Privacy policy
This Privacy Policy provides information about the processing of personal data in connection with our activities and operations, including our website. In particular, we explain why, how, and where we process specific types of personal data. We also provide information about the rights of individuals whose data we process. For specific or additional activities and operations, we may publish further privacy policies or other information regarding data protection.
1. Contact Information
The data controller for data protection purposes is:
Zahnkronenhalle GmbH
Rämistrasse 2
CH-8001 Zurich
+41 44 221 21 21
Email
In certain cases, third parties may be responsible for processing personal data, or there may be joint responsibility with third parties. Upon request, we are happy to provide data subjects with information regarding the respective responsibility.
2. Definitions and Legal Bases
2.1 Definitions
Data Subject: A natural person whose personal data we process.
Personal Data: Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Sensitive personal data: Data concerning trade union, political, religious, or ideological views and activities; data concerning health, sexual life, or membership in an ethnic or racial group; genetic data; biometric data that uniquely identifies a natural person; data regarding criminal or administrative sanctions or prosecutions, and data regarding social assistance measures.
Processing: Any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, such as retrieving, comparing, modifying, archiving, storing, reading, disclosing, obtaining, collecting, collection, deletion, disclosure, sorting, organizing, storing, modification, dissemination, linking, destruction, and use of personal data.
2.2 Legal Basis
We process personal data in accordance with Swiss law, in particular the Federal Act on Data Protection (Data Protection Act, DSG) and the Ordinance on Data Protection (Data Protection Ordinance, DSV).
3. Nature, Scope, and Purpose of the Processing of Personal Data
We process the personal data necessary to carry out our activities and operations in a sustainable, people-oriented, secure, and reliable manner. The personal data processed may include, in particular, browser and device data, content data, communication data, metadata, usage data, master data (including inventory and contact information), location data, transaction data, contract data, and payment data. The personal data may also constitute special-category personal data.
We also process personal data that we receive from third parties, obtain from publicly available sources, or collect in the course of our activities and operations, to the extent that such processing is permitted.
We process personal data, where necessary, with the consent of the data subjects. In many cases, we may process personal data without consent, for example, to comply with legal obligations or to protect legitimate interests. We may also request consent from data subjects even when their consent is not required.
We process personal data for as long as is necessary for the respective purpose. We anonymize or delete personal data, in particular, in accordance with statutory retention periods and statutes of limitations.
4. Disclosure of Personal Data
We may disclose personal data to third parties, have it processed by third parties, or process it jointly with third parties. Such third parties include, in particular, specialized service providers whose services we utilize.
For example, we may disclose personal data to banks and other financial service providers, government agencies, educational and research institutions, consultants and attorneys, interest groups, IT service providers, cooperation partners, credit and business credit bureaus, logistics and shipping companies, marketing and advertising agencies, media outlets, organizations and associations, social institutions, telecommunications companies, insurance companies, and payment service providers.
5. Communication
We process personal data to enable communication with individuals as well as with government agencies, organizations, and companies. In doing so, we process, in particular, data that a data subject provides to us when contacting us, for example, by mail or email. We may store such data in an address book or using comparable tools.
Third parties who provide us with data about other individuals are obligated to independently ensure the data protection of those data subjects. In particular, they must ensure that such data is accurate and may be disclosed.
6. Job Applications
We process personal data about job applicants to the extent necessary to assess their suitability for employment or for the subsequent performance of an employment contract. The required personal data is derived in particular from the information requested, for example, in the context of a job posting. We may publish job postings with the assistance of appropriate third parties, for example in electronic and print media or on job portals and recruitment platforms.
We also process personal data that applicants voluntarily provide or publish, particularly as part of cover letters, resumes, and other application documents, as well as online profiles.
7. Data Security
We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure data security commensurate with the respective risk. Through these measures, we ensure, in particular, the confidentiality, availability, traceability, and integrity of the personal data we process; however, we cannot guarantee absolute data security.
Access to our website and our other digital presence is secured via transport encryption (SSL/TLS, specifically using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, abbreviated as HTTPS). Most browsers issue a warning before visiting a website without transport encryption.
Our digital communications—like virtually all digital communications—are subject to mass surveillance without cause or suspicion by security agencies in Switzerland, the rest of Europe, the United States of America (USA), and other countries. We have no direct influence over the processing of personal data by intelligence agencies, police departments, and other security authorities. Nor can we rule out the possibility that a data subject may be specifically monitored.
8. Personal Data Abroad
We generally process personal data in Switzerland. However, we may also disclose or export personal data to other countries, in particular to process it there or have it processed there.
We may disclose personal data to any country on Earth or elsewhere in the universe, provided that the law of that country ensures adequate data protection in accordance with a decision by the Swiss Federal Council.
We may disclose personal data to countries whose laws do not guarantee adequate data protection, provided that adequate data protection is ensured for other reasons, in particular based on standard data protection clauses or other appropriate safeguards. In exceptional cases, we may export personal data to countries without adequate or appropriate data protection if the specific legal requirements for data protection are met, such as the explicit consent of the data subjects or a direct connection to the conclusion or performance of a contract. Upon request, we are happy to provide data subjects with information regarding any such safeguards or to supply a copy of them.
9. Rights of Data Subjects
9.1 Data Protection Rights
We grant data subjects all rights provided for under applicable law. In particular, data subjects have the following rights:
- Right of Access: Data subjects may request information regarding whether we process personal data about them and, if so, what personal data is involved. Data subjects will also receive the information necessary to exercise their data protection rights and to ensure transparency. This includes the personal data being processed as such, as well as, among other things, details regarding the purpose of processing, the retention period, any disclosure or export of data to other countries, and the origin of the personal data.
- Correction and Restriction: Data subjects may correct inaccurate personal data, complete incomplete data, and have the processing of their data restricted.
- Right to Express One’s Point of View and Human Review: Data subjects may, in the case of decisions based exclusively on the automated processing of personal data that have legal consequences for them or significantly affect them (automated individual decisions), express their own point of view and request a review by a human.
- Erasure and Objection: Data subjects may request the erasure of personal data (“right to be forgotten”) and object to the processing of their data with future effect.
- Data Disclosure and Data Portability: Data subjects may request the disclosure of personal data or the transfer of their data to another data controller.
We may defer, restrict, or deny the exercise of data subjects’ rights within the limits permitted by law. We may inform data subjects of any conditions that must be met in order to exercise their data protection rights. For example, we may refuse to provide information in whole or in part, citing confidentiality obligations, overriding interests, or the protection of other individuals. We may also, for example, refuse to delete personal data in whole or in part, particularly citing statutory retention obligations.
In exceptional cases, we may charge a fee for the exercise of these rights. We will inform data subjects in advance of any such costs.
We are required to take reasonable measures to verify the identity of data subjects who request access to their data or assert other rights. Data subjects are required to cooperate.
9.2 Legal Remedies
Data subjects have the right to enforce their data protection claims through legal action or to file a report or complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.
The data protection supervisory authority for private data controllers and federal agencies in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).
10. Use of the Website
10.1 Cookies
We may use cookies. Cookies—both our own (first-party cookies) and those from third parties whose services we use (third-party cookies)—are data stored in the browser. Such stored data need not be limited to traditional text-based cookies.
Cookies can be stored temporarily in the browser as “session cookies” or for a specific period as so-called permanent cookies. “Session cookies” are automatically deleted when the browser is closed. Persistent cookies have a specific storage duration. In particular, cookies make it possible to recognize a browser the next time it visits our website and thereby, for example, measure the reach of our website. However, persistent cookies can also be used for online marketing, for example.
Cookies can be disabled, restricted, or deleted in whole or in part at any time via browser settings. Browser settings often also allow for the automated deletion and other management of cookies. Without cookies, our website may no longer be fully accessible. We actively seek your explicit consent to the use of cookies—at least to the extent required by applicable law.
10.2 Logging
For each visit to our website and our other digital presence, we may log at least the following information, provided that it is transmitted to our digital infrastructure during such visits: date and time, including time zone; IP address; access status (HTTP status code); operating system, including user interface and version; browser, including language and version; individual subpages of our website accessed, including the amount of data transferred; and the last webpage accessed in the same browser window (referrer).
We log this information, which may also constitute personal data, in log files. This information is necessary to ensure that our digital presence is available on a permanent, user-friendly, and reliable basis. It is also necessary to ensure data security—including through third parties or with the assistance of third parties.
10.3 Web Beacons
We may incorporate tracking pixels into our digital presence. Tracking pixels are also known as web beacons. Tracking pixels—including those from third parties whose services we use—are typically small, invisible images or JavaScript scripts that are automatically loaded when you access our digital presence. Tracking pixels can capture at least the same information as is recorded in log files.
11. Third-Party Services
We use services provided by specialized third parties to ensure that we can carry out our activities and operations in a sustainable, user-friendly, secure, and reliable manner. These services allow us, among other things, to embed functions and content into our website. When such embedding occurs, the services used collect users’ IP addresses—at least temporarily—for technically necessary reasons.
For necessary security-related, statistical, and technical purposes, third parties whose services we use may process data related to our activities and operations in an aggregated, anonymized, or pseudonymized form. This includes, for example, performance or usage data necessary to provide the respective service.
Digital Infrastructure
We use services from specialized third parties to access the digital infrastructure required in connection with our activities and operations. These include, for example, hosting and storage services from selected providers.
In particular, we use:
METANET: Hosting; Provider: METANET AG (Switzerland); Data protection information: Privacy Policy, “Technical and Organizational Measures.”
12. Final Notes on the Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy at any time. We will notify you of updates in an appropriate manner, specifically by publishing the most current version of the Privacy Policy on our website.