If you use our website, various personal data will be collected. Personal data are data that allow you to be personally identified. This data protection declaration explains which data we collect from you, and what we use them for. It also explains how this happens, and for which purpose.

This declaration applies to the website www.ao-kreston.ch. Please bear in mind that you may be referred to other websites to which different data protection rules apply.

This data protection declaration is subject to Swiss law. Provisions of the European Union (EU), in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation, are taken into consideration as applicable.

1. Data collected

When collecting and processing personal data, we conform to the statutory requirements of the applicable data protection law. Article 13(1) of the Federal Data Protection Act (Datenschutzgesetz, “DSG”) and, if applicable, points (b) and (f) of EU GDPR Article 6(1) and form the legal basis.

1.1 Getting in contact/contact form

If you contact us via the email addresses stated or via the contact form provided, we will always treat the data transferred by you in accordance with the applicable data protection provisions. Your data will only be used to process your request. Please note that the transfer of your data via our contact form is unencrypted..

2. Data transfer

We may share personal data for processing or commission third parties for data processing. These commissioned third parties are subject to the same strict data protection provisions.

3. Newsletter

By giving your consent, you can subscribe to our newsletter, which provides you with information on our current interesting offers. We use the double opt-in procedure for newsletter registration. This means that after you register we will send an email to the email address provided, asking you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter. The only information required for sending the newsletter is your email address, which we store after your registration. The legal basis for this is point (a) of Article 6(1) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Article 13(1) Data Protection Act (Datenschutzgesetz, “DSG”).

You may revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at any time, and unsubscribe from the newsletter. You may revoke or unsubscribe by clicking the link provided in each newsletter email, by sending an email to info@kreston.ch, or by sending a message to the contact details provided in the site notice.

Furthermore, we can send you our newsletter in the framework of your user or contractual relationship. The legal basis for this is point (b) of Article 6(1) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Article 13(1) Data Protection Act (Datenschutzgesetz, “DSG”). You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by clicking the link provided in each newsletter email, by sending an email to info@kreston.ch or by sending a message to the contact details given in the site notice.

To send out our newsletter we use Mailchimp, a service provided by The Rocket Science Group LLC, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE Suite 5000, Atlanta GA-30308, USA (Mailchimp). If you subscribe to our newsletter, your details may be sent to Mailchimp. More information on data processing by Mailchimp is available in the respective data protection provisions: https://mailchimp.com/legal/. Mailchimp is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement with Switzerland and the EU. The Privacy Shield Agreement ensures an adequate level of data protection. More information on this can be accessed using the following link: https://www.privacyshield.gov.

4. Your rights

You have the following rights with respect to us with regard to your personal data:

Right to access/information,

Right to rectification or erasure,

Right to restriction of processing,

Right to object to processing.

If data processing on our website is based on your consent, you may revoke such consent at any time with effect for the future, without giving reasons. Such revocation must be addressed to the contact details stated in the site notice. To process your requests to exercise your rights, it may be necessary for you to identify yourself so that we can uniquely identify you.

In Switzerland, there is no right of complaint to a supervisory authority. In the event that the EU General Data Protection Regulation applies, there is a right of complaint to the competent supervisory authority for data protection.

5. Data security

Many technical and organisational measures have been put in place for the protection of your data, in order to ensure that the personal data processed via this website is protected as fully as possible. Communication by email, fax, mobile phone or online applications involves risks such as the possibility of the content of the message being viewed, as well as its modification or loss. a&o does not accept any liability for this.

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