Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy of schochauer ag
1. General Remarks
1.1 With this Data Protection Statement we, schochauer ag (hereafter «schochauer», «we» or «us»), describe how we collect and process personal data. Schochauer greatly values the processing of personal data in accordance with applicable law, its protection and secure handling.
1.2 The present Privacy Policy is in line with the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Although the GDPR is an EU regulation, it may, under certain circumstances, also apply in Switzerland. While this Privacy Policy is governed by Swiss law, it therefore also complies with the standards set by the GDPR.
2. Controller
2.1 The controller of all processing of personal data pursuant to this Privacy Policy is schochauer ag, Marktplatz 4, 9004 St. Gallen. Should you have any data protection-related concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time via our email address info@schochauer.ch or via phone at +41 71 227 84 84.
3. Collection and Processing of Personal Data
3.1 We only collect and process personal data in conformity with the applicable data protection laws, to the extent that such laws allow for it. In particular and primarily, we collect and process personal data that we obtain in connection with advising our clients or from business partners, in so far as such data is necessary for, and essential to, this process. To a limited extent, personal data is collected from persons visiting our homepage (schochauer.ch). In addition, we collect and use personal data in so far as you interact with us; for example, if you contact us, provide us with information or if you participate in one of our vents. To the extent permitted, we also use information from publicly accessible sources (e.g. land register, commercial register, debt enforcement register, press etc.) or receive such information from authorities or courts.
4. Security Measures and Storage
4.1 We take organisational, contractual and technical security measures in accordance with the current state of technology in order to ensure that data protection laws are complied with and to protect the data processed by us against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorised persons.
4.2 In principle, we store personal data for as long as it is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and processed, or for as long as we have a legitimate interest in storing the data; for example to defend or enforce legal claims. In addition, we store personal data at least for as long as there is a legal obligation to retain it.
5. Transfer of Data to Third Parties and Transfer of Data Abroad
5.1 We only pass on personal data to third parties to the extent permitted by data protection law, if this is necessary, for example, to fulfil contractual or statutory obligations or based on legitimate interests in the economic and effective operation of our business.
5.2 If we transfer data to a country without adequate legal data protection, we ensure an appropriate level of protection as legally required by way of using appropriate contracts (in particular on the basis of the standard contract clauses of the European Commission) or binding corporate rules or we rely on the statutory exceptions of consent, performance of contracts, the establishment, exercise or enforcement of legal claims, overriding public interests, published personal data or because it is necessary to protect the integrity of the persons concerned.
6. Collection of Data when Visiting our Website/Cookies
6.1 Each time a user accesses the website and each time a file is retrieved, data relating to this process is stored in a log file. Depending on the access protocol used, the protocol data record contains information with the following contents:
(i) IP address of the requesting computer,
(ii) Origin, language, operating system, device (PC, tablet PC or smartphone), browser and all add-ons used as well as resolution of the requesting computer,
(iii) Visitor source (Facebook, search engine or referring website),
(iv) Information on the visitor’s behaviour on the website (see also section 7 regarding Google Analytics).
6.2 We use «cookies» when you visit our website (schochauer.ch). Cookies are small text files that are stored on the user’s data carrier and store the settings and data for exchange with the schochauer system in the user’s browser. As a result, certain information no longer has to be provided when revisiting the website. The online offer is thus more user-friendly and efficient as it allows for recognition of the returning users. However, this will not make you identifiable for us. Cookies do not contain information which could directly identify the user. Furthermore, the “Google Analytics” analysis tool used by us also uses cookies.
The Website uses cookies to the following extent:
– Transient cookies (temporary use)
– Persistent cookies (temporally limited use)
– Third-party cookies (from third parties)
Transient cookies are automatically deleted when the user closes the browser. They include in particular session cookies. They store a so-called session ID, which can be used to assign various requests from the user’s browser to the shared session. This enables the recognition of the user’s computer when the user returns to the website. We use this type of cookie to ensure the operation and functionality of our website. The session cookies are deleted once the user logs out or closes the browser.
Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which may vary depending on the cookie. We use this type of cookie to enhance the usability of our website by storing user-specific settings.
Third party cookies are cookies that are set and collected by a third party.
If the user does not agree with the use of cookies, he can completely switch off the use of cookies in the settings of the respective browser program. Moreover, cookies can also be deleted manually or automatically. The user can also refuse to accept third party cookies in the security settings of his browser. If cookies are switched off, individual functions of the website may no longer function.
7.Google Analytics
7.1 Our website uses Google Analytics. This is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies which enable us to analyse the use of the website and with the help of which we can in particular compile reports on website activity. The information generated by the cookie about the use of our website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google complies with the data protection provisions of the “EU-U.S. Privacy Shield” agreement and is registered with the “EU-U.S. Privacy Shield” program of the U.S. Department of Commerce (details on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and on individual registrations can be found at www.privacyshield.gov). However, if IP anonymisation is activated on our website, Google will first shorten the IP address of the user within Switzerland or within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (depending on the specific situation). Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google uses this information on behalf of schochauer in order to evaluate the use of the website by the user, to compile reports on the website activities and to provide further services associated with the use of the website and the Internet to us as the operator of the website.
7.2 The IP address transmitted by the user’s browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. We would like to point out that on this website, Google Analytics has been extended by the code “ga(‘set’, ‘ano-nymizeIp’, true)” in order to guarantee an anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). This shortens the processing of IP addresses, thus excluding direct personal references.
7.3 The user can prevent the use of cookies by correspondingly changing the respective settings in his browser software. As a consequence, however, under certain circumstances not all function of the website may be fully available. In addition, the user can prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookies and related to the use of the website by the user (including IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by installing the browser plug-in available at the URL https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
7.4 Google Analytics is operated by Google Inc., Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. For more information about Google Analytics privacy policy, please visit: http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html.
8. Integration of Additional Third-Party Services
8.1 The following third party services are included on our website:
– Maps of the “Google Maps” service of the third party provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/.
– External fonts from Google, LLC, https://www.google.com/fonts (“Google Fonts”). The integration of the Google Fonts takes place by a server call with Google (usually in the USA). Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.
– We use a so-called “Content Delivery Network” (CDN), offered by priority LLC, Faerberstrasse 9, 8832 Wollerau, Germany. A CDN is a service with the help of which contents of our on-line offer, in particular pictures, diagrams, JavaScripts etc., are delivered faster with the help of regionally distributed servers connected via the internet. The processing of user data is carried out solely for this purpose and to maintain the security and functionality of the CDN service. The privacy policy of priority LLC can be found at https://www.keycdn.com/privacy.
9. Your Rights
9.1 Within the framework of the data protection law applicable to you, you principally have the right to information, rectification, deletion, the right to restrict data processing and the right to object to data processing. You are also entitled to revoke any consent you have given us for processing your data at any time, whereby this revocation has no effect on data processing that has already taken place. Under certain circumstances you may also be entitled to the disclosure of personal data for the purpose of data portability. In order to exercise your rights it is in any case necessary that you unambiguously prove your identity to us.
9.2 In individual cases, we reserve the right to assert any statutory restrictions on your rights, e.g. if we are legally obliged to keep your data or if we have a legitimate interest in further storing or processing the data, namely to enforce legal claims.
10. Changes to this Privacy Policy
10.1 We reserve the right to amend, supplement or replace this data protection declaration in whole or in part at any time and without prior notice. The data protection declaration published on our website is valid in each case. If necessary, we therefore recommend that you regularly inform yourself about the current version of the Privacy Policy on our website.
Last updated: 24. September 2019
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