Privacy Policy

Data Protection Declaration

General Note

In accordance with Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the Federal Data Protection Act (DPA), every person has the right to protection of their privacy and to protection against misuse of their personal data. The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations and this Data Protection Declaration.

In cooperation with our hosting providers, we strive to protect the databases as best as possible against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or falsification.

Please be aware that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) may have security vulnerabilities. A 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 be visited without registration. Data such as the pages visited or the names of files retrieved, as well as the date and time, are stored on the server for statistical purposes, without being directly linked to your person. Personal data, such as name, address, or email address, is collected on a voluntary basis whenever possible. Without your consent, data is not disclosed to third parties.

Processing of Personal Data

Personal data is all information that relates to an identified or identifiable person. A data subject is a person whose personal data is processed. Processing includes any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, including the retention, disclosure, acquisition, deletion, storage, modification, destruction, and use of personal data.

We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law. In addition, when the EU GDPR applies, we process personal data in accordance with the following legal bases relating to Article 6(1) of the GDPR:

letter a) Processing of personal data with the consent of the data subject.

letter b) Processing of personal data for the performance of a contract with the data subject and for the implementation of pre-contractual measures corresponding thereto.

letter c) Processing of personal data to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject under EU law or under the law of a country where the GDPR is fully or partially applicable.

letter d) Processing of personal data to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person.

letter f) Processing of personal data to protect our legitimate interests or those of third parties, provided that the fundamental freedoms and rights as well as the interests of the data subject do not outweigh them. Legitimate interests include, among other things, our economic interest, the provision of our website, information security, the defense of our own legal rights, and compliance with Swiss law.

We process personal data for the duration necessary to achieve the respective purpose or purposes. In the case of longer retention obligations due to legal or other obligations to which we are subject, we restrict processing accordingly.

Data Protection Declaration for Cookies

This website uses cookies. These are small text files that allow storing specific user information on the user's device during the use of the website. Cookies enable, in particular, the determination of the frequency of use and the number of users of the pages, the analysis of the page usage behavior, as well as making our offer more user-friendly. Cookies remain stored after the end of a browsing session and can be recalled on a subsequent visit. If you do not wish this, you must configure your Internet browser to refuse cookies.

A general refusal of cookies for online marketing purposes can be declared for a large number of services, notably for tracking, on the American website http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the European website http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. In addition, the storage of cookies can be deactivated via the browser settings. Please note that in this case, all functions of this online offer may not be available.

Data Protection Declaration for SSL/TLS Encryption

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 icon in your browser bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Data Protection Declaration for Server Log Files

The provider of this website collects and stores automatically information in server log files that your browser transmits automatically. This includes:

Type and version of the browser

Operating system used

Referrer URL

Host name of the accessing computer

Time of the server request

These data cannot be assigned to specific persons. A combination of these data with other data sources is not made. We reserve the right to check these data later if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

Data Protection Declaration for Comment Function

When users leave comments on the blog or website, the IP address of the user is stored in addition to the comment. This is done for security reasons and in case the author of a comment posts illegal content (insults, prohibited political propaganda, etc.). In general, we do not pass on this data to third parties.

Comments can be deleted at any time.

Data Protection Declaration for Social Media Links

We have integrated links to social media on our website. You can recognize them by the corresponding icons.

By clicking on one of the social media icons, you will be redirected to the page of our profile on the corresponding social network. We inform you that we have no influence on the collection and use of data that is carried out by the operators of social networks through their websites.

For more information on the collection and use of your personal data by social networks, please refer to the data protection declarations of these services.

Data Protection Declaration for Social Media Plugins

We have integrated social media plugins on this website. You can recognize the plugins by the logos of the respective social networks.

When you visit our website, a direct connection between your browser and the server of the social network may be established via the plugin. This allows the social network to receive the information indicating that you have visited our website with your IP address. When you use the plugin (for example, by clicking on the "Like" or "Share" button), the corresponding information is transmitted directly to the social network and stored there. If you are logged in to the social network, it can directly attribute your visit to your personal account.

If you do not wish that the social networks attribute the visit of our website to your user account, please log out of the social network before visiting our website.

We inform you that we have no influence on the collection of data by social networks via the plugins integrated on our website.