Data protection

 

Scope

This data protection declaration informs users about the nature, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by the provider responsible (waldstudio.ch, Waldstudio GmbH, Karin Hilfiker, Looserstrasse 1, 3084 Wabern, info@waldstudio.ch, tel. +41 77 483 90 50) on this website (hereinafter referred to as “Offer”). The Offer of waldstudio.ch, Waldstudio GmbH is intended for users in Switzerland and unless otherwise stated, we comply with the requirements of the Swiss Data Protection Act.

 

Access data/ server log files

The provider collects data on each access to the Offer (so-called server log files). The access data includesthe name of the website accessed, file, the date and time of access, the amount of data transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user's operating system, the referrer URL (the previously visited page), the IP address and the requesting provider.

The provider uses the log data for statistical evaluations for the purpose of the operation, security, and optimisation of the Offer only. However, the provider reserves the right to check the log data retrospectively if there is justified suspicion of unlawful use based on specific indications.

 

Contact

When contacting the provider (for example via the contact form or e-mail), the user's details are stored for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event that follow-up questions arise, andthey are deleted after 90 days.

 

Integration of third-party services and content

It may be the case that third-party content, such as videos from YouTube, maps from Google Maps, RSS feeds or graphics from other websites, are integrated within this online Offer. This always assumes that the providers of this content (hereinafter referred to as “Third-party Providers”) are aware of the IP address of the user. Without the IP address, they could not send the content to the browser of the respective user. The IP address is therefore necessary for the presentation of this content. We endeavour to only use content where the respective providers use the IP address exclusively to deliver the content. However, we have no influence on Third-party Providers storing the IP address, for example, for statistical purposes. Insofar as this is known to us, we inform users of this.

 

Use of personal data

It is possible to use our website without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data are collected on our pages, this is always done on a voluntary basis. These data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.

Communication by e-mail on the Web may in general be prone to gaps in security. Complete protection of data against access by third parties (e.g. the NSA) is not possible.

It is hereby expressly prohibited for third parties to use contact data published as part of the obligation to provide legal information for the purpose of sending advertising and literature that has not been expressly requested. We reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information (e.g. spam mails).

 

Use of Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files saved on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity, and providing other services relating to website activity and Internet usage to the website operator.

The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser.However, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use all the features of this website. In addition, you can prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en).

You can prevent the collection by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set, which will prevent the future collection of your data when visiting this website: deactivate Google Analytics

For more information on the terms of use and data protection, please visit https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/gb/or https://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/. We would like to point out that the code "anonymizeIp" has been added to Google Analytics on this website to ensure anonymised collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).

 

Use of the advertising functions of Google Analytics

In addition to the standard Google Analytics configuration, this website also uses Google Analytics features that support interest-based advertising and advertising based on users’ surfing behaviour. Google Analytics uses a third-party cookie from DoubleClick to analyse data about users’ surfing behaviour on various websites. With the help of these data, statistical statements can be made about demographic data and areas of interest of website users.

We would like to expressly point out that we cannot view data on individual users and we are not able to trace the statistical data we use back to specific users.

Some of our website visitors will be shown our advertisements on other websites after their visit. This form of ad placement is called remarketing or retargeting. If you wish to optout of these ads beingfeatured, we recommend that you use one of the options listed above to optout of website tracking by website users. Google also offers you the option of controlling cookies for ad preferences yourself: www.google.de/intl/en/policies/technologies/ads/.

We use Google Analytics to analyse data from AdWords and the DoubleClick cookie. If you do not want this, you can deactivate it via the ads preferences manager (https://adssettings.google.com/anonymous?hl=en).