Data protection declaration

Data protection information in accordance with Art. 13, 14 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

The following privacy policy is intended to explain in a transparent, understandable and clear manner how we, Skillsgarden AG, process your personal data in connection with your use of our website. If you have any questions or uncertainties about data protection at Skillsgarden AG, you are welcome to contact our data protection officer at datenschutz@skillsgarden.ch.

Name and address of the controller in accordance with the GDPR

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws of the member states as well as other data protection regulations is:

Skillsgarden AG

Stadthausstrasse 14

8400 Winterthur

Switzerland

Phone: +41 52 222 53 53

Email: info@skillsgarden.ch

Website: https://www.skillsgarden.ch

UID CHE-313.277.340

represented by the management

Prof. Dr. Ina Goller I Mirjam Ambühl I Christoph Lindinger

Name and address of the data protection officer

Skillsgarden AG has appointed a data protection officer. You can reach the data protection officer of Skillsgarden AG, Cyril Dubler, at the following contact details:

Phone: +41 78 784 55 13

Email: c.dubler@skillsgarden.ch

Data protection

General information on data processing of personal data

Security and protection

We attach great importance to maintaining the confidentiality of the personal data provided and to protecting your data from unauthorized access. To ensure maximum protection of your data, we take the utmost care and apply the highest security standards. Personal data is treated as strictly confidential and is neither sold nor passed on to third parties. In close cooperation with our hosting providers, we endeavor to protect the databases as well as possible against unauthorized access, loss, misuse or falsification.

As a company under private law, we are subject to the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the provisions of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). We have therefore taken technical and organizational measures to ensure compliance with data protection regulations.

We only process our users’ personal data to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services. The processing of our users’ personal data only takes place regularly with the user’s consent. An exception applies in cases where prior consent cannot be obtained for factual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by law.

Legal basis for processing

Personal data may only be processed lawfully if there is a corresponding legal basis for the processing. According to the GDPR, a legal basis may in particular be the consent of the person concerned, the need for processing to fulfill a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures at the request of the person concerned, the fulfillment of a legal obligation of the person responsible or the protection of legitimate interests of the person responsible.

Information on the collection of personal data

Contact us by e-mail or via registration and contact forms

If you contact us by e-mail or via our contact forms, the data you provide will be stored by us so that we can answer your questions. Your data will be deleted after storage is no longer required or processing is restricted by statutory retention obligations.

Access data

Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the accessing computer. If the website is only used for information purposes, i.e. if no other information is transmitted, only the personal data that your browser sends to our server is collected. When you view our website, we collect the following data, as this is technically necessary in order to display our website to you in a stable and secure manner.

  • IP address of the user
  • Date and time of access
  • Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
  • Content of the request (specific page)
  • Access status/HTTP status code
  • Operating system of the user
  • Information about the browser type and version used
  • Amount of data transferred in each case
  • Language and version of the browser software
  • Websites from which the user’s system accesses our website
  • This usage data forms the basis for statistical, anonymous evaluations so that trends can be identified, which we can use to improve our offers accordingly.
  • The above-mentioned data is stored for 7 days and then deleted.

This usage data forms the basis for statistical, anonymous evaluations so that trends can be identified, which we can use to improve our offerings accordingly. The above data will be stored for 7 days and then deleted.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Youtube

When playing video files, our website uses plugins from the Google-operated site YouTube (YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA). When you visit a page that uses a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established and data is exchanged. If you are logged in with a YouTube account, the visitor behavior is assigned to your profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. For further information on the handling of user data, please refer to YouTube’s privacy policy.

Newsletter

You can subscribe to a free newsletter on our website. When you subscribe to the newsletter, the data from the input screen is transmitted to us. If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter offered on our website, we require an e-mail address and your name. This enables us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Additional data is only collected on a voluntary basis. The collection of the user’s data serves exclusively to deliver the newsletter. The collection of other personal data as part of the registration process serves to prevent misuse of the services or the e-mail address used. Your consent is obtained for the processing of the data as part of the registration process and reference is made to this privacy policy. The data entered in the newsletter registration form is processed on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). The subscription to the newsletter can be canceled by the user concerned at any time. For this purpose, there is a corresponding link in every newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out is not affected by the revocation. The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. The user’s e-mail address is therefore stored for as long as the subscription to the newsletter is active.

We use the service provider HubSpot (HubSpot Germany GmbH, Am Postbahnhof 17, 10243 Berlin) to send automated emails and newsletters. HubSpot organizes and analyses the dispatch. The data you enter for the purpose of receiving the newsletter (e.g. e-mail address) is stored on HubSpot’s servers.

We have concluded a contract with HubSpot for commissioned data processing, in which we oblige HubSpot to protect our customers’ data and not to pass it on to third parties. Our newsletters sent with HubSpot enable us to analyze the behavior of newsletter recipients. Among other things, we can analyze how many recipients have opened the newsletter message and how often which link in the newsletter was clicked on. All links in the email are so-called tracking links that can be used to count your clicks.

If you do not want HubSpot to analyze your data, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a corresponding link for this purpose in every newsletter. You can also revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by sending an email to the address given in our legal notice.

The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted from both our servers and HubSpot’s servers after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this. For more information, please refer to HubSpot’s privacy policy.

Liability for links

Our website contains hyperlinks to websites/services of other providers.When activating these hyperlinks, you will be redirected from our website directly to the website of the other provider, which can be recognized by the change of URL. References and links to third-party websites are outside our area of responsibility.We do not accept any responsibility for such websites, as we have no influence on whether these companies comply with data protection regulations.Access to and use of such websites is at the user’s own risk. The copyright and all other rights to content, images, photos or other files on the website belong exclusively to the owner of this site or the specifically named rights holders or have been acquired and licensed for this purpose. The written consent of the copyright holder must be obtained in advance for the reproduction of any elements.

Cookies

We and certain third parties use cookies on our website to make your visit to our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions. These are small text files that are stored on your end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted again at the end of the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser (so-called session cookies).Other cookies remain on your end device and enable us or our partner companies to recognize your browser on your next visit (so-called persistent cookies).Most browsers are preset to accept cookies automatically.You can refuse the generation of cookies by deactivating cookies in your browser’s system settings.Please note that some of the cookies are technically necessary for our website to function, as otherwise the page cannot be accessed or displayed. If you deactivate cookies, you will not be able to use the website without restrictions. We only use cookies that are not technically necessary for the function of our website with your prior express consent. You can also control the installation of cookies yourself at any time by changing your browser settings and/or deleting all cookies.

Children
The offers on our website are aimed at adults. Persons under the age of 18 should therefore only transmit personal data to us with the consent of their legal guardian.

Rights of the data subject
As a data subject, you have the right to information about your personal data.You have the right to confirmation, rectification, erasure or restriction of processing within the scope of the statutory provisions. You also have the right to object to processing and the right to data portability..

Deletion of Data

The personal data of the data subject will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage ceases to apply. Data may also be stored if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other provisions to which the controller is subject. The data will also be blocked or deleted if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for the conclusion or fulfillment of a contract.

Right to lodge a complaint

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR.

Use of SSL encryption

We use SSL encryption to protect your data. This means that the data you transmit to our website cannot be read by third parties.

Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy. This is to comply with current legal requirements and to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy. If you visit our website again, the new privacy policy will apply.

Questions for the data protection officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please contact us directly at (email address: datenschutz@skillsgarden.ch).