of InsurTech Switzerland AG

Version as of 28.03.2025

In this privacy policy, House of InsurTech Switzerland AG (hereinafter referred to as "HITS", "we" or "us") as a company of Generali Schweiz (Holding) AG (hereinafter referred to as the "Generali Group") explains how we collect and process personal data on . This is not a conclusive description; it is possible that other privacy policies regulate certain specific topics. Personal data means all information relating to an identified or identifiable person.

If you provide us with personal data of other persons (e.g. data of work colleagues), please make sure that these persons are aware of this privacy policy and only provide us with their personal data if you are permitted to do so and if this personal data is correct.

This Privacy Policy is designed to meet the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") and the Swiss Data Protection Act ("FADP"). Whether and to what extent these laws are applicable, however, depends on the individual case.

Controller / Data Protection Officer

Responsible for the data processing that we carry out is House of InsurTech Switzerland AG, c/o Generali (Switzerland) Holding AG, Soodmattenstrasse 2, 8134 Adliswil, unless otherwise stated in individual cases. If you have any data protection concerns, you can contact us under the following address: Data Protection Officer, Soodmattenstrasse 2, 8134 Adliswil or via e-mail to privacy.ch@generali.com

Collection and processing of personal data

We primarily process the personal data that is collected in the course of using the website (e.g. IP address, MAC address of the smartphone or computer, information about your device and settings, cookies, date and time of visit, pages and content accessed, functions used, referring website, location information and e-mails).
We cannot preclude the possibility that in connection with the operation of in exceptional cases and only to the extent that this is permitted, personal data from publicly accessible sources (e.g. commercial register, press, Internet) as well as information in connection with their professional functions and activities will be processed.

Purposes of data processing and legal basis

We use the personal data we collect primarily for analytics/statistical services and to provide publicly available information on .

In addition, we process personal data of you and other persons, to the extent permitted and deemed appropriate to us, also for the following purposes, in which we (and sometimes also third parties) have a legitimate interest corresponding to the purpose:

Offering and developing our offers, services and websites and other platforms on which we are present; and
Market and opinion research, media monitoring.

If you have given us consent to process your personal data for certain purposes, we will process your personal data within the framework of and based on this consent, unless we have another legal basis and we need one. A given consent can be revoked at any time, but this has no effect on data processing that has already taken place.

Cookies / Tracking and other technologies

We typically use "cookies" and similar techniques on our websites that can be used to identify your browser or device. A cookie is a small file that is sent to your computer or automatically stored on your computer or mobile device by the web browser you use when you visit our website.

By using our websites and, for example, consenting to receive newsletters and other marketing emails, you consent to the use of these techniques. If you do not want this, then you have to change your browser respectively your e-mail program accordingly.

Data transfer and data transfer abroad

In the context of our business activities and the purposes set out in Sec. 3, where permitted and it seems appropriate to us, we also transfer personal date to third parties, either because they process it for us or because they want to use it for their own purposes.

Duration of retention of personal data

We process and store your personal data for as long as it is necessary for the fulfilment of our legal obligations or otherwise for the purposes pursued by the processing, i.e. for the duration of the evaluation of the statistical services or the companies presented on , whereby personal data on can be displayed.

Data integrity

We take appropriate technical and organizational security precautions to protect your personal data from unauthorized access and misuse, such as IT and network security solutions, access controls and restrictions, as well as encryption of data carriers and transmissions.

Rights of the data subject

Within the framework of the data protection law applicable to you and to the extent provided for therein (such as in the case of the FADP and the GDPR), you have the right to information, correction, deletion, the right to restriction of data processing and otherwise to object to our data processing.

The competent data protection authority in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner www.edoeb.admin.ch

Changes

We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time without notice. The current version published on applies. The German Version is authoritative.