We are committed to protecting and securing your data. Whether you are a customer or simply a visitor to our website, we treat all data we receive and store from you as “personal information.”  We use the data you provide to fulfill and process your order.  

In handling personal information, we adhere to the following principles:

anonymous data collection

You can generally visit our websites without telling us who you are. We only store the name of your Internet service provider, the website from which you are visiting us, and the name of the file you requested. This information is used solely for statistical purposes and to help us improve our services. You remain anonymous as an individual user.

personal information is not sold, lent, rented, or disclosed in any other way.

However, we reserve the right to transfer personal information to other companies in the context of reorganizations or mergers, provided that such companies also commit to complying with the principles described herein and are either based within the European Union or in a third country with adequate data protection.

we do not disclose personal information to third parties

Companies that are directly or indirectly affiliated with us are not considered third parties for the purposes of this policy. We may also transfer personal information to outsourcing partners if they provide sufficient assurance of lawful and secure data use and contractually agree to comply with the principles of conduct described herein.

Companies that are directly or indirectly affiliated with us are not considered third parties for the purposes of this policy. We may also transfer personal information to outsourcing partners if they provide sufficient assurance of lawful and secure data use and contractually agree to comply with the principles of conduct described herein.

we limit our data collection to what is strictly necessary

When we collect personal information, we will refer you to this policy or explain how we intend to use the data. We need personal information, on the one hand, to conduct our business and fulfill our contractual obligations. On the other hand, it also enables us to provide you with services that are better tailored to your needs. We may therefore combine Personal Information with other data available to us in order to optimize our services.

credit check and scoring

If we make an advance payment, e.g., for a purchase on account, we may obtain a credit report from a credit bureau based on mathematical and statistical methods to protect our legitimate interests. To this end, we transmit the personal data required for a credit check to a credit bureau and use the information received regarding the statistical probability of default to make a balanced decision regarding the justification.

Execution or termination of the contractual relationship. Upon request, we will be happy to inform you which credit reporting agencies we use for this purpose.

use of Facebook social plugins

Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) from the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). The plugins are marked with a Facebook logo or the label “Facebook Social Plugin.” You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins and their appearance here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins

When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Facebook’s servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from Facebook to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook profile or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Facebook server in the United States and stored there.

If you are logged into Facebook, Facebook can directly associate your visit to our website with your Facebook profile. If you interact with the plugins—for example, by clicking the “Like” button or posting a comment—this information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on your Facebook profile and displayed to your Facebook friends.

For information on the purpose and scope of data collection, as well as the further processing and use of data by Facebook, and your rights and privacy settings in this regard, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php

If you do not want Facebook to directly associate the data collected via our website with your Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the Facebook plugins from loading by using browser add-ons, such as the “Facebook Blocker” (http://webgraph.com/resources/facebookblocker/).

log files

Every time a page is accessed, access data is stored in a log file, the server log. The data record stored contains the following information:

• date and time
• IP address
• session ID
• webpage accessed
• name of the website from which our website was accessed
• browser used

We analyze these log files only in the event of misuse of our website. We reserve the right to subsequently review the log files of users where there is concrete suspicion that they are using our website in violation of the law and/or our terms of service.

e-mail marketing / newsletter

When you subscribe to our newsletter, we use the information you provide to send you the newsletter. You may revoke this consent at any time with future effect by unsubscribing from the newsletter.

cookies

We use cookies on our website to enhance your experience and enable the use of certain features. These are small text files that are stored on your computer. Most of the cookies we use are deleted from your hard drive at the end of the browser session (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your computer and allow us to recognize your computer on your next visit (so-called long-term cookies). If you do not wish to have our cookies stored on your computer, please disable the storage of cookies in your browser for our website or set your browser so that cookies are generally not stored on your computer. Disabling cookies may require the storage of a permanent cookie on your computer. If you subsequently delete this cookie, you will need to repeat the disabling process. Please note that with cookies disabled, some features of our website may not be available.

The following cookies are used on our website:

session ID

To make browsing our website easier for you, we use a so-called session ID, which is assigned to every visitor at the start of each visit to our website. This session ID allows our server to recognize you or your computer/browser as the same visitor, even if your IP address has changed in the meantime. This session ID enables the assignment of multiple related requests from a user to a single session. The session ID cookie we use is only valid until the end of a session. It is automatically deleted when you close your browser.

statement on the use of Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies,” which are small text files stored on your computer that enable, among other things, an analysis of how you use the website. The information generated by the cookie is typically transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the United States. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website and internet usage to the website operator. These reports and services are used to continuously improve the offerings of this website.

You can prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting your browser settings accordingly. However, please note that in this case, you may not be able to use all features of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the Google browser plugin available at the following link:» http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. Depending on the browser used, other providers may also offer similar plugins.

In light of the discussion surrounding the use of analytics tools that collect full IP addresses, we would like to point out that this website uses Google Analytics with the “anonymizeIp()” extension, and therefore IP addresses are processed in truncated form to prevent direct identification of individuals. Your IP address is therefore truncated by Google within EU member states or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transmission. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the U.S. and truncated there. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

Google Maps

This website uses Google Maps on some subpages to display interactive maps and to generate directions. Google Maps is a mapping service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, USA. By using Google Maps, information regarding your use of this website—including your IP address and the (starting) address entered as part of the route planner function—may be transmitted to Google in the United States. When you visit a page on our website that contains Google Maps, your browser establishes a direct connection to Google’s servers. The map content is transmitted directly from Google to your browser and integrated into the webpage. Therefore, we have no influence over the scope of the data collected by Google in this manner. To the best of our knowledge, this includes at least the following data:

• date and time of your visit to the relevant website
• web address or URL of the website you visited
• your IP address
• the (starting) address entered during route planning.

We have no control over Google’s further processing and use of the data and therefore cannot accept any responsibility for this. If you do not want Google to collect, process, or use data about you via our website, you can disable JavaScript in your browser settings. In this case, however, you will not be able to use the map display. For information on the purpose and scope of data collection, as well as the further processing and use of the data by Google, and your rights and settings options regarding the protection of your privacy, please refer to Google’s privacy policy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

YouTube & Vimeo

This website embeds videos from YouTube and Vimeo on some subpages or provides links to videos on both platforms.

YouTube is a video service provided by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA, represented by Google Inc. YouTube uses cookies to collect information about the use of the videos. Google’s privacy policy, which also applies to YouTube, can be found at http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Vimeo is a video service provided by Vimeo, LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, represented by Attn: Legal Dept. Copyright Agent dmca@vimeo.com. Vimeo also uses cookies to collect information about how videos are used. You can find the privacy policy applicable to Vimeo at http://vimeo.com/privacy.

hyperlinks to third-party websites

Our website contains hyperlinks to websites operated by third parties. When you click on these links, you will be redirected directly from our website to the third-party website. You can tell this has happened, among other things, by the change in the URL. We cannot assume any responsibility for the confidential handling of your data, as we have no control over whether these third parties comply with data protection regulations. Please refer directly to their websites for information on how they handle your personal data.

security measures to protect your data

To protect your data, we have implemented special technical and operational security measures that are regularly reviewed and updated to keep pace with technological advancements. However, we would like to point out that, due to the nature of the Internet, it is possible that data protection and data security rules may not be observed by other individuals or institutions that are outside our control.

information regarding your contact information and data

Your trust is important to us. Under the Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP), you have the right to receive information about your stored data free of charge (Art. 8 FADP) as well as the right to have your data corrected (Art. 5(2) FADP). In addition, you may request that your data be deleted, provided it is no longer required for contract fulfillment, and you may also request that your data be blocked. Requests for information and requests for blocking or deletion may also be submitted electronically to the responsible department. If you have any questions regarding the collection and processing of your personal data, or for requests for information or correction, please contact Georgia Daskalopoulou at gd@perdix.ch