This data protection declaration was published by us in view of the future revision of the Swiss Data Protection Act (DSG) and the entry into force of the GDPR, the new data protection and confidentiality regulation in the European Union (EU). Although an EU regulation, the GDPR is also relevant to us in Switzerland for a number of reasons, including for example: Swiss data protection law has historically been closely tied to EU regulation, the expected changes to Swiss data protection law are heavily influenced by the GDPR, and finally, the GDPR imposes high data protection standards with extraterritorial effect and companies outside the EU are bound by these regulations under certain conditions.
With this data protection declaration we would like to inform you in detail about the handling of your data.
We reserve the right to change the content of this data protection declaration, in particular if we either provide new or changed services or changes in the law or case law make an adjustment necessary or sensible, provided that the change is reasonable for the user, taking our interests into account are.
We process personal data of people who have set up a user account with us. In addition, to the extent necessary for the provision of our services, we process personal data that we legitimately obtain from publicly accessible sources (e.g. commercial register, websites). We use the personal data without further consent exclusively to enable the use of the services we offer and to fulfill and process inquiries and registrations as well as orders.
Further relevant personal data will only be collected, processed and used by us with your consent if this information is provided voluntarily, for example as part of an inquiry, search request or to justify, design the content or change and process an order as well as for billing purposes and this for answering or processing are required.
We do not disclose personally identifiable information including the address and e-mail address to third parties, unless the disclosure of the data for the stated purposes was exclusively approved or the disclosure is expressly permitted or required by law.
As far as this is necessary, we may transmit the data collected to the service partners involved in the fulfillment of the contract who we use to fulfill the contract insofar as the purpose of the data is maintained. These primarily include the respective domain registries. The respective domain registration and administration regulations of the various domain registries, on whose content design we have no influence, make it imperative that when registering and administering domains for our customers certain data (eg first name, surname, organization name, street name) is used , House number, zip code, city, country, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, name of the domain owner and the administrative contact person of the domain holder) must be forwarded to the respective domain registrant. However, the transfer of data is only to the extent required and absolutely necessary.
We are permitted to collect, process and use your personal data for the purposes of our own advice, our own advertising, but above all for the needs-based design of the services we offer.
In addition, we treat the data confidentially and in accordance with the relevant legal provisions on data protection. We will not pass on this data or the content of your messages to third parties without your consent, unless the transfer of the data for the stated purposes has been expressly approved or the transfer is expressly permitted or required by law.
However, this prohibition on the transfer of data does not apply insofar as we are obliged by order of the responsible authorities to provide third parties, in particular state authorities, with information about inventory data in individual cases, insofar as this is for the purposes of criminal prosecution or the enforcement of intellectual property rights as well as due to other applicable legal regulations. No further consent is required for this.
Personal data is encrypted when contacting us via our contact form on our website, when setting up a new user account, when placing an order and when registering for a user account via the internet. We safeguard our website and the related peripheral systems through technical and organizational measures against loss, disruption, access, modification or dissemination of your data by unauthorized persons.
Our website can be visited without providing personal information. However, each access and retrieval is logged and stored in a file. We automatically collect and store in our server log files only the information that the Internet browser transmits to us. These include:
- Browsertype / -version
- Operating system used
- Referral URL (corresponds to the previously visited website)
- Host name of the accessing computer (IP address)
- Date and time of the server request
- Name of retrieved file
- Amount of data transferred
- Notification of successful retrieval
The data is recorded anonymously and cannot be assigned to specific persons. This data is not merged with other data sources. Subject to statutory retention requirements, the IP addresses of users will be deleted after use has ended. The temporary storage and statistical evaluation of the data that cannot be assigned to specific users only serves to ensure system security and the security of user data (e.g. the detection of faulty links and program errors as well as attacks on the system).
It is possible that third party content on the website, e.g. Videos from YouTube, maps from Google Maps or RSS feeds. Technically, this always requires that the providers of these contents (hereinafter referred to as “third-party providers”) can perceive the IP address of the users, since without determination of the IP address, this content can not be sent to the Internet browser of the respective user. The IP address is therefore mandatory for the presentation of such content.
Within the framework of the existing legal data protection regulations, you have the right at any time to obtain information about the personal data stored about you, their origin and recipient as well as the purpose of storage and correction as well as blocking or deletion of this data. If deletion conflicts with legal, contractual, commercial or fiscal retention periods or reasons, a blockage of your data takes place instead of a deletion.
If you wish to have access to or delete your personal information, please contact our Data Protection & Privacy Officer.
You can reach our data protection officer via the e-mail address: rolandmerkli@rolandmerkli.ch