Privacy policy

Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the data protection provisions of the Swiss Confederation (Data Protection Act, DSG), every person is entitled to protection of their privacy and 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. Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. The contact details can be found in the legal notice of this website. On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter in a contact form. Other data is collected automatically when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data. This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website. Personal data (hereinafter mostly referred to as “data”) is only processed by us to the extent necessary and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly website, including its content and the services offered there. According to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, i.e. the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as “GDPR”), “processing” means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, structuring, structuring by automated means, structuring for the purposes of

Processing of personal data Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable person. A data subject is a person about whom personal data is processed. Processing includes any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, in particular the storage, disclosure, procurement, deletion, storage, modification, destruction and use of personal data. We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law. In addition, we process personal data in accordance with the following legal bases in connection with Art. 6 para. 1 GDPR, insofar as and to the extent that the EU GDPR is applicable

• 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 and for the implementation of corresponding pre-contractual measureslit. c) Processing of personal data for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject under any applicable EU law or under any applicable law of a country in which the GDPR is applicable in whole or in part.
• lit. d) Processing of personal data in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person
lit. f) Processing of personal data for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the fundamental freedoms and rights and interests of the data subject. 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 required for the respective purpose or purposes. In the case of longer-term retention obligations due to legal and other obligations to which we are subject, we restrict processing accordingly.

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the site operator, our website uses SSL encryption. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the “https://” address line of your browser and the lock symbol in the browser line. Server log files The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in server log files. These are

• Browser type and browser version
• The operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

a) Sitzungs-Cookies/Session-Cookies
Wir verwenden mit unserem Internetauftritt sog. Cookies. Cookies sind kleine Textdateien oder andere Speichertechnologien, die durch den von Ihnen eingesetzten Internet-Browser auf Ihrem Endgerät ablegt und gespeichert werden. Durch diese Cookies werden im individuellen Umfang bestimmte Informationen von Ihnen, wie beispielsweise Ihre Browser- oder Standortdaten oder Ihre IP-Adresse, verarbeitet. Durch diese Verarbeitung wird unser Internetauftritt benutzerfreundlicher, effektiver und sicherer, da die Verarbeitung bspw. die Wiedergabe unseres Internetauftritts in unterschiedlichen Sprachen oder das Angebot einer Warenkorbfunktion ermöglicht. Rechtsgrundlage dieser Verarbeitung ist Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit b.) DSGVO, sofern diese Cookies Daten zur Vertragsanbahnung oder Vertragsabwicklung verarbeitet werden. Falls die Verarbeitung nicht der Vertragsanbahnung oder Vertragsabwicklung dient, liegt unser berechtigtes Interesse in der Verbesserung der Funktionalität unseres Internetauftritts. Rechtsgrundlage ist in dann Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. Mit Schließen Ihres Internet-Browsers werden diese Session-Cookies gelöscht.
b) Drittanbieter-Cookies
Gegebenenfalls werden mit unserem Internetauftritt auch Cookies von Partnerunternehmen, mit denen wir zum Zwecke der Werbung, der Analyse oder der Funktionalitäten unseres Internetauftritts zusammenarbeiten, verwendet. Die Einzelheiten hierzu, insbesondere zu den Zwecken und den Rechtsgrundlagen der Verarbeitung solcher Drittanbieter-Cookies, entnehmen Sie bitte den nachfolgenden Informationen.
c) Beseitigungsmöglichkeit
Sie können die Installation der Cookies durch eine Einstellung Ihres Internet-Browsers verhindern oder einschränken. Ebenfalls können Sie bereits gespeicherte Cookies jederzeit löschen. Die hierfür erforderlichen Schritte und Maßnahmen hängen jedoch von Ihrem konkret genutzten Internet-Browser ab. Bei Fragen benutzen Sie daher bitte die Hilfefunktion oder Dokumentation Ihres Internet-Browsers oder wenden sich an dessen Hersteller bzw. Support. Bei sog. Flash-Cookies kann die Verarbeitung allerdings nicht über die Einstellungen des Browsers unterbunden werden. Stattdessen müssen Sie insoweit die Einstellung Ihres Flash-Players ändern. Auch die hierfür erforderlichen Schritte und Maßnahmen hängen von Ihrem konkret genutzten Flash-Player ab. Bei Fragen benutzen Sie daher bitte ebenso die Hilfefunktion oder Dokumentation Ihres Flash-Players oder wenden sich an den Hersteller bzw. Benutzer-Support. Sollten Sie die Installation der Cookies verhindern oder einschränken, kann dies allerdings dazu führen, dass nicht sämtliche Funktionen unseres Internetauftritts vollumfänglich nutzbar sind.

If you register for our free newsletter, the data requested from you for this purpose, i.e. your e-mail address and – optionally – your name and address, will be transmitted to us. At the same time, we store the IP address of the Internet connection from which you access our website as well as the date and time of your registration. As part of the further registration process, we will obtain your consent to send you the newsletter, describe the content in detail and refer you to this privacy policy. We use the data collected in this process exclusively for sending the newsletter – in particular, it is therefore not passed on to third parties. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at any time with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR. All you have to do is inform us of your revocation or click on the unsubscribe link contained in every newsletter.

If you contact us via contact form or e-mail, the data you provide will be used to process your request. The provision of the data is necessary for processing and answering your inquiry – without it we cannot answer your inquiry or can only answer it to a limited extent. The transmitted data, including your contact details, will be stored in order to process your request or to be available for follow-up questions. This data will not be passed on without your consent. The processing of data takes place exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can withdraw your consent at any time. An informal notification by e-mail is sufficient for revocation. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation. The transmitted data will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or there is no longer any need to store the data. Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited. If the controller responsible for data processing on this website is located outside the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Analytics data processing is carried out by Google LLC. Google LLC and Google Ireland Limited are hereinafter referred to as “Google”. We can use the statistics obtained to improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. This website also uses Google Analytics for a cross-device analysis of visitor flows, which is carried out via a user ID. If you have a Google user account, you can deactivate the cross-device analysis of your usage in the settings there under “My data”, “Personal data”. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code “_anonymizeIp();” to ensure an anonymized collection of IP addresses. As a result, IP addresses are further processed in abbreviated form, so that they cannot be linked to a specific person. If the data collected about you is personally identifiable, it is immediately excluded and the personal data is deleted immediately. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. Google Analytics uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: Deactivate Google Analytics. You can also prevent the use of Google Analytics by clicking on this link: Deactivate Google Analytics. This will save an opt-out cookie on your data carrier, which prevents the processing of personal data by Google Analytics. Please note that if you delete all cookies on your end device, these opt-out cookies will also be deleted, i.e. you will have to set the opt-out cookies again if you want to continue to prevent this form of data collection. The opt-out cookies are set for each browser and computer/end device and must therefore be activated separately for each browser, computer or other end device.

This website uses Google Maps. This allows us to show you interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to use the map function conveniently. When you visit the website, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish your data to be associated with your Google profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right. For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by Google, as well as further information on your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, please visit: www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

We use external fonts, “Google Fonts” from the provider “Google” (Google LLC 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043). These fonts are integrated by retrieving them from a Google server in the USA. Data on the use of the fonts functions by visitors to the websites is also collected, processed and used – processing may take place in the USA. This collected data also includes the IP address. Further information about data processing by Google can be found in their privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de). There, in the so-called “Data Protection Center”, you can also change the settings with which your own data can be managed and protected.

This website uses functions of Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA . When you access our pages with Facebook plug-ins, a connection is established between your browser and the Facebook servers. Data is already transmitted to Facebook in the process. If you have a Facebook account, this data can be linked to it. If you do not wish this data to be linked to your Facebook account, please log out of Facebook before visiting our site. Interactions, in particular the use of a comment function or clicking on a “Like” or “Share” button, are also passed on to Facebook. You can find out more at https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy.

We use the marketing services of the social network LinkedIn of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (“LinkedIn”) within our online offering.
These use cookies, i.e. text files that are stored on your computer. This enables us to analyze your use of the website. For example, we can measure the success of our advertisements and show users products in which they have previously shown an interest. For example, information about the operating system, the browser, the website you previously visited (referrer URL), which websites the user visited, which offers the user clicked on, and the date and time of your visit to our website are recorded. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is transferred to a LinkedIn server in the USA in pseudonymized form and stored there. LinkedIn therefore does not store the name or email address of the respective user. Rather, the above-mentioned data is only assigned to the person for whom the cookie was generated. This does not apply if the user has allowed LinkedIn to process the data without pseudonymization or has a LinkedIn account. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. You can also object to the use of your data directly at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.
We use LinkedIn Analytics to analyze and regularly improve the use of our website. We can use the statistics obtained to improve our offering and make it more interesting for you as a user. All LinkedIn companies have adopted the standard contractual clauses to ensure that the data traffic to the USA and Singapore necessary for the development, implementation and maintenance of the services takes place in a lawful manner. If we ask users for their consent, the legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Otherwise, the legal basis for the use of LinkedIn Analytics is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
Information from the third-party provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place, Dublin 2 Ireland; User Agreement and Privacy Policy.

We use audio and video conferencing services to communicate with our users and other persons. In particular, we can use them to conduct audio and video conferences, virtual meetings and training courses such as webinars.
We only use services that guarantee an appropriate level of data protection. In addition to this privacy policy, any terms and conditions of the services used, such as terms of use or privacy policies, also apply.
In particular, we use Zoom, a service of the American Zoom Video Communications Inc. Zoom also grants the rights under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to users in Switzerland. Further information on the type, scope and purpose of data processing can be found in Zoom’s privacy policy and on the “Legal provisions and data protection” page.

Among other things, tools from companies based in the USA are integrated on our website. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to the US servers of the respective companies. We would like to point out that the USA is not a safe third country within the meaning of EU data protection law. US companies are obliged to disclose personal data to security authorities without you as the data subject being able to take legal action against this. It can therefore not be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. secret services) may process, evaluate and permanently store your data on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

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

We may amend this privacy policy at any time without prior notice. The current version published on our website shall apply. If the privacy policy is part of an agreement with you, we will inform you of the change by e-mail or other suitable means in the event of an update.

If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an e-mail or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organisation listed at the beginning of the privacy policy.
Source: SwissAnwalt