Data Protection Declaration. We Take Data Protection Seriously.

General information

We are very pleased with your interest in our company. SwissOptic AG respect your privacy. Data protection has a very high priority with us. We fully understand that you trust us to be responsible with the personal information that you have entrusted to us. This is why we pursue a policy that aims to protect your personal information.

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal information when you visit our website. Personal data covers all of the data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information about the data protection subject can be found in our protection declaration listed under this text.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for collecting data on this website?
The website operator is responsible for collecting and processing data on this website. The contact details can be found in this website's imprint information.

How do we collect your data?
Your data that you tell us about is the data that will be collected. This might be the data that you enter in our contact form.
Other data is recorded by our IT system when you visit our website. This is specific technical data (e.g. your internet browser, operating system or the time that you called up the site). This data is recorded automatically the moment you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure that we provide a flawless website. The rest of the data is used for analyzing your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to obtain free-of-charge information at any time about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have a right to request correction, blocking or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint for this purpose and if you have any further questions about data protection. Furthermore, you also have a right of appeal to the relevant supervisory authority.

Data protection

The operator of this site takes protecting your personal data very seriously. We will always treat your personal data confidentially and in compliance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.

Different personal data will be collected whenever you use this website. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This data protection declaration explains which information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose it is collected.

Please note that data transfers over the internet (e.g. when communicating via email) might be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete data protection from being accessed by third parties is not possible.

Information about the responsible entity

The entity responsible for data processing on this website is:

SwissOptic AG
Heinrich-Wild-Strasse
9435 Heerbrugg, Schweiz
Tel.: +41 71 747 04 20
E-Mail: swissoptic [at] swissoptic.com (swissoptic[at]swissoptic[dot]com)

The responsible entity is the natural or legal person who, alone or in conjunction with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (such as names, email addresses, etc.).

Withdrawing your consent to data processing

Many data processing procedures are only possible to implement with your express consent. You can revoke your existing consent at any time. Just send us an informal email message and this will be sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the withdrawal of consent.

Right of appeal to the relevant supervisory authority

According to Article 77 GDPR, you have the right to complain to the supervisory authority without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy. The legal basis in the area of ​​application of the GDPR is Article 77. You then have the right to assert your claims in court.

Information, blocking, deleting

You have the right to be given free-of-charge information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient as well as the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint for this purpose and if you have any further questions about your personal data.

Legally required data protection officer

We have appointed a data protection officer for our companies.

Contact: datenschutz [at] swissoptic.com (datenschutz[at]swissoptic[dot]com)

Server log files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files that your browser sends automatically. These are:

• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Name of providers
• IP address
• Date and time of access
• Referrer URL (the previously visited page/website)

This data is not combined with other data sources.
The basis of data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 (f) GDPR, which authorizes the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

The aforementioned data are deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary for achieving the specified purposes. If your IP address is processed, it is deleted after seven days.

Cookies

Our website sometimes uses so-called cookies. Cookies do not adversely affect your computer nor do they contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored in your computer by your browser.

The majority of cookies used by us are so-called "session" cookies. They are deleted automatically at the end of your visit to our site. Other cookies remain stored in your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit our site.

The purpose of processing technically necessary cookies is to make using websites easier for users. Some features of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser will be recognized again even after changing pages.
We need cookies for the following:

• Identification of user session in server memory
• Prevention and defense against attacks
• Saving information that the user approved or refused the use of cookies
• Saving information that the user has sent a form

You can set up your browser so that you are informed about the cookie settings and so that it will only allow the acceptance of cookies in specific cases or generally exclude them as well as activating the automatic cookie deletion process when closing the browser. Disabling cookies might well restrict this website's functionality.

Cookies that are needed to implement the electronic communications process are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storing of cookies in order to ensure technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies (such as cookies for analyzing your surfing behavior) are stored, they will be treated separately in this data protection declaration (see PLUGINS & TOOLS section).

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, then your details entered in the inquiry form, including the contact details that you entered, will be stored in order to process your inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. This data will always remain within the SwissOptic AG and we will never share it without your consent.

The processing of the data entered into the contact form is based exclusively on your consent (General Data Protection Act, Art. 6 Para. 1, etc.). You can revoke this consent at any time. Just send us an informal email message and this will be sufficient. The legality of the data processing procedure carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the withdrawal of consent.

The data that you entered in the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to its storage or if the reason for the data storage lapses (e.g. after completing the processing of your inquiry). Mandatory statutory provisions - especially retention periods - remain unaffected.

Passing data on

The personal information provided to us will only be passed on to other locations within the SwissOptic AG, provided that this is necessary with regard to internal cooperation or for the processing of your inquiries.

You can revoke your existing data processing consent at any time. Just send us an informal email message and this will be sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the withdrawal of consent.

Applicant's data

We collect and process the personal data of applicants so that we can process their applications. This processing can also be realized electronically.
This is particularly the case if an applicant submits the relevant application documents to us electronically, i.e. via email or via a web form from our website.

If a contract of employment results from the application, then the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of implementing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions.

If the application does not result in a contract of employment, then the application documents will be deleted six months after the job placement has been finalized, provided that deletion does not prejudice any other legitimate interests of the processing entity. Another legitimate interest in this sense could be the burden of proof in a procedure under the General Equal Treatment Act (Allgemeinen Gleichbehandlungsgesetz). The data can also be stored longer with the approval of the applicant.