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FADP (Federal Act on Data Protection)/ 1. Sep 2023
https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2022/491/en
New Data Protection Act – the most important facts in a nutshell for easy implementation The new Data Protection Act (DPA) and the associated Data Protection Ordinance (DPO) will come into force on 1. September 2023. They regulate data processing (any work on personal data, from collection to deletion).

A company absolutely needs:
– (Only) employees who work with data of natural persons must be obliged to comply with data protection with a data protection policy.
– A privacy policy must be made available to the guest/customer (on the website).

FADP (Federal Act on Data Protection) /14. Jan 2021
https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19920153/index.html#a17a

Our website [pbguide.jp] will be processing data via web server located in Japan. We mention to all user for this website according to Art. 17a1Automated data processing in pilot projects, that data will be processing out of EU and EEA area.

Art. 17a1Automated data processing in pilot projects
1 The Federal Council may, having consulted the Commissioner and before a formal enactment comes into force, approve the automated processing of sensitive personal data or personality profiles if:
a.
the tasks that require such processing required are regulated in a formal enactment;
b.
adequate measures are taken to prevent breaches of privacy;
c.
a test phase before the formal enactment comes into force is indispensable for the practical implementation of data processing.
2 A test phase may be mandatory for the practical implementation of data processing if:
a.
the fulfilment of a task requires technical innovations, the effects of which must first be evaluated;
b.
the fulfilment of a task requires significant organisational or technical measures, the effectiveness of which must first be tested, in particular in the case of cooperation between federal and the cantonal bodies; or
c.
processing requires that sensitive personal data or personality profiles be transmitted online to cantonal authorities.
3 The Federal Council shall regulate the modalities of automated data processing in an ordinance.
4 The competent federal body shall provide the Federal Council with an evaluation report at the latest within two years of the pilot system coming into operation. The report contains a proposal on whether the processing should be continued or terminated.
5 Automated data processing must be terminated in every case if within five years of the pilot systems coming into operation no formal enactment has come in force that contains the required legal basis.

1 Inserted by No I of the FA of 24 March 2006 (AS 2006 4873; BBl 2003 2101, 2006 3547). Amended by No I of the FA of 24 March 2006, in force since 15 Dec. 2006 (AS 2007 4983; BBl 2003 2101).

Cookie Policy
How we use cookies
In order to maintain quality of service for customers and provide a better user experience, the following websites collect certain information about visitors to its website using cookies: https://www.pbguide.jp

A cookie is a small piece of information sent by a web server to a web browser, which enables the server to collect information back from the browser and help us to provide him/her with the best possible experience.
We use our cookies to help us:
Make our website work as you’d expect.
Remember your settings during and between visits.
Improve the speed/security of the site.
Allow you to share pages with social networking services like Facebook.
Continuously improve our website for you.
Make our marketing more efficient.
Remember if we have already asked you certain questions (for example if you declined to take a survey).
Collect any personally identifiable information (without your express permission).
Pass data to advertising networks.
Pass personally identifiable data to third parties.

Twitter – Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/en/privacy
Facebook provides us with ‘like’ and ‘send’ buttons. Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Google is used for Google Map integration and Google Analytics. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
YouTube powers some of the videos on our site.
Privacy Policy: https://www.youtube.com/static?&template=privacy_guidelines
Instagram – Privacy Policy: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388

We do not associate the data which we gather from these sites with any personally identifying information from any other source. If we do want to collect personally identifiable data through our websites, we will tell you. We will make it clear when we collect personal data and will explain what we intend to do with it.
You can learn more about all the cookies we use below.

Granting us permission to use cookies
If the settings on the software that you are using to view these websites (your browser) are adjusted to accept cookies we take this, and your continued use of our website, to mean that you are happy for us to use cookies.
Should you wish to remove or not use cookies from our site you can learn how to do this below, however doing so will probably mean that our site will not work as you would expect, or at all.
You will be asked again in no later than 365 days about your cookie preferences since the last time you were asked.

Turning cookies off
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Third party functions
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