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This Data Protection Notice explains to you how and for which purposes SWISS KRONO processes your Personal Data and which rights and options you have in this respect. It applies to all Personal Data that you provide to SWISS KRONO or which is derived from your contractual relationship or other interaction with SWISS KRONO. Furthermore, we inform you in the Cookie Policy on each SWISS KRONO website about how we collect and use your data by implementing cookies or other web-tracking or analytics technologies on our websites.

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

We, SWISS KRONO Tec AG, Museggstrasse 14, 6004 Lucerne, Switzerland, shall be the responsible controller for any Personal Data you provide to us with within the context of you using our website https://www.swisskrono.com. In case you go to other SWISS KRONO websites, the responsible controller shall be the respective website operator mentioned in the imprint.
Apart from that, the responsible controller for your Personal Data is the respective SWISS KRONO affiliate with which you have a business relationship or the SWISS KRONO company which is explicitly stated in a communication with you. A list of all SWISS KRONO affiliates including addresses can be found here.

WHICH CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA DO WE COLLECT?

We collect and process in particular the following categories of Personal Data:

  • Contact information, such as full name, work address, work telephone number, work mobile phone number, work fax number and work email address, mobile identification number and the IP address of your computer when you use our websites.
  • Payment data, such as, e.g., data necessary for processing payments and for fraud prevention, including credit/debit card numbers, security code numbers and other related billing information.
  • Further business information necessarily processed in a contract or other contractual relationship with SWISS KRONO or voluntarily provided by you, such as orders placed, purchases, services and other business activities, product feedback and any other information you provide to us within the context of a business relationship or is derived therefrom.
  • Information about your preferences and interests obtained by the web-tracking or analytics technologies identified in our Cookie Policy, in particular when using our Internet sites and downloadable contents (e.g. when registering for the download of software, e-books, whitepapers), or other online services we offer to you. This is how we collect information about, e.g., which contents you download from our website and which contents you click or view in which manner.
  • Information collected from publicly available sources, data bases and credit reference agencies.
  • In as far as we are required by law, we collect information for compliance purposes, such as, e.g., information about legal disputes or other court proceedings that you or another person with whom you have a business relationship are involved in as well as information about interactions with you which may be relevant for antitrust purposes.

 FOR WHICH PURPOSES DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

We will process your Personal Data exclusively for the following purposes ("Permitted Purposes"):

  • Initiating, performing and administering your contractual relationship (or the contractual relationship of your organisation) with SWISS KRONO Group, e.g. by performing transactions and orders of products or services, processing payments, performing accounting, auditing, billing and collection activities, arranging shipments and deliveries, facilitating repairs and providing support services or providing you with other services or performances you may have ordered or requested.
  • Maintaining and protecting the security of our products, services and websites or other systems, preventing and detecting security threats, fraud or other criminal or illegal activities.
  • General compliance purposes, in particular to ensure the compliance with our legal and regulatory obligations and requirements, such as, e.g., compliance screenings or record-keeping obligations (e.g. based on competition law, export legislation, trade sanctions and embargo regulations or for the prevention of white-collar crime and money laundering). This may include the following measures: Comparing your contact or identity data against applicable sanctioned-party lists and to confirm your identity in case of a potential match, recording your cooperation with third parties which may be relevant for antitrust purposes, notices to or examination by competent supervisory, law enforcement or other competent authorities.
  • Informing you, where permitted in accordance with applicable laws, within an existing business relationship about similar or related products or services of SWISS KRONO.
  • Solving disputes, enforcing our contractual agreements and to establish, enforce or defend legal claims or
  • Ensuring compliance with legal obligations, e.g. to keep sales records for tax purposes or to send notices and other disclosures as required by law.

In as far as you have expressly given us your consent, we may processes your Personal Data also for the following purposes:

  • Communicating with you through the communication channels you have agreed to in order to keep you up to date on the latest announcements, offers and other information about SWISS KRONO’s products, technologies and services (including marketing-related newsletters) as well as events and projects of SWISS KRONO;
  • Administrating and performing customer surveys, marketing campaigns, market analyses, sweepstakes, contests or other promotional activities or events or 
  • Profiling and automated processing: We are collecting information about your preferences on the basis of your activities when using our websites, products, downloadable content (e.g. when registering for the download of software, e-books, whitepapers), or other services we offer to you online. On the basis of this information (e.g. which contents are downloaded, clicked or viewed how often and for how long), we create a user profile to personalise and foster the quality of our communication and interaction with you (for example, by way of newsletter tracking or website analytics). The logic behind our profiling activities is to identify topics which may be useful or otherwise of interest for you and to inform you about such topics in a more customised way. The algorithms we use apply this logic and automatically deliver the suitable content or information to you.

Please note: Under Article 21, para. 2 of the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) you have the right to object to the processing of your Personal Data for marketing pur-poses, including the profiling described above. Please refer to " Your rights" below for a detailed ex-planation of your rights and how to may exercise them.

We shall communicate with you (e.g. via email or telephone call) for marketing purposes only after you have explicitly opted in, in as far as required by law. At all times, you have the possibility to withdraw your consent if you do not want to receive further marketing-related information from us. 
We will not use your Personal Data for taking any automated decisions affecting you or creating profiles in another manner than described above.
The legal bases for processing of your Personal Data are specified in GDPR, Article 6. Depending on which of the Permitted Purposes described above we process your Personal Data for, the processing is either necessary for the performance of a contract or other business agreement with SWISS KRONO or for compliance with our legal obligations or for purposes of legitimate interests pursued by SWISS KRONO or a third party, unless your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms prevail and contradict such processing. In addition, the processing may be based on your explicit consent where you have given that to us. 

SPECIAL DATA PROTECTION INFORMATION FOR THE USERS OF OUR WEBSITE

1 Data protection at a glance 
1.1 General information 
The following information provides a simple overview of that happens to your Personal Data when you visit our website.
Personal Data refers to all data with which you may be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our Data Protection Notice.

1.2 Recording of data on our website 
Who is responsible for the recording of data on this website? 
The data processing on this website is provided by the website operator. The contact data of said operator can be found in the imprint of this website.

How do we record your data? 
One way of collecting your data is that you provide us with it. This may include, e.g., data that you enter into a contact form. 
Other data are automatically recorded by our IT systems when visiting our website. These are, in particular, technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or time when the page is viewed).  The recording of said data is automatically carried out as soon as you enter our website. 

What do we use your data for? 
Part of the data is collected to ensure a flawless operation of the website. Other data may also be used for the analysis of your user behaviour. 

Which rights do you have regarding your data? 
At any time, you have the right to obtain free information about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored Personal Data. Furthermore, you have the right to request that said data is corrected, blocked or deleted. In this regard, as well as with respect to any other questions on data protection issues, you may contact us at any time at the address stated in the imprint. Moreover, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

1.3 Analysis tools and third parties tools 
When visiting our website, your surfing behaviour may be statistically analysed. This is mainly done by Cookies and so-called ana-lytics programmes. The analysis of your surfing behaviour is generally carried out anonymously; the surfing behaviour cannot be traced back to you. You may object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information in this regard may be found in the following data protection notice. 
You may object to this analysis. You will find information on how to object in this data protection notice.


2 General and compulsory information 
2.1 Data protection 
The operators of these pages take the protection of your Personal Data very seriously. We keep your Personal Data confidential and comply with the respective legal data protection requirements as well as this data protection notice. 
When using this website, various Personal Data is collected.
Personal Data refers to data with which you may be personally identified. The present data protection notice explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for which purposes this is done. 
We refer to the fact that online data transfer (e.g. when communicating via email) may be subject to security breaches. A water-tight protection of data against third-party access is not possible.

2.2 Information about the responsible controller 
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is: 

SWISS KRONO Tec AG
Museggstrasse 14
6004 Luzern
Switzerland
Telefon: +41 (0)41 419 03 20
E-Mail: dataprotection@swisskrono.com

The responsible controller is the person or the entity that - alone or collectively - makes decisions regarding the purposes and means of processing Personal Data (e.g. Names, email-addresses, and the like).

2.3 Withdrawal of your consent regarding data processing 
Many data processing operations are possible upon explicit consent only. You may withdraw your already given consent at any time. It is sufficient to send us an informal communication via email. The lawfulness of data processing prior to the withdrawal remains unaffected from the withdrawal.

2.4 The right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority 
In the event of data protection breaches, the Data Subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory au-thority. The competent supervisory authority with respect to data protection issues is the data protection officer of the Land [Landesdatenschutzbeauftragter], the German state, the company is headquartered in.
A list of all German Federal Data Protection Officers and their contact information can be found following the link below:
www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html

2.5 Right to data portability  
You have the right that the data, which we process automatically based on your consent or to perform a contract, is issued to either you or a third party in q commonly used and machine-readable format. When you request that the data is directly trans-ferred to another controller, this shall be done only where technically feasible.

2.6 SSL and TLS encryption 
This page uses SSL and TLS encryption for safety reasons and to protect the transmission of confident content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as website operator. You will be able to recognise a secured connection in that the browser address bar changes from “http://” to “https:” and the lock symbol is shown in your browser bar. 
When the SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data that you will transfer to us, cannot be read by any third party.

2.7 Secured payment transactions on this website 
Where an obligation to provide us with your payment data (e.g. bank account number for direct debit authorisation) exists upon conclusion of a contract against payment, such data is needed only for processing the payment. Payment transactions with the commonly used payment means (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit authorisation) are carried out via a secured SSL or TLS connection only. You will be able to recognise a secured connection in that the browser address bar changes from “http://” to “https:” and the lock symbol is shown in your browser bar. Your payment data cannot be read by third parties when using secured communication.

2.8 Accessing, blocking, deleting data  
Within the scope of the applicable legal provisions, you have - at any time - the right to free access to your stored Personal Data, their origin and recipients and the purpose of data processing as well as a right to said data being corrected, blocked or deleted, where applicable. In this regard, as well as with respect to any other questions on Personal Data, you may contact us at any time at the address stated in the imprint.

2.9 Objection against advertising mails  
The use of contact data published within the context of the obligation to provide an imprint to transmit any advertisement and information material which was not explicitly requested is herewith opposed. The operators of the pages explicitly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited mailings of advertisement information, e.g. spam emails.


3 Data protection officer 
Statutory data protection officer  
We have appointed a data protection officer for our company. 

SWISS KRONO Tec AG
Museggstrasse 14
6004 Luzern
Switzerland
Telefon: +41 (0)41 419 03 20
E-Mail: dataprotection@swisskrono.com

4 Recording of data on our website 
4.1 Cookies 
The Internet pages make partially use of so-called cookies. Cookies neither cause any damage to your computer nor do they com-prise any computer viruses. Cookies serve the purpose to make our offerings more user-friendly, more effective and safer. Cookies are small text files, which are stored on your computer and your browser. 
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.” These are automatically deleted when you end your visit. Other cook-ies will remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognise your browser when you return to our website. 
You can set your browser such that you are informed about any cookies being placed and you may allow cookies only on a case-by-case basis, you may accept cookies in special situations or generally deny them or have all cookies automatically deleted when you close the browser. The functionality of this website might get impaired when cookies are disabled. 
Cookies that are required for performing the electronic communication process or to provide certain functionalities that you re-quested (e.g. shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of GDPR, Art. 6 para. 1 (f). The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies to provide its services in a flawless and optimised manner. Where other cookies (e.g. cookies for the analysis of surfing behaviour) are stored, such cookies are separately referred to in the data protection notice.

4.2 Server log files  
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automati-cally submits to us.
These include: 
•    Browser type and browser version 
•    Operating system used 
•    Referrer URL 
•    Host name of the accessing computer 
•    Time of the server request 
•    IP address 
Said data is not combined with other data sources. 
Data processing is based on GDPR, Art. 6, para. 1 (b), which allows for data processing for the performance of a contract or for measures prior to entering into a contract.

4.3 Contact form  
When you send us inquiries using the contact form, we store your information in the inquiry form including your contact data provided therein for the purpose of processing the request and for any potential follow-up questions. We shall not transfer said data without your consent. 
Thus, the data entered into the contact form shall be processed subject to your consent only (GDPR, Art. 6, para. 1 (a)). You may withdraw said consent at any time. It is sufficient to send us a informal communication via email. The lawfulness of data processing operations prior to the withdrawal remains unaffected from the withdrawal. 
The data you entered into the contact form remains with us until you request their deletion, withdraw your consent for the storing of the data or withdraw your consent regarding the purpose of the storing of the data (e.g. once your request has been answered). Statutory provisions - in particular the retention periods - remain unaffected.

4.4 Registration to this website 
You may register to our website to use additional functions of the site. We shall use the data you entered in this context only for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you registered. All required information asked for during the registra-tion has to be fully provided. Otherwise, we shall dismiss the registration. 
We shall use the email address indicated during registration to inform you through this channel about any important changes such as regarding the scope of offerings or any technically necessary changes. 
The data entered during registration shall be processed subject to your consent (GDPR, Art. 6, para. 1 (a)). You may withdraw a given consent at any time. It is sufficient to send us an informal communication via email. The lawfulness of completed data pro-cessing remains unaffected from the withdrawal. 
We shall store the data recorded during registration as long as you are registered to your website and it will be deleted afterwards. Any statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

4.5 Processing of data (customer and contractual data)  
We collect, process and use Personal Data only where it is required to establish the contractual relation, arrange it in terms of content, or change it (inventory data). This is based on GDPR, Art. 6, para. 1 (b), which allows for data processing for the perfor-mance of a contract or for measures prior to entering into a contract. We shall collect, process and use Personal Data regarding the use of our Internet websites (usage data) only where this is required to allow the user to use the service or for billing. 
The collected customer data shall be deleted after completion of the order or after termination of the business relationship. Any statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

4.6 Transfer of data upon conclusion of contract for online shops, dealers and shipment of goods  
We shall transfer Personal Data to third parties only where this is required within the context of performing the contract, such as, e.g., to the company commissioned with carrying out the shipment of goods or to the financial institution commissioned with handling of payment transactions. There shall be no further transfer of data unless you explicitly agreed to such a transfer. There shall be no dissemination of your data to third parties without explicit consent, such as e.g. for marketing purposes. 
Data processing is based on GDPR, Art. 6, para. 1 (b), which allows for data processing for the performance of a contract or for measures prior to entering into a contract.

4.7 Transfer of data upon conclusion of contract for services and digital contents  
We shall transfer Personal Data to third parties only where this is required within the context of performing the contract, such as, e.g., to the financial institution commissioned with handling of payment transactions. 
There shall be no further transfer of data unless you explicitly agreed to such a transfer. There shall be no dissemination of your data to third parties without explicit consent, such as e.g. for marketing purposes. 
Data processing is based on GDPR, Art. 6, para. 1 (b), which allows for data processing for the performance of a contract or for measures prior to entering into a contract.


5 Social Media 
5.1 Sharing contents using plugins (Facebook, Google+1, Twitter & Co.) 
It is compliant with data privacy to share the content of our pages in social networks such as Facebook, Twitter or Google+. In this regard, this site uses the eRecht24 Safe Sharing Tool. This tool directly links the networks with the users not until the user actively clicks on one of these buttons. 
This tool does not automatically transfer user data to the operators of these platforms. In case a user is registered with one of the social networks, an information window will pop up when the social button of Facebook, Google+1, Twitter & Co. is used, in which the user may confirm the text before sending it of. 
Our users may share the contents of this site in social networks in a manner that is compliant with data privacy and without the network operators creating entire surfing profiles.

5.2 Facebook plugins (Like & Share button) 
Plugins of the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, are integrated in our sites. You can identify the Facebook plugins on our sites by the Facebook logo and the “Like Button.”
An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found at:
developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When you visit our sites, your browser is directly linked to the Facebook server through the plugin. This is when Facebook receives the information that you visited our site with your IP address. When you click on Facebook’s “Like Button” while you are logged onto your Facebook account, you may link contents of our sites to your Facebook profile. This is how Facebook can associate your visit of our sites with your user account. We refer to the fact that we, as provider of the pages, gather no knowledge about the content of the data transferred or how it will be used by Facebook.
Further information can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy at:
de- de.facebook.com/policy.php. 
In case you do not want Facebook to associate your visit of our sites with your Facebook user account, please log off your Face-book user account.

5.3 LinkedIn plugin 
Our website makes use of functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. 
Every time one our sites comprising the LinkedIn functions is entered, a connection is made to LinkedIn servers. LinkedIn will be informed about the fact that you visited our Internet pages using your IP address. When you click LinkedIn’s “Recommend Button” and are logged on to your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn will be able to associate your visit of our Internet site with your user account. We refer to the fact that we, as provider of the pages, have no knowledge about the content of the data transferred or how it will be used by LinkedIn. 
Further information can be found in LinkedIn’s privacy policy at:
www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

5.4 XING plugin 
Our website makes use of functions of the XING network. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Ger-many. 
Every time one our sites comprising XING functions is entered, a connection is made to XING servers. To our knowledge, Personal Data is not stored within this context. In particular, no IP addresses are stored and the user behaviour is not analysed. 
Further information on data protection and the XING Share Button can be found in XING’s data protection notice at:
www.xing.com/app/share.


6 Analysis tools and advertisement 
6.1 Google Analytics  
This website uses functions of Google Analytics’ web analytics service. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. 
Google Analytics makes use of so-called “cookies.” These are text files which are stored to your computer and which allow an analysis of your using the website. The information generated by cookies regarding your using of this website are typically trans-ferred to and stored on Google’s server in the USA. 
The Google Analytics cookies shall be stored in accordance with GDPR, Art. 6, para. 1 (f). The website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behaviour in order to optimise both its web offerings and marketing materials.

IP anonymisation 
We activated the IP anonymisation function on this website. This means that your IP address is abbreviated by Google within the member states of the European Union or other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. In exceptional cases only, the entire IP address shall be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google shall use this information to analyse your usage of the web-site, to draft reports about the website activities and to perform other services relating to the website usage and the usage of the Internet for the website operator. The IP address transmitted within the context of Google Analytics shall not be combined with any other data by Google.

Browser plugin 
You may prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting the settings of your browser software accordingly; however, we shall point out to you that - in that case - you may not be able to fully use all functions of this website. In addition, you may prevent the re-cording of data generated by the cookies and associated to your usage of the website (incl. your IP address) by Google and the processing of said data by Google in that you download and install the browser plugin available at the following link:
tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Objecting to the recording of data 
You may prevent the recording of your data by Google Analytics in that you click on the link below. An opt-out cookie is set which prevents your data from being recorded during one of your future visits to this site.
Google Analytics Opt-out. 
More information about Google Analytics’ handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy:
support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.

Order data 
We singed a contract with Google for the processing of order data and fully implement the strict provisions of the German Data Protection Authorities when using Google Analytics.

Demographic characteristics by Google Analytics 
This website uses Google Analytics’ “demographic characteristics” function. This allows for reports comprising information on age, gender and interests of the website visitors. Said data originates from Google’s interest-related advertisement as well as from visitors’ data provided by third parties. Said data cannot be associated with a specific person. At any time, you may opt out of this function by adjusting the display settings in your Google account or generally prohibit the recording of your data by Google Analyt-ics as described under the header “Objecting to the recording of data.”

6.2 Google AdSense 
This website uses Google AdSense, a service to integrate Google Inc. (“Google”) advertisement. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. 
Google AdSense uses so-called “cookies,” i.e. text files which are stored to your computer and which allow for an analysis of the website usage. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). These web beacons allow for an analysis of information such as visitor traffic on these pages. 
The information (including your IP address) generated by cookies and web beacons regarding the usage of this website and the delivery of advertisement formats are transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA. Said information may be trans-ferred by Google to contractual partners of Google. However, Google shall not combine your IP address with other data stored about you. 
The AdSense cookies shall be stored in accordance with GDPR, Art. 6, para. 1 (f). The website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behaviour in order to optimise both its web offerings and marketing materials. 
You may prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting the settings of your browser software accordingly; however, we shall point out to you that - in that case - you may not be able to fully use all functions of this website. By using this website you agree to the data collected about you being processed by Google in the manner and for the purpose described above.

6.3 Google Analytics Remarketing
Our website uses the Google Analytics’ Remarketing function in combination with the functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick, which are functions across any devices. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. 
This function allows for the advertisement target groups created by Google Analytics Remarketing to be associated with the Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick functions across any devices. This is how interest-related and personalised advertisement contents which were customised to you based on your past usage and surfing behaviour on a terminal device (e.g. mobile tele-phone) to also be shown on another of your terminal devices (e.g. tablet or computer). 
Where you have given the respective consent, Google will connect your web and app browser history to your Google account for this purpose. This is how the same personalised marketing content may be advertised on all of your terminal devices on which you are logged in with your Google account. 
To support this function, Google Analytics records the Google-authenticated user ID, which is temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data in order to identify and create target groups for the display of advertisement across all devices. 
You may permanently object to the remarketing/targeting across all devices by opting out of the personalised advertisement in your Google account; to this end, follow the link below:
www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.
The combination of all recorded data in your Google account is subject to your consent that you may provide to Google or with-draw it, respectively (GDPR, Art. 6, para. 1 (a)). The data recording operations which are not pooled in your Google account (be-cause, e.g., you do not have a Google account or objected to the combination of data) is based on the recording of data according to GDPR, Art. 6, para. 1 (f). The legitimate interest is based on the fact that the website operator has an interest in the anonymised analysis of its website visitors for marketing purposes. 
Further information as well as the data protection notice can be found in Google’s privacy policy at:
www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.

6.4 Google AdWords and Google Conversion-Tracking 
This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertisement programme of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). 
In the context of Google AdWords, we make use of so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an advertisement provided by Google, a cookie will be set for conversion tracking. Cookies are small text files which the Internet browser stores to the user’s computer. These cookies loose their validity after 30 days and do not serve the purpose to personally identify the user. When the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie is still valid, Google and we are able to see that the user clicked to this ad-vertisement and was forwarded to this page. 
Each Google AdWords customer gets a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked through the websites of AdWords custom-ers. Information generated by the aid of conversion cookies serve the purpose to create conversion statistics for AdWords custom-ers who have chosen to implement conversion tracking. The customers will learn the total number of users who clicked on their advertisement and were forwarded to a page provided with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not obtain any infor-mation by which a user could be personally identified. In case you do not wish to participate in tracking, you may object to it by opting out of the Google conversion tracking cookie in the user settings of your Internet browser. Once you did that, you will no longer be in the conversion tracking statistics. 
The “conversion cookies” shall be stored in accordance with GDPR, Art. 6, para. 1 (f). The website operator has a legitimate inter-est in the analysis of user behaviour in order to optimise both its web offerings and marketing materials. 
Further information on Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking can be found in Google’s privacy policy:
www.google.de/policies/privacy/.
You can set your browser such that you are informed about any cookies being placed and you may allow cookies only on a case-by-case basis, you may accept cookies in special situations or generally deny them or have all cookies automatically deleted when you close the browser. The functionality of this website might get impaired when cookies are disabled.

6.5 Google reCAPTCHA 
We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on our websites. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Park-way, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). 
reCAPTCHA shall be used to evaluate whether data is entered on our websites (e.g. in contact forms) by a human being or by an automated programme. To this end, reCAPTCHA analyses the website visitor’s behaviour based on various characteristics. The analysis is automatically initiated once the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates different information (e.g. IP address, visitor’s time spent on the website and mouse movement of the user). The data recorded during the analysis is forwarded to Google. 
The reCAPTCHA analyses are completely carried out in the background. Website visitors are informed that an analysis is taking place. 
Data shall be processed in accordance with GDPR, Art. 6, para. 1 (f). The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting his web offerings against abusive automated spyware and against SPAM. 
Further information on Google reCAPTCHA as well as Google’s privacy policy can be found following the links below:
www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/
and
www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html.


7 Newsletters 
7.1 Newsletter data 
In case you wish to obtain the newsletter offered on the website, we need your email address and information that allows for us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to the receipt of the newsletter. Other data is not collected or collected only on a voluntary basis. We use this data for mailing the requested information only and shall not transfer it to third parties. 
The data entered into the newsletter registration form shall be processed subject to your consent only (GDPR, Art. 6, para. 1 (a)). The given consent regarding the storage of data, the email address and its usage for the mailing of newsletters may be withdrawn at any time, e.g. by following the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The lawfulness of completed data processing operations remains unaffected from the withdrawal. 
The data you provided us with for the mailing of newsletters shall be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the list of newsletters and be deleted once you unsubscribed from the list of newsletters. Data that we stored for other purposes (e.g. email address in the area of membership) shall remain unaffected.


8 Plugins and tools 
8.1 YouTube 
Our webseite uses plugins of the YouTube website operated by Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. 
When you visit one of our sites equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection is made to the YouTube servers. This is when the YouTube server is informed of which of our sites you visited. 
When you are logged in to your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to directly associate your surfing behaviour with your per-sonal profile. You may prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. 
The use of YouTube is based on the interest to display our online offers in an appealing manner. This represents a legitimate inter-est within the meaning of GDPR, Art. 6, para. 1 (f). 
Further information on how user data is handled can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at:
policies.google.com/privacy.

8.2 Vimeo 
Our website uses plugins of the Vimeo video portal. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. 
When you visit one of our sites equipped with a Vimeo plugin, a connection is made to the Vimeo servers. This is when the Vimeo server is informed of which of our sites you visited. Furthermore, Vimeo receives your IP address. This also applies even if you are not logged in to Vimeo or do not even have a Vimeo account. The information recorded by Vimeo is transmitted to the Vimeo server in the USA. 
When you are logged in to your Vimeo account, you allow Vimeo to directly associate your surfing behaviour with your personal profile. You may prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account. 
Further information on how user data is handled can be found in Vimeo’s privacy policy at:
vimeo.com/privacy. 

8.3 Google Web Fonts 
For the sake of a uniform display of fonts, this website uses so-called web fonts provided by Google. When entering a page, your browser will load the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to correctly display texts and fonts. 
For this purpose, the browser you use needs to connect to the Google servers. By doing so, Google learns that your IP address entered our website. The use of Google Web Fonts is based on the interest to display our online offers in a uniform and appealing manner. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of GDPR, Art. 6, para. 1 (f). 
In case your browser does not support Web Fonts, a font of your computer will be used. 
Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at
developers.google.com/fonts/faq
as well as in Google’s privacy policy:
www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

8.4 Google Maps  
This page uses the Google Maps’ map service through an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. 
To use the Google Maps functions it is necessary that your IP address is stored. Said information is typically transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no control over said data processing. 
Google Maps is used in the interest of appealingly displaying our online offers and to make it easier to find the places identified on our website. This represents a legitimate interest according to GDPR, Art. 6, para. 1 (f). 
Further information on how user data is handled can be found in Google’s privacy policy at:
policies.google.com/privacy.

8.5 The “fonts.com” service of fonts 
This website uses “fonts.com,” a service of fonts provided by Linotype GmbH (“fonts.com”), Werner-Reimers-Straße 2-4, 61352 Bad Homburg, Germany („fonts.com“). Every time this website is entered, files are downloaded from a “fonts.com” server to display the texts in a specific font. During this operation, your IP address may be transmitted to a “fonts.com” server and stored within the context of the customary web log.
The processing of said information is under the control of “fonts.com;” the respective terms and setting options can be found in  the privacy policy of “fonts.com:”
www.fonts.com/info/legal 


SWISS KRONO Tec AG
Museggstrasse 14
6004 Luzern
Switzerland
Telefon: +41 (0)41 419 03 20
E-Mail: dataprotection@swisskrono.com 


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HOW DO WE COLLECT AND USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

We will collect your Personal Data directly from you in the context of our interaction, e.g. when you visit our website, communicate with us in relation to our products and services, submit an order, register to receive our newsletter or participate in our customer surveys. We do not obtain Personal Data from third parties.
In as far as you have expressly given your consent, we may also obtain your Personal Data from third parties for marketing purposes. In such cases, you will be informed about this in accordance with applicable law.

WHERE DO WE PROCESS PERSONAL DATA?

SWISS KRONO is a globally active enterprise. In the context of our business activities, we may transfer your Personal Data also to recipients in countries outside of the European Economic Area (“third countries”), where the level of data protection is not the same as in your home country. When doing so, we will respect applicable data protection requirements and take appropriate safeguards to ensure the security and integrity of your Personal Data, in particular by entering into the EU Standard Contractual Clauses, which you may retrieve from here:
eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do
You may contact us anytime using the contact details below if you would like further information on such safeguards. 

HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

We implement physical, electronic and procedural safeguards in accordance with the technical state of the art and legal data protection requirements to protect your Personal Data. These safeguards include implementing specific technologies and procedures designed to protect your privacy, such as secure servers, firewalls and SSL encryption. We will at all times act in accordance with applicable laws and regulations regarding the confidentiality and security of Personal Data.

TO WHOM WILL WE TRANSFER YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

We may transfer your Personal Data as follows:

  • to our affiliates within SWISS KRONO Group worldwide if and to the extent required for the Permitted Purposes described above and legally admissible. In such cases, these entities will then use the Personal Data only for the same Permitted Purposes and under the same conditions as outlined above. 
  • to service providers (so-called data processors) within or outside of SWISS KRONO Group, domestically or abroad (e.g. shared service centres or Cloud providers), commissioned by us to process Personal Data for the Permitted Purposes on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions only. SWISS KRONO will retain control over and will remain responsible for your Personal Data and will take appropriate safeguards as required by applicable law to ensure the integrity and security of your Personal Data when commissioning such service providers.
  • to courts, law enforcement authorities or other competent authorities or attorneys if legally permitted and necessary to comply with a legal obligation or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
  • to credit reference agencies and other companies for use in credit decisions, for fraud prevention and to collect debts.

Apart from that, we will only transfer your Personal Data when you instruct us to or give us permission, when we are required by law or a judicial or administrative order to do so, or when we suspect fraudulent or criminal activities.

HOW LONG DO WE STORE PERSONAL DATA?

We will store your Personal Data as long as required to provide the services, products or information you have ordered or requested and to perform and administer our business relationship with you. If you have told us not to communicate with you, we will hold this information as long as required to comply with your request. In addition, we are required by law to keep certain Personal Data for certain retention periods (e.g. due to retention obligations under commercial or tax law). Your Personal Data will be promptly deleted when it is no longer required for these purposes.

YOUR RIGHTS

Under certain legal conditions, you may request access to, correction of, deletion of or restriction of processing of your Personal Data. You may also object to processing or request data portability. In particular, you have the right to request a copy of the Personal Data that we store about you. If you make such requests repeatedly, we may charge you for this. Please refer to GDPR, Articles 15-22 for details on your data protection rights. 
In case you have given us your consent for the processing of your Personal Data, you may withdraw your consent at any time with future effect, i.e. the withdrawal of the consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on the consent before its withdrawal. In case consent is withdrawn, we may only further process the Personal Data where there is another legal ground for the processing or where we are required by law to do so. 
For any of the above requests, please send a brief description of your Personal Data concerned stating your name, customer number or other SWISS KRONO identification number as well as your date of birth as proof of identity to the contact details below. We may require additional proof of identity to protect your Personal Data against unauthorized access. We will carefully consider your request and may discuss with you how it can best be fulfilled.
If you have concerns about how we process your Personal Data or wish to lodge a complaint, you can contact us at the contact details below to have the matter investigated. In case you are not satisfied with our response or believe that we are processing your Personal Data not in accordance with the applicable law, you can complain to the competent data protection supervisory authority in your country. 

ARE YOU REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PERSONAL DATA? 

In general, you provide us with your personal data on a voluntary basis. There are basically no detrimental effects on you if you do not consent or do not provide your Personal Data. However, there are circumstances in which SWISS KRONO cannot take action without certain of your Personal Data, for example because this Personal Data is required to process your orders, provide you with access to a web offering or newsletter or to carry out a legally required compliance screening. In these cases, it will unfortunately not be possible for SWISS KRONO to provide you with what you requested without the relevant Personal Data.

WHAT IF I’M UNDER 16?

In case you are under 16, you need your parent/guardian’s permission prior to providing us with any of your Personal Data. Persons under the age of 16 are not permitted to provide us with their Personal Data without such consent. 

CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE

This Data Privacy Notice was last updated in May 2018. We may possibly make changes to or amend this notice if required to reflect any changes to the way of processing data or changing legal requirements. So please check back from time to time or when you provide us with Personal Data if there have been any changes. Any amendments to the Data Privacy Notice will become effective from the date they are posted on our website. 

HOW TO CONTACT US

In case you have any questions or want to assert your rights, please contact us at:
dataprotection@swisskrono.com

You may find the contact data of the data protection officers appointed at SWISS KRONO, in as far as required by law, at:

SWISS KRONO Tec AG
Museggstrasse 14
6004 Luzern
Switzerland
Telefon: +41 (0)41 419 03 20
E-Mail: dataprotection@swisskrono.com

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