Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

1. General Information

At AFIAA U.S. Investment, Inc., located at 7 Penn Plaza, 370 7th Avenue, Suite 804, New York, NY 10001 (hereinafter “AFIAA US”), we take the protection of your personal data seriously. We process your information in accordance with applicable U.S. privacy laws and, where relevant, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, process, and protect your personal data when you visit the AFIAA US website (https://afiaa-us.com).

In cases where you provide us with personal data of other persons (e.g. data of work colleagues, data of employees, etc.), we assume that you are authorised to do so, and that this data is correct. By transmitting data of such third parties, you confirm that this is the case. Please ensure that such third parties have been made aware of this Privacy Policy (e.g. by handing over a copy).

2. What data we collect

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect the following information:

  • IP address
  • Date and time of access
  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system
  • Referring URL

These technical details are used to ensure the functionality and security of our website. We do not combine this data with other personal information. When you contact us via the contact web form, we collect:

  • Name and surname
  • Email address
  • Message content

We use this information solely to respond to your inquiries and to communicate with you.

3. Purposes of data processing

We process your data for the following purposes:

  • To operate and improve our website
  • To respond to your inquiries
  • To provide real estate related services
  • To comply with legal obligations

4. Cookies and tracking technologies

Our website uses various services provided by Google LLC based in the USA or, if you have your usual place of residence in the EU, the EEA or Switzerland, by Google Ireland Ltd based in Ireland. We use the following Google services on our websites:

  • Google Tag Manager
  • Google Analytics

 

Google uses technologies such as cookies, browser web storage and tracking pixels to analyse your use of our website. The resulting information about your use of our website may be transmitted to a Google server in the USA or in other countries and may be stored there.

We use tools provided by Google which, according to Google, can process personal data in countries where Google or its subcontractors maintain facilities. Pursuant to its “Data Processing Addendum for Products where Google is a Data Processor”, Google provides an adequate level of data protection by relying on the EU standard contract clauses. Further information about Google’s processing and privacy settings is available in Google’s privacy policy or privacy settings.

An overview of data usage in Google Analytics and the measures taken by Google to protect your data can be found in the Google Analytics Help. For more information on the Google Analytics Terms of Use and Google’s Privacy Policy, please refer to the respective documents.

By using the AFIAA US website, you consent to Google processing the data collected about you in the manner and for the purposes described above. You may opt out of the collection of data by Google Analytics for the future by installing a deactivation add-on for your browser: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaopt ut?hl=de (opens in a new window).

5. Transfer to third parties

We generally treat your data as confidential and do not pass it on without your consent unless we are legally obliged or entitled to do so, or unless this is necessary to enforce our rights, to assert any claims arising from the contractual relationship.

Furthermore, we disclose your personal data to third parties if this is necessary or expedient in the context of your use of the AFIAA US website or for the potential provision of services requested by you (including off website services).

We disclose your data to the following categories of recipients:

  • our service providers including contractors (e.g. IT providers, Property Manager, valuation experts, advisers);
  • suppliers, subcontractors and other business partners;
  • US and foreign authorities, official agencies or courts;
  • buyers or parties interested in buying business units;
  • other parties to potential or actual legal proceedings;
  • AFIAA US’ mother company, AFIAA Real Estate Investment Ltd.

In this context, the legal regulations governing the transfer of data to third parties are complied with as a matter of course. If we use contractors to provide our services, we take appropriate legal safeguards as well as corresponding technical and organisational measures to ensure the protection of your data in accordance with the relevant statutory regulations.

6. Period of data retention

We exclusively process and store your data for the period required to achieve the purpose of storage or if such processing and storage is stipulated by laws or regulations that we are subject to. If the purpose of storage no longer applies or if a prescribed retention period expires, your data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

7. Data security

We employ appropriate security safeguards to protect your data against manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons, and to ensure the protection of your rights and compliance with the applicable data protection regulations.

The website https://afiaa-us.com is operated with a valid SSL certificate. Thanks to SSL certificates, the confidentiality of online traffic is maintained despite the public nature of the Internet, and connections to the https://afiaa-us.com website are encrypted via HTTPS. AFIAA US has also taken appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data from loss and unauthorized access.

8. Your rights

As regards data processing in connection with your use of the AFIAA US website, you have the following rights:

  • Information about and access to the personal data we hold about you;
  • Correction of inaccurate or outdated date;
  • Deletion of your data, unless we are legally or contractually required to retain such data (e.g. to fulfil contractual obligations or comply with retention requirements);
  • Restriction or objection to data processing;
  • Request that we provide specific personal data in a standard electronic format or transfer it to another data controller;
  • Withdrawal of consent at any time for future processing.

To exercise these rights, please refer to the contact details below

9. Controller and contact

AFIAA U.S. Investment, Inc., 7 Penn Plaza, 370 7th Avenue, Suite 804, New York, NY 10001 is responsible for the collected and acquired data.

If you wish to assert any of the above rights (see Section 9), please send request, to the following address:

AFIAA U.S. Investment, Inc.​
Data Protection Officer​
7 Penn Plaza, 370 7th Avenue,
Suite 804
New York, NY 10001

10. Final provisions

AFIAA US may amend this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice. The current version published on our website (https://afiaa-us.com) applies. Should one or several of the provisions of this Privacy Policy be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected.

This Privacy Policy is governed exclusively by US law, excluding any conflict of law provisions. The exclusive place of jurisdiction is the city of New York.

Our Offices

Head Office Switzerland

Zollstrasse 42
Postfach 1077
8005 Zürich
Schweiz

Subsidiary Australia

AFIAA Australia Real Estate Pty Ltd
Suite 3, Level 1
10 Bridge Street
Sydney 2000, NSW
Australia