Pri­vacy policy

1. What do we do?

2. What do we pro­vide infor­ma­tion about?

3. Defi­ni­tions of terms

4. Contact

5. Data secu­rity

6. Rights of data sub­jects

7. Data pro­ces­sing in general

8. Data pro­ces­sing in detail

9. Will our pri­vacy policy always remain the same?

What do we do?

KUMATEC GMBH (Wiler­strasse 3A, 9545 Wängi TG) ope­rates the web­site www.kumatec.ch (her­ein­after referred to as “we” or “us”). On this web­site you can find out about our orga­niza­tion, make use of our online ser­vices and contact us.

The pro­tec­tion of your per­sonal data is very important to us. In this pri­vacy policy, we inform you trans­par­ently and com­pre­hen­sibly about what data we collect via our web­site and how we handle it.

For this reason, we use the icons of the PRI­VACY ICONS asso­cia­tion. They are intended to help you gain a quick over­view of how we pro­cess your data.

What do we pro­vide infor­ma­tion about?

Who is respon­sible for data pro­ces­sing;

What data is coll­ected;

For what pur­pose this data is coll­ected

To whom we dis­c­lose this data;

How you can object to data pro­ces­sing;

What rights you have and how you can assert them.

Defi­ni­tions of terms

What is per­sonal data?

Per­sonal data (syn­ony­mous with the term “per­sonal data”) is all infor­ma­tion that relates to an iden­ti­fied or iden­ti­fiable natural person. This includes, for example, name, address, date of birth, e‑mail address or tele­phone number as well as the IP address. Per­sonal data also includes data about per­sonal pre­fe­rences such as lei­sure acti­vi­ties or mem­ber­ships.

What are spe­cial cate­go­ries of per­sonal data?

Spe­cial cate­go­ries of per­sonal data (syn­ony­mous with the term “par­ti­cu­larly sen­si­tive data”) are:

• Data on reli­gious, ideo­lo­gical, poli­tical or trade union views or acti­vi­ties;

• Data rela­ting to health, pri­vacy, racial or ethnic origin, sex life and sexual ori­en­ta­tion;

• Data on admi­nis­tra­tive or cri­minal pro­se­cu­tions and sanc­tions, as well as data on social assis­tance mea­sures;

• Genetic data and bio­me­tric data that uni­quely iden­tify a person.

If neces­sary and if you dis­c­lose this data to us yourself, we may pro­cess data belon­ging to a spe­cial cate­gory of per­sonal data. In this case, their pro­ces­sing is sub­ject to stricter con­fi­den­tia­lity.

What is the pro­ces­sing of per­sonal data?

Pro­ces­sing (syn­ony­mous with the term “editing”) is any hand­ling of per­sonal data, regard­less of the means and pro­ce­dures used, in par­ti­cular the pro­cu­re­ment, sto­rage, reten­tion, use, modi­fi­ca­tion, dis­clo­sure, archi­ving, dele­tion or des­truc­tion of per­sonal data.

What is the dis­clo­sure of per­sonal data?

This is the trans­mis­sion or making available of per­sonal data, e.g. publi­ca­tion or dis­clo­sure to a third party.

Contact

If you have any ques­tions or con­cerns about the pro­tec­tion of your data by us, you can contact our data pro­tec­tion officer:

KUMATEC GMBH
Manuel Kümin
Wiler­strasse 3A
9545 Wängi TG
info@kumatec.ch 

Data secu­rity

We will store your data secu­rely and take all reasonable mea­sures to pro­tect your data 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 inqui­ries to our affi­liated com­pa­nies as part of order pro­ces­sing. Your data will also be treated con­fi­den­ti­ally in these cases.

Within our web­site, we use the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) method in con­junc­tion with the hig­hest level of encryp­tion sup­ported by your browser.

Rights of data sub­jects

Right to infor­ma­tion

You can request infor­ma­tion about the data we have stored about you at any time. Please send your request for infor­ma­tion tog­e­ther with cre­dible proof of iden­tity to info@kumatec.ch.

The infor­ma­tion will be pro­vided in wri­ting or in ano­ther form, inclu­ding elec­tro­ni­cally if neces­sary. If you so request, we can also pro­vide you with the infor­ma­tion ver­bally, pro­vided you can prove your iden­tity in ano­ther form. If you submit the request for infor­ma­tion elec­tro­ni­cally, we will pro­vide the infor­ma­tion in a stan­dard elec­tronic format, unless you spe­cify other­wise.

The infor­ma­tion is gene­rally pro­vided free of charge. If addi­tional copies are requested, a reasonable fee may be charged.

The right to receive a copy of the pro­cessed data must not impair the rights and free­doms of other per­sons.

In the event of mani­festly unfounded or exces­sive requests for infor­ma­tion, we reserve the right to refuse to pro­vide the infor­ma­tion within the limits of the law or to charge a reasonable fee.

The pro­ces­sing of your request is sub­ject to the sta­tu­tory time limit of 30 days. Due to the com­ple­xity and high number of requests, we may extend this period by a fur­ther two months if neces­sary. You will be informed of the exten­sion within one month of sub­mit­ting the request for infor­ma­tion. You will also be informed of the reasons for the exten­sion.

Dele­tion and cor­rec­tion

You have the option of reques­ting the dele­tion, cor­rec­tion or com­ple­tion of your data at any time, pro­vided that there are no sta­tu­tory reten­tion obli­ga­tions or a legal per­mis­sion to the con­trary.

Please note that the exer­cise of your rights may be in con­flict with con­trac­tual agree­ments and may have cor­re­spon­ding effects on the per­for­mance of the con­tract (e.g. pre­ma­ture ter­mi­na­tion of the con­tract or cost con­se­quences).

Rest­ric­tion of pro­ces­sing

You also have the right to request the rest­ric­tion of pro­ces­sing if you dis­pute the accu­racy of this data, the pro­ces­sing is unlawful, the data is no longer required or you have objected to the pro­ces­sing.

If the pro­ces­sing of the data is rest­ricted, it may only be stored. Fur­ther pro­ces­sing may only take place with your con­sent, for the estab­lish­ment, exer­cise or defense of legal claims, for the pro­tec­tion of the rights of ano­ther person or for reasons of important public inte­rest. You will be noti­fied if the rest­ric­tion is lifted.

Right to data output and transfer

You have the right to receive your data in a com­monly used file format or (if tech­ni­cally fea­sible) to have it trans­mitted to a third party if we pro­cess your data auto­ma­ti­cally, and if:

• you have given your con­sent to the pro­ces­sing of this data; or

• you have dis­c­losed data in con­nec­tion with the con­clu­sion or pro­ces­sing of a con­tract.

Right of objec­tion

You have the right to object, on grounds rela­ting to your par­ti­cular situa­tion, at any time to pro­ces­sing, inclu­ding pro­filing, which is based on our legi­ti­mate inte­rests. This right also applies to pro­ces­sing for the pur­pose of direct mar­ke­ting.

Legal pro­cess

If you are affected by the pro­ces­sing of per­sonal data, you have the right to enforce your rights in court or to lodge a com­plaint with the com­pe­tent super­vi­sory aut­ho­rity. The com­pe­tent super­vi­sory aut­ho­rity in Switz­er­land is the Federal Data Pro­tec­tion and Infor­ma­tion Com­mis­sioner.

Data pro­ces­sing in general

What data do we pro­cess from you and from whom do we receive this data?

First and fore­most, we pro­cess per­sonal data that you transmit to us or that we collect when ope­ra­ting our web­site. We may also receive per­sonal data about you from third par­ties. This may include the fol­lo­wing cate­go­ries:

• Per­sonal master data (name, address, date of birth, etc.);

• Contact details (cell phone number, e‑mail address, etc.);

• Finan­cial data (e.g. account details);

• Online iden­ti­fiers (e.g. cookie iden­ti­fiers, IP addresses);

• Loca­tion and traffic data;

• Sound and image recor­dings;

• par­ti­cu­larly sen­si­tive data (e.g. bio­me­tric data or infor­ma­tion about your health).

This data can come from the fol­lo­wing sources:

• Infor­ma­tion from publicly acces­sible sources (e.g. media, Internet);

• Infor­ma­tion from public regis­ters (e.g. com­mer­cial register, debt coll­ec­tion register, land register);

• Infor­ma­tion in con­nec­tion with offi­cial or legal pro­cee­dings;

• Infor­ma­tion regar­ding your pro­fes­sional func­tions and acti­vi­ties (e.g. pro­fes­sional net­works);

• Infor­ma­tion about you in cor­re­spon­dence and mee­tings with third par­ties;

• Credit infor­ma­tion (insofar as we pro­cess per­sonal tran­sac­tions with you);

• Infor­ma­tion about you that people from your envi­ron­ment give us so that we can con­clude or pro­cess con­tracts with you;

• Data in con­nec­tion with the use of the web­site.

Under what con­di­tions do we pro­cess your data?

We pro­cess your data in good faith and in accordance with the pur­poses set out in this pri­vacy policy. We pay atten­tion to 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. In par­ti­cular, the fol­lo­wing grounds for jus­ti­fi­ca­tion may apply:

• Your con­sent;

• the per­for­mance of a con­tract or pre-con­trac­tual mea­sures;

• the ful­fill­ment of legal requi­re­ments;

• our legi­ti­mate inte­rests, unless your inte­rests pre­vail.

You may be required to pro­vide us with cer­tain per­sonal data so that we can estab­lish a busi­ness rela­ti­onship with you. Wit­hout such data, we are nor­mally unable to pro­cess a con­tract. The web­site cannot nor­mally be used either if cer­tain data to secure data traffic, such as your IP address, is not dis­c­losed.

How can you with­draw your con­sent?

If you have given us your 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 or ano­ther per­mis­sion is granted.

You can revoke your con­sent for the future at any time by sen­ding an e‑mail to the address given in the legal notice. Data pro­ces­sing that has already taken place is not affected by the revo­ca­tion and remains valid.

In which cases do we pass on your data to third par­ties?

a. Prin­ciple

We may need to use the ser­vices of third par­ties or affi­liated com­pa­nies and com­mis­sion them to pro­cess your data (so-called pro­ces­sors). The cate­go­ries of reci­pi­ents are as fol­lows:

• Accoun­ting, fidu­ciary and audi­ting com­pany;

• Con­sul­ting com­pa­nies (legal advice, taxes, etc.);

• IT ser­vice pro­vider (web hos­ting, sup­port, cloud ser­vices, web­site design, etc.);

• pay­ment ser­vice pro­vi­ders (only with your prior con­sent);

• Pro­vider of tracking, con­ver­sion and adver­ti­sing ser­vices.

We ensure that data is only passed on with your express con­sent, pro­vided that this does not involve com­mis­sioned data pro­ces­sing. We also ensure that these third par­ties and our affi­liated com­pa­nies comply with data pro­tec­tion requi­re­ments and treat your per­sonal data con­fi­den­ti­ally. We may also be obliged to dis­c­lose your per­sonal data to aut­ho­ri­ties.

b. Pas­sing on to part­ners and coope­ra­tion com­pa­nies

We some­times work tog­e­ther with dif­fe­rent com­pa­nies and part­ners who place their offers on our web­site. It is reco­gnizable for you that this is a third-party offer (marked as “adver­ti­sing”).

If you make use of such an offer, we will transmit your per­sonal data to the rele­vant partner or coope­ra­tion com­pany (e.g. name, func­tion, com­mu­ni­ca­tion, etc.) whose offer you wish to take advan­tage of, pro­vided you have given your express prior con­sent. These part­ners and coope­ra­tion com­pa­nies are inde­pendently respon­sible for the per­sonal data they receive. Once the data has been trans­mitted, the data pro­tec­tion pro­vi­sions of the respec­tive partner apply.

c. Transfer abroad

Under cer­tain cir­cum­s­tances, your per­sonal data may be trans­ferred to com­pa­nies abroad as part of order pro­ces­sing. These com­pa­nies are obliged to pro­tect data 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 con­trac­tually ensure that the same level of pro­tec­tion is gua­ran­teed as in Switz­er­land (e.g. by means of the new stan­dard con­trac­tual clauses of the EU Com­mis­sion or other legally pre­scribed mea­sures). If our risk assess­ment is nega­tive, we will take addi­tional tech­nical mea­sures to pro­tect your data. You can access the EU Com­mis­si­on’s stan­dard con­trac­tual clauses at the fol­lo­wing Link. 

How long do we store your data?

We only store per­sonal data for as long as is neces­sary to ful­fill the indi­vi­dual pur­poses for which the data was coll­ected.

We store con­tract data for longer, as we are obliged to do so by law. In par­ti­cular, we must store busi­ness com­mu­ni­ca­tions, con­cluded con­tracts and accoun­ting docu­ments for up to 10 years. If we no longer need such data from you to per­form the ser­vices, the data will be rest­ricted for fur­ther pro­ces­sing and we will only use it for accoun­ting and tax pur­poses.

Data pro­ces­sing in detail

Pro­vi­sion of the web­site and crea­tion of log files

If you merely visit www.kumatec.ch, i.e. if you do not register or other­wise dis­c­lose infor­ma­tion, only the data that your browser auto­ma­ti­cally trans­mits to our server will be coll­ected. The data is tech­ni­cally neces­sary for the ope­ra­tion of the web­site.

What data do we pro­cess?

The fol­lo­wing data in par­ti­cular is pro­cessed for the pro­vi­sion of the web­site and the crea­tion of log files:

• Name of the internet ser­vice pro­vider

• IP address

• Tech­nical infor­ma­tion such as browser, ope­ra­ting system or screen reso­lu­tion 

• the date and time of access

• Referrer URL 

This data cannot be assi­gned to a spe­cific person and is not merged with other data sources.

For what pur­pose do we pro­cess the data?

The log files are pro­cessed in order to gua­rantee the func­tion­a­lity of the web­site and to ensure the secu­rity of our infor­ma­tion tech­no­logy sys­tems.

Who do we pass the data on to?

The for­war­ding of data by us is based on our state­ments on data for­war­ding.

How can you pre­vent data pro­ces­sing?

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 at the end of each ses­sion. The sto­rage of log files is abso­lutely neces­sary for the ope­ra­tion of the web­site; you the­r­e­fore have no option to object to this unless you do not visit our web­site.

Coo­kies 

Our web­site uses coo­kies. Coo­kies are text files that are stored on the ope­ra­ting system of your device with the help of the browser when you visit our web­site. Coo­kies do not cause any damage to your com­puter and do not con­tain viruses. Some coo­kies are tech­ni­cally neces­sary for the web­site to func­tion. Most of the coo­kies we use are so-called “ses­sion coo­kies”. They are auto­ma­ti­cally deleted at the end of your visit. Other coo­kies remain stored on your end device until you delete them or their term expires.

For what pur­pose do we pro­cess the data?

We use coo­kies so that we can use the data coll­ected to make our web­site more user-fri­endly, effec­tive and secure. In par­ti­cular, we use coo­kies to save your pre­fe­rences (e.g. lan­guage and loca­tion set­tings), to ensure the fast pro­vi­sion and attrac­tive pre­sen­ta­tion of web­site con­tent (e.g. through the use of fonts and con­tent deli­very net­works) and to ana­lyze the use of this web­site for sta­tis­tical eva­lua­tion and con­ti­nuous impro­ve­ment (usually using third-party coo­kies). The pur­poses for which we use the (tech­ni­cally unneces­sary) coo­kies in detail can be found in the fol­lo­wing expl­ana­tions in this pri­vacy policy.

Who do we pass the data on to?

The for­war­ding of data by us is based on our state­ments on data for­war­ding. In addi­tion, the fol­lo­wing infor­ma­tion on indi­vi­dual data pro­ces­sing in this pri­vacy policy must be observed.

How can you pre­vent data pro­ces­sing?

Coo­kies are stored on your com­puter. You can delete them com­ple­tely or deac­ti­vate or rest­rict their trans­mis­sion by chan­ging the set­tings in your browser. If you deac­ti­vate coo­kies for our web­site, you may no longer be able to use all the func­tions of the web­site to their full extent.

Ins­truc­tions for the most common brow­sers can be found here:

• For Chrome from Google

• For Safari from Apple

• For Edge from Micro­soft 

• For Firefox from Mozilla 

For coo­kies that are used to mea­sure suc­cess and reach or for adver­ti­sing, a general opt-out is pos­sible for num­e­rous ser­vices via the Net­work Adver­ti­sing Initia­tive (NAI), You­rAd­Choices (Digital Adver­ti­sing Alli­ance) or Your Online Choices (Euro­pean Inter­ac­tive Digital Adver­ti­sing Alli­ance, EDAA).

Tracking pixel

We may use tracking pixels on our web­site or in our emails. Tracking pixels are also known as web bea­cons. Tracking pixels are small, usually invi­sible images that are auto­ma­ti­cally retrieved when you visit our web­site or open our emails.

What data do we pro­cess?

Coun­ting pixels can be used to collect the same infor­ma­tion as log files. In addi­tion, move­ment pro­files of the entire ses­sion can be coll­ected. In par­ti­cular, tracking pixels are used by third par­ties whose ser­vices we use. Detailed infor­ma­tion about these third-party ser­vices is pro­vided below in this decla­ra­tion.

For what pur­pose do we pro­cess the data?

Tracking pixels are used by various tracking ser­vices to ana­lyze the use of this web­site and for sta­tis­tical eva­lua­tion and con­ti­nuous impro­ve­ment. In addi­tion, tracking pixels can be used for email tracking.

Who do we pass the data on to?

The transfer of data by us is based on our state­ments on data transfer. Please also note the infor­ma­tion in this pri­vacy policy on the indi­vi­dual tracking ser­vices.

How can you pre­vent data pro­ces­sing?

To pre­vent data pro­ces­sing by means of coun­ting pixels, you can install sui­table browser exten­sions such as uBlock­Origin and block external gra­phics in your e‑mail pro­gram.

Pri­va­cyBee 

Pri­va­cyBee is used on web­sites to reco­gnize all ser­vices rele­vant to data pro­tec­tion and to gene­rate an indi­vi­dual pri­vacy policy.

Will our pri­vacy policy always remain the same?

We may change this pri­vacy policy at any time. The changes will be published on www.kumatec.ch. You will not be informed sepa­ra­tely.