With this Privacy Policy, we inform about the processing of personal data in connection with our activities and operations including our website under the domain name
For individual or additional activities and operations, we may publish further privacy policies or other information on data protection.
We are subject to Swiss law as well as any applicable foreign law, such as in particular that of the European Union (EU) with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The European Commission recognized by Decision of July 26, 2000, that Swiss data protection law ensures adequate data protection. With its report of January 15, 2024, the European Commission confirmed this adequacy decision.
Responsible in the sense of data protection law is:
Alteme Licht AG
Gysulastrasse 21
CH-5000 Aarau
Switzerland
In individual cases, third parties may be responsible for the processing of personal data, or there may be joint responsibility with third parties. We are happy to provide affected persons with information on the respective responsibility upon request.
We have the following data protection representation according to Art. 27 GDPR:
Alteme Licht AG
Otto-Heilmann-Strasse 18A
DE-82031 Grünwald
The data protection representation serves as an additional point of contact for affected persons and authorities in the European Union (EU) and the rest of the European Economic Area (EEA) for inquiries related to the GDPR.
Data subject: Natural person about whom we process personal data.
Personal data: All information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Special categories of personal data: Data on trade union, political, religious or philosophical views and activities, data on health, the private sphere or ethnic or racial origin, genetic data, biometric data that uniquely identify a natural person, data on criminal and administrative sanctions or prosecutions, and data on social assistance measures.
Processing: Any handling of personal data, irrespective of the means and procedures used, for example, querying, matching, adapting, archiving, storing, retrieving, disclosing, procuring, recording, collecting, deleting, revealing, ordering, organizing, saving, altering, disseminating, linking, destroying, and using personal data.
European Economic Area (EEA): Member States of the European Union (EU) as well as the Principality of Liechtenstein, Iceland, and Norway.
We process personal data in accordance with Swiss law, in particular the Federal Act on Data Protection (Data Protection Act, DPA) and the Ordinance on Data Protection (Data Protection Ordinance, DPO).
We process – if and to the extent the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable – personal data according to at least one of the following legal bases:
The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) refers to the processing of personal data as processing of personal data and the processing of special categories of personal data as processing of special categories of personal data (Art. 9 GDPR).
We process those personal data that are necessary to be able to carry out our activities and operations permanently, in a user-friendly, secure, and reliable manner. The processed personal data can fall into categories such as browser and device data, content data, communication data, metadata, usage data, master data including inventory and contact data, location data, transaction data, contract data, and payment data. The personal data may also constitute special categories of personal data.
We also process personal data that we receive from third parties, procure from publicly accessible sources, or collect in the course of our activities and operations, insofar as such processing is permissible.
We process personal data, where necessary, with the consent of the data subjects. In many cases, we can process personal data without consent, for example, to fulfill legal obligations or to protect overriding interests. We may also request consent from data subjects if their consent is not required.
We process personal data for the duration necessary for the respective purpose. We anonymize or delete personal data, in particular, depending on statutory retention and limitation periods.
We may disclose personal data to third parties, have it processed by third parties, or process it jointly with third parties. Such third parties are, in particular, specialized providers whose services we use.
For example, we may disclose personal data to banks and other financial service providers, authorities, educational and research institutions, consultants and lawyers, interest groups, IT service providers, cooperation partners, credit and business information agencies, logistics and shipping companies, marketing and advertising agencies, media, organizations and associations, social institutions, telecommunications companies, insurance companies, and payment service providers.
We process personal data in order to communicate with individual persons as well as with authorities, organizations, and companies. In doing so, we particularly process data that a data subject transmits to us when contacting us, for example, by letter post or email. We may store such data in an address book or similar tools.
Third parties who transmit data about other persons to us are obliged to independently ensure the data protection of these data subjects. In particular, they must ensure that such data is correct and may be transmitted.
We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure data security appropriate to the respective risk. With our measures, we particularly ensure the confidentiality, availability, traceability, and integrity of the processed personal data, without, however, being able to guarantee absolute data security.
Access to our website and our other digital presence takes place using transport encryption (SSL / TLS, especially with the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, abbreviated HTTPS). Most browsers warn against visiting a website without transport encryption.
Our digital communication is subject – like basically all digital communication – 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 cannot exert direct influence on the corresponding processing of personal data by secret services, police forces, and other security authorities. We also cannot rule out that a data subject is specifically monitored.
We generally process personal data in Switzerland and the European Economic Area (EEA). However, we may also export or transfer personal data to other countries, in particular to process it or have it processed there.
We can export personal data to all countries on Earth and elsewhere in the universe, provided that the law there ensures adequate data protection according to a decision of the Swiss Federal Council and – if and to the extent the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable – also according to a decision of the European Commission.
We may transfer personal data to countries whose law does not ensure adequate data protection, provided that data protection is ensured for other reasons, in particular on the basis of standard data protection clauses or with other appropriate safeguards. Exceptionally, we may export personal data to countries without adequate or appropriate data protection if the special data protection requirements for this are met, for example, the explicit consent of the data subjects or a direct connection with the conclusion or processing of a contract. We are happy to provide data subjects with information about any guarantees or provide a copy of any guarantees upon request.
We grant data subjects all claims according to the applicable law. Data subjects have in particular the following rights:
We may postpone, restrict, or refuse the exercise of the rights of data subjects within the legally permissible framework. We may inform data subjects of any conditions to be met for the exercise of their data protection claims. For example, we may refuse access in whole or in part with reference to confidentiality obligations, overriding interests, or the protection of other persons. We may, for example, also refuse the erasure of personal data, in particular with reference to statutory retention obligations, in whole or in part.
We may exceptionally provide for costs for the exercise of rights. We will inform data subjects in advance about any costs.
We are obliged to identify data subjects who request information or assert other rights with appropriate measures. Data subjects are obliged to cooperate.
Data subjects have the right to enforce their data protection claims by legal means or to lodge a notification or complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.
The data protection supervisory authority for private controllers and federal bodies in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).
European data protection supervisory authorities are organized 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 federally structured, particularly in Germany.
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 stored in the browser. Such stored data need not be limited to traditional cookies in text form.
Cookies can be stored temporarily in the browser as "session cookies" or for a specific period as so-called permanent cookies. "Session cookies" are automatically deleted when the browser is closed. Permanent cookies have a specific storage duration. Cookies enable, in particular, a browser to be recognized on the next visit to our website and thereby, for example, to measure the reach of our website. Permanent cookies can, however, also be used for online marketing, for example.
Cookies can be completely or partially deactivated, restricted, or deleted in the browser settings at any time. Browser settings often also allow for automated deletion and other management of cookies. Without cookies, our website may no longer be fully available. We actively request – at least if and to the extent required by applicable law – explicit consent for the use of cookies.
For cookies used for performance and reach measurement or for advertising, a general objection ("Opt-out") is possible for numerous services via the 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).
For each access to our website and our other digital presence, we may log at least the following information, if these are 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, last website visited in the same browser window (Referer or Referrer).
We log such information, which may also constitute personal data, in log files. The information is necessary to be able to provide our digital presence permanently, in a user-friendly and reliable manner. The information is also necessary to ensure data security – also by third parties or with the help of third parties.
We may integrate tracking pixels into our digital presence. Tracking pixels are also known as web beacons. Tracking pixels – also from third parties whose services we use – are usually small, invisible images or scripts formulated in JavaScript that are automatically retrieved when accessing our digital presence. With tracking pixels, at least the same information as in logging in log files can be recorded.
We are present on social media platforms and other online platforms to communicate with interested persons and to inform about our activities and operations. In connection with such platforms, personal data may also be processed outside of 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. These provisions inform in particular about the rights of data subjects directly vis-à-vis the respective platform, which includes, for example, the right to information.
We use services from specialized third parties to be able to carry out our activities and operations permanently, in a user-friendly, secure, and reliable manner. With such services, we can, among other things, embed functions and content into our website. In such an embedding, the services used record the IP addresses of the users at least temporarily for technically compelling reasons.
For necessary security-relevant, statistical, and technical purposes, third parties whose services we use may process data in connection with our activities and operations in an aggregated, anonymized, or pseudonymized manner. This concerns, for example, performance or usage data in order to be able to offer the respective service.
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We use services from specialized third parties to be able to use necessary digital infrastructure in connection with our activities and operations. This includes, for example, hosting and storage services from selected providers.
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We use third-party services to embed maps into our website.
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We use third-party services to embed selected fonts as well as icons, logos, and symbols into our website.
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We try to measure the success and reach of our activities and operations. In this context, we can also measure the effect of third-party references or test how different parts or versions of our digital presence are used ("A/B test" method). Based on the results of the performance and reach measurement, we can in particular correct errors, strengthen popular content, or make improvements.
For performance and reach measurement, the IP addresses of individual users are recorded in most cases. In this case, IP addresses are generally shortened ("IP masking") to follow the principle of data economy through the corresponding pseudonymization.
Cookies may be used and user profiles may be created during performance and reach measurement. Any user profiles created may include, for example, the individual pages visited or content viewed on our digital presence, information on the size of the screen or browser window, and the – at least approximate – location. As a rule, any user profiles are created exclusively in pseudonymized form and are not used to identify individual users. Individual third-party services where users are logged in may be able to associate the use of our online offering with the user account or user profile on the respective service.
We use in particular:
We created this privacy policy with the Data Protection Generator from Datenschutzpartner .
We may update this privacy policy at any time. We will inform about updates in an appropriate form, in particular by publishing the respective current privacy policy on our website.
This privacy policy is an unofficial translation from the German original.
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Alteme Licht AG
Gysulastrasse 21
CH-5000 Aarau
Switzerland
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Phone: +41 62 832 80 00
info@alteme.ch
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