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Privacy Policy

I. Processor Details

Swissmetal Industries SA is the responsible party for the processing of personal data collected through your use of our website https://swissmetal.com/ as per the applicable data protection laws, in particular the Swiss Data Protection Act (DPA) and – if applicable to your personal data – the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

We have our registered domicile at Grand-Rue 6, 2732 Reconvilier, Switzerland. For any queries regarding your personal data, please contact us at the following address: contact@swissmetal.com

II. How we process your personal data

We only process your personal data if this is necessary to provide a functional website or to provide you with our contents and services. The processing of personal data only takes place based on the appropriate legal basis and as permitted by law.

We only store your personal data for as long as necessary to serve the purpose of the processing and we delete personal data or block access to it as soon as such purpose ceases to apply.

Furthermore, personal data may be stored if this has been provided for by the applicable law. The data will also be blocked or deleted if a storage period prescribed by the applicable law expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for the conclusion of a contract.

III. Website Access and Logfiles

Every time you visit our website, our system automatically collects data and information about the computer system you used to access our website.

The following data is collected:

Cookies, tracking and technologies relating to the use of our website
We use cookies on our site. Cookies are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. Information is stored in the cookie that results in each case in connection with the specifically used terminal device. However, this does not mean that we immediately become aware of your identity. The use of cookies primarily serves the purpose of making your use of our websites more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website.

In addition, we also use temporary cookies that are stored on your end device for a specified period of time to optimize user-friendliness. If you visit our site again to use our services, it will automatically recognize that you have already been with us and what entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.

Furthermore, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for you for optimising our websites. These cookies enable us to automatically recognize when you return to our site that you have already been with us. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a message always appears before a new cookie is created. However, the complete deactivation of cookies can lead to the fact that you cannot use all functions of our website.

We use Google Analytics on our websites.

These are services provided by third parties, which may be located in any country (in the case of Google Analytics, Google LLC is based in the US but Google Ireland Ltd. is the data controller for customers based in the EU and Switzerland, for more information visit https://policies.google.com/?hl=en) and allow us to measure and evaluate the use of our website (without identifying individuals). Permanent cookies, which are placed by the service provider, are also used for this purpose. Although such service providers do not receive personal data from us (and do not retain any IP addresses), they may track your use of the website, combine this information with data from other websites you have visited, which are also tracked by service providers, and use this information for their own purposes (e.g. to manage advertising). If you have registered with the service provider concerned, the service provider will also know your identity. The service provider concerned will then be responsible for processing your personal data in accordance with the applicable data protection provisions. Service providers only provide information on how a particular website is used (but not any personal details).

The data is stored in log files to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, the data serves us to optimize the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. An evaluation of the data for marketing purposes does not take place in this context.

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended. If the data is stored in log files, deletion occurs after seven days at the latest. Further storage is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are deleted or anonymized.

The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of data in log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no possibility of objection on your part.

Your Rights

You have the following rights under the applicable data protection laws:

Right of Information
You can request us to confirm whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us

If such processing has taken place, you can request the following information from us:

You have the right to request information as to whether the personal data concerning you is transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. In this context, you may request to be informed of the appropriate guarantees in connection with the transmission.

Right to Rectification
You have a right of rectification and/or completion if the personal data processed concerning you are incorrect or incomplete. We shall make the correction without delay.

Right of Restriction
Under the following conditions, you may request that the processing of your personal data be restricted:

If the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, such data may only be processed – apart from being stored – with your consent or for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending rights or protecting the rights of another natural or legal person or on grounds of an important public interest.

Right to Deletion
a) Obligation to Delete Personal Data
You may request us to delete the personal data relating to you without delay and we are obliged to delete this data without delay if one of the following reasons applies:

If we have made your personal data public and are obliged to delete it pursuant to Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR, we shall take appropriate measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to inform those responsible for data processing who process the personal data that you as the data subject have requested the deletion of all links to this personal data or of copies or replications of this personal data.

b) Exceptions
The right to deletion does not exist insofar as the processing is necessary

Right to Notification
If you have exercised your right to have us correct, delete or limit the processing, we are obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this correction or deletion of the data or restriction on processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort.

Data Portability
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format. In addition, you have the right to pass this data on to another person in charge without obstruction by us, provided that

In exercising this right, you also have the right to request that the personal data concerning you be transferred directly from us to another data controller, insofar as this is technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of other persons must not be affected by this.

Right to Objection
You have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data based on Article 6 para 1 lit. e or f GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

In such case we shall no longer process the personal data concerning you, unless we can prove compelling reasons worthy of protection for the processing, which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If the personal data concerning you are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of the personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling, insofar as it is associated with such direct marketing. If you object to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for these purposes.

Right to Withdraw Consent
You have the right to revoke your declaration of consent at any time. The revocation of consent shall not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

Right of Appeal to Supervisory Authority
Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right of appeal to a supervisory authority, if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you is contrary to the applicable law. 

Swissmetal Industries SA – Privacy Notice – Janvier 2022

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