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Privacy policy

The responsible body within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

STAG AG
Industriestrasse 11
CH-7304 Maienfeld

Telephone: +41(0)81 303 58 00
Email: office@stag.net
Website: https://stag.net

General information

Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the data protection provisions of the Confederation (Data Protection Act, DPA), every person is entitled to protection of their privacy and protection against misuse of their personal data. The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

In cooperation with our hosting providers, we strive to protect the databases as well as possible against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or falsification.

Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g., when communicating by email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

By using this website, you agree to the collection, processing, and use of data as described below. In principle, this website can be visited without registration. In doing so, data such as pages accessed or the names of files retrieved, date and time are stored on the server for statistical purposes, without these data being directly attributable to you. Personal data, in particular name, address, or email address, are collected on a voluntary basis wherever possible. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent.

Processing of personal data

Personal data are all information relating to an identified or identifiable person. A data subject is a person whose personal data are processed. Processing includes any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, in particular storing, disclosing, obtaining, deleting, saving, altering, destroying, and using personal data.

We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law. In addition, insofar as and to the extent that the EU GDPR is applicable, we process personal data on the basis of the following legal grounds in connection with Art. 6(1) GDPR:

  • Consent (Art. 6(1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR) – The data subject has given consent to the processing of personal data relating to them for one or more specific purposes.
  • Performance of a contract and pre-contractual enquiries (Art. 6(1) sentence 1 lit. b GDPR) – Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.
  • Legal obligation (Art. 6(1) sentence 1 lit. c GDPR) – Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.
  • Protection of vital interests (Art. 6(1) sentence 1 lit. d GDPR) – Processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person.
  • Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR) – Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data.
  • Application procedure as a pre-contractual or contractual relationship (Art. 9(2) lit. b GDPR) – Insofar as special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9(1) GDPR (e.g., health data such as severe disability status or ethnic origin) are requested from applicants as part of the application procedure so that the controller or the data subject can exercise the rights arising from employment law and the law of social security and social protection and fulfil the corresponding obligations, such data are processed pursuant to Art. 9(2) lit. b GDPR; in the case of protection of vital interests of applicants or other persons pursuant to Art. 9(2) lit. c GDPR; or for purposes of preventive health care or occupational medicine, for the assessment of the employee’s working capacity, for medical diagnosis, the provision of health or social care or treatment, or the management of health or social care systems and services pursuant to Art. 9(2) lit. h GDPR. Where special categories of data are communicated on the basis of voluntary consent, they are processed on the basis of Art. 9(2) lit. a GDPR.

We process personal data for as long as is necessary for the respective purpose or purposes. In the case of longer retention obligations due to statutory and other obligations to which we are subject, we restrict processing accordingly.

Security measures

In accordance with statutory requirements, taking into account the state of the art, implementation costs, and the nature, scope, circumstances, and purposes of processing as well as the varying likelihood and severity of risks to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, we implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk.

These measures include, in particular, safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data by controlling physical and electronic access to the data, as well as access, input, disclosure, ensuring availability, and separation of the data. Furthermore, we have established procedures to ensure the exercise of data subject rights, deletion of data, and responses to data threats. We also take data protection into account as early as the development or selection of hardware, software, and procedures, in accordance with the principle of data protection by design and by default.

Transfer of personal data

In the course of our processing of personal data, it may happen that data are transferred to other bodies, companies, legally independent organizational units, or persons, or disclosed to them. Recipients of these data may include, for example, Service providers commissioned with IT tasks or providers of services and content integrated into a website. In such cases, we comply with statutory requirements and, in particular, conclude appropriate contracts and/or agreements with the recipients of your data to protect your data.

Data processing in third countries

If we process data in a third country (i.e., outside the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA)) or if processing takes place in the context of using third-party services or disclosing or transferring data to other persons, bodies, or companies, this is done only in accordance with statutory requirements.

Subject to express consent or contractually or legally required transfer, we process data in third countries only where an adequate level of data protection is recognized, where there is a contractual obligation through so-called standard data protection clauses of the EU Commission, where certifications exist, or where binding internal data protection rules apply (Art. 44 to 49 GDPR; EU Commission information page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection_de).

Cookies

This website uses cookies. These are small text files that make it possible to store specific information related to the user on the user’s device while they use the website. Cookies make it possible, in particular, to determine the frequency of use and the number of users of the pages, to analyze patterns of page usage, and also to make our offering more user-friendly. Cookies remain stored beyond the end of a browser session and can be retrieved when you visit the site again. If you do not want this, you should set your internet browser to refuse cookies.

A general objection to the use of cookies used for online marketing purposes can be declared for a large number of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the US website http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU website http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. In addition, the storage of cookies can be prevented by disabling them in the browser settings. Please note that in this case, not all functions of this online offering may be available.

SSL/TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as enquiries you send to us as the website operator, this website uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser address line changing from «http://» to «https://» and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.

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

Server log files

The provider of this website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Hostname of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request

These data cannot be assigned to specific persons. These data are not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to review these data retrospectively if we become aware of specific indications of unlawful use.

Third-party services

This website may use Google Maps to embed maps, Google Invisible reCAPTCHA to protect against bots and spam, and YouTube to embed videos.

These services of the American Google LLC use cookies, among other things, and as a result data are transferred to Google in the USA, whereby we assume that no personal tracking takes place solely through the use of our website in this context.

Google has committed to ensuring an adequate level of data protection in accordance with the US-EU and US-Swiss Privacy Shield.

Further information can be found in the Google privacy policy.

Contact form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact data you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass these data on without your consent.

Rights of data subjects

You may exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided:

  • Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
  • Correction of inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
  • Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),
  • Restriction of data processing, insofar as we are not yet permitted to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
  • Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR), and
  • Data portability, provided that you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).

If you have given us consent, you may withdraw it at any time with effect for the future.

You may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority at any time.

Use of Google Maps

This website uses Google Maps. This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to use the map function conveniently. When you visit the website, Google receives the information that you have accessed the relevant subpage of our website. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not want the assignment to your Google profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for purposes of advertising, market research, and/or tailoring its website to demand. Such evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide demand-oriented advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles; to exercise this right, you must contact Google. Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by Google, as well as further information on your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, can be found at: www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Use of Google reCAPTCHA

This website uses the reCAPTCHA service of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; “Google”). The query serves the purpose of distinguishing whether the input is made by a human or by automated, machine processing. The query includes the transmission of the IP address and, if applicable, other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google. For this purpose, your input is transmitted to Google and used there. However, your IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of this service. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of reCAPTCHA is not merged with other data from Google. Your data may also be transferred to the USA. For data transfers to the USA, there is an adequacy decision of the European Commission, the “Privacy Shield”. Google participates in the “Privacy Shield” and has submitted to its requirements. By activating the query, you consent to the processing of your data. Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR with your consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of the consent until withdrawal.

Further information about Google reCAPTCHA and the associated privacy policy can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited. If the controller responsible for data processing on this website is located outside the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Analytics data processing is carried out by Google LLC. Google LLC and Google Ireland Limited are hereinafter referred to as “Google”.

The statistics obtained enable us to improve our offering and make it more interesting for you as a user. This website also uses Google Analytics for a cross-device analysis of visitor flows, which is carried out via a user ID. If you have a Google user account, you can deactivate the cross-device analysis of your usage in the settings under «My Data» and «Personal data».

The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6(1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google. Please note that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code «_anonymizeIp();» to ensure anonymized collection of IP addresses. As a result, IP addresses are processed in shortened form, which rules out any personal reference. Insofar as the data collected about you have a personal reference, this is therefore immediately excluded and the personal data are deleted without delay.

Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide further services to the website operator in connection with website use and internet use. For the exceptional cases in which personal data are transferred to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Google Analytics uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings; however, please note that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google and the processing of these data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: Disable Google Analytics.

You can also prevent the use of Google Analytics by clicking this link: Disable Google Analytics. This will store a so-called opt-out cookie on your device, which prevents the processing of personal data by Google Analytics. Please note that if you delete all cookies on your device, these opt-out cookies will also be deleted, i.e., you will need to set the opt-out cookies again if you wish to continue preventing this form of data collection. The opt-out cookies are set per browser and computer/device and must therefore be activated separately for each browser, computer, or other device.

Google Web Fonts

This website uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the consistent display of fonts. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

YouTube

This website includes functions of the «YouTube» service. «YouTube» is owned by Google Ireland Limited, a company incorporated and operated under Irish law with its registered office at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, which operates the services in the European Economic Area and Switzerland.

Your legal agreement with «YouTube» consists of the terms and conditions available at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/static?gl=de&template=terms&hl=de. These terms form a legally binding agreement between you and «YouTube» regarding the use of the services. Google’s privacy policy explains how «YouTube» handles your personal data and protects your data when you use the service.

Copyright

The copyright and all other rights to content, images, photos, or other files on the website belong exclusively to the operator of this website or the specifically named rights holders. Written consent from the copyright holder must be obtained in advance for the reproduction of any files.

Anyone who commits a copyright infringement without the consent of the respective rights holder may be liable to prosecution and, where applicable, to pay damages.

General disclaimer

All information on our website has been carefully checked. We strive to provide our information offering in an up-to-date, accurate, and complete manner. Nevertheless, the occurrence of errors cannot be completely ruled out, and we therefore cannot guarantee the completeness, accuracy, or timeliness of information, including of a journalistic-editorial nature. Liability claims for damage of a material or immaterial nature caused by the use of the information provided are excluded, unless there is proven intentional or grossly negligent fault.

The publisher may, at its own discretion and without notice, change or delete texts and is not obliged to update the content of this website. Use of or access to this website is at the visitor’s own risk. The publisher, its clients, or partners are not responsible for damages such as direct, indirect, incidental, specifically determinable in advance, or consequential damages allegedly resulting from visiting this website, and therefore accept no liability.

The publisher also assumes no responsibility or liability for the content and availability of third-party websites that can be accessed via external links on this website. The operators of the linked pages are solely responsible for their content. The publisher therefore expressly distances itself from all third-party content that may be relevant under criminal or liability law or that violates common standards of decency.

Changes

We may amend this privacy policy at any time without prior notice. The current version published on our website shall apply. If the privacy policy is part of an agreement with you, we will inform you of the change in the event of an update by email or by other appropriate means.

Questions for the data protection officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an email.

Source: SwissAnwalt