Privacy Policy

1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data refers to any data with which you can be personally identified.

Data Collection on Our Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. The operator’s contact details can be found in the legal notice (imprint) of this website or further below.

How do we collect your data?

Some data is collected when you provide it to us. This may include data that you enter into a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically when you visit the website through our IT systems or through the IT systems of providers whose services we use. This primarily includes technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors.

Embedded services from third parties may, where applicable, use your data to analyse your user behaviour.

Data that you deliberately submit via the contact form, for example, will be used to process your request and may be stored by us for this purpose.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request correction, restriction or deletion of this data. For this purpose, and for any further questions on the subject of data protection, you may contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice.

Analytics Tools and Third-Party Tools

This website does not use analytics tools. However, certain external services from third-party providers are integrated. These providers may, under certain circumstances, collect and analyse data about you.

 

2. General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

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 applicable legal data protection regulations of Switzerland (FADP – Federal Act on Data Protection) as well as this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data may be collected. Personal data refers to data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this occurs.

Please note that data transmission over the internet (for example when communicating by email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

We therefore expressly advise against transmitting confidential information via the contact form on this website, via email or via other potentially insecure communication channels.

Information about the Responsible Entity

The responsible entity for data processing on this website within the meaning of the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) is:

K3 Partners AG
Kapellplatz 3
CH-6004 Lucerne
Switzerland

Phone: +41 41 511 40 20
Email: info@k3-partners.ch

Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time. An informal notification by email to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out until the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right to Information, Restriction, Deletion and Correction

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to obtain free information at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing. You may also have the right to request correction, restriction or deletion of this data. You may contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice if you have further questions on the subject of personal data.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. You may contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

  • If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. During the period of verification, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.
  • If the processing of your personal data was / is unlawful, you may request restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
  • If we no longer need your personal data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
  • If you have objected to processing, a balancing of interests between your interests and ours must be carried out. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.
  • If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, such data – apart from storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest.

3. Data Collection on Our Website

Cookies

This website itself does not use cookies. However, tools or services from third-party providers integrated on this website may use cookies (so-called third-party cookies), provided the settings of your browser or device allow this.

You can configure your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. You can also delete cookies manually at any time. If cookies are disabled, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Server Log Files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Hostname of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request
  • IP address
  • These data are not merged with other data sources.

The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of its website – for this purpose, server log files must be recorded.

Contact Form and Other Contact Options

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, email or telephone, your details, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not pass this data on without your consent.

The processing of data transmitted via the contact form, email or telephone is therefore carried out exclusively on the basis of your consent. You may withdraw this consent at any time. An informal notification by email to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations carried out prior to the withdrawal remains unaffected.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, withdraw your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (for example after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

We expressly advise against transmitting confidential information via the contact form on this website, via email or via other potentially insecure communication channels, as it cannot be guaranteed that such information cannot be intercepted or read by third parties.

4. Analytics Tools

This website does not use analytics tools. However, certain external services from third-party providers are integrated. These providers may, under certain circumstances, collect and evaluate certain data.

5. Plugins and Tools

Google Maps

This website uses the Google Maps map service via an API. The provider is Google Ireland, which relies on Google LLC in the United States.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to collect data from your device and internet connection (including your IP address). This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. The provider of this website has no influence on this data transmission.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of providing an attractive presentation of our online services and to make the locations specified on our website easy to find.

More information on how Google handles user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy