Privacy policy

Thank you for visiting our website zellerag.ch and for your interest in our company.

The protection of your personal data, such as date of birth, name, telephone number, address, etc., is important to us.

The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you about the processing of your personal data that we collect from you when you visit the site. Our data protection practice is in accordance with the legal regulations of the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act (FADP). The following data protection declaration serves to fulfil the information obligations arising from the FADP. These can be found, for example, in Art. 19 ff. FADP.

Owner

The data controller within the meaning of Art. 5 let. j FADP is a private person or the federal body that decides on the purpose and means of processing.

With regard to our website, the owner:

Max Zeller Söhne AG
Seeblickstrasse 4
8590 Romanshorn
Switzerland
E-mail: info@zellerag.ch
Tel: +41 71 466 05 00

Contact details of the person responsible for data protection (FADP)

You can reach our data protection advisor in accordance with Art. 10 FADP using the contact details below:

Seeblickstrasse 4
8590 Romanshorn
Switzerland
E-mail: matthias.oswald@zellerag.ch

Provision of the website and creation of log files

Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the device (e.g. computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc.) used to access it.

What personal data is collected and to what extent is it processed?

(1) Information about the browser type and version used;
(2) The operating system of the retrieval device;
(3) Host name of the accessing computer;
(4) The IP address of the retrieval device;
(5) Date and time of access;
(6) Websites and resources (images, files, other page content) accessed on our website;
(7) Websites from which the user's system accessed our website (referrer tracking);
(8) Message whether the retrieval was successful;
(9) Amount of data transmitted

This data is stored in the log files of our system. This data is not stored together with the personal data of a specific user, so that individual site visitors cannot be identified.

Legal basis for the processing of personal data

Personal data is processed in accordance with the principle of legality (Art. 6 para. 1 FADP) and the principle of good faith (Art. 6 para. 2 FADP and Art. 2 CC).

Purpose of data processing

The temporary (automated) storage of data is necessary for the course of a website visit in order to enable delivery of the website. The storage and processing of personal data is also carried out to maintain the compatibility of our website for as many visitors as possible and to combat abuse and eliminate malfunctions. For this purpose, it is necessary to log the technical data of the accessing computer in order to be able to react as early as possible to display errors, attacks on our IT systems and/or errors in the functionality of our website. In addition, we use the data to optimise the website and to generally ensure the security of our information technology systems.

Duration of storage

The deletion of the aforementioned technical data takes place as soon as they are no longer required to ensure the compatibility of the website for all visitors, but no later than 3 months after accessing our website.

Possibility of restriction, objection, correction and deletion

You can request correction or deletion of the data at any time. You can find out what rights you have and how to exercise them at the bottom of this privacy policy.

Special functions of the website

Our site offers you various functions, during the use of which personal data is collected, processed and stored by us. We explain below what happens to this data:

Application form

• What personal data is collected and to what extent is it processed?

  The data you enter in the form fields of the application form and upload, if applicable, will be processed to fulfil the purpose stated below.

• Legal basis for the processing of personal data

  Personal data is processed in accordance with the principle of legality (Art. 6 para. 1 FADP) and the principle of good faith (Art. 6 para. 2 FADP and Art. 2 CC).

• Purpose of data processing

  The purpose of the data processing is to check and process the application documents uploaded by you via the form.

• Duration of storage

  The data is deleted as soon as the application has been processed and there is no longer a justified interest in storing the application data. Your application documents will therefore be deleted after 6 months at the latest if no employment relationship is established.

• Necessity of providing personal data

  The information in the application form is required for sending and processing the application. If you do not fill in the required fields or do not fill them in completely, the application you have requested cannot be sent or processed.

Contact form(s)

• What personal data is collected and to what extent is it processed?

  The data you have entered in our contact forms, which you have entered in the input mask of the contact form.

• Legal basis for the processing of personal data

  Personal data is processed in accordance with the principle of legality (Art. 6 para. 1 FADP) and the principle of good faith (Art. 6 para. 2 FADP and Art. 2 CC).

• Purpose of data processing

  We will only use the data collected via our contact form or contact forms for processing the specific contact request received through the contact form. Please note that in order to fulfil your contact request, we may also send you e-mails to the address you have provided. The purpose of this is so that you can receive confirmation from us that your enquiry has been correctly forwarded to us. However, the sending of this confirmation e-mail is not obligatory for us and is only for your information.

• Duration of storage

  After processing your request, the collected data will be deleted immediately, unless there are legal retention periods.

• Possibility of restriction, objection, correction and deletion

  You can request correction or deletion of the data at any time. You can find out what rights you have and how to exercise them at the bottom of this privacy policy.

• Necessity of providing personal data

  The use of the contact forms is on a voluntary basis. You are not obliged to contact us via the contact form, but can also use the other contact options provided on our website. If you wish to use our contact form, you must fill in the fields marked as mandatory. If you do not fill in the required information on the contact form, you will either not be able to send the enquiry or we will not be able to process your enquiry due to a lack of information.

Login area / Registration

• Scope of personal data processing and personal data collected

  The registration and login details you have entered with us or have been provided to you.

• Legal basis for the processing of personal data

  Personal data is processed in accordance with the principle of legality (Art. 6 para. 1 FADP) and the principle of good faith (Art. 6 para. 2 FADP and Art. 2 CC).

• Purpose of data processing

  You have the option of using a separate login area on our website. In order for us to check your authorisation to use the protected area or the protected documents, you must enter your login data (e-mail or user name and password) in the corresponding form. If required, we can send you your login data or the option to reset the password by e-mail on request.

• Duration of storage

  The data collected will be stored for as long as you maintain a user account with us.

• Possibility of restriction, objection, correction and deletion

  You can request correction or deletion of the data at any time. You can find out what rights you have and how to exercise them at the bottom of this privacy policy.

• Necessity of providing personal data

  Certain pages and their contents are not publicly accessible. Via the login area on our site, certain users can gain access to the protected area. The use of the content protected by the login area is not possible without entering personal data. If you wish to use our login area, you must fill in the fields marked as mandatory (user name and password). The entry of the data requires the existence of a user account. Registration is not possible if the data you have entered is incorrect. If the data you enter is incorrect or not entered at all, the protected area cannot be used. However, the rest of the site can still be used without a login.

Disclosure of information to third parties

Personal data is processed in accordance with the principle of legality (Art. 6 para. 1 FADP) and the principle of good faith (Art. 6 para. 2 FADP and Art. 2 CC).

The disclosure of information to third parties depends on the scope of the activities or offers of our website or our business model described below.

As a matter of principle, we only keep your information for as long as necessary and treat it confidentially. Exceptions to this are the transfer of personal data to debt collection service providers, to public bodies and authorities and to private individuals, who have a right to it due to legal regulations, court decisions or official orders as well as the transfer to authorities for the purpose of initiating legal proceedings or for law enforcement purposes if our legally protected rights are attacked.

Statistical analysis of visits to this website - Webtracker

We collect, process and store the following data when this website or individual files on the website are accessed: IP address, website from which the file was accessed, name of the file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred and report on the success of the access (so-called web log). We use this access data exclusively in non-personalised form for the continuous improvement of our website and for statistical purposes.

Any personal data is processed in accordance with the principle of legality (Art. 6 para. 1 FADP) and the principle of good faith (Art. 6 para. 2 FADP and Art. 2 CC). We also use the following web trackers to evaluate visits to this website:

• Google

  We use on our site the service Google of the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, 4 Dublin, Ireland, e-mail: support-deutschland@google.com, website: http://www.google.com/. According to the assessment of Swiss authorities, the processing takes place in safe third countries. You can find the list of countries in Switzerland and further information at the following link: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/datenschutz/handel-und-wirtschaft/uebermittlung-ins-ausland.html.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 6 FADP or Art. 31 para. 1 FADP, which you have given on our website.

  We use Google in order to be able to load further services from Google on the website. The service is used to provide further Google services, such as the data processing required for the provision of streams and fonts and relevant Google search content. It is technically required in order to be able to exchange the site visitor's information already available to Google between the Google services and to be able to provide the site visitor with individual content adapted to his or her Google account.

  For the processing itself, the service or we collect the following data: Background data stored in the Google user account or at other Google services about the page visitor, background data for the provision of Google services such as streaming data or advertising data, data about the page user's use of Google search, details of the terminal device used, the IP address and the user's browser and other data from Google services for the provision of Google services related to our website.

  If the service is activated on our website, our website establishes a connection to the servers of Google Ireland Limited and transfers the required data. As part of the order processing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043 Mountain View, United States. when using the Google service on our website, Google may transmit and process information from other Google services in order to provide background services for the display and data processing of the services provided by Google. For this purpose, data may also be transferred to the Google services Google Apis, Doubleclick, Google Cloud, and Google Ads and Google Fonts in accordance with the Google privacy policy. You can access the certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.

  You can revoke the processing of your data at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

  The provider also offers an opt-out option at https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155451?hl=de.

• Google Ads

  We use on our site the service Google Ads of the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, 4 Dublin, Ireland, e-mail: support-deutschland@google.com, website: http://www.google.com/. According to the assessment of Swiss authorities, the processing takes place in safe third countries. You can find the list of countries in Switzerland and further information at the following link: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/datenschutz/handel-und-wirtschaft/uebermittlung-ins-ausland.html.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 6 FADP or Art. 31 para. 1 FADP, which you have given on our website.

  Google Ads is an advertising system that allows us to place advertisements on external websites on the Internet to inform our customers about our services. Google Ads displays advertisements on external websites that are individually tailored to our clientele and lead to our website according to parameters set by us. If the site visitor clicks on the Google Ads advertisement, he or she is taken to our website. In order to be able to measure the Google Ads advertisements in terms of their success and remuneration, Google Ads carries out a measurement of the success of the advertising measure when our website is called up. our website processes the data provided by Google Ads in order to be able to analyse and improve our advertising measures and to calculate any remuneration that may be due.

  For the processing itself, the service or we collect the following data: Data on page visitors' advertising interests, page visitors' interactions with advertisements related to our website, data on the visit to our website by page visitors who have previously clicked on Google Ads advertisements and arrived at our website, data on the terminal device used, the IP address and the user's browser and further data from Google services for the provision and refinement of Google advertisements related to our website.

  if the service is activated on our website, our website establishes a connection to the servers of Google Ireland Limited and transfers the required data. As part of the order processing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043 Mountain View, United States. when Google Ads are used on our website, Google may transmit and process information from other Google services in order to provide background services for the improvement and individualisation of Google advertising. For this purpose, data may also be processed by other Google services such as Google Apis, Google Cloud, Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Google Marketing Platform and Google Fonts in accordance with the Google privacy policy under Google's own responsibility under data protection law. You can access the certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.

  You can revoke the processing of your data at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

  The provider also offers an opt-out option at https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155451?hl=de.

• Google Analytics

  • Scope of the processing of personal data

    On our site we use the web tracking service of the company Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, 4 Dublin, Ireland, email: support-deutschland@google.com, website: http://www.google.com/ (hereinafter: Google Analytics). Within the scope of web tracking, Google-Analytics uses cookies that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of the use of our website and your surfing behaviour (so-called tracking). We carry out this analysis on the basis of the Google Analytics tracking service in order to constantly optimise our website and make it more accessible. When you use our website, data such as your IP address and your user activities in particular are transmitted to servers of Google Ireland Limited. We carry out this analysis on the basis of Google's tracking service in order to constantly optimise our website and make it more accessible. We also need the web tracking for security reasons. Web tracking allows us to track whether third parties are attacking our website. The information from the web tracker enables us to take effective countermeasures and protect the personal data we process from these cyber attacks. By activating IP anonymisation within the Google Analytics tracking code of this website, your IP address will be anonymised by Google Analytics before transmission. This website uses a Google Analytics tracking code that has been extended by the operator gat._anonymizeIp(); to enable only anonymised collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).

  • Legal basis for the processing of personal data

    In accordance with Art. 13 para. 1 FADP, the legal basis for data processing is your consent in our information banner regarding the use of cookies and web tracking (consent through clear confirming action or behaviour).

  • Purpose of data processing

    Google will use this information on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating your visit to this website, compiling reports on website activity and providing us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. We also require web tracking for security reasons. Web tracking allows us to track whether third parties are attacking our website. The information from the web tracker allows us to take effective countermeasures and protect the personal data we process from these cyber attacks.

  • Duration of storage

    Google will store the data relevant to the provision of web tracking for as long as is necessary to fulfil the booked web service. The data collection and storage is anonymised. If there is a reference to a person, the data will be deleted immediately, insofar as this is not subject to any statutory retention obligations. In any case, the data will be deleted after expiry of the retention period.

  • Opposition and deletion options

    You can prevent the collection and forwarding of personal data to Google (in particular your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by deactivating the execution of script code in your browser or activating the "Do Not Track" setting of your browser. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the Google cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de). Google's security and privacy policy can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

• Google Maps

  We use on our site the service Google Maps of the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, 4 Dublin, Ireland, e-mail: support-deutschland@google.com, website: http://www.google.com/. According to the assessment of Swiss authorities, the processing takes place in safe third countries. You can find the list of countries in Switzerland and further information at the following link: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/datenschutz/handel-und-wirtschaft/uebermittlung-ins-ausland.html.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 6 FADP or Art. 31 para. 1 FADP, which you have given on our website.

  On our behalf, Google will use the information obtained via Google Maps to show you the map. Using Google Maps, you can find us faster and more accurately than with a simple non-interactive map. Likewise, the relevant data will be used to associate site visitors who view our Google Maps map, possibly with the aid of the Google advertising ID, and to link them with physical visits and calls to further contact information listed on Google. In this way, Google can make an assessment of the expected visitor flows.

  For the processing itself, the service or we collect the following data: Data required for the visualisation and display of location data in the form of a map, such as in particular IP address, information from Google background services such as Google Apis, search terms, IP address, coordinates, start location and destination when using the route planner, location data, Google advertising ID, Android advertising ID.

  We have concluded a joint processing agreement with Google with regard to Google Maps. You can find the content at https://privacy.google.com/intl/de/businesses/mapscontrollerterms/. if the service is activated on our website, our website establishes a connection to the servers of the company Google Ireland Limited and transfers the required data. As part of the order processing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043 Mountain View, United States. when using the Google service on our website, Google may transmit and process information from other Google services in order to provide background services for the display and data processing of the services provided by Google. For this purpose, data processing may also be carried out by the Google services Google Apis, Google Cloud and Google Fonts in accordance with the Google data protection declaration under the data protection responsibility of Google. You can access the certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.

  You can revoke the processing of your data at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

  The provider also offers an opt-out option at https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155451?hl=de.

• Google Tag Manager

  • What personal data is collected and to what extent is it processed?

    On our site, we use the Google Tag Manager service of the company Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, 4 Dublin, Ireland, e-mail: support-deutschland@google.com, website: http://www.google.com/ (hereinafter: Google Tag Manager). Google Tag Manager offers a technical platform for executing and bundling other web services and web tracking programmes by means of so-called "tags". In this context, Google Tag Manager stores cookies on your computer and analyses your surfing behaviour (so-called "tracking"), insofar as web tracking tools are executed using Google Tag Manager. This data sent by individual tags integrated in Google Tag Manager is merged, stored and processed by Google Tag Manager under a uniform user interface. All integrated "tags" are listed separately again in this data protection declaration. You can find more information on the data protection of the tools integrated in Google Tag Manager in the respective section of this data protection declaration. When you use our website with the integration of Google Tag Manager tags activated, data, such as your IP address and your user activities in particular, are transmitted to servers of Google Ireland Limited. With regard to the web services integrated by means of Google Tag Manager, the regulations in the respective section of this data protection declaration apply. The tracking tools used in Google Tag Manager ensure that the IP address is anonymised by Google Tag Manager before transmission by means of IP anonymisation of the source code. In doing so, Google Tag Manager is only enabled to record IP addresses anonymously (so-called IP masking).

  • Legal basis for the processing of personal data

    In accordance with Art. 13 para. 1 FADP, the legal basis for data processing is your consent in our information banner regarding the use of cookies and web tracking (consent through clear confirming action or behaviour).

  • Purpose of data processing

    On our behalf, Google will use the information obtained by means of the Google Tag Manager to evaluate your visit to this website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services related to website and internet usage.

  • Duration of storage

    Google will store the data relevant to the function of Google Tag Manager for as long as is necessary to fulfil the booked web service. The data collection and storage is anonymised. If there is a reference to a person, the data will be deleted immediately, insofar as this is not subject to any legal obligations to retain data. In any case, the data will be deleted after expiry of the retention period.

  • Possibility of objection and deletion

    You can prevent the collection and forwarding of personal data to Google (in particular your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by deactivating the execution of script code in your browser, installing a script blocker in your browser or activating the "Do Not Track" setting of your browser. In addition, you can prevent the collection of the data generated by the Google cookie and related to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) by Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. Google's security and privacy policy can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

• Gstatic

  We use on our site the service Gstatic of the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, 4 Dublin, Ireland, e-mail: support-deutschland@google.com, website: http://www.google.com/. According to the assessment of Swiss authorities, the processing takes place in safe third countries. You can find the list of countries in Switzerland and further information at the following link: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/datenschutz/handel-und-wirtschaft/uebermittlung-ins-ausland.html.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 6 FADP or Art. 31 para. 1 FADP, which you have given on our website.

  Gstatic is a background service used by Google to retrieve static content in order to reduce bandwidth usage and preload required catalogue files. In particular, the service loads background data for Google Fonts and Google Maps.

  As part of the order processing, personal data may also be transferred to the servers of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043 Mountain View, United States. You can access the certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.

  You can revoke the processing of your data at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

  The provider also offers an opt-out option at https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155451?hl=de.

• Hotjar

  We use the service Hotjar of the company Hotjar Ltd., Dragonara Business Centre, 5th Floor, Dragonara Road, 3141 Paceville St Julian's STJ, Malta, website: https://www.hotjar.com/ on our site. According to the assessment of Swiss authorities, the processing takes place in safe third countries. The list of countries in Switzerland and further information can be found at the following link: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/datenschutz/handel-und-wirtschaft/uebermittlung-ins-ausland.html.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 6 FADP or Art. 31 para. 1 FADP, which you have given on our website.

  Through Hotjar, we perform behavioural analysis on the use of our websites and analyse feedback through tools such as heatmaps, session records and surveys.

  You can revoke the processing of your data at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy/.

  The provider also offers an opt-out option at https://help.hotjar.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002735873-How-to-Stop-Hotjar-From-Collecting-your-Data.

• Snapchat

  We use on our site the service Snapchat of the company Snap Inc., 2772 Donald Douglas Loop North, 90405 Santa Monica, United States, e-mail: ktassi@snap.com, website: https://www.snap.com/de-DE/. Your personal data will be transferred to so-called insecure third countries which do not guarantee adequate data protection through their legislation. Your data will only be transferred if appropriate data protection is guaranteed. This can be guaranteed by:

  • contracts under international law
  • Data protection clauses in a contract between the controller or processor and his contractual partner, which have been notified in advance to the FDPIC
  • specific safeguards drawn up by the competent federal body and communicated in advance to the FDPIC
  • Standard data protection clauses which the FDPIC has approved, issued or recognised in advance, or
  • binding internal company data protection regulations which have been approved in advance by the FDPIC or by an authority responsible for data protection in a state which guarantees adequate protection

  If such guarantees do not exist, your data may only be disclosed if you have given your consent to this, the disclosure is directly related to the conclusion or performance of a contract, or the disclosure is necessary in the context of the enforcement of claims before courts and authorities or to protect public interests.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 6 FADP or Art. 31 para. 1 FADP, which you have given on our website.

  Through the Service, we may enable interactions on our site with the social media channel associated with the Service.

  You can revoke the processing of your data at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://www.snap.com/de-DE/privacy/privacy-policy/.

  The provider also offers an opt-out option at https://www.snap.com/de-DE/privacy/privacy-policy/.

• usercentrics

  We use on our site the service usercentrics of the company Usercentrics GmbH, Rosental 4, 80331 Munich, Germany, e-mail: contact@usercentrics.com, website: https://usercentrics.com/. According to the assessment of Swiss authorities, the processing takes place in safe third countries. You can find the list of countries in Switzerland and further information at the following link: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/datenschutz/handel-und-wirtschaft/uebermittlung-ins-ausland.html.

  The legal basis for the transmission and processing is Art. 31 para. 1 FADP. The use of the service helps us to comply with our legal obligations.

  By integrating Usercentrics, we fulfil our legal obligation with regard to the consent management required for cookies.

  You can find out what rights you have with regard to processing at the end of this privacy statement.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://usercentrics.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung/.

  The provider also offers an opt-out option at https://usercentrics.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung/.

Integration of external web services and processing of data outside the EU

On our website, we use active content from external providers, so-called web services. By calling up our website, these external providers may receive personal information about your visit to our website. This may involve processing of data outside of Switzerland. You can prevent this by installing an appropriate browser plug-in or deactivating the execution of scripts in your browser. This may result in functional restrictions on Internet pages that you visit.

We use the following external web services:

• CloudFlare

  We use on our site the service CloudFlare of the company Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend St, 94107 San Francisco, United States, e-mail: support@cloudflare.com, website: https://www.cloudflare.com/de-de/. Your personal data will be transferred to so-called insecure third countries which do not guarantee adequate data protection through their legislation. Your data will only be transferred if appropriate data protection is guaranteed. This can be guaranteed by:

  • contracts under international law
  • Data protection clauses in a contract between the controller or processor and his contractual partner, which have been notified in advance to the FDPIC
  • specific safeguards drawn up by the competent federal body and communicated in advance to the FDPIC
  • Standard data protection clauses which the FDPIC has approved, issued or recognised in advance, or
  • binding internal company data protection regulations which have been approved in advance by the FDPIC or by an authority responsible for data protection in a state which guarantees adequate protection

  If such guarantees do not exist, your data may only be disclosed if you have given your consent to this, the disclosure is directly related to the conclusion or performance of a contract, or the disclosure is necessary in the context of the enforcement of claims before courts and authorities or to protect public interests.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is our legitimate interest in processing which lies in achieving the purpose described below.

  Cloudflare is a so-called content delivery network that provides security functions in addition to splitting the website across several servers. Cloudflare also acts as a reverse proxy for our website.

  You can access the certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?id=a2zt0000000GnZKAA0.

  You can find out what rights you have with regard to processing at the end of this privacy statement.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.

• Google Cloud APIs

  We use on our site the service Google Cloud APIs of the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, 4 Dublin, Ireland, e-mail: support-deutschland@google.com, website: http://www.google.com/. According to the assessment of Swiss authorities, the processing takes place in safe third countries. You can find the list of countries in Switzerland and further information at the following link: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/datenschutz/handel-und-wirtschaft/uebermittlung-ins-ausland.html.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 6 FADP or Art. 31 para. 1 FADP, which you have given on our website.

  We use Google APIs in order to be able to load additional services from Google on the website. Google Apis is a collection of interfaces for communication between the various Google services used on your website. The service is used in particular to display the Google Fonts fonts and to provide the Google Maps map.

  For the processing itself, the service or we collect the following data: IP address

  If the service is activated on our website, our website establishes a connection to the servers of Google Ireland Limited and transfers the required data. As part of the order processing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043 Mountain View, United States. when using the Google service on our website, Google may transmit and process information from other Google services in order to provide background services for the display and data processing of the services provided by Google. For this purpose, data may also be transferred to the Google services Google Cloud, Google Maps, Google Ads and Google Fonts in accordance with the Google privacy policy under the data protection responsibility of Google. You can access the certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.

  You can revoke the processing of your data at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

  The provider also offers an opt-out option at https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155451?hl=de.

• Google Fonts

  We use on our site the service Google Fonts of the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, 4 Dublin, Ireland, e-mail: support-deutschland@google.com, website: http://www.google.com/. According to the assessment of Swiss authorities, the processing takes place in safe third countries. You can find the list of countries in Switzerland and further information at the following link: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/datenschutz/handel-und-wirtschaft/uebermittlung-ins-ausland.html.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 6 FADP or Art. 31 para. 1 FADP, which you have given on our website.

  We use the Google Fonts service to be able to integrate attractive fonts on our website in order to be able to show you our website in a visually better version. The service may also be used on our website if other Google services are reloaded on our website that require Google Fonts fonts to run. This is the case, for example, if our website uses Google services that require Google Fonts to run.

  For the processing itself, the service or we collect the following data: Data on fonts, IP address of the page visitor, statistics on the use of fonts and other data from Google services related to our website.

  If the service is activated on our website, our website establishes a connection to the servers of Google Ireland Limited and transfers the required data. As part of the order processing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043 Mountain View, United States. when using the Google service on our website, Google may transmit and process information from other Google services in order to provide background services for the display and data processing of the services provided by Google. For this purpose, data may also be transferred to the Google services Google Apis, Google Cloud and Google Ads in accordance with the Google privacy policy. You can access the certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.

  You can revoke the processing of your data at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

  The provider also offers an opt-out option at https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155451?hl=de.

• Google reCaptcha

  We use on our site the service Google reCaptcha of the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, 4 Dublin, Ireland, e-mail: support-deutschland@google.com, website: http://www.google.com/. According to the assessment of Swiss authorities, the processing takes place in safe third countries. You can find the list of countries in Switzerland and further information at the following link: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/datenschutz/handel-und-wirtschaft/uebermittlung-ins-ausland.html.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 6 FADP or Art. 31 para. 1 FADP, which you have given on our website.

  If Google reCaptcha is activated on our website, the data determined by Google reCaptcha will be transmitted to servers of the company Google Ireland Limited. As part of the order processing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of the parent company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043 Mountain View, United States. based on specific characteristics and an analysis of page behaviour, the service recognises whether the entries made are automated entries by means of a programme (so-called bot) or human. The service has three different levels. Either the service automatically recognises that the input is not automated by a bot or it lets the user select a captcha checkbox. A third option is the display of small image or voice tasks / text tasks that have to be solved by the site visitor. Google reCaptcha is a capcha service that is used on our website for security reasons to prevent bots (robot programs) from interacting with our website. Google reCaptcha verifies on our behalf that only humans and not bots can use our website. This enables us to protect the special functions of our website (e.g. contact forms or other input options such as the login area) from improper page access.

  For the processing itself, the service or we collect the following data: User behaviour (e.g. mouse gestures or input behaviour), IP address, browser data, computer information.

  If you wish to use the Google reCaptcha-protected input options on our website, you must allow the use of Google reCaptcha and, if necessary, solve the corresponding captchas. If you do not fill in the captcha or do not allow the use of Google reCaptcha, you will not be able to use the form protected by the captcha. Alternatively, you can always use our other contact options (e.g. post or email). You can access the certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.

  You can revoke the processing of your data at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

  The provider also offers an opt-out option at https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155451?hl=de.

• Legally ok Rechtstextsnippet und Module

  We use on our site the service Legally ok Rechtstextsnippet und Module of the company Legally ok GmbH, Schochenmühlestrasse 6, 6340 Baar, Switzerland, e-mail: hello@legally-ok.com, website: https://www.legally-ok.com/. Processing is carried out exclusively in Switzerland in accordance with the data protection legislation applicable there.

  The legal basis for the transmission and processing is Art. 31 para. 1 FADP. The use of the service helps us to comply with our legal obligations.

  With the help of the service, the contents of our legal texts are reloaded on our website. The respective current legal texts are reloaded via the integration on our page. This integration may also be used to reload further technical modules with regard to the legal texts or legally required elements.

  You can find out what rights you have with regard to processing at the end of this privacy statement.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://www.legally-ok.com/datenschutz/.

• Polyfill.io

  We use on our site the service Polyfill.io of the company The Financial Times Limited, Bracken House, 1 Friday Street, EC4M 9BT London, United Kingdom, e-mail: Privacy.Officer@ft.com, website: https://polyfill.io/v3/. According to the assessment of Swiss authorities, the processing takes place in safe third countries. You can find the list of countries in Switzerland and further information at the following link: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/datenschutz/handel-und-wirtschaft/uebermittlung-ins-ausland.html.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is our legitimate interest in processing which lies in achieving the purpose described below.

  Polyfill.io is used by us to be able to display appropriate content to the user depending on the browser type. This serves to compensate for problems with different browser versions.

  You can find out what rights you have with regard to processing at the end of this privacy statement.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://polyfill.io/v3/privacy-policy.

• Unpkg

  We use on our site the service Unpkg of the company Npm, Inc., 1999 Harrison Street #1150, CA 94612 Oakland, United States, e-mail: privacy@npmjs.com, website: https://unpkg.com/. Your personal data will be transferred to so-called insecure third countries which do not guarantee adequate data protection through their legislation. Your data will only be transferred if appropriate data protection is guaranteed. This can be guaranteed by:

  • contracts under international law
  • Data protection clauses in a contract between the controller or processor and his contractual partner, which have been notified in advance to the FDPIC
  • specific safeguards drawn up by the competent federal body and communicated in advance to the FDPIC
  • Standard data protection clauses which the FDPIC has approved, issued or recognised in advance, or
  • binding internal company data protection regulations which have been approved in advance by the FDPIC or by an authority responsible for data protection in a state which guarantees adequate protection

  If such guarantees do not exist, your data may only be disclosed if you have given your consent to this, the disclosure is directly related to the conclusion or performance of a contract, or the disclosure is necessary in the context of the enforcement of claims before courts and authorities or to protect public interests.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 6 FADP or Art. 31 para. 1 FADP, which you have given on our website.

  The service is a content delivery network that mirrors our content across different servers to ensure optimal accessibility worldwide.

  You can revoke the processing of your data at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://www.npmjs.com/policies/privacy.

Data security and data protection, communication by e-mail

Your personal data is protected by technical and organisational measures during collection, storage and processing so that it is not accessible to third parties. In the case of unencrypted communication by e-mail, we cannot guarantee complete data security on the transmission path to our IT systems, so we recommend encrypted communication or the postal service for information requiring a high level of confidentiality.

Duration of data storage and rights of the data subject

Duration of storage

We store personal data only to the extent and for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which the personal data was collected, we have a legitimate overriding interest in retaining the data or are legally obliged to do so.

Right to information

You have the right to request confirmation as to whether we are processing personal data about you. If this is the case, you have the right to information on the data specified in 25 ff. FADP, insofar as the information cannot be refused, restricted or postponed by the owner of the data collection (cf. Art. 26 f. FADP). We will also be happy to provide you with a copy of the data.

Right of rectification

Pursuant to Art. 32 para. 1 FADP, you have the right to demand that incorrectly stored personal data (e.g. address, name, etc.) be corrected, provided that this claim does not conflict with any legal obligation. You may also request that the data stored by us be completed at any time. A corresponding adjustment will be made immediately.

Right to erasure

You have the right to have us delete the personal data we have collected about you if

• the data is either no longer required;
• the legal basis for processing has ceased to exist without replacement due to the revocation of your consent;
• there are no longer any legitimate reasons for processing the data;
• Your data is being processed unlawfully;
• a legal obligation requires this.

The right does not exist if

• the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information;
• Your data has been collected on the basis of a legal obligation;
• processing is necessary for reasons of public interest;
• the data is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Right of withdrawal

If you have given us express consent to process your personal data (Art. 6 para. 6 FADP and Art. 31 para. 1 FADP), you may revoke this consent at any time. Please note that the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent up to the revocation is not affected by this. Information for which we are legally obliged to retain data will be deleted after expiry of the deadline.

How do you exercise your rights?

You can exercise your rights at any time by contacting us using the contact details below:

Max Zeller Söhne AG
Seeblickstrasse 4
8590 Romanshorn
Switzerland
E-mail: info@zellerag.ch
Tel: +41 71 466 05 00

Right to data portability

We will provide you with the following data upon request:

• Data collected on the basis of consent (Art. 31 para. 1 FADP);
• Data that we have received from you within the framework of existing contracts (Art. 31 para. 2 let. a FADP);
• Data that has been processed as part of an automated procedure.

We will transfer the personal data directly to a person in charge of your choice as far as this is technically feasible. Please note that we are not permitted to transfer data that interferes with the overriding interests of third parties, or only to a limited extent, in accordance with Art. 26 Para. 1 Letter b FADP.

Notifications to the FDPIC and possibility to file a complaint

Pursuant to Art. 49 FADP, data subjects may file a report with the supervisory authority if there are sufficient indications that a data processing operation could violate data protection regulations. The supervisory authority for data protection in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).

For further information, please consult the contact form of the FDPIC: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/deredoeb/kontakt.html

If you suspect that your data is being processed illegally on our website, you can seek clarification of the issue in court in accordance with Art. 32 FADP. As a rule, a lawsuit in accordance with Art. 28 ff. CC should be sought. If you are affected by the processing of data by federal bodies, the procedure is in accordance with Art. 41 FADP. In this case, you can also contact the FDPIC (see the reference to the contact form above).