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PRIVACY STATEMENT

of Mettler Entwickler AG

Schönbüelpark 10, 9016 St. Gallen

1. What is it all about?

In this privacy statement, we, Mettler Entwickler AG (hereinafter referred to as Mettler, we or us), explain how we collect and process personal data when you visit our website www.mettler-entwickler.ch (hereinafter referred to collectively as the website), use our services, in particular property development services, purchase or rent a property from us, when we enter into or conduct a business relationship with you as a business partner or with your employer and you carry out work for us in this context (e.g. building work, planning work, etc.) or supply or install products, etc., or when you deal with us in any other way.

Under certain circumstances, further privacy statements or other legal documents (such as property purchase agreements, rental agreements, contracts for work, general terms and conditions, terms and conditions of use or participation) may apply, which is why this is not an exhaustive description of our data processing in all cases.

Personal data refers to all information relating to an identified or identifiable person. Processing includes any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, in particular the retention, disclosure, procurement, collection, erasure, storage, modification, destruction and use of personal data.

If you provide us with the personal data of other persons (e.g. data of employees or family members), we assume that you have ensured that these persons are aware of this privacy statement, that this personal data is correct and that you will only provide us with their personal data if you are authorised to do so.

As a basic principle, we are subject to Swiss data protection law, which is why this privacy statement is primarily based on the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act (FADP). However, it depends on the specific individual case whether the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or other data protection laws might apply.

Mettler expressly guarantees compliance with the regulations on Swiss data protection. Mettler is committed to ensuring that systems, programmes, etc. which belong to it and over which it has influence are safe in accordance with the latest technical standards. Mettler protects the website and its associated systems by means of appropriate technical and organisational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution of its data by unauthorised persons.

Mettler undertakes not to pass on user data to third parties who are not involved with the fulfilment of the contract. Mettler can forward personal data to authorities in Switzerland and abroad as part of civil, administrative and criminal proceedings as long as a legally binding and enforceable judgement, decree or legal obligation exists. Processes on the system and call detail records are logged by Mettler or the third-party providers and stored within the legal scope and for the legal period.

2. Who is responsible?

Mettler Entwickler AG, Schönbüelpark 10, 9016 St. Gallen, is responsible for the data processing described here, unless otherwise specified in individual cases.

However, unless otherwise communicated, this privacy statement also applies to cases in which not Mettler but a Group company of the Mettler Group is the controller. In addition to Mettler, the Mettler Group includes the following companies in particular: MA Kemptthal Besitz AG, based in Lindau, Arrivée Projekt AG, based in Arbon, MON REPOS Erholungsheim Davos AG, based in Davos Dorf, Sitter Projekt AG, based in St. Gallen, LH&E Management AG, based in Opfikon, Kameha Grand Glattpark Betriebsgesellschaft mbH, based in Opfikon and First Property Development AG, based in St. Gallen (“Group companies”). This is particularly the case where your data is processed by such a Group company in connection with its own legal obligations or contracts or where you share data with such a Group company. In these cases, this Group company is the data controller and only if you share your data with other Group companies for their own purposes will these other Group companies also become data controllers.

The controller for data processing via this website is:

Mettler Entwickler AG
Schönbüelpark 10
9016 St. Gallen

Our data protection officer is

Alessandra Sia
Mettler Entwickler AG
Schönbüelpark 10
9016 St. Gallen

To assert your rights under data protection law or if you have any questions about the use, collection or processing of your personal data, please contact:

info-sg@mettler-entwickler.ch

3. How do we collect your data?

In principle, we process personal data that we receive from our clients (in particular contracting authorities, buyers and tenants) and other business partners (in particular planners, contractors, suppliers and tradespeople) as part of our business relationship with them and other persons involved, or that we collect from their users when operating our websites and other applications, in particular when interacting with our profiles on social networks.

We may also obtain certain data from publicly accessible sources (e.g. debt enforcement or commercial registers, land registers, media, the Internet including social media) or receive such data from other companies in our Group, our business partners, authorities and other third parties (e.g. internet analysis services, associations, credit agencies).

4. What data do we process?

We process the data that you transmit to us directly in connection with the use of our range of products and services and our business relationship, e.g. via forms, when using our website, in the context of communication with us or in connection with contracts (e.g. master and contact data, communication data, technical data, etc.), or which result from the use of our range of products and services or in connection with carrying out the business relationship (e.g. payment details and other contractual data or behavioural data). We also process data that you provide to us in connection with an application. Finally, we collect and process data about our partners, shareholders and other investors; in addition to contact and master data, this includes information for the relevant registers, as well as details regarding the exercise of their rights and the organisation of events (e.g. General Meetings).

In addition to this data, the categories of personal data that we may receive about you from third parties include in particular

  • Information in connection with your professional functions and activities (e.g. so that we can conclude and process transactions with your employer with your help);
  • Information about you in correspondence and meetings with third parties;
  • Information from public registers and credit reports (insofar as we conduct business with you personally, e.g. conclude a purchase or rental agreement);
  • Information that we may learn in connection with official and legal proceedings;
  • Information about you that people close to you (family, employer, advisor, legal representative, etc.) provide to us so that we can conclude or process contracts with you or with your involvement (e.g. references, your address for deliveries, powers of attorney, information on compliance with legal requirements such as anti-money laundering and export restrictions, information required for the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Immovable Property in Switzerland by Foreign Non-Residents (ANRA), information from banks, insurance companies, sales and other contractual partners of ours regarding the utilisation or provision of services by you (e.g. payments made, purchases made));
  • Personal data from the media and the Internet (if this is appropriate in the specific case, e.g. in the context of a job application, press review, marketing/sales, etc.), your addresses and, if applicable, interests and other socio-demographic data (for marketing);
  • Information and data related to the use of the website or the social media platforms we use are listed as follows.

If you only use the website for information purposes, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is necessary from a technical perspective for us to display our website to you and ensure stability and security:

  • IP address
  • Date and time of the enquiry
  • Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
  • Content of the request (specific page)
  • Access status/HTTP status code
  • Amount of data transferred in each case
  • Website from which the request comes
  • Browser
  • Operating system and its interface
  • Language and version of the browser software

After a technical evaluation, this data is immediately deleted. This data collection serves to protect our interests as part of our efforts to provide a correct presentation of our website offer, as well as in terms of security and confidentiality.

5. Why do we process your data and on what legal basis?

When we process personal data, we are particularly concerned with concluding, managing and processing our contracts with our clients (specifically contracting authorities, buyers and tenants) and business partners. This relates in particular to processing in the context of the development, planning and realisation of building projects, the offer and sale of real estate, a real estate valuation in connection with a development project and the holding of corresponding meetings as well as the letting of apartments and commercial premises for or with our clients and the purchase of products and services from our business partners, in particular planners, contractors and suppliers (insofar as the GDPR is applicable, this concerns Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR). In this context, we process your data in particular to

  • communicate with you and, for example, answer your enquiries, advise you or contact you in the event of any queries;
  • inform you about our products and services (information and marketing purposes) and for relationship management purposes. This can take the form of sending out newsletters, for example, but can also be done as part of marketing campaigns;

Your personal data may also be affected if you work for one of our clients or business partners (insofar as the GDPR is applicable, this concerns Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Our legitimate interest in these cases is to optimise the business relationship and to carry it out as efficiently as possible. We must also process certain data in order to fulfil our legal obligations domestically and abroad (insofar as the GDPR is applicable, this concerns Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR).

In addition, we also process personal data, where permitted and where we deem it appropriate, for the following purposes in which we (and in certain cases also third parties) have a legitimate interest corresponding to the purpose (insofar as the GDPR is applicable, this concerns Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR):

  • Offering and further developing our products, services, websites and other platforms on which we have a presence;
  • Communicating with third parties and processing their enquiries (e.g. applications, coordination-related enquires, media enquiries, authorities, etc.);
  • Examining and optimising needs analysis procedures for the purpose of direct client contact and collecting personal data from publicly accessible sources for the purpose of customer acquisition;
  • Advertising and marketing (including the organisation of events), unless you have objected to the use of your data (if we send you advertising as an existing client, you can object to this at any time and we will put you on a list of individuals who do not wish to receive advertising mailings);
  • Conducting market and opinion research, media monitoring;
  • Asserting legal claims and forming a defence in connection with legal disputes and official proceedings;
  • Preventing and investigating criminal offences and other misconduct (e.g. conducting internal investigations, data analyses to combat fraud);
  • Securing our operations, in particular IT, our websites and other platforms;
  • Safeguarding domiciliary rights and other measures for IT, building and facility security and protecting our employees and other persons and assets belonging to or entrusted to us (e.g. access controls, visitor lists, network and mail scanners, telephone recordings);
  • Purchasing and selling business divisions, companies or parts of companies and other transactions under company law and the associated transfer of personal data as well as measures for business management and compliance with legal and regulatory obligations and internal regulations of the Mettler Group.

If you have given us your consent to process your personal data for specific purposes (for example, when you register to receive newsletters), we will process your personal data within the scope of and based on this consent, unless we have another legal basis and require one (insofar as the GDPR is applicable, this concerns Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). Consent that has been given can be revoked at any time; however, this has no effect on data processing that has already taken place.

6. What happens to your data that is collected or processed in connection with the use of our website/social networks?

6.1. Website and cookies

We use “cookies” and similar technologies on our website to identify your browser or device.

Cookies are text files that are stored on your end device (PC, laptop, tablet or smartphone). These text files are downloaded by your browser the first time you visit our website. If you visit a website again with the same device or browser, the cookie and the information stored in it will either be sent back to the website that created it (known as first-party cookies) or sent to another website to which it belongs (known as third-party cookies). As a result, the website recognises that the same user has accessed the website and adapts the display of content on the website. In addition to cookies that are only used during a session and are deleted after your visit to the website (known as session cookies), cookies can also be used to store user settings and other information for a certain period of time (e.g. two years) (known as permanent cookies).

You have the option of setting your browser to reject cookies, save them for one session only or otherwise delete them prematurely. Most browsers are preset to accept cookies.

This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and function of which are explained below:

  • Strictly necessary cookies (type A)
  • Functional and performance cookies (type B)
  • Cookies requiring consent (type C)

Strictly necessary cookies (type A)

Strictly necessary cookies guarantee functions without which you cannot use our websites as intended. These cookies are used exclusively by us and are therefore first-party cookies. This means that all information stored in the cookies is sent back to our website.

Strictly necessary cookies are used, for example, to ensure that you as a registered user always remain logged in when accessing various subpages of our website and therefore do not have to re-enter your login details each time you access a new page.

Strictly necessary cookies may be used on our website without your consent. For this reason, strictly necessary cookies cannot be individually deactivated or activated. However, you have the option of generally deactivating cookies in your browser at any time (see below).

Functional and performance cookies (type B)

Functional cookies enable our website to save information already entered (such as registered name or language selection) and to offer you improved and more personalised functions based on this. These cookies only collect and store anonymised information, meaning they cannot track your movements on other websites.

Performance cookies collect information about how our websites are used in order to improve their appeal, content and functionality. These cookies help us, for example, to determine whether and which subpages of our website are visited and what content users are particularly interested in. In particular, we record the number of visits to a page, the number of sub-pages accessed, the time spent on our website, the order of the pages visited, which search terms led you to us, the country, the region and, if applicable, the city from which access is made, as well as the proportion of mobile devices accessing our websites. We also record movements, “clicks” and scrolling with the computer mouse in order to understand which areas of our website are of particular interest to users. As a result, we can tailor the content of our website more specifically to the needs of our users and optimise our offering. The IP address of your computer, which is transmitted for technical reasons, is automatically anonymised and does not allow us to draw any conclusions about the individual user.

You can object to the use of functional and performance cookies at any time by adjusting your cookie settings accordingly.

Cookies requiring consent (type C)

Cookies that are neither absolutely necessary (type A) nor functional or performance cookies (type B) are only used after you have given your consent.

We also reserve the right to use information that we have obtained by means of cookies from an anonymised analysis of the usage behaviour of visitors to our websites in order to show you specific advertising for our products on our own websites. We believe that you as a user benefit from this because we display advertising or content that we assume, based on your browsing behaviour, matches your interests, meaning you are shown less randomly scattered advertising or certain content that may be of less interest to you.

Marketing cookies originate from external advertising companies (third-party cookies) and are used to collect information about the websites visited by the user in order to create targeted advertising for them.

The processing of cookies is based on 45c lit. b of the Telecommunications Act (TCA).

Opt-out for marketing cookies

You can also manage cookies used for online advertising via the tools developed in many countries as part of self-regulatory programs, such as the US-based https://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU-based http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices.

Management and deletion of all cookies

We would like to point out that you can also configure your Internet browser so that the storage of cookies on your end device is generally prevented or you are asked each time whether you agree to the use of cookies. Once cookies have been set, you can also delete them at any time. You can find out how all this works in detail by visiting your browser’s help page.

6.2. Newsletters and marketing emails

By agreeing to receive newsletters and other marketing emails, you consent to the use of appropriate technologies. If you do not want this, you must configure your email programme accordingly. You can unsubscribe from newsletters and other marketing emails via the email programme.

6.3. Google Analytics

We sometimes use Google Analytics or similar services on our websites. This is a service provided by third parties, which may be located in any country in the world (in the case of Google Analytics, it is Google Ireland (based in Ireland); Google Ireland relies on Google LLC (based in the USA) as a processor (both “Google”), www.google.com) and with which we can measure and evaluate the use of the website (not personalised). Permanent cookies set by the service provider are also used for this purpose. If you have registered with the service provider yourself, the service provider also knows you. The processing of your personal data by the service provider is then the responsibility of the service provider and is carried out in accordance with its data protection provisions. The service provider only informs us how our respective website is used (it does not provide information about you personally).

We have concluded a so-called data processing contract with Google for our use of Google Analytics 4, which obliges Google to protect the data of our website users and not to pass it on to third parties. The provider has signed the standard contractual clauses of the prevailing EU data protection regulations recognised by the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) (https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/...).

Further legal information on Google Analytics 4 can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy and at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites .

We would like to point out that you can reject cookies. You can also deactivate them at any time in your web browser.

6.4. Social networks

We have a presence on social networks to inform interested parties about our services and to communicate with them if necessary. If you interact with our profiles on these social networks, we may process certain personal data about you. However, when using these social networks, the general terms and conditions (GTC), terms of use, data protection declarations and other provisions of the individual network operators also apply.

YouTube

We have integrated videos from the provider YouTube, Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland, into our online offering; these are stored on http://www.YouTube.com and can be played directly from our website. We have no influence on this data transmission. The processing serves marketing purposes.

By visiting the website, YouTube receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. This takes place regardless of whether YouTube provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish for your data to be assigned to your profile on YouTube, you must log out before activating the button. YouTube stores your data as user profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or needs-based website design. Such an analysis is also carried out (even for users who are not logged in) to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact YouTube to exercise this right.

In this context, user data may be processed on systems outside Switzerland. Data transfers abroad can be based on the principles of Art. 17 of the Federal Data Protection Act (FADP). Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by YouTube can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy. There you will also find further information on your rights and setting options to protect your privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Instagram

We operate a page on the Instagram platform, which can be accessed via a link on our website. The provider of the platform is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Hanover Reach, 5-7 Hanover Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland.

We would like to point out that you use this Instagram page and its functions under your own responsibility. This applies in particular to the use of interactive functions (e.g. commenting or rating). 

When you visit our Instagram page, Instagram collects, among other things, your IP address and other information that is stored on your PC in the form of cookies. This information is used to provide us, as the operator of the Instagram pages, with statistical information about the use of the Instagram page.

In this context, user data may be processed on systems outside Switzerland. Data transfers abroad can be based on the principles of Art. 17 FADP.

What information Instagram receives and how it is used is described in general terms by the provider Meta Platforms in its privacy policy. There you will also find information on how to contact Instagram and the settings options for adverts.

How Instagram uses the data from visits to Instagram pages for its own purposes, to what extent activities on the Instagram page are assigned to individual users, how long Instagram stores this data and whether data from a visit to the Instagram page is passed on to third parties is not conclusively and clearly stated by Instagram and is not known to us.

When you access an Instagram page, the IP address assigned to your device is transmitted to Instagram. According to Instagram, this IP address is anonymised and deleted after 90 days. Instagram also stores information about its users’ end devices (for example, as part of the “login notification” function); hence, Instagram may be able to assign IP addresses to individual users.

If you are currently logged in to Instagram as a user, a cookie with your Instagram ID is stored on your device. This enables Instagram to track your visit to this page and your use of it. This also applies to all other Instagram pages.

Instagram’s privacy policy is available via the following link: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875.

LinkedIn

We have integrated a link to the LinkedIn portal on our website. The professional network “LinkedIn” is operated by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

We have our own company page on LinkedIn. This serves as an active and modern way to address potential employees in a professional environment. On this page we also share information about our company and present ourselves to the outside world.

Together with LinkedIn, we are responsible for the operation of the site and thus maintain a so-called “joint responsibility” towards the user. We have concluded a corresponding agreement with LinkedIn in accordance with Art. 33 FADP.

In this context, user data may be processed on systems outside Switzerland. Data transfers abroad can be based on the principles of Art. 17 FADP.

For detailed information on the processing and use of data by us and by LinkedIn, as well as details on how to get in touch, your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to LinkedIn’s data protection information:

https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

6.5. Other services used

We also use the services of Google Tag Manager, Hotjar, Google Ads and Google reCAPTCHA.

Hotjar

The provider is Hotjar Ltd, 3 Lyons Range, 20 Bisazza Street, Sliema SLM 1640, Malta.

By using Hotjar, we are able to analyse user behaviour on the website more precisely and further optimise the website. The information collected (mouse cursor movement, clicks, scrolling movement) is transmitted to Hotjar in anonymised form. Inputted information is made unrecognisable on our website and before the data is transmitted to Hotjar. Hotjar, for its part, creates reports from this information, which are made available to us for analysis and evaluation. Hotjar stores a cookie on the user’s computer in order to be able to analyse users and their use of our website across different pages.

Further information on data protection can be found at https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy.

Google Ads

Our website uses Google Ads, an online advertising service provided in cooperation with Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States. The purpose is for us as advertisers to navigate visitors to our website by specifically addressing a target group.

We also use Google conversion tracking within this online advertising programme. After clicking on a Google advert, a cookie is placed for the purpose of conversion tracking. These cookies, which can be described as small databases, are stored on your device by your web browser. The cookie enables Google and us to recognise that you have clicked on an ad and visited our website.

Each Google Ads customer receives a unique cookie that cannot be tracked by other Ads customers. Conversion cookies are only used to generate conversion statistics for Ads customers who use conversion tracking. These statistics show how many users click on the adverts and are redirected to pages with the conversion tracking tag. However, no information is provided that enables users to be personally identified. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can object to its use by deactivating the conversion cookie in your browser settings. As a result, you will not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

Google has signed the standard contractual clauses of the prevailing EU data protection regulations recognised by the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) (https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/...).

For more information about Google Ads and Google conversion tracking, please refer to Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/policies....

Google Tag Manager

We use Google Tag Manager. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

With the Google tag management solution, you have the option of managing the use of website tags for marketing purposes via an intuitive user interface. The Tag Manager is solely responsible for monitoring how tags are triggered. With regard to these specific third-party providers, corresponding explanations are available in their data protection guidelines. However, this information is not used by the Google Tag Management platform. If you have deactivated cookies or made other adjustments, these settings will be taken into account for all tracking tags used with the help of Google Tag Manager, which means that the tool will not make any changes to your cookie settings.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use the reCAPTCHA service from Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA, to ensure sufficient data security in the submission of forms.

This is primarily used to distinguish whether the submission has been made by a natural person or abusively by machine and automated processing. The service necessitates that your IP address and possibly other personal data be sent to Google. The deviating data protection provisions of Google Inc. apply here. Further information on the data protection guidelines of Google Inc. can be found at: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.

We would like to point out that you can reject cookies from these providers at any time. You can also deactivate them at any time in your web browser.

7. Who do we share your data with?

Within the scope of our business activities and the purposes stated in Section 5, we may also disclose your data to third parties, insofar as this is permitted and appears appropriate to us. This transfer takes place either because these recipients process the data for us (known as processors) or because they want to use the data for their own purposes. We may send data to the following categories of recipients in particular:

  • Service providers of ours (such as trustees, accountants, auditors, consulting companies, printers, banks, payment service providers if necessary, insurance companies, legal advisers, mail order companies, advertising service providers, property marketing platforms, external property management companies, cleaning companies, security companies, etc.), including processors (such as software, IT and storage providers);
  • Dealers, suppliers, contractors, planners and other business partners;
  • Customers;
  • Domestic and foreign authorities, official bodies or courts;
  • Media, the general public, including visitors to websites and social media channels;
  • Competitors, industry organisations, associations, organisations and other bodies;
  • Acquirers or parties interested in acquiring business divisions, companies or other parts of the company;
  • Other parties in potential or actual legal proceedings;
  • Other companies in the Mettler Group;

These recipients are generally located in Switzerland and the European Economic Area (EEA), but can also be anywhere in the world. In particular, you must consent to the transfer of your data to other countries in Europe and the USA, where the service providers we use are located (e.g. Microsoft, SAP, Google).

If a recipient is located in a country without adequate statutory data protection, we contractually oblige the recipient to comply with the applicable data protection regulations (for this, we use the revised standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, which are available here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj?), unless the recipient is already subject to a legally recognised set of rules to ensure data protection and we cannot rely on an exemption clause. An exception may apply in particular in the case of legal proceedings abroad, but also in cases of overriding public interests or if the fulfilment of a contract requires such disclosure, if you have given your consent or if the data in question has been made generally accessible by you and you have not objected to its processing.

8. How long do we store your data?

Your personal data will be processed and stored by us as long as it is necessary for the fulfilment of our contractual and legal obligations or otherwise for the purposes pursued with the processing (e.g. as long as there is an interest in our newsletters and you do not unsubscribe from them). For example, we process your personal data for the duration of the entire contractual or business relationship (from the initiation and execution to the termination of a contract) and beyond in accordance with statutory retention and documentation obligations. It is possible that personal data may be stored for the period in which claims can be asserted against our company and to the extent that we are otherwise legally obliged to do so or legitimate business interests require this (e.g. for evidence and documentation purposes). As soon as your personal data is no longer required for the above-mentioned purposes, it will be deleted or anonymised as far as possible as a basic principle. For operational data (e.g. system protocols, logs), shorter retention periods of twelve months or less generally apply.

9. How do we protect your data?

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data. This relates in particular to protection against unauthorised access and misuse, such as the issuing of directives, training, IT and network security solutions, access controls and restrictions, encryption of data carriers and transmissions, checks.

Despite these security precautions taken by us, the processing of personal data, especially when using the Internet, is always associated with certain risks and security gaps – absolute data security can therefore not be guaranteed.

10. Why are you required to provide us with certain data?

Without certain personal data, it is generally not possible for us to conclude or execute the contractual relationship with you or the body or person you represent and to fulfil our contractual or, in some cases, legal obligations. We therefore rely on you to provide us with certain personal data that is necessary for the establishment and implementation of our contractual relationship and the fulfilment of the associated contractual obligations. Use of the website is also not possible if certain information for securing data traffic (such as IP address) is not disclosed.

11. Do we carry out profiling or do we make automated decisions?

Within the scope of the data protection law applicable to you and to the extent provided for therein (such as in the case of the GDPR), you have the right to access, rectification, erasure, the right to restrict data processing and the right to object to our data processing, in particular for the purposes of direct marketing and other legitimate interests in processing, as well as to the disclosure of certain personal data for the purpose of transfer to another body.

Please note, however, that we reserve the right to assert the restrictions provided for by law, for example if we are obliged to store or process certain data, have an overriding interest in doing so (insofar as we are entitled to invoke this) or need it for the assertion of claims.

If you incur any costs, we will inform you in advance. We have already informed you about the possibility to withdraw your consent in Section 5. Please note that exercising these rights may conflict with contractual agreements and may have consequences such as premature termination of the contract or cost implications. In these cases, we will inform you in advance if this is not already contractually regulated.

If you wish to exercise such rights, we must identify you accordingly, for example by means of a copy of your identity card, unless your identity can otherwise be clearly identified.

To assert your rights, you can contact us at the address given in Section 1.

In addition to asserting these rights directly with us, every data subject has the right to enforce their claims in court or to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority. In Switzerland, the competent data protection authority is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC): http://www.edoeb.admin.ch.

12. What rights do you have in connection with your data?

We may amend and supplement this privacy statement at any time without prior notice. The current version published on our website at any given time applies. If the privacy statement is part of an agreement with you, we will inform you of the change by email or other suitable means, in particular publication on our website, in the event of an update.

Children

Our products and services are generally aimed at adults. Persons under the age of 18 should not transmit any personal data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians.

Legal effectiveness

If sections or individual terms of this statement do not, no longer or do not fully correspond to the applicable legal position, the content and validity of the other parts of the statement remain uninfluenced by this fact.

Data protection information for applicants

We are delighted that you are interested in us and that you are applying or have applied for a position at our company. We would like to provide you with the following information on the processing of your personal data in connection with your application.

What personal data do we process? And for what purposes?

We process the data that you have sent us in connection with your application in order to check your suitability for the position (or any other vacancies within our company) and to carry out the application process.

What is the legal basis for this?

The processing of data required in connection with making a decision as to whether to establish an employment relationship is authorised.

How long will the data be stored?

If an applicant is rejected, their data will be deleted after six months. In the event that you have granted consent for your personal data to be stored for longer, we will transfer your data to our applicant pool. The data will then be deleted from there after two years.

If you have been accepted for a position as part of the application process, the data from the applicant data system will be transferred to our personnel information system.

To which recipients is the data passed on?

Your application data will be reviewed by the HR department after receipt of your application. Suitable applications are then forwarded internally to the department managers for the respective vacancy. The next steps are then agreed. Within the company, only those persons who need it for the proper course of our application procedure have access to your data.

Where is the data processed?

The data is processed exclusively in data centres in Switzerland.