Privacy Policy

1. Contact Addresses

Responsibility for the processing of personal data:

Norbert Kathriner
Bächtelenweg 73
3084 Wabern bei Bern
info@norbert-kathriner.ch

We will point out if there are other responsible parties for the processing of personal data in individual cases.

2. Terms and Legal Bases

2.1 Terms

Personal data is all information relating to an identified or identifiable person. A data subject is a person about whom personal data is processed.

Processing includes any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, in particular the retention, disclosure, procurement, collection, deletion, storage, modification, destruction and use of personal data.

The European Economic Area (EEA) comprises the member states of the European Union (EU) as well as the Principality of Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) refers to the processing of personal data as processing of personal data.

2.2 Legal bases

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

We process – if and to the extent that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable – personal data in accordance with at least one of the following legal bases:

• Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data for the performance of a contract with the data subject and for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.
• Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data to protect the legitimate interests of us or third parties, unless the fundamental freedoms and rights and interests of the data subject prevail. Legitimate interests are, in particular, our interest in being able to provide our offer on a permanent, user-friendly, secure and reliable basis and to be able to advertise it if necessary, information security and protection against misuse and unauthorized use, the enforcement of our own legal claims and compliance with Swiss law.
• Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data for the fulfillment of a legal obligation to which we are subject under any applicable law of member states in the European Economic Area (EEA).
• Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.
• Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR for the processing of personal data with the consent of the data subject.
• Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person.

3. Nature, Scope and Purpose

We process the personal data that is required to provide our offer on a permanent, user-friendly, secure and reliable basis. Such personal data may fall in particular into the categories of inventory and contact data, browser and device data, content data, meta or marginal data and usage data, location data, sales, contract and payment data.

We process personal data for the period of time that is required for the respective purpose(s) or by law. Personal data that is no longer required to be processed will be anonymized or deleted. Individuals whose data we process generally have a right to erasure.

We may have personal data processed by third parties. We may process personal data jointly with third parties or transfer it to third parties. Such third parties are in particular specialized providers whose services we use. We also ensure adequate data protection for such third parties.

We process personal data only after the data subject has given their consent, unless the processing is permitted for other legal reasons, for example to fulfill a contract with the data subject and for corresponding pre-contractual measures, to protect our overriding legitimate interests, because the processing is evident from the circumstances or after prior information.

In this context, we process in particular information that a data subject voluntarily and independently transmits to us when contacting us – for example by post, e-mail, 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 with comparable tools. If you transmit personal data about third parties to us, you are obliged to ensure data protection vis-à-vis such third parties and to ensure the accuracy of such personal data.

We also process personal data that we receive from third parties, obtain from publicly accessible sources or collect when providing our offer, if and to the extent that such processing is permitted for legal reasons.

4. Applications

We process personal data about applicants to the extent that it is necessary for assessing their suitability for an employment relationship or for the subsequent execution of an employment contract. The required personal data results in particular from the information requested, for example in the context of a job advertisement. We also process the personal data that applicants voluntarily provide, in particular as part of cover letters, resumes and other application documents.

5. Personal Data Abroad

We process personal data primarily in Switzerland and the European Economic Area (EEA). However, we may also export or transfer personal data to other countries, in particular to process it there or have it processed.

We may export personal data to all countries and territories on Earth and elsewhere in the universe, provided that the law there, according to the assessment of the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) or according to a decision of the Swiss Federal Council, ensures an adequate level of data protection and – if and to the extent that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable – according to a decision of the European Commission, ensures an adequate level of data protection.

We may transfer personal data to countries whose law does not ensure an adequate level of data protection, provided that data protection is ensured for other reasons, in particular through suitable guarantees in the form of standard data protection clauses. As an exception, we may export personal data to countries without adequate or suitable data protection if the special data protection requirements are met, for example the express consent of the data subjects.

6. Rights of Data Subjects

Data subjects whose personal data we process have the rights under Swiss data protection law. These include the right to information and the right to rectification, erasure or blocking of the processed personal data.

Data subjects whose personal data we process may – if and to the extent that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable – request free of charge confirmation as to whether we are processing their personal data and, if so, request information about the processing of their personal data, restrict the processing of their personal data, exercise their right to data portability and have their personal data rectified, erased («right to be forgotten»), blocked or completed.

Data subjects whose personal data we process may – if and to the extent that the GDPR is applicable – revoke their consent at any time with effect for the future and object to the processing of their personal data at any time.

Data subjects whose personal data we process have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority. The supervisory authority for data protection in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).

7. Data Security

We take reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure data protection and in particular data security. However, the processing of personal data on the Internet may always have security vulnerabilities despite such measures. We can therefore not guarantee absolute data security.

Access to our online offer is via transport encryption (SSL / TLS, in particular with the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, abbreviated HTTPS). Most browsers indicate transport encryption with a padlock in the address bar.

Access to our online offer is subject – like any Internet use – to mass surveillance without cause or suspicion and other surveillance by security authorities in Switzerland, in the European Union (EU), in the United States of America (USA) and in other countries. We have no direct influence on the corresponding processing of personal data by intelligence agencies, police agencies and other security authorities.

8. Use of the Website

8.1 Cookies

We may use cookies. Cookies – both our own cookies (first-party cookies) and cookies from third parties whose services we use (third-party cookies) – are data that is stored in your browser. Such stored data does not have to be limited to traditional cookies in text form. Cookies cannot execute programs or transmit malware such as Trojans and viruses.

Cookies can be stored temporarily as «session cookies» or for a certain period of time as so-called permanent cookies when you visit your browser. «Session cookies» are automatically deleted when you close your browser. Permanent cookies have a certain storage period. Cookies make it possible in particular to recognize your browser the next time you visit our website and thereby, for example, to measure the reach of our website. However, permanent cookies can also be used, for example, for online marketing.

You can deactivate and delete cookies completely or partially in your browser settings at any time. Without cookies, our website may no longer be available to its full extent. We ask you – if and to the extent necessary – to actively give your express consent for the use of cookies.

For cookies that are used for measuring 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).

8.2 Server Log Files

We may collect the following information for each access to our website, provided that it is transmitted from your browser to our server infrastructure or can be determined by our web server: date and time including time zone, Internet Protocol (IP) address, access status (HTTP status code), operating system including user interface and version, browser including language and version, accessed individual sub-page of our website including transmitted data volume, last website accessed in the same browser window (referer or referrer).

We store such information, which may also constitute personal data, in server log files. The information is required to provide our online offer on a permanent, user-friendly and reliable basis and to ensure data security and thus in particular the protection of personal data – also by third parties or with the help of third parties.