Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Monterra Group Ltd. ("Monterra", "we", "us", "our") is a strategic holding, incubation and M&A group headquartered in Switzerland. We are the data controller for personal data collected through this website (monterragroup.net) and any associated services.

For data protection enquiries, please contact us at: privacy@monterragroup.net.

2. Data We Collect

We collect personal data only when necessary and proportionate to the purpose for which it is collected. The categories of data we may collect include:

• Identity data — name, title, company name.
• Contact data — email address, telephone number, postal address.
• Communications data — messages and enquiries submitted via our contact form.
• Technical data — IP address, browser type and version, time zone, operating system, and other technology identifiers on devices used to access our website.
• Usage data — information about how you use our website, including pages visited and referral sources.

We do not collect sensitive personal data (such as health, biometric or financial account data) through this website.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use personal data for the following purposes:

• To respond to enquiries and provide information you have requested.
• To manage our relationship with you, including follow-up correspondence.
• To analyse and improve the performance and content of our website.
• To comply with legal and regulatory obligations.
• To protect our legitimate business interests, including security and fraud prevention.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We process personal data on the following legal bases under applicable data protection law (including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP)):

• Consent — where you have given clear consent, such as accepting cookies.
• Legitimate interests — where processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests and your rights do not override those interests.
• Legal obligation — where processing is required to comply with applicable law.
• Contract performance — where processing is necessary to fulfil a contract or pre-contractual steps taken at your request.

5. Data Sharing

We do not sell, rent or trade your personal data to third parties. We may share data with:

• Trusted service providers acting as data processors on our behalf (e.g. hosting, analytics, email delivery), subject to strict data processing agreements.
• Professional advisers (lawyers, accountants, auditors) bound by professional confidentiality obligations.
• Regulatory authorities or law enforcement where required by law.

Any transfer of personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland is conducted in accordance with applicable data protection law, including the use of standard contractual clauses where required.

6. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, or to comply with legal, regulatory, accounting or reporting requirements. Typical retention periods are:

• Contact form enquiries: up to 3 years from the date of last interaction.
• Website analytics data: up to 26 months (anonymised thereafter).
• Legal and compliance records: as required by applicable law, typically 7–10 years.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

• Right of access — to obtain a copy of your personal data.
• Right to rectification — to have inaccurate data corrected.
• Right to erasure — to request deletion of your data where no legitimate reason for retention exists.
• Right to restriction — to request that processing be restricted in certain circumstances.
• Right to data portability — to receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Right to object — to object to processing based on legitimate interests.
• Right to withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@monterragroup.net. We will respond within 30 days.

8. Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website. For full details, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

9. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction. However, no transmission over the internet or electronic storage is entirely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The effective date at the top of this page will be updated accordingly. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Continued use of our website after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Contact & Complaints

For privacy-related enquiries, please contact: privacy@monterragroup.net.

If you believe your data protection rights have been violated, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority in your jurisdiction (e.g. the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) or your local EU Data Protection Authority).