Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the data protection provisions of the Federal Government (Data Protection Act, DSG), every person has the right to 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 well as possible from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or falsification.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., communication by e-mail) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against 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. In this case, data such as pages accessed or the name of the file accessed, date, and time are stored on the server for statistical purposes, without these data being directly related to your person. Personal data, in particular name, address, or e-mail address, are collected on a voluntary basis as far as possible. Without your consent, the data will not be passed on to third parties.
Personal data refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. 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 collection, disclosure, acquisition, deletion, storage, alteration, destruction, and use of personal data.
We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law. Furthermore, we process personal data in accordance with the following legal bases in connection with Art. 6 Para. 1 GDPR, to the extent and insofar as the GDPR is applicable:
a) Processing of personal data with the consent of the data subject.
b) Processing of personal data for the performance of a contract with the data subject or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.
c) Processing of personal data to fulfill a legal obligation to which we are subject under any applicable law of the EU or under any applicable law of a country in which the GDPR is applicable in whole or in part.
d) Processing of personal data to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person.
f) Processing of personal data to safeguard the legitimate interests of us or of third parties, unless the fundamental freedoms and rights and interests of the data subject prevail. 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 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 allow specific, user-related information to be stored on the user's device while using the website. Cookies enable us to determine usage frequency and number of users of the pages, analyze user behavior on the site, and make our offer more user-friendly. Cookies are stored beyond the end of a browser session and can be retrieved again when you revisit the site. If you do not wish this to happen, you should adjust your internet browser settings 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 in the case of tracking, via the US-American site http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU site http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. Furthermore, the storage of cookies can be achieved by deactivating them in the browser settings. Please note that in this case, not all functions of this online offering may be available.
This website uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the 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.
When SSL/TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
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 by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not disclose this data without your consent.
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on this website, we require an email address from you, as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data will be collected. We use these data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass them on to third parties.
You can revoke your consent to the storage of data, email address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example, via the 'unsubscribe link' in the newsletter.
Recht auf Bestätigung
Jede betroffene Person hat das Recht, vom Betreiber der Website eine Bestätigung darüber zu verlangen, ob betroffene Personen betreffende, personenbezogene Daten verarbeitet werden. Möchten Sie dieses Bestätigungsrecht in Anspruch nehmen, können Sie sich hierzu jederzeit an den Datenschutzbeauftragten wenden.
Recht auf Auskunft
Jede von der Verarbeitung betroffene Person mit personenbezogenen Daten hat das Recht, jederzeit vom Betreiber dieser Website unentgeltliche Auskunft über die zu seiner Person gespeicherten personenbezogenen Daten und eine Kopie dieser Auskunft zu erhalten. Ferner kann gegebenenfalls über folgende Informationen Auskunft gegeben werden:
Ferner steht der betroffenen Person ein Auskunftsrecht darüber zu, ob personenbezogene Daten an ein Drittland oder an eine internationale Organisation übermittelt wurden. Sofern dies der Fall ist, so steht der betroffenen Person im übrigen das Recht zu, Auskunft über die geeigneten Garantien im Zusammenhang mit der übermittlung zu erhalten.
Möchten Sie dieses Auskunftsrecht in Anspruch nehmen, können Sie sich hierzu jederzeit an unseren Datenschutzbeauftragten wenden.
Recht auf Berichtigung
Jede von der Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten betroffene Person hat das Recht, die unverzügliche Berichtigung sie betreffender unrichtiger personenbezogener Daten zu verlangen. Ferner steht der betroffenen Person das Recht zu, unter Berücksichtigung der Zwecke der Verarbeitung, die Vervollständigung unvollständiger personenbezogener Daten – auch mittels einer ergänzenden Erklärung – zu verlangen.
Möchten Sie dieses Berichtigungsrecht in Anspruch nehmen, können Sie sich hierzu jederzeit an unseren Datenschutzbeauftragten wenden.
Recht auf Löschung (Recht auf Vergessen werden)
Jede von der Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten betroffene Person hat das Recht, von dem Verantwortlichen dieser Website zu verlangen, dass die sie betreffenden personenbezogenen Daten unverzüglich gelöscht werden, sofern einer der folgenden Gründe zutrifft und soweit die Verarbeitung nicht erforderlich ist:
Sofern einer der oben genannten Gründe zutrifft und Sie die Löschung von personenbezogenen Daten, die beimBetreiber dieser Website gespeichert sind, veranlassen möchten, können Sie sich hierzu jederzeit an unseren Datenschutzbeauftragten wenden. Der Datenschutzbeauftragte dieser Website wird veranlassen, dass dem Löschverlangen unverzüglich nachgekommen wird.
Recht auf Einschränkung der Verarbeitung
Jede von der Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten betroffene Person hat das Recht, von dem Verantwortlichen dieser Website die Einschränkung der Verarbeitung zu verlangen, wenn eine der folgenden Voraussetzungen gegeben ist:
Sofern eine der oben genannten Voraussetzungen gegeben ist Sie die Einschränkung von personenbezogenen Daten, die beim Betreiber dieser Website gespeichert sind, verlangen möchten, können Sie sich hierzu jederzeit an unseren Datenschutzbeauftragten wenden. Der Datenschutzbeauftragte dieser Website wird die Einschränkung der Verarbeitung veranlassen.
Recht auf Datenübertragbarkeit
Jede von der Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten betroffene Person hat das Recht, die sie betreffenden personenbezogenen Daten in einem strukturierten, gängigen und maschinenlesbaren Format zu erhalten. Sie hat ausserdem das Recht, dass diese Daten bei Vorliegen der gesetzlichen Voraussetzungen einem anderen Verantwortlichen übermittelt werden.
Ferner hat die betroffene Person das Recht, zu erwirken, dass die personenbezogenen Daten direkt von einem Verantwortlichen an einen anderen Verantwortlichen übermittelt werden, soweit dies technisch machbar ist und sofern hiervon nicht die Rechte und Freiheiten anderer Personen beeinträchtigt werden.
Zur Geltendmachung des Rechts auf Datenübertragbarkeit können Sie sich jederzeit an den vom Betreiber dieser Website bestellten Datenschutzbeauftragten wenden.
Recht auf Widerspruch
Jede von der Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten betroffene Person hat das Recht, aus Gründen, die sich aus ihrer besonderen Situation ergeben, jederzeit gegen die Verarbeitung sie betreffender personenbezogener Daten, Widerspruch einzulegen.
Der Betreiber dieser Website verarbeitet die personenbezogenen Daten im Falle des Widerspruchs nicht mehr, es sei denn, wir können zwingende schutzwürdige Gründe für die Verarbeitung nachweisen, die den Interessen, Rechten und Freiheiten der betroffenen Person überwiegen, oder wenn die Verarbeitung der Geltendmachung, Ausübung oder Verteidigung von Rechtsansprüchen dient.
Zur Ausübung des Rechts auf Widerspruch können Sie sich direkt an den Datenschutzbeauftragten dieser Website wenden.
Recht auf Widerruf einer datenschutzrechtlichen Einwilligung
Jede von der Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten betroffene Person hat das Recht, eine abgegebene Einwilligung zur Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten jederzeit zu widerrufen.
Möchten Sie Ihr Recht auf Widerruf einer Einwilligung geltend machen, können Sie sich hierzu jederzeit an unseren Datenschutzbeauftragten wenden.
In order to provide paid services, we may request additional data from you, such as payment information, to fulfill your order or contract. We store this data in our systems until the statutory retention periods have expired.
To display interactive maps directly on the website and enable you to use the map function conveniently. By visiting 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 directly associated with your account. If you do not wish this association with your profile on Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for advertising, market research, and/or tailoring its website to your needs. Such evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) for the purpose of providing targeted 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, but you must contact Google to exercise this right. For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by Google, as well as your rights and settings options to protect your privacy, please visit: www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy.
This website uses Google Conversion Tracking. If you have reached our website via an advertisement placed by Google, Google Adwords sets a cookie on your computer. The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an advertisement placed by Google. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can recognize that the user clicked on the advertisement and was redirected to this page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot therefore be tracked across the websites of AdWords customers. The information obtained through the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that personally identifies users.
If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can refuse the setting of the necessary cookie – for example, by adjusting your browser settings to generally disable the automatic setting of cookies or by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain 'googleleadservices.com'.
Please note that you must not delete the opt-out cookies as long as you do not wish to record measurement data. If you have deleted all your cookies in the browser, you must set the respective opt-out cookie again.
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited. If the data controller for data processing on this website is located outside the European Economic Area or Switzerland, then Google Analytics data processing is carried out by Google LLC. Google LLC and Google Ireland Limited are hereinafter referred to as 'Google'.
The statistics obtained allow us to improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. This website also uses Google Analytics for cross-device analysis of visitor traffic, which is carried out via a user ID. If you have a Google user account, you can disable 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 S. 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 with the code '_anonymizeIp();' to ensure anonymized collection of IP addresses. As a result, IP addresses are truncated before further processing, so that a direct reference to individuals can be excluded. If a personal reference is made to you in the data collected about you, this reference is immediately excluded and the personal data is deleted immediately.
Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. For 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 transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. 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 functions of this website to their full extent. 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: Google Analytics Opt-out.
Furthermore, you can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on this link: Google Analytics Opt-out. This will place an opt-out cookie on your hard drive that 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 need 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 per browser and device, and must therefore be activated separately for each browser, device, or other end device.
This website uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you visit a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly. If your browser does not support web fonts, a default font will be used by your computer.
For more information about Google Web Fonts, please visit https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and the Google Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
This website uses features of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. When you visit our pages with Facebook plug-ins, a connection is established between your browser and Facebook's servers. This results in the transmission of data to Facebook. If you have a Facebook account, this data can be linked to it. If you do not want this data to be associated with your Facebook account, please log out of Facebook before visiting our site. Interactions, particularly using a comment function or clicking a "Like" or "Share" button, are also transmitted to Facebook. For more information, please visit https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy.
On our website, functions of the Instagram service are integrated. These functions are offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of our pages to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how Instagram uses it.
For more information, please refer to Instagram's privacy policy: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/
The newsletter is sent via the mailing service provider 'MailChimp,' a newsletter delivery platform provided by the US-based company Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE #5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA. You can view the privacy policy of the mailing service provider here. The Rocket Science Group LLC d/b/a MailChimp is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee to comply with European data protection standards (Privacy Shield). The mailing service provider is used on the basis of our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR and a data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 Para. 3 S. 1 GDPR.
The mailing service provider may use the recipient's data in pseudonymous form, i.e., without attribution to a user, to optimize or improve its own services, e.g., for technical optimization of mailing and presentation of newsletters or for statistical purposes. However, the mailing service provider does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to contact them themselves or to pass the data on to third parties.
All information provided on our website has been carefully checked. We make every effort to offer current, correct, and complete information. However, the occurrence of errors cannot be completely ruled out, so we cannot guarantee the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of information, including journalistic-editorial content. Liability claims for damages of a material or immaterial nature caused by the use of the information provided are excluded, unless there is evidence of willful intent or gross negligence.
The publisher may, at its discretion and without notice, change or delete texts and is not obliged to update the content of this website. The use or access to this website is at the visitor's own risk. The publisher, its clients, or partners are not responsible for damages, whether direct, indirect, incidental, foreseeable, or consequential, allegedly caused by visiting this website and therefore assume no liability.
The publisher also assumes no responsibility or liability for the content and availability of third-party websites accessible via external links on this website. The operators of the linked pages are solely responsible for their content. The publisher expressly distances itself from all third-party content that may be illegal or liable to prosecution or that violates good morals.
We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time without prior notice. The current version published on our website shall apply. If this privacy policy is part of an agreement with you, we will inform you of the changes by email or by other suitable means in the event of an update.
If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an email or contact the individual responsible for data protection listed at the beginning of the privacy policy directly within our organization.
