Privacy Policy

Last update: December 2025

Adecco Group, AG, Bellerivestrasse 30, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland & APCO Worldwide, 700 12th Street Northwest Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005, United States (“Adecco & APCO”, “we” or “us”) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

Both entities are acting as Joint Data Controllers in the sense defined in Article 26 of General Data Protection Regulation.

More information about Adecco Group AG can be found here: https://adeccogroup.com/

More information about APCO can be found here: https://apcoworldwide.com/

This Policy (together with other documents referred to herein) describes what personal information we collect from you and how we process your personal information.

Index

Personal data we collect from you
How we use your information
Legal basis to process your personal data
How long we will keep your information
Sharing with third parties
IP addresses and cookies
Where your personal data is stored and processed
Do we transfer your data outside of Switzerland?
Data Security
Your rights. How you can access, correct and delete your data
Changes to this Policy
Contact

PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU

If you use our contact forms (for example for registration purpose), please note that fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory fields. We need this information to comply with your request. Other information or personal data you share with us is at your sole discretion. If you contact us, we will keep a record of that correspondence.

Throughout the event, we will record videos, make pictures, and collect quotes of you. Adecco & APCO will use such material and information and can share it with the public by using traditional media (for example this website or an intranet) and social media to promote these activities and make publicity of the particular event. Any use by Adecco & APCO or third party will only be in a proper and adequate manner and will not be in a manner that may cause damage to your image or reputation.

We also may reuse the data we have from you in our systems. For example, name and role, or any information we have from you related to previous events or from other Adecco Group & APCO business activities.

We collect information on your visits to the Website including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs, content from surveys and contact forms and other communication data and the resources that you access. Our collection of this personal information will make your visit to the Website easier in the future as we will be able to suggest Content that is relevant to you based on the location you access the Website from.

We also collect information of all users of the Website in aggregated form in order to provide us with a better understanding of the users of the Website as a group, but which does not contain personally identifiable information.

When you use our online services, we also store cookies as set out in more detail in our Cookies Policy site.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

All this information (“your data”) will be collected and handled by us for the following purposes:

To facilitate your registration process for the given event described on the website.
To coordinate the Event and to carry out logistic tasks related to the events (for example, to create a participant directory shareable among the participants or – when applicable - to manage the distribution of webinar links, hotel reservations, trips, caterings (for example, to manage your dietary requirements, if any), etc.
To promote these activities and make publicity of the particular event, when we record videos, make pictures, and collect quotes of you.
To manage and respond to any request you submit to us in relation to this Website, during the event or afterwards. We will provide you the relevant information by email. Telephone and/or mail can be an option, but it is at our sole discretion to choose the communication system.
To help us create, publish, and improve the Content that is most relevant to you.
To best tailor Content and resources according to your preferences.
To ensure that the Content provided through the Website are presented in the most effective manner for you and for your device.
To further develop and improve the Website and systems to better serve you.

LEGAL BASIS TO PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Our use of your information as described above is permitted by applicable data protection law because it is processed with your consent which we obtain from you before the processing and because it is necessary for our legitimate interests in pursuing the purposes set out above, and such interests in each case not being overridden by your privacy interests.

Please notice you are asked to inform us whether you will attend with your partner/spouse and - if yes - to provide voluntarily his/her first name and last name. This is due to organisational reasons (e.g., seats or dinner table distribution). By sending this information you confirm that you have obtained your partner's/spouse’s approval for sending that information and exclusively for such purpose.

We do not make any solely automated decisions including those based on profiling that have a legal or similarly significant effect on you.

HOW LONG WE WILL KEEP YOUR INFORMATION

We will keep your information for the longer of the period required in order to meet our legal or regulatory responsibilities. The retention periods of your personal information depend on the respective purpose the data are processed for and the respective tool such personal information are processed in. It is not possible to outline the various retention periods in a reasonably intelligible format under this Policy. The criteria used to determine the applicable retention period are that we will retain the personal information set out in this policy for as long as (i) necessary for the respective purpose, (ii) necessary to carry out our business relationship with you, (iii) you have consented to, and/or (iv) required by applicable statutory retention laws.

SHARING WITH THIRD PARTIES

To facilitate our efficient use of your information, and to provide you with the content and/or resources, we disclose your information to third parties. However, this disclosure will only occur in the following circumstances:

A. To suppliers, contractors and agents: From time to time we engage or employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. This category of third parties includes:

Stova Group LLC, 5303 Spectrm Drive, Suite D, Frederick, Maryland 21703, United States, hosting of Website content, or the provision of certain features contained on the Website.
AMERON Davos Swiss Mountain Resort, Scalettastrasse 22, 7270 Davos, Switzerland, for the hospitality services.
APCO Worldwide, 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20004 United States for the organization of the event and the onsite support. Registrations data will be shared with this partner.
Bayer U.S. LLC, Public Affairs, Science & Sustainability, Consumer Health, 100 Bayer Boulevard, Whippany, NJ 07981 USA for the organization of the event and the onsite support. Registrations data will be shared with this partner.

Such recipients will only have access to data required by them to perform their functions and are not permitted to use such data for any other purposes. These recipients will be subject to contractual confidentiality obligations.

B. To other entities belonging to Adecco & APCO (i.e. any companies directly or indirectly controlled by the Adecco Group AG & APCO), including their suppliers, contractors and agents, which may be involved in the provision of the Website or the Content, so that we can better serve you or, simply, to give response to your requests (e.g. when you use contact or registration forms).

Please note, as part the Collaborative Partnership between Adecco & APCO, your details of contact (name, family name, email address and other data collected via this website or through the event) will be shared between the Parties.

Particularly, APCO will share relevant contacts from its data base with Adecco. The goal of this data sharing is to invite you to this event and also to fullfill with tasks related to this event (follow up, RSVP, and other messaging and actions related to this event), as it is defined in the Joint Controllership Arrangement.C. To the registered participants and in general with the public, Adecco’s & APCO's clients, sponsors, partners, employees, associates, and investors worldwide provided such a transfer is connected with the described Purpose (to promote the event and spread the insights discussed during the event). For that, Adecco & APCO may use traditional media, internet, intranet and social media. Any use by Adecco & APCO, participants or third party will only be in a proper and adequate manner and will not be in a manner that may cause damage to your image or reputation.

D. To government or law enforcement authorities if we determine at our sole discretion that we are under an obligation to do so.

IP ADDRESSES AND COOKIES

We collect information about your computer, including (where available) your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns and does not identify you or any individual.

For the same reason, we obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on your device. Cookies help us to improve the Website and to deliver a better and more personalised content. For more information about our use of cookies on the Website, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

If your computer is shared with other people, we advise that you do not select the ‘remember my details’ option when that option is offered by the Website.

WHERE YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS STORED AND PROCESSED

As explained in the “Sharing with third parties” paragraph above, we share your personal information with the following:

Third party suppliers, contractors or agents: where we use a third-party supplier, contractor or agent, your personal information remains under our control and we have controls in place to ensure your personal information is adequately protected.

Other registered Participants: they will be subjected to the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy of this website and the applicable laws in their respective countries.

Other companies in the Adecco Group & APCO: we have entered into a specific Joint Controllership Arrangement where our commitments in relation to the collaborative partnership and additional commitments relating to the processing of personal data have been set, particularly to ensure your personal information continues to be subject to an adequate level of protection. We endeavour to take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your personal information is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy.

DO WE TRANSFER YOUR DATA OUTSIDE OF SWITZERLAND

Your personal information can be transferred and processed in one or more other countries outside of Switzerland. We shall only transfer your data outside Switzerland to countries which provide adequate level of data protection as defined by Swiss data protection law, or where Adecco & APCO has put in place appropriate safeguards to seek to preserve the privacy of your information or where recipients have committed to comply with this Policy and the applicable legislation.

By registering for the event, you expressly agree to such transfer, storing and processing outside of Switzerland. This includes United Kingdom and the United States of America (USA).

We explicitly inform you that – currently – the United States of America does not meet an adequate level of protection according to the European standards (no adequacy decision).

However, we endeavour to take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy.

DATA SECURITY

Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, you should be aware that the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to the Website or any third party; for this reason, any transmission is at your own risk. We will use strict operational procedures and adequate, technical and organizational security measures to prevent any unauthorised access, change, deletion or transmission of this personal information.

YOUR RIGHTS. HOW YOU CAN ACCESS, CORRECT AND DELETE YOUR DATA

Under applicable data protection laws, you have the following rights:

Right to access and obtain a copy of your personal information: You are entitled to request confirmation whether we process any of your personal information. Where this is the case, you may have access to your personal information and to certain information about how it is processed. In some cases, you can ask us to provide you with an electronic copy of your information. In some limited circumstances, you also have the right to request portability of your personal information.

Right to correct your personal information: If you can demonstrate that personal information we hold about you is not correct, you can ask that this information is updated or otherwise corrected.

Right to be forgotten/have data deleted: In certain circumstances you have the right to have your personal data deleted. You may make such a request at any time and Adecco & APCO will evaluate if your request should be granted, however this right is subject to any legal rights or obligations we may have to retain data. For situations where in accordance with the law, we determine that your request to have your personal information deleted must be granted, Adecco will do so without undue delay.

Right to restrict or object to the processing of your data: in certain circumstances you have the right to obtain restriction of the processing of your personal information, or to object on certain processing thereof on ground relating to your particular situation.

You may click here to exercise your rights and please select “Event participant” in the webform.

Despite the fact Adecco will manage the exercised of your privacy rights (according to the Joint Controller Arrangement), if you are a contact or participant coming from APCO, you are free to contact directly this entity via https://apcoworldwide.com/contact/ or via email at privacy@apcoworldwide.com.

To the extent our processing of your personal information is based on your consent, you also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal of your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing based on your consent before the receipt of such withdrawal.

You can also lodge a complaint about our processing of your personal information with the data protection authority of the Member State of your habitual residence, of your place of work, or of an alleged infringement of your rights.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

The terms of this Policy may change from time to time.

To let you know when we make changes to this Policy, we will amend the revision date at the top of this page. The new modified or amended Policy will apply from that revision date. Therefore, we encourage you to periodically review this Policy to be informed about how we protect your personal data.

We also may publish any material changes to this Policy through appropriate notices either on this website or contacting you using other communication channels.

CONTACT

Questions, comments and requests regarding this Policy are welcomed and should be addressed to globalprivacy@adeccogroup.com.

You can request a copy of mechanisms relating to a specific transfer of your personal information by contacting:

Adecco Group AG,

Postal address:

Bellerivestrasse 30, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland