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BrainStore Data Protection Policy

Data Protection Policy

Purpose

BrainStore's Data Protection Policy refers to our commitment to treating the information of customers, partners, freelancers, suppliers, and other interested parties with the utmost care and confidentiality. This policy ensures that we gather, store, and handle data fairly, transparently, and concerning individual rights.

Scope

This policy refers to all parties providing any information to BrainStore Partners. All BrainStore Partners are committed to respecting BrainStore's privacy policy.

Policy elements

As part of our operations, we need to obtain and process information.

This information may include data that makes a person identifiable, such as email address, name, town and country of residence, photographs, or footage.

BrainStore transparently collects this information only with the full cooperation and knowledge of interested parties.

Once this information is available to us, the following rules apply.

Our data will be:

Accurate and kept up-to-date

Collected fairly and for lawful purposes only

Processed by BrainStore within its legal and moral boundaries

Protected against any unauthorized or illegal access by internal or external parties

By participating in online events, participants agree that the workshop may be recorded and excerpts published on social media.

Our data will not be:

Communicated informally

Distributed to any party other than the ones agreed upon by the data’s owner (exempting legitimate requests from law enforcement authorities)

In addition to ways of handling the data, BrainStore has direct obligations toward people to whom the data belongs.

Specifically, we

Let people know which of their data is collected

Inform people about how we’ll process their data

Inform people about who has access to their information

Have provisions in cases of lost, corrupted, or compromised data

Allow people to request that we modify, erase, reduce, or correct data contained in our databases

Additionally, all users can delete their account and personal data from our database at any time using the following link: https://www.brainstore.com/en/me/cancellation

Third-party suppliers

BrainStore works with the following third-party suppliers (find their own data protection policies linked below):

Clean Talk This tool protects us from spam. When you submit contact forms your message and e-mail will be stored. Your e-mail, message, and IP address will be processed in the CleanTalk Cloud Service and stored in log files for seven days.

Google Analytics This tool allows BrainStore to improve the web experience on BrainStore's pages

Google Drive This tool is text documents, image galleries, presentations and spreadsheets

Vonage This tool is used for BrainStore Online Lobby

Font Awesome This tool is used for embedding fonts on the website

Hetzner Hosting Here is where the backend data from BrainStore is stored

Actions

To exercise data protection, the BrainStore team is committed to:

Restrict and monitor access to sensitive data

Develop transparent data collection procedures

Train team members in online privacy and security measures

Build secure networks to protect online data from cyber attacks

Establish clear procedures for reporting privacy breaches or data misuse

Establish data protection practices

Consequences

All principles described in this policy must be strictly followed. A breach of data protection guidelines will invoke disciplinary and possibly legal action.

Contact

For questions, please contact data-protection@brainstore.com.

Responsible for the content Markus Mettler, Quellgasse 2, CH-2502 Biel/Bienne Switzerland, phone +41 79 400 5220.

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The current times are challenging. Change must happen quickly and purposefully. For this, we need strong ideas, implementation focus, and a corporate culture that is compatible with times of high uncertainty and fast moving change.

BrainStore is an international network of innovation entrepreneurs, founded in Switzerland in 1997; the BrainStore team has led more than 1,000 innovation- and change-projects in over 20 countries.

BrainStore's client list includes more than 50 Global Fortune 500 companies, as well as 500 small and medium enterprises, government agencies, NGOs, universities and schools, start-ups, and even individuals.

BrainStore applies the avant-garde Pay-What-You-Wish business model. After receiving the results, customers think about their value and set a price. There is no minimum and the sky is the limit.

BrainStore's Products: One Stop Shopping to "Get. It. Done."

BrainStore supplies you with all you need to "Get. It. Done".

Online Workshops with Swiss Precision and breathtaking speed - tailored to your needs
"Get. It. Done."-events for strong implementation
Toolbox: a compelling toolbox with everything you need to create and implement great ideas
Training: transforms teams into change agents
Flexpeditions – discover the unknown unknowns: Events to dig deeper and speed up the innovation process

BrainStore's principles

	Get. It. Done.	We focus on getting things done. We focus on what is most relevant. We joyfully ignore what's not relevant and distracting.
	Simplicity	We visualize work, progress, and results. We treasure clear thinking and comprehensive language.
	Amass - Discover - Decide	We start with collecting information with quantitative goals - we extract what looks most promising - and decide which avenues to pursue.
	Broadly accepted content - polarizing content	We search for, and treasure broadly accepted ideas and strongly polarizing ideas.
	Curiosity and experiments	We are highly attracted to environments of uncertainty. We like to move out of our comfort zone. We love to experiment and improve our skills. We ask questions and don't guess. We know that we don't know.
	Creating a framework for good cooperation	We work hard - we play hard. We know how important soft factors are to change work. Great ideas happen when fear is absent. Change and innovation need space and a playful approach. We celebrate failure and celebrate success. Both are very unusual for the Swiss.
	Diversity and inclusion	In everything we do, we want to integrate humans with multiple viewpoints. We know that the integration of multiple viewpoints and opinions is key to successful change work. And we work hard to get all the stakeholder's buy-in. We are sensitive to cultural differences.
	Clearly defined roles	We define roles with clear responsibilities. We only work on projects we want to work on. And we only work with customers and participants who want to be part of the change adventure.
	Code of Conduct and Purpose	Working with ad hoc teams means agreeing on collaboration standards and pursuing a uniting purpose.
	Work in Cycles	Before we start to work, we develop a good briefing with a set deadline, set resources, and a clear minimal scope. Though we keep the big picture in mind, we work in digestible cycles inspired by agile working principles.
	Ongoing improvement	We strive for simplicity and scalability. This allows us to focus on people and content. We try not to repeat ourselves and respect the D.R.Y principles (don't repeat yourself)
	Transparency	Fast processing and full transparency. No politics. No games. We wholeheartedly share insights, know-how, and findings. We ask questions, also the unpleasant ones.
	Skin in the game	We don't mind rolling our sleeves up and getting our hands dirty. We have skin in the game, and as co-entrepreneurs of our customers take personal risks, that's why we apply the Pay-What-You-Wish principle.

We make magic happen: Examples

BrainStore has run more than 1000 projects. From very large corporations to Government agencies, from NGO to start-ups. And yes, even together with individuals wanting to Get. It. Done.

Liechtenstein 2039

Ideas for the Future of Liechtenstein in the Context of the Jubilee 300 Years of Liechtenstein

Roadmap Electric Mobility 2022

How can we increase the share of plug-in vehicles in new registrations to 15% by 2022

How can the Kunsthaus Zurich become more attractive to the young generation?

The Kunsthaus in Zurich is one of Europe's leading modern art museums.

New apple based drinks

Möhl: the leading Swiss producer of apple juice and cider

How can we become more attractive for the young generation?

The SBB is the leading Swiss Railway company.

BrainStore at the National Academy in NYC

The National Academy is the leading association of American artist and architects

AIESEC - the leading student organisation

What does AIESEC Switzerland's Code of Conduct look like?

Kraft Foods Future Expedition

Where is our organization heading to? What are the unknown unknowns?

Learn more...

Simple and robust tools

All tools are based on replicable and scalable processes and can be applied both in digital settings and during in person workshops.

	The Idea Machine Engine: Content Flow from A to Z	Amassing Discovery Like Criteria Scan Refinement IdeaSelection
	Briefing-Tool	BrainStore makes available a robust briefing structure.
	Cycle-Board	The cycle board is the ideal tool to visualize workflow
	Roadmap-Tool	With the BrainStore roadmap tool you visualize the big picture.
	Sitemanager	Share information with the public or your community
	Community-Tool	This tool allows you to compose the community for your project. Also allows you to fine tune roles and access privileges.
	Offers Engine	Share collaboration opportunities - manage applications
	Lobbies	Where it gets done. Online.

Pay-What-You-Wish: BrainStore's Avant-Garde Business Modell

BrainStore has discovered that letting the customer unilaterally decide on the price for services received, leads to an amazing increase in speed, efficiency, focus and value created. All of BrainStore's customers set the price for BrainStore's contribution - after receiving and reviewing the results; they are completely free to set any price they consider adequate. And they do a great job at identifying a fair price.

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