Source: https://usa.schaerer.com/privacy-statement/
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 23:47:32+00:00

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This website is offered by Schaerer AG, Allmendweg 8, Postfach 336, 4528 Zuchwil, Schweiz, E-Mail: info@schaerer.com (hereinafter “Schaerer”) as the controller as defined in the EU General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter the “GDPR”). The processing of your data is subject to the GDPR. You can contact our data protection officer using the contact form available under Send Inquiry to the Data Protection Officer or at our postal address marked Attention: Data Protection Officer.
Protecting your personal data is important to us, in particular, protecting your personal rights when we process and use your personal data. Below, we inform you about the collection of personal data when you use the website. The term personal data includes all data relating to you personally, for example, your name, postal address, e-mail address, and user behavior.
We use Google Analytics regularly to analyze and enhance the use of our website. The resulting statistics allow us to improve our offerings and make them more interesting for you, the user. In exceptional cases in which personal data is transmitted to the United States, Google is bound by the EU-US Privacy Shield (https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework). The legal basis of our use of Google Analytics is Article 6 (1) p. 1 f) of the GDPR, where applicable.
In addition, this website uses the online advertising service Google AdSense through which you can be provided with advertising based on your interests. We are interested in displaying advertising to you that could be of interest to you, thus making our website more appealing to you. To this end, statistical information about you is collected and then forwarded to our advertising partners for processing. The respective advertisements are marked Google Ads.
When you visit our website, Google is notified that you have accessed our website. To this end, Google uses a web beacon to install a cookie on your computer. The data specified in 2.1 above is transmitted. We cannot influence the data collected and have no knowledge of the full scope of the data collection or the period of time for which such data is saved. Your data is transmitted to and evaluated in the United States. If you log in with your Google account, your data can be associated with that account directly. If you object to such association, please log out. The data may be forwarded to one or more of Google’s contracting partners, to third parties, and/or to authorities. The legal basis for such processing of your data is Article 6 (1) p. 1 f) of the GDPR, where applicable. This website does not use Google AdSense to run third-party advertisements.
For various services and forms on our website, we use Google’s reCAPTCHA service, offered by Google Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA (“Google”). Google re-CAPTCHA is used to verify whether data entries in online forms are carried out by a human or an automated program, script or the like. For this purpose, Google re-CAPTCHA analyses input behaviour of the person entering the data entry based on the various features. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the corre-sponding website is accessed. In its analysis, Google reCAPTCHA evaluates vari-ous pieces of information (e.g., IP address, identification data of the browser used, browser settings, browser plugins, URL of the referring website, time spent on that website, mouse movements, input behaviour of the person entering the data such as input speed, order of entry and selection of inputs etc., Google cookies). The data collected during this analysis are forwarded to a server of Google in the Unit-ed States, where they are stored and evaluated. The personal data from the online forms is not evaluated or stored.
The legal basis for the use of Google reCAPTCHA is Article 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR, which allows the processing of personal data within the framework of our legiti-mate interests, provided you do not have any overriding fundamental rights, free-doms or interests. Our legitimate interests lie in protecting our website and online forms from automated abuse, spying and spam.
By using our services, you declare your consent to the processing of data collect-ed by Google about you in the manner described above and for the purposes mentioned here. Legal basis for the processing of the data is Article 6 para.1 sen-tence 1 (f) GDPR.
The personal data collected by Google Analytics and Google AdWords Conver-sion Tracking are deleted immediately by anonymising IP addresses. We have re-duced the retention period of the anonymised data collected by Google Analytics to a maximum of 26 months by agreement with Google.
Generally, your provision of your personal data to us through our website (your last name, first name, e-mail address) is voluntary. This data is used to process your inquiries and/or your orders. The personal data you provide will not be used in any other way; in particular, it will not be transmitted to third parties for advertising purposes, market research or opinion polls. We will erase the data collected from you when saving such data no longer is required or, depending on statutory retention obligations, we will restrict the processing of such data. The legal basis for this is Article 6 (1) b) of the GDPR or Article 6 (1) f) of the GDPR, where applicable.
We process application data only for the purpose of, and in the context of, the application process in compliance with the legal requirements. Applicant data are processed only to fulfill our (pre-) contractual obligations within the application process as defined in Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR if the data processing becomes necessary for us, e.g. in the context of legal proceedings.
If special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 (1) GDPR are communicated voluntarily as part of the application process, they will be processed additionally pursuant to Art. 9 (2) (b) GDPR (e.g. health data, such as disability status, or ethnic origin). Insofar as special categories of data within the meaning of Art. 9 (1) GDPR are asked of applicants as part of the application process, they will be processed additionally pursuant to Art. 9 (2) (a) GDPR (e.g. health data, if this is required to carry out the occupation).
The erasure will take place subject to a legitimate revocation by the applicant, after a time period of six months has expired, so that we may answer any follow-up questions regarding the application and meet our obligations of proof under the Act on Equal Treatment. Invoices for any travel expense reimbursements will be archived in accordance with the tax law requirements.
When you want to register on our website, we collect your data (name, first name, e-mail address, company name) to process the contractual relationship. Your ac-count will be activated by us within 5 working days The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit b GDPR, where applicable.
If you choose to order goods through the Website, it will be necessary for you to enter into a contract with us. We process the data you provide to handle your order. To this end, we will forward your payment data to our house bank or to an online payment service contracted by us. The legal basis for this is Article 6 (1) p. 1 b) of the GDPR, where applicable.
Moreover, we can process the data you provide to us so that we can inform you about other interesting products in our portfolio or send e-mails containing technical information to you.
Your data will be used only for the period of time required for the existing customer relationship. Irrespective thereof, we are obligated by commercial and tax laws to save your address, payment and order information for a ten-year period.
Transient cookies are erased automatically when you close your browser. Transient cookies include, but are not limited to, session cookies which save session IDs that can be used to associate diverse requests from your browser with one joint session. In this way, your computer is recognized when you return to the website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close your browser.
You can configure your browser settings to meet your needs such that, for example, acceptance of third-party cookies or of all cookies is refused. Please note that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of the website.
Please forward all inquiries in writing to die Schaerer AG, Allmendweg 8, Postfach 336, 4528 Zuchwil, Switzerland. Alternatively, you can use the contact form.

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