Online Privacy Statement

bluesign technologies ag (bluesign) is committed to the responsible handling and

protection of your personal data.

We have created this statement to provide you with clear and understandable information

regarding our privacy practices when you are accessing or using our website

(www.bluesignfinder.com, www.bluesign.com, or its local equivalents) so that you can

make informed choices about the use of your personal data by bluesign.

When accessing other services or applications through our website, please read the

specific privacy conditions which may apply to them.

bluesign reserves the right to update this statement from time to time by publishing a new

version online. This statement was last updated in January 2026.

When this statement refers to bluesign, it means bluesign as the controller of your data,

namely the bluesign Affiliates with which you had, have, or will have a business

relationship or that otherwise decides which of your data is collected and how it is used.

Personal Data We Collect

bluesign collects personal data that you provide to us directly when you request

information about our services; subscribe to our website services, email

notifications and/or newsletters; make an enquiry through our different enquiry

forms or email; or carry out a transaction or place an order through our website.

This may include:

Identification and contact data such as name, surname, job title, phone

number, email, address and country

Any information that you voluntarily share with us such as feedback,

opinions or information provided via any of our helplines

bluesign also collects personal data automatically when you visit our website. This

may include:

Device information such as IP address, referring website, bluesign pages

your device visited and the time that your device visited our website

Internet log information and details collected through our third parties such

as Google Analytics, that does not specifically identify you

Why We Use Personal Data

bluesign will use your personal data for the following different purposes:

To improve our website with the objective of ensuring that content is

presented in the most effective manner for you and for your device

To send email and communicate with you via email regarding our services

and events which may be of interest to you if this is in accordance with your

marketing preferences

To analyze your use of our website for trend monitoring and promotional

purposes

To respond to enquiries and comments and provide you with support via

communication channels, such as customer or contact center support

To keep our website safe and secure and comply with our legal

requirements and obligations

To perform or finalize any transaction or order which you have placed on

bluesign technologies websites

To set up and manage your user account
To share it with bluesign technologies companies so that they may offer you

their products or services

For any other new purpose for which we notify you before collecting any

personal data

How We Share Personal Data

bluesign shares and transfers your personal data as described here and only in

accordance with all privacy practices and local privacy requirements. We may

occasionally share non-personal, anonymized and statistical data with third parties

for our own business purposes.

The following are the parties with whom we may share personal information and

why:

To other SGS companies and those companies in which

SGS owns more than 50 % where it is necessary to meet the purpose for

which you have submitted your personal data and in particular if necessary

for the provision of services, account administration, sales, marketing and

support. We take steps to ensure that SGS Affiliates, including the ones

located outside the EEA, follow our global data protection policy, this

privacy statement and applicable local law when handling personal data.

Occasionally to third party contractors and providers which perform certain

functions on behalf of bluesign, such as picking up and delivering samples,

fulfilling inspection orders, sending emails, removing repetitive information

from client lists, analyzing data and processing credit card payments, direct

marketing services, and cloud hosting services. These parties only have

access to such information as necessary to perform their functions and may

not use it for any purpose other than to provide services to us.

For any reason if, in bluesign’s sole discretion, bluesign believes it is

reasonable to do so, including to satisfy any laws, regulations, or

governmental or legal requests for such information; in the event of a

merger, sale, restructure, acquisition, joint venture or assignment to disclose

information that is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action

against someone who may be violating our Business Principles values or

other terms and conditions; or to otherwise protect bluesign.

How Long We Keep Personal Data

bluesign will retain your personal data for the period of time that is necessary to

fulfill the original purposes for which it has been collected. Please keep in mind that

in certain cases a longer retention period may be required or permitted by law or to

allow bluesign to pursue its business interests, conduct audits, comply with our

legal obligations, enforce our agreements or resolve any dispute.

The criteria used to determine our retention periods include:

How long is the data needed to provide you with our products or services or

to operate our business?

Do you have an account with us? In this case, we will keep your data while

your account is active or for as long as needed to provide the services to you

Are we subject to a legal, contractual, or similar obligation to retain your

data? Examples can include mandatory data retention laws in the applicable

jurisdiction, government orders to preserve data relevant to an

investigation, or data that must be retained for the purposes of contract or

litigation

How Personal Data Is Protected

bluesign follows strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of

information which you have given us in order to prevent unauthorized access, loss

or destruction of your personal data. These may include:

Physical safeguards, with locked doors and file cabinets, controlled access to

our facilities and secure destruction of media containing your personal data

Technology safeguards, like the use of anti-virus and endpoint protection

software, and monitoring of our systems and data centers to ensure that

they comply with our security policies

Organizational safeguards, like training and awareness programs on security

and privacy, to make sure employees understand the importance and

means by which they must protect your personal data

bluesign does not seek to collect sensitive personal data (also known as special

categories of data). If we do so we will always collect the data in accordance with

local data privacy requirements. If you choose to provide us with unsolicited

sensitive personal data, you will be asked to consent to our processing of such data

on a case-by-case basis by using a specific express consent form.

bluesign does not knowingly collect or solicit personal data from anyone under the

age of 16. If you are aged under 16, please speak to your parent/guardian to get

their permission before you provide any personal information to bluesign because

without this consent, you are not allowed to provide us with your personal data. If

we learn that we have collected data from a person aged under 16, we reserve the

right to delete such data with no prior notification or consent.

How You Can Access and Control Your Personal Data

We are committed to ensuring that you can exercise your right of access and you

can control your data.

If you have registered for an account on www.bluesignfinder.com,

www.bluesign.com and/or its local equivalents, you may directly and

autonomously access your online profile and other personal details and update,

amend, if legally possible, add or delete the data about yourself by logging into the

applicable website or service with your account credentials.

Otherwise, and in accordance with our internal procedures, we will respond to the

following requests as described below. All requests shall be addressed by

contacting us in writing as described in the section “contact us”:

Access to personal information: you have the right to request what

personal data we hold about you subject to our right to identity verification.

If you request a copy of your data, we may charge you a fee, except where

this is not permissible under local law.

Correction and deletion: in some jurisdictions, including the EU (according

to data protection laws for data subjects in the EU), you have the right to

correct or amend your personal data if it is inaccurate or needs to be

updated. You may also have the right to request the deletion of your

personal information, however this may not be always possible due to legal

requirements and other obligations to keep such data. If we are asked to

delete your data, we may keep some minimal information about you to be

able to demonstrate that we have fulfilled our obligations.

Filing a complaint: Any complaints about our adherence to the practices

described in this Statement shall be addressed as described here. In some

jurisdictions, including according to data protection laws in the EU for

complaints issued from subjects in the EU, you have the right to lodge a

complaint with a supervisory authority.

In order to provide you with the best personalized experience, these

communications may be tailored to your preferences. Our targeted emails contain

email messages which use web beacons, cookies and similar technologies to allow

us to know whether you open, read or delete the message and which links you

open. When you open a link in a marketing email you receive from bluesign, we will

also use a cookie to log what pages you view and what content you download from

our websites, even if you are not registered or signed into our site.

In addition, you can exercise your right to prevent marketing communications to

you by opting out of emails we send to you. In such cases, we will retain minimum

personal data to note that you opted out in order to avoid contacting you again.

Please note that even if you opt out from receiving marketing communications, you

might still receive administrative communications from us, such as technical

updates for our products or services, order confirmations, notifications about your

account activities, and other important notices.

How You Can Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about your privacy, please write to us:

privacy@sgs.com

St. Gallen, 18.06.2019

Bluesign technologies ag, Switzerland

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