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In this privacy policy, we provide information on what personal data we collect, process and use in relation to our website www.highwattage.ch and our other offers, as well as what rights data subjects have.
It is generally possible to use our website without providing personal data. However, if you wish to make use of a special service provided by our company via our website, it may be necessary to process your personal data.
This website is subject to the Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and takes into account the key points of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union (EU).
Ruedi Brunner
Buchenmühle 614
9053 Teufen
T +41 79 635 77 53
ruedi@highwattage.ch
www.highwattage.ch
Ruedi Brunner
T +41 79 635 77 53
ruedi@highwattage.ch
We endeavor to protect your data securely in accordance with the applicable data protection laws and the technical possibilities. Personal data is generally transmitted in encrypted form. We use the SSL encryption system, but we would like to point out that the transmission of data via the Internet (e.g. by e-mail) can have security gaps.
This privacy policy is regularly updated and adapted to the applicable laws and the services we offer. The current privacy policy applies in each case.
Special, supplementary or additional data protection declarations or other legal documents such as General Terms and Conditions (GTC), Terms of Use or Conditions of Participation may apply to certain offers and services.
By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of data in accordance with the following description.
Personal data is all information that relates to an identified or identifiable person. This can be, for example, a person’s name, address, e-mail address or telephone number. A data subject is a person about whom personal data is processed. Processing includes any handling of personal data, irrespective of the means and procedures used, in particular the storage, disclosure, acquisition, erasure, retention, modification, destruction and use of personal data.
We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law. If and insofar as the EU GDPR is applicable, we also process personal data on the following legal bases in conjunction with Art. 6 (1) GDPR:
lit. a) Processing of personal data with the consent of the data subject.
lit. b) Processing of personal data for the performance of a contract with the data subject and for the implementation of corresponding pre-contractual measures.
lit. c) Processing of personal data for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject under applicable EU law or under applicable law of a country in which the GDPR is applicable in whole or in part.
lit. d) Processing of personal data to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person.
lit. f) Processing of personal data for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the fundamental freedoms and rights and interests of the data subject. The legitimate interests include, in particular, our business interest in being able to provide our website, information security, the enforcement of our own legal claims and compliance with Swiss law.
We only process the personal data required to provide our services in a secure, reliable and user-friendly manner. This includes inventory and contact data, browser and device data, content data, meta and marginal data, usage data, location data, sales, contract and payment data.
As a rule, we only process personal data with the consent of the data subject, unless the processing is permitted on other legal grounds, such as for the performance of a contract or to protect our legitimate interests. We also process data that we receive from third parties, from publicly accessible sources or when providing our offer, insofar as this is legally permissible.
We process personal data for the period required for the respective purpose. In the case of longer-term storage obligations, due to legal and other obligations that we have, we restrict processing accordingly.
The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. As soon as the deadline has expired, we routinely delete the data unless it is still required for the fulfillment or initiation of contracts.
In accordance with the applicable laws, you have various rights with regard to your personal data. You can assert the following rights with our data protection officer:
Information about your stored data and the associated processing
Correction of incorrect personal data
Deletion of your stored data
Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations
Objection to the processing of your data
Data portability, i.e. receipt of the stored data in a machine-readable format, if you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with us
Although we take appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the protection of data, the processing of personal data on the Internet can always involve potential security risks. We therefore cannot guarantee complete data security.
Access to our online offer is via transport encryption (SSL / TLS, in particular with the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, abbreviated HTTPS). Most browsers indicate transport encryption with a padlock in the address bar.
Access to our online offering, like any other Internet use, is subject to monitoring by security authorities in Switzerland, the EU, the USA and other countries without any concrete suspicion. We have no direct influence on the processing of personal data by secret services, police and other security authorities.
In order to continuously improve the quality of our services, the following technologies are integrated into our website:
In certain cases we may use cookies. Cookies can be used to optimize the information and offers on our website for the benefit of users. Cookies enable us to recognize users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. You can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by making the appropriate setting in the Internet browser you are using and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies.
Google Analytics is a web analysis service. Our web analysis includes the anonymous collection, compilation and evaluation of data concerning the behavior of website visitors. Among other things, a web analysis service collects data about which third-party website a user came to our website from, which subpages of the website were accessed or how often and for how long a subpage was viewed. Google Analytics uses a cookie to record this information. As mentioned above, you can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by making the appropriate setting in the Internet browser you are using.
In order to display content correctly, we use script and font libraries (e.g. Google Web Fonts) on our website. Calling up a script or font library results in a connection being established to the library provider. It is possible that the operator of the library collects data from this connection.
We use an interface to geo-specific data from Google to visualize location-based information. Google records and uses data about the use of the map function. Information on the use of data by Google can be found in Google’s privacy policy.
Social plug-ins from various social network providers may be used on our website. The corresponding social networks use certain information via these plug-ins, which may also include personal data. If the data subject is logged into a social network at the same time as visiting our website, it can be assumed that personal data will be transmitted. We have no influence on which data is used. We ourselves do not use social plug-ins to record personal data. The privacy policies of the relevant social networks provide information about the collection, processing and use of personal data.
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, we store the information and contact details you provide in order to process your inquiry and answer any follow-up questions. We do not pass this data on to third parties without your consent.
The data entered in the contact form is processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time by sending us an informal message by e-mail. This does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out until the revocation.
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). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.
As part of an application process, we may collect and process personal data provided by applicants. This can also be done electronically, in particular if applicants submit their documents by e-mail or via an online form on our website.
We use third-party services in order to be able to provide our offer in a permanent, user-friendly, secure and reliable manner. Such services are also used to embed content in our website. Such services – for example hosting and storage services, video services and payment services – require your Internet Protocol (IP) address, as otherwise such services cannot transmit the corresponding content. Such services may be located outside Switzerland and the European Economic Area (EEA), provided that adequate data protection is guaranteed.
For their own security-related, statistical and technical purposes, third parties whose services we use may also process data in connection with our offer and from other sources – including cookies, log files and tracking pixels – in aggregated, anonymized or pseudonymized form.
You can subscribe to our company newsletter using the form or by e-mail. If possible, a confirmation e-mail will be sent to the registered e-mail address when the newsletter is sent for the first time using the double opt-in procedure.
You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time. There is a corresponding unsubscribe link in every newsletter. If this link is missing, please contact the person responsible for data protection on our website.
Our newsletter may contain a tracking pixel. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic that is embedded in such emails to enable log files to be recorded and analyzed. These are used to statistically evaluate the success or failure of online marketing campaigns. These are used to statistically evaluate the success or failure of online marketing campaigns.
We use the Mailchimp service to send newsletters. By subscribing to our newsletter, you agree that your e-mail address will be transmitted to Mailchimp in order to send you our newsletter. Your data will be processed by Mailchimp in accordance with the company’s regulations and the applicable data protection laws. Further information can be found in Mailchimp’s privacy policy at https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/.
We recommend that you familiarize yourself with Mailchimp’s privacy policy and data protection regulations before subscribing to our newsletter.
Please note that, as the provider of the website, we have no control over the processing of your data by Mailchimp and are not responsible for it.
The content contained on our website, such as texts, images, graphics and videos are subject to copyright protection. Any use, reproduction or distribution of this content without the express permission of the data protection officer, as the copyright holder, is prohibited. If you would like to use content on our website, please contact the data protection officer so that we can grant you the necessary permission. We accept no liability for the infringement of copyrights by third parties who use content on our website without our permission.
We assume no liability for the accuracy, timeliness, completeness or quality of the information provided on our website. Liability claims against us relating to material or immaterial damage caused by the use or non-use of the information provided or by the use of incorrect or incomplete information are fundamentally excluded, unless there is evidence of wilful intent or gross negligence on the part of the provider. We reserve the right to change, supplement or delete parts of the pages or the entire offer at any time without prior notice or to cease publication temporarily or permanently.
We assume no liability for the availability or operation of our website and are in particular not liable for damages resulting from the impossibility of use or from technical faults, unless these are based on intent or gross negligence on our part.
We accept no liability for the content of external links to which we merely refer. The operators of the linked pages are solely responsible for their content. By accessing our website, you expressly agree that we accept no liability for any damage that may arise from the use of our website or from accessing external links. This exclusion of liability applies to all damages and claims, regardless of whether they are based on direct or indirect damages, as well as consequential damages or damages resulting from loss of profit or other financial losses.
We reserve the right to amend our privacy policy at any time in order to adapt it to current legislation, technological developments or changes to our services. You will always find the current version of the privacy policy on our website. If important changes are made, we will inform you of these changes in an appropriate form.
If you wish to object to the collection, processing or use of your data by us in accordance with these data protection provisions as a whole or for individual measures, you can address your objection to the data protection officer listed at the beginning of the data protection declaration.
If you have any questions about data protection, please write an e-mail or address them directly to the data protection officer listed at the beginning of the privacy policy.