GDPR
PRIVACY POLICY
We, studioforma associated architects gmbh, are the owner of this website and therefore responsible for the collection, processing and use of personal data. We are subject to Swiss data protection law in accordance with the Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and comply with the guidelines of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We attach great importance to the protection and proper handling of your personal data and collect, process and use it exclusively in accordance with the principles described below and in compliance with the applicable data protection laws.
You can visit our website without providing any personal information. If a service is used via our website, personal data may be collected and processed. Below we explain what data we collect, how it is used by us and what rights you have in relation to us with regard to the use of your data.
1) Your personal data
Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes, for example, your name, your address, your e-mail address or your IP address. Your personal data is used for the purpose of processing the services we offer or the contractual relationship that exists with you. We need your name and address in order to know who our contractual partner is, i.e. to whom we provide and invoice our services. We need your contact details (address, e-mail address and telephone number) in order to communicate with you.
2) Legal basis
Our registered office is in Switzerland and we are therefore primarily subject to the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) when handling personal data, in particular of persons resident in Switzerland. Furthermore, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis for the handling of personal data of citizens of the European Union.
3) Collection, processing and use of personal data
a) When visiting our website
You can visit our website without revealing your identity. When you visit our website, our servers temporarily store every access in a log file. The following information is collected without any action on your part and stored until it is automatically deleted: anonymized IP address, date and time of access, name and URL of the file accessed, website from which the access was made, operating system of your computer, browser used, name of your Internet access provider.
This data is collected and processed for the purpose of enabling the use of our website (establishing a connection), ensuring system security on a permanent basis, enabling the technical administration of the network infrastructure and the optimization of our website, as well as for internal statistical purposes. We also use cookies and tracking tools when you visit our website. Explanations can be found in the relevant sections of this privacy policy.
b) Contact form / Newsletter registration
If you contact us using a contact form, certain fields may be mandatory, for example first and last name, telephone number or e-mail address. Such mandatory fields are marked accordingly, for example with an asterisk (*), and may request personal data. Which other personal data is collected is determined by the additional information you provide to us via the contact form. If you contact us by e-mail or via a contact form, the personal data you provide will be stored automatically. We use this data to process your request and to contact you. This personal data will not be passed on to third parties.
c) Cookies
We use cookies on our website. These are small text files that are stored permanently or temporarily on your computer’s hard disk when you visit our website. These cookies do not damage your computer’s hard disk, nor do they contain viruses, Trojans or other malware.
The purpose of these cookies is in particular the statistical evaluation of the use of our website. Data collected through the setting of cookies is pseudonymized by technical precautions. It is no longer possible to assign the data to the calling user. The data is not stored or linked together with other personal data.
You can deactivate all or some of the cookies on our website in your browser at any time. If cookies are deactivated, you may no longer be able to use all the functions of our website.
d) Google Ads
We use the online web program “Google Ads” on our website, a service of Google Inc. based in the USA, and the conversion tracking option contained in this program. If you reach our website via a Google ad, Google Ads places a conversion cookie in your browser, which enables us to compile statistics on the use of our website. This conversion cookie loses its validity after 90 days at the latest and is not used to identify the user.
Further information on conversion tracking, in particular how you can prevent the collection of data by the cookie set by Google, can be found at the following link: http://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html
You can deactivate the setting of cookies by our website in your browser in whole or in part at any time. If cookies are deactivated, you may no longer be able to use all the functions of our website.
e) Google Analytics
We use “Google Analytics” on our website, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. based in the USA. Google Analytics also uses the cookies already described. The information generated about your use of the website (browser type/version, operating system used, referrer URL (previously visited website), anonymized IP address and time of the server request) is transmitted to Google’s servers and stored there. Based on this stored data, no conclusions can be drawn about your person. This information may be transferred to third parties if they process the data on behalf of Google.
Under no circumstances will the IP address be associated with other data relating to the user. This website uses an add-on for Google Analytics, with which the IP address of the Internet connection is shortened and anonymized by Google.
We also use remarketing lists from Google Analytics. With remarketing lists, visitors to our website can be addressed again through targeted advertising on the pages of the Google partner network and the Google search network. Advertising is also displayed using cookies.
Furthermore, the collected data is used to create user profiles using pseudonyms. These are used to analyze visitor behavior and are evaluated in order to improve and tailor our services to meet your needs. The pseudonymized user profiles are not merged with personal data of the user.
You can object to the collection by Google Analytics at any time. To do this, you must download and install a browser add-on from the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. This browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data and information on website visits may be transmitted to Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or deactivated, it can be reinstalled or reactivated.
Further information on data protection at Google can be found at the following link: https://policies.google.com/privacy
4) Revocation of consent, information & authorization
According to the Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP), you have a right to free information about your stored data (Art. 8 FADP) and a right to rectification (Art. 5 para. 2 FADP). In addition, you can request that your data be deleted if it is no longer required for contract processing. You can also request the blocking of your data. Requests for information and requests for blocking or deletion can be submitted to us in writing (by post, by e-mail or via our contact form).
Citizens of the European Union are entitled to all rights under the GDPR. These are by name:
- Right to confirmation
- Right to information
- Right to rectification
- Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)
- Right to restriction of processing
- Right to data portability
- Right to object
- Right to withdraw consent under data protection law
For information about your personal data, to have incorrect data corrected or to have it blocked or deleted, and for further questions about the use of your personal data, please contact: studioforma associated architects gmbh, Kernstrasse 37, CH-8004 Zurich, Tel: +41 44 296 18 71, e-mail: info@studioforma.ch.
5) Up-to-dateness of the privacy policy
This privacy policy is valid until revoked and is dated October 11, 2019. You can access it at any time on our website.
