Apps – Privacy Policy

Junod GmbH operates the signet safe service (By refering to it as a service, the Privacy and Terms are extended to the many other compo-nents beyond the App, like: the server, network, databases, etc…) and is responsible for collecting, processing and using your personal data in compliance with the applicable data protection law.

As part of the service we in particular enable you to:
• create your identity record by providing your information;
• use a collaborative document review;
• use a document version log; and
• receive an attestation of signed document.

When you use our service we may process personal data about you. Personal data in this sense refers to all information relating to an identified or identifiable person.
Because your trust is important to us, we would like to inform you about what and how we may use personal data.

We take the protection of data seriously and ensure appropriate security. We observe the statutory provisions of the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP), the Swiss Ordinance to the Federal Act on Data Protection (OFADP), the Swiss Telecommunications Act (TCA) and other applicable data protection provisions of Swiss and international law, in particular where applicable EU law.

You can at any time check our Privacy Policy on our App when accessing the settings on the menu of the App. If you have any questions regarding data protection, you can get in contact with us by sending us an email to support@signitsafe.ch.

Data processing in connection with our service

1. What data do we collect when you download and use our service?

When you download our App the following technical data is collected without your intervention and stored by us until automated deletion, as in principle with every download and access of an app:
• the IP address of the requesting device,
• the operating system version of your device,
• the configuration of the App when using our services,
• name of the IP address range and name of the device,
• the date and time of the your use of our services,
• and potentially additional statistical information.

The collection and processing of these data are carried out for the purpose of enabling the use of our service (establishing a connection), ensuring system security and stability over the long term and optimising our service as well as for internal statistical purposes. It is within our legitimate interest to process such data for these purposes.

The data collected may also be used in the event of attacks on the network infrastructure respectively other unauthorised or abusive use of the service to identify offenders in connection with civil or criminal proceedings. The processing of this information is in our legitimate interest to secure and improve our service accordingly.

2. Is personal data automatically collected?

When using our service, we automatically collect certain data required to ensure the usability of the service. In particular:
• the version of your operating system;
• the time of access.

The collection and processing of this data is carried out for the purpose of enabling the use of our service (establishing a connection), ensuring system security and stability over the long term and ensuring a customer friendly use of our service as well as internal statistical purposes. The processing of this personal data is within our legitimate interest to provide you with a functioning Service.

The internal ID of your device may also be evaluated together with other data in the event of attacks on the network infrastructure or other unauthorised or abusive use of our service for the purpose of clarification and defence and, if necessary, used within the framework of criminal proceedings for identification and for civil and criminal action against the users concerned. The processing of this information is in our legitimate interest to improve our service accordingly.

3. What personal data is collected when you are using the service?

When using the service, you can enter, manage and edit various information, tasks and activities.

The App also requires the following permissions:
• Internet access: This is required to establish a connection with other users.
• Camera access: This is required to take photos of your documents and store them on the App and on your primary device.
• Contacts access: this is required to show the name of the users you are interacting with.

4. What are cookies? Do we need cookies?

Cookies are information files that are automatically saved on your device’s hard drive when you use our App. We do not to use any local database on our service to track specific information. Apart from technically necessary cookies we only use cookies to recognise the user language to make your visit to our website easier, more enjoyable and more meaningful.

Storage and exchange of data with third parties

5. Will my data be disclosed to other third parties? Do we transfer personal data abroad?

We are entitled to transfer your personal data to third parties (contracted service providers) abroad for the purpose of the data processing described in this privacy policy. These are bound to protect data to the same extent as we are. If the level of data protection in a country does not correspond to that in Switzerland or Europe, we will contractually ensure that the protection of your personal data corresponds to that in Switzerland or Europe at all times.

Anything else you need to know?

6. You have a right of access, rectification, deletion and limitation of the processing.

You have a right to request information about the personal data that we store about you. In addition, you have a right to correct incorrect data and a right to request deletion of your personal data, insofar as there is no legal obligation to retain such data and no legal basis for further processing the existing data.

You also have a right to request the data that you have provided to us (right to data portability). Upon request, we will transfer your data to a third party of your choice. You have a right to receive the data in a common file format.

You can contact us for the aforementioned purposes via the e-mail address support@signitsafe.ch. In order to process your requests, we may request proof of your identity. In many countries, you also have the right to file a complaint with the relevant data protection authority if you have concerns about how we process your data. These rights depend on the applicable data protection legislation and may be either more limited or more comprehensive.

7. Is your data safe with us?

We use suitable technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal data stored with us against manipulation, partial or complete loss and against unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.
You must always treat your access data confidentially, especially if you share your device, tablet or smartphone with others. If you do not do so, we may have claims against you for damages caused by breach of your confidentiality obligations to us.
We also care about data protection internally. Our employees and service providers are contractually obliged to ensure confidentiality of personal data and compliance with applicable data protection laws.

8. Is the same protection provided when data is transferred to the USA?

We would like to point out to users residing in Switzerland, an EU or EEA member state that, from the point of view of Switzerland and the European Union, the USA does not have an adequate level of data protection, partly due to the issues mentioned in this section. Insofar as we have explained in this privacy statement that recipients of data are based in the USA, we will ensure that your data is protected at an appropriate level by our service providers, either through contractual arrangements with these companies or by ensuring that these companies are certified under the EU or Swiss-US Privacy Shield.

For the sake of completeness, for users residing or domiciled in Switzerland, the EU or the EEA, we would like to point out that in the USA there are surveillance measures by US authorities which generally allow them to get access to all personal data that has been transferred from Switzerland to the USA. This is done without differentiation, limitation or exception based on the objective pursued and without any objective criterion that would allow limiting the access to the data and subsequent use thereof by US authorities to very specific, strictly limited purposes that could justify the interference associated both with access to and use of such data. In addition, we would like to point out that in the USA there are no legal remedies available for the persons concerned from Switzerland that would allow them to gain access to the data concerning them and to obtain its correction or deletion, or that there is no effective legal protection against general access rights of US authorities. We explicitly draw your attention to this legal and factual situation in order to enable an informed decision to consent to the use of your data.

9. Which law do we apply? And where does the law apply?

This privacy policy and the contracts concluded on the basis of or in connection with this policy are subject to Swiss law, unless the law of another country is mandatory. The place of jurisdiction shall be the registered office of Junod GmbH, unless another place of jurisdiction is mandatory.
Responsible company:

signit safe owner: Junod GmbH
Swiss commercial register no.: CH-315.712.861
Address: Via Cantunala 11, CH-7155 Ladir, Switzerland. Contact: support@signitsafe.ch

Server locations: The communication server is located in Zurich.
SMS service: The SMS distibutor is Sinch based in Sweden.

10. Can this policy be amended?

Should individual parts of this privacy policy be invalid, this shall not affect the validity of the rest of the privacy policy. The invalid part of this privacy policy shall be replaced in such a way that it comes as close as possible to the economically intended purpose of the invalid part.

Due to the further development of our service and offers or changes to the statutory requirements, it may become necessary to amend this privacy policy. The most current privacy policy is published on our App or website.

11. Questions about data protection? Please, contact us!

This page was last modified on 10. May 2020. If you have any questions or comments about our legal notices or data protection, please contact us at support@signitsafe.ch.