This Data Protection Declaration provides information about the processing of personal data in connection with our activities and operations, including our website under the domain name www.sifloor.ch. In particular, we provide information on why, how and where we process which personal data. We also provide information about the rights of persons whose data we process.

We may publish further data protection declarations or other information on data protection for individual or additional activities and operations.

1. Contact addresses

Responsibility for the processing of personal data:

Vitus Meier 
Sifloor AG 
Allmendstrasse 26 
CH-6210 Sursee

info@sifloor.ch

In individual cases, third parties may be responsible for the processing of personal data, or there may be joint responsibility with third parties.

Data protection advisor

The following Data Protection Advisor is available as a point of contact for data subjects and authorities in the event of queries relating to data protection:

Rebecca Schwegler 
Uzin Utz SE Dieselstrasse 3 
DE-89079 Ulm

rebecca.schwegler@uzin-utz.com

2. Terms used and legal bases

2.1 Definitions of terms

Data subject: Natural person about whom we process personal data.

Personal data: Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Particularly sensitive personal data: Data regarding trade union, political, religious or philosophical opinions and activities, data regarding health, privacy or the membership of an ethnic or racial group, genetic data, biometric data that uniquely identifies a natural person, data regarding criminal and administrative sanctions or prosecutions, and data regarding social assistance measures.

Processing: Any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, such as querying, matching, adapting, archiving, storing, reading, disclosing, obtaining, recording, collecting, deleting, disclosing, arranging, organising, storing, modifying, disseminating, linking, destroying and using personal data.
 

2.2 Legal bases

We process personal data in accordance with Swiss Data Protection Law, in particular the Federal Act on Data Protection (Data Protection Act, DPA) and the Ordinance on Data Protection (Data Protection Ordinance, DPO).

3. Type, scope and purpose of the processing of personal data

We process the personal data that is necessary in order to carry out our activities and operations in a sustainable, respectful, secure and reliable manner. The processed personal data may, in particular, fall into the categories of browser and device data, content data, communication data, metadata, usage data, master data including inventory and contact data, location data, transaction data, contract data and payment data.

We also process personal data that we receive from third parties, that we obtain from publicly accessible sources or collect in the course of our activities and operations, insofar as such processing is permitted for legal reasons.

Where necessary, we process personal data with the consent of the data subjects. In many cases, we may also process personal data without consent, for example, in order to fulfil legal obligations or to protect overriding interests. We may also ask data subjects for their consent where their consent is not required.

We process personal data for the duration required for the respective purpose. We anonymise or delete personal data, in particular in accordance with the statutory retention and limitation periods.

4. Disclosure of personal data

We may disclose personal data to third parties, have it processed by third parties, or process it jointly with third parties. Such third parties are, in particular, specialised providers whose services we use.

We may, for example, disclose personal data to banks and other financial service providers, to public authorities, educational and research institutions, consultants and lawyers, interest groups, IT service providers, cooperation partners, credit and business information agencies, logistics and shipping companies, marketing and advertising agencies, media, organisations and associations, social institutions, telecommunications companies and insurance companies.

5. Communication

We process personal data in order to be able to communicate with individuals, as well as with public authorities, organisations and companies. In particular, we process data that a data subject transmits to us when contacting us, for example, by post or e-mail. We may store such data in an address book or with similar tools.

Third parties who transmit data to us about other persons are obliged to independently ensure the data protection of these data subjects. In particular, they must ensure that such data is correct and that its transmission is permitted.

We use selected services from suitable providers to enable and improve communication with individuals and other communication partners. We may also use such services to manage and otherwise process the data of data subjects that go beyond direct communication.

6. Data security

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure data security appropriate to the respective risk. With our measures, we guarantee, in particular, the confidentiality, availability, traceability and integrity of the processed personal data, but cannot guarantee absolute data security.

Access to our website and our other online presence takes place using transport encryption (SSL / TLS, in particular with the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, abbreviated to HTTPS). Most browsers warn against visiting websites without transport encryption.

Our digital communication - like all digital communication - is basically subject to mass surveillance without cause or suspicion by the security authorities in Switzerland, the rest of Europe, the United States of America (USA) and other countries. We have no direct influence on the corresponding processing of personal data by intelligence agencies, police forces and other security authorities. Nor can we rule out the possibility that a data subject may be subject to targeted surveillance.

7. Personal data abroad

We generally process personal data in Switzerland. We may, however, also disclose or export personal data to other countries, in particular in order to process it or have it processed there.

We may disclose personal data to any countries in the world, and elsewhere in the universe, provided that the law there guarantees adequate data protection in accordance with the decision of the Swiss Federal Council.

We may disclose personal data to countries whose laws do not guarantee adequate data protection, provided that an appropriate data protection is otherwise guaranteed, in particular on the basis of standard data protection clauses or with other suitable guarantees. In exceptional cases, we may export personal data to countries without adequate or appropriate data protection if the special requirements under data protection law are met, for example, through the express consent of the data subjects or a direct connection with the conclusion or execution of a contract. Upon request, we will be happy to provide data subjects with information about any guarantees, or to provide a copy of guarantees.

8. Rights of data subjects

8.1 Rights under the data protection law

We grant data subjects all rights in accordance with the applicable data protection law. Data subjects have the following rights in particular:

• Information: Data subjects may request information as to whether we process personal data about them and, if so, what personal data is involved. Data subjects also receive the information required to assert their data protection rights and ensure transparency. This includes the processed personal data as such, but also information on the purpose of processing, the duration of storage, any disclosure or export of data to other countries, and the origin of the personal data.
• Correction and restriction: Data subjects can correct inaccurate personal data, have incomplete data completed, and restrict the processing of their data.
• Erasure and objection: Data subjects can have personal data erased ("right to be forgotten") and can object to the processing of their data with future effect.
• Data disclosure and data transfer: Data subjects may request the surrender of their personal data, or the transfer of their data to another controller.

We may defer, restrict or refuse the exercise of the rights of data subjects to the extent permitted by law. We may inform data subjects of any requirements that must be met in order to exercise their rights under data protection law. For example, we may refuse to provide information in whole or in part with reference to confidentiality obligations, overriding interests or the protection of other persons. We may, for example, also refuse to delete personal data in whole or in part, in particular with reference to statutory retention obligations.

In exceptional cases, we may charge costs for the exercise of rights. We will inform the data subjects in advance of any costs.

We are obliged to take appropriate measures to identify data subjects who request information or assert other rights. The data subjects are obliged to cooperate.

8.2 Legal protection

Data subjects have the right to enforce their data protection law claims through legal action, or to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.

The data protection supervisory authority for private controllers and federal bodies in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).

9. Use of the website

9.1 Cookies

We may use cookies. By Cookies - our own cookies (first-party cookies), as well as cookies from third parties whose services we use (third-party cookies) – we mean data that is stored in the browser. This stored data need not be limited to traditional cookies in text form.

Cookies can be stored in the browser temporarily as "Session cookies" or for a certain period of time as so-called permanent cookies. "Session cookies" are automatically deleted when the browser is closed. Permanent cookies have a specific storage period. In particular, cookies make it possible to recognise a browser the next time it visits our website, and to thereby, for example, measure the reach of our website. Permanent cookies can also be used for online marketing.

Cookies can be completely or partially deactivated and deleted at any time in your browser settings. Without cookies, our website may no longer be available to its full extent, however. We actively request your express consent to the use of cookies - at least where and to the extent necessary.

In the case of cookies that are used to measure success and reach or for advertising, a general objection ("opt-out") is possible for numerous services via AdChoices (Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada), the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), YourAdChoices (Digital Advertising Alliance) or Your Online Choices (European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance, EDAA).