Provided per Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the data protection laws of the Federation (Data Protection Act – DSG), every person has the right to the protection of their privacy and the protection from malfeasance with their personal data. We comply with these stipulations. Personal data is treated with utmost confidentiality and never sold or otherwise transferred to third parties.
In close cooperation with our web hosting providers, we are committed to protect our data banks as much as possible from unauthorised access, loss, misuse or forgery.
When accessing our websites, the following data will be recorded in log files: IP address, date, time, browser requests and generally transmitted information regarding operating systems and browser. This usage information is the basis for anonymous statistical evaluations carried out for us to recognise trends, allowing us to optimise our offers accordingly.
Data protection statement regarding the use of Facebook plug-ins (Like button)
Our website integrates plug-ins from the social network Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. On our website, you can recognise the Facebook plug-in by the appearance of the Facebook logo or the “Like” button. You can find an overview of the Facebook plug-ins here: developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
When visiting our pages, this plug-in establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook servers. In this manner, Facebook receives the information that you have visited our website from your current IP address. By clicking the Facebook “Like” button while you are logged in to your Facebook account, you can link the contents of our website with your Facebook profile. Facebook is then enabled to relate your visit on our website to your Facebook user account. We expressly indicate that we as the provider of our website obtain no knowledge regarding the contents and usage of the data transmitted to Facebook. For further information on this subject, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/If you wish to exclude Facebook from relating your visit on our website to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.
Data protection statement regarding the use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, an internet usage analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are saved on your computer and enable the analysis of your usage of our website. The information on your usage of our website created by the cookie are typically transmitted to and saved on a Google server in the USA. If IP anonymisation is activated for this website, your IP address will be truncated by Google within EU member states or other contract states of the European Economic Area before transmission.
Only in rare cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google uses this information to evaluate your usage of this website, to create reports on your website activities for the providers of this website and to provide further services related to the usage of this website and the internet. Google may also transmit this information to third parties insofar as this is required by legal stipulations or if third parties process the data on behalf of Google. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of the Google Analytics service will not be merged with other Google data.
You can prevent your browser software from using cookies by selecting its respective setting. However, we would like to inform you that in such a case you may not be able to use all features of our website to the full extent. By using this website, you express your consent to Google’s processing of the data gathered on you in the aforementioned manner and for the aforementioned purpose.
Data protection statement regarding the use of Google +1
You can publish information worldwide by clicking the Google +1 button. Through the Google +1 button you and other users receive personalised contents from Google and its partners. Google records both the information that you have clicked the +1 button for a content element and the information on the website you viewed when clicking the +1 button. Your +1 activities may be published as references together with your profile name and picture in other Google services such as search results or your Google profile or elsewhere on websites or advertising on the internet.
Google records information on your +1 activities in order to improve the Google services for you and other users.
In order to be able to use the Google +1 button, you need to have a globally visible, public Google profile that must contain at least the name selected for the profile. This name will be used in all Google services. In some cases, this name may substitute any other name you may have used when sharing content elements through your Google account. The identity of your Google account may be displayed to users that know our e-mail address or possess other information that identify you.
In addition to the usage purposes stipulated above, the information provided by you will be used in accordance with Google’s valid data protection policy (http://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/). Google may publish aggregated usage statistics about the +1 activities of its users or may transmit such statistics to its users or partners such as publishers, advertisers or connected websites.
etracker
The provider of this website uses the services of etracker GmbH, Hamburg, Germany (www.etracker.com) to analyse usage data. We do not use cookies for web analysis by default. If we use analysis and optimisation cookies, we will obtain your explicit consent separately in advance. If this is the case and you agree, cookies are used to enable a statistical range analysis of this website, a measurement of the success of our online marketing measures and test procedures, e.g. to test and optimise different versions of our online offer or its components. Cookies are small text files that are stored by the Internet browser on the user's device. etracker cookies do not contain any information that could identify a user.
The data generated by etracker on behalf of the provider of this website is processed and stored by etracker solely in Germany by commission of the provider of this website and is thus subject tothe strict German and European data protection laws and standards. In this regard, etracker was independently checked, certified and awarded with theePrivacyseal data protection seal of approval.
The data processing is based on Art. 6 Section 1 lit f (legitimate interest) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our legitimate interest is the optimisation of our online offer and our website. As the privacy of our visitors is very important to us, the data that may possibly allow a reference to an individual person, such as IP address, registration or device IDs, will be anonymised or pseudonymised as soon as possible. etracker does not use the data for any other purpose, combine it with other data or pass it on to third parties.
You can object to the outlined data processing at any time. Your objection has no disadvantageous consequences.
Further information on data protection with etracker can be found here.