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.
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:
number, email, address and country
opinions or information provided via any of our helplines
bluesign also collects personal data automatically when you visit our website. This
may include:
your device visited and the time that your device visited our website
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:
presented in the most effective manner for you and for your device
and events which may be of interest to you if this is in accordance with your
marketing preferences
purposes
communication channels, such as customer or contact center support
requirements and obligations
bluesign technologies websites
their products or services
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:
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.
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.
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.
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:
to operate our business?
your account is active or for as long as needed to provide the services to you
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
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:
our facilities and secure destruction of media containing your personal data
software, and monitoring of our systems and data centers to ensure that
they comply with our security policies
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.
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”:
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.
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.
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.
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