Last updated on: 18.01.2024
Transparent handling of personal data is very important to us. This data protection statement provides information on what personal data we collect, for what purpose and to whom we pass it on. We regularly review and update this privacy policy to ensure the highest level of transparency.
If you have any questions or concerns about our protection of your data, you can always reach us by email at info@schiffmaendli.ch. Responsible for data processing done through this website is:
Ernst Mändli AG Schiffmändli
Dorfstrasse 8
8212 Nohl
Schweiz
Data protection officer:
Barbara Holdenrieder-Mändli
info@schiffmaendli.ch
+41 (0)52 659 69 00
First and foremost, we process personal data that you provide to us or that we collect when operating our website. We may also receive personal data about you from third parties. These may be the following categories:
We process your data in good faith and for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. In doing so, we ensure transparent and proportionate processing.
If, in exceptional cases, we are unable to comply with these principles, the data processing may still be lawful because there is a justification. A justification reason may be in particular:
If you have given us consent to process your personal data for specific purposes, we will process your data within the scope of this consent unless we have another justification.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending an e-mail to the address given in the imprint. Data processing that has already taken place is not affected by this.
We may need to rely on the services of third parties or affiliates and engage them to process your data (known as processors). Categories of recipients are namely:
We ensure that these third parties and our affiliates comply with the requirements of data protection and treat your personal data confidentially.
We may also be required to disclose your personal information to government authorities.
We may have embedded links to our social media channels on our website. This is apparent to you in each case (typically via corresponding icons). If you click on the icons, you will be redirected to our social media channels.
In this case, the social media providers learn that you are accessing their platform from our website. The social media providers can use the data collected in this way for their own purposes. We would like to point out that we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by the operators.
Under certain circumstances, your personal data may be transferred to companies abroad in the course of order processing. These companies are obligated to data protection to the same extent as we are. The transfer may take place worldwide.
If the level of data protection does not correspond to that in Switzerland, we carry out a prior risk assessment and ensure contractually that the same level of protection is guaranteed as in Switzerland (for example, by means of the new standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission or other legally prescribed measures). If our risk assessment is negative, we take additional technical measures to protect your data. You can access the EU Commission's standard contractual clauses at the following link https://commission.europa.eu/
We store personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfill the individual purposes for which the data was collected.
Data that we store when you visit our website is kept for twelve months. An exception is made for analysis and tracking data, which may be kept longer.
We store contract data for longer, as we are obliged to do so by legal regulations. In particular, we must retain business communications, concluded contracts and accounting records for up to 10 years. As far as we no longer need such data from you to perform the services, the data will be blocked and we will only use it for accounting and tax purposes.
We will keep your information secure and take all reasonable steps to protect your information from loss, access, misuse or alteration.
Our contractual partners and employees who have access to your data are obliged to comply with data protection regulations. 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.
Within our website, we use the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) procedure in conjunction with the highest encryption level supported by your browser.
You can request information about the data we have stored about you at any time. We ask you to send your request for information together with proof of identity to info@schiffmaendli.ch .
You also have the right to receive your data in a common file format if we process your data automatically and if:
We may restrict or refuse to provide information or data if this conflicts with our legal obligations, our own legitimate interests, public interests or the interests of a third party.
The processing of your request is subject to the statutory processing period of 30 days. However, we may extend this period due to a high volume of requests, for legal or technical reasons, or because we need more detailed information from you. You will be informed of the extension of the deadline in good time, at least in text form.
You have the option of requesting the deletion or correction of your data at any time. We may reject the request if statutory provisions oblige us to store the data for a longer period or to store it unchanged or if your request conflicts with a legal authorisation.
Please note that the exercise of your rights may be in conflict with contractual agreements and may have corresponding effects on the execution of the contract (e.g. premature cancellation of the contract or cost consequences).
We may change this privacy policy at any time. The changes will be published on , you will not be informed separately.
By visiting , certain data is automatically stored on our servers or on servers of services and products that we obtain and / or have installed, for purposes of system administration, for statistical or backup purposes or for tracking purposes. These are:
This data cannot be assigned to a specific person and there is no merging of this data with other data sources. The log files are stored in order to guarantee the functionality of the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. This is our legitimate interest.
The data is only stored for as long as is necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. Accordingly, the data is deleted after the end of each session. The storage of the log files is mandatory for the operation of the website, you therefore have no possibility to object.
We use Google Analytics on our website, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In the event that IP anonymization is activated on this 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 transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.
On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.
The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google.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. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/
For the management of website tags via an interface, we use the Google Tag Manager, a service of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). The Google Tag Manager itself (which implements the tags) is a cookie-less domain and does not process any personal data. The service provides for the triggering of other tags, which in turn may collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If a deactivation has been made at the domain or cookie level, it remains in place for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager.
By using the Google Tag Manager, scripts (so-called tags) can be activated automatically on our website and data can be transmitted from your browser to Google. This data may include information about your IP address, the browser you use, the subpages of our website visited and other interactions during your website visit.
We use the web analytics service Hotjar on our website, provided by Hotjar Ltd. Hotjar Ltd is a European company based in Malta (Hotjar Ltd, Level 2, St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta, Europe). Hotjar allows us to measure and analyze the behavior of our website visitors.
For example, Hotjar allows us to see how long users stay on a page, which links they click, and how they move through the page. This helps us to make our website more user-friendly. The information is collected anonymously and is not merged with other data.
Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect information about our users' behavior and about their end devices. This can be the IP address of the device (stored only in anonymized form), screen size, device type, browser information, geographical location (country only) and preferred language.
Our website uses the service of Brevo, formerly known as Sendinblue, for email communication, as CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and for the ChatWidget for direct communication with our visitors.
When you sign up for our newsletter, send an inquiry via our contact forms, or use other forms of email communication with us, your email address and, if applicable, other personal data, such as your name or preferences, are stored and transmitted to Brevo for processing. Brevo uses technologies such as cookies or tracking pixels to determine whether emails have been opened and which links in them have been clicked. This helps us to measure the effectiveness of our email campaigns and to better address the interests and needs of our users.
As a CRM tool, Brevo helps us manage and optimize our customer relationships. This means that we store information about our customers and prospects, such as contact details or interactions with our website, in Brevo to have a better overview of our customer relationships and adapt our services accordingly.
Brevo's ChatWidget, which may be integrated on our website, allows you to communicate directly with us. When you use this widget, the data you enter as well as technical information, such as your IP address, are stored and transmitted to Brevo for processing.
We use the Google Ads service on our website, an online advertising service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter "Google"). Google Ads enables us to place advertisements in the Google search results as well as in the Google advertising network.
We use the online advertising program "Google Ads" on our website and in this context the conversion tracking. Google Ads Conversion Tracking is an analysis service of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google").
When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking is set on your end device. These cookies have a limited validity, do not contain any personal data and are therefore not used for personal identification. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that you clicked on the ad and were redirected to this page.
The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics. This tells us the total number of users who clicked on one of our ads and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, we do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified.
You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate technical settings on your browser software. However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.
Furthermore, you can disable personalized advertising for you in Google's advertising settings. You can find instructions on how to do this at https://support.google.com/My-
Our website is based on the WordPress platform, a content management system developed by Automattic Inc, 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. WordPress allows us to create, manage and publish content.
When using our website, which is based on WordPress, various data, including your IP address, date and time of access, as well as information about the browser you are using, may be collected and stored. This data is mainly used for administrative purposes and to ensure trouble-free operation of the website.
Some WordPress features, such as comments or contact forms, may collect additional personal data when you use them.
On our website, we use Google Maps, a map service provided by Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). Google Maps enables us to integrate interactive maps directly into the website and allows you to conveniently use the map function, for example, to search for a location or to plan your journey.
By visiting the website, Google receives the information that you have called up the corresponding sub-page of our website. In addition, further data, in particular your IP address, is transmitted to Google and stored on Google servers. These servers may be located in the USA or other countries. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists.
Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for purposes of advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising.
You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, and to exercise this you must contact Google.
Videos from YouTube, a platform of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"), are embedded on our website. When viewing the videos or clicking on the play button, data, including your IP address and information about the browser you are using, is transmitted to Google servers and stored there. This data is used to provide the video, monitor performance and improve the user experience.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
To protect against unsolicited requests via the Internet form on our website, we use the reCAPTCHA service of the company Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). The query serves to distinguish whether the input is made by a human or abusively by automated, machine processing. As part of the query, information such as your IP address or the behavior when filling out the form may be transmitted to Google.
For this purpose, your input is transmitted to Google and processed there. By using reCAPTCHA, you agree that the recognition you provide may be used in the digitization of old works. In the event that IP anonymization is activated on this 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. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of this service. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of reCAPTCHA will not be merged with other data from Google.
We use the service "Complianz" on our website, which is provided by Really Simple Plugins, Keizersgracht 221, 1016 DV Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Complianz is a tool that helps us generate privacy-compliant cookie notices and obtain consent from our users for the use of cookies and other tracking technologies in accordance with the law.
With the help of Complianz, we ensure that our website visitors are informed about the use of cookies and have the option to give or refuse their consent for certain cookie categories. This allows users to actively decide which cookies they want to allow and which they do not.
Complianz uses cookies to store users' choices and preferences regarding cookie consent. These cookies do not store personal data, but only the choices made by users.
Complianz attaches great importance to data protection and compliance with data protection regulations. The data collected by Complianz is used exclusively to store the user's cookie settings and is not passed on to third parties.
On our website we use the service Gravatar, offered by Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. Gravatar allows users to use a globally consistent and recognizable profile picture that is linked to their email address.
When you leave comments or posts on our website using the email address associated with a Gravatar account, your Gravatar image may be displayed next to your comment or post. When you do so, your email address is sent to Gravatar to verify that a profile picture is associated with it. The email address is transmitted in encrypted form and is not displayed publicly.
