Privacy-Protection
Privacy-Protection Declaration
We are very pleased about your interest in our company. The protection of your personal data is a particularly high priority for the management of Schweizerland AG. A use of the internet pages of Schweizerland AG is basically possible without any indication of personal data. However, if a person concerned uses special services of our company via our website, it may be necessary to process personal data. If there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the person concerned.
The processing of personal data, for example of the name, contact details, email address or telephone number of a person concerned, always takes place in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to Schweizerland AG. By means of this data protection declaration, our company would like to inform the public about the type, scope and purpose of the personal data we collect and use. Furthermore, persons concerned are informed by means of this data protection declaration about their rights.
Schweizerland AG has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure comprehensive protection of the personal data processed via this website. However, Internet-based data transmission can in principle have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, it is also possible for persons concerned to transmit personal data to us by alternative means of communication (e.g. by telephone).
Definitions
The data protection declaration of Schweizerland AG is based on the terms used by the European directives and regulations when issuing the GDPR. Our data protection declaration should be easy to read and understandable for the public as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terms used in advance.
We use the following terms, among others:
a) Personal data
Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter ‘data subject’). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by assignment to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more special features that express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
b) Data subject
Data subject is every identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data are processed by the controller.
c) Processing
Processing is any operation or series of operations performed with or without the aid of automated procedures concerning personal data such as collection, recording, organisation, ordering, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or other form of provision, comparison or linking, limitation, deletion or destruction.
d) Limitation of processing
Limitation of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their future processing.
e) Profiling
Profiling is any automated processing of personal data consisting in using such personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects relating to that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movement.
f) Pseudonymisation
Pseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without additional information, provided that this additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures which ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
g) Controller or controller responsible for processing
Controller or controller responsible for processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data. If the purposes and means of such processing are laid down by Union law or by the law of the Member States, the controller or controllers may be designated pursuant to Union law or national law respectively and the specific criteria for their designation may be provided for under Union law or national law.
h) Processor
Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
i) Recipient
Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to whom personal data are disclosed, whether or not that person is a third party. However, authorities which may receive personal data under Union law or national law in connection with a specific investigation shall not be considered as recipients.
j) Third party
Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body except the data subject, controller, processor and persons who are authorised to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the controller or processor.
k) Consent
Consent is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the wishes of the data subject, either by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, by means of which the data subject signifies his or her agreement to personal data relating to him or her being processed.
Name and address of the controller
The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other applicable data protection laws in force in the Member States of the European Union and other provisions with a data protection character is:
Schweizerland AG
Location: Neubadrain 4
CH-4102 Binningen
Website: www.schweizerland.ag
Name and address of the Data Protection Officer
The Data Protection Officer can be reached at the following contact details:
Schweizerland AG
Location: Neubadrain 4
CH-4102 Binningen
Email: dsgvo@schweizerland.ag
Website: www.schweizerland.ag
Each data subject may directly contact our Data Protection Officer with any questions and suggestions regarding data protection at any time.
Collection of general data and information
The website of Schweizerland AG collects a series of general data and information each time the website is accessed by a data subject or an automated system. These general data and information are stored in the server’s log files. The following data may be recorded: (1) browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system arrives at our website (so-called referrer), (4) the sub-websites accessed via an accessing system on our website, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an Internet Protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system and (8) other similar data and information that serve to avert danger in case of attacks on our IT systems.
When using these general data and information, Schweizerland AG does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is required to correctly deliver the contents of our website, to optimize the contents of our website as well as the advertising for it, to ensure the long-term functionality of our IT systems and the technology of our website as well as to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in case of a cyber attack. Schweizerland AG therefore anonymously evaluates the data and information obtained this way for statistical purposes and also with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company, ultimately ensuring an optimum level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.
Routine deletion and blocking of personal data
The controller processes and stores personal data of the data subject only for as long as is necessary for the purpose of storage. Furthermore, such storage may take place if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in Union regulations, laws or other provisions to which the controller is subject. If the purpose of storage ceases to apply or if a statutory retention period expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.
Rights of the data subject
a) Right to confirmation
Any data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning him/her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to make use of this right to confirmation, he/she may contact an employee of the controller at any time.
b) Right to information
Any data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain information free of charge from the controller about the personal data stored about him/her and a copy of such information.
Furthermore, the European legislator grants the data subject access to the following information:
- The purposes of processing
- The categories of personal data processed
- The recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been disclosed or will be disclosed, in particular in the case of recipients in third countries or international organisations
- If possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if that is not possible, the criteria used to determine that duration
- The existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning them or to limitation of processing by the controller or of a right to object to such processing
- The existence of a right to appeal to a supervisory authority
If the personal data are not collected from the data subject: All available information about the origin of the data
The existence of automated decision-making, including profiling in accordance with Art. 22(1) and (4) GDPR and - at least in these cases - meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject
Furthermore, the data subject has a right to know whether personal data have been transmitted to a third country or an international organisation. If this is the case, the data subject shall also have the right to obtain information about the appropriate guarantees in connection with the transmission.
If a data subject wishes to make use of this right to information, he/she may contact an employee of the controller at any time.
c) Right to rectification
Any data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain without delay from the controller the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him/her. Taking into account the purposes of processing, the data subject has the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary declaration. If a data subject wishes to make use of this right to rectification, he/she may contact an employee of the controller at any time.
d) Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)
Any data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the erasure without delay of personal data concerning him/her if one of the following reasons applies and insofar as processing is not necessary: The personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
The data subject withdraws his/her consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR;
The personal data have been processed unlawfully.
The erasure of the personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union law or national law to which the controller is subject.
The personal data were collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8(1) GDPR. If one of the aforementioned reasons applies and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by Schweizerland AG, he/she may contact an employee of the controller at any time. The employee will arrange for the erasure request to be complied with without delay. If Schweizerland AG has made the personal data public and is obliged pursuant to Art. 17(1) GDPR to erase such personal data, Schweizerland AG shall take appropriate measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, also technical measures, in order to inform other data controllers processing the published personal data that the data subject has requested erasure of all links to such personal data or copies thereof from those other data controllers or has otherwise obtained information about them.
e) Right to restriction of processing Any data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following applies:
The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
The processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the restriction of their use.
The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject requires them for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.
The data subject has objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR pending verification as to whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.
If one of the aforementioned conditions is met and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of the processing of personal data stored by Schweizerland AG, he/she may contact an employee of the controller at any time. The employee will arrange the restriction of the processing.
f) Right to data portability
Any data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to receive the personal data concerning him/her which he/she has provided to a controller in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. He/she also has the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data were provided, provided that the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and the processing is carried out with automated means, provided that the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority entrusted to the controller.
Furthermore, when exercising his/her right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20(1) GDPR, the data subject shall have the right to obtain that the personal data be transferred directly from one controller to another controller, where this is technically feasible and provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of other persons.
The data subject may contact an employee of Schweizerland AG at any time if he/she wishes to exercise the right to data portability.
g) Right to object
Any data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to object at any time, on grounds relating to his/her particular situation, to processing of personal data concerning him/her which is carried out pursuant to Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
Schweizerland AG shall 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 if the processing is for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.
If Schweizerland AG processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject shall have the right to object at any time to such processing of personal data concerning him/her for such advertising purposes. If the data subject objects to Schweizerland AG processing for direct marketing purposes, Schweizerland AG will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.
Furthermore, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to his/her particular situation, to object to processing of personal data concerning him/her which is carried out by Schweizerland AG for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89(1) GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task in the public interest (cf. Art. 89(1) GDPR).
To exercise the right to object, the data subject can directly contact any employee of Schweizerland AG or another employee. Furthermore, in connection with the use of services of the information society, regardless of Directive 2002/58/EG, the data subject may exercise their right to object by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.
h) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
Any data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - which produces legal effects concerning him/her or similarly significantly affects him/her, provided that the decision (1) is not necessary for entering into or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is permitted by Union law or national law to which Schweizerland AG is subject and which provides appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject, or (3) is based on the consent of the data subject.
If the decision is necessary for entering into or performance of a contract between the data subject and Schweizerland AG or if it is made with the consent of the data subject, Schweizerland AG shall take reasonable steps to safeguard the rights and freedoms as well as the legitimate interests of the data subject, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of Schweizerland AG, to express his/her point of view and to contest the decision.
If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning automated decisions, he/she may contact an employee of Schweizerland AG at any time.
i) Right to revoke GDPR consent
Any data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw his/her consent at any time. If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to revoke consent, he/she may contact an employee of Schweizerland AG at any time.
Data protection regulations for the use and disclosure of Google Maps
We integrate the maps of the ‘Google Maps’ service from the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The data processed through the use of Google Maps may include in particular IP addresses and location data of users, which are not collected without their consent (usually within the framework of the settings of their mobile devices). The data may be processed in the United States.
DataProtection: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.
Legal basis for the processing of personal data
Article 6 I lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for our company’s processing operations when we obtain consent for a specific purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfill a contract whose contracting party is the data subject, such as when processing operations are required for delivery of goods or performance of other services, the processing is based on Article 6 I lit. b GDPR. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary to perform pre-contractual measures, such as inquiries about our products or services.
If our company is subject to a legal obligation requiring the processing of personal data, such as for fulfilling tax obligations, the processing is based on Article 6 I lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This could be the case if, for example, a visitor were injured in our business premises and their name, age, health insurance details, or other vital information had to be passed on to a doctor, hospital, or other third parties. In this case, the processing would be based on Article 6 I lit. d GDPR.
Ultimately, processing operations may also be based on Article 6 I lit. f GDPR. This legal basis covers processing operations that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases if they are necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms of the data subject do not predominate. Such processing operations are particularly permitted because the European legislator has explicitly mentioned them in this context. It held the opinion that there could be a justified interest if the data subject is a customer of the controller (Recital 47 sentence 2 GDPR)
Legitimate interests pursued by the controller or a third party in processing If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 I lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest lies in conducting our business activities for the benefit of the well-being of all our employees and shareholders.
Duration of personal information storage
The criterion for the duration of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. Once the period has expired, the corresponding data will be routinely deleted, provided that they are no longer required for contractual fulfillment or contract initiation.
Legal or contractual requirements for providing personal data; Necessity for contract conclusion; Obligation of the data subject to provide personal data; Consequences of non-provision We inform you that the provision of personal data may be partially required by law (e.g., tax regulations) or result from contractual provisions (e.g., information about the contracting party). In some cases, it may be necessary for a contract conclusion that a data subject provides us with personal data that we subsequently process. The data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data if our company enters into a contract with them. Failure to provide personal data would result in the inability to conclude the contract with the data subject. Before providing personal data, the data subject should contact one of our employees. Our employee will clarify on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of personal data is legally or contractually required, if there is an obligation to provide personal data, and what consequences non-provision would have.
Automated Decision Making
As a responsible company, we refrain from using automated decision-making processes or profiling.
This data protection declaration has been created by the datenschutz.de data protection consultant from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Datenschutz e.V., in cooperation with the law firm WILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE | Rechtsanwälte and was Translatet to english via an Large Language Model.