Privacy Policy
1. Privacy at a Glance
General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you could be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.
Data Collection on this Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. The contact details of the website operator can be found in the “Controller” section of this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected when you provide it to us. This can, for example, be data that you enter into a contact form.
Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems or with your consent when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
For this purpose and for further questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time.
Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools
When you visit this website, your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with so-called analysis programs.
Detailed information about these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.
2. Hosting
We host the contents of our website with the following provider:
External Hosting
This website is externally hosted. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the hosting provider(s). This may include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access, and other data generated via a website.
External hosting is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling our contract with potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online offering by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). If consent has been obtained, processing is based exclusively on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, provided that the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s terminal device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Our hoster(s) will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its contractual obligations and will comply with our instructions regarding this data.
We use the following hoster(s):
ARUBA Network
Aruba S.p.A.
via S.Clemente 53
24036 Ponte San Pietro (BG) Italy
Alessia Destro
Via Luigi Gulinelli, 21/A 44122 – Ferrara (FE) – Italy
Data Processing Agreement
We have entered into a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a data protection required contract that ensures that the service processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
3. General Information and Mandatory Information
Data Protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., communication by e-mail) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Responsible Entity
The responsible entity for data processing on this website is:
Rotoswiss Sagl
Geschäftsführer: Goetz Oliver Stetzelberg Via Pioda 12, 6900 Lugano
Phone + 41 91 2520062
Fax + 41 91 2520065
Email info(at)rotoswiss.ch
The responsible entity is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).
Storage Period
Unless a specific storage period is mentioned in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing ceases to exist. If you assert a legitimate deletion request or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will occur after these reasons cease to exist.
General Information on the Legal Bases of Data Processing on this Website
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, if special categories of data according to Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR are processed. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing also takes place on the basis of Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your terminal device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing also takes place on the basis of § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if this is required
necessary for the fulfillment of a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The relevant legal bases in each individual case will be provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.
Recipients of Personal Data
In the course of our business activities, we collaborate with various external entities. In some cases, it is necessary to transfer personal data to these external entities. We only disclose personal data to external entities if it is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract, if we are legally obligated to do so (e.g., disclosure of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in the disclosure, or if another legal basis allows the data transfer. When using data processors, we only disclose personal data of our customers based on a valid data processing agreement. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
If data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for reasons arising from your particular situation at any time; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR).
If your personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing, including profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for direct marketing purposes (objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR).
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Supervisory Authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from us. If technically feasible, you also have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from us to another controller upon your request.
Information, Correction, and Deletion
You have the right, in accordance with applicable legal provisions, to obtain free-of-charge information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, as well as, if applicable, the right to rectify or erase this data. For this purpose, and for any further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time.
Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time to exercise this right. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:
If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. During the period of verification, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, but you oppose the erasure of the data and request the restriction of their use instead.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you require them for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of processing instead of deletion.
If you have objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. Until it is determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – apart from their storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.
SSL or TLS Encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Objection to advertising emails
The use of contact data published within the scope of the legal notice obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and informational materials is hereby objected to. The operators of the website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as through spam emails.
4. Data collection on this website
Cookies
Our websites use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small data packets that do not harm your device. They are either temporarily stored for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit ends, while permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.
Cookies can originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies allow the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).
Cookies serve various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies may be used for analyzing user behavior or for advertising purposes.
Cookies that are necessary for carrying out the electronic communication process, providing certain functions requested by you (e.g., the shopping cart function), or optimizing the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web traffic) (necessary cookies) are stored based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent for the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, the processing is based exclusively on this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG); consent can be revoked at any time.
You can configure your browser settings to be informed about the setting of cookies and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.
You can find information about which cookies and services are used on this website in this privacy policy.
Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
Browser type and browser version Operating system used Referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer Time of the server request IP address
This data will not be merged with other data sources.
This data is collected on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of his website – for this purpose the server log files must be recorded.
contact form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your information from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not share this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided that your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; the consent is revocable at any time.
The data entered by you in the contact form will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after completion of processing your inquiry). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.
Inquiries by email, telephone or fax
When you contact us via email, telephone, or fax, your inquiry, including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We will not share this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided that your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; the consent is revocable at any time.
The data you provide to us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after completion of processing your request). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular legal retention periods – remain unaffected.
5. Social Media:
Social media elements with Shariff
On this website, social media elements (e.g., Facebook, X, Instagram, Pinterest, XING, LinkedIn, Tumblr) are utilized. You can generally identify these social media elements by their respective logos.
To ensure data protection on this website, we use these elements only in conjunction with the so-called “Shariff” solution. This application prevents the social media elements integrated on this website from transmitting your personal data to the respective provider as soon as you enter the site.
Only when you activate the respective social media element by clicking on the associated button will a direct connection to the provider’s server be established (consent). Once you activate the social media element, the respective provider will receive information that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you are simultaneously logged into your respective social media account (e.g., Facebook),
If you are logged in, the respective provider can assign your visit to this website to your user account.
Activating the plugin constitutes consent within the meaning of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR and Section 25 Paragraph 1 TTDSG. You can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future.
The service is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of certain technologies. The legal basis for this is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter c GDPR.
6. Plugins and tools
Google Fonts (lokales Hosting)
This site uses so-called Google Fonts, which are provided by Google, for the uniform display of fonts. The Google Fonts are installed locally. There is no connection to Google servers.
Further information about Google Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
Font Awesome (lokales Hosting)
This site uses Font Awesome to display fonts uniformly. Font Awesome is installed locally. There is no connection to Fonticons, Inc. servers.
For more information about Font Awesome, please see the Font Awesome privacy policy at: https://fontawesome.com/privacy.
MyFonts
This site uses MyFonts, which are fonts that are loaded into your browser when accessing our website to ensure a consistent font appearance during website display. The provider is Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc., 600 Unicorn Park Drive, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801, USA.
To verify compliance with the license terms and the number of monthly page views, MyFonts transmits your IP address along with the URL of our website and our contract data to its servers in the USA. According to Monotype, your IP address is anonymized immediately after transmission, so that no personal reference can be established (anonymization).
For more details, please refer to Monotype’s privacy policy at
https://www.monotype.com/de/rechtshinweise/datenschutzrichtlinie/datenschutzrichtlinie-zum-tracking- von-webschriften.
Google Maps
This site uses the Google Maps mapping service. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
To use the features of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission. If Google Maps is activated, Google may use Google Fonts for the purpose of uniform font representation. When you access Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and
To display fonts correctly.
The use of Google Maps is in the interest of presenting our online offers appealingly and making it easy to find the locations we specify on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
The data transfer to the USA is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Commission. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.
For more information on how user data is handled, please refer to Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
The company has a certification under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA aimed at ensuring compliance with European data protection standards in data processing in the USA. Each company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active
Source:
https://www.e-recht24.de
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