Privacy policy of F. Uhlmann-Eyraud SA

Data privacy and data security are important for F. Uhlmann-Eyraud SA ("Uhlmann Eyraud"; "we"). We process your personal data responsibly, in compliance with applicable statutory provisions and in accordance with this privacy policy.

Content of this privacy policy
We inform you below about how personal data is recorded and processed whenever you visit our website at www.uhlmann.ch or www.uhlmann-eyraud.ch ("website") or social media sites, contact us or make use of our services.

Controller for data processing
Uhlmann Eyraud is responsible for the data processing described in this privacy policy.

In the event of questions or if you would like to exercise your rights as the data subject in relation to data privacy law, please contact us at datenschutz@uhlmann.ch or write to: 
F. Uhlmann-Eyraud SA, Ateliergasse 1, 5600 Lenzburg.

We record the data supplied to us as follows:

• if you contact us
• if you order goods
• if you apply for a job

This includes general personal data, e.g. name and contact details, as well as any details on your position or role within the organisation on whose behalf you contact us.

If you order chargeable goods, we will also ask for your financial details, e.g. your preferred payment method and the billing address.

We also process personal data that we receive from third parties. This regularly includes personal data that we receive in the correspondence or in discussions with customers or business partners, e.g. your name, details regarding your role, etc. as an employee of the customer or business partner.

Provisioning and use of our website

Use to obtain information
You can obtain information on the website about Uhlmann Eyraud and our range of services without telling us who you are. As with any connection to a web server, the server on which we host the website automatically logs and stores certain technical data and stores that data for a short period. This includes the IP address and the operating system of your device, the date and time of use, as well as the type of browser on which you access the website.

Web analysis
We use web analysis services (currently Google Analytics) to analyse the use of the website and obtain information so we can optimise the website. The web analysis services used by us record and store usage data by using cookies. The requesting IP addresses are shortened before they are transferred to a server outside Switzerland/EU/EEA. We therefore do not transfer any personal data to the provider of the web analysis services outside Switzerland.

Social plug-ins
The social plug-ins used on the website enable us to recommend and share our content on social networks. You can recognise the social plug-ins on the website on the basis of the logos of the particular social network. If you interact with the social plug-in, data is sent to the particular provider of the social network.

Note regarding the use of cookies
We use cookies, tags and similar technologies on the website to provide you with the best possible user experience and to help us to improve the website. Cookies are text files that are downloaded onto your computer or your mobile device whenever you visit a website or use an app. Some of the cookies used by us are necessary to provide certain functions on the website. In addition, we use cookies to analyse the use of the website and obtain information so we can optimise the website. You can instruct your browser to reject all cookies or ask you before setting a cookie. You can also delete cookies on your device by using the corresponding function on your browser.

Use of social media sites
On our sites on social media you will find posts on current developments at Uhlmann Eyraud and on our range of services. The providers of the social media record and analyse usage data such as the number of visits and demographic information on the visitors to our corporate sites. We receive analysis created by the providers of the social media based on this usage data. This analysis includes only aggregated data or data that has been sufficiently anonymized in another way. Only the particular provider can identify you on the basis of the recorded usage data. Please therefore refer to the privacy information for the provider in question.

Use of the newsletter
If you sign up for our newsletter, we record the information you supplied to us. This includes general personal details such as first name, last name and e-mail address. You can notify us at any time that you no longer wish to receive our newsletter in future. To do this, please use the unsubscribe link at the end of the newsletter.

For what purposes do we process your personal data and on what basis
We primarily process your personal data to inform you about our range of services and provide, document and bill our services in accordance with our contractual and statutory obligations.

We also process your personal data for the following purposes:

• Answering your enquiries and communicating with you
• Processing your orders
• Answering job applications
• Providing the website
• Analysing and optimising the use of the website
• Optimising our posts on our corporate social media sites
• Information on new developments at Uhlmann Eyraud and about new services (e.g. through our newsletter; you can notify us at any time that you no longer wish to receive this information in future)
• Fulfilment of statutory obligations
• Enforcement of legal claims

We have a legitimate interest in relation to the aforementioned purposes to process your personal data. Certain processing is also necessary so that we can fulfil our contractual obligations to you or our statutory obligations (e.g. retention obligations). On this basis we process your personal data if and to the extent that applicable privacy law requires a legal basis or legal justification to ensure the lawfulness of the data processing generally or for specific processing activities.

How we store and protect your personal data
We store your personal data only to the extent and for as long as this is necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this privacy policy or to fulfil statutory obligations.

To maintain the integrity and confidentiality of the personal data, we take appropriate technical and organisational measures. In accordance with our risk assessment, we implement in particular entry checks, access checks and procedures for regularly verifying, assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of the measures.

Place of processing
We store and process your personal data only in Switzerland.

Your rights in relation to your personal data  

• The right to obtain information on which personal data we store on you and how we process this data
• The right to surrender or transfer a copy of your personal data in a common format
• The right to correct your personal data
• The right to delete your personal data and
• The right to object to the processing of your personal data

Please note that statutory requirements and exceptions apply to these rights. To the extent permitted by law, we may reject your request to exercise these rights. You also have the right to submit a complaint to the responsible data privacy supervisory authority.

How we can change this privacy policy
We reserve the right to update this privacy policy from time to time, especially if we change our data processing and if new legal regulations come into force. The version provided on our website shall be valid.