DATA PROTECTION | annikaritter.ch

Privacy Statement

With this privacy statement, we provide you with information about which personal data we process in connection with our activities and operations, including our annikaritter.ch website. In particular, we provide information about why, how and where we process personal data. We also provide information about the rights of individuals whose data we process.

Additional privacy statements and other legal documents such as general terms and conditions (GTC), terms of use or conditions of participation may apply to individual or additional activities and operations.

We are subject to Swiss Data Privacy Law as well as any applicable foreign data privacy law, in particular that of the European Union (EU) with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The European Commission recognises that Swiss Data Protection Law guarantees adequate data protection.

1. Contact addresses

Responsibility for the processing of personal data:

Annika Viktoria Ritter
Wiedingstrasse 3
8055 Zurich
Switzerland

info@annikaritter.ch

We will indicate, if in individual cases other persons are responsible for the processing of personal data.

2. Terms and legal bases

2.1 Definitions

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. A data subject is a person about whom we process personal data.

Processing includes any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, for example the retrieval, comparison, adaptation, archiving, storage, reading, disclosure, procurement, collection, recording, deletion, disclosure, organisation, storage, modification, dissemination, interlinking, destruction and use of personal data.

The European Economic Area (EEA) comprises the member states of the European Union (EU) as well as the Principality of Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) refers to the processing of personal data as the processing of personal data.

2.2 Legal basis

We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law, in particular the Federal Act on Data Protection (Data Protection Act, DPA) and the Ordinance on Data Protection (Data Protection Ordinance, DPO).

If and insofar as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable, we process personal data in accordance with at least one of the following legal bases:

Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a contract with the data subject and for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data in order to protect the legitimate interests of us or third parties, unless the fundamental freedoms and rights and interests of the data subject prevail. Legitimate interests are, in particular, our interest in being able to carry out our activities and operations in a permanent, user-friendly, secure and reliable manner and to communicate about them, to ensure information security, to protect against misuse, to enforce our own legal claims and to comply with Swiss law.
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data to fulfil a legal obligation to which we are subject under any applicable law of member states in the European Economic Area (EEA).
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR for the processing of personal data with the consent of the data subject.
Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. d GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person.

3. Type, scope and purpose

We process the personal data necessary to carry out our activities and operations in a permanent, user-friendly, secure and reliable manner. Such personal data may fall into the categories of inventory and contact data, browser and device data, content data, meta or marginal data and usage data, location data, sales data as well as contract and payment data.

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We process personal data for as long as is necessary for the purpose(s) or as required by law. Personal data that no longer needs to be processed will be anonymised or deleted.

We may have personal data processed by third parties. We may process personal data jointly with third parties or transfer it to third parties. Such third parties are, in particular, specialised providers whose services we use. We also guarantee data protection for such third parties.

We only process personal data with the consent of the data subject. If and to the extent that processing is permitted for other legal reasons, we may refrain from obtaining consent. For example, we may process personal data without consent in order to fulfil a contract, to comply with legal obligations or to protect overriding interests.

We also process personal data that we receive from third parties, that we obtain from publicly available sources or that we collect in the course of our activities and operations, if and to the extent that such processing is permitted by law.

4. Communication

We process data in order to communicate with third parties. In particular, we process data that a data subject provides when contacting us, for example by post or email. We may store such information in an address book or similar tool.

Third parties who transmit data about other persons are obliged to guarantee data protection for such data subjects. To this end, the accuracy of the personal data transmitted must be ensured, among other things.

We use selected services from suitable providers in order to be able to communicate better with third parties.

We use in particular:

Wix CRM: Customer Relationship Management (CRM); Provider: Wix; Wix CRM-specific information: «Wix CRM».

5. Data Security

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure data security commensurate with the risk. In particular, our measures ensure the confidentiality, availability, traceability and integrity of the personal data processed, although we cannot guarantee absolute data security.

Our website and other online sites are accessed using transport encryption (SSL / TLS, specifically Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, or HTTPS). Most browsers indicate transport encryption with a small padlock in the address bar.

Our digital communications - like all digital communications - are subject to mass surveillance without cause or suspicion by security authorities in Switzerland, the rest of Europe, the United States of America (USA) and other countries. We have no direct control over the processing of personal data by secret services, police forces and other security authorities. We also cannot rule out the possibility that individual data subjects may be subject to targeted surveillance.

6. Personal data abroad

We generally process personal data in Switzerland and the European Economic Area (EEA). However, we may export or transfer personal data to other countries, in particular to process or have processed personal data there.

We may export personal data to all states and territories on earth and elsewhere in the universe, provided that the law there guarantees adequate data protection in accordance with the decision of the Swiss Federal Council - if and insofar as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable - in accordance with the decision of the European Commission adequate data protection is guaranteed.

We may transfer personal data to countries whose laws do not guarantee adequate data protection, provided that data protection is guaranteed for other reasons, in particular on the basis of standard data protection clauses or with other suitable guarantees. Exceptionally, we may export personal data to countries without adequate or appropriate data protection if the special requirements under data protection law are met, for example the express consent of the data subjects or a direct connection with the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract. We will be happy to provide data subjects with information about any guarantees or provide a copy of any guarantees upon request.

7. Rights of data subjects

7.1 Data Protection Claims

We are subject to all claims by data subjects under applicable data protection laws. In particular, data subjects have the following rights:

Information: Data subjects may request information about whether we are processing personal data about them and, if so, what personal data we are processing. Data subjects will also receive the information necessary to exercise their data protection claims and to ensure transparency. This includes the personal data processed as such, but also, among other things, information on the purpose of the processing, the duration of storage, any disclosure or export of data to other countries and the origin of the personal data.
Correction and restriction: Data subjects may have incorrect personal data corrected, incomplete data completed and the processing of their data restricted.
Deletation and objection: Data subjects may have their personal data deleted ("right to be forgotten") and object to the processing of their data with effect for the future.
Data release and transfer: Data subjects may request the release of their personal data or the transfer of their data to another person responsible.

We may suspend, restrict or deny the exercise of data subjects' rights to the extent permitted by law. We may inform data subjects of any requirements they must meet in order to exercise their data protection rights. For example, we may refuse to provide information in whole or in part with reference to trade secrets or the protection of others. For example, we may refuse to delete all or part of personal data with reference to legal retention requirements.

In exceptional circumstances, we may charge a fee for exercising these rights. We will inform data subjects of any costs in advance.

We are obliged to take reasonable steps to identify data subjects who request information or assert other rights. Data subjects are obliged to cooperate.

7.2 Legal protection

Data subjects have the right to enforce their data protection claims through legal recourse or to file a report or complaint with a responsible data protection supervisory authority.

The data protection supervisory authority for complaints by data subjects against private controllers and federal bodies in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).

Possible data protection supervisory authorities for complaints from data subjects - if and insofar as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable - are organised as members of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB). In some Member States in the European Economic Area (EEA), the data protection supervisory authorities are organised on a federal basis, particularly in Germany

8. Use of the website

8.1 Cookies

We may use cookies. Cookies - both our own cookies (first-party cookies) and cookies from third parties whose services we use (third-party cookies) - are data that are stored in the browser. Such stored data need not be limited to traditional text cookies.

Cookies can be stored temporarily in the browser as "session cookies" or for a certain period of time as "permanent cookies". "Session cookies are automatically deleted when the browser is closed. Persistent cookies are stored for a specific period of time. In particular, cookies make it possible to recognise a browser the next time it visits our website and thus, for example, to measure the reach of our website. Persistent cookies can also be used for online marketing purposes.

Cookies can be fully or partially disabled and deleted at any time in your browser settings. Without cookies, our website may not be fully available. We actively seek your express consent to the use of cookies - at least when and to the extent necessary.

For cookies used to measure success and reach or for advertising, a general opt-out is available for many services through AdChoices (Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada), the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), YourAdChoices (Digital Advertising Alliance) or Your Online Choices (European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance, EDAA).

8.2 Logging

For each access to our website and our other online presence, we may log at least the following information, provided that it is transmitted to our digital infrastructure during such access: date and time including time zone, IP address, access status (HTTP status code), operating system including user interface and version, browser including language and version, individual subpage of our website accessed including the amount of data transferred, website last accessed in the same browser window (referrer).

We log such information, which may include personal information, in log files. The information is necessary to provide our online presence in a durable, user-friendly and reliable manner. The information is also necessary to ensure data security, including by third parties or with the assistance of third parties.

8.3 Tracking pixels

We can integrate tracking pixels into our online presence. Tracking pixels are also known as web beacons. Tracking pixels - including those from third parties whose services we use - are usually small, invisible images or scripts written in JavaScript that are automatically retrieved when our online presence is accessed. Tracking pixels can be used to collect at least the same information as log files.

9. Social Media

We are present on social media platforms and other online platforms in order to communicate with interested parties and to provide information about our activities and operations. In connection with such platforms, personal data may also be processed outside Switzerland and the European Economic Area (EEA).

The general terms and conditions (GTC) and terms of use as well as data protection declarations and other provisions of the individual operators of such platforms also apply in each case. In particular, these provisions provide information about the rights of data subjects directly vis-à-vis the respective platform, including, for example, the right of access.

We are jointly responsible with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Ireland) for our social media presence on Facebook, including the so-called Page Insights - if and to the extent that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable. Meta Platforms Ireland Limited is part of the Meta companies (including in the USA). Page Insights provide information about how visitors interact with our Facebook presence. We use Page Insights to provide our social media presence on Facebook in an effective and user-friendly way.

Further information on the type, scope and purpose of data processing, information on the rights of data subjects and the contact details of Facebook and Facebook's data protection officer can be found in Facebook's privacy statement. We have concluded the so-called «Controller Addendum» with Facebook and thus agreed in particular that Facebook is responsible for guaranteeing the rights of data subjects. For the so-called Page Insights, the corresponding information can be found on the page «Information on Page Insights» including «Information on Page Insights data».

10. Third party services

We use services from specialised third parties in order to be able to carry out our activities and operations in a permanent, user-friendly, secure and reliable manner. We can use such services to embed functions and content in our website, among other things. In the case of such embedding, the services used collect the IP addresses of users at least temporarily for technically compelling reasons.

For necessary security, statistical and technical purposes, third parties whose services we use may process data in connection with our activities and operations in aggregated, anonymised or pseudonymised form. This is, for example, performance or usage data in order to be able to offer the respective service.

10.1 Digital infrastructure

We use the services of specialised third parties in order to be able to use the necessary digital infrastructure in connection with our activities and operations. These include, for example, hosting and storage services from selected providers.

We use in particular:

Wix: Website Builder and Other Infrastructure; Service Provider: Wix.com Ltd. (Israel) together with Wix.com Ltd. (USA) / Wix.com Inc. (USA) / Wix.com Luxembourg S.à r.l. (Luxembourg); Data protection information: Privacy statement, «Data protection & Security», «Wix Help Centre ‹Data protection›» including Cookie Policy

10.2 Audio and video conferences
We use specialised audio and video conferencing services to communicate online. For example, we may use them to hold virtual meetings or conduct online classes and webinars. Participation in audio and video conferencing is also governed by the legal texts of the individual services, such as privacy statements and terms of use.

Depending on your life situation, we recommend muting the microphone by default when taking part in audio or video conferences and blurring the background or displaying a virtual background.

We use in particular:

Zoom: Video conferencing; Service provider: Zoom Video Communications Inc. (USA); Data protection information: Privacy Statement, «Data protection at Zoom», «Legal Compliance Center».

10.3 E-commerce

We operate in e-commerce and use third party services to successfully offer services, content or goods.

In particular, we use:

Wix eCommerce: e-commerce platform; Provider: Wix; Wix eCommerce specific information: «About Wix Stores», «Selling with Wix».

10.4 Payments

We use specialised service providers to process our customers' payments securely and reliably. The legal texts of the individual service providers, such as general terms and conditions (GTC) or privacy statement, also apply to the processing of payments.

In particular, we use

Wix Payments: Processing online payments; Provider: Wix; Wix Payments specific information: «About Wix Payments».

11. Success and reach measurement

We seek to understand how our online offering is being used. We may do this by, for example, measuring the success and reach of our activities and operations and the effect of third party links to our website. We may also, for example, test and compare how different parts or versions of our online offering are used ("A/B testing"). Based on the results of the success and reach measurements, we may, in particular, correct errors, strengthen popular content or make improvements to our online offering.

In most cases, the IP adrdesses of individual users are stored in order to measure success and reach. In this case, IP addresses are generally shortened ("IP masking") in order to comply with the principle of data minimisation through the corresponding pseudonymisation.

Cookies may be used to measure success and reach and user profiles may be created. Any user profiles created include, for example, the individual pages visited or content viewed on our website, information on the size of the screen or browser window and the - at least approximate - location. In principle, any user profiles are created exclusively in pseudonymised form and are not used to identify individual users. Individual third-party services with which users are registered may be able to assign the use of our online offering to the user account or user profile with the respective service.

12. Final provision

We may amend and supplement this privacy statement at any time. We will inform you of such amendments and additions in an appropriate form, in particular by publishing the current privacy statement on our website.