Pursuant to Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the federal data protection provisions (Data Protection Act, DSG), every person has the right to the protection of their privacy and to protection against the 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 statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

In collaboration with our hosting providers, we make every effort to protect our databases as effectively as possible against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or tampering.

Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may be vulnerable to security breaches. It is therefore not possible to guarantee complete protection of data against access by third parties.

By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of data in accordance with the description below. In principle, this website can be visited without registration. In doing so, data such as the pages accessed or the names of the files retrieved, along with the date and time, are stored on the server for statistical purposes, without this data being directly linked to you personally. Personal data, in particular your name, address or email address, is collected on a voluntary basis wherever possible. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent.

Personal data refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. A data subject is a person in respect of whom personal data is processed. Processing encompasses any handling of personal data, regardless of the means or methods used, including in particular the collection, disclosure, acquisition, erasure, storage, alteration, destruction and use of personal data.

We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law. Furthermore, where and to the extent that the GDPR applies, we process personal data in accordance with the following legal bases in connection with Article 6(1) of the GDPR:

• (a) Processing of personal data with the consent of the data subject.

• (b) Processing of personal data for the purpose of fulfilling a contract with the data subject and for taking appropriate pre-contractual measures.

• (c) Processing of personal data to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject under any applicable EU law or under any applicable law of a country in which the GDPR applies in whole or in part.

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

• (f) Processing of personal data to safeguard our legitimate interests or those of third parties, unless the fundamental rights and freedoms and interests of the data subject take precedence. Legitimate interests include, in particular, our commercial 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 as long as is necessary for the relevant purpose or purposes. Where we are subject to longer retention periods due to legal or other obligations, we restrict our processing accordingly.

This website uses cookies. These are small text files that enable specific, user-related information to be stored on the user’s device whilst they are using the website. Cookies allow us, in particular, to determine the frequency of use and the number of users of the pages, to analyse usage patterns, and also to make our website more user-friendly. Cookies remain stored after the end of a browser session and can be retrieved when you visit the site again. If you do not wish this to happen, you should set your internet browser to refuse cookies.

A general objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can be lodged with a wide range of services, particularly in the case of tracking, via the US website http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU website http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. Furthermore, the storage of cookies can be prevented by disabling them in your browser settings. Please note that this may mean that not all functions of this website can be used.

This website uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential information, such as the enquiries you send to us as the website operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address bar in your browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the padlock icon in your browser bar.

If SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you send to us cannot be intercepted by third parties.

The provider of this website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type and browser version

• operating system used

• Referrer URL

• Hostname of the connecting computer

• Time of the server request

This data cannot be linked to specific individuals. This data is not combined with other data sources. We reserve the right to review this data at a later date should we become aware of specific evidence of unlawful use.

This website may use Google Maps to embed maps, Google Invisible reCAPTCHA to protect against bots and spam, and YouTube to embed videos.

These services provided by the US-based company Google LLC use cookies, amongst other things, and as a result, data is transferred to Google in the USA. We assume that, in this context, no personal tracking takes place solely as a result of using our website.

Google has committed to ensuring an adequate level of data protection in accordance with the US-EU and US-Swiss Privacy Shield frameworks.

Further information can be found in Google’s privacy policy.