Privacy Policy (German version applies)

In this privacy statement, we provide information about which personal data we process in connection with our activities and operations, including our ursettlin.ch website. In particular, we provide information on why, how and where we process various categories of personal data. We also provide information about the rights of individuals whose data we process.

Additional privacy statements and other legal documents such as general terms and conditions, terms of use or terms of participation may apply to individual or additional activities and operations.

1. Contact addresses

Responsibility for the processing of personal data:

Antiquitäten Ettlin AG

Via Rosatsch 7

7500 St. Moritz

Switzerland

 

info@ursettlin.ch

We would like to point out that there may be other controllers for the processing of personal data in individual cases.

2. Terms and legal bases

2.1 Definitions

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. A data subject is a person about whom we process personal data.

Processing includes any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, such as querying, comparing, adapting, archiving, storing, reading, disclosing, obtaining, collecting, recording, deleting, disclosing, organising, storing, modifying, disseminating, linking, destroying and using personal data.

2.2 Legal basis

We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law, in particular the Federal Act on Data Protection (Data Protection Act, DPA) and the Ordinance on Data Protection (Data Protection Ordinance, DPO).

3. Type, scope and purpose

We process the personal data necessary to carry out our activities and operations in a permanent, user-friendly, secure and reliable manner. Such personal data may fall into the categories of inventory and contact data, browser and device data, content data, meta or peripheral data and usage data, location data, sales data, and contract and payment data.

We process personal data for as long as is necessary for the purpose(s) or as required by law. Personal data that no longer needs to be processed will be anonymised or deleted.

We may outsource the processing of personal data to third parties. We may process personal data jointly with third parties or transfer it to third parties. Such third parties are, in particular, specialist providers whose services we use. We also guarantee data protection for these third parties.

We process personal data only with the consent of the data subject. If and to the extent that processing is permitted for other legal reasons, we may refrain from obtaining consent. For example, we may process personal data without consent in order to perform a contract, to comply with legal obligations or to protect overriding interests.

In particular, we process information that a data subject voluntarily provides to us when contacting us - for example, by post, email, instant messaging, contact form, social media or telephone - or when registering for a user account. We may store such information, for example, in an address book or similar tool. If we receive information about other people, the person providing the information is responsible for protecting the privacy of those people and ensuring the accuracy of that personal information.

We also process personal data that we receive from third parties, that we obtain from publicly available sources or that we collect in the course of our activities and operations, if and to the extent that such processing is permitted by law.

4. Personal data abroad

We generally process personal information in Switzerland. However, we may transfer or export personal data to other countries, in particular to process or have processed personal data there.

We may transfer personal information to any country or territory on Earth or elsewhere in the universe, provided that local law provides adequate protection for personal information as determined by the Swiss Federal Council.

We may transfer personal information to countries whose laws do not provide an adequate level of protection, provided that an adequate level of protection is provided for other reasons. For example, adequate protection may be provided through contractual arrangements, standard privacy clauses or other appropriate safeguards. By exception, we may export personal data to countries that do not provide adequate or appropriate data protection if the specific data protection requirements are met, such as the express consent of the data subject or a direct connection with the conclusion or performance of a contract. Upon request, we will be happy to provide individuals with information about any warranties or a copy of the warranties.

5. Rights of data subjects

5.1 Claims under data protection law

We grant data subjects all rights in accordance with the applicable data protection laws. In particular, data subjects have the following rights:

  • Information: Data subjects may request information as to whether we process personal data about them and, if so, what personal data is involved. Data subjects must also receive the information required to assert their data protection claims and ensure transparency. This includes the processed personal data as such, but also information on the purpose of processing, the duration of storage, any disclosure or export of data to other countries, and the origin of the personal data.
  • Correction and restriction: Data subjects can have incorrect personal data corrected, incomplete data completed and the processing of their data restricted.
  • Erasure and objection: Data subjects can have their personal data erased ("right to be forgotten") and object to the processing of their data in the future.
  • Data disclosure and data transfer: Data subjects can request the surrender of personal data or the transfer of their data to another controller.

We may postpone, restrict or deny the exercise of data subjects' rights to the extent permitted by law. We may inform data subjects of any requirements that must be met in order to exercise their rights under data protection law. For example, we may refuse to provide information in whole or in part on the basis of commercial confidentiality or the protection of others; we may also refuse to delete all or part of the personal data due to legal retention obligations.

In exceptional cases, we may charge a fee for exercising our rights. We will inform individuals of any costs in advance.

We are obliged to take appropriate measures to identify data subjects who request information or assert other rights. Data subjects are obliged to cooperate.

5.2 Right to lodge a complaint

Data subjects have the right to enforce their data protection claims through the courts or to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority.

The data protection supervisory authority for private controllers and federal bodies in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).

6. Data security

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure data security commensurate with the risk. However, we cannot guarantee absolute data security.

Our website is accessed using transport encryption (SSL / TLS, in particular with the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, abbreviated to HTTPS). Most browsers indicate transport encryption with a padlock in the address bar.

Our digital communication - like all digital communication - is subject to mass surveillance without cause or suspicion and other monitoring by security authorities in Switzerland, the rest of Europe, the United States of America (USA) and other countries. We have no direct control over the processing of personal data by intelligence services, police forces and other security authorities.

7. Use of the website

7.1 Cookies

We may use cookies. Cookies - our own cookies (first-party cookies) and cookies from third parties whose services we use (third-party cookies) - are data that are stored in the browser. Such stored data need not be limited to traditional cookies in text form.

Cookies can be stored in the browser temporarily as "session cookies" or for a certain period of time as “permanent cookies”. Session cookies are automatically deleted when the browser is closed. Permanent cookies have a specific storage period. In particular, cookies make it possible to recognise a browser the next time it visits our website and thus, for example, to measure the reach of our website. However, permanent cookies can also be used for online marketing, for example.

Cookies can be completely or partially deactivated and deleted at any time in the browser settings. Without cookies, our website may no longer be fully available. We actively request your express consent to the use of cookies - at least if and to the extent necessary.

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

7.2 Server log files

We may record the following information for each access to our website, provided that this information is transmitted by your browser to our server infrastructure or can be determined by our web server: 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 sub-page of our website accessed including amount of data transferred, last website accessed in the same browser window (referrer).

We store such information, which may include personal information, in server log files. This information is necessary to make our website available in a permanent, user-friendly and reliable manner and to ensure data security and, in particular, the protection of personal data, even by third parties or with the help of third parties.

7.3 Tracking pixels

We may use tracking pixels on our website. Tracking pixels are also known as web beacons. Tracking pixels - including those from third parties whose services we use - are small, usually invisible images that are automatically retrieved when you visit our website. Tracking pixels can be used to collect the same information as server log files.

8. Notifications and messages

We send notifications and messages by email and via other communication channels such as instant messaging or SMS.

8.1 Measuring success and reach

Notifications and messages may contain web links or tracking pixels that record whether an individual message has been opened and which web links have been clicked on. Such web links and tracking pixels can also record the use of notifications and messages on a personalised basis. We require this statistical recording of usage for measuring success and reach in order to be able to send notifications and messages in an effective, user-friendly, permanent, secure and reliable manner based on the needs and reading habits of the recipients.

8.2 Consent and objection

You must always expressly consent to the use of your email address and other contact addresses, unless the use is permitted for other legal reasons. Wherever possible, we use the "double opt-in" procedure to obtain consent, i.e. you will receive an email with a web link that you must click on to confirm, so that no misuse by unauthorised third parties can occur. We may log such consents, including the IP address, and the date and time, for reasons of proof and security.

You can object to receiving notifications and communications such as newsletters at any time. With such an objection, you can also object to the statistical recording of usage for measuring success and reach. Necessary notifications and communications in connection with our activities and operations remain reserved.

8.3 Service providers for notifications and messages

We send notifications and messages with the help of specialised service providers.

In particular, we use:

Mailchimp: Communication platform; Provider: The Rocket Science Group LLC DBA Mailchimp (USA) as a subsidiary of Intuit Inc. (USA); Data protection information: Privacy Policy (Intuit) including "Country and Region-specific Terms", "Frequently Asked Questions about Mailchimp Privacy", "Mailchimp and European Data Transfers", "Security", Cookie Policy, "Privacy Rights Requests", "Legal Notice".

9. Services of third parties

We use the services of specialised third parties in order to be able to carry out our activities and operations in a permanent, user-friendly, secure and reliable manner. Among other things, we can use such services to embed functions and content in our website. In the case of such embedding, the services used record the IP addresses of users, at least temporarily, for technically compelling reasons.

For necessary security-related, statistical and technical purposes, third parties whose services we use may process data in connection with our activities and operations in aggregated, anonymised or pseudonymised form. For example, this may be performance or usage data in order to be able to offer the respective service.

In particular, we use:

9.1 Digital infrastructure

We use the services of specialised third parties in order to be able to use the necessary digital infrastructure in connection with our activities and operations. This includes, for example, hosting and storage services from selected providers.

In particular, we use:

9.2 Audio and video conferencing

We use specialised audio and video conferencing services to communicate online. For example, we can use them to hold virtual meetings or conduct online lessons and webinars. When participating in audio and video conferences, the legal texts of the individual services, such as data protection declarations and terms of use, also apply.

Depending on your life situation, when participating in audio or video conferences, we recommend muting the microphone by default and blurring the background or displaying a virtual background.

In particular, we use:

9.3 Map material

We use third-party services to embed maps in our website.

In particular, we use:

9.4 Digital audio and video content

We use services from specialised third parties to enable the direct playback of digital audio and video content such as music or podcasts.

In particular, we use:

9.5 Fonts

We use third-party services to embed selected fonts, icons, logos and symbols on our website.

In particular, we use:

10. Extensions for the website

We use extensions for our website in order to be able to use additional functions.

In particular, we use:

11. Success and reach measurement

We endeavour to determine how our online offering is used. In this context, we can, for example, measure the success and reach of our activities and operations, and the effect of third-party links to our website. We can also, for example, test and compare how various parts or versions of our online offering are used ("A/B test" method). Based on the results of the success and reach measurement, we can correct errors, strengthen popular content or make improvements to our online offering.

In most cases, the IP addresses of individual users are stored for the purpose of measuring success and reach. In this case, IP addresses are generally shortened ("IP masking") in order to comply with the principle of data minimisation through the corresponding pseudonymisation.

Cookies may be used to measure success and reach, and user profiles may be created. Any user profiles created include, for example, the individual pages visited or content viewed on our website, information on the size of the screen or browser window and the location, at least approximately. In principle, any user profiles are created exclusively in pseudonymised form and are not used to identify individual users. Individual third-party services with which users are registered may be able to assign the use of our online offering to the user account or user profile with the respective service.

In particular, we use:

12. Final provisions

We may amend and supplement this Privacy Policy at any time. We will provide information about such amendments and additions in an appropriate form, particularly by publishing the current data protection declaration on our website.