Privacy notice

An overview of data protection

General

The following gives a simple overview of what happens to your personal information when you visit our website. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy notice found below.

Data collection on our website

The data collected on this website are processed by the website owner.

How do we collect your data?

Some data are collected when you provide it to us. This could, for example, be data you enter on a contact form.

Other data are collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. These data are primarily technical data such as the browser and operating system you are using, or when you accessed the page. These data are collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data can be used to analyze how visitors use the site.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You always have the right to request information about your stored data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of its collection at no charge. You also have the right to request that it be corrected, blocked, or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in the privacy notice if you have further questions about the issue of privacy and data protection. You may also, of course, file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.

Third-party tools

When visiting our website, statistical analyses may be made of your surfing behavior. The analysis of your surfing behavior is anonymous, i.e. we will not be able to identify you from this data. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information can be found in the following privacy notice.

You can object to this analysis. We will inform you below about how to exercise your options in this regard.

General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The operator of this website takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy notice.

If you use this website, various pieces of personal data will be collected. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. This privacy notice explains what information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

Notice concerning the party responsible for this website

The party responsible for processing data on this website is:

Christoph Kugler
Zürcherstrasse 51 B
8426 Lufingen
Switzerland

The responsible party is the natural person who decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

Revocation of your consent to the processing of your data

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.

Right to file complaints with regulatory authorities

If there has been a breach of data protection legislation, the person affected may file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.

SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser’s address line when it changes from “http://” to “https://” and the lock icon is displayed in your browser’s address bar.

Information, blocking, deletion

As permitted by law, you have the right to be provided at any time with information free of charge about any of your personal data that is stored as well as its origin, the recipient and the purpose for which it has been processed. You also have the right to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in this privacy notice if you have further questions on the topic of personal data.

Accessibility to your data

We have taken the necessary measures in accordance with Art. 32 GDPR using appropriate technical measures to prevent unlawful access to the personal data stored. Furthermore, we consider the protection of personal data already in the development of this site by adhering to the principle of data protection through technology design and privacy-friendly default settings in accordance with Art. 25 GDPR.

Opposition to promotional emails

We hereby expressly prohibit the use of contact data published in the context of website privacy notice requirements with regard to sending promotional and informational materials not expressly requested. The website owner reserves the right to take specific legal action if unsolicited advertising material, such as email spam, is received.

Data collection on our website

Cookies

Some of our web pages use cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure.

All of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your visit. It is therefore not possible to recognize your browser when you next visit the site.

You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies so that you can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept or reject a cookie. Alternatively, your browser can be configured to automatically accept cookies under certain conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete cookies when closing your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Cookies which are necessary to allow electronic communications or to provide certain functions you wish to use are stored pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1, letter f GDPR (EU Regulation 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation) ). The website owner has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies to ensure an optimized service provided free of technical errors. If other cookies (such as those used to analyze your surfing behavior) are also stored, they will be treated separately in this privacy notice.

Server log files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in “server log files”. These include:

Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of the server request

These data will not be combined with data from other sources.

The log-file information will be stored for security reasons (e.g. to help detecting fraud attempts or manipulation to the content of this site).

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or for measures preliminary to a contract.

Contact form

Should you send us questions via the contact form, we will collect the data entered on the form, including the contact details you provide, to answer your question and any follow-up questions. We do not share this information without your permission.

We will, therefore, process any data you enter onto the contact form only with your consent per Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.

We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. after fulfilling your request). Any mandatory statutory provisions, especially those regarding mandatory data retention periods, remain unaffected by this provision.

Analytics

This website uses the open source web analytics service Matomo locally hosted. Matomo is set up in such a way that NO “cookies” are used. Matamo allows an analysis of the use of this website. For this purpose, the information generated about the use of this website is stored on our server. The IP address is anonymized before it is stored.

The storage of information is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website owner has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize its website.

The information generated Matamo about your use of this website will not be disclosed to third parties.

If you do not agree with the storage and use of your data, basically that you do not want to be "tracked" by websites, you can disable this feature in your browser.

Most browsers also offer a "Do-Not-Track option", which allows you to specify that you do not want to be "tracked" by websites. When this feature is enabled, the browser notifies advertising networks, websites, and applications that you do not want to be tracked for behavioral advertising, etc. Information and instructions on how to edit this option can be obtained at the following links, depending on your browser provider:

Mozilla Firefox: https://www.mozilla.org/en/firefox/dnt/
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17288/windows-internet-explorer-11-use-do-not-track
Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2790761?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/12.10/en/notrack.html
Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21416?locale=en_GB

In this case, an opt-out cookie will be stored in your browser to prevent Matomo from storing your usage data. If you delete your cookies, this will mean that the opt-out cookie will also be deleted. You will then need to reactivate it when you return to our site if you wish your activity not to be tracked.