Data Privacy
Responsible Entity
For further information, please visit our Legal Notice.
General Note
Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the data protection provisions of the Federal Government (Data Protection Act, DSG), every person is entitled to protection of their privacy and 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 strive to protect the databases as much as possible from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or falsification. We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating by email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data from third-party access 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 pages called up or the name of the retrieved file, date, and time are stored on the server for statistical purposes without these data being directly related to your person. Personal data, especially name, address, or email address, are collected on a voluntary basis as far as possible. Without your consent, this data will not be passed on to third parties.
Processing of Personal Data
Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable person. An affected person is one whose personal data is processed. Processing includes any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, particularly the storage, disclosure, procurement, deletion, storage, modification, destruction, and use of personal data. We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law. Moreover, if and to the extent that the EU GDPR is applicable, we process personal data according to the following legal bases in connection with Art. 6 para. 1 GDPR: lit. a) Processing of personal data with the consent of the affected person. lit. b) Processing of personal data for the performance of a contract with the affected person and for carrying out corresponding pre-contractual measures. lit. c) Processing of personal data for the fulfillment of a legal obligation that we are subject to under any applicable EU law or under any applicable law of a country in which the GDPR is partially or fully applicable. lit. d) Processing of personal data to protect vital interests of the affected person or another natural person. lit. f) Processing of personal data to protect the legitimate interests of us or third parties, provided that the fundamental freedoms and fundamental rights and interests of the affected person do not prevail. Legitimate interests are, 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 the duration necessary for the respective purpose or purposes. In the case of longer retention obligations due to legal and other obligations to which we are subject, we restrict processing accordingly.
Privacy Policy for Cookies
This website uses cookies. These are small text files that make it possible to store specific, user-related information on the user’s device while he or she is using the website. Cookies make it possible to determine the frequency of use and the number of users of the pages, to analyze behaviors of page use, but also to make our offer more customer-friendly. Cookies remain stored at the end of a browser session and can be called up again when revisiting the site. If you do not wish this, you should set your Internet browser to refuse to accept cookies. A general objection to the use of cookies used for online marketing purposes can be declared for a number of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the US site http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU site http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. Furthermore, the storage of cookies can be achieved by switching them off in the settings of the browser. Please note that not all functions of this online offer may be used.
Privacy Policy for SSL/TLS Encryption
This website uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as inquiries 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.
Privacy Policy for 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
- Used operating system
- Referrer URL
- Hostname of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
These data cannot be assigned to specific people. A consolidation of this data with other data sources is not carried out. We reserve the right to check this data retrospectively if we become aware of
specific indications for illegal use.
Privacy Policy for Contact Form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
Privacy Policy for Right to Information, Deletion, Blocking
You have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing as well as a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.
Copyright
The copyrights and all other rights to contents, pictures, photos or other files on the website belong exclusively to the operator of this website or the specially named rights holders. For the reproduction of any files, written consent of the copyright holder must be obtained in advance. Anyone who commits a copyright infringement without the consent of the respective rights holder may be liable to prosecution and, possibly, damages.
General Disclaimer
All information on our Internet offer has been carefully checked. We make every effort to offer our information offer up-to-date, correct and complete. Nevertheless, the occurrence of errors cannot be completely excluded, which means that we cannot guarantee the completeness, correctness, and timeliness of information, including journalistic and editorial content. Liability claims from material or immaterial damage caused by the use of the offered information are excluded, provided there is no proven intentional or grossly negligent fault. The publisher may change or delete texts at his own discretion and without notice and is not obligated to update the contents of this website. Use or access to this website is at the visitor’s own risk. The publisher, his clients, or partners are not responsible for damages, such as direct, indirect, incidental, concretely determined in advance or consequential damages, which are allegedly caused by visiting this website and therefore assume no liability. The publisher also assumes no responsibility and liability for the content and availability of third-party websites that can be accessed via external links on this website. The operators of the linked pages are solely responsible for their content. The publisher thus expressly distances himself from all third-party content that may be relevant under criminal or liability law or that offends common decency.
Changes
We can adjust this privacy policy at any time without notice. The version published on our website is the applicable version. If the privacy policy is part of an agreement with you, we will notify you of the change by email or in another appropriate way in the event of an update.
Questions to the Data Protection Officer
If you have any questions about privacy, please write us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection at the beginning of the privacy policy directly in our organization.
Privacy Policy for Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To deactivate Google Analytics, Google provides a browser plug-in at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. Google Analytics uses cookies. These are small text files that make it possible to store specific, user-related information on the user’s device. They enable Google to analyze the use of our website offer. The information collected by the cookie about the use of our pages (including your IP address) is usually transmitted to a server of Google in the USA and stored there. We would like to point out that on this website, Google Analytics has been extended by the code “gat._anonymizeIp();” to ensure an anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP-masking). If the anonymization is active, Google shortens IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, thus no conclusions about your identity are possible. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a server by Google in the USA and shortened there. Google complies with the privacy provisions of the “Privacy Shield” agreement and is registered with the “Privacy Shield” program of the U.S. Department of Commerce and uses the information collected to evaluate the use of our websites, to compile reports for us on this and to provide other related services to us. Learn more at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.
Third-Party Services
This website may use Google Maps for embedding maps, Google Invisible reCAPTCHA for protection against bots and spam, and YouTube for embedding videos. These services of the American Google LLC use, among other things, cookies and as a result, data is transmitted to Google in the USA, although we assume that in this context there is no personal tracking solely by using our website. Google has committed to ensuring adequate data protection in accordance with the American-European and the American-Swiss Privacy Shield. More information can be found
in Google’s privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de).
Privacy Policy for WordPress Plugins
Polylang
We use the plugin “Polylang” to enable multilingual functions on our website. This plugin does not store any personal data, but it uses cookies to save the language you have chosen.
Contact Form 7
Our website uses the plugin “Contact Form 7” for submitting inquiries. When you fill out a form on our website, the information you enter is collected and stored for processing your inquiry. We do not store this information longer than necessary and do not share it with third parties without your express consent.
WP Mail SMTP
We use the plugin “WP Mail SMTP” to send emails from our website. This plugin does not store personal data, but it is used to transmit contact forms and other necessary functions that require email notifications.
Wordfence Security
On our website, we use the security plugin “Wordfence Security”. This plugin is offered by Defiant, Inc., 800 5th Ave Ste 4100, Seattle, WA 98104, USA. Wordfence Security helps us protect our website from security threats such as hacker attacks or malware by detecting and blocking potential threats. Operation: 1. Threat Defense Feed: Wordfence Security uses a Threat Defense Feed to receive current threat data and protect our website against current security threats. 2. Firewall: The plugin provides a Web Application Firewall that checks incoming traffic and blocks known malicious requests. 3. Malware Scan: Wordfence conducts regular scans of our website to ensure that no malicious files or codes are present. 4. Blocking Mechanisms: In case of detection of a threat, the plugin can block malicious traffic or the IP address from which the threat originates. Data Storage: Wordfence Security stores IP addresses in localized logs to inform us about security threats. However, these data are automatically deleted after a certain period (usually 60 days). The plugin may also set cookies to distinguish users who have administrative access rights from normal visitors and ensure that administrators are not blocked. Legal Basis: The use of Wordfence Security serves the security of our website and thus represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. For more information on the processing of personal data by Wordfence Security, we recommend reading the official privacy policy of Defiant, Inc.: https://www.wordfence.com/privacy-policy/. If you do not want Wordfence Security to process your data, we recommend that you not use our website or use special browser plugins that block the tracking and analysis of website activities.
Antispam Bee
We use the plugin “Antispam Bee” on our website to detect and block spam comments. “Antispam Bee” may store IP addresses for a limited time for spam detection. However, IP addresses are automatically deleted after a short time.