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Privacy and Cookie Policy

Last updated: 10.08.2026

1. About this Policy

EUROFIMA European Company for the Financing of Railroad Rolling Stock ("EUROFIMA", "we", "us") respects your privacy and processes personal data responsibly.

This Privacy and Cookie Policy explains how we process personal data when you visit our website, contact us or submit a job application. It applies under Swiss data protection law and, where applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The controller is:

EUROFIMA European Company for the Financing of Railroad Rolling Stock
Meret Oppenheim Platz 1C
4053 Basel
Switzerland

Email: compliance@eurofima.org
Telephone: +41 61 287 33 40

2. Personal Data We Process

Depending on how you interact with us, we may process the following personal data:

  • technical information generated when you use the website, such as IP address, browser, device, operating system, pages visited, date and time of access and referring website.
  • contact details and information you provide through our contact form, by email, telephone or other communication channels.
  • professional information, such as your organization, role and business relationship with EUROFIMA.
  • information contained in job applications, including contact details, curriculum vitae, qualifications, employment history and other application documents; and
  • information relating to your cookie and privacy preferences.

Please provide only information that is relevant to your request or application.

3. How and Why We Use Personal Data

We process personal data to:

  • operate, maintain and secure our website
  • respond to inquiries and provide requested information; 
  • manage relationships with stakeholders, business partners and other contacts;
  • prepare, enter into and perform contractual relationships;
  • manage job applications and recruitment processes;
  • understand and improve the use, structure and content of our website;
  • comply with legal, governance, compliance and security obligations; and
  • establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

Where the GDPR applies, processing is based, as appropriate, on your consent, the performance or preparation of a contract, compliance with legal obligations or our legitimate interests in operating our activities securely and effectively.

We do not sell personal data and do not use website data for direct marketing.

4. Website and Server Data

When you visit our website, technical information may be processed automatically by EUROFIMA and its service providers.

This information is used to deliver the website, maintain its stability and security, identify technical problems and prevent misuse. Server and security logs are retained only for as long as necessary for these purposes.

5. Contact and Communication

When you contact us, we process the information required to respond to your request and manage the related communication or business relationship.

This may include your name, email address, telephone number, organization, role, message content, attachments and communication history.

We retain this information for as long as necessary to handle your request and, where applicable, to comply with legal obligations or document a business relationship.

Email is not a fully secure communication channel. Please do not send confidential or sensitive information by ordinary email unless appropriate protection measures have been agreed.

6. Job Applications

When you apply for a position at EUROFIMA, we process the information contained in your application to assess your suitability, communicate with you and manage the recruitment process.

Application data is retained for the duration of the recruitment process and for a limited period thereafter where necessary for legal, administrative or documentation purposes.

We retain application data for possible future vacancies only with your agreement. You may withdraw this agreement at any time.

7. Cookies and Cookie Settings

Cookies are small files stored on your device when you visit a website.

We use:

  • necessary cookies, which are required for the secure operation of the website and to store your privacy preferences; and
  • analytics cookies, which help us understand how visitors use the website.

Analytics cookies are activated only after you have given your consent.

You can accept, reject or change your selection at any time through the Cookie Settings available in the website footer.

The current list of cookies, including their provider, purpose and duration, is available in the Cookie Settings.

8. Google Analytics

Subject to your consent, this website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by:

Google Ireland Limited
Gordon House
Barrow Street
Dublin 4
Ireland

Google Analytics helps us understand how visitors use our website and enables us to improve its structure, content, usability and performance.

Google Analytics may process information such as:

  • pages viewed and website interactions;
  • date, time and duration of visits;
  • referring websites;
  • browser, device and operating-system information;
  • approximate geographic location; and
  • pseudonymous cookie or device identifiers.

We do not intentionally transmit names, email addresses, contact-form content or other directly identifying information to Google Analytics.

For users in Switzerland, the European Union and the United Kingdom, Google states that IP addresses are discarded before the data is stored in Google Analytics.

Google Analytics is activated only after consent. Before consent is given, no Google Analytics measurement request is sent.

EUROFIMA does not use Google Analytics for personalized advertising or remarketing. Google Signals, User-ID and advertising personalization are disabled, and the Analytics property is not used for Google Ads advertising purposes.

Google Analytics event-level and user-level data is retained for 14 months. Analytics cookies expire after a maximum of 13 months, unless deleted earlier.

You may withdraw your consent at any time through the Cookie Settings.

Further information about Google's processing of personal data is available in Google's privacy documentation.

9. Service Providers and International Data Transfers

We may use external service providers for website hosting, development, IT security, communication, analytics, recruitment, document management and professional advice.

These providers may process personal data only for the agreed purposes and are required to apply appropriate confidentiality and security measures.

Some providers, including Google, may process data outside Switzerland or the European Economic Area. Where required, international data transfers are protected through recognized safeguards, such as adequacy decisions or standard contractual clauses.

We may also disclose personal data where required by law, ordered by a competent authority or necessary to protect EUROFIMA or third parties.

10. Data Retention and Security

We retain personal data only for as long as required for the purpose for which it was collected, applicable legal obligations, contractual documentation, security requirements or the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

When personal data is no longer required, it is deleted or anonymized.

We use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, alteration, disclosure or misuse.

11. Your Rights

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

  • request access to your personal data;
  • request correction or deletion;
  • request restriction of processing;
  • object to certain processing;
  • receive certain data in a portable format;
  • withdraw consent at any time; and
  • lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority.

To exercise your rights, contact:

compliance@eurofima.org

We may request information necessary to verify your identity.

In Switzerland, complaints may be addressed to the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.

12. External Links

Our website may contain links to external websites, documents or social-media platforms. These third parties process personal data under their own privacy policies. EUROFIMA is not responsible for their privacy practices or content.

13. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Policy to reflect changes to our website, processing activities, service providers or legal requirements.

The current version is published on this website. The date of the latest update appears at the beginning of the Policy.

14. Contact

For questions about this Policy or the processing of your personal data, please contact:

EUROFIMA European Company for the Financing of Railroad Rolling Stock
Compliance Function
Meret Oppenheim Platz 1C
4053 Basel
Switzerland

Email: compliance@eurofima.org
Telephone: +41 61 287 33 40