Data Protection Officer

Kent Keller
Affoltern am Albis
Switzerland

General / Introduction

Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the federal data protection regulations (Data Protection Act, DSG), every person is entitled to privacy protection as well as protection against the misuse of personal data. The operators of these sites take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We handle your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection provisions as well as this privacy policy.

In cooperation with our hosting providers, we strive to protect the databases as best as possible against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration.

Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.

By using this website, you agree to the collection, processing, and use of data as described below. This website can generally be visited without registration. Data such as accessed pages or file names, dates, and times are stored on the server for statistical purposes without being directly linked to your person. If personal data (for example, name, address, or email addresses) are collected on our pages, this is, wherever possible, done on a voluntary basis. These data will not be passed on to third parties without your explicit consent.

Processing of Personal Data

Personal data are all information relating to an identified or identifiable person. An affected person is any person whose personal data is processed. Processing includes any handling of personal data, regardless of the methods and means used; in particular, storage, transfer, acquisition, deletion, retention, modification, destruction, and use of personal data.

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

• (a) Processing personal data with the consent of the affected person.
• (b) Processing personal data for the performance of a contract with the affected person, as well as for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.
• (c) Processing personal data for the fulfillment of a legal obligation to which we are subject under applicable EU law or under the law of a country in which the GDPR is wholly or partially applicable.
• (d) Processing personal data to protect the vital interests of the affected person or another natural person.
• (f) Processing personal data for the purposes of the legitimate interests of us or third parties, provided that the fundamental freedoms and rights and interests of the affected person do not prevail. Legitimate interests include in particular our business interest in being able to provide our website, information security, the enforcement of our legal claims, and compliance with Swiss law.

We process personal data for the duration necessary for the respective purpose(s). In cases of longer-term retention obligations due to statutory and other obligations to which we are subject, we limit the processing accordingly.

Cookies

This website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that allow specific, user-related information to be stored on the user’s device while they are using the website. Cookies help, in particular, to determine the frequency of use and the number of users of the pages, analyze usage patterns, and also to make our offering more customer-friendly. Cookies remain stored beyond the end of a browser session and can be retrieved upon a subsequent visit to the site. If you do not wish this, you should configure your internet browser to refuse cookies.

A general objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can be declared for a variety 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 disabling them in your browser settings. Please note that not all functions of this online offering may be available if you do so.

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 include:

• Browser type and version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request

This data is not assignable to specific individuals. These data are not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to review these data retrospectively if we become aware of specific indications of unlawful use.

Third-Party Services

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

These services provided by the American company Google LLC use cookies among other things, whereby data are transferred to Google in the USA. However, we assume that, in this context, no personal tracking occurs solely through the use of our website.

Google has committed to ensuring adequate data protection in accordance with the US-EU and US-Swiss Privacy Shield.

For further information, please refer to Google’s privacy policy.

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, the information provided in the inquiry form, including the contact details you have given, will be stored for the purpose of processing your inquiry and for any follow-up questions. We do not pass on these data without your consent.

Newsletter

If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address and that you consent to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

Once you have given your consent for the storage of the data, the email address, and its use for sending the newsletter, you can revoke it at any time, for example via the “unsubscribe link” in the newsletter.

Comment Function

For the comment function on this website, in addition to your comment, the time of comment creation, your email address, and, if you do not post anonymously, the username you have chosen are stored.

Storage of the IP Address

Our comment function stores the IP addresses of users who post comments. Since we do not review the comments on our site before they are published, we require this data in order to take action against the author in the event of legal violations such as insults or propaganda.

Subscribing to Comments

As a user of the site, you can subscribe to comments after registering. You will receive a confirmation email to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address. You can unsubscribe from this function at any time via a link in the informational emails.

Copyright

The copyright and all other rights to the contents, images, photos, or other files on the website belong exclusively to the operator of this website or the named rights holders. Prior written consent from the copyright holders must be obtained before reproducing any files.
Anyone who commits a copyright infringement without the consent of the respective copyright holders may be subject to criminal prosecution and may be liable for damages.

Disclaimer

All information on our website has been carefully checked. We strive to ensure that the information we provide is current, accurate, and complete. Nevertheless, errors cannot be completely ruled out, and we therefore do not guarantee the completeness, accuracy, or timeliness of the information, including that of a journalistic or editorial nature. Liability claims for damages of a material or immaterial nature resulting from the use or non-use of the provided information or from the use of erroneous or incomplete information are generally excluded.

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

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 content of the linked pages is solely the responsibility of their respective operators. The publisher therefore expressly distances itself from any external content that may be legally or criminally relevant or that may violate accepted standards of decency.

Facebook

This website uses functions provided by Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. When you access our pages with Facebook plugins, a connection is established between your browser and the Facebook servers, and data is transmitted to Facebook. If you have a Facebook account, these data may be linked to it. If you do not wish for these data to be linked to your Facebook account, please log out of Facebook before visiting our site. Interactions, such as using the comment function or clicking a “Like” or “Share” button, are also transmitted to Facebook. For more information, please visit Facebook’s privacy page.

Changes

We may change this privacy policy at any time without prior notice. The current version published on our website shall apply. If the privacy policy forms part of an agreement with you, we will inform you of any updates via email or by other appropriate means.

Disclaimer (Additional)

The author does not guarantee the correctness, accuracy, timeliness, reliability, or completeness of the information.
Liability claims against the author for damages of a material or immaterial nature resulting from access to or use or non-use of the published information, abuse of the connection, or technical malfunctions are excluded.

All offers are non-binding. The author expressly reserves the right to change, supplement, delete parts of the pages, or discontinue publication temporarily or permanently without separate notice.