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

a-metal AG
Stephan Steiner
Technoparkstrasse 1
8005 Zurich

Email: info@a-metal.com
 

General note

Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the federal data protection regulations (Data Protection Act, DSG), every person has the right to protection of their privacy and to protection against the misuse of their personal data. The operators of these websites take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

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

We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can involve security vulnerabilities. It is not possible to completely protect data from access by third parties.

By using this website, you agree 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 and the name of the file accessed, date and time are stored on the server for statistical purposes without these data being directly associated with your person. Personal data, in particular name, address or e-mail address, is collected as far as possible on a voluntary basis. Without your consent, the data will not be passed on to third parties.

Processing of personal data

Personal data is all information that relates to a specific or identifiable person. A data subject is a person about whom personal data is processed. Processing includes any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, in particular the storage, disclosure, acquisition, deletion, retention, 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:

• Consent (Art. 6(1)(1)(a) GDPR) – The data subject has given their consent to the processing of the personal data concerning them for a specific purpose or several specific purposes.
• Contract performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6(1)(1)(b) GDPR) – The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures requested by the data subject.
• Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR) – The processing is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.
• Protection of vital interests (Art. 6(1)(d) GDPR) – The processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the affected person or another natural person.
• Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) – The processing is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of the controller or a third party, unless the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject, which require the protection of personal data, prevail.
• Application procedure as a pre-contractual or contractual relationship (Art. 9(2)(b) GDPR) – As far as special categories of personal data within the meaning of Article 9(1) GDPR are requested from applicants as part of the application procedure (e.g. health data such as disability status or ethnic origin), so that the controller or the data subject can exercise the rights arising from employment law and social security and social protection law and fulfill their respective obligations, their processing shall be carried out in accordance with Article 9(2)(b) GDPR, in the event of the protection of vital interests of the applicants or other persons pursuant to Article 9(2)(c) GDPR, or for health care or occupational medicine purposes, for the assessment of the employee’s work ability, for medical diagnostics, care or treatment in the health or social care sector, or for the management of systems and services in the health or social care sector pursuant to Article 9(2)(h). GDPR. In the case of a notification of special categories of data based on voluntary consent, their processing will take place in accordance with Article 9(2)(a) of the GDPR.

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

Relevant legal bases

Pursuant to Article 13 of the GDPR, we inform you of the legal bases for our data processing. Unless the legal basis is mentioned in the privacy policy, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consent is Article 6(1)(a) and Article 7 of the GDPR; the legal basis for processing for the performance of our services and the execution of contractual measures as well as the answering of inquiries is Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR; the legal basis for processing to fulfill our legal obligations is Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR; and the legal basis for processing to safeguard our legitimate interests is Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. In the event that the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Article 6(1)(d) of the GDPR serves as the legal basis.

Security measures

In accordance with legal requirements, taking into account the state of the art, the implementation costs, the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of the processing, as well as the different probabilities of occurrence and the extent of the threat to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, we shall take appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk.

The measures include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling the physical and electronic access to the data as well as the access to, input of, and transmission of the data, and the safeguarding of its availability and separation. Furthermore, we have established procedures that ensure the exercise of data subject rights, the deletion of data, and responses to data security threats. Furthermore, we take into account the protection of personal data already during the development or selection of hardware, software, and procedures in accordance with the principle of data protection through engineering and by using data protection-friendly pre-settings.

Transmission of personal data

As part of our processing of personal data, it may happen that the data is transmitted to other places, companies, legally independent organizational units, or individuals. The recipients of this data may include, for example, service providers or providers of services and content that are integrated into a website, who are engaged in IT tasks. In such cases, we comply with legal requirements and, in particular, conclude appropriate contracts or agreements that serve to protect your data with the recipients of your data.

Data processing in third countries

To the extent that we process data in a third country (i.e., outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA)), or the processing takes place in the context of the use of third-party services or the disclosure or transfer of data to other persons, entities, or companies, this will only be done in accordance with legal requirements.

Subject to express consent or transfer required by contract or law, we process data only in third countries with an acknowledged level of data protection, contractual obligations through so-called EU Commission standard data protection clauses, and where certifications or binding internal data protection regulations are in place (Articles 44 to 49 GDPR, information page of the EU Commission: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection_de).

Privacy policy for cookies

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 serves primarily to store information about a user during or after their visit to an online offering. The stored data may include, for example, the language settings on a website, the login status, a shopping cart, or the place where a video was viewed. We also consider other technologies that fulfill the same functions as cookies (e.g., when user data is stored using pseudonymous online identifiers, also referred to as „user IDs“) to be cookies.

The following types of cookies and their functions are distinguished:

• Temporary cookies (also known as session or login cookies)Temporary cookies are deleted at the latest after a user has left an online offer and closed their browser.
• Permanent cookiesPermanent cookies remain stored even after closing the browser. For example, the login status can be stored or preferred content can be displayed directly when the user visits a website again. Similarly, the interests of users, which are used for reach measurement or for marketing purposes, can be stored in such a cookie.
• First-party cookiesFirst-party cookies are set by us ourselves.
• 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) cookiesCookies can, on the one hand, be absolutely necessary for the operation of a website (e.g. to store logins or other user entries or for security reasons).
• Statistics, marketing and personalization cookiesFurthermore, cookies are usually also used for range measurement purposes, as well as when the interests of a user or their behavior (e.g., viewing certain content, using certain features, etc.) are stored in a user profile on individual websites. Such profiles are used to, for example, display content that matches the potential interests of users. This process is also referred to as „tracking,“ i.e., tracking the potential interests of users. To the extent that we use cookies or „tracking“ technologies, we will inform you separately in our privacy policy or when seeking consent.

Information about legal bases: The legal basis on which we process your personal data using cookies depends on whether we ask for your 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 using cookies will be processed based on our legitimate interests (e.g., maintaining the operational efficiency of our online offering and improving it), or, if the use of cookies is required, to fulfill our contractual obligations.

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

General information regarding withdrawal and objection (opt-out): Depending on whether processing is based on consent or statutory permission, you have the option to revoke a given consent at any time or object to the processing of your data using cookie technologies (collectively referred to as „opt-out“). You can initially declare your objection using the settings of your browser, e.g. by disabling the use of cookies (which may, however, also restrict the functionality of our online offering). An objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can also be https://www.youronlinechoices.com/ declared using a variety of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the websites https://optout.aboutads.info. In addition, you can receive further objection information within the context of the information provided about the service providers and cookies used.

Processing of cookie data based on consent: We implement a cookie consent management procedure, within which the users’ consent to the use of cookies, as well as the processing mentioned in the cookie consent management procedure, can be obtained, managed by the users, and revoked. This procedure stores the consent declaration so that it is not necessary to repeat the request and to be able to demonstrate compliance with the legal obligation. The storage can be performed on the server side and/or in a cookie (so-called opt-in cookie, or using comparable technologies), in order to assign the consent to a user or their device. Subject to individual information regarding the providers of cookie management services, the following notes apply: The duration of the storage of the consent can be up to two years. In this case, a pseudonymous user identifier is created and stored with the date of consent, information about the scope of consent (e.g., which categories of cookies and/or service providers), and the browser, system, and 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 basis: Consent (Article 6(1)(1)(a) of the GDPR), legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(1)(f) of the GDPR).

Data protection policy for SSL-/TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as requests you send to us as the website operator, this website uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser address bar changing from „http://“ http://„ to “https://“ https://” and the lock symbol in your browser bar.

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

Privacy policy for contact form

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

Data protection declaration for LinkedIn

Within our online offering, we use the marketing services of the social network LinkedIn provided by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland («LinkedIn»).

These use cookies, which are text files that are 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.

This results in, for example, information about the operating system and browser used by you, the website previously visited by you (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 transmitted pseudonymously to a server of LinkedIn in the USA and stored there. Therefore, LinkedIn does not store the name or email address of the respective user. The aforementioned data is instead assigned only to the person from whom the cookie was generated. This does not apply if the user has allowed LinkedIn to process data without pseudonymization or if they have a LinkedIn account.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser software; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to the full extent. You can also object to the use of your data directly with LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

We use LinkedIn Analytics to analyze the use of our website and to be able to improve it regularly. Using the obtained statistics, we can improve our offering 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 consent, the legal basis for processing is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Otherwise, the legal basis for using LinkedIn Analytics is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Information from the third-party provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place, Dublin 2 Ireland; User agreement and Privacy Policy.

Privacy policy for YouTube

This website includes functions of the service «YouTube». «YouTube» belongs to Google Ireland Limited, a company registered and operated under Irish law with its registered office at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, which operates the services within the European Economic Area and in Switzerland.

Your legal agreement with «YouTube» consists of the provisions and conditions that can be found at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/static?gl=de&template=terms&hl=de. These terms form a legally binding agreement between you and «YouTube» regarding the use of the services. The Google Privacy Policy explains how «YouTube» processes your personal data and protects your data when you use the service.

Copyrights

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

Anyone who commits an infringement of copyright without the consent of the respective right holder can be held criminally liable and, in some cases, liable for damages.

General disclaimer of liability

All the information provided on our website has been carefully reviewed. We strive to provide our information offering with up-to-date, correct and complete content. Nevertheless, the occurrence of errors cannot be completely ruled out, with which we cannot assume any guarantee for the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of information, even in a journalistic and editorial sense. Any claims for damages of a material or immaterial nature caused by the use of the information offered are excluded, unless there is demonstrably intentional or grossly negligent fault.

The publisher may, at its discretion and without notice, change or delete texts and is not obliged 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 liable for damages, such as direct, indirect, incidental, foreseeable or consequential damages that are allegedly caused by visiting this website and therefore accept no liability for them.

The publisher also assumes 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 pages are solely responsible for the content of these pages. The publisher hereby expressly distances itself from all third-party content that may be relevant from a criminal or liability perspective or that violates good morals.

Changes

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

Questions to the Data Protection Officer

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

 

Source: Swiss lawyer