Privacy Policy

We are very pleased about your interest in our website. Protecting your privacy is very important to us. Below we provide detailed information about how we handle your data according to the applicable Swiss data protection regulations and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Schlossfabrik Heusser AG
Murgstrasse 11
CH – 4923 Wynau
Switzerland
E-Mail: info@heusser-schloss.ch

Authorized representative:
Mr. Stephan Maag, Owner and Managing Director

2. Collection and Storage of Personal Data and the Nature and Purpose of Their Use

a) When Visiting the Website:
When you access our website [your website address], information is automatically sent to the server of our website by the browser used on your device. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected without your intervention and stored until automated deletion:

IP address of the requesting computer,
Date and time of access,
Name and URL of the retrieved file,
Website from which access is made (referrer URL),
Browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your access provider.
The mentioned data will be processed by us for the following purposes:

Ensuring a smooth connection of the website,
Ensuring comfortable use of our website,
Evaluation of system security and stability as well as
for further administrative purposes.
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR and Art. 13(2)(a) FADP. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes listed above for data collection. Under no circumstances do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.

b) When Using Our Contact Form:
For questions of any kind, we offer you the opportunity to contact us via a form provided on the website. A valid email address is required so that we know who the request is from and to be able to respond to it. Further information can be provided voluntarily.

Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Art. 13(1) FADP based on your voluntarily given consent.

3. Disclosure of Data

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.

We only share your personal data with third parties if:

You have given your explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Art. 13(1) FADP,
the disclosure is necessary for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR and Art. 13(2)(a) FADP,
there is a legal obligation for disclosure pursuant to Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR and Art. 13(1) FADP, and
it is legally permissible and necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and Art. 13(2)(a) FADP.

4. Cookies

We use cookies on our site. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. Cookies do not damage your device, do not contain viruses, Trojans, or other malicious software.

In the cookie, information is stored that arises in connection with the specific device used. However, this does not mean that we immediately become aware of your identity.

The use of cookies serves to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site.

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your device for a specified period. If you visit our site again to use our services, it will automatically recognize that you have already been with us and what inputs and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.

We also use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you (see Section 5). These cookies enable us to automatically recognize that you have already been with us when you revisit our site. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period.

The data processed by cookies are necessary for the purposes mentioned to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR and Art. 13(2)(a) FADP.

5. Analysis Tools

a) Tracking Tools:
The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR and Art. 13(2)(a) FADP. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure a needs-based design and continuous optimization of our website. We also use the tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website and evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned regulation.

b) Google Analytics:
To ensure a needs-based design and continuous optimization of our pages, we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (https://www.google.com/about/) (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter “Google”). In this context, pseudonymized usage profiles are created and cookies (see Section 4) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website, such as

Browser type/version,
Operating system used,
Referrer URL (the previously visited page),
Hostname of the accessing computer (IP address),
Time of the server request,
is transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, compile reports on website activities, and provide other services related to website and internet use for the purposes of market research and needs-based design of these internet pages. This information may also be transferred to third parties if required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. In no case will your IP address be merged with other data from Google. The IP addresses are anonymized so that an assignment is not possible (IP masking).

You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en).

6. Your Rights

You have the right to:

In accordance with Art. 15 GDPR and Art. 25 FADP, request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, deletion, restriction of processing, or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
In accordance with Art. 16 GDPR and Art. 32 FADP, request the correction of incorrect or completion of your personal data stored by us without delay;
In accordance with Art. 17 GDPR and Art. 32 FADP, request the deletion of your personal data stored by us unless the processing is necessary for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information, for fulfilling a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for asserting, exercising, or defending legal claims;
In accordance with Art. 18 GDPR and Art. 33 FADP, request the restriction of the processing of your personal data if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you oppose its deletion and we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims, or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR and Art. 35 FADP;
In accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or request the transmission to another responsible party;
In accordance with Art. 7(3) GDPR, revoke your consent once given to us at any time. As a result, we are no longer allowed to continue the data processing based on this consent for the future;
In accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our company headquarters.

7. Right to Object

If your personal data is processed based on legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR and Art. 13(2)(a) FADP, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR and Art. 35 FADP, provided there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which we will implement without specifying a particular situation.

If you would like to exercise your right of revocation or objection, please send an email to info@heusser-schloss.ch.

8. Data Security

We use the widespread SSL procedure (Secure Socket Layer) in conjunction with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser during your website visit. In general, this is a 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. Whether a single page of our website is transmitted encrypted is indicated by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.

We also take appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction, or unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

9. Currentness and Changes to This Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is currently valid and has the status of June 2024.

Due to the further development of our website and offers above or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may be necessary to change this privacy policy. The current privacy policy can be retrieved and printed by you at any time on the website under [your website address]/privacy-policy.