Cookie policy

Last updated: July 2026

1. What Is a Cookie?

A cookie, also known as a “tracker,” is a small text file stored on your device—computer, tablet or smartphone—when you visit the website https://ergonos.com.

Cookies and similar technologies may be used to:

ensure the proper operation and security of the website;
remember your choices and preferences;
maintain a browsing session;
measure website traffic and usage;
improve the website’s usability, performance and content;
measure the effectiveness of our communications.

Some cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of the website. Others, including audience measurement, personalisation or marketing cookies, are used only after obtaining your consent where required by applicable law.

Processing carried out through cookies is subject to the Swiss Federal Act of 25 September 2020 on Data Protection (“FADP”), its implementing ordinance and, where applicable, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of personal data (“GDPR”), as well as European rules concerning the storage of information on a user’s device.

2. Who Places Cookies on the Website?

Cookies on https://ergonos.com may be placed:

directly by Ergonos Consulting SA, acting as the data controller;
by third-party service providers supplying Ergonos with technical, hosting, audience measurement or communication services.

Depending on their origin, cookies may be:

first-party cookies, placed directly through the ergonos.com domain;
third-party cookies, placed by an external service integrated into the website.

Third-party providers may process certain data in accordance with their own privacy policies and the agreements entered into with Ergonos.

3. Categories of Cookies Used

The inventory below must reflect the cookies actually used on the website. It should be reviewed and updated whenever a technical change is made to the website or a new service provider is added.

3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the operation, security or administration of the website. In particular, they may be used to remember your cookie preferences or enable certain features expressly requested by you.

They are not used for advertising or behavioural tracking purposes.

Where strictly necessary to provide the website or a requested service, they may be placed without prior consent.

Name or Category	Purpose	Indicative Duration	Provider
Session cookies	Ensure the technical operation of the website and continuity of browsing	Duration of the session	Ergonos or technical service provider
Security cookies	Detect abusive access and secure the website	Duration of the session or another limited period	Ergonos or technical service provider
Consent or CMP cookie	Remember your acceptance or refusal choices	6 months	Ergonos or technical service provider

The exact names of technical cookies depend on the website configuration and the consent management tool used.

3.2 Audience Measurement Cookies

Subject to your consent where required, Ergonos may use Google Analytics to measure website traffic and usage.

These cookies may be used to determine:

the number of visitors;
the pages viewed;
the approximate duration of visits;
the source of traffic;
the type of device or browser used;
interactions with the website.

3.3 Cookies Related to Communications and Mailchimp

Ergonos may use Mailchimp to manage newsletters and other electronic communications.

Simply receiving an email sent through Mailchimp does not necessarily mean that a cookie is placed on the ergonos.com website. However, cookies or tracking technologies may be used where:

a Mailchimp form is directly embedded in the website;
you access a page hosted by Mailchimp;
you click on a tracked link contained in a communication;
open or click tracking features are enabled.

The relevant cookies and technologies depend on the integration actually implemented. They should be identified through a technical audit before being added to the table below.

Name or Category	Purpose	Duration	Provider
Cookies related to Mailchimp forms, where applicable	Enable an enrolment form to function or remember certain interactions	Depending on the service configuration	Intuit Inc. — Mailchimp
Communication tracking technologies, where applicable	Measure email opens or clicks on links	Depending on the service configuration	Intuit Inc. — Mailchimp

Where these technologies are not strictly necessary, they are used only after obtaining the required consent.

3.4 External Content and Services

Certain pages of the website may include content provided by third-party services, such as:

videos;
interactive maps;
appointment-booking tools;
external forms;
social media buttons;
fonts or other resources hosted by third parties.

These services may place their own cookies or collect technical information, including your IP address, when the content is loaded.

Where such services are not essential to the operation of the website, their loading may be blocked until you have given your consent.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

Ergonos uses cookies and similar technologies on the following legal grounds.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Their use is based on the need to ensure the operation, security and availability of the website or a service expressly requested by the user.

Where the GDPR applies, the related processing may also be based on Ergonos’ legitimate interest in providing and securing its website.

Audience Measurement, Personalisation or Marketing Cookies

These cookies are based on your consent where required by applicable law.

Your consent must be:

freely given;
specific;
informed;
expressed through a clear affirmative action;
capable of being withdrawn at any time.

Continuing to browse, scrolling through a page or closing the banner without making a choice does not, on its own, constitute consent to non-essential cookies.

5. How Can You Manage Your Preferences?

5.1 Through the Consent Management Tool

On your first visit to https://ergonos.com, a banner allows you to:

accept all cookies;
reject all non-essential cookies;
customise your choices by category;
access additional information about the cookies used.

The acceptance and refusal options must be presented clearly and remain easily accessible.

No non-essential cookie requiring consent should be placed before you have expressed your choice.

You may change or withdraw your consent at any time by clicking on:

“Manage my cookie preferences”

This link is available in the website footer or another permanent and easily identifiable location.

5.2 Through Your Browser Settings

You may also configure your browser to:

block some or all cookies;
notify you before a cookie is stored;
delete cookies that have already been stored;
block third-party cookies.

You may consult the support pages of the main browsers:

Google Chrome;
Mozilla Firefox;
Apple Safari;
Microsoft Edge.

Browser settings do not always allow cookies to be managed as precisely as the website’s consent management tool.

Deleting certain cookies, particularly the cookie that remembers your preferences, may cause the banner to be displayed again on your next visit.

Disabling certain technical cookies through your browser may also affect the operation or display of certain parts of the website.

5.3 Specific Opt-Out Tools

You may use the browser add-on provided by Google to disable Google Analytics:

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

You may also consult information published by the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner concerning the use of cookies:

https://www.edoeb.admin.ch

For users located in France or the European Union, further information is available from the French Data Protection Authority:

https://www.cnil.fr/fr/cookies-et-autres-traceurs

6. Validity and Retention of Your Choices

Your choice to accept or reject non-essential cookies is retained for a period of 6 months.

At the end of this period, or where the cookie configuration changes significantly, the website may ask you to express your preferences again.

Ergonos may retain the information necessary to demonstrate:

that a choice was presented;
the nature of the choice expressed;
the date and time of the choice;
the version of the applicable banner or policy.

This information is used solely to manage preferences and demonstrate compliance.

7. International Data Transfers

The use of certain service providers, including Google Analytics or Mailchimp, may result in data being processed from countries outside Switzerland or the European Economic Area.

Where applicable, Ergonos takes steps to ensure that such transfers are based on an appropriate legal mechanism, such as:

recognition of an adequate level of protection by the competent authority;
standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission;
standard contractual clauses recognised or adapted under Swiss law;
a data processing agreement;
additional technical, contractual and organisational safeguards.

8. Personal Data Processed Through Cookies

Depending on the cookies used and your choices, Ergonos or its service providers may process:

your IP address;
an online identifier or cookie identifier;
your browser type and version;
the type of device used;
your operating system;
the pages viewed;
the date and time of visits;
the approximate duration of visits;
the page or website from which you arrived;
interactions with certain features;
your cookie preferences.

Ergonos does not seek to use cookies to collect sensitive data or directly identify a visitor unless necessary.

For further information about the processing of your personal data, your rights and the recipients of your data, please consult Ergonos’ Privacy Policy.

9. Your Rights

Depending on the applicable legislation, you may have the right to:

request information about the processing of your data;
access your personal data;
request the correction of inaccurate data;
request the deletion of certain data;
request restriction of processing;
object to certain processing activities;
withdraw your consent at any time;
request the disclosure or portability of certain data.

You may exercise your rights by writing to:

contact@ergonos.com

or by post:

Ergonos Consulting SA
20 rue François Perréard
1225 Geneva
Switzerland

Where you believe that the processing of your data does not comply with applicable law, you may contact the competent authority.

In Switzerland:

Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner — FDPIC
Feldeggweg 1
3003 Bern
Switzerland
https://www.edoeb.admin.ch

10. Updates to the Cookie Policy

Ergonos may amend this Cookie Policy to reflect:

changes in legislation;
new recommendations issued by the authorities;
technical changes to the website;
the addition, removal or replacement of a service provider;
changes to the cookies or technologies used.

The date of the latest update is indicated at the beginning of this document.

In the event of a material change affecting the purposes of the cookies or the conditions under which your consent was obtained, Ergonos may ask you to express your preferences again.

11. Contact

For any questions concerning cookies, similar technologies or the protection of your personal data, you may contact:

Ergonos Consulting SA
20 rue François Perréard
1225 Geneva
Switzerland

Email address: contact@ergonos.com