Applicability
Peter Watches and Optics AG provides these data protection policies, which outline the company’s practices regarding the collection and sharing of personal data. These data protection policies apply to the website Peterstones.ch. By accessing the Peterstones.ch website, you agree to the collection and use of your personal data as described in these data protection policies.
We are committed to handling your personal data responsibly. Therefore, we consider it natural to comply with the legal requirements of the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (DSG), the Ordinance to the Federal Act on Data Protection (VDSG), the Telecommunications Act (FMG), and other provisions of Swiss data protection law. Regarding personal data of users from the European Union, we will also comply with the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
Please note that the information contained herein may be reviewed and amended from time to time. Therefore, we recommend that you regularly review these data protection policies. The data processed and the manner in which it is used depend primarily on the agreed services. The German version of these data protection policies is the sole binding version.
These data protection policies are an integral part of the terms of use, which you can find here.
While you visit our website or are redirected to our website, we collect and use your personal data to the following extent and for the following purposes:
Providing the Website and Creating Log Files
Each time the website is accessed, our system automatically records data and information from the computer system of the calling computer. In this context, the following data, each technically anonymized, is collected in particular:
– Information about the browser type and version used
– The user’s operating system
– The user’s internet service provider
– The user’s IP address
– Date and time of access
– Websites from which the user’s system accesses our website
– Websites accessed by the user’s system through our website
The data is also stored in the log files of our system or by third parties. There is no storage of this data together with other personal data of the user.
Registration
On our website, we offer users the possibility to register by providing personal data. The data entered in an input mask is transmitted to us and stored. As part of the registration process, the user’s consent to the processing of this data is obtained, and reference is made to these data protection policies.
Contact Form, Reservation Function, and Email Contact
Our website includes a contact form that can be used for electronic contact. If a user avails of this opportunity, the data entered in the input mask is transmitted to us and stored. Consent to the processing of the data is obtained during the sending process, and reference is made to these data protection policies. Alternatively, contact can be made using the provided email address or the “Reservation Function” service. In this case, the user’s personal data transmitted via email or according to the input mask will be stored. The email communication takes place without encryption. The risk remains with the user.
Use of Cookies
The website uses cookies. Our interest in optimizing our website is to be considered legitimate. Cookies are text files that are stored in the internet browser or by the internet browser on the user’s computer system. The use of cookies is intended to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you.
We use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website or that you have already logged into your customer account. Furthermore, we also use temporary cookies for the purpose of user-friendliness, which are stored on your end device for a specific, defined period. If you visit our website again to use our services, it will be automatically recognized that you have already been with us and what entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.
On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you and to display information specifically tailored to you. These cookies enable us to automatically recognize, on a return visit to our website, that you have already been with us. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined time.
The personal data of users collected in this way is pseudonymized by technical precautions. Therefore, an assignment of the data to the calling user is no longer possible for us. The data is not stored together with other personal data of the users. When accessing the website, users are informed via an info banner about the use of cookies for analysis purposes and referred to these data protection policies. In this context, there is also an indication of how the storage of cookies can be prevented. If you block cookies, it may not be possible to fully use all functions of our website.
By using our website and consenting to receive marketing emails, you agree to the use of these techniques. If you do not wish to do so, you must adjust your browser or email program accordingly.
Google Analytics and Other Statistics Services
We use Google Analytics or comparable services on our website. This is a service provided by third parties, which can be located in any country in the world. For this purpose, permanent cookies are also used, which are set by the service provider. The service provider does not receive any personal data from us but can track your use of the website and combine this information with data from other websites you have visited and which are also tracked by the service provider. The service provider can use this information for its own purposes (e.g., control of advertising). If you have registered with the service provider yourself, the service provider also knows you. The processing of your personal data by the service provider is then the responsibility of the service provider according to its data protection declaration. The service provider only informs us about how our respective website is used (no information about you personally).
Social Media
We also use so-called plug-ins from social networks such as Facebook, Google+, and Instagram on our website. This can be seen by the respective buttons/symbols. We have configured these elements to be deactivated by default. If you activate them by clicking on them, the operators of the respective social networks can register that you are on our website and where and can use this information for their purposes. The processing of your personal data is then the responsibility of this operator according to its data protection declaration. We do not receive any information about you from them.
Fulfillment of Contractual Obligations
We process personal data in accordance with the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation and the Swiss Data Protection Act.
Data processing is carried out in the context of the execution of our contracts with our customers or for the execution of pre-contractual measures taken at the request of the customer. The purposes of data processing are primarily determined by the specific product or service we provide. The personal data collected in this way is used, for example, for the entire handling of your purchase, including any subsequent warranty cases, technical administration, etc.
In the Context of Balancing Interests
To the extent necessary, we process your data beyond the actual fulfillment of the contract to safeguard our legitimate interests or those of third parties. Examples:
– Consultation with and data exchange with credit agencies and other third parties (e.g., debt collection register, credit reports)
– Examination and optimization of procedures for needs analysis for the purpose of direct customer approach
– Advertising or market and opinion research
– Assertion of legal claims
and defense in legal disputes
– Ensuring IT security and IT operations
– Prevention and investigation of criminal offenses
– Measures for business management and further development of services and products as well as our website
– In addition, we collect personal data from publicly accessible sources for the purpose of customer acquisition.
Based on Your Consent
If you have given us your consent to the processing of personal data for specific purposes, the lawfulness of this processing is based on your consent unless we have other legal grounds. A given consent can be revoked at any time.
Storage of Your Personal Data
We store your data only as long as it is necessary to use the tracking services within the scope of our legitimate interest and to perform the services you requested or to which you have given your consent.
We also process and store your data as long as it is necessary to fulfill our contractual and legal obligations. Please note that certain data must be kept for a certain period of time according to the law. We block this data in our system and use it solely to fulfill legal requirements.
Disclosure of Data to Third Parties
We only disclose your data to third parties if you have consented to this, if we are otherwise legally entitled to do so, or if this is necessary to assert our rights. Your personal data may also be disclosed to third parties who act for us or on our behalf, so that they may process the data in accordance with the purpose(s) for which the data was originally collected or for other legally permissible purposes, such as providing services, evaluating this website, for marketing purposes, data management, or technical support. These third parties have contractually committed themselves to us to use personal data only for the agreed purposes, not to sell it to other third parties, and not to disclose it to further third parties unless required by law, permitted by us, or described in these data protection policies.
Personal data collected by you can also be forwarded to third parties if the business is wholly or partially sold, assigned, or transferred, including the associated customer data. In this case, we would require the buyer, assignee, or transferee to treat personal data in accordance with these data protection policies. Personal data may also be disclosed to third parties if we are required to do so by law, court order, or official regulations, or if this is necessary to support criminal or legal investigations or other legal proceedings or investigations in or outside the country.
Transmission of Personal Data Abroad
We are authorized to transmit your data to third-party companies abroad if this is necessary for the execution of your orders, if it is legally permissible, or if you have given your consent. If the level of data protection is considered inappropriate for Swiss conditions or in terms of the EU General Data Protection Regulation in a country, we ensure, with the help of a contract, that your personal data is always protected according to Swiss guidelines or the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
Security
We use appropriate technical and organizational security measures that appear to be appropriate to us to protect your data stored by us from manipulation, partial or complete loss, and unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously adapted to technological developments. The personal data is transmitted encrypted. Absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. However, systems are protected against loss, destruction, access, modification, or processing of personal data by technical and organizational measures.
Choices and Rights of Data Subjects
When using the website, you have several options. You can choose not to provide any personal data by not filling out any relevant forms or data fields on our website and not using any of the available personalized services. If you choose to provide personal data, you have, if provided by applicable law, the right to information, correction, restriction, deletion, data portability, and objection to your personal data.
Right to Information
You can request confirmation from the data controller as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us.
You have the right to request information as to whether the personal data concerning you is being transferred to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you may request to be informed about the appropriate guarantees in connection with the transfer.
Right to Deletion
You can request the data controller to delete the personal data concerning you immediately, and the data controller is obliged to delete this data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:
– The personal data concerning you is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
– You revoke your consent, on which the processing was based, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
– You object to the processing, and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing.
– The personal data concerning you has been processed unlawfully.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to the data controller in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another data controller without hindrance from the data controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that:
– the processing is based on consent or a contract and
– the processing is carried out using automated procedures.
Right to Object
You have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you. The data controller will no longer process the personal data concerning you, unless he can demonstrate compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.
Right to Withdraw Consent to the Data Protection Declaration
You have the right to withdraw your declaration of consent to data processing at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on the consent until the withdrawal.
Contact Address
If you wish to contact us regarding our use of your personal data or to object to the processing of your personal data, please send us an email to info@peteruhren.ch or contact us by post.
Advice for Children and Parents
This website is aimed at an adult audience. Minors, especially children under 13 years of age, are not allowed to transmit personal data about themselves to us or to register for a service. If we become aware that such data has been transmitted to us, it will be deleted from our database. The parents (or legal representative) of the child can contact us and request deletion or deregistration. For this purpose, we require a copy of an official document identifying you as the parent or legal guardian.
