Responsible Entity as defined by the data protection laws, particularly the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:
Linda KalbererBased on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the federal data protection provisions (Data Protection Act, DPA), every person is entitled to the protection of their privacy and the 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 forgery.
Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) may have security vulnerabilities. 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 according to the description 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, in particular name, address, or email address, is collected on a voluntary basis as far as possible. Without your consent, this data will not be passed on to third parties.
Personal data is all 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 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, as far as the EU GDPR is applicable, we process personal data according to the following legal bases in connection with Art. 6 para. 1 GDPR:
In accordance with Art. 13 GDPR, we inform you about the legal bases of our data processing. Unless the legal basis in the data protection declaration is mentioned, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consents is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a and Art. 7 GDPR, the legal basis for processing for the performance of our services and the execution of contractual measures as well as answering inquiries is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, the legal basis for processing to fulfill our legal obligations is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR, and the legal basis for processing to protect our legitimate interests is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. In the case that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis.
We take appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with legal requirements, considering the state of the art, the costs of implementation, and the nature, scope, circumstances, and purposes of processing as well as the different likelihood and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, to ensure an appropriate level of security.
The measures include, in particular, securing the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data by controlling physical access to the data, as well as related access, input, transfer, ensuring availability, and its separation. Furthermore, we have established procedures that ensure the exercise of data subjects' rights, deletion of data, and response to data threats. Moreover, we already consider the protection of personal data during the development or selection of hardware, software, and procedures, according to the principle of data protection through technology design and data protection-friendly default settings.
In the course of our processing of personal data, it happens that the data is transferred to other bodies, companies, legally independent organizational units, or persons, or that they are disclosed to them. The recipients of this data may include, for example, payment institutions or service providers tasked with IT tasks. In such cases, we observe the legal requirements and, in particular, conclude corresponding contracts or agreements, which serve the protection of your data, with the recipients of your data.
If we process data in a third country (i.e., outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or this occurs in the context of the use of third-party services or disclosure or transmission of data to other persons, bodies, or companies, this only takes place in accordance with the legal requirements.
Subject to express consent or contractually or legally required transmission, we process or let the data be processed only in third countries with a recognized level of data protection, contractual obligation through so-called standard protection clauses of the EU Commission, in the presence of certifications or binding internal data protection regulations (Art. 44 to 49 GDPR, information page of the EU Commission: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection_de).
This website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that contain data from visited websites or domains and are stored by a browser on the user's computer. A cookie primarily serves to store information about a user during or after his or her visit within an online offer. The stored information may include, for example, the language settings on a website, the login status, a shopping cart, or the location where a video was watched. We also include other technologies that perform the same functions as cookies (e.g., when user information is stored using pseudonymous online identifiers, also known as "user IDs")
The legal basis on which we process your personal data using cookies depends on whether we ask you for consent. If this is the case and you consent to the use of cookies, the legal basis for processing your data is the declared consent. Otherwise, the data processed with the help of cookies are processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g., in a commercial operation of our online offer and its improvement) or, if the use of cookies is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations.
Unless we provide you with explicit information on the storage duration of permanent cookies (e.g., within the scope of a so-called cookie opt-in), please assume that the storage duration can be up to two years.
Depending on whether the processing is based on consent or legal permission, you have the option at any time to revoke a given consent or to object to the processing of your data by cookie technologies (collectively referred to as "opt-out"). You can initially declare your objection via the settings of your browser, e.g., by deactivating the use of cookies (which may also impair the functionality of our online offer). An objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can also be declared via a variety of services, especially in the case of tracking, through the websites https://optout.aboutads.info and https://www.youronlinechoices.com/. In addition, you can receive further objection instructions within the scope of the information on the used service providers and cookies.
We use a consent management procedure, in which the consent of the users to the use of cookies, or the processing and providers mentioned in the context of the cookie consent management procedure, can be obtained, managed, and revoked by the users. The declaration of consent is stored in order not to have to repeat its query again and to be able to prove the consent according to the legal obligation. The storage can take place server-side and/or in a cookie (so-called opt-in cookie, or using comparable technologies) to be able to assign the consent to a user, or his or her device. Subject to individual information about the providers of cookie management services, the following applies: The duration of the storage of the consent can be up to two years. Here, a pseudonymous user identifier is formed and stored with the time of consent, information on the scope of the consent (e.g., which categories of cookies and/or service providers), as well as the browser, system, and used end device.
Processed Data Types: Usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times), Meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses).
Affected Persons: Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services).
Legal Bases: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 clause 1 lit. a GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Art. 6 para. 1 clause 1 lit. f GDPR).
This website uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the requests 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.
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 do not pass on this data without your consent.
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on this website, we need 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. Further data is not collected. We use this data exclusively for the dispatch of the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.
The consent to the storage of the data, the email address, and their use for sending the newsletter can be revoked at any time, for example, through the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter.
Every data subject has the right to request confirmation from the operator of the website as to whether personal data concerning data subjects are being processed. If you wish to exercise this right of confirmation, you can contact the data protection officer at any time.
Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to receive free information about his stored personal data at any time from the operator of this website and a copy of this information. Furthermore, information can be provided about the following if necessary:
Furthermore, the data subject has the right to information about whether personal data has been transferred to a third country or to an international organization. If this is the case, then the data subject has the right to obtain information about the appropriate guarantees in connection with the transfer.
If you wish to exercise this right to information, you can contact our data protection officer at any time.
Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to demand the immediate correction of incorrect personal data concerning them. Furthermore, the data subject has the right, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to request the completion of incomplete personal data — also by means of providing a supplementary statement.
If you wish to exercise this right to correction, you can contact our data protection officer at any time.
Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to demand from the controller of this website that the personal data concerning them be deleted immediately if one of the following reasons applies and insofar as the processing is not necessary:
If one of the above reasons applies, and you wish to arrange for the deletion of personal data stored by the operator of this website, you can contact our data protection officer at any time. The data protection officer of this website will arrange for the deletion request to be complied with immediately.
Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to demand the restriction of processing from the controller of this website if one of the following conditions is met:
If one of the above conditions is met, and you wish to request the restriction of personal data stored by the operator of this website, you can contact our data protection officer at any time. The data protection officer of this website will arrange the restriction of processing.
Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to receive the personal data concerning them, which was provided to a controller, in a structured, common, and machine-readable format. They also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data has been provided, as long as the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and the processing is carried out using automated procedures, as long as the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.
Furthermore, in exercising their right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 para. 1 GDPR, the data subject has the right to have personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and when doing so does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.
To assert the right to data portability, you can contact the data protection officer appointed by the operator of this website at any time.
Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right, for reasons arising from their particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning them. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
The operator of this website will no longer process the personal data in the event of an objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
If the operator of this website processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning them for such marketing. This also applies to profiling, as far as it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to the operator of this website to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the operator of this website will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.
In addition, the data subject has the right, for reasons arising from their particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning them, which is carried out by the operator of this website for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.
To exercise the right to object, the data subject can directly contact the data protection officer of this website or another employee. In addition, the data subject is free in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to exercise their right to object by automated means using technical specifications.
Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to revoke consent to the processing of personal data at any time.
If you wish to exercise your right to revoke a consent, you can contact our data protection officer at any time.
Functions of the Instagram service are integrated on our website. These features 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 contents of our pages with your Instagram profile by clicking on the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate the visit to our pages with your user account. We point out that we as the provider of the pages do not receive knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and their use by Instagram.
For more information, please see the privacy policy of Instagram: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/
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. For the reproduction of any files, the written consent of the copyright holder must be obtained in advance.
Anyone committing an infringement without the consent of the respective rights holder may be liable to prosecution and civil penalties.
All information provided in our Internet offer has been carefully checked. We strive to offer our information offer up-to-date, contently correct, and complete. Nevertheless, the occurrence of errors cannot be completely excluded, which we do not guarantee for completeness, correctness, and actuality of information also of journalistic-editorial nature. Liability claims from damages of material or ideal kind, which are caused by the use of the offered information, are excluded, as long as no demonstrably intentional or grossly negligent fault exists.
The publisher can change or delete texts at its own discretion and without notice and is not obliged to update contents of this website. The use or the access to this website happens at the visitor's own risk. The publisher, his clients, or partners are not responsible for damages, such as direct, indirect, incidental, predetermined or consequential damages, which are supposedly caused by visiting this website and therefore do not take any liability.
The publisher also does not guarantee that the contents of this website are suitable for the user and his purposes. The publisher also does not take any responsibility and is not liable for the contents and availability of third-party websites that can be reached through external links on this website. The operators of the linked pages are solely responsible for their content. The publisher hereby expressly distances itself from all third-party content that may be relevant under criminal or liability law or that violates good morals.
We can adjust this privacy policy at any time without notice. The version published on our website is applicable. Insofar as the privacy policy is part of an agreement with you, we will inform you of the change by email or in another appropriate way if there is an update.
If you have any questions about data protection, please email us or contact the responsible person in our organization listed at the beginning of this privacy policy.