Privacy Policy

The responsible body within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

FREYGNER ADVOCATURBUERO AG
Registered Office Liechtenstein
Mitteldorf 1
Postfach 659
FL – 9490 Vaduz

T + 423 377 99 60
F + 423 377 99 65
vaduz@freygner.com

General note

Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the federal data protection provisions (Data Protection Act, DSG), every person is entitled to protection of their privacy and 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 statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

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

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. It is not possible to completely protect data from access by third parties.

By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing, and use of data as described below. This website can generally be visited without registration. Data such as the pages accessed or the names of the files accessed, the date, and the time are stored on the server for statistical purposes without this data being directly related to your person. Personal data, in particular your name, address, or email address, is collected on a voluntary basis as far as possible. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent.

Processing of personal data

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable person. A data subject is a person whose personal data is being processed. Processing includes any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, in particular the storage, disclosure, procurement, deletion, saving, modification, destruction, and use of personal data.

We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law. Furthermore, insofar as the EU GDPR applies, we process personal data in accordance with the following legal bases in connection with Article 6(1) GDPR:

lit. a) Processing of personal data with the consent of the data subject.
lit. b) Processing of personal data for the performance of a contract with the data subject and for the implementation of corresponding pre-contractual measures.
lit. c) Processing of personal data to fulfill a legal obligation to which we are subject under any applicable EU law or under any applicable law of a country in which the GDPR is wholly or partially applicable.
lit. d) Processing of personal data to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person.
lit. f) Processing of personal data to protect our legitimate interests or those of third parties, provided that the fundamental freedoms and rights and interests of the data subject do not override these interests. Legitimate interests include, in particular, our business interest in providing our website, information security, the enforcement of our own legal claims, and compliance with Swiss law.

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

Privacy policy for cookies

This website uses cookies. These are small text files that enable specific information relating to the user to be stored on the user’s device while they are using the website. Cookies enable us to determine the frequency of use and number of users of the pages, analyze behavior patterns in the use of the pages, and also make our offering more customer-friendly. Cookies remain stored after the end of a browser session and can be retrieved when the site is visited again. If you do not want this, you should set your Internet browser to refuse cookies.

Ein genereller Widerspruch gegen den Einsatz der zu Zwecken des Onlinemarketing eingesetzten Cookies kann bei einer Vielzahl der Dienste, vor allem im Fall des Trackings, über die US-amerikanische Seite http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ oder die EU-Seite http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ erklärt werden. Des Weiteren kann die Speicherung von Cookies mittels deren Abschaltung in den Einstellungen des Browsers erreicht werden. Bitte beachten Sie, dass dann gegebenenfalls nicht alle Funktionen dieses Onlineangebotes genutzt werden können.

Privacy policy for SSL/TLS encryption

This website uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as requests you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

When SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Privacy policy for server log files

The provider of this website 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
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of server request

This data cannot be attributed to specific individuals. This data is not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to subsequently review this data if we become aware of specific indications of illegal use.

Third-party services

This website may use Google Maps for embedding maps, Google Invisible reCAPTCHA for protection against bots and spam, and YouTube for embedding videos.

These services provided by the American company Google LLC use cookies, among other things, and as a result, data is transferred to Google in the USA. We assume that no personal tracking takes place in this context solely through the use of our website.

Google has committed to ensuring adequate data protection in accordance with the US-European and US-Swiss Privacy Shields.

Further information can be found in Google’s privacy policy.

Privacy policy for contact form

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

Privacy policy for newsletter data

If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter offered on this website, we need your email address and information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data will be collected. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of data, your email address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter.

Privacy policy for the comment function on this website

For the comment function on this website, in addition to your comment, information about the time the comment was created, your email address, and, if you are not posting anonymously, the username you have chosen will also be stored.

Storage of IP address

Our comment function stores the IP addresses of users who post comments. Since we do not review comments on our site before they are published, we need this data in order to take action against the author in the event of legal violations such as insults or propaganda.

Subscribe to comments

As a user of the site, you can subscribe to comments after registering. You will receive a confirmation email to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided. You can unsubscribe from this feature at any time via a link in the info emails.

Datenschutzerklärung für Recht auf Auskunft, Löschung, Sperrung

You have the right to receive information free of charge at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, as well as the right to correct, block, or delete this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice if you have any further questions about personal data.

Paid services

In order to provide paid services, we request additional data, such as payment details, so that we can execute your order or commission. We store this data in our systems until the statutory retention periods have expired.

Use of Google Maps

This website uses Google Maps API to visually display geographic information. When using Google Maps, Google also collects, processes, and uses data about visitors’ use of the map functions. For more information about data processing by Google, please refer to Google’s privacy policy. There you can also change your personal privacy settings in the privacy center.

Detailed instructions on managing your own data in connection with Google products
can be found here.

Google AdWords

This website uses Google Conversion Tracking. If you have reached our website via an advertisement placed by Google, Google AdWords will place a cookie on your computer. The cookie for conversion tracking is set when a user clicks on an advertisement placed by Google. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages on our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot therefore be tracked across the websites of AdWords customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers are told the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users.

If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can refuse the setting of a cookie required for this purpose—for example, by setting your browser to generally disable the automatic setting of cookies or by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain “googleleadservices.com.”

Please note that you must not delete the opt-out cookies if you do not want any measurement data to be recorded. If you have deleted all your cookies in your browser, you must set the respective opt-out cookie again.

Use of Google reCAPTCHA

This website uses the reCAPTCHA service provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”). The query serves the purpose of distinguishing whether the input is made by a human or by automated, machine processing. The query includes sending the IP address and, if necessary, other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google. For this purpose, your input is transmitted to Google and used there. However, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory 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 truncated 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 Google data. Your data may also be transferred to the USA. For data transfers to the USA, there is an adequacy decision by the European Commission, the “Privacy Shield.” Google participates in the “Privacy Shield” and has submitted to its requirements. By clicking on the query, you consent to the processing of your data. Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of your consent until revocation.

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and the associated privacy policy, please visit:
https://www.google.com/privacy/ads/

Privacy policy for Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To deactivate Google Analytics, Google provides a browser plug-in at
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. Google Analytics uses cookies. These are small text files that make it possible to store specific information relating to the user on the user’s device. These enable Google to analyze the use of our website. The information collected by the cookie about the use of our pages (including your IP address) is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. We would like to point out that on this website, Google Analytics has been extended by the code “gat._anonymizeIp();” in order to ensure anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). Ist die Anonymisierung aktiv, kürzt Google IP-Adressen innerhalb von Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union oder in anderen Vertragsstaaten des Abkommens über den Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum, weswegen keine Rückschlüsse auf Ihre Identität möglich sind. Nur in Ausnahmefällen wird die volle IP-Adresse an einen Server von Google in den USA übertragen und dort gekürzt. Google beachtet die Datenschutzbestimmungen des „Privacy Shield“-Abkommens und ist beim „Privacy Shield“-Programm des US-Handelsministeriums registriert und nutzt die gesammelten Informationen, um die Nutzung unserer Websites auszuwerten, Berichte für uns diesbezüglich zu verfassen und andere diesbezügliche Dienstleistungen an uns zu erbringen. Mehr erfahren Sie unter https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Privacy Policy for Google AdSense

This website uses Google AdSense, a service for integrating advertisements from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google AdSense uses “cookies,” which are text files placed on your computer to help analyze how users use the website. Google AdSense also uses web beacons (invisible graphics). These web beacons allow information such as visitor traffic on these pages to be evaluated. The information generated by cookies and web beacons about your use of this website (including your IP address) and the delivery of advertising formats is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This information may be passed on by Google to Google’s contractual partners. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data stored about you. You may prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings 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. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Google Tag Manager

Google Tag Manager is a solution that allows us to manage website tags via an interface and thus integrate Google Analytics and other Google marketing services into our online offering. The Tag Manager itself, which implements the tags, does not process any personal data of the users. With regard to the processing of users’ personal data, please refer to the following information on Google services. Terms of Use:
https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use-policy.html.

Privacy policy for Facebook

This website uses features from Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. When you visit our pages with Facebook plug-ins, a connection is established between your browser and Facebook’s servers. Data is already transferred to Facebook during this process. If you have a Facebook account, this data can be linked to it. If you do not want this data to be associated with your Facebook account, please log out of Facebook before visiting our site. Interactions, in particular the use of a comment function or clicking on a “Like” or “Share” button, are also passed on to Facebook. You can find out more at https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy.

Privacy policy for Instagram

Our website incorporates features of the Instagram service. These features are offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of our website to your Instagram profile by clicking on the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to our website with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or its use by Instagram.

Further information on this can be found in Instagram’s privacy policy:
http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/

Privacy Policy for LinkedIn

This website uses features of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Each time you visit one of our pages that contains LinkedIn features, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click on the LinkedIn “Recommend” button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn can associate your visit to our website with you and your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or its use by LinkedIn.

Further information on this can be found in LinkedIn’s privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Privacy policy for Pinterest

On this website, we use social plugins from the social network Pinterest, which is operated by Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94103-490, USA (“Pinterest”). When you visit a page that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Pinterest’s servers. The plugin transmits log data to the Pinterest server in the USA. This log data may include your IP address, the address of the websites you visit that also contain Pinterest features, the type and settings of your browser, the date and time of your request, your use of Pinterest, and cookies.

For more information about the purpose, scope, and further processing and use of data by Pinterest, as well as your rights and options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Pinterest’s privacy policy:
https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy

Newsletter – Mailchimp

The newsletter is sent using the mailing service provider MailChimp, a newsletter mailing platform provided by the US company Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE #5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA. You can view the mailing service provider’s privacy policy here. The Rocket Science Group LLC d/b/a MailChimp is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee that it complies with European data protection standards (Privacy Shield). The mailing service provider is used on the basis of our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR and a data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 (3) sentence 1 GDPR.

The shipping service provider may use the recipient data in pseudonymous form, i.e., without assigning it to a user, to optimize or improve its own services, e.g., for technical optimization of the shipping and presentation of the newsletter or for statistical purposes. However, the shipping service provider does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them itself or to pass the data on to third parties.

Privacy policy for YouTube

This website uses plugins from the Google-operated site YouTube. The operator of the site is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at:
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

Order processing in the online shop with customer account

We process our customers’ data in accordance with the data protection regulations of the Federal Republic of Germany (Data Protection Act, DSG) and the EU GDPR within the framework of the ordering process in our online shop in order to enable them to select and order the chosen products and services, as well as to pay for and receive delivery or execution thereof.

The processed data includes master data (inventory data), communication data, contract data, payment data, and the persons affected by the processing include our customers, interested parties, and other business partners. The processing is carried out for the purpose of providing contractual services in the context of operating an online shop, billing, delivery, and customer services. In doing so, we use session cookies, e.g., to store the contents of the shopping cart, and permanent cookies, e.g., to store the login status.

Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) (execution of order processes) and (c) (legally required archiving) GDPR. The information marked as required is necessary for the justification and fulfillment of the contract. We only disclose the data to third parties in the context of delivery, payment, or within the scope of legal permissions and obligations. The data will only be processed in third countries if this is necessary for the fulfillment of the contract (e.g., at the customer’s request for delivery or payment).

When you register, log in again, or use our online services, we store your IP address and the time of the respective user action. This storage is based on our legitimate interests, as well as those of users, in protection against misuse and other unauthorized use. This data is not passed on to third parties unless it is necessary to pursue our claims or there is a legal obligation to do so in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR.

Deletion takes place after the expiry of statutory warranty and comparable obligations; the necessity of storing the data is reviewed at irregular intervals. In the case of statutory archiving obligations, deletion takes place after their expiry.

Hinweis betreffend Datenübermittlungen in die USA (Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika)

For the sake of completeness, we would like to point out that users based in Switzerland are subject to surveillance measures by US authorities, which generally allow the storage of all personal data from Switzerland that has been transferred to the US.

This occurs without differentiation, restriction, or exception based on the objectives pursued and without an objective criterion that would allow access to the data by the US authorities and its subsequent use to be limited to specific, strictly defined purposes that would justify the interference associated with access to and use of this data. We would also like to point out that, in the US, there are no legal remedies available to data subjects from Switzerland that would allow them to obtain access to data concerning them and have it corrected or deleted, nor is there any effective judicial protection against the general access rights of US authorities. We explicitly draw the attention of the data subjects to this legal and factual situation so that they can make an informed decision about consenting to the use of their data.

We would like to point out to users residing in an EU member state that, from the European Union’s perspective, the US does not have an adequate level of data protection.

Copyrights

The copyright and all other rights to content, images, photos, or other files on the website belong exclusively to the operator of this website or the specifically named rights holders. The written consent of the copyright holder must be obtained in advance for the reproduction of all files.

Anyone who infringes copyright without the consent of the respective rights holder may be liable to prosecution and, in some cases, liable for damages.

General disclaimer

All information on our website has been carefully checked. We make every effort to ensure that the information we provide is up-to-date, accurate, and complete. Nevertheless, the occurrence of errors cannot be completely ruled out, which means that we cannot guarantee the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of information, including journalistic and editorial content. Liability claims arising from material or immaterial damage caused by the use of the information provided are excluded, unless there is evidence of wilful intent or gross negligence.

The publisher may, at its sole discretion and without notice, modify or delete texts and is not obligated to update the content of this website. Use of 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, specific, or consequential damages, allegedly caused by visiting this website and therefore accept no liability for such damages.

The publisher also accepts no responsibility or liability for the content and availability of third-party websites that can be accessed via external links on this website. The operators of the linked sites are solely responsible for their content. The publisher hereby expressly distances itself from all third-party content that may be relevant under criminal or civil law or that violates public decency.

Changes

We may amend this privacy policy at any time without prior notice. The current version published on our website applies. If the privacy policy is part of an agreement with you, we will inform you of any changes by email or other appropriate means in the event of an update.

Questions for the data protection officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization listed at the beginning of this privacy policy.

Vaduz, 31.12.2022 Source: SwissAnwalt