In general, it is possible to use the www.marktgasse20.ch website without providing any personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to use specific services offered through this website, the processing of personal data may be necessary.
The processing of personal data—such as a data subject’s name, address, email address, or phone number—is carried out lawfully and in accordance with applicable country-specific data protection regulations. This Privacy Policy provides information on the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data collected, used, and processed. Furthermore, this Privacy Policy informs data subjects of their rights.
Internet-based data transmissions may generally involve security vulnerabilities, meaning that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, data subjects are free to provide personal data to the firm’s lawyers through alternative means, such as in writing or by telephone.
We assume no responsibility for the content or data protection practices of external websites to which we link.
1. Protecting privacy is a matter of great importance to us. The following points are relevant in this regard:
2. Name and address of the entity responsible for processing:
Kaufmann Brühwiler & Partner
Lawyers and Notaries Public
Marktgasse 20
9000 St. Gallen
Tel.: +41 71 228 07 77
Email: info@marktgasse20.ch
3. Cookies
The marktgasse20.ch website uses cookies.
Cookies are text files that are placed and stored on a computer system via a web browser.
Numerous websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain what is known as a cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier for the cookie. It consists of a string of characters that allows websites and servers to associate the cookie with the specific web browser in which it was stored. This enables the visited websites and servers to distinguish the data subject’s individual browser from other web browsers that contain different cookies. A specific web browser can be recognized and identified via the unique cookie ID.
The use of cookies allows us to provide users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without setting cookies.
Cookies can be used to optimize the information and offerings on this website to better suit the user’s needs. As mentioned earlier, cookies make it possible to recognize users of the website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use this website. For example, a user of a website that uses cookies does not have to re-enter their login credentials every time they visit the website, as this information is retrieved by the website from the cookie stored on the user’s computer system.
The data subject can prevent this website from setting cookies at any time by adjusting the settings of the web browser being used, thereby permanently objecting to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time via a web browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common web browsers. If the data subject disables the setting of cookies in the web browser they are using, not all functions of this website may be fully usable under certain circumstances.
4. Collection of General Data and Information
The website www.marktgasse20.ch collects a range of general data and information each time a data subject or an automated system accesses the website. This general data and information is stored in the server’s log files. The following may be collected: (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches this website (known as the referrer), (4) the subpages of this website accessed via an accessing system, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an Internet Protocol (IP) address, (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) other similar data and information used to prevent threats in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.
No conclusions regarding the data subject are drawn from the use of this general data and information. Rather, this information is required to (1) deliver the website’s content correctly, (2) optimize the website’s content and advertising, (3) ensure the ongoing functionality of the information technology systems and the website’s technology, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in the event of a cyberattack. This anonymously collected data and information is therefore evaluated by the website marktgasse20.ch both for statistical purposes and with the aim of enhancing data protection and data security, ultimately to ensure an optimal level of protection for the processed personal data. The anonymous data from the server log files is stored separately from any personal data provided by a data subject.
Personal data is processed for as long as necessary for the purposes stated above. This is subject to retention requirements based on law or other obligations.
5. Privacy Policy Regarding the Use of Google Analytics (with Anonymization Function)
The Google Analytics component (with anonymization feature) is integrated into this website (www.marktgasse20.ch). Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analytics refers to the collection, gathering, and evaluation of data regarding the behavior of website visitors. Among other things, a web analytics service collects data on which website a data subject came from to access a website (known as a “referrer”), which subpages of the website were accessed, and how often and for how long a subpage was viewed. Web analytics is primarily used to optimize a website and to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of online advertising.
The operator of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
The suffix “_gat._anonymizeIp” is used for web analytics via Google Analytics. This suffix causes Google to truncate and anonymize the IP address of the data subject’s Internet connection when accessing these web pages from a member state of the European Union or from another signatory state to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze visitor traffic on this website (www.marktgasse20.ch). Google uses the data and information collected, among other things, to evaluate the use of this website, to compile online reports detailing activity on these web pages, and to provide other services related to the use of this website.
Google Analytics places a cookie on the data subject’s information technology system. What cookies are has already been explained above. Setting the cookie enables Google to analyze the use of this website. Each time a user visits a page on this website that includes a Google Analytics component, the web browser on the data subject’s computer is automatically prompted by the respective Google Analytics component to transmit data to Google for the purpose of online analysis. As part of this technical process, Google obtains personal data, such as the data subject’s IP address, which Google uses, among other things, to track the origin of visitors and clicks and, consequently, to facilitate commission settlements.
Through the use of cookies, personal information—such as the time of access, the location from which access originated, and the frequency of the data subject’s visits to this website—is stored. Each time these web pages are visited, this personal data—including the IP address of the internet connection used by the data subject—is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may, under certain circumstances, disclose this personal data collected through the technical process to third parties.
As described above, the data subject may prevent this website from setting cookies at any time by adjusting the settings of the web browser being used, thereby permanently objecting to the setting of cookies. Such a setting in the user’s web browser would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the data subject’s computer system. In addition, a cookie already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the web browser or other software programs.
Furthermore, the data subject has the option to object to and prevent the collection of data generated by Google Analytics relating to the use of this website, as well as the processing of such data by Google. To do so, the data subject must download and install a browser add-on from the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This browser add-on uses JavaScript to instruct Google Analytics that no data or information regarding website visits may be transmitted to Google Analytics. Google considers the installation of the browser add-on to be an objection. If the data subject’s computer system is later deleted, formatted, or reinstalled, the data subject must reinstall the browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or deactivated by the data subject or another person within their control, it is possible to reinstall or reactivate the browser add-on.
Further information and Google’s applicable privacy policy can be found at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html. Google Analytics is explained in more detail at this link: https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/analytics/.
6. Rights of the Data Subject
Pursuant to the Data Protection Act of September 25, 2020 (SR 235.1; DSG), as a data subject, you have the right to know what personal data we have stored about you and how we process it. You also have the right to have your data corrected, blocked, or deleted.
As a data subject, you may object to the processing of your personal data or revoke any consent you have given to the processing of personal data at any time; however, such revocation will only take effect for the future.
Please note that the lawyers at the Marktgasse 20 law firm reserve the right to invoke the restrictions provided for by law, for example, if they are obligated to retain or process certain data, have an overriding interest in doing so (to the extent they are permitted to invoke such an interest), or require the data to assert claims.
Exercising your rights generally requires that you clearly prove your identity (e.g., by providing a copy of your ID if your identity is otherwise unclear or cannot be verified). To exercise your rights, you may contact the address provided in Section 2.
Every data subject also has the right to enforce their claims in court or to file a complaint with the competent data protection authority. The competent data protection authority in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (www.edoeb.admin.ch).
7. Is automated decision-making used?
We do not engage in automated decision-making or profiling.
8. Is data disclosed to third parties or transferred abroad?
Your personal data is not disclosed to third parties or transferred abroad. The exception to this is Google Analytics (see Section 5) or your use of linked websites (other than marktgasse20.ch), over whose settings, content, and practices we have no control.