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Privacy Policy
The responsible handling of personal data is of great concern to ColoBâle AG. This privacy policy is intended to inform the users of this website about the nature, scope and purpose of the collection and processing of personal data by the website operator. Definitions of the terms used (e.g. "personal data" or "processing") can be found in Art. 4 GDPR.
Copyright notice
All content, images, photos or other files published on this site are protected by copyright. Reproduction of any kind, translation, reprinting, recording and duplication in data processing systems are only permitted with written permission. All rights reserved.
Disclaimer
The data controller of this website assumes no liability whatsoever with regard to the correctness, accuracy, up-to-dateness, reliability and completeness of the information. Liability claims regarding damage caused by the use of any information provided, including any kind of information which is incomplete or incorrect, will therefore be rejected.
General Information
Data Controller
The website operator and provider is responsible for the collection and processing of your personal data on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other national data protection laws of the EU member states as well as other data protection regulations. The data controller for this website is:
ColoBâle AG
Zurlindenstrasse 29
CH-4133 Pratteln
The data protection officer of the data controller is:
Stefan Mayer
Managing Director
Phone: +41 61 599 66 40
E-mail: stefan.mayer@colobale.ch
Any data subject may contact our data protection officer listed above directly at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.
Processing of personal data
We process personal data of our users in order to be able to provide our offer effectively and in a user-friendly way as well as a permanent, secure and reliable source. Some of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.
The processing of personal data of our users is regularly only carried out with the consent of the user. An exception applies in those cases where obtaining prior consent is not possible for actual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by legal regulations.
We process personal data for the period of time required for the respective purpose or purposes. In the case of longer-term retention obligations due to legal and other obligations to which we are subject, we restrict processing accordingly.
Rights of data subjects
If personal data from you is processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights against the controller: Right of access to personal data; Right to rectification and deletion; Right to restriction of processing; Right to erasure; Right to information; Right to data portability; Right to object; Right to revoke declaration of consent under data protection law; Automated decision in individual cases including profiling; Right to complain to a supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority in matters of data protection law is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner of Switzerland.
Use of cookies
Our website 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. They are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
We use technical cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Data (language settings, log-in information) is stored and transmitted in them.
We also use analytics cookies on our website, which enable an analysis of the user's surfing behaviour. Among other things, the following data is transmitted: Search terms entered, frequency of page views, use of website functions. The analytics cookies are used to improve the quality of our website and its content. Through the analytics cookies, we learn how the website is used and can thus constantly optimise our offer.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data using technically necessary cookies is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies for analytics purposes is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, if the user has consented to this.
Duration of storage, possibility of objection and removal
Cookies are stored on the user's computer and transmitted from it to our website. Therefore, you as a user also have full control over the use of cookies. By changing the settings in your internet browser, you can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to use all functions of the website to their full extent.
SSL encryption
In order to protect your transmitted data as best as possible, we use SSL encryption. You can recognise such encrypted connections by the prefix "https://" in the page link in the address line of your browser. Unencrypted pages are marked with "http://". All data that you transmit to this website – for example when making enquiries or logging in – cannot be read by third parties thanks to SSL encryption.
Contact form
Our website contains a contact form which can be used to contact us electronically. If a user takes advantage of this option, the data entered in the input mask is transmitted to us and stored. These data are:
- First name
- Surname
- Company (optional)
- E-mail address
- Message
At the time of sending the message, the following data will also be saved:
- First name
- Surname
- Company (optional)
- E-mail address (optional)
- Message
- IP address of the user
- Date and time of registration
For the data processing your consent is obtained during the submission process and refers to this privacy policy. Alternatively it is possible to contact us via the e-mail address provided. In this case, the user's personal data transmitted within the e-mail will be stored. In this context the data will not be passed on to third parties. The data is used exclusively for processing the conversation.
The legal basis for the processing of data is Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR, if the user has given his or her consent.
The legal basis for the processing of data transmitted in the course of sending an e-mail is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If the e-mail contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
Purpose of the data processing
The processing of the personal data from the input mask serves us solely to process the contact. In the case of contact by e-mail, this also constitutes the necessary legitimate interest in processing the data.
The other personal data processed during the sending process serve to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. For the personal data from the input mask of the contact form, this is the case when the respective conversation with the user has ended. The conversation is terminated when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the relevant matter has been conclusively clarified.
The additional personal data collected during the sending process will be deleted after a period of seven days at the latest.
Possibility of objection and removal
The user has the possibility to revoke his consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the user contacts us by e-mail, he or she can object to the storage of his or her personal data at any time. In such a case, the conversation cannot be continued.
The revocation of consent and the objection to storage can be made possible by sending an e-mail to the data protection officer. All personal data stored in the course of contacting us will be deleted in this case.
Objection to advertising mails
We hereby object to be sent advertising and information material to the contact data published within the framework of the imprint obligation, unless we expressly request it. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example by spam e-mails.
Chargeable services
For the provision of chargeable services, we request additional data in order to be able to execute your order. We store this data in our systems until the statutory retention periods have expired.
Third-party analytics tools, tools and plugins
When visiting our website, your surfing behaviour may be statistically analysed. This is done primarily with cookies and so-called analytics programs. The analysis of your surfing behaviour is usually anonymous; the surfing behaviour cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. You will find detailed information on this in the following data protection declaration.
Google Maps
On our website we use Google Maps of the company Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). Google Maps allows us to better visualise locations and thus improve our service. By using Google Maps, data is transmitted to Google and stored on Google servers.
In order for Google Maps to fully provide their service, the company must collect and store data from you. This includes, among other things, the search terms entered, your IP address and the latitude or longitude coordinates. If you use the route planner function, the starting address you entered is also stored. This data storage takes place on the Google Maps websites. We can only inform you about this, but cannot influence it. Since we have integrated Google Maps into our website, Google sets at least one cookie (name: NID) in your browser. This cookie stores data about your user behaviour. Google uses this data primarily to optimise its own services and to provide you with individual, personalised advertising.
Note: We cannot guarantee the complete declaration of the data stored. Especially when using cookies, changes at Google can never be ruled out.
How long and where is the data stored?
Google servers are located in data centers around the world. However, most servers are located in the USA. For this reason your data is also increasingly stored in the USA. You can find out exactly where Google's data centers are located here.
Google distributes the data on different data carriers. This means that the data can be accessed more quickly and is better protected against any attempts at manipulation. Each data center also has special emergency programmes. For example, if there are problems with Google's hardware or a natural disaster affects the servers, the data is still very likely to remain protected.
Google stores some data for a set period of time. For other data, Google only offers the option to delete it manually. Furthermore, the company also anonymises information (such as advertising data) in server logs by deleting part of the IP address and cookie information after 9 and 18 months respectively.
Objection to data collection
With the automatic deletion of location and activity data introduced in 2019, location and web/app activity information will be stored for either 3 or 18 months – depending on your decision – and then deleted. In addition, you can also manually delete this data from your history at any time via your Google Account. If you want to completely prevent your location tracking, you must pause the "Web and App Activity" section in the Google Account. Click "Data and personalisation" and then on the "Activity setting" option. Here you can switch the activities on or off.
In your browser, you can also further deactivate, delete or manage individual cookies. Depending on which browser you use this works in different ways.
Google observes the data protection provisions of the "Privacy Shield" agreement. Google is registered with the Privacy Shield programme of the US Department of Commerce and uses the information collected to evaluate the use of our website, to compile reports for us in this regard and to provide other related services to us. You can find out more here.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses cookies. These are small text files that make it possible to store specific information related to the user on the user's (mobile) device. These enable an analysis of the use of our website by Google. The information collected by the cookie about the use of our website (including your IP address) is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
Objection to data collection
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set, which will prevent the collection of your data during future visits to this website: Deactivate Google Analytics.
For more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, please see Google's privacy policy.
HubSpot
We use HubSpot for our online marketing activities. It is an integrated software solution that we use to cover various aspects of our online marketing. These include:
- Content management (website and blog)
- E-mail marketing (newsletters and automated mailings, e.g. to provide downloads)
- Social media publishing & reporting
- Reporting (e.g. traffic sources, hits, etc. ...)
- Contact management (e.g. user segmentation & CRM)
- Landing pages and contact forms
Our sign-up service allows visitors of our website to learn more about our company, to download content and to provide their contact information and other demographic information.
This information, as well as our website content, is stored on servers operated by our software partner HubSpot. It may be used by us to contact visitors to our website and to determine which of our company's services are of interest to them. All information we collect is subject to this privacy policy. We use all collected information solely to optimise our marketing.
HubSpot is a software company from the USA with a branch office in Ireland.
Contact:
HubSpot
2nd Floor 30 North Wall Quay
Dublin 1, Ireland,
Phone: +353 1 5187500.
HubSpot is certified under the terms of the "EU – U.S. Privacy Shield Framework" and is subject to TRUSTe's Privacy Seal as well as the "U.S. – Swiss Safe Harbor" Framework.
- More information about HubSpot's privacy policy
- More information from HubSpot regarding EU data protection regulations
- For more information on the cookies used by HubSpot, see Cookies set on HubSpot's websites & Cookies set in a visitor's browser by HubSpot.
Matomo
We use the open source software tool Matomo (formerly PIWIK) on our website to analyse the surfing behaviour of our users. The software sets a cookie on the user's computer (for data policy information on cookies, see above).
If individual pages of our website are accessed, the following data is stored:
- two bytes of the IP address of the user's calling system
- the website called up
- the website from which the user accessed the accessed website (referrer)
- the subpages accessed from the accessed website
- the time spent on the website
- the frequency with which the website is accessed
The software runs exclusively on the servers of our website. Personal user data is only stored there. The data is not passed on to third parties. The software is also set in a way that the IP addresses are not stored completely, but 2 bytes of the IP address are masked (e.g.: 192.168.xxx.xxx). This means, it is no longer possible to assign the shortened IP address to the calling computer.
The legal basis for the processing of the users' personal data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
The processing of the users' personal data enables us to analyse the surfing behaviour of our users. By evaluating the data obtained, we are able to compile information on the use of the individual components of our website. This helps us to continuously improve our website and its user-friendliness. These purposes are also our legitimate interest in processing the data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. By anonymising the IP address, the interest of users in the protection of their personal data is sufficiently taken into account.
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for our recording purposes. For our website this is the case after 90 days. Objection and removal options correspond to the regulations for the use of cookies.
LinkedIn Plugin
Our website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Each time one of our pages containing LinkedIn functions is accessed, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click the LinkedIn "Recommend" button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, it is possible for LinkedIn to associate your visit to our website with you and your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of these pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn.
You can find more information on this in LinkedIn's privacy policy.
We respect your privacy
We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze traffic to our website. We also share information about your use of our website with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. Our partners may combine this information with other data that you have provided to them or that they have collected as part of your use of the Services. You agree to our cookies if you continue to use our website.