The processing of your personal data complies, according to your country, with local data protection requirements, including the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act (“FDPA”), the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 ("GDPR"), and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).

1. Personal data we process and why

Sonova and Fabric process your personal data acting as Joint Controllers for the following processing of personal data:

  • Event waitlist and ticket notification: Email address, First name, Last name, Age confirmation (18+).

    This activity relies on the performance of a contract or steps taken at your request before entering into a contract.

  • Managing your participation in the event and providing event-related communications: Email address, Event registration details, Booking reference, Participation status.

    This activity relies on the performance of a contract or steps taken at your request before entering into a contract.

Fabric acts as an independent data controller for the following processing:

  • Payment processing to complete the purchase of tickets: For more information on how Fabric processes your personal data, please consult its privacy policy.

Sonova acts as an independent data controller for the following processing:

  • Participation in the prize draw (optional): Only data strictly necessary to administer the prize draw will be processed. Further details will be provided in the specific Privacy Notice and Terms and Conditions available when you sign up for the prize draw.

    This activity relies on consent, which you can revoke at any time.

  • Marketing communications about products and services offered by Sonova (optional): Email address, First name (if provided), Last name (if provided), Marketing consent status, Engagement data (such as email opens and clicks).

    This activity relies on consent, which you can revoke at any time.

  • Personalised social media marketing through social media platforms (such as Meta/Facebook) (optional).

    This activity relies on consent, which you can revoke at any time.

2. Sharing of your personal data

Your personal data will be processed according to the instructions we provide to our employees who have received the necessary training in data protection and are subject to an obligation of confidentiality.

Your personal data may also be disclosed to:

  • Other companies in our group of companies, such as our subsidiaries, all of which are required to protect personal data in accordance with applicable privacy and data protection laws.
  • Our business partners, contractors and third-party service providers (e.g., Lingaro (Poland), used to store signup data and send waitlist notifications and marketing communications; HubSpot Germany, used to host the landing page and securely store data). These third parties only process personal data that are strictly necessary for the services they provide to us, according to our instructions and in compliance with our privacy and security requirements.
  • Other organizations and public bodies, supervisory and control authorities, including law enforcement agencies, as may be required by law.

If your personal data is transferred to countries that do not provide the same level of protection as your country, we will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place in accordance with applicable data protection laws. These may include implementing adequate procedures, adopting technical and organizational safeguards, using Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the relevant authorities, and, where required, conducting transfer risk or impact assessments.

3. Personal data retention

Sonova and Fabric will retain your personal data for a minimal period proportional to the time required to fulfil the purposes outlined in Section 1. If applicable law or other regulations require a longer retention period, we will apply the longer retention period to fulfil our legal obligations.

For example:

  • Personal data collected to manage your participation in the event will be retained for up to 12 months after the event, unless a longer retention period is required to comply with legal obligations or to manage contractual or financial records.
  • Personal data collected for marketing purposes will be retained until you revoke the consent you freely decided to give us and in any case for a maximum period of 2 years.
  • Personal data processed for personalized marketing will be retained until you revoke the consent you freely decided to give us and in any case for a maximum period of 1 year.

4. Your legal rights

As per applicable law, you may have the right to request access, rectification, erasure of your personal data, or restriction of processing. In addition, you may object to the processing, request data portability and withdraw your consent at any time.

You can exercise your right to object by contacting:

Please note that the exercise of such rights is subject to the limitations provided by applicable law.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or the processing of your personal data, please contact our Data Privacy Team at privacy@sonova.com.