Declaration of data protection

Contact forms and other website interactions
The contact forms and other online services on our website offer potential customers the possibility to contact us easily or interact with us. If you contact us with these contact forms and provide us with personal data, we will use your personal data to help us, for example, to answer your enquiry or process the form. The type of data collected depends on the individual purpose of the respective form and may therefore vary. A transmission of your data to third parties will not take place under any circumstances.

Cookies
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that make it possible to store certain information about you and your usage of our website on your device (for example PC, smartphone, tablet). Cookies enable us to increase the user-friendliness of our website, optimize our website and ensure its functionality. You can control (i.e. allow or block) the storage of cookies in most browsers. Please note, however, that deactivating cookies may limit the functionality of our website. You can delete any cookies that are already stored on your end device via your browser. When you access our website for the first time, we will iform you about the use of cookies. By clicking on the OK button in this notice or by navigating through our website, you agree to the use of cookies.

Change your cookie settings or block cookies
No sensitive information, such as names, addresses or payment details, is stored in our cookies. However, if you wish to restrict, block or delete cookies on this or other websites, you can make the appropriate changes to your browser’s settings. Since this setting varies between browsers, please refer to your browser’s help menu or the mobile device’s user manual to see how the cookie settings can be changed.

You can find further general information on cookies and their management at www.aboutcookies.org. Please note that we are not responsible for the content of external websites.

Server log files
When you visit our website, we store certain connection data for the purpose of system and data security (e.g. anonymised IP address, date and duration of visit, pages visited on our website, data regarding your browser and operating system used and the website which directed you to us). By using this website, you agree to the use of the data collected about you in accordance with our privacy policy.

Data protection
In compliance with Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the data protection provisions of the Swiss Confederation (Data Protection Act, DPA), every person has a right to protection of his or her privacy and to protection against misuse of his or her personal data. We comply with these regulations. Personal data will be treated with the strictest confidence and will not be sold or passed on to third parties.

We work in close cooperation with our hosting providers to protect our databases as far as possible from unauthorised access, loss, misuse or falsification.

When you access our website, the following data is stored in log files: IP address, date, time, browser request and generally transmitted information about the operating system or browser. These usage data form the basis for statistical, anonymous evaluations, so that we can identify trends, and use them to improve our services accordingly.

Privacy policy for the use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, which are small text files placed on your computer to help the website analyse how users use the site. 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. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, Google will shorten your IP address within Member States of the European Union or in other countries party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand.

Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and Internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google.

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. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.