Impressum/Datenschutz | Eugen Hofmann Proces

Imprint & data protection

Eugen Hofmann

Hochwachtstrasse 28i

8400 Winterthur Switzerland

Tel.: +41 79 81 77 940

1.1 Privacy Policy

With this data protection declaration we inform you how we collect and process personal data as part of our business relationship with our customers, business partners and our website. The following is responsible for the data processing described in this data protection declaration:

Eugen Hofmann

If you pass on personal data from other people (to whom you act as the responsible person) to Eugen Hofmann, you must ensure that the person concerned is aware of this data protection declaration. If you pass on personal data to Eugen Hofmann, we assume that you only do so within the scope of what is permitted, that you have informed those affected accordingly and that the personal data in question is correct. As far as our website is concerned, we assume no responsibility and decline any liability for links that lead from our website to third-party websites. Clicking on an external link is solely at your own risk and responsibility. When processing our data, we adhere to the legal basis of the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (DSG) and the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), if and to the extent that these apply to you.

2 Collection/processing of personal data, as well as type/purpose of use

2.1 Collection and processing of personal data

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. We primarily process personal data that we receive as part of our business relationship with our customers and business partners based on an order or other contractual relationship or in correspondence (electronically or by post) from these and other people involved, or that we receive in connection with the operation of our website or other applications.

We collect your data primarily from you. To the extent permitted, we also receive personal data from publicly accessible sources (e.g. media, internet). Due to our activities, data may also be made available to us by third parties, in particular your employees, any agents, authorities, etc. It is possible that we receive information about you in the context of correspondence and meetings with third parties and people in your environment (e.g. references, your address for deliveries) so that we can conclude or process contracts with you.

The extent of the data we store depends on the inventory and the type of order/contractual relationship. our business relationship with you. As a rule, this includes your name, address, birthday, residence permit, marital status, email address, homepage, telephone numbers and your professional activity. Data processing is justified by your consent, the agreement of a contract or pre-contractual measures, the fulfillment of legal regulations, our interests and other relevant legal bases.

We would like to point out in particular that we outsource various business activities to ensure our services. In particular, financial services, quality management and the IT area could be outsourced. In this context, it is essential that we pass on to third parties the data that we have received from you directly, through a customer/business partner or from a third party. We only use the data provided to us for the contractually agreed purpose, namely to provide the service to the customers themselves. If we commission third parties to process your data, in these contractual cases we ensure that they also comply with data protection regulations.

2.2 Visiting our website

When you access our website, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to our website server. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is recorded without your intervention and stored until it is automatically deleted:

• IP address of the requesting computer,

• Date and time of access,

• Name and URL of the retrieved file,

• Website from which access is made (referrer URL),

• Browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your access provider.

We use the data mentioned to ensure a smooth connection to the website, comfortable use of our website, evaluation of system security and stability and for other administrative purposes. Data processing is justified by an overriding interest arising from the purposes listed above. Under no circumstances do we use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about you personally.

We also use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website. Further explanations can be found in section 5.1 ff. of this data protection declaration.

2.3 Purpose and legal basis for data processing

We only process your data for specified purposes and only in legally permissible cases, namely to fulfill the contract between Eugen Hofmann and you, to start and maintain our business relationship with you. Furthermore, your data may be used in connection with the guarantees of our operations, the assertion of legal claims (as well as defense), to prevent and investigate criminal offenses and other misconduct.

The legal basis for data processing includes your consent, the execution of a contract or pre-contractual measures, the fulfillment of legal regulations, the overriding interests of us or third parties and other relevant legal bases.

If you have given us your consent to process your personal data for specific purposes, we will process your data within the framework and based on this consent, unless we have another legal basis and we need one. Consent given can be revoked at any time, but this has no effect on data processing that has already taken place.

3 Release to third parties

As part of the provision of our services and the provision of our website, we may rely on the services of third parties. In this context, it may happen that we commission third parties to process your personal data. Under certain circumstances we are also obliged to disclose your data to authorities or other third parties. This particularly concerns the following data transfers:

• Our service providers, including order processors such as IT service providers

• Other subcontractors, dealers, suppliers or other business partners

• Authorities, official bodies or courts

• Those interested in acquiring business areas or the company

In all of these cases, we strictly adhere to the requirements of the applicable data protection laws.

Under certain circumstances, your personal data may also be transferred to companies abroad. These companies are committed to data protection to the same extent as we are. If the level of data protection in the country in which data is transferred does not correspond to that of Switzerland or the European Union, we contractually ensure that the same protection as in Switzerland or the European Union is guaranteed. This can be done through standard data protection clauses of the European Commission or a supervisory authority, or approved and approved codes of conduct together with binding and enforceable obligations of the recipient, or approved certification mechanisms together with binding and enforceable obligations of the recipient.

3.1 Retention period / deletion

We store your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the individual purposes for which the data was collected and as permitted by applicable law, for example for the duration of the entire business relationship (from initiation, Processing up to the termination of the contract and beyond in accordance with the statutory retention and documentation obligations).

In any case, we store your personal data as long as there are statutory retention requirements or the limitation periods for potential legal claims have not yet expired.

We would like to point out that regular backups are made of all electronically stored data. Even after the electronic data has been permanently deleted, it may still be possible to restore it from backups.

3.2 Data security

We take appropriate technical and organizational security precautions to protect your personal data from unauthorized access and misuse. This includes, for example, the issuance of internal guidelines, internal training, appropriate IT and network security solutions, access controls and restrictions, etc. The data is stored exclusively on Swiss servers.

The SSL process (Secure Socket Layer; “https”) is used for data transmission on our website.

3.3 Transmission of personal data

You have the option of contacting us by email. Your e-mail address, the date, the content of your e-mail and subject as well as the contact details you provided will be used by us for the purpose of processing the request and in the event of follow-up questions, as long as this is necessary to complete your request or we from are required by law to do so.

The use of email is not technically secure; It may happen that emails are not delivered. When sending emails, they can leave national borders, even if the sender and recipient are within Germany. The confidentiality of emails cannot be guaranteed if encryption is missing or insufficient. Unencrypted emails are therefore not suitable for sending confidential information.

By sending an email, you agree to communication via email with knowledge of the risks described.

4 Your rights

4.1 Information, correction

You have the right to free information about your personal data processed by us at any time. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients of your data, the planned storage period, etc. You also have the right to correct incorrect data.

Please contact us in this regard. You can find our contact details in section 1.1 of this data protection declaration.

4.2 Revocation/objection and deletion

If the data processing is based on your consent, you can revoke your consent at any time and request that your personal data be deleted. You may also be able to have the processing of your personal data restricted or object to it. Under certain circumstances, you also have the right to request that we return the data you have given us (right to data portability).

If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us. You can find our contact details in section 1.1 of this data protection declaration.

Please note, however, that we are obliged by commercial and tax law to retain booking documents for at least 10 financial years or longer. We can therefore neither delete nor edit the personal data contained in these documents. In this case, your request for deletion will therefore only be fulfilled after the retention period has expired.

If services are still outstanding at the time of receipt of your objection, revocation and request for deletion, your personal data will continue to be processed until the business relationship has been completely terminated. Your data protection revocation expressly has no influence on the processing of existing contractual relationships and is not considered an extraordinary reason for termination.

4.3 Adjustments to this data protection declaration

We reserve the right to change this data protection declaration at any time without prior notice and to inform customers, residents and business partners as well as users of the changes in an appropriate manner.

Changes to this data protection declaration apply from the time they are published on our website. The current version published on our website applies. The processing of personal data that was collected under an older data protection declaration is carried out in accordance with this data protection declaration.

4.4 Contact point for questions/contact person

If you have any questions about this data protection declaration or regarding your personal data, we will be happy to help you.

5 Special information in connection with visiting our website

5.1 Cookies

We use cookies on our website. These are small files that your browser creates automatically and that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website. Cookies do not cause any damage to your device and do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware.

The cookies store information that arises in connection with the specific end device. However, this does not mean that we receive direct knowledge of your identity.

On the one hand, the use of cookies serves to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. We use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages on our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site.

In addition, to optimize user-friendliness, we also use temporary cookies that are stored on your device for a specific period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it will automatically be recognized that you have already been with us and what entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.

We also use cookies to statistically record the use of our website. There is no evaluation. These cookies enable us to automatically recognize that you have already been with us when you visit our site again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.

The data processed by cookies is necessary for the purposes mentioned to protect our interests and those of third parties.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or that a message always appears before a new cookie is created. However, completely deactivating cookies may mean that you cannot use all of the functions of our website.

5.2 Google Services

The tracking measures and services we use from Google listed below are necessary to protect our interests and those of third parties. With the tracking measures we use, we want to ensure a needs-based design and the ongoing optimization of our website. On the other hand, we use tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website. There is no evaluation.

The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the corresponding tracking tools.

5.2.1 Google Analytics

For the purpose of needs-based design and ongoing optimization of our website, we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service from Google Inc. (https://www.google.de/ intl/de/about/) (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter “Google”) or comparable services. In this context, pseudonymized usage profiles are created and cookies (see section 5.1) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (such as browser type/version, operating system used, referrer URL (the previously visited page), host name of the accessing computer (IP address), time of the server request) is sent to a Transferred to Google servers in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website (not personal), to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website and internet use for the purposes of market research and the needs-based design of these websites. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of you. Your IP address will not be combined with other data from Google.

You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting the browser software accordingly; However, we would like to point out that in this case not all functions of this website may be able to be used to their full extent.

You can also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https: //tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).

As an alternative to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent data collection by Google Analytics by clicking on https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent future collection of your data when you visit this website. The opt-out cookie only applies in this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you will have to set the opt-out cookie again.

Further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics can be found in the Google Analytics help (https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de).

5.2.2 Google Maps

Google Maps is used on the contact page of our website. By clicking on the map, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Google server and personal data is thus forwarded to Google.

Usage is governed by the terms of use for Google Maps (https://www.google.com/intl/de_ch/help/terms_maps/). The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google as well as your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Google's data protection regulations (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de).

5.2.3 Google ReCaptcha

Google reCaptcha is used to secure our website (https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/v3.html). This is a service from Google that distinguishes whether a certain action on the Internet is carried out by a human or by a computer program or bot. In this context, cookies (see section 14) are used.

By using Google ReCaptcha, personal data (in particular IP address, access location and time) is forwarded to Google. The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google as well as your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Google's data protection regulations (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de). You can also find out more about reCaptcha on Google's web developer page at https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/.

5.2.4 Google Adwords Conversion Tracking

In order to statistically record the use of our website and evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our website for you, we can also use Google Conversion Tracking. Google Adwords sets a cookie on your computer if you came to our website via a Google ad.

These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages on the Adwords customer's website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and the customer can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page.

Every Adwords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot therefore be tracked via the websites of Adwords customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Adwords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Adwords customers find out the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, you will not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users.

If you do not want to take part in the tracking process, you can also refuse the necessary setting of a cookie - for example by using a browser setting that generally deactivates the automatic setting of cookies. You can also deactivate cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain “www.googleadservices.com”.

Google's data protection policy on conversion tracking can be found here (https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html).

5.3 Social media plugins

We use social plugins from the social networks Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin on our website to make our company better known. The underlying advertising purpose is to be viewed as the overriding interest. The responsibility for data protection-compliant operation must be ensured by the respective provider.

We integrate these plug-ins using the so-called two-click method in order to best protect visitors to our website.

5.3.1 Facebook

Our website uses social media plugins from Facebook to make their use more personal. For this we use the “LIKE” or “SHARE” button. This is an offer from Facebook. If you access a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection with the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted from Facebook directly to your browser and integrated into the website. By integrating the plugins, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page on our website, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted from your browser directly to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign your visit to our website directly to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the “LIKE” or “SHARE” button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on Facebook and displayed to your Facebook friends.

Facebook can use this information for the purposes of advertising, market research and needs-based design of the Facebook pages. For this purpose, Facebook creates usage, interest and relationship profiles, e.g. to evaluate your use of our website with regard to the advertisements shown to you on Facebook, to inform other Facebook users about your activities on our website and for other purposes related to the use of Facebook to provide related services. If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website.

The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Facebook's data protection information (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).

5.3.2 Twitter

Plugins from the short message network of Twitter Inc. (Twitter) are integrated into our website. You can recognize the Twitter plugins (tweet button) by the Twitter logo on our site. You can find an overview of tweet buttons here (https://about.twitter.com/resources/buttons).

When you access a page on our website that contains such a plugin, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Twitter server.

Twitter thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Twitter “tweet button” while logged into your Twitter account, you can link the content of our pages to your Twitter profile. This allows Twitter to assign your visit to our pages to 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 transmitted data or its use by Twitter. If you do not want Twitter to be able to assign your visit to our pages, please log out of your Twitter user account.

Further information can be found in Twitter's privacy policy (https://twitter.com/privacy).

5.3.3 Linkedin

Plugins from Linkedin are integrated into our website. You can recognize the Linkedin plugins by the Linkedin logo on our site (further information about the Linkedin plugin can be found at https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins).

When you access a page on our website that contains such a plugin, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Linkedin server.

Linkedin thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Linkedin button while you are logged into your Linkedin account, you can link the content of our pages to your Linkedin profile. This allows Linkedin to assign your visit to our pages to your user account.

Further information can be found in Linkedin's privacy policy (https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=homepage-basic_footer-privacy-policy and https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie -policy?trk=homepage-basic_footer-cookie-policy).

5.3.4 XING

Plugins from XING are integrated into our website. You can recognize the XING plugins by the XING logo on our site (further information about the XING plugin can be found at https://dev.xing.com/plugins).

If you access a page on our website that contains such a plugin, a direct connection will be established between your browser and the XING server.

XING thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the XING button while you are logged into your XING account, you can link the content of our pages to your XING profile. This allows XING to assign your visit to our pages to your user account.

Further information can be found in XING's data protection declaration: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung