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Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the federal data protection provisions (Data Protection Act, DPA), every individual has the right to the protection of their privacy and the protection against misuse of their personal data. The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.

In cooperation with our hosting providers, we strive to protect the databases as much as possible from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or falsification.

We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data from third-party access is not possible.

By using this website, you agree to the collection, processing, and use of data according to the following description. This website can generally be visited without registration. In this process, data such as pages accessed or the name of the retrieved file, date, and time are stored on the server for statistical purposes, without directly relating these data to your person. Personal data, in particular, name, address, or email address, is collected on a voluntary basis as far as possible. Without your consent, no data will be passed on to third parties.

Personal data refers to any information related to a specific or identifiable individual. An affected person is an individual whose personal data is processed. Processing encompasses all handling of personal data, regardless of the means and methods used, especially the storing, disclosing, obtaining, deleting, saving, altering, destroying, and using of personal data.

We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law. Furthermore, to the extent that the EU GDPR is applicable, we process personal data according to the following legal bases in connection with Art. 6 para. 1 GDPR:

Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR) – The affected person has given their consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes.

Contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR) – The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the affected person is a party, or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures taken at the request of the affected person.

Legal obligation (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR) – The processing is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.

Protection of vital interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. d GDPR) – The processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the affected person or another natural person.

Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR) – The processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or a third party, unless the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the affected person, which require the protection of personal data, prevail.

Application procedures as pre-contractual or contractual relationship (Art. 9 para. 2 lit. b GDPR) – To the extent that special categories of personal data as defined in Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR (e.g., health data, such as disability status or ethnic origin) are requested from applicants during the application process, so that the controller or the affected person can exercise the rights arising from employment law and the law of social security and social protection and can fulfill their respective obligations, their processing is carried out according to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. b GDPR, in the case of the protection of vital interests of applicants or other persons according to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. c GDPR, or for purposes of health care or occupational medicine, for the assessment of the employee's work capacity, for medical diagnosis, for the provision or treatment in the health or social sector or for the management of systems and services in the health or social sector according to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. h GDPR. In the case of communication of special categories of data based on voluntary consent, their processing is based on Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR.

We process personal data for the duration necessary for the respective purpose or purposes. In case of longer retention obligations due to legal and other obligations to which we are subject, we restrict the processing accordingly.

In accordance with Art. 13 GDPR, we inform you of the legal bases for our data processing activities. If the legal basis is not mentioned in the data protection declaration, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consent is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a and Art. 7 GDPR, the legal basis for processing to fulfill our services and perform contractual measures as well as responding to inquiries is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, the legal basis for processing to fulfill our legal obligations is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR, and the legal basis for processing to protect our legitimate interests is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. In the event that vital interests of the affected person or another natural person necessitate the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis.

In the course of our processing of personal data, it may happen that the data is transmitted to other entities, companies, legally independent organizational units, or individuals, or that it is disclosed to them. Recipients of this data may include service providers or providers of services and content that are integrated into a website, particularly those tasked with IT duties. In such cases, we observe the legal requirements and, in particular, conclude corresponding contracts or agreements that serve to protect your data with the recipients of your data.

This website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that contain data from visited websites or domains and are stored by a browser on the user's computer. A cookie primarily serves to store information about a user during or after their visit within an online offer. Stored information can include, for example, language settings on a website, login status, a shopping cart, or the place where a video was watched. The term 'cookies' also includes other technologies that fulfill the same functions as cookies (e.g., when user information is stored using pseudonymous online identifiers, also known as "user IDs").

The following types and functions of cookies are distinguished:

Temporary cookies (also: session or session cookies): Temporary cookies are deleted at the latest after a user has left an online offer and closed their browser.

Permanent cookies: Permanent cookies remain stored even after the browser is closed. For example, the login status can be saved or preferred content can be displayed directly when the user revisits a website. Likewise, the interests of users used for reach measurement or marketing purposes can be stored in such a cookie.

First-party cookies: First-party cookies are set by us.

Third-party cookies (also: third-party cookies): Third-party cookies are mainly used by advertisers (so-called third parties) to process user information.

Necessary (also: essential or absolutely necessary) cookies: Cookies can be absolutely necessary for the operation of a website (e.g., to save logins or other user inputs or for security reasons).

Statistics, marketing, and personalization cookies: Furthermore, cookies are typically also used as part of reach measurement and when a user's interests or behavior (e.g., viewing certain content, using functions, etc.) on individual websites are stored in a user profile. Such profiles are used to show users content that matches their potential interests. This process is also known as "tracking," i.e., tracking the potential interests of users. As far as we use cookies or "tracking" technologies, we inform you separately in our data protection declaration or in the context of obtaining consent.

Notes on legal bases: The legal basis on which we process your personal data using cookies depends on whether we ask you for consent. If this is the case and you consent to the use of cookies, the legal basis for processing your data is the declared consent. Otherwise, the data processed with the help of cookies will be processed based on our legitimate interests (e.g., in a business operation of our online offer and its improvement) or if the use of cookies is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations.

Storage duration: Unless we provide you with explicit information on the storage duration of permanent cookies (e.g., as part of a so-called cookie opt-in), please assume that the storage duration can be up to two years.

General information on withdrawal and objection (Opt-Out): Depending on whether the processing is based on consent or legal permission, you always have the option to revoke a given consent or to object to the processing of your data by cookie technologies (summarized under "Opt-Out"). You can initially declare your objection via the settings of your browser, e.g., by disabling the use of cookies (which can also limit the functionality of our online offer). An objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can also be declared using a variety of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the websites https://optout.aboutads.info and https://www.youronlinechoices.com/. In addition, you can receive further objection instructions in the context of the information on the service providers and cookies used.

Processing of cookie data based on consent: We use a cookie consent management procedure, within which users' consents to the use of cookies, or the processes and providers mentioned within the framework of the cookie consent management procedure, can be obtained, managed, and revoked. The declaration of consent is stored in order not to have to repeat the query and to be able to prove the consent in accordance with the legal obligation. The storage can take place server-side and/or in a cookie (so-called opt-in cookie, or with the help of comparable technologies) in order to be able to assign the consent to a user, or their device. Subject to individual information about the providers of cookie management services, the following applies: The duration of the storage of the consent can be up to two years. A pseudonymous user identifier is formed and stored with the time of consent, information on the scope of the consent (e.g., which categories of cookies and/or service providers), and the browser, system, and end device used.

Processed data types: Usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses).

Affected persons: Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services).

Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR).

When you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact information you provide there, are stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

If you wish to subscribe to the newsletter offered on this website, we require your email address as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No additional data is collected. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

You can revoke the given consent to store the data, the email address, and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example, via the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter.

We use the marketing services of the social network LinkedIn from LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland ("LinkedIn") within our online offering.

These services use cookies, which are text files stored on your computer. This allows us to analyze your use of the website. For example, we can measure the success of our ads and show users products they have previously shown interest in.

The data collected in this way includes information about the operating system, browser, the previously visited website (referrer URL), which web pages the user visited, which offers the user clicked on, and the date and time of your visit to our website.

The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is pseudonymized and transmitted to a server of LinkedIn in the USA and stored there. LinkedIn does not store the name or email address of the respective user. Instead, the data mentioned above is only associated with the one who generated the cookie. This does not apply if the user has allowed LinkedIn to process without pseudonymization or has a LinkedIn account.

You can prevent the storage 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 functions of this website to their full extent. You can also object to the use of your data directly at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

We use LinkedIn Analytics to analyze and regularly improve the use of our website. The statistics obtained can help us improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. All LinkedIn companies have accepted the standard contractual clauses to ensure that the data traffic necessary for the development, implementation, and maintenance of the services takes place in the USA and Singapore in a lawful manner. If we ask users for their consent, the legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Otherwise, the legal basis for the use of LinkedIn Analytics is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

Third-party provider information: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place, Dublin 2 Ireland; User Agreement and Privacy Policy.

The copyrights and all other rights to content, images, photos, or other files on the website are exclusively owned by the operator of this website or the specifically mentioned rights holders. Written permission from the copyright holder must be obtained in advance for the reproduction of any files.

Anyone who commits a copyright infringement without the consent of the respective rights holder may be liable to prosecution and potentially liable for damages.

All information provided in our internet offering has been carefully checked. We strive to keep our information offer up-to-date, correct, and complete. However, the occurrence of errors cannot be completely ruled out, which is why we cannot guarantee the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of information, including journalistic-editorial content. Liability claims for damages of a material or immaterial nature caused by the use of the provided information are excluded, unless there is evidence of willful intent or gross negligence.

The publisher may, at its own discretion and without notice, change or delete texts and is not obliged to update the contents of this website. The use or access to this website is at the visitor's own risk. The publisher, its clients, or partners are not responsible for any damages, such as direct, indirect, incidental, predetermined, or consequential damages, which are allegedly caused by visiting this website and therefore assume no liability.

The publisher also assumes no responsibility or liability for the content and availability of third-party websites accessible via external links from this website. The operators of the linked pages are solely responsible for their content. The publisher hereby expressly distances itself from all third-party content that may be criminally or liability relevant or that may violate public morals.

We may modify this privacy policy at any time without prior notice. The version published on our website at the time is the applicable version. If the privacy policy is part of an agreement with you, we will inform you about the update of the changes via email or another suitable method in the event of an update.