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Privacy policy

Swiss Bio Shield GmbH

[As at: October 2024]

Swiss Bio Shield GmbH (hereinafter “we” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws. This Privacy Policy informs you about what data we collect, how we process it and what rights you have as a data subject.

1. person responsible for data processing

The controller for data processing within the meaning of the Swiss Data Protection Act (DPA) and, where applicable, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is

Swiss Bio Shield GmbH
Klostermatt 4
6300 Cham
Switzerland

Phone: +41 41 552 00 32
info@swissbioshield.swiss
www.bioshield.swiss

2. type of data processed
a) Visiting the website

When you visit our website, technical information required for the operation and security of the website is automatically collected. This includes:

  • IP address of the requesting device, date and time of access,
  • Name and URL of the requested file,
  • Website from which access is made (referrer URL),
  • Browser used and, if applicable, operating system.

This information is necessary to enable the use of the website, to ensure its security and to analyze the use of the website. This data is evaluated anonymously for statistical purposes.

b) Making contact

If you contact us via our website, by e-mail or by telephone, we will process the personal data you provide (e.g. name, e-mail address, telephone number) in order to respond to your request.

c) Use of our webshop

When you use our web store, we collect the data required to process the contract. This includes

  • Name,
  • Address,
  • E-mail address,
  • Payment information (e.g. credit card or bank details),
  • Details of the products ordered.

This data is used to process and handle your order, to process payments and to deliver the goods.

3. purpose and legal basis of data processing

We only process your personal data if there is a legal basis for doing so. This includes

  • Contract fulfillment (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, Art. 13 para. 2 lit. a FADP): Processing for the fulfillment of a contract, e.g. when processing orders in the webshop.
  • Legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, Art. 13 para. 1 FADP): Processing to protect our legitimate interests, e.g. to ensure the functionality and security of our website.
  • Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, Art. 13 para. 1 FADP): Processing if you have given us your consent, e.g. for the use of certain cookies or for marketing purposes.
  • Legal obligation (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR, Art. 13 para. 2 FADP): Processing to fulfill legal obligations, e.g. to fulfill tax regulations.
4. disclosure of data to third parties

We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

  • you have given us your express consent,
  • this is necessary for the fulfillment of the contract, e.g. when transferring payment data to payment service providers or address data to shipping companies,
  • this is necessary to fulfill legal obligations, e.g. to tax authorities,
  • or it is in our legitimate interest, e.g. to enforce legal claims.

Your data will only be transferred to third countries (outside Switzerland or the European Economic Area) if this is necessary to fulfill the contract, is required by law or if you have given us your consent.

5. cookies and tracking technologies

We use cookies on our website to analyze the use of the website and to enable certain functions. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device. Some cookies are required to provide the basic functions of the website, while others are used to analyze user behavior.

You can disable cookies at any time in your browser settings, but this may limit the functionality of the website. For analytical or marketing-related cookies, we obtain your consent before we use them.

6. data security

We use suitable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from loss, misuse and unauthorized access. These include, for example, the use of SSL encryption when transferring data and regular security checks of our systems.

7. storage period

We only store your personal data for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or as required by statutory retention obligations. As soon as the purpose has been fulfilled or the statutory periods have expired, the data will be deleted or anonymized.

8. your rights

You have the following rights under the Swiss Data Protection Act (DPA) and the GDPR:

  • Right to information: You can request information about which of your personal data we process at any time.
  • Right to rectification: You have the right to have incorrect or incomplete data rectified.
  • Right to erasure: You can request the erasure of your personal data, provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.
  • Right to restriction of processing: Under certain conditions, you can request the restriction of the processing of your data.
  • Right to data portability: You have the right to receive your data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to have it transmitted to another controller.
  • Right to object: You have the right to object to the processing of your data if we are relying on legitimate interests.

To exercise your rights, please contact us using the contact details above.

9. changes to this privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time. Changes will be published on our website. The current version is available at https://bioshieldbck.mosaic-dev.ch .

10. contact

If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data or the exercise of your rights, you can contact us at any time using the contact details above.