We protect your privacy and your personal data. Our processing of personal data from our users is limited to the data required to provide a functional website, our content and services, as well as for anonymized statistical analyses. We collect, process, and use your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the applicable data protection regulations, in particular the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP). This Privacy Policy explains which personal data we collect, process, and use about you. We therefore ask you to read the following information carefully.
1. Responsible
ELBET Holding AG
Weidstrasse 16
9220 Bischofszell
Phone: +41 71 424 25 15
Email: info@elbet.ch
ELBET Holding AG (hereinafter: “we”) is the operator of the website www.elbet.ch and is responsible for the personal data of the users (hereinafter: “you”) of the website in accordance with the currently applicable data protection law.
2. Description and scope of data processing and storage period
2.1 Personal data within the meaning of this Privacy Policy includes all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “data subject”). This particularly includes your name, email address, postal address, and telephone number.
2.2 Personal data also includes information about your use of our website. In this context, we collect personal data from you as follows: information about your visits to our website, such as the volume of data transferred, the location from which you access our website, as well as other connection data and sources that you access. This generally occurs through the use of log files and cookies. Further information about log files and cookies can be found below.
2.3 The data you enter in the contact form is stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. For this purpose, a valid email address, your phone number, and your name are required. These details allow us to assign your inquiry and respond to it. Providing additional information is optional.
2.4 If we collect your IP address, it will only be stored for the duration of your use of the website and then deleted or anonymized immediately thereafter. The remaining data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose of collection. This is generally the case when the respective session has ended or once we have completed processing your contact form request.
3. Purpose of use
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
3.1 To provide the services you have requested via the contact form;
3.2 To ensure that our website is presented to you in the most effective and attractive way possible;
3.3 To inform you about changes to our services.
4. Principles of data processing
When processing data, we observe the principles of lawfulness, proportionality, purpose limitation, transparency – in particular the fulfillment of information obligations – and data security.
5. Information about your computer, log files, and cookies
5.1 Each time you access our website, we collect the following information about your computer: the IP address of your computer, your browser request, and the time of this request. In addition, the status and the amount of data transferred within this request are recorded. Your computer’s IP address is stored only for the duration of your use of the website and then deleted or anonymized immediately thereafter. We use this data to operate our website, particularly to detect and correct website errors, determine website utilization, and make adjustments or improvements.
5.2 Server log files: For each access to our website, we may record the following information, if transmitted by your browser to our server infrastructure or determined by our web server: date and time including time zone, Internet Protocol (IP) address, access status (HTTP status code), operating system including user interface and version, browser including language and version, specific subpage accessed on our website including the amount of data transferred, and the last website accessed within the same browser window.
We store such information, which may also include personal data, in server log files. This information is necessary to provide our website in a stable, user-friendly, and reliable manner and to ensure data security and the protection of personal data – also by third parties or with the help of third parties.
5.3 Cookies – both first-party cookies and cookies from third parties whose services we use – are data stored in your browser when you visit our website. Such stored data are not necessarily limited to traditional text cookies. Cookies cannot execute programs or transmit malware such as trojans or viruses.
You can deactivate or delete cookies in your browser settings at any time, either completely or partially. Without cookies, our website may no longer be fully functional. If and to the extent necessary, we will actively seek your explicit consent for the use of cookies. If you wish to accept only our own cookies but not those of our service providers and partners, you can select the “Block third-party cookies” setting in your browser.
6. Third-party services
We use third-party services to ensure that our operations remain functional, user-friendly, secure, and reliable. Such services may also serve to embed content in our website. These services require your Internet Protocol (IP) address, as the relevant content cannot be transmitted otherwise.
For their own security-related, statistical, and technical purposes, third parties whose services we use may process data in connection with our activities in aggregated, anonymized, or pseudonymized form. This may include performance or usage data.
We use Google Maps to embed maps and Google Analytics to measure website performance and reach.
6.1 Google Maps is operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website and enables convenient use of the map function.
6.2 Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA. Google Analytics uses “cookies,” which are text files stored on your computer that enable analysis of your website usage. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA. Due to the activation of IP anonymization on this website, your IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services related to website and Internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
The purposes of data processing are to analyze the use of the website and to compile reports on website activity. Based on the use of the website and the Internet, additional related services are to be provided. Further information: Google Analytics Privacy Policy, Browser add-on to disable Google Analytics.
Google has committed to ensuring adequate data protection under the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield frameworks. Further information on Google’s data processing can be found in Google’s Privacy Policy. You can also adjust your personal privacy settings there in the Privacy Center.
7. Data security
All information you transmit to us is stored on servers within Switzerland. Unfortunately, the transmission of information over the Internet is not completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to our website. However, we protect our website and other systems through technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, alteration, or dissemination of your data by unauthorized persons. In particular, your personal data is transmitted to us in encrypted form. We use the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption system for this purpose.
8. No disclosure of your personal data
We do not disclose your personal data to third parties unless you have consented to such disclosure or we are entitled or obliged to disclose it based on legal provisions and/or official or court orders. This may particularly involve the provision of information for the purpose of criminal prosecution, to avert danger, or to enforce intellectual property rights.
9. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time with effect for the future. The current version is available on the website. Please visit the website regularly and inform yourself about the applicable data protection provisions.
10. Your rights
You have the right to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you may request information about the personal data itself, the purpose of processing, the retention period or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this duration, the source of your data (if not collected from you), the existence of any automated individual decision, and, where applicable, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom personal data are disclosed.
You also have the right to withdraw any consent given for the use of your personal data at any time.
You may exercise your rights at any time by contacting us at the address provided in Section 1.
If you believe that the processing of your personal data by us violates applicable data protection regulations, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).
Date: August 22, 2023
Source: Swiss Trade Association
