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June 2024
Purpose and scope
This privacy notice (the “Privacy Notice”) informs prospective clients, job applicants, and other persons (referred to herein as “you”), interacting with Celsion Finance AG about the treatment and processing of your personal data (i.e. data by which you may be directly or indirectly identified; referred to herein as “Personal Data”) by Celsion Finance AG, having its registered office in Vaduz, Liechtenstein and/or any of its affiliated entities (referred to herein as “Celsion”, “we” or “us”) and your rights in accordance with applicable Liechtenstein data protection laws (i.e. the Data Protection Act (“DPA”) as well as the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (“GDPR”) (together the “Data Protection Legislation”).
This Privacy Notice provides information on our practices concerning the collection, use, processing, and disclosure of your Personal Data. The nature and utilization of Personal Data processed by Celsion are dependent on the nature of your interaction with Celsion. In adherence to our commitment to the protection of privacy and the maintenance of confidentiality, Celsion has implemented a range of technical and organizational measures dedicated to the secure processing of all Personal Data, in full compliance with applicable Data Protection Legislation.
This Privacy Notice specifically aims to inform you about the following points:
What Personal Data is collected and processed?
Depending on the type of interaction with you, Celsion may collect the following data (to the extent permitted by law):
These types of Personal Data may include special categories of data.
What sources are used?
In the course of establishing and maintaining a relationship with you, and in accordance with Article 6 of the GDPR and the corresponding provisions in the DPA, we collect Personal Data that is essential for us. In this context, we receive data through various sources as outlined below:
For what purposes is personal data being processed?
The processing activities are grounded in the legal bases provided by the GDPR and DPA ensuring that our operations are in strict compliance with privacy and Data Protection Regulations. Celsion is committed to processing your Personal Data solely for legitimate business purposes. These include, but are not limited to the following:
Our interest for the respective processing of data is based on the respective purposes and is otherwise of economic nature (efficient task fulfillment, sales, and avoidance of legal risks).
With whom may Personal Data be shared?
Your Personal Data may be disclosed to and processed by internal departments within Celsion, external service providers, legal and regulatory bodies, and, under certain conditions, entities in third countries, ensuring an adequate level of data protection is maintained at all times. Such transfers are conducted in compliance with legal requirements and are limited to purposes where it is necessary for the provision of our services, the fulfillment of legal obligations, or the execution of your instructions.
Where is Personal Data transferred to?
Transfers of Personal Data may be made to countries located in or outside the EEA. Certain countries in which recipients and data processors may be located and to which Personal Data may be transferred may not have the same level of protection of Personal Data as in the EEA/Liechtenstein. You understand that the data protection legislation in such other countries may not give you as much protection as the data protection legislation in the country where you are located. Personal Data transferred to countries outside of the EEA and Switzerland will be protected by appropriate safeguards such as approved data transfer agreements.
Cookies
Our website may use cookies. Cookies are intended to personalize the website for your visit and to improve the use of the website. Cookies are small text files that the website transmits to the cookie file of the internet browser on your device and stores it there for later retrieval so that you are recognized when the website is re-visited. If Celsion uses cookies and through this collects and processes your Personal Data, this is based on Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR as the processing is necessary for Celsion to pursue the legitimate interests to personalize the website to your visit and to facilitate the use of the website.
Automated Decision-Making and Profiling
Celsion does not generally rely on automated Decision-Making and Profiling of Personal Data. Regardless of this, however, Celsion reserves the right to employ automated decision-making processes, including profiling, which are necessary for entering into or performing a contract with you, based on your explicit consent, or where legally permissible. These processes are designed to ensure fairness and transparency in the decisions affecting you, with mechanisms in place for you to request human intervention or challenge decisions made about you. We process your Personal Data automatically in certain instances, to evaluate certain personal aspects of you (profiling).
Retention of Personal Data
We will retain the Personal Data for as long as required to perform the purposes for which such Personal Data was collected, depending on the legal basis on which that Personal Data is processed and/or whether additional legal/regulatory obligations such as document retention duties according to the applicable data protection laws or other applicable regulations, mandate that we retain the Personal Data. In certain circumstances, Personal Data may need to be retained for a longer period of time (for example in the context of litigation or as required by authorities).
Your rights
Under the GDPR, you are afforded several rights in relation to your Personal Data. Celsion respects these rights and facilitates the exercise of these rights. In accordance with Article 7 and 15 to 21 GDPR, you have the following rights:
In the event that you wish to exercise these rights or make a complaint about how we process your Personal Data, please contact us in the first instance at the email address indicated below and we will endeavour to deal with your request as soon as possible. This is without prejudice to your right to file a complaint with the Liechtenstein data protection authority as outlined below.
Data Protection Officer/Contact information
Any Personal Data provided to or collected by us will be processed by us in our capacity as a controller or by our subcontractors and service providers in their capacity as processors in accordance with this Privacy Notice. For the purposes of this Privacy Notice, “processing” refers to any operation or set of operations performed on Personal Data, such as the collection, storage, use, alteration, disclosure, or deletion thereof. We have appointed a Data Protection Officer (“DPO”). You can contact our DPO under:
Celsion Finance AG Data Protection Officer c/o BEATADOMUS ANSTALT Austrasse 15 9495 Triesen Liechtenstein legal@celsion-finance.com
Data Protection Office Liechtenstein and Right of complaint
You have the right to file a complaint with the Data Protection Office in Liechtenstein (“Datenschutzstelle”). You can also contact another supervisory authority in an EU or EEA member state, e.g. at your place of residence or work or at the place where the cause of the complaint is suspected. The file a complaint, the Data Protection Office in Liechtenstein can be contacted as follows:
Data Protection Office (Datenschutzstelle) Liechtenstein Städle 38 Postfach 684 FL-9490 Vaduz Phone: +423 236 60 90 E-Mail: info.dss@llv.li Website: www.datenschutzstelle.li
Amendment of Privacy Notice
Celsion reserves the right to amend this Privacy Notice from time to time to ensure that you are fully informed about all processing activities and our compliance with applicable Data Protection Legislation. Please therefore make sure to regularly consult the current Privacy Notice, available on the Celsion website.
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