Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the data protection provisions of the Swiss Confederation (Data Protection Act, DSG), every person has the right to protection of their privacy and to protection against misuse of their personal data. We comply with these provisions. Personal data is treated as strictly confidential and is neither sold nor passed on to third parties.
In close cooperation with our hosting providers, we strive to protect the databases as much as possible from unauthorised access, loss, misuse or forgery.
SSL encryption
To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption procedures (SSL) via HTTPS.
Collection of access data and log files
We, or our hosting provider, collect data on the basis of our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO, we or our hosting provider collect data on every access to the server on which this service is located (so-called server log files). The access data includes the name of the website accessed, file, date and time of access, volume of data transmitted, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address and the requesting provider. This usage data forms the basis for statistical, anonymous evaluations, so that trends can be identified, which we can use to improve our offers accordingly.
Log file information is stored for a maximum of 7 days for security reasons (e.g. to clarify acts of abuse or fraud) and then deleted. Data whose further storage is required for evidentiary purposes is excluded from deletion until the respective incident has been finally clarified.
Management of personal data
Personal data is information that can be used to identify a person, i.e. information that can be traced back to a person. This includes the name, e-mail address or telephone number. But data on preferences, hobbies, memberships or which websites have been viewed by someone also counts as personal data.
Personal data is only collected, used and passed on by us if this is legally permitted or the users consent to the data collection.
If corresponding data is collected, this data can be used accordingly with analysis and tracking providers.
Contact us
When contacting us (e.g. by contact form, e-mail, telephone or via social media), the user's details are processed for the purpose of handling the contact request and its processing. The user's details may be stored in a customer relationship management system («CRM system») or in a comparable enquiry organisation in order to process possible follow-up enquiries more efficiently.
We delete enquiries if they are no longer required. We review the necessity every two years. Furthermore, the legal archiving obligations apply.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that your browser stores when you visit a website. Cookies are used, for example, so that you do not have to log in again when you repeatedly visit a website or a web application. Cookies are also used by web analytics services like Google Analytics to mark the visitor.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. In this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC («Google»), on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online offering within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO) Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC («Google»). Google uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about the use of the online service by the user is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement and thus offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active). Google will use this information on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to us. In doing so, pseudonymous user profiles can be created from the processed data. We only use Google Analytics with IP anonymisation activated. This means that the IP address of the user will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by the user's browser will not be merged with other Google data.
The users can prevent the storage of cookies by setting their browser software accordingly. Users may also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and relating to their use of the website by Google, and the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. For further information on data use by Google, setting options and options to object, please refer to the Google data protection declaration (https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads) and the settings for the display of advertising by Google (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated). The personal data of the users will be deleted or anonymised after 26 months.
Google Re/Marketing Services
We use the marketing and remarketing services (in short «Google Marketing Services») of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043. DSGVO) the marketing and remarketing services (in short «Google marketing services») of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, («Google»). Google is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement and thereby offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active). Google's marketing services allow us to target advertisements for and on our website in order to present users only with ads that potentially match their interests. For example, if a user is shown ads for products they were interested in on other websites, this is called remarketing. For these purposes, when our website and other websites on which Google marketing services are active are called up, a code is directly executed by Google and so-called (re)marketing tags (invisible graphics or codes, also known as «web beacons») are integrated into the website. With their help, an individual cookie, i.e. a small file, is stored on the user's device (comparable technologies can also be used instead of cookies). The cookies can be set by various domains, including google.com, doubleclick.net, invitemedia.com, admeld.com, googlesyndication.com or googleadservices.com. This file records which websites the user has visited, which content he or she is interested in and which offers he or she has clicked on, as well as technical information on the browser and operating system, referring websites, time of visit and other information on the use of the online offer. The IP address of the user is also recorded, whereby we inform you within the scope of Google Analytics that the IP address is shortened within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area and only in exceptional cases is transmitted in full to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address will not be merged with the user's data within other Google services. Google may also combine the above information with information from other sources. If the user subsequently visits other websites, he or she may be shown ads tailored to his or her interests. User data is processed pseudonymously as part of Google's marketing services. This means that Google does not store and process the name or e-mail address of the user, for example, but processes the relevant data on a cookie basis within pseudonymous user profiles. This means that from Google's point of view, the ads are not managed and displayed for a specifically identified person, but for the cookie holder, regardless of who this cookie holder is. This does not apply if a user has expressly allowed Google to process the data without this pseudonymisation. The information collected by Google marketing services about users is transmitted to Google and stored on Google servers in the USA. The Google marketing services we use include the online advertising programme Google AdWords. In the case of Google AdWords, each AdWords customer receives a different conversion cookie. Cookies cannot therefore be tracked via the websites of AdWords customers. The information collected with the help of the cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. The AdWords customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that personally identifies users. We may include third-party advertisements based on the Google marketing service AdSense. AdSense uses cookies to enable Google and its partner websites to serve ads based on users' visits to this website or other websites on the Internet. We may also use Google Tag Manager to integrate and manage Google analytics and marketing services on our website. For more information about Google's use of data for marketing purposes, please visit https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads. Google's privacy policy is available at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy. If you wish to object to interest-based advertising by Google marketing services, you can use the settings and opt-out options provided by Google: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences.
Online presences in social media
We maintain online presences within social networks and platforms in order to communicate with the customers, interested parties and users active there and to be able to inform them about our services there. When calling up the respective networks and platforms, the terms and conditions and data processing guidelines of their respective operators apply. Unless otherwise stated in our data protection declaration, we process the data of users if they communicate with us within the social networks and platforms, e.g. write posts on our online presences or send us messages.
Integration of third-party services and content
We use content or service offers of third-party providers within our online offer on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO). DSGVO), we use content or service offers from third-party providers in order to integrate their content and services, such as videos or fonts (hereinafter uniformly referred to as «content»). This always requires that the third-party providers of this content are aware of the IP address of the user, as without the IP address they would not be able to send the content to their browser. The IP address is therefore required for the display of this content. We make every effort to only use content whose providers only use the IP address to deliver the content. Third-party providers may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as web beacons) for statistical or marketing purposes. These pixel tags can be used to analyse information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on the user's device and may contain, among other things, technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, time of visit and other information about the use of our online services, as well as being linked to such information from other sources.
Google Maps
This website uses Google Maps API to visually display geographical information. When using Google Maps, Google also collects, processes and uses data on the use of the map functions by visitors. Further information on data processing by Google can be found in the Google privacy policy. There you can also change your personal data protection settings in the data protection centre.
Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Privacy statement: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Google Web Fonts
In order to display our content correctly and in a graphically appealing manner across all browsers, we use script and font libraries such as Google Web Fonts (https://www.google.com/webfonts/) on this website. Google Web Fonts are transferred to your browser's cache to avoid multiple loading. If the browser does not support Google Web Fonts or prevents access, content is displayed in a standard font.
The call-up of script or font libraries automatically triggers a connection to the operator of the library. It is theoretically possible – however, it is currently also unclear whether and, if so, for what purposes – operators of corresponding libraries collect data.
Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Data protection declaration: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Social media plugins
We maintain online presences within social networks and platforms in order to communicate with the customers, interested parties and users active there and to be able to inform them about our services there. When calling up the respective networks and platforms, the terms and conditions and data processing guidelines of the respective operators apply.
Unless otherwise stated in our data protection declaration, we process the data of users if they communicate with us within the social networks and platforms, e.g. write posts on our online presences or send us messages.
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Facebook Social Plugins
This offer uses social plugins («plugins») of the social network facebook.com, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA («Facebook»). The plugins are recognisable by one of the Facebook logos (white «f» on a blue tile or a «thumbs up» sign) or are marked with the addition «Facebook Social Plugin». The list and appearance of Facebook social plugins can be viewed here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
When a user calls up a website of this offer that contains such a plugin, his/her browser establishes a direct connection with the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly to your browser by Facebook and integrated into the website by it. The provider therefore has no influence on the scope of the data that Facebook collects with the help of this plugin and therefore informs the users according to its level of knowledge.
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By integrating the plugins, Facebook receives the information that a user has accessed the corresponding page of the website. If the user is logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign the visit to his or her Facebook account. If users interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the Like button or posting a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted directly from their browser to Facebook and stored there. If a user is not a member of Facebook, it is still possible for Facebook to obtain and store their IP address. According to Facebook, only an anonymised IP address is stored in Switzerland.
The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Facebook, as well as the relevant rights and settings options for protecting the privacy of users, can be found in Facebook's privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
If a user is a Facebook member and does not want Facebook to collect data about him/her via this offer and link it to his/her membership data stored on Facebook, he/she must log out of Facebook before visiting the website.
It is also possible to block Facebook social plug-ins with add-ons for your browser.
Instagram Social Plugins
This offer uses social plugins («Plugins») of the social network Instagram.com, which is operated by Instagram LLC 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA («Instagram»). The plugins are recognisable by one of the Instagram logos or are marked with the addition «Instagram Social Plugin».
When a user calls up a website of this offer that contains such a plugin, his browser establishes a direct connection with the servers of Instagram. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Instagram directly to your browser and integrated into the website by it. The provider therefore has no influence on the scope of the data that Instagram collects with the help of this plugin and therefore informs users according to its level of knowledge.
By integrating the plugins, Instagram receives the information that a user has accessed the corresponding page of the offer. If the user is logged in to Instagram, Instagram can assign the visit to his or her Instagram account. When users interact with the plugins, the corresponding information is transmitted directly from their browser to Instagram and stored there. If a user is not a member of Instagram, it is still possible for Instagram to obtain and store his or her IP address.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Instagram, as well as the relevant rights and settings options for protecting the privacy of users, can be found in Instagram's privacy policy: https://help.instagram.com/.
If a user is an Instagram member and does not want Instagram to collect data about him/her via this offer and link it to his/her membership data stored on Instagram, he/she must log out of Instagram before visiting the website.
It is also possible to block Instagram social plug-ins with add-ons for your browser.
Revocation, changes, permissions and updates
The user has the right, upon request and free of charge, to receive information about the personal data stored about him/her. In addition, the user has the right to correct incorrect data as well as to block and delete his or her personal data, insofar as this does not conflict with a legal obligation to retain such data.