Privacy Policy

Information for users of the website

In general, you can visit our website without having to provide any personal details.

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored permanently or temporarily on your computer when you visit this website. The purpose of technically necessary cookies is to ensure the best possible functionality of the website and, in the case of other cookies, in particular to obtain statistical evaluations based on the analysis of the use of our website and to be able to continuously improve our website. 

You can completely or partially deactivate cookies in your browser settings at any time. Please consult the help functions of your browser software to do this. If cookies are deactivated, you may no longer be able to use all the functions of this website.

When you visit our website, our servers temporarily store every access in a log file. The following technical data is recorded and stored by us until it is automatically deleted after six months at the latest: 

  • IP address of the requesting computer;
  • date and time of access;
  • website from which the access was made, if applicable with the search term used;
  • name and URL of the retrieved file;
  • search queries carried out;
  • the operating system of your computer (provided by the user agent)
  • browser used by you (provided by the user agent);
  • device type in the case of access by mobile phones;
  • the transmission protocol used.

The collection and processing of this data is used for system security and stability and for error and performance analysis as well as for internal statistical purposes and enables us to optimise our website.

We use the following technology to analyse and optimise our website offering: Google Analytics from Google LLC, based in Mountain View, California, USA (hereinafter "Google"). Google is certified under the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Agreement. In addition to the data listed above, the following data about the use of this website may be stored and analysed anonymously and exclusively for statistical purposes:

  • navigation path that a visitor takes on the website;
  • time spent on the website or subpage;
  • subpage on which the website is left;
  • country, region or city from which access is made;
  • end device (type, version, colour depth, resolution, width and height of the browser window);
  • returning or new visitors.

Google may extend this list and transfer information to third parties if this is permitted by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google.

You can prevent the collection of data generated by cookies and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at this link.

You can find more information about Google Analytics and data protection here.

Our website does not use any social plugins from social media providers such as Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.