privacy policy
I respect your data!
The new data protection law has been in force in Switzerland since September 1, 2023. The data protection declaration for Switzerland can be found here: Data protection declaration Switzerland Florence Zumbihl
Below you will find the privacy policy, valid for the EU:
The new General Data Protection Regulation has been in force in the EU since May 25, 2018. It also applies to companies based in Switzerland that have contacts/clients in the EU.
1. Privacy Policy
We process personal data (hereinafter mostly referred to as „data“) only to the extent necessary and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly website, including its content and the services offered there.
According to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as “GDPR”), “processing” means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or linking, restriction, erasure or destruction.
With the following privacy policy, we inform you in particular about the type, scope, purpose, duration, and legal basis of the processing of personal data, insofar as we decide on the purposes and means of processing, either alone or jointly with others. Furthermore, we inform you below about the third-party components we use for optimization purposes and to improve the quality of use, insofar as third parties process data under their own responsibility.
Our privacy policy is structured as follows:
I. Information about us as the responsible party
II. Rights of users and data subjects
III. Information on data processing
I. Information about me as the responsible person
The responsible provider of this website in terms of data protection law is:
Florence Zumbihl
Alemannenstrasse 1
4153 Reinach BL
Switzerland
Telephone: +41 (0)61 721 47 59
Email: mail@florence-zumbihl.com
II. Rights of users and data subjects
With regard to the data processing described in more detail below, users and data subjects have the right to confirmation as to whether data concerning them is being processed, to information about the data being processed, to further information about the data processing and to copies of the data (see also Art. 15 GDPR); to rectification or completion of incorrect or incomplete data (see also Art. 16 GDPR); to immediate erasure of data concerning them (see also Art. 17 GDPR), or, alternatively, if further processing is necessary pursuant to Art. 17 (3) GDPR, to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR; to receipt of the data concerning them and provided by them and to transmission of this data to other providers/controllers (see also Art. 20 GDPR); to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority if they believe that the data concerning them is being processed by the provider in violation of data protection regulations (see also Art. 77 GDPR).
Furthermore, the provider is obligated to inform all recipients to whom data has been disclosed by the provider of any rectification or erasure of data or restriction of processing pursuant to Articles 16, 17 (1), and 18 GDPR. However, this obligation shall not apply if such notification is impossible or involves disproportionate effort. Notwithstanding this, the user has a right to information about these recipients.
Likewise, according to Art. 21 GDPR, users and data subjects have the right to object to the future processing of their data, provided that the data is processed by the provider in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. In particular, an objection to data processing for direct marketing purposes is permissible.
III. Information on data processing
Your data processed when you use our website will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies, there are no statutory retention periods that prevent the deletion of the data and no other information is given below regarding individual processing procedures.
Server data
For technical reasons, particularly to ensure a secure and stable website, data is transmitted through your internet browser to us or our web space provider. These so-called server log files collect, among other things, the type and version of your internet browser, the operating system, the website from which you accessed our website (referrer URL), the website(s) of our website that you visit, the date and time of each access, and the IP address of the internet connection from which you accessed our website.
The data collected in this way is temporarily stored, but not together with other data about you. This storage is based on the legal basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the improvement, stability, functionality, and security of our website.
The data will be deleted after seven days at the latest, unless further retention is required for evidentiary purposes. Otherwise, the data will be exempt from deletion in whole or in part until the incident has been finally resolved.
Cookies
a) Session cookies/session cookies
We use so-called cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files or other storage technologies that are placed and saved on your device by the internet browser you use. These cookies process certain information from you to an individual extent, such as your browser or location data or your IP address.
This processing makes our website more user-friendly, effective and secure, as the processing enables, for example, the display of our website in different languages or the offer of a shopping cart function.
The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, provided that these cookies process data for the initiation or execution of a contract.
If the processing does not serve the purpose of initiating or processing a contract, our legitimate interest lies in improving the functionality of our website. The legal basis is then Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
When you close your internet browser, these session cookies are deleted.
b) Third-party cookies.
Our website may also use cookies from partner companies with whom we work for the purposes of advertising, analysis, or the functionality of our website.
Please see the information below for details on this, particularly regarding the purposes and legal basis for processing such third-party cookies.
c) Removal option
You can prevent or restrict the installation of cookies by adjusting the settings in your Internet browser. You can also delete cookies that have already been saved at any time. The steps and measures required to do this depend on the specific Internet browser you are using. If you have any questions, please use the help function or documentation of your Internet browser or contact its manufacturer or support. In the case of so-called Flash cookies, however, the processing cannot be prevented via the browser settings. Instead, you must change the settings of your Flash player. The steps and measures required to do this also depend on the specific Flash player you are using. If you have any questions, please use the help function or documentation of your Flash player or contact the manufacturer or user support.
However, if you prevent or restrict the installation of cookies, this may result in not all functions of our website being fully usable.
Newsletter
If you sign up for our free newsletter, the data you provide, i.e. your email address, first name, and last name, will be sent to us. At the same time, we save the IP address of the internet connection you use to access our website, as well as the date and time of your registration. As part of the further registration process, we will obtain your consent to receive the newsletter, describe the content in detail, and refer you to this privacy policy. We use the data collected exclusively for sending the newsletter – it will therefore not be passed on to third parties.
The legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.
You can revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at any time with future effect in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR. To do so, you simply have to notify us of your revocation or click the unsubscribe link contained in every newsletter.
Contact inquiries / contact options
If you contact us via contact form or email, the data you provide will be used to process your inquiry. Providing this data is necessary to process and answer your inquiry; without it, we cannot answer your inquiry or can only answer it to a limited extent.
The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.
Your data will be deleted once your inquiry has been conclusively answered and there are no statutory retention periods that prevent deletion, such as in the case of a subsequent contract processing.
User contributions, comments and ratings
We offer you the opportunity to publish questions, answers, opinions or ratings, hereinafter referred to as “contributions”, on our website. If you make use of this offer, we will process and publish your contribution, the date and time of submission and any pseudonym you may have used.
The legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR. To do so, you simply need to inform us of your revocation.
We also process your IP and email address. The IP address is processed because we have a legitimate interest in initiating or supporting further steps if your contribution infringes the rights of third parties and/or is otherwise unlawful.
The legal basis in this case is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in any necessary legal defense.
Subscription to articles:
If you publish articles on our website, we also offer you the option of subscribing to any subsequent articles published by third parties. In order to inform you about these subsequent articles by email, we process your email address.
The legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent to this subscription at any time with future effect in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR. To do so, you simply need to notify us of your revocation or click the unsubscribe link contained in the respective email.
“Google+” social plug-in
We use the plug-in of the social network Google+ (“Google Plus”) on our website. Google+ is an internet service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as “Google”.
Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield (“EU-US Privacy Shield”) https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active
, Google guarantees that EU data protection regulations are also adhered to when processing data in the USA. The
legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website.
Google provides further information about the possible plug-ins and their respective functions at https://developers.google.com/+/web/ .
If the plug-in is stored on one of the pages of our website that you visit, your internet browser will download a representation of the plug-in from Google’s servers in the USA. For technical reasons, it is necessary for Google to process your IP address. In addition, the date and time of your visit to our website will also be recorded.
If you are logged in to Google while you visit one of our websites containing the plug-in, the information about your specific visit collected by the plug-in will be recognized by Google. Google may assign the information collected in this way to your personal user account there. If you therefore use the so-called „Share“ button from Google, for example, this information will be saved in your Google user account and possibly published via the Google platform. If you want to prevent this, you must either log out of Google before visiting our website or make the appropriate settings in your Google user account.
Google provides further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in the privacy policy available at https://policies.google.com/privacy .
Google Maps
We use Google Maps on our website to display our location and to create driving directions. This is a service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as “Google.” Through certification under the EU-US Privacy Shield (“EU-US Privacy Shield”) https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active
, Google guarantees that EU data protection regulations are also adhered to when data is processed in the USA.
In order to enable the display of certain fonts on our website, a connection to the Google server in the USA is established when you visit our website.
If you access the Google Maps component integrated into our website, Google will save a cookie on your device via your internet browser. In order to display our location and create driving directions, your user settings and data are processed. We cannot rule out the possibility that Google uses servers in the USA.
The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in optimizing the functionality of our website.
Through the connection to Google established in this way, Google can determine which website your request was sent from and to which IP address the driving directions should be sent.
If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your internet browser. You can find details about this above under the heading “Cookies”.
In addition, the use of Google Maps and the information obtained via Google Maps is subject to the Google Terms of Use “ https://policies.google.com/terms?gl=DE&hl=de“ ; and the Terms and Conditions for Google Maps https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html .
Google also offers further information at “ https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated” and “ https://policies.google.com/privacy” .
Facebook“ social plug-in
We use the plug-in of the social network Facebook on our website. Facebook is an internet service of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. In the EU, this service is operated by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, hereinafter both referred to as „Facebook“.
Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield („EU-US Privacy Shield“) “ https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active“>https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active „, Facebook guarantees that EU data protection regulations are also adhered to when processing data in the USA.
The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website.
Further information about the possible plug-ins and their respective functions can be found at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/ .
If the plug-in is stored on one of the pages of our website that you visit, your internet browser will download a representation of the plug-in from the Facebook servers in the USA. For technical reasons, it is necessary for Facebook to process your IP address. In addition, the date and time of your visit to our website will also be recorded.
If you are logged in to Facebook while you visit one of our websites containing the plug-in, the information about your specific visit collected by the plug-in will be recognized by Facebook. Facebook may assign the information collected in this way to your personal user account there. If you therefore use the so-called “Like” button on Facebook, this information will be saved in your Facebook user account and possibly published via the Facebook platform. If you want to prevent this, you must either log out of Facebook before visiting our website or use an add-on for your internet browser to prevent the Facebook plug-in from loading.
Facebook provides further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in the privacy policy available at “https://www.facebook.com/policy.php” .
Twitter“ social plug-in
We use the plug-in of the social network Twitter on our website. Twitter is an internet service of Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, hereinafter referred to as „Twitter“.
Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield („EU-US Privacy Shield“) href=“ https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TORzAAO&status=Active“>https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TORzAAO&status=Active , Twitter guarantees that EU data protection regulations are also adhered to when processing data in the USA.
The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website.
If the plug-in is stored on one of the pages of our website that you visit, your internet browser will download a representation of the plug-in from the Twitter servers in the USA. For technical reasons, it is necessary for Twitter to process your IP address. In addition, the date and time of your visit to our website will also be recorded.
If you are logged in to Twitter while you visit one of our websites containing the plug-in, the information about your specific visit collected by the plug-in will be recognized by Twitter. Twitter may assign the information collected in this way to your personal user account there. If you therefore use the so-called “Share” button on Twitter, for example, this information will be saved in your Twitter user account and possibly published via the Twitter platform. If you want to prevent this, you must either log out of Twitter before visiting our website or make the appropriate settings in your Twitter user account.
Twitter provides further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in the privacy policy available at https://twitter.com/privacy .
MailChimp – Newsletter
We offer you the opportunity to sign up for our free newsletter via our website.
To send the newsletter, we use MailChimp, a service of The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 512 Means Street, Suite 404, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA, hereinafter referred to as “The Rocket Science Group.”
Through certification under the EU-US Privacy Shield (“EU-US Privacy Shield”) https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TO6hAAG&status=Active , The Rocket Science Group guarantees that EU data protection regulations are also adhered to when processing data in the USA. The Rocket Science Group also offers further data protection information at http://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/ .
If you sign up for our newsletter, the data requested during the registration process, such as your email address and, optionally, your name and address, will be processed by The Rocket Science Group. Your IP address and the date and time of your registration will also be saved. As part of the further registration process, your consent to receive the newsletter will be obtained, the content will be described in detail, and reference will be made to this privacy policy.
The newsletter subsequently sent via The Rocket Science Group also contains a so-called tracking pixel, also known as a web beacon. With the help of this tracking pixel, we can evaluate whether and when you read our newsletter and whether you followed any further links contained in the newsletter. In addition to other technical data, such as the data from your IT system and your IP address, the data processed in this process is stored so that we can optimize our newsletter offering and respond to readers‘ wishes. The data is therefore used to increase the quality and attractiveness of our newsletter offering.
The legal basis for sending the newsletter and the analysis is Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.
You can revoke your consent to the newsletter dispatch at any time with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR. To do so, you simply have to notify us of your revocation or click on the unsubscribe link contained in every newsletter.
Jetpack – WordPress Stats
We use Jetpack with the “WordPress Stats” extension on our website. This is a web analysis service provided by Automattic Inc., 132 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, hereinafter referred to as “Automattic.”
Through certification under the EU-US Privacy Shield (“EU-US Privacy Shield”) https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000CbqcAAC&status=Active , Automattic guarantees that EU data protection regulations are also adhered to when processing data in the USA.
The Jetpack – WordPress Stats service is used to analyze how our website is used. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our website.
To analyze user behavior, Jetpack – WordPress Stats stores cookies via your internet browser on your device.
During processing, your IP address, the website(s) of our website that you visit, the website from which you came to our website (referrer URL), your length of stay on our website and the frequency of visits to one of our websites are recorded. The data collected in this way is stored on an Automattic server in the USA. However, your IP address is anonymized immediately after processing and before it is saved.
If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the storage of cookies by setting your internet browser. Further information on this can be found above under „Cookies“.
https://www.ratgeberrecht.eu/leistungen/muster-datenschutzerklaerung.html Sample data protection declaration of the law firm Weiß & Partner ( at https://www.ratgeberrecht.eu )
