Data privacy statement

Thank you for your interest in our website. Protection of your personal data during collection, processing and use arising from your visit to our website is an important concern for us.

Personal data

Personal information can be used to ascertain your identity. This includes your name, address, postal address and phone number. It does not include information which cannot be associated with your identity (such as number of users of a website). In principle, you can use our online offer without disclosing your identity.

When you request information, make reservations or issue other inquiries, we ask for your name and other personal information. You are free to decide whether you want to provide these data. We store your data on specially protected servers in Pfäffikon in Switzerland. Only a few authorized persons have access to these servers. They are responsible for technical, commercial and editorial management of the servers and their contents.

Relay of personal data to third parties

We use your personal information only to respond to your inquiries. Under no circumstances are the acquired data sold or relayed for other reasons to third parties.

Newsletter

This website uses Worldsoft Business Suite (WBS) for sending newsletters. The provider is Worldsoft AG, Churerstrasse 158, 8808 Pfäffikon, Switzerland.

Worldsoft Business Suite (WBS) is a service which makes it possible, for example, to organize and analyze the dispatch of newsletters. Data entered by you as part of newsletter subscription are stored on the servers of Worldsoft AG.

The e-mail address you specified when signing up for the newsletter is used for our own advertising purposes until you cancel the newsletter again. Cancellation is possible at any time.

Data analysis by WBS

When we send a newsletter with the help of WBS, we can determine whether a newsletter message was opened and which links, if any, were clicked on.

WBS also allows us to assign newsletter subscribers to different categories (known as tagging). Newsletter recipients can be classified, for example, according to gender, personal preferences (e.g. vegetarian or non-vegetarian) or customer relationship (e.g. actual or potential customer).

This allows better adaptation of newsletters to various target groups. More information is available at:

https://www.worldsoft.info/5243/wbs

If you want no analysis by WBS, you must therefore cancel your newsletter subscription. For this purpose, we provide a corresponding link in every newsletter message.

Use of cookies

Internet cookies are small pieces of data saved by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. Our website makes use of cookies. Such cookies are necessary so you can move freely on the website and make use of its functions. This includes, for example, access to the website’s secure areas. For technical reasons, cookies are also necessary for placing orders by means of the shopping-cart function.

Most browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. You can deactivate storage of cookies, however, or you can set your browser so that it notifies you as soon as cookies are sent.

This website was created with Worldsoft CMS. Depending on the employed modules, Worldsoft CMS uses the cookies listed next:

usercookie: 365 days – registered user

session_name: 15 minutes – session

wslanguage: 15 minutes – selected language

install_language*: 15 minutes – CMS installation language

ws_delayedPopup_*: 1825 days – show popup just once

wspollsvoterid: 30 days – survey/only one response possible

reseller_nr: 90 days – determination of reseller

wsshopbasketid: 30 days – shop module/shopping cart

wsvote_* 15 minutes – voting module for initial suppliers

Links to other websites

Our online offer contains links to other websites. We have no control over whether their operators comply with data protection regulations.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, i.e. text files stored on your computer to enable analysis of website usage by you. The information generated by cookies about your use of the website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Google servers in the USA and stored there. Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity for website operators, and provide further services relating to website traffic and Internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if required to do so by law, or if such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will on no account associate your IP address with other data stored by Google. You can prevent installation of cookies by appropriately setting your browser software; in this case, however, please note that you might not be able to fully use all functions offered by this website. By using this website, you consent to processing of your data by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Facebook plug-ins

Our website makes use of social plug-ins of the social network Facebook, operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). The plugins are identified by a Facebook logo, or the supplement “Facebook social plug-in. An overview of Facebook plug-ins and their appearance is provided here:

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins

When you invoke one our website’s pages containing such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection to Facebook’s servers. The contents of the plug-in are delivered from Facebook directly to your browser and integrated into the web page. Via this integration, Facebook is notified that your browser has invoked the corresponding page of our website, even if you don’t have a Facebook profile or are not presently logged into Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted from your browser directly to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged into Facebook, it can directly associate invocation of our website with your Facebook profile. When you interact with plug-ins, for example, by actuating the “LIKE” button or posting a comment, this information is also sent directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is furthermore published on your Facebook profile and shown to your Facebook friends.

The purpose and scope of data collection, further processing and use of such data by Facebook, as well as your rights and setting options to protect your privacy are described in Facebook’s data privacy policy:

http://www.facebook.com/policy.php

If you do not want Facebook to directly associate data collected about you via our website with your Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent loading of Facebook plug-ins with add-ons for your browser, for example, with the “Facebook blocker” ( http://webgraph.com/resources/facebookblocker/ ).

Google+ plug-ins (e.g. “+1” button)

Our website makes use of social plug-ins of the social network Google+, operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). The plug-ins are identifiable, for example, by way of buttons bearing the “+ 1” sign against a white or coloured background. An overview of Google plug-ins and their appearance is provided here:

https://developers.google.com/+/plugins

When you invoke one of our website’s pages containing such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection to Google’s servers. The contents of the plug-in are delivered from Google directly to your browser and integrated into the web page. Via this integration, Google is notified that your browser has invoked the corresponding page of our website, even if you don’t have a Google+ profile or are not presently logged into Google+. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted from your browser directly to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged into Google+, your visit to our website can be directly associated with your Google+ profile. When you interact with plug-ins, for example, by actuating the “+1” button, the corresponding information is also sent directly to a Google server and stored there. The information is furthermore published on Google + and displayed to your contacts there.

The purpose and scope of data collection, further processing and use of such data by Google, as well as your rights and setting options to protect your privacy are described in Google’s data privacy policy:

https://developers.google.com/+/web/buttons-policy

If you do not want Google to directly associate data collected about you via our website with your Google+ profile, you must log out of Google+ before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent loading of Google plug-ins with add-ons for your browser, for example, with the script blocker named “NoScript” ( http://noscript.net/ ).

Twitter plug-ins (e.g. “Tweet” button)

Our website makes use of social plug-ins of the micro-blogging service Twitter, operated by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St., Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (“Twitter”). The plug-ins are identified by a Twitter logo, for example, in the form of a blue “Twitter bird”. An overview of Twitter plug-ins and their appearance is provided here:

https://twitter.com/about/resources/buttons

When you invoke one our website’s pages containing such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection to Twitter’s servers. The contents of the plug-in are delivered from Twitter directly to your browser and integrated into the web page. Via this integration, Twitter is notified that your browser has invoked the corresponding page of our website, even if you don’t have a Twitter profile or are not presently logged into Twitter. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted from your browser directly to a Twitter server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged into Twitter, it can directly associate invocation of our website with your Twitter account. When you interact with plug-ins, for example, by actuating the “Tweet” button, the corresponding information is also sent directly to a Twitter server and stored there. The information is furthermore published on your Twitter account and displayed to your contacts there.

The purpose and scope of collection, further processing and use of such data by Twitter, as well as your rights and setting options to protect your privacy are described in Twitter’s data privacy policy:

https://twitter.com/privacy

If you do not want Twitter to directly associate data collected about you via our website with your Twitter account, you must log out of Twitter before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent loading of Twitter plug-ins with add-ons for your browser, for example, with the script blocker named “NoScript” ( http://noscript.net/ ).

AddThis plug-ins (e.g. “Share” button)

Our website makes use of social plug-ins of the bookmarking service AddThis, operated by AddThis LLC, Inc. 8000 Westpark Drive, Suite 625, McLean, VA 2210, USA (“AddThis”). The plugins are usually identified by an AddThis logo, for example, in the form of a white plus sign against an orange background. An overview of AddThis plugins and their appearance is provided here:

https://www.addthis.com/get/sharing

When you invoke one of our web pages containing such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection to the servers of AddThis. The plug-in’s contents are delivered by AddThis directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Via this integration, AddThis is notified that your browser has invoked a web page of ours, and saves a cookie on your terminal device for the purpose of identifying your browser. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted from your browser directly to an AddThis server in the USA and stored there. AddThis uses the data to create anonymous user profiles serving as a basis for personalized and interest-based advertising directed at visitors of web pages with AddThis plug-ins.

The purpose and scope of data collection as well as further processing and use of the data by AddThis are described in the data privacy policy of AddThis:

http://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy

If you want to revoke data collection by AddThis for the future, you can use an opt-out cookie which can be downloaded from the following link:

http://www.addthis.com/privacy/opt-out

You can also completely prevent loading of AddThis plug-ins with add-ons for your browser, for example, with the script blocker named “NoScript” ( http://noscript.net/ ).

reCAPTCHA

To safeguard inquiries via Internet forms, we use the reCAPTCHA service of Google Inc. (Google). This kind of query is used to distinguish whether input is performed by a human, or maliciously by means of automated, mechanical processing. The query includes dispatch of the IP address and, if necessary, additional data needed by Google for the  reCAPTCHA service. For this purpose, your input is communicated to Google and utilized further there. However, your IP address is truncated beforehand by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other states which are party to the agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is a full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of this website’s operator, Google uses this information to evaluate your use of this service. The IP address sent from your browser within the framework of reCAPTCHA is not merged with other data by Google. Different data protection regulations of Google apply to such data. More information about the data privacy policy of Google can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Protection of minors

Children and persons less than 18 years of age should not submit any personal data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians.

Legal basis

Data are processed on the basis of your consent according to Article 6 Paragraph 1 Item a) of GDPR. You may withdraw this consent at any time. Withdrawal does not influence the legality of previous data processing operations.

Storage duration

Your data which we register for the purpose of newsletter subscription are stored until you cancel your newsletter subscription, and deleted afterward from our servers as well as the servers of Worldsoft AG. This does not influence data saved by us for other purposes (such as e-mail addresses for the members’ area).

More details are provided by the data privacy policy of Worldsoft AG at: https://www.worldsoft.info/5765