Privacy policy
General information
The use of our website is possible to a limited extent without providing personal data. Where personal data (such as names, addresses, dates of birth or email addresses) is collected on our website or through forms, this is always done on a voluntary basis.
Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g. communication by email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties cannot be guaranteed. We have implemented technical and organisational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or unauthorised access. Our security procedures are regularly reviewed and adapted to technological developments.
We only process personal data that we receive during your visit to our website or that you voluntarily provide to us through other means.
Hosting
Hosting provider: Worldsoft AG, Summelnweg 91, 8808 Pfäffikon SZ, Switzerland
General information & mandatory disclosures information about the data controller
The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:
HUBER Rechtsanwälte
Churerstrasse 24, P.O. Box 324
CH-8808 Pfäffikon SZ
+41 55 552 11 44
info@huber-anwaelte.ch
Data retention period
Unless specific retention periods are stated in this Privacy Policy, we store your personal data, where necessary, for the duration of the business relationship in accordance with statutory retention periods and documentation obligations, or for as long as a legitimate interest in processing the data continues to exist.
Legally required retention periods may also arise from civil or commercial law.
Legal basis for data processing
We process your personal data for the performance of contractual obligations (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR), based on your consent or registration (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), and, where applicable, to comply with legal obligations (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR).
We may also process your data to protect legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), including advertising, market research or opinion research, provided that you have not objected to such processing under Art. 21 GDPR.
Where you have expressly consented to the transfer of personal data to third countries, the processing is additionally based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR.
Your data protection rights
Withdrawal of consent to data processing / Right to object to data collection (Art. 21 GDPR) / Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority / Right to data portability / Right of access, rectification and erasure / Right to restriction of processing.
You have the following rights, among others:
- To verify whether and which personal data we hold about you and to obtain copies of such data.
- To request the correction, completion or deletion of personal data that is inaccurate or processed unlawfully.
- To request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
- Under certain circumstances, to object to the processing of your personal data or withdraw previously given consent.
- To request data portability.
- To obtain information about the identity of third parties to whom your personal data has been disclosed.
- To lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority responsible for your habitual residence, place of work or the location of the alleged infringement.
For these matters and any further questions regarding personal data, you may contact us at any time using the contact details provided above.
SSL or TLS encryption on the website
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential information, we use SSL or TLS encryption.
You can recognise an encrypted connection when the browser address changes from "http://" to "https://" and a padlock symbol appears in your browser's address bar.
When SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, data transmitted to us cannot be read by third parties during transmission.
Cookies & servers
Cookies
Our website uses cookies in certain areas. Cookies are small files that allow information relating to a user's device (PC, smartphone or similar device) to be stored.
Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses.
They serve to improve the user-friendliness of websites, for example by storing login information. They may also be used to collect statistical data about website usage and analyse it to improve our services.
Users can control the use of cookies.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". These are automatically deleted when you leave our website.
Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser when you visit our website again.
You can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are set, allow cookies only in individual cases, reject cookies in certain situations or generally, and automatically delete cookies when closing your browser.
Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of our website.
If third-party cookies or cookies for analytical purposes are used, we will inform you in this Privacy Policy or separately and, where necessary, request your consent.
Cookies used and their retention periods
Cookie
Purpose
Retention period
PHPSESSID
Session
2 hours
Vc
Statistics
30 days
wsw-logger-session-id
Statistics & session
2 hours
wbs_wdiget_session
Session / Forms
2 hours
Contact form, email, telephone, fax and chatbot
If you contact us by email or through other communication channels, we process the information you provide, including your contact details and any attached files, for the purpose of handling your enquiry.
This information is stored for three months in case of follow-up questions and is subsequently deleted, unless a contractual relationship arises, you request earlier deletion or you withdraw your consent to storage.
We do not share this information without your consent.
Registration on the website
Where personal data (such as names, addresses, dates of birth or email addresses) is collected through our website or forms, or where you register on our website, the provision of such information is always voluntary.
Data entered electronically or provided physically when contacting us, or collected during the initiation or performance of our business relationship, is used for the purposes of providing our services.
This generally includes:
- First and last name
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Other contact details
Social media
Our website integrates plugins from the social network Facebook, provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.
You can recognise Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the "Like" button on our website.
An overview of Facebook plugins is available at:
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/
When you visit our website, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and Facebook's servers.
Facebook thereby receives information that you have visited our website using your IP address.
If you click the Facebook "Like" button while logged into your Facebook account, you can link content from our website to your Facebook profile. Facebook may then associate your visit to our website with your user account.
As the website operator, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or how Facebook uses it.
Further information can be found in Facebook's Privacy Policy:
http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php
Data collected through this service is transferred to a third country (USA).
Your express consent constitutes the legal basis for this transfer in accordance with Art. 49(1)(a) in conjunction with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
Before obtaining your consent, we informed you that the USA currently does not provide a level of data protection equivalent to EU standards. For this reason, the European Court of Justice declared the "Privacy Shield" (adequacy decision under Art. 45 GDPR) invalid.
You may withdraw your consent to data processing at any time.
If you do not want Facebook to associate your visit to our website with your Facebook account, please log out of your Facebook account beforehand.
The agreement concluded with Facebook, under which we are responsible for providing data protection information and ensuring the privacy-compliant implementation of Facebook tools on our website, is available at:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum
Data transfers to the USA are based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.
Further information:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum
https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381
Our website integrates Instagram, a service provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.
If you are logged into your Instagram account, clicking the Instagram icon may allow you to link content from our website to your Instagram profile.
Instagram may thereby associate your visit to our website with your user account.
As the website operator, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or how Instagram uses it.
Further information can be found in Instagram's Privacy Policy:
http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/
Data collected through this service is transferred to a third country (USA).
Your express consent constitutes the legal basis for this transfer in accordance with Art. 49(1)(a) in conjunction with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
Before obtaining your consent, we informed you that the USA currently does not provide a level of data protection equivalent to EU standards. For this reason, the European Court of Justice declared the "Privacy Shield" (adequacy decision under Art. 45 GDPR) invalid.
You may withdraw your consent to data processing at any time.
The agreement concluded with Facebook regarding responsibility for data protection information and the privacy-compliant implementation of Facebook tools is available at:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum
Data transfers to the USA are based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.
Further information:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum
https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381
Our website integrates services provided by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.
When using the service, LinkedIn collects your IP address and, where applicable, additional information stored in cookies on your computer.
This information is used to provide us, as the operator of the LinkedIn pages, with statistical information about their usage.
Further information:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=hb_ft_priv
Data collected about you in this context is processed by LinkedIn Inc. and may be transferred to countries outside the European Union.
LinkedIn's data usage policies are available at:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
When accessing a LinkedIn page, the IP address assigned to your device is transmitted to LinkedIn.
According to LinkedIn, this IP address is anonymised and deleted after 90 days.
If you are currently logged into LinkedIn, a cookie containing your user identification is stored on your device.
This enables LinkedIn to determine that you visited the page and how you used it.
To prevent this, you should log out of LinkedIn, disable the "Stay signed in" function, delete the cookies stored on your device and restart your browser.
Data collected through this service may be transferred to a third country (USA).
Your express consent constitutes the legal basis for this transfer in accordance with Art. 49(1)(a) in conjunction with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
Before obtaining your consent, we informed you that the USA currently does not provide a level of data protection equivalent to EU standards. For this reason, the European Court of Justice declared the "Privacy Shield" (adequacy decision under Art. 45 GDPR) invalid.
You may withdraw your consent to data processing at any time.
Information on how to manage or delete data stored about you is available at:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Our website uses services provided by New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany ("Xing").
When using Xing, your personal data may be collected, transferred, stored, disclosed and used by New Work SE.
Regardless of your place of residence, this data may also be transferred to, stored and processed in third countries.
New Work SE may also process information you voluntarily provide, such as your name, username, email address and telephone number.
New Work SE may use analytics tools to evaluate this information. We have no influence over the use of such tools.
You can restrict the processing of your data through the general settings of your Xing account and under the "Privacy" section.
Data collected through this service may be transferred to third countries, such as the USA.
Your express consent constitutes the legal basis for this transfer in accordance with Art. 49(1)(a) in conjunction with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
Before obtaining your consent, we informed you that the USA currently does not provide a level of data protection equivalent to EU standards. For this reason, the European Court of Justice declared the "Privacy Shield" (adequacy decision under Art. 45 GDPR) invalid.
You may withdraw your consent to data processing at any time.
Further information is available in Xing's Privacy Policy:
https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung
Advertising & conversion tracking
Google analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files stored on your computer that enable an analysis of how you use our website.
Information generated by the cookies about your use of this website is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA.
Further information about how Google Analytics handles user data is available in Google's Privacy Policy:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de
Data collected through this service is transferred to a third country (USA).
Your express consent constitutes the legal basis for this transfer in accordance with Art. 49(1)(a) in conjunction with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
Before obtaining your consent, we informed you that the USA currently does not provide a level of data protection equivalent to EU standards. For this reason, the European Court of Justice declared the "Privacy Shield" (adequacy decision under Art. 45 GDPR) invalid.
Browser plugin to opt out of data processing
You can prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting your browser settings. However, please note that doing so may prevent you from using all the functions of this website to their full extent.
You can also prevent Google from collecting data generated by cookies relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
Data processing agreement
We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google and fully comply with the strict requirements of the data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.
IP anonymisation
We use the "IP anonymisation" function on this website.
This means that Google truncates your IP address within member states of the European Union or other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there.
On behalf of the website operator, Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and provide other services relating to website and internet usage.
The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data.
By using this website, users consent to the processing of data collected about them by Google in the manner and for the purposes described above.
Data transfers to Google in the USA are based on the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.
Details are available at:
https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/
https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/
Further information can be found in Google's Privacy Policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
Newsletter & video
Google fonts
Our website uses Google Fonts, a service provided by Google Inc., 600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
The purpose of this service is to provide the fonts required by your web browser to display the website correctly.
This data is processed only for the period necessary to select and deliver the fonts.
The individual fonts are stored on the servers of our technical service provider.
The legal basis for data processing is our legitimate interest in the technical provision and delivery of our website in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Where Google Fonts carries out additional independent data processing, Google is solely responsible for such processing.
Data collected through this service may be transferred to a third country (USA).
Your express consent additionally constitutes the legal basis for this transfer in accordance with Art. 49(1)(a) in conjunction with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
Before obtaining your consent, we informed you that the USA currently does not provide a level of data protection equivalent to EU standards. For this reason, the European Court of Justice declared the "Privacy Shield" (adequacy decision under Art. 45 GDPR) invalid.
Further information and Google's Privacy Policy are available at:
https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
Google maps
Our website uses Google Maps, a mapping service provided by Google Inc., 600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address.
This information is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA.
The operator of this website has no influence over this data transfer.
When Google Maps is activated, Google may use Google Web Fonts to ensure the consistent display of fonts.
When you access Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache to display text and fonts correctly.
Google Maps is used to provide an attractive presentation of our online services and make it easier to find the locations specified on our website.
This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Data collected through this service is transferred to a third country (USA).
Your express consent additionally constitutes the legal basis for this transfer in accordance with Art. 49(1)(a) in conjunction with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
Before obtaining your consent, we informed you that the USA currently does not provide a level of data protection equivalent to EU standards. For this reason, the European Court of Justice declared the "Privacy Shield" (adequacy decision under Art. 45 GDPR) invalid.
Data transfers to the USA are based on the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.
Details are available at:
https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/
https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/
Further information about how Google handles user data is available in Google's Privacy Policy: