1. About this Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how OPTIMA Smart Procurement Sàrl uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit https://optimaspend.com/ (the “Website”).
It describes what these technologies are, why they are used, the types of cookies and similar technologies that may be placed on or accessed through your device, and how you can manage your preferences.
This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which provides further information about how OPTIMA Smart Procurement Sàrl processes and protects personal data.
2. What are cookies and similar technologies?
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit it. They allow websites to recognise your browser or device and may store information about your visit, preferences or interactions with the Website.
In addition to cookies, the Website may use similar technologies, such as local storage or other browser-based technologies, that perform comparable functions.
Some cookies are deleted automatically when you close your browser, while others may remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.
Cookies may be set directly by OPTIMA Smart Procurement Sàrl (“first-party cookies”) or by external service providers whose technologies are integrated into the Website (“third-party cookies”).
3. Why we use cookies
OPTIMA Smart Procurement Sàrl may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- ensure the Website functions correctly and securely;
- remember certain user preferences;
- maintain technical functionality and website performance;
- protect forms and other Website functionality against spam, abuse and automated activity;
- understand how visitors interact with the Website;
- obtain statistical information about Website usage; and
- improve the Website, its content and the user experience.
The cookies and similar technologies used on the Website may fall into the categories described below.
4. Essential and functional cookies
Essential and functional cookies are used to enable the basic operation, security and functionality of the Website.
They may be necessary for functions such as maintaining Website settings, remembering user preferences, providing multilingual functionality, managing consent preferences or ensuring that technical components operate correctly.
Because these technologies are necessary for the proper operation or functionality of the Website, they may not require prior consent where permitted by applicable law.
5. Analytics and statistics cookies
The Website uses or may use analytics technologies, including Google Analytics, to understand how visitors use the Website.
These technologies may collect information such as pages visited, time spent on the Website, interactions with Website content, approximate location derived from technical information, browser and device information and other usage data.
This information helps OPTIMA Smart Procurement Sàrl understand Website performance, identify areas for improvement and optimise the user experience.
Where required by applicable law, analytics and statistics cookies will only be activated after you have provided the relevant consent through the Website’s cookie consent mechanism.
You can withdraw or modify your consent at any time through the Website’s cookie preference settings.
6. Security and spam prevention
The Website uses WP Armour, a spam prevention solution designed to protect forms and other Website functionality against spam and automated submissions.
WP Armour uses a honeypot-based technique to identify automated submissions without requiring users to complete CAPTCHA challenges. This protection operates in the background and does not rely on Google reCAPTCHA or similar third-party CAPTCHA services.
The use of this security functionality is subject to applicable data protection requirements.
7. Third-party technologies
Some technologies used on the Website are provided by third parties.
These third parties may process information collected through their technologies in accordance with their own privacy and data protection practices.
In particular, the Website uses or may use services provided by Google LLC and/or its relevant affiliated entities, including Google Analytics.
Where third-party technologies involve the transfer or processing of personal data outside Switzerland and/or the European Economic Area, such processing is handled in accordance with the safeguards described in our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection legislation.
The current third-party technologies and cookies detected on the Website are identified, where applicable, in the cookie list below.
8. Consent and managing your preferences
When you first visit the Website, you may be presented with a cookie banner or consent mechanism that allows you to accept, reject or configure the use of non-essential cookies and similar technologies.
Where consent is required, non-essential technologies will not be activated until the appropriate consent has been provided.
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time through the cookie preference settings available on the Website.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.
Essential technologies necessary for the operation, security or functionality of the Website may remain active regardless of your consent preferences where their use is permitted without consent under applicable law.
9. Managing cookies through your browser
Most web browsers allow you to view, manage, block or delete cookies through their settings.
You can configure your browser to reject certain cookies, notify you when cookies are being placed or delete cookies that have already been stored on your device.
Please note that disabling or deleting essential or functional cookies may affect the operation of certain Website features or prevent parts of the Website from functioning correctly.
Browser controls operate independently from the consent preferences available on this Website.
10. Cookies and technologies used on this Website
The following list is generated from the cookies and technologies detected on the Website and may be updated automatically as the Website and the services it uses evolve.
The list may include information about the provider, purpose, category and duration of individual cookies or similar technologies.
Because the Website may evolve over time, the cookies and technologies identified in this section may change when services or functionality are added, removed or modified.
11. Data protection
Where information collected through cookies or similar technologies constitutes personal data, it is processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection legislation.
OPTIMA Smart Procurement Sàrl processes personal data primarily in accordance with the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP/DSG). Where applicable, processing may also be subject to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable legislation.
For further information about the categories of personal data processed, purposes of processing, recipients, international transfers, retention periods and your rights, please refer to our Privacy Policy.
12. Changes to this Cookie Policy
OPTIMA Smart Procurement Sàrl may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the Website, the technologies it uses, applicable legislation or regulatory guidance.
The current version will always be published on this page together with the date of its latest update.
We recommend reviewing this Cookie Policy periodically.
13. Contact
For questions regarding this Cookie Policy or the use of cookies and similar technologies on the Website, please contact:
OPTIMA Smart Procurement Sàrl
Coralie Díaz Lüthi
Rue des Troncs 14
2000 Neuchâtel
Switzerland
Email: info@optimaspend.com