Privacy Policy

Responsible

Kristin Vollrath

General

Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the data protection regulations of the Swiss Confederation (Data Protection Act, DSG), every person has the right to protection of their privacy as well as protection against misuse of their personal data. The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

In cooperation with our hosting providers, we make every effort to protect the databases as effectively as possible against unauthorized access, loss, misuse or falsification.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. communication by email) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of data as described below. This website can generally be visited without registration. Data such as pages accessed, names of files accessed, and the date and time of access are stored on the server for statistical purposes, without this data being related directly to your person. Insofar as personal data (such as name, address or email addresses) are collected on our pages, this is always done on a voluntary basis as far as possible. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.

Processing of personal data

Personal data are any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. A data subject is a person about whom personal data are processed. Processing includes any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, in particular the storage, disclosure, acquisition, deletion, retention, modification, destruction and use of personal data.

We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law. If and to the extent that the EU GDPR is applicable, we also process personal data on the following legal bases in connection with Art. 6 (1) GDPR:

lit. a) Processing of personal data with the consent of the data subject.
lit. b) Processing of personal data for the performance of a contract with the data subject as well as for the implementation of corresponding pre-contractual measures.
lit. c) Processing of personal data for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject under applicable EU law or under the applicable law of a country in which the GDPR applies in whole or in part.
lit. d) Processing of personal data to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person.
lit. f) Processing of personal data to protect the legitimate interests of us or of third parties, unless the fundamental freedoms, rights and interests of the data subject override these. The legitimate interests include, in particular, our business interest in being able to provide our website, information security, the enforcement of our own legal claims and compliance with Swiss law.

We process personal data for as long as is required for the respective purpose or purposes. Where longer-term retention obligations arise from legal and other obligations to which we are subject, we restrict processing accordingly.

Cookies

This website uses cookies. These are small text files that allow specific information relating to the user to be stored on the user’s device while the user is using the website. Cookies make it possible, in particular, to determine the frequency of use and the number of users of the pages and to analyze behavioral patterns of page use, but also to make our offering more customer-friendly. Cookies remain stored beyond the end of a browser session and can be retrieved when you visit the site again. If you do not wish this, you should set your Internet browser to refuse the acceptance of cookies.

A general objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can be declared for a large number of services, especially for tracking, via the US site http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU site http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. In addition, the storage of cookies can be prevented by deactivating cookies in the browser settings. Please note that in this case not all functions of this online offering can be used.

SSL/TLS encryption

This website uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as requests that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from «http://» to «https://», and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Server log files

The provider of this website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

browser type and browser version
operating system used
referrer URL
hostname of the accessing computer
time of the server request

This data cannot be assigned to specific persons. This data is not combined with other data sources. We reserve the right to check this data retrospectively if we become aware of concrete indications of illegal use.

Third-party services

This website may use Google Maps to embed maps, Google Invisible reCAPTCHA to protect against bots and spam, and YouTube to embed videos.

These services of the American company Google LLC use cookies, among other things, as a result of which data is transferred to Google in the USA. We assume that no personal tracking takes place in this context solely through the use of our website.

Google has undertaken to ensure adequate data protection in accordance with the US-European and the US-Swiss Privacy Shield.

For more information, please see Google’s privacy policy.

Contact form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

Rights of the data subject

Right to confirmation

Every data subject has the right to request confirmation from the website operator as to whether personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If you wish to exercise this right of confirmation, you may contact the data protection officer at any time.

Right of access

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to obtain from the operator of this website, at any time and free of charge, information about the data stored about him or her, and a copy of this information. In addition, information may be provided about the following, where applicable:

the purposes of the processing
the categories of personal data processed
the recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed
where possible, the envisaged duration of storage of the personal data or, if this is not possible, the criteria used to determine that duration
the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of the personal data concerning him or her, or to restriction of processing by the controller, or of a right to object to such processing
the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
where the personal data are not collected from the data subject: any available information about the origin of the data

In addition, the data subject has the right to be informed whether personal data have been transferred to a third country or to an international organization. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to receive information about the appropriate safeguards in connection with the transfer.

If you wish to make use of this right of access, you may contact our data protection officer at any time.

Right to rectification

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to demand that inaccurate personal data concerning him or her be corrected without delay. In addition, the data subject has the right, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to request that incomplete personal data be completed, including by means of a supplementary declaration.

If you wish to exercise this right to rectification, you may contact our data protection officer at any time.

Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to obtain from the controller of this website the erasure, without delay, of personal data concerning him or her, where one of the following reasons applies and the processing is no longer necessary:

The personal data were collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which they are no longer necessary.
The data subject withdraws the consent on which the processing was based, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
The data subject objects to the processing on grounds relating to his or her particular situation and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing in the case of direct marketing and related profiling.
The personal data have been processed unlawfully.
The erasure of the personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
The personal data were collected in relation to information society services offered directly to a child.

If one of the above reasons applies and you wish to arrange for the erasure of personal data stored by the operator of this website, you may contact our data protection officer at any time. The data protection officer of this website will arrange for the erasure request to be complied with without delay.

Right to restriction of processing

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to obtain from the controller of this website the restriction of processing, where one of the following conditions is met:

The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
The processing is unlawful, the data subject objects to the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the restriction of the use of the personal data.
The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the data subject needs them for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
The data subject has objected to the processing on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate interests of the controller override those of the data subject.

If one of the aforementioned conditions is met, you may contact our data protection officer at any time to request the restriction of the processing of personal data by the operator of this website. The data protection officer of this website will arrange for the restriction of the processing.

Right to data portability

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to receive the personal data concerning him or her in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. In addition, the data subject has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another controller, where this is technically feasible and provided that it does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

In order to assert the right to data portability, you may contact the data protection officer designated by the operator of this website at any time.

Right to object

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning him or her.

In the event of an objection, the operator of this website will no longer process the personal data, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or unless the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

To exercise your right to object, you may contact the data protection officer of this website directly.

Right to withdraw consent under data protection law

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to withdraw consent given to the processing of personal data at any time. If you wish to exercise your right to withdraw consent, you may contact our data protection officer at any time.

Objection to promotional emails

The use of contact data published in the context of the imprint obligation to send advertising and information materials that have not been expressly requested is hereby objected to. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example by spam email.

Disclaimer

All information on our website has been carefully checked. We make every effort to ensure that the information we provide is up to date, correct and complete. Nevertheless, the occurrence of errors cannot be entirely ruled out, and we therefore cannot guarantee the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of the information, including journalistic and editorial content. Liability claims relating to material or immaterial damage caused by the use or non-use of the information provided, or by the use of incorrect or incomplete information, are excluded in principle.

The publisher may change or delete texts at its own discretion and without prior notice, and is not obliged to update the contents of this website. Use of this website, or access to it, is at the visitor’s own risk. The publisher, its customers and its partners are not responsible for any damage, such as direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damage, allegedly caused by visiting this website, and consequently assume no liability for such damage.

The publisher also assumes no responsibility or liability for the content and availability of third-party websites that can be accessed via external links from this website. The operators of the linked sites are solely responsible for their content. The publisher therefore expressly distances itself from all third-party content that may be relevant under criminal or liability law, or that may offend common decency.

Copyright

The copyright and all other rights to the content, images, photos and other files on this website belong exclusively to the operator of this website or to the named copyright holders. The prior written consent of the copyright holders must be obtained for the reproduction of any files. Anyone who commits a copyright infringement without the consent of the respective copyright holder may be liable to prosecution and may, under certain circumstances, be subject to claims for damages.

Changes

We may change this privacy policy at any time without prior notice. The version currently published on our website applies. To the extent that this privacy policy forms part of an agreement with you, we will notify you of any update by email or by other appropriate means.

This privacy policy is a translation of the German original. In the event of discrepancies, the German version prevails.