§ 1 – Information on the collection of personal data
(1) This text provides information on the collection of personal data when you use our website. “Personal data” means any information that can relate to you personally, such as your name, address, e-mail addresses, and user behavior.
(2) The controllers within the meaning of Article 4(7) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are Dirk Kunz and Mirko Aubel: Managing Director with power of representation of ASSMANN IT-Solutions AG, Althardstrasse 160, 8105 Regensdorf, Switzerland.
(3) When you contact us by e-mail or using a contact form, we store the information you communicate (your e-mail address and, where applicable, your name) in order to answer your questions. Providing further information is voluntary. This merely makes it easier for us to contact you to respond to your inquiry. We erase the data collected in this context once storage thereof is no longer necessary or restrict the processing thereof if there are statutory obligations of storage.
(4) If we utilize service providers who have been commissioned for individual functions of our site or wish to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail below regarding the relevant processes. We will also indicate the stipulated criteria that apply to the duration of storage.
§ 2 – Your rights
(1) You have the following rights toward us with regard to the personal data concerning you:
(2) You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority regarding our processing of your personal data.
§ 3 – Collection of personal data when you visit our website
(1) When you use the website for merely informational purposes, meaning if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which are necessary for us in technical terms in order to display our website to you and ensure the stability and security thereof (the legal basis is Article 6(1), first sentence, point (f), GDPR):
(2) In addition to the data mentioned above, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive, assigned to the browser you use, and that provide certain information to the body that places the cookie (in this case, us). Cookies cannot execute any programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They are used to make the website more user-friendly and effective on the whole.
(3) Use of cookies:
a) This website uses the following types of cookies, whose scope and function are explained below:
• Transient cookies (see b)
• Persistent cookies (see c)
b) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include session cookies in particular. Session cookies store what is called a session ID, which can be used to identify different queries sent by your browser as belonging to the same session. This allows us to recognize your computer if you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.
c) Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified amount of time, which may vary by cookie. You can use your browser’s security settings to delete cookies at any time.
d) You can configure your browser settings according to your preferences, including doing things like accepting third-party cookies or rejecting all cookies. Please note that you may not be able to use all of the features of this website.
e) [We use cookies in order to be able to identify you on subsequent visits if you have an account with us. Otherwise, you would have to log in again each time you visit.]
f) Apart from the cookies which we require for operating the website and providing our services, we would also like to collect additional data in order to improve the options for using our website and to show you content that matches your needs. To do so, your consent is required. Of course, you may withdraw this consent at any time.
The methods involved and how they work are defined in the relevant sections of this policy.
§ 4 – 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 a website operator, this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the address line of your browser changing from “http://“ to “https://” as well as the lock symbol in your browser line.
If the SSL or TLS encryption is active, data that you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.
§ 5 – Additional functions and features of our website
(1) In addition to purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. To do this, you are typically required to provide further personal data, which we will use to perform the service in question and to which the principles of data processing mentioned above apply.
(2) In some cases, we use external service providers to process your data. We have selected these service providers carefully and have commissioned them for this purpose. They are bound by our instructions and are checked regularly.
(3) We may also disclose your personal data to third parties when we offer participation in campaigns, contests, entry into contracts, or similar services jointly with partners. Further information on this is provided when you provide your personal data or at the bottom of the description of the service being offered.
(4) To the extent that our service providers or partners are based in a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you of the consequences of this circumstance in the description of the service being offered.
§ 6 – Objection or withdrawal concerning the processing of your data
(1) If you have granted consent to the processing of your data, you may withdraw this consent at any time. This withdrawal only influences the admissibility of processing concerning your personal data that is carried out after you have informed us that you are withdrawing consent.
(2) Insofar as we process your personal data based on our legitimate interests, you can object to this processing. This is the case in particular if processing is not required for the performance of a contract with you, which we indicate in each case for the following description of functions. When making such objections, we ask you to state the reasons why we should not continue to process your personal data as before. If your objection is justified, we will review the factual circumstances and either cease or adapt the data processing or indicate our compelling legitimate reasons for continuing processing.
(3) Of course, you can object to the processing of your personal data for the purposes of advertising and data analysis at any time. You can inform us of your objection to advertising by contacting us using the following contact details:
ASSMANN IT-Solutions AG
Althardstrasse 160
8105 Regensdorf
Switzerland
Tel.: +41 43 501 39 00
Fax: +41 43 501 39 01
Email: info@assmann-it.ch
§ 7 – Use of our Web shop
(1) If you wish to place an order in our Web shop, it is necessary for you to provide your personal data, which we need to process your order, in order to enter into a contract. Required information that is necessary for processing orders is marked separately; additional information is voluntary. We will process the information you provide in order to process your order. To this end, we may disclose your payment information to our bank. The legal basis for this is Article 6(1), first sentence, point (b) GDPR.
We can also process the data you provide in order to inform you of other interesting products from our portfolio or send you e-mails containing technical information.
(2) Due to provisions of commercial and tax law, we are obligated to store your address, payment and order information for a period of ten years. Nevertheless, we restrict processing after [two years], which means that your data will only be used in compliance with the statutory obligations.
(3) To prevent unauthorized access by third parties to your personal data, especially financial data, the ordering process is encrypted via TLS technology.
§ 8 – Transfer to third states
We hereby inform you that your data may be processed in the USA. This applies both for the Google services we use as well as other services we use, for instance LinkedIn or Facebook.Connect. Although Google has outsourced a number of its services (Analytics, Webfonts, Maps) to European servers, it cannot be ruled out that American authorities may access your data due to American legislation without providing you sufficient opportunities of legal protection against this access. For this reason, we ask for your consent before activating these services or storing the relevant cookies. If you do not want this, you can refuse to grant consent in this regard. In that case, only technically necessary cookies will be stored; the services in question will not be activated.
§ 9 – Online marketing
We also process personal data for the purpose of online marketing with the services described below. We use these services in order to improve the user-friendliness of our website and to make our website easier to find.
This also includes advertising content that we show to users to the extent that we use such services. Insofar as the personal data and cookies of third-party providers are used, this only occurs if you have granted your consent to store cookies, Art. 6 I a (1) GDPR. Of course, you can withdraw your consent to the Privacy Policy at any time after granting it.
Our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 I (1)(f) GDPR is also relevant as a legal basis. Accordingly, it is in our financial and economic interest to make the website more appealing for our user base and to improve the searchability of our website.
Use of Google Analytics
Type and scope of processing
(1) We use Google Analytics from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, as an analysis service for the statistical evaluation of our online offering. This includes, for example, the number of visits to our website, subpages visited and the length of stay of visitors.
(2) Google Analytics uses cookies and other browser technologies to evaluate user behaviour and recognize users.
(3) This information is used, among other things, to compile reports on website activity.
Purpose and legal basis
(1) The use of Google Analytics is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a. GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG.
(2) We intend to transfer personal data to third countries outside the European Economic Area, in particular the USA. The data transfer to the USA is carried out in accordance with Art. 45 para. 1 GDPR on the basis of the adequacy decision of the European Commission. The US companies involved and/or their US subcontractors are certified in accordance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF).
(3) In cases where no adequacy decision of the European Commission exists (including US companies that are not certified under the EU-U.S. DPF), we have agreed other appropriate safeguards with the recipients of the data within the meaning of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR have been agreed. Unless otherwise stated, these are standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission in accordance with Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/914 of June 4, 2021. You can view a copy of these standard contractual clauses at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32021D0914&from=DE .
(4) In addition, before such a third country transfer, we obtain your consent in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a. GDPR, which you give via the consent in the Consent Manager (or other forms, registrations, etc.). We would like to point out that in the case of third country transfers, there may be risks that are unknown in detail (e.g. data processing by security authorities in the third country, the exact scope and consequences of which for you we do not know, over which we have no influence and of which you may not become aware).
Storage duration
(1) The specific storage period of the processed data cannot be influenced by us, but is determined by Google Ireland Limited. Further information can be found in the privacy policy for Google Analytics: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US .
Use of Google Adwords Conversion
Type and scope of processing
(1) We have integrated Google Ads on our website. Google Ads is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited to display targeted advertising to users. Google Ads uses cookies and other browser technologies to evaluate user behaviour and recognize users.
(2) Google Ads collects information about visitor behavior on various websites. This information is used to optimize the relevance of advertising. Furthermore, Google Ads delivers targeted advertising based on behavioral profiles and geographical location. Your IP address and other identification features such as your user agent are transmitted to the provider.
(3) If you are registered with a Google Ireland Limited service, Google Ads can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google Ireland Limited or have not logged in, it is possible that the provider will find out and store your IP address and other identification features.
(4) In this case, your data will be passed on to the operator of Google Ads, Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Purpose and legal basis
(1) The use of Google Ads is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a. GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG
(2) We intend to transfer personal data to third countries outside the European Economic Area, in particular the USA. The data transfer to the USA is carried out in accordance with Art. 45 para. 1 GDPR on the basis of the adequacy decision of the European Commission. The US companies involved and/or their US subcontractors are certified in accordance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF).
(3) In cases where no adequacy decision of the European Commission exists (including US companies that are not certified under the EU-U.S. DPF), we have agreed other appropriate safeguards with the recipients of the data within the meaning of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR have been agreed. Unless otherwise stated, these are standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission in accordance with Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/914 of June 4, 2021. You can view a copy of these standard contractual clauses at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32021D0914&from=DE.
(4) In addition, before such a third country transfer, we obtain your consent in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a. GDPR, which you give via the consent in the Consent Manager (or other forms, registrations, etc.). We would like to point out that in the case of third country transfers, there may be risks that are unknown in detail (e.g. data processing by security authorities in the third country, the exact scope and consequences of which for you we do not know, over which we have no influence and of which you may not become aware).
Storage duration
(1) The specific storage period of the processed data cannot be influenced by us, but is determined by Google Ireland Limited. Further information can be found in the privacy policy for Google Ads:https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US.
Google reCAPTCHA
Type and scope of processing
(1) We have integrated Google reCAPTCHA components on our website. Google reCAPTCHA is a service of Google Ireland Limited and enables us to distinguish whether a contact request comes from a natural person or is automated by means of a program. When you access this content, you establish a connection to the servers of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, whereby your IP address and possibly browser data such as your user agent are transmitted. Furthermore, Google reCAPTCHA records the time spent on the website and the user's mouse movements in order to distinguish automated requests from human requests. This data is processed exclusively for the above-mentioned purposes and to maintain the security and functionality of Google reCAPTCHA.
Purpose and legal basis
(1) The use of Google reCAPTCHA is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a. GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG
(2) We intend to transfer personal data to third countries outside the European Economic Area, in particular the USA. The data transfer to the USA is carried out in accordance with Art. 45 para. 1 GDPR on the basis of the adequacy decision of the European Commission. The US companies involved and/or their US subcontractors are certified in accordance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF).
(3) In cases where no adequacy decision of the European Commission exists (including US companies that are not certified under the EU-U.S. DPF), we have agreed other appropriate safeguards with the recipients of the data within the meaning of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR have been agreed. Unless otherwise stated, these are standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission in accordance with Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/914 of June 4, 2021. You can view a copy of these standard contractual clauses at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32021D0914&from=DE.
(4) In addition, before such a third country transfer, we obtain your consent in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a. GDPR, which you give via the consent in the Consent Manager (or other forms, registrations, etc.). We would like to point out that in the case of third country transfers, there may be risks that are unknown in detail (e.g. data processing by security authorities in the third country, the exact scope and consequences of which for you we do not know, over which we have no influence and of which you may not become aware).
Storage duration
(1) The specific storage period of the processed data cannot be influenced by us, but is determined by Google Ireland Limited. Further information can be found in the privacy policy for Google reCAPTCHA: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US.
Remarketing
In addition to Adwords Conversion, we use the application Google Remarketing. This is a method we use for recurring contact with you. By using this application, our ads may be shown to you after visiting our website when you continue to use the internet. This occurs through cookies stored in your browser which Google uses to record and analyze your user behavior when visiting different websites. In this way, Google can identify your previous visit to our website. According to the information provided by Google, the data collected during remarketing will not be aggregated with your personal data that may be stored by Google. In particular, Google claims to use pseudonymization during remarketing.
(3) You can refuse to participate in this tracking process or withdraw your consent in various ways:
a) by changing the relevant settings of your browser software, in particular suppressing third-party cookies means that you will not receive ads from third-party providers;
b) by deactivating cookies for conversion tracking by changing your browser settings to block cookies from the domain “www.googleadservices.com”, www.google.de/settings/ads (note that this setting will be erased when you delete your cookies);
c) by deactivating interest-based ads from the provider that are part of the “About Ads” self-regulation campaign using the link www.aboutads.info/choices (note that this setting will be erased when you delete your cookies);
d) by permanently deactivating them in the browsers Firefox, Internet Explorer or Google Chrome by following the link www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin. We hereby inform you that you may not be able to use all features of this website to their full extent in that case.
You can also object to the collection of data by clicking the following link that prevents analysis for the purpose of remarketing and withdraws your consent: (https://www.assmann.com/en/#cmpscreenhttps://assmann.com/en/#cmpscreen)
(4) The legal basis for the processing of your data is your consent, Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 (a) GDPR. You can find more information about data protection at Google here: www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy and services.google.com/sitestats/de.htm. Alternatively, you can visit the website of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) at http://www.networkadvertising.org.
It cannot be ruled out that Google may transfer data to the USA for further processing. If this is the case, the legal basis for this transfer of data is the consent you expressly granted in the consent banner, Art. 49 I (1)(a) GDPR.
§ 11 – YouTube videos
(1) We have embedded YouTube videos on our website that are stored on www.YouTube.com and that can be played directly from our website. These are all embedded in “enhanced privacy mode”, which means that no data concerning you as a user will be transferred to YouTube if you do not play the videos. The data outlined in paragraph 2 will only be transferred once you play the videos. We have no influence on this transmission of data. The legal basis for its collection is your consent, Art. 6 I (1)(a) GDPR. "
(2) When the video is played, YouTube is informed that you have accessed the relevant sub-page on our website. In addition, the data outlined in § 3 of this policy will be transmitted. This occurs regardless of whether or not you are logged into a YouTube user account, and whether or not such a user account exists. If you are logged into Google, your data will be directly identified with your account. If you do not want your data to be identified with your YouTube profile, you must log out before activating the button. YouTube stores your data as a usage profile and uses it for the purposes of marketing, market research and/or targeted design of its website. This analysis occurs particularly (even for users who are not logged in) to display targeted advertising and to inform other users on the social network about your activity on our website. You have the right to object against the creation of such user profiles.
(3) You can find more information concerning the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by YouTube in the Privacy Policy. There, you can also obtain more information about your rights and optional settings to protect your privacy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy and https://policies.google.com/technologies/types?hl=en. Google also processes your personal data in the USA. The legal basis for carrying out a data transfer is your express consent pursuant to Art. 49 I (1)(a) GDPR.
