Privacy and cookies policy

This Privacy & Cookies Policy sets out the principles based on which Doris Hangartner AG processes personal data collected through this website. This Privacy & Cookies Policy forms part of the Terms & Conditions of Use. Please read the Terms & Conditions of Use and this Privacy & Cookies Policy carefully before using the website. By accessing this website you agree with this Privacy & Cookies Policy and the processing of personal data described herein. If you do not agree please refrain from accessing this website.

PERSONAL DATA

Personal data, as used herein, means any and all information about an identifiable natural person or, to the extent required by law (e.g. in Switzerland), about an identifiable legal entity.

Personal data collected via the website may include information which you actively provide through the website – e.g. by providing your email address, name, address, phone number or other information about yourself or about another person or legal entity in an online form on the website, or through any other function on the website which can be used to provide information to Doris Hangartner AG.

Additional information is collected through so called Cookies whenever you are accessing the website. By way of example, through Cookies Doris Hangartner AG in particular (i) collects information about your computer, such as the IP address (a unique number attributed to a device accessing the internet), browser type and geographical location, (ii) recognizes your IP address when you re-visit the Website, (iii) records the dates and duration of your visits, (iv) knows from which other website you are accessing the website and to which other website you browse after, (v) analyzes which sites and features of the website you are using. For more information about Cookies and how you can manage them using your browser or mobile device, please visit www.aboutcookies.org.

SENSITIVE DATA

Data is not encrypted during transmission via the website and the Internet. It is therefore impossible to exclude the possibility that transmitted data may be acquired by unauthorised third parties and perhaps falsified. Doris Hangartner AG asks that you do not send, and you do not disclose, any sensitive personal data (e.g., information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health or medical condition, criminal background or trade union membership) on or through the website or otherwise.

USE AND PURPOSE OF COLLECTED PERSONAL DATA

Personal data obtained as a result of the use of this website (e.g. email address, name, address, phone number or other information about yourself or about another person or legal entity) is treated and processed in accordance with the applicable data protection legislation. Doris Hangartner AG collects and processes personal data carefully and solely for the purposes described in this Privacy & Cookies Policy and to the extent necessary for the purposes described herein.

Doris Hangartner AG namely may use your personal data for (i) consumer service (e.g. to respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests, to send you newsletters or administrative information, to re-contact you, to provide you with updates and announcements concerning products, promotions and programs), (ii) orders (e.g. to complete and fulfill your purchases, to process your payments or to provide you with related customer services), (iii) marketing (e.g. to send you advertising/promotional material where you have opted-in to receiving such communications), (iv) legal requirements as we believe to be necessary or appropriate (be it under applicable law, in compliance with legal processes, in response to requests from public and government authorities or be it in order to protect our rights, properties or other interests or pursue available remedies), or (v) business purposes (such as analyzing and managing our businesses, market research, audits, developing new products, enhancing our websites, improving our services and products, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, etc.).

Doris Hangartner AG may process information collected through Cookies in order to analyze, understand and remember browsing activities, technical equipment, preferences, requirements, interests, needs and geographical location of users. Doris Hangartner AG may use such information to (i) improve the use and features of the Website; (ii) to understand what services and products you are interested in; (iii) to adjust and develop products and services; (iv) to correct errors; (v) to provide you with advertising and other information which better reflects your actual interests; (vi) in order to identify users who commit unlawful acts or infringe our rights. Whenever reasonably possible Doris Hangartner AG will anonymize information before using it for such purposes.

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Doris Hangartner AG does not sell or rent your personal data to third parties for marketing purposes unless you have granted permission to do so.

Doris Hangartner AG may, however, share your personal data with third parties for other specific purposes in the following circumstances: (i) service providers: Doris Hangartner AG may share such information with business partners, service vendors, authorized third-party agents or contractors in order to provide a requested service or transaction, including processing orders, processing credit card transactions, hosting websites and providing customer support, or providing you with information on products and services that may be of interest to you. Doris Hangartner AG only provides these third parties with the minimum amount of personal data necessary to provide the services on our behalf; the third parties are not permitted to use your personal data except for the limited purpose of completing the requested service or transaction and we require such third parties which may be based outside the country from which you have accessed to this website to comply with all relevant data protection laws and security requirements in relation to your personal data; (ii) partners and joint projects: Doris Hangartner AG may run a joint project or promotion with another party and, as part of your involvement in the activity, collect and use your personal data. As these third parties will use your personal data in accordance with their own privacy practices, you should check their websites for information regarding their privacy practices; (iii) security: Doris Hangartner AG may collect and possibly share personal data and any other additional information available in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of the terms of use, or as otherwise required by law; (iv) legal requirements: Doris Hangartner AG may disclose your personal data if required to do so by law, to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process by disclosing your personal data and other related information, if necessary, or if such legal disclosure is deemed reasonably necessary to comply with legal processes; (v) business transfers: in the event of a full or partial merger with, or acquisition of all or part of Doris Hangartner AG by another company, such a transaction may involve, in accordance with applicable law, the disclosure of personal information to prospective or actual purchasers, or the receipt of it from sellers; (vi) affiliates and related companies: Doris Hangartner AG may make available your data at any time to any affiliates or other related or linked companies for legitimate business purposes. Please note with regards to the data processing described above that data may also be transferred abroad, but that we ensure that such data transfers are only made to countries which provide data protection equivalent to Switzerland.

SECURITY

To ensure the security and confidentiality of personal data that Doris Hangartner AG collects online, Doris Hangartner AG uses data networks protected, inter alia, by industry standard firewall and password protection. In the course of handling your personal data, Doris Hangartner AG takes measures reasonably designed to protect that information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or data storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with Doris Hangartner AG is no longer secure (e.g., if you feel that the security of any account you might have with Doris Hangartner AG has been compromised), please immediately notify us of the problem by contacting us at welcome@dorishangartner.com.

RETENTION

We will not retain for personal data longer than necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by applicable laws or regulations.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

If any part of this website links to other websites, those websites do not operate under this Privacy & Cookies Policy. If you choose to visit an advertiser or click on another third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s website. Doris Hangartner AG does not exercise control over third party websites and therefore recommends you examining the privacy statements posted on these other websites to understand their procedures for collecting, using and disclosing personal information.

YOUR RIGHTS

If at any time you wish to stop receiving email marketing communications from Doris Hangartner AG, please just let us know by contacting us at welcome@dorishangartner.com or by using the unsubscribe feature in the marketing e-mail you received.

To review, correct, update, suppress, delete or otherwise limit our use of your personal data that has been previously provided to us, please contact Doris Hangartner AG at welcome@dorishangartner.com and clearly describe your request. In your request, please make clear what information you would like to have changed, whether you would like to have your personal data suppressed from our database or otherwise let us know what limitations or changes you would like to put on Doris Hangartner AG’s use of your personal data. Please note that changes may not be effective immediately. Doris Hangartner AG will endeavor to comply with your request(s) as soon as reasonably practicable, however subject to any applicable legal and ethical reporting or document filing or retention obligations imposed on Doris Hangartner AG.

CONTACT

If you have any queries or complaints about our compliance with this Privacy & Cookies Policy, or if you would like to make any recommendations or comments to improve the quality of our Privacy & Cookies Policy, please email us at welcome@dorishangartner.com.

Zurich, January 2019