Privacy Policy

NO.17 Foundation is committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (nFADP 2023), and the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA).  We provide this Privacy Policy to inform users of the TPC House website located at https://tpchouse.com, and all associated sites linked to https://tpchouse.com(collectively, the “Site“) about how we collect, use, disclose, transfer and protect Personal Data. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect when you use the Site or when you complete the registration sign-up form on the Site, why we collect the data, how it is used, and your rights under applicable data protection laws.

By using or accessing the Site and providing us with your Personal Data (through signing up or otherwise), we process your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy, relying on your consent and our Terms of Use.

You also acknowledge that our use of your information, such as your user profile, stated interests, and interaction history, for the purpose of generating AI-driven insights. This may include analysing your data to identify topics of potential interest, performing searches through our proprietary knowledge base and publicly available sources, and suggesting relevant content or connections to other participants in our network.

Information We Collect

We collect information from users who voluntarily provide it to us through the registration sign-up form on the Site or through the usage of associated services on the Site. Where required under GDPR or Swiss law, we will obtain your explicit consent before processing your Personal Data.

Personal Data Notice and Consent

TPC House at Davos (the “Event”)

1. The information you provide in this Registration Form is to enable NO.17 Foundation to:

  • register and contact you about your attendance at the Event;
  • carry out administrative and planning activities for the Event;
  • plan and develop future activities and opportunities;
  • facilitate your collaborations in relation to the Event;
  • process and generate a dynamic linkage network map, a tool that helps to identify meaningful connections between you and other participants based on shared interests, expertise, or activity, supporting a more personalized and insightful experience;
  • manage and report post-Event progress of initiatives, commitments and declarations made during TPC House at Davos;
  • allow the compilation and analysis of statistics relevant to the Event; (hereinafter referred to collectively as “Purposes”).

2. Your personal data may be disclosed by NO.17 Foundation to its third party service providers, agents or collaborators located in Singapore, Switzerland, the EU, or other jurisdictions, for one or more of the above Purposes. Where Personal Data belonging to EU or Swiss participants is transferred to Singapore or a non-adequate country, we will implement appropriate safeguards.

3. We may process your Personal Data on different lawful bases. Where required, we will obtain your explicit consent for specific processing activities, including:

  • processing certain categories of Personal Data (if applicable);
  • using photographs, audio or video recordings of you;
  • optional uses such as AI-driven insights, profiling, and network mapping (where required).

You may withdraw consent at any time without affecting prior lawful processing.

4. NO.17 Foundation seeks to include each event participant’s name, affiliation and full contact details into the TPC House mailing list to enable dissemination of information about future activities and opportunities.

For EU/Swiss participants, you may unsubscribe or withdraw your consent at any time by contacting connect@tpchouse.com to withdraw your consent.

5. The use of your photograph, voice, likeness, and image in any broadcasts of this Event and in subsequent productions drawn from video or audio recordings of this Event, will only be used with your consent. The photographs and recordings may be published or broadcasted in our affiliates’ publications and in publicity materials, including our affiliates’ websites and social media. All recordings, articles, quotes, photographs, films, audio or video and/or any reproductions of same in any form, are the property of NO.17 Foundation. Our affiliates, employees, representatives and agents and we are released from any and all claims, demands, costs and liability that may arise from the use of these interviews, recordings, photographs, videotapes or films, and/or any reproductions of same in any form, as described above, arising out of being interviewed, recorded, photographed, videotaped or filmed.

6. It is the responsibility of event participants to remove themselves from group and candid shots/recordings that the photographers/videographers intend to capture, if they do not wish to have their photos/audio-visual recordings taken at the Event.

Retention of Collected Information

We retain the information we collect only for so long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including as described in this Privacy Policy, or as required by law. When assessing retention periods, we first carefully examine whether it is necessary to retain the information collected and, if retention is required, work to retain the information for the shortest possible period permissible under law.

Protection of Collected Information

We are committed to protecting the information that we collect. We use a range of measures that adequately protect such information, including secure servers and encryption, taking into account the nature of the information and the processing, and the threats posed. We review these safeguards regularly.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet is completely secure and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of the information collected. In the unlikely event that we do suffer a security breach that compromises our protection of your information collected by us and we need to let you know about it, we will do so.

Cookies

The Site uses cookies for the following purposes:

  • To enable the contact form on the Site to function properly. These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be turned off.
  • If you leave a comment on the Site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
  • If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
  • When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
  • We do not use cookies for any other purpose. We do not use cookies to track your browsing activity or to serve you targeted ads.

Managing your cookie preferences

Most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences. You can usually find these settings in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your web browser. You can set your browser to block or delete cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being set. Please note that if you block or delete cookies, some features of the Site may not work as intended and disrupt the experience during your visit.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles and other content on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited these other websites. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

These websites are not under our control. We are not responsible for any data that these websites may collect or for any cookies or other programs, algorithms or processes that these websites may use.

Links to Other Websites

This Privacy Policy applies only to the Site and not to any third-party sites or hosted services you may find or access through the Site. If you submit Personal Data to any of those sites or services, your information will be governed by their privacy policies. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any site you visit or hosted service you use.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make any changes to this Privacy Policy, we will post the updated Privacy Policy on this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed about how we are protecting your personal data.

In this Privacy Policy, when we refer to “we”, “us” or “our”, we are referring to NO.17 Foundation Limited.

Please contact us if you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy.