Privacy policy
Privacy policy
As a personnel consultancy headquartered in Switzerland, we, Onyx Circle AG in Switzerland and Onyx Circle GmbH in Germany (hereinafter also referred to as "we", "us"), specialize in the placement of specialists and executives in Switzerland and abroad.
This privacy policy explains how we collect and process personal data. This is not an exhaustive description; other data protection information may govern specific matters.
If you transmit or disclose data about other persons to us, we assume that you are authorized to do so and that this data is correct. By transmitting data via third parties, you confirm this. Please also ensure that these third parties have been informed about this privacy policy.
Person responsible / data protection officer / representative
For the data processing of Onyx Circle AG, Zurich (CH), and Onyx Circle GmbH, Hamburg (D), described in this data protection declaration, the
Onyx Circle AG, Thurgauerstr. 54, 8050 Zurich is responsible, unless otherwise communicated in individual cases, e.g. in further privacy statements, on forms or in contracts. However, unless otherwise communicated, this Privacy Policy also applies to cases where not Onyx Circle AG Switzerland, but Onyx Circle GmbH, Germany, is the responsible party. This is especially the case where your data is processed by Onyx Circle GmbH, Hamburg, in connection with its own legal obligations or contracts, or where you share data with Onyx Circle GmbH, Hamburg. In these cases, Onyx Circle GmbH is the responsible party.
You can contact us for your data protection concerns and to exercise your rights as follows:
Onyx Circle AG
Thurgauerstrasse 54
CH - 8050 Zurich
E-mail: info@onyx-circle.com
Website: https://www.onyx-circle.com/
Onyx Circle GmbH
Stadthausbrücke 5
D - 20355 Hamburg
E-mail: info@onyx-circle.com
Website: https://www.onyx-circle.com/
Data protection representative of Onyx Circle AG in the EU according to Art. 27 DSGVO:
Onyx Circle GmbH
Stadthausbrücke 5
D - 20355 Hamburg
E-mail: info@onyx-circle.com
Website: https://www.onyx-circle.com/
Data protection officer according to DSG and data protection officer according to DSGVO:
datenschutzbeauftragter@onyx-circle.com
General purposes of processing
We use personal data for the purpose of providing functional websites and for the provision of our content and services. We treat personal data confidentially, carefully and for the intended purpose. In doing so, we comply with the relevant provisions of applicable data protection law.
Processing of your personal data when visiting our website
This website can generally be visited without registration. Data such as pages accessed or the name of the file accessed, date and time are stored on the server for statistical purposes without this data being directly related to your person.
Cookies use
This website uses cookies. These are small text files that make it possible to store specific information related to the user on the user's terminal device while the user is using the website. Cookies make it possible, in particular, to determine the frequency of use and number of users of the pages, to analyze behavior patterns of page use, but also to make our offer more customer-friendly.
We use cookies that are necessary for the operation of the website on the basis of our legitimate interest.
We only use cookies for statistics and analysis, marketing and for external media if you have given your consent in the cookie banner. You can give or revoke your consent by clicking on the following link and changing your settings there:
To the cookie settings
There you will also find detailed information about the individual cookies, their purpose and retention period.
You can use your browser settings to restrict or completely prevent the storage of cookies across websites and to delete cookies that have already been stored. For more detailed information, please refer to the instructions or help function of your browser.
In principle, our website can still be visited and used even after the restriction / deactivation of cookies in the browser settings. Please note, however, that a complete deactivation of cookies in particular may lead to limited functionalities of our website.
Google Maps
On our website we use Google Maps (API) from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). Google Maps is a web service for the visual display of geographical information. Information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google servers and stored there when you call up those sub-pages in which the Google Maps map is integrated. This may also result in a transmission to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly assigned to your account. If you do not want the assignment with your profile at Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and evaluates them. The collection, storage and analysis are based on the legitimate interest of Google in the display of personalized advertising, market research and / or the design of Google websites. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right.
If you do not agree to the transmission of your data to Google in the context of the use of Google Maps, you also have the option of completely deactivating the Google Maps web service by turning off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus also the map display on this website can then not be used.
You can view Google's terms of use at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html and the additional terms of use for Google Maps at https://www.google.com/intl/de_US/help/terms_maps.html.
Detailed information on data protection in connection with the use of Google Maps can be found on the Google website ("Google Privacy Policy"): https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/
Google Ads (formerly Google AdWords)
This website uses Google conversion tracking from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). If you have reached our website via an ad placed by Google, Google Ads will set a cookie on your computer. The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an ad placed by Google. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Cookies can therefore not be tracked across Ads customers' websites. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Ads customers who have opted in to conversion tracking. Clients learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive information that personally identifies users.
The legal basis for the use of Google Ads is your consent. You can deactivate Google Ads via the cookie settings: To the cookie settings
Alternatively, you can reject the setting of a cookie required for this via browser settings or set your browser to block cookies from the domain "googleleadservices.com".
Google Remarketing
This website uses the remarketing function within the Google Ads service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). The function is used to present website visitors with interest-based advertisements within the Google advertising network. A so-called "cookie" is stored in the browser of the website visitor, which makes it possible to recognize the visitor when they visit websites that belong to the Google advertising network. On these pages, the visitor can be presented with advertisements that relate to content that the visitor has previously accessed on websites that use Google's remarketing function. According to its own information, Google does not collect any personal data during this process.
The legal basis for the use of Google Ads Remarketing is your consent. You can deactivate Google Ads via the cookie settings: To the cookie settings
Alternatively, you can deactivate the remarketing function by making the appropriate settings at http://www.google.com/settings/ads.
Google reCAPTCHA
This website uses the reCAPTCHA service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). The purpose of the query is to distinguish whether the input is made by a human or by automated, machine processing. The query includes the sending of the IP address and possibly further data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google. For this purpose, your input is transmitted to Google and further used there. However, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of this service. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of reCaptcha will not be merged with other data from Google.
The use of Google reCAPTCHA is based on our legitimate interest in protecting our technical systems against improper automated entries.
You can find more information about Google reCAPTCHA and the associated privacy policy at:
https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/,
https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin/create,
https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies. These are small text files that make it possible to store specific information related to the user on the user's terminal device. These enable an analysis of the use of our website offer by Google. The information collected by the cookie about the use of our pages (including your IP address) is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored there. We point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code "gat._anonymizeIp();" to ensure anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). If anonymization is active, Google truncates IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, which is why no conclusions can be drawn about your identity. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google uses the information collected to evaluate the use of our websites, to compile reports for us in this regard and to provide other related services to us.
Learn more at
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de
To deactivate Google Analytiscs, Google provides a website at
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
provides a browser plug-in.
Google AdSense
This website uses Google AdSense, an advertising integration service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). GoogleAdSense uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). Through these web beacons, information such as visitor traffic on these pages can be analyzed. The information generated by cookies and web beacons about the use of this website (including your IP address) and delivery of advertising formats will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. This information may be passed on by Google to contractual partners of Google. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data stored by you.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
The legal basis for the use of Google Ads is your consent. You can deactivate Google Ads via the cookie settings: To the cookie settings
Google Tag Manager
Google Tag Manager is a solution from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"), with which we can manage so-called website tags via an interface and thus integrate, for example, Google Analytics and other Google marketing services into our online offering. The tag manager itself, which implements the tags, does not process any personal data of the users.
The use of Google Tag Manager is based on our legitimate interest.
With regard to the processing of users' personal data, please refer to the following information on Google services. Usage Policy:
https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/de/about/analytics/tag-manager/use-policy/
This website uses functions of the social network "Facebook" of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Meta"). When you call up our pages with Facebook plug-ins, a connection is established between your browser and the Facebook servers. In the process, data is already transmitted to Facebook. If you have a Facebook account, this data can be linked to it. If you do not want this data to be associated with your Facebook account, please log out of Facebook before visiting our site. Interactions, in particular the use of a comment function or the clicking of a "Like" or "Share" button are also passed on to Facebook.
Learn more at https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy.
The legal basis is your consent. You can deactivate the Facebook functions the cookie settings: To the cookie settings
This website uses functions of Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA ("Twitter"). When calling up our pages with Twitter plug-ins, a connection is established between your browser and the servers of Twitter. In the process, data is already transmitted to Twitter. If you have a Twitter account, this data can be linked to it. If you do not want this data to be associated with your Twitter account, please log out of Twitter before visiting our site. Interactions, in particular the clicking of a "Re-Tweet" button, are also passed on to Twitter.
Learn more at
https://twitter.com/privacy
The legal basis is your consent. You can revoke your consent in the cookie settings: To the cookie settings
Functions of the Instagram service are integrated on our pages. These functions are offered by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Meta"). If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of our pages to your Instagram profile by clicking on the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate the visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.
For more information, please see Instagram's privacy policy: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/
The legal basis is your consent. You can revoke your consent in the cookie settings: To the cookie settings
Privacy policy for LinkedIn
This website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland ("LinkedIn"). Each time one of our pages containing LinkedIn functions is accessed, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our web pages with your IP address. If you click the "Recommend Button" of LinkedIn and are logged into your account at LinkedIn, it is possible for LinkedIn to assign your visit to our website to you and your user account. We point out that we as the provider of the pages have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and its use by LinkedIn.
For more information, please see LinkedIn's privacy policy at:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
The legal basis is your consent. You can revoke your consent in the cookie settings: To the cookie settings
YouTube
This website uses plugins from the YouTube site operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
For more information on the handling of user data, please refer to YouTube's privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy
The legal basis is your consent. You can revoke your consent in the cookie settings: To the cookie settings
Processing of personal data of candidates
In order for us to be able to provide our agreed services to you, in particular for the conclusion and execution of the contracts necessary for the recruitment and staffing services, we process your personal data (name, contact details, curriculum vitae, references, etc.) which you have provided to us directly or made available to us via a third-party platform.
For the processing of your application data, we use the CRM system "recruit crm" of the provider Workforce Cloud Tech, Inc., 28 Mohawk Avenue, Norwood, NJ 07648, USA. The privacy policy applicable to the CRM system can be found at the following link: https://recruitcrm.io/legal/gdpr. The corresponding GDPR commitment can be found at the following link: https://recruitcrm.io/legal/gdpr. Your data uploaded in "recruit crm" will be stored in the AWS Cloud (provider: Amazon Web Services, Inc., USA) in and outside the EU, i.e. possibly also in third countries without a level of data protection adequate to the EU.
After termination of your business relationship with us, we will continue to retain your personal data with your consent in order to provide you with offers for services. Without your consent, your application data will be deleted after expiry of the statutory retention obligations - as a rule after 6 months after termination of your business relationship with us.
Contact form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your data from the inquiry form including the contact data you provided there will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
If the data processing is carried out for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, which are carried out at your request, or, if you are already our customer for the implementation of the contract, the legal basis for this data processing is the fulfillment of the contract. We only process further personal data if you consent to this or if we have a legitimate interest in processing your data. A legitimate interest is, for example, to respond to your e-mail or other request.
Privacy policy for newsletter data
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on this website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified e-mail address and agree to receive the newsletter. Further data will not be collected. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.
You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter.
Disclosure of personal data to third parties and third countries
We transfer personal data to the recipients listed in the sections above. These include European subsidiaries of US companies (Google, Adobe, Meta, Twitter, LinkedIn) and companies based in the USA (recruitCRM). Personal data is transferred to the USA, a third country without an adequate level of data protection, and possibly other third countries without an adequate level of data protection. We ensure an adequate level of protection with appropriate contracts (in particular based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission) and suitable technical and organizational measures.
We exchange personal data for processing within Onyx Circle AG (Switzerland) and Onyx Circle GmbH (Germany).
If and to the extent that we outsource certain parts of our data processing (e.g., hosting, IT support), we contractually obligate the contractor(s) to use personal data only in accordance with the requirements of applicable data protection law and to ensure the protection of the rights of the data subject.
In addition, we will only transfer your personal data to the extent that we are legally obliged to do so.
Retention and deletion of your personal data
We process your data for as long as our processing purposes, the legal retention periods and our legitimate interests in processing for documentation and evidence purposes require it or storage is technically necessary. Further information on the respective storage and processing duration can be found in each of the sections listed above and for the cookies in the To the cookie settings If there are no legal or contractual obligations to the contrary, we delete or anonymize your data after the storage or processing duration has expired as part of our usual processes.
Data security
To secure your data, we maintain technical and organizational security measures that we continually adapt to the state of the art. We contractually oblige our contractors to implement technical and organizational measures to comply with the specified security level.
This website uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as requests that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
We point out that data transmission over the Internet (eg communication by e-mail) security gaps. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.
Rights of the data subject
Within the framework of the data protection law applicable to you and where provided for therein (such as in the case of the GDPR), you have the right to information, correction, deletion, the right to restrict data processing and otherwise object to our data processing, in particular that for the purposes of direct marketing, profiling operated for direct advertising and other legitimate interests in the processing, as well as to the release of certain personal data for the purpose of transfer to another entity (so-called data portability).
Consent given can be revoked at any time, but this has no effect on data processing that has already taken place.
The exercise of such rights usually requires that you clearly prove your identity (e.g. by means of a copy of your ID card, where your identity is otherwise not clear or cannot be verified). To exercise your rights, you can contact us at the address given in section 1.
In addition, every data subject has the right to enforce his or her claims in court or to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority. The competent data protection authority in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner(http://www.edoeb.admin.ch).
Changes
We may amend this privacy policy at any time without prior notice. The current version published on our website applies. Insofar as the data protection declaration is part of an agreement with you, we will inform you of the change by e-mail or other suitable means in the event of an update.
Last updated: 16.09.2022