Privacy and data protection
Please read these privacy terms carefully as they apply to your use of procurementtutor.com.
procurementtutor.com website
procurementtutor.com is operated by Procurement Tutor GmbH. Accordingly, procurementtutor.com is primarily designed prospects and customers that are interested in Procurement Tutor GmbH.
Data controller and contact details
Procurement Tutor GmbH, Wydenstrasse 5, 8004 Zurich, Switzerland, is the data controller of procurementtutor.com and responsible for its operation.
For any data protection related comment or question you may have in connection with procurementtutor.com you can reach us by post at the address indicated above (Attention: Privacy Compliance Officer) or by email at [email protected].
What perosnal data do we process?
As a matter of principle, Procurement Tutor only processes personal data of you that you have submitted to us.
Typically this data is limited to your name, email address, company and country of residence, phone number, postal address, and if you are an assessment taker also your responses to our assessment questions.
Metadata
When you use procurementtutor.com, we automatically collect metadata about your browsing session such as your browser, the IP address of your computer or device, your internet service provider, the site from which you navigated to procurementtutor.com, the duration of your visit to procurementtutor.com and what type of device you are using (e.g. a computer, a smart phone or a tablet and the respective operating system). We also keep a record of the pages that you view during your visit.
The metadata collected are used to improve the way in which our website operates, for statistical and systems administration purposes (which may include the security of procurementtutor.com).
Cookies
procurementtutor.com also uses cookies. The use of cookies is governed by a separate policy.
For what pruposes do we process your personal data?
We only process your personal data to enable us to interact with you in accordance with your corresponding request or service: Either, you have submitted your data to us since you want us to contact you in connection with a query etc.; or you have submitted you data to us since you subscribed to our newsletters; or you have submitted answers to one of our assessments.
On what legal basis do we process your personal data?
procurementtutor.com processes your personal data based on your consent. You can revoke this consent at any time (see below).
Data recipients
In connection with the operation of procurementtutor.com Procurement Tutor uses service providers. It is conceivable that such service providers process your personal data in connection with the service provision to us (under the terms of appropriate data processing agreement).
Cross border transfers
Especially the service providers we use in connection with the operation of procurementtutor.com may be located in or have access to your personal data form a “third country”, i.e. a country that is not recognized to possess an adequate level of data protection by the standards of the Swiss (and EU) law. In these cases, we put appropriate safeguards in place to make the respective cross border data flow lawful, typically by way of executing the Standard Contractual Model Clauses approved by the Commission of the EU – and endorsed by the Swiss Data Protection Commissioner. Copies of these Model Clauses can be obtained on the website of the Swiss Data Protection Commissioner (www.edoeb.admin.ch) or the EU Commission.
For how long do we keep your personal data?
We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected or to comply with legal, regulatory or internal policy requirements. In connection with newsletter or similar subscription services you have signed up to this for example generally means that we keep your data up and until you notify us that you no longer want to obtain the respective newsletter etc.
Your rights
To the extent that the General Data Protection Regulation of the EU (GDPR) applies to our processing of your personal data (or other laws that include similar rights), you have several rights, of which we would like to inform you; the right to access your data, the right of data rectification (if your data is inaccurate), the right of erasure (if the retention of your data is no longer necessary in relation to the envisaged purpose of the processing), the right to restrict the data processing (e.g. if you contest the accuracy of your data that we process), the right to data portability and the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. At any time during which your data is processed by us, you can withdraw your consent to the processing by reaching out to Procurement Tutor and request the data deletion.
Links to external websites and social media channels
procurementtutor.com contains links to other websites. Procurement Tutor is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites.
procurementtutor.com especially contains links to the media channels of Procurement Tutor on social media sites (e.g. Twitter, Facebook YouTube) . Typically you will only be able to sign up to the respective Procurement Tutor channel if you are logged on with your user credentials to the respective social media service. The data processing on such social media sites when you visit the respective media channel of Procurement Tutor is subject to the privacy policies of the respective social media site operator and outside the control of Procurement Tutor.
These privacy terms are subject to amendments and changes at any time at Procurement Tutor’s sole discretion. Accordingly, we suggest that you check these privacy terms periodically for updates.
Last updated: May 2025