Privacy policy

 

  1. General information

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data by which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

  1. Data collection on our website: How is your data compiled?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the contact details under Impressum on this website. Data collection and data processing is based on the legal basis of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In addition to the data protection regulations of the General Data Protection Regulation, national regulations on data protection apply in Switzerland. These include in particular the Federal Data Protection Act (FDP). The FDP applies in particular if no EU/EEC citizens are affected and, for example, only data of Swiss citizens is processed.

 

2.1 Collection of general information when visiting our website

When you access our website, information of a general nature is automatically collected by means of a cookie.

This information, known as server log files, may include, for example, the address and name of the web pages and files accessed, the date and time of access, the volume of data transferred, notification of successful access, the type of web browser, the domain name of your internet service provider, the operating system used by the user and, as a rule, IP addresses. This is exclusively information which does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your person.

 

Cookies:

Like many other websites, we also use so-called cookies. Cookies are small text files that are transferred from a website server to your hard drive. Through this, we automatically receive certain data mentioned above (such as IP address, browser used, operating system and your connection to the Internet). Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to a computer. We can use the information contained in cookies to make navigation easier for you and to enable the correct display of our web pages.

Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings. Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

 

2.2 Collection of personal data

Personal data is collected when you provide it to us by e-mail, contact form or telephone. These are, for example, your telephone number, your home address or your e-mail address.

Newsletter.

On the basis of your expressly given consent, we will send you our newsletter or comparable information by e-mail to your specified e-mail address.

To receive the newsletter, it is sufficient to provide your e-mail address. When you register to receive our newsletter, the data you provide will be used exclusively for this purpose. You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time.

 

Contact form

If you contact us by e-mail or contact form, you give us your voluntary consent for the purpose of contacting you. In order to do so, you must provide a valid e-mail address. This may be used for the allocation of the enquiry and the subsequent reply to it. The provision of further data is optional. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the enquiry and for possible follow-up questions. Once your enquiry has been dealt with, your personal data will be automatically deleted.

 

  1. Purpose of the data collection

The collection of general information is technically necessary in order to correctly deliver website content requested by you and is mandatory when using the Internet. In particular, it is processed for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring that the website connection is established without any problems
  • Ensuring the smooth use of our website
  • Evaluation of system security and stability and
  • For further administrative purposes

The collection of personal information such as e-mail address, home address or telephone number is mainly used for communication, newsletter dispatch but also for the provision of contractual services.

We process your personal data only for the purposes stated in this privacy policy. Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those mentioned. We will only share your personal data with third parties if:

  • You have given your express consent to do so
  • Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you
  • Processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation
  • Processing is necessary to protect your legitimate interests and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not having your data disclosed.

 

  1. What rights do you have with regard to your data?

As a data subject, you are entitled to various rights under the GDPR, which arise in particular from Art. 15 to 21 GDPR:

Right to object: you have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) DSGVO; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. If the personal data concerning you is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing.

Right to withdraw consent: You have the right to revoke any consent given at any time.

Right to information: You have the right to request confirmation as to whether data in question is being processed and to information about this data as well as further information and a copy of the data in accordance with the legal requirements.

Right to rectification: You have the right, in accordance with the law, to request that data concerning you be completed or that inaccurate data concerning you be rectified.

Right to erasure and restriction of processing: You have the right, in accordance with the law, to request that data concerning you be erased without delay or, alternatively, to request restriction of the processing of the data in accordance with the law.

Right to data portability: You have the right to receive the relevant data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format in accordance with the legal requirements or to request that it be transferred to another controller.

Complaint to the supervisory authority: Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the requirements of the GDPR.

  1. Modification of our data protection provisions

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy so that it always complies with the current legal requirements or in order to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new data protection statement will then apply to your next visit.