Privacy Policy

The responsible body as defined in data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

Dr. iur. Hans Henzen
Wilerstrasse 1
CH-9200 Gossau SG
info@henzenhans.ch
T 071 383 46 73

Your rights as affected party

You may exercise the following rights at any time by contacting our data protection officer at the address provided:

• The right to information about your stored data and how we process it (Art. 15, GDPR),
• The right to correct inaccurate personal data (Art. 16, GDPR),
• The right to deletion of your stored data (Art. 17, GDPR),
• The right to restrict data processing if we are not yet permitted to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18, GDPR),
• The right to object to your data being processed by us (Art. 21, GDPR), and
• The right to data portability, if you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20, GDPR).

If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it with future effect at any time.

You may contact your local supervisory authority at any time with a complaint (Art. 77, GDPR in conjunction with § 19, Federal Data Protection Act). Your supervisory authority depends on the federal state of in which you live, your work, or the nature of the alleged infringement. A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) and their addresses is available at:
Please click here.

Collection of general information when you visit our website

Nature and purpose of the processing:

When you access our website, i.e. when you have not registered with us or provide us with information in any other form, information of general nature will be collected automatically. Said information (server log files) includes, e.g. the type of browser used, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, your IP address, and similar data. None of the information collected can be connected to you as an individual.

In particular, it is processed for the following purposes:

• providing a trouble-free connection to the website,
• ensuring convenient use of our website;
• to evaluate the system’s security and stability, as well as
• for other administrative purposes.

We do not use your data to make conclusions about you personally. Information of this kind might be statistically analysed in order to improve our website and its underlying technology.

Legal basis:

In accordance with Art. 6, subp. 1, lit. f GDPR, any processing is based on our legitimate interest to improve the reliability and functionality of our website.

Recipients:

Recipients of the information exclusively are the data controller and - if necessary - the provider of technical services assigned with hosting and servicing our website as data processor.

Retention period:

The respective data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose they were collected for. In the case of data collected in order to make the website available, this is generally the case when the respective session has ended.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither required by law nor by contract. However, without knowing the IP address the service and the functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. Additionally, individual services might not be available (in full). For this reason, any objection shall be excluded.

Cookies

Nature and purpose of the processing:

Like many other websites, we also use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files that are transferred from a website server to your hard drive. When this happens, we automatically receive specific data, such as your IP address, the browser used, the operating system, and your connection to the internet.

Cookies cannot be used to run programs or transfer viruses to your computer. Based on the information contained in the cookies, we can simplify navigation for you and ensure that our website displays correctly.

The information we generally will not be disclosed to third parties or linked to your personal data without your explicit consent.

Our website can, of course, be viewed without the use of cookies. Internet browsers are normally configured to accept cookies. Normally, you can disable the use of cookies at any time by adjusting your browser settings respectively. Please refer to your internet browser’s help tools to learn how to change the settings. Please note that some of our website features may not work if you have disabled the use of cookies.

Retention period and cookies used:

If your browser settings allow the use of cookies or if you have given your respective consent, we might use the below-specified cookies on our website:

In case these cookies (also) involve personal information, we will inform you thereon in the sections below.

You can use your browser settings to delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. Moreover, you will receive information and instructions on how these cookies can be deleted or their storage be blocked in advance. Depending on the provider of your browser, the information is available through the following links:

• Mozilla Firefox: Please click here
• Internet Explorer: Please click here
• Google Chrome: Please click here
• Opera: Please click here
• Safari: Please click here

Provision of services subject to a fee

Nature and purpose of the processing:

To provide paid services, we will request additional data such as payment information to complete your order.

Legal basis:

The processing of data required for concluding the contract is based on Art. 6, subp. 1, lit. b, GDPR.

Recipients:

The only recipients of the information are the data controller and - if necessary - the data processing company.

Retention period:

We store this data in our systems until the legal retention periods have expired. Based on the principles of correct accounting and requirements stipulated by tax law, these periods generally are 6 or 10 years.

Provision prescribed or required:

You provide your personal data on voluntary base. Without being provided with your personal data, we cannot grant you any access to our content and service offer.

Contact form

Nature and purpose of the processing:

The data entered by you will be stored in order to communicate with you. For this purpose, we need to know your name and a valid e-mail address. This is used to allocate the request and then reply to it. The provision of additional data is voluntary.

Legal basis:

The data entered in the contact form will exclusively be processed on the basis of our legitimate interest (Art. 6, subp. 1, lit. a, GDPR).

Our contact form is intended to offer you an easy way to contact us. The data disclosed by you will be stored to process your inquiry and respond to possible questions related thereto.

If you contact us for a fee estimate, the data entered in the contact form will be processed to perform pre-contractual tasks (Art. 6, subp. 1, lit. b, GDPR).

Recipients:

The only recipients of the information are the data controller and - if necessary - the data processing company.

Retention period:

The data will be deleted no later than 6 months after answering the inquiry.

In case we enter into a contract with each other, we are subject to the retention periods stipulated by the HGB (Commercial Code) and will delete your data once these periods have expired.

Provision prescribed or required:

You provide your personal data on voluntary base. However, we will only be able to process your inquiry if you share your name, e-mail address and request with us.

SSL encoding

To secure your data while these are being transmitted, we use the latest encoding techniques (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.

Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to adjust this privacy policy so that it always meets the current legal requirements or to include changes to our services in the privacy policy, such as the introduction of new services. Any subsequent website access will then be subject to the terms of the new privacy policy.

Questions to the data protection officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please mail to us or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly:

Dr. iur. Hans Henzen
Wilerstrasse 1
CH-9200 Gossau SG
info@henzenhans.ch

T 071 383 46 73

This data protection declaration was created using the privacy policy generator of activeMind AG. (Version 2018-06-15).