We protect your privacy and your private data. Our processing of our users’ personal data is limited to the data required to provide a functional website and our content and services. We collect, process and use your personal data in accordance with the content of these data protection provisions and the applicable data protection regulations, in particular the Swiss Data Protection Act (DPA). These data protection provisions regulate which personal data we collect, process and use about you. We therefore ask you to read the following information carefully.

Copyrights: The copyright and all other rights to content, images, photos or other files on the website belong exclusively toVERITEC AG or the specifically named rights holders. The written consent of the copyright holder must be obtained in advance for the reproduction of any elements.

Person responsible: Veritec AG, Patrik Gsponer (hereinafter: « We ») is the operator of the website www.veritec.ch. responsible for the personal data of the users (hereinafter: « you ») of the website within the meaning of the FADP.

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The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Cookies: Some of the Internet pages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called « session cookies ». They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions that you have requested (e.g. shopping basket function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies (e.g. cookies for analysing your surfing behaviour) are stored, these are treated separately in this privacy policy.

We use the « Real Cookie Banner » consent tool to manage the cookies and similar technologies used (tracking pixels, web beacons, etc.) and related consents. Details on how « Real Cookie Banner » works can be found at https://devowl.io/de/rcb/datenverarbeitung/

The legal basis for the processing of personal data in this context is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the management of the cookies and similar technologies used and the related consents.

The provision of personal data is neither contractually required nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the personal data. If you do not provide the personal data, we will not be able to manage your consents.

SSL encryption: This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the enquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognise 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.

If SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Disclaimer: The author accepts no liability for the correctness, accuracy, up-to-dateness, reliability and completeness of the information provided. Liability claims against the author for damages of a material or immaterial nature arising from access to or use or non-use of the published information, misuse of the connection or technical faults are excluded. All offers are non-binding. The author expressly reserves the right to change, supplement or delete parts of the pages or the entire offer without prior notice or to temporarily or permanently cease publication.

Liability for links: References and links to third-party websites are outside our area of responsibility. Any responsibility for such websites is rejected. Access to and use of such websites is at the user’s own risk.

Cookies and web beacons: We use cookies on this website (e.g. Google Analytics cookies) to measure information on the use and reach of the website. This is done on the basis of a legitimate interest (optimisation of the online offer and the associated user experience) within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analysed. Based on information stored with cookies, we can, among other things, display pop-up messages once during your visit or manage login functionalities to access certain content.

You can deactivate or individually allow/block the use of cookies from this website and/or third-party providers at any time in your browser settings. The following link describes in detail how you can deactivate cookies in your browser: https://de.wikihow.com/Cookies-deaktivieren

In addition, various programmes (e.g. Norton Internet Security) also offer settings for managing cookies. Please note that deactivating cookies may mean that you can no longer use certain functions of this (and other) pages to the same extent.

Google Analytics: www.veritec.ch uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc (« Google »). Google Analytics uses cookies (see above). The information generated about your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

However, if IP anonymisation is activated, your IP address will first be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to 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 truncated there. IP anonymisation is active on www.veritec.ch. Google will use this information on our behalf to analyse your use of the website, to compile aggregated reports on user activity on the website and to provide us with other related services. For more information about how Google uses cookies and what information they collect, you can visit the following pages:

https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en-US

https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

You can deactivate the use of Google Analytics at any time by installing a simple browser add-on. You can find the add-on at the following link:

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

By default, in accordance with Art. 5 para. 1 lit. e GDPR, all data at user and event level that is linked to cookies, user IDs and advertising IDs (e.g. DoubleClick cookies) is deleted from Google Analytics after 26 months since the last activity of the corresponding user.

Collection of access data and log files: On the basis of our legitimate interests (ensuring the proper operation of the website) within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR, we collect data about access to the server on which this website is located (so-called server log files). These log files store information such as the name of the website accessed, file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, notification of successful access, browser type (including version), the user’s operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address and the requesting provider. Log file information is collected for security reasons (e.g. to investigate misuse or fraud) and stored for as long as is reasonable or necessary for evidence purposes.

Contact form: On this website, we offer all visitors the opportunity to contact us using a form. When using this form (as well as any other forms), personal information such as name, address, e-mail address and the corresponding messages are collected and stored. On the basis of our legitimate interests (processing user enquiries and registrations) within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, we use this information to process incoming enquiries.

Integration of third-party services and content: In some places on this website, third-party content, such as map material from Google Maps, is integrated. This means that when the website is loaded, the third-party providers become aware that our website has been accessed via your IP address. Third-party content and services are only integrated in exceptional cases and always on the basis of legitimate interests to improve the user experience on our website.

Google Web Fonts: We use Google Web Fonts for the consistent and correct display of fonts on our website. When you load our website, the corresponding fonts are loaded into your browser cache. The use of web fonts is based on a legitimate interest (consistently uniform, error-free and appealing presentation of all texts and fonts) in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

To display web fonts, your browser establishes a connection to Google servers. Google is thereby informed that our website has been accessed via your IP address. You can find more information on how Google handles this information at: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq?hl=de and in Google’s privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Contact and enquiries: As a user, you have the right to request information about the personal data stored about you at any time and free of charge. In addition, you have the right to correct incorrect data, block and delete your personal data (insofar as this does not conflict with any statutory retention obligation) and object to the future processing of your personal data in accordance with the statutory provisions.

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy or your personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us. You can do this by email to info@veritec.ch or by post to the following address.

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Description and scope of data processing: Personal data within the meaning of these data protection provisions is all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter « data subject »). This includes in particular your name, your e-mail address.

Personal data also includes information about your use of our website. In this context, we collect the following personal data from you: Information about your visits to our website, such as the extent of data transfer, the location from which you retrieve data from our website and other connection data and sources that you retrieve. This is usually done through the use of log files and cookies. Further information on log files and cookies can be found below.

In principle, your personal data is stored for a period of 12 months. If we collect your IP address, it will only be stored for the duration of your use of the website and then immediately deleted or anonymised by shortening it.

Intended use: We use your personal data for the following purposes:

• To provide the services you require;
• To ensure that our website is presented to you in the most effective and interesting way possible;
• To fulfil our obligations arising from any contracts concluded between you and us;
• To enable you to participate in interactive offers, if you so wish;
• To inform you about changes to our services.

Principles of data processing: When processing data, we take into account the processing principles of lawfulness, proportionality, purpose limitation, transparency – in particular the fulfilment of information obligations – and data security.

Information about your computer, cookies: Each time you access our website, we collect the following information about your computer: the IP address of your computer, the request from your browser and the time of this request. In addition, the status and the amount of data transferred as part of this request are recorded. We also collect product and version information about the browser used and the operating system of your computer. We also record the website from which our site was accessed. Your computer’s IP address is only stored for the duration of your use of the website and is then immediately deleted or anonymised by shortening it. We use this data for the operation of our website, in particular to detect and eliminate website errors, to determine the utilisation of the website and to make adjustments or improvements.

Cookies help in many ways to make your visit to our website easier, more pleasant and more meaningful. Cookies are information files that your web browser automatically saves on your computer’s hard drive when you visit our website.

We use cookies, for example, to temporarily save your selected services and entries when you fill in a form on the website so that you do not have to repeat the entry when you call up another subpage. Cookies may also be used to identify you as a registered user after you have registered on the website without you having to log in again when you access another sub-page.

If you do not wish to use browser cookies, you can set your browser so that the storage of cookies is not accepted. Please note that in this case you may only be able to use our website to a limited extent or not at all. If you only wish to accept our own cookies, but not the cookies of our service providers and partners, you can select the « Block third-party cookies » setting in your browser.

Data security: All information that you transmit to us is stored on servers within Switzerland/European Union. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure, which is why we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to our website via the Internet. However, we take technical and organisational measures to protect our website and other systems against loss, destruction, access, modification or dissemination of your data by unauthorised persons. In particular, your personal data is transmitted to us in encrypted form. We use the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) [or TLS (Transport Layer Security)] coding system.

No disclosure of your personal data: We do not pass on your personal data to third parties unless you have consented to the data being passed on or we are authorised or obliged to pass on data due to legal provisions and/or official or court orders. In particular, this may involve the disclosure of information for the purposes of criminal prosecution, to avert danger or to enforce intellectual property rights.

Changes to this privacy policy: We reserve the right to amend these data protection provisions at any time with effect for the future. A current version is always available on the website. Please visit the website regularly and inform yourself about the applicable data protection provisions.

Your rights: You have the right to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the personal data as such, the purpose of processing, the storage period or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this period, the origin of your data if it was not collected from you, the existence of an automated individual decision and, if applicable, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom personal data is disclosed.

You also have the right to withdraw your consent to the use of your personal data at any time.

You can assert your rights at any time by contacting us at the address provided.

If you are of the opinion that the processing of your personal data by us is contrary to the applicable data protection provisions, you have the option of lodging a complaint with the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.

 

Status: 1 September 2023