Data Privacy Statement

 

1. General

Swiss Permit Solutions GmbH is the operator of the website www.swisspermitsolutions.com and the provider of the services offered on this website. Swiss Permit Solutions GmbH is therefore responsible for the collection, processing and use of your data and must ensure that it complies with Swiss law. Swiss Permit Solutions GmbH attaches great importance to the protection of your personal data. Herewith we inform you about which data is collected on www.swisspermitsolutions.com and how it is used. You will also find out how you can check the accuracy of this information and arrange for us to delete this data. Please note that this data privacy statement may change from time to time. We therefore recommend that you regularly read this data privacy statement to ensure that you are always familiar with the latest version.

2. Collection, use and processing of personal and company-related data

When you visit www.swisspermitsolutions.com, certain data is automatically stored on our servers for system administration, statistical or backup purposes. These are:
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We automatically collect certain information when a user visits, uses or navigates our website, this is mainly through the form of cookies or other technologies. This information does not reveal their specific identity-related information (name or contact information), but may include device and usage information, such as their IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our website, and other technical information. This information is primarily required to maintain the security and operation of our website and for internal analysis and reporting purposes.
Under certain circumstances, this data may allow conclusions to be drawn about a specific visitor. However, personal data is not used in this context. The use of such data is exclusively anonymous.
Furthermore, you agree that your data may be used for advertising purposes. If you do not agree to the use of your data for advertising purposes, you can prohibit this at any time by writing an e-mail to dvacher@swisspermitsolutions.com.
Your data will be passed on to our partners (third parties) insofar as this is necessary for the processing of your order. If we pass on data to external service providers, technical and organisational measures are taken to ensure that the data is passed on in accordance with the legal provisions of data protection. If you provide us with personal or company-related data of your own accord, we will not use, process or pass on this data beyond the scope permitted by law or specified by you in a declaration of consent. Furthermore, we will only pass on your data to external service providers insofar as this is necessary for the processing of the contract and they have agreed to the corresponding confidentiality and due diligence provisions. Furthermore, we only pass on your data if we are obliged to do so by law or by official or court orders.

3. Information, deletion, and correction

You can request information about your data stored by us at any time. To do so, please send an information request by e-mail to the address below. Together with the request, proof of identity must be sent to the same address.
You have the option to request the deletion or correction of your data at any time. Of course, you are also entitled at any time to revoke your consent to the use or processing of personal data with effect for the future. To do so, please write to us by e-mail at dvacher@swisspermitsolutions.com.
Stored data will be deleted by us when it is no longer required for the stated purpose.
With regard to the deletion of data, it is important to note that we are subject to certain legal obligations which require us to retain certain data. We must comply with this obligation. If you wish to delete data that is subject to the legal obligation to retain data, the data will be blocked in our system and only used to fulfil the legal obligation to retain data. After expiry of the retention period, your request for deletion will be complied with.

4. Data Security

We will keep your data secure and therefore take all reasonable steps to protect your data from loss, access, misuse or alteration. Our employees and contractors who have access to your data will be contractually bound to maintain confidentiality and comply with data protection laws. In some cases, it will be necessary for us to pass on your requests to companies affiliated with us. In these cases, too, your data will be treated confidentially.

5. Cookies

To facilitate the use of our www.swisspermitsolutions.com, we use so-called cookies. “Cookies” are small pieces of information that are temporarily stored by your browser on the hard disk of your computer and are necessary for the use of our www.swisspermitsolutions.com. For example, the information contained in the cookies serves to control the session, in particular to improve navigation and enable a high degree of user-friendliness of a website. The cookies we use do not store any person-specific information. With most web browsers, cookies are automatically accepted. You can avoid this by changing the settings of your browser. You can remove cookies stored on your PC at any time by deleting the temporary internet files (browser bar “Extras-Internet options”).
Deactivating cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of our portal.
Here you can also find the instructions on how to delete cookies for Internet Explorer:
https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/kb/278835 und Mozilla https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entfernen

6. Plug-Ins

6.1. Facebook Plug-Ins

Plug-ins of the social network Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA are integrated on our website. You can recognize the Facebook plug-ins by the Facebook logo or the “Like” or “Share” button on our site. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When you visit our pages, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the plug-in. The content of the plug-in is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser, which then integrates it into the website. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there. If you click the Facebook “Like” button while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages on your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. The information of your interaction is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on Facebook and displayed to your Facebook friends. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook.

Facebook may use this information for the purposes of advertising, market research and demand-oriented design of the Facebook pages. For this purpose, Facebook creates usage, interest and relationship profiles, e.g. to evaluate your use of our website with regard to the advertisements displayed to you on Facebook, to inform other Facebook users about your activities on our website and to provide other services associated with the use of Facebook.

For more information, please see Facebook’s privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

If you do not want Facebook to be able to associate your visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account before using our website.

6.2. Twitter

Plugins of the short message network Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA are integrated on our website. You can recognise the Twitter plugins (Tweet button) by the Twitter logo on our site. You can find an overview of the Tweet button at https://dev.twitter.com/.
When you visit a page of our website that contains such a plug-in, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Twitter server. Twitter thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the “Tweet button” while you are logged into your Twitter account, you can link the content of our pages on your Twitter profile. This enables Twitter to associate the visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. You can find more information on this in Twitter’s privacy policy.
If you do not want Twitter to be able to associate your visit to our pages, please log out of your Twitter user account.

6.3. LinkedIn

Plugins of the social network LinkedIn of LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “LinkedIn”) are integrated on our website. You can recognise the LinkedIn plugins by the LinkedIn logo or the “Recommend” button on our site. When you visit our pages, a direct connection is established between your browser and the LinkedIn server via the plug-in. LinkedIn thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the LinkedIn “Recommend Button” while logged into your LinkedIn account, you can link the content of our pages on your LinkedIn profile. This enables LinkedIn to assign the visit to our pages to your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn. Details on data collection (purpose, scope, further processing, use) as well as your rights and setting options can be found in LinkedIn’s privacy policy.
These notes can be found at: http://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

6.4. Google Adsense

These internet pages may use Google AdSense, a service for integrating advertisements of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google AdSense uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). Through these web beacons, information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this offer can be evaluated.

The information generated by cookies and web beacons about the use of this website (including the user’s IP address) and the delivery of advertising formats is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This information may be passed on by Google to contractual partners of Google. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data stored by you.

Users may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on their browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, users consent to the processing of data about them by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

6.5. Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie (browser type/version, operating system used, referrer URL, website previously visited, IP address, time of server request) about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. In the event that IP anonymisation is activated on our website, however, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within Member States of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
For more information about the web analytics service used, please visit the Google Analytics website. Instructions on how to prevent the processing of your data by the web analytics service can be found at http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

6.6. Google Tag Manager

Google Tag Manager provides a single code snippet, called the container code, which, once implemented, hosts all other third-party tags or code snippets such as Google Analytics, Google Search Console, etc. It mainly collects the non-specific identity-related data and the user’s activities and interactions with the website, which may include button clicks or custom user activity event triggers, page visits, time spent on the page and more. This is mainly used for internal analysis and to protect the website from spam activity and bots.

6.7. WordPress.com

WordPress is an open source content management system licensed under GPLv2 and a tool for managing and maintaining our website. It does not automatically store identity data, but hosts user form data (with user entered details such as name, phone, email) which can be temporarily stored in our website database hosted on WordPress for processing and access.

6.8. MailChimp

MailChimp is email marketing software used for email campaigns for the website user community. The MailChimp API is connected to the website forms and is therefore occasionally updated with the submitted details (such as name, email ID, contact number) and some device-related information, triggered by the website form submissions. This data is stored for communication purposes and to track user requests submitted in the form.

7. Changes

Changes to this data privacy statement will be published on this page. In this way, you can always inform yourself about what data we store, how we collect and use it. You can save and / or print the privacy policy here.