This privacy policy relates to the website https://www.vanmarselishartsinck.com (hereinaf-ter referred to as "website") and describes which personal data Van Marselis Hartsinck AG, 6052 Hergiswil, Switzerland (hereinafter referred to as "VMH" or "we") as the responsible party collects, processes and uses when you visit this website. For the purposes ofthis privacy policy, personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
VMH is obliged to protect your privacy and confidentiality on the basis of businesssecrecy and for this reason takes a large number of technical and organizational dataprotection precautions for all processing of personal data.
Within the framework of our business relationships, we depend on processing personal data that is required for the establishment and implementation of business relationships and the fulfilment of the associated legal or contractual obligations, as well as for the provision of services or the execution of orders.
This privacy policy may be updated at any time. It is therefore recommended that youregularly read the latest version of this page. The header of the privacy policy providesinformation about the time of the last update. The current and valid version of the dataprotection declaration is available on our website at www.vanmarselishartsinck.com/privacy-policy.
This privacy policy only applies to the use of the website www.vanmarselishartsinck.com and thus in particular not to: other websites to which you are redirected via a link.
The following categories of personal data may be collected, processed and used by VMH in connection with the use of the website:
We collect, process and use this personal data lawfully and in good faith. Depending on the purpose of the respective data processing, VMH processes your personal data on the basis of the following legal bases and, if necessary, for the following purposes:
First and foremost, VMH processes personal data in the context of the initiation or execution of contracts, in particular in order to
VMH must comply with the applicable laws and may be obliged to disclose, report and surrender your personal data on the basis of a legal obligation or an official order.
We use your personal data to improve, develop, and expand our services and products. Our legitimate interest arises from the intention to ensure the functionality of our website with regard to our services, to operate our website in a user-friendly manner, to keep information constantly updated, and to meet the needs of our customers and website visitors. In no case do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.
For further processing purposes beyond the actual fulfilment of the contract, the processing of your personal data may be based on your consent, which you can revoke at any time.
Access to personal information is limited to those employees, contractors and third parties who need to know that information with a view to providing products and services or in connection with the website. We use both physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect personal information. These include, for example, the use of firewalls, personal passwords and encryption and authentication technologies. We use personal data about our clients or former clients solely for the purposes mentioned above and only disclose this data to third parties with the client's consent or, where permitted by law, at their request.
We store your personal data in accordance with the relevant data protection laws. In particular, personal data is only stored for as long as it is required to achieve the purposes pursued by the processing, on the basis of our legitimate interests for documentation, or for a maximum of as long as permitted by law, i.e., for example for the duration of the entire business relationship (from the initiation and processing to the termination of the customer relationship) as well as beyond this in accordance with the statutory storage and documentation obligations.
It is therefore possible that personal data will be retained for the period in which claims can be asserted against VMH and in so far as we are otherwise legally obliged to do so or justified business interests require this (e.g., for evidence and documentation purposes).
As soon as your personal data is no longer required for the above-mentioned purposes, it will be deleted or anonymized as far as possible.
The website sometimes uses so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. We use them for statistical purposes and to improve the user experience and online advertising campaigns. Cookies are small (text) files that are stored in your browser or on your device when you visit the website. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser accordingly or only allow them in individual cases. However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. By using this website, you agree to the use of cookies for this purpose.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit.
Within the framework of the website, VMH uses the following cookies:
We use cookies to serve advertisements from VMH when you visit third party websites with which we have marketing relationships. These third parties may collect anonymized information about your use of our and other websites and provide us with this anonymized data, including but not limited to geographic information, your user behavior on a website, or the names of websites where you have been shown advertisements.
We use tracking technologies and web analytics services such as Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager to understand how our website is used. The information generated by these cookies about the use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, due to the activation of IP anonymization on this website, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. Further information can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Browser Plugin: You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be ableto use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
Objection to data collection: You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. An opt-out cookie will be set, which will prevent the collection of your data during future visits to this website.
Google AdWords Remarketing: This cookie can link your visit to the website with the advertisements on Google. You can find more information on the Google website.We use third-party retargeting and remarketing features on our website. These technologies make it possible to address internet users who have previously visited our websites with personalized advertising on our partners' websites. For this purpose, the respective retargeting or remarketing provider stores a cookie on your hard drive. Based on the cookie technology, usage information is stored in pseudonymized form,e.g. which advertisements you have received from us or clicked on and which advertising content you have viewed. The pseudonymized data is never merged with your personal data and is only used to enable advertising based on your interests.You can object to the use of the following retargeting or remarketing providers by clicking on the corresponding link to access the page for deactivating cookies.
You can always decline the use of cookies (and this website) by deleting the cookies that have been set by the website. This is possible via the settings in your internet browser and by deleting all cookies.
Third parties contracted by us to perform technical or organizational services on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions, which we require to fulfil the purposes set out in this privacy policy or our other business activities (e.g. customer support and technical support services, hosting of our systems), may have access to users' personal data. Our service providers are contractually obliged to process the personal data exclusively on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions. We also obligeour service providers to comply with technical and organizational measures that ensure the protection of personal data.
Your personal data may be transferred abroad if this is necessary for the provision of our services or is required by law (e.g. within the framework of the automatic exchangeof information) or on the basis of your consent. We ensure in each case (e.g. by concluding appropriate contracts) that the service providers concerned guarantee an appropriate level of data protection comparable to that in Switzerland.If processing takes place in countries with legislation that does not provide an adequate level of data protection, the protection of your personal data will be ensured by means of the precautions provided for by law, such as in particular the conclusion of contractual agreements (revised standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, which can be found at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj as well as appropriate technical and organizational measures.
Data transmitted over an open network such as the Internet or an e-mail service is available for anyone to view. Information transmitted over the Internet and content received online may be transmitted over third-party networks. VMH cannot guarantee the confidentiality of communications or documents transmitted over such open networks or third-party networks.
If you disclose personal information over an open or third-party network, you should be aware that your personal information may be lost. Third parties may also be able to access this information and consequently collect and use the personal data without your consent. Although in many cases the individual data packets are transmitted in encrypted form, the names of the sender and recipient are not. Third parties could thus draw conclusions about existing or yet to be established accounts and business relationships. Even if the sender and the recipient live in the same country, the data transfer via such networks often takes place without controls via third countries, i.e. also via countries that do not offer the same level of data protection as your country of domicile. We assume no responsibility for the security of your data during transmission via the Internet and disclaim any liability for direct or indirect losses. The use of other means of communication is permitted should you consider it necessary or reasonable for security reasons.
Upon written request, VMH will provide you with information about all personal data stored about you, its origin, the recipients or categories of recipients who have received personal data about you from us, and the purpose of the storage or data processing. Furthermore, you have the right to have this data corrected, blocked or deleted. Consent given can be revoked at any time by providing written notice to VMH. Moreover, you can object to any data processing at any time, request the disclosure of specific personal data in a commonly used electronic format, or demand its transfer to other data controllers. Furthermore, in case of violations of data protection regulations, you have the right to file a complaint with the competent data protection authority or enforce your rights through legal action before the appropriate court.
You can contact us about your data protection rights and other questions on the subject of personal data as follows:
By e-mail: contact24@vmh-am.com
By mail: Van Marselis Hartsinck AG, Sonnenbergstrasse 9, 6052 Hergiswil, Switzerland
This privacy policy is effective immediately. VMH reserves the right to change the privacy policy at any time. You can find the latest version on our website at https://www.vanmarselishartsinck.com/privacy-policy
