Data Protection Policy
Data Protection Policy for the Website of Gabriel Arbitration AG
Introduction
Gabriel Arbitration AG operates the website www.gabriel-arbitration.ch in accordance with the Swiss data protection legislation, especially the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (in German Datenschutzgesetz, “DSG”). In addition, Gabriel Arbitration AG complies with foreign data protection legislation inasmuch as it is applicable. This includes namely the data protection legislation of the European Union.
Processing of Data
Any processing of personal data is being done in accordance with the Swiss data protection legislation. Inasmuch as European data protection legislation applies, the legal regulations of the European Union data protection law are also respected (Art. 6 para. 1 GDPR).
The processing of personal data is necessary to operate the website www.gabriel-arbitration.ch, to conduct business activities for Gabriel Arbitration AG, to safeguard information security, and to enforce potential claims and compliance with Swiss law.
Processing of personal data is done only for the period of time which is necessary to achieve the respective purpose. However, Gabriel Arbitration AG reserves the right to archive personal data for a longer time if so required due to legal and other types of duties by which Gabriel Arbitration AG has to abide.
Encryption
The access to the website www.gabriel-arbitration takes place through transport encryption (SSL/TLS).
Processing of Personal Data through the Use of Third Party Services
Personal data is processed by the use of some of the following third party services:
- Hosting
- The website www.gabriel-arbitration.ch is hosted on a server of Metanet in Switzerland. Each and every access is recorded by default (including the IP-address of the visitor, the date and time of the access, the entered page, the referer, the operating system and its version, and the used browser, its version and language setting). These log files are used to recognize technical problems and to safeguard the system security; they can be statistically evaluated (see concerning this issue also the data protection policy of Metanet).
- Craft CMS
- To administrate and provide the content the Content-Management-System “Craft” is used. This system neither records personal data when the website is accessed nor does it submit access data to other servers.
- Google Analytics
- The access to the website www.gabriel-arbitration.ch is statistically analyzed by Google Analytics to allow for a continuous optimization of its design based on day-to-day needs. The data, which is transmitted to a Google server in the USA in the form of a cookie, contains no personal references. In particular, the IP addresses of the visitors are being anonymized to render individual mapping impossible. More information can be obtained by accessing the data protection policy and the terms of use of Google Analytics.
- To prevent future data collection by Google Analytics an opt-out-cookie can be installed from the following website: Link. The opt-out-cookie prevents only the record of the access to the website www.gabriel-arbitration.ch by Google analytics and only if the same browser is used. Opt-out-cookie to disabke Google Analytics…
- Depending on the browser (or through the help of browser-plugins) any tracking by cookies can be disabled completely.
- Social Media
- No personal data is being transmitted to social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or LinkedIn.
Legal Rights of Parties Concerned
Visitors of the website www.gabriel-arbitration.ch are entitled to obtain information (free of charge) on the fact whether – and, if so, how – their personal data is being processed by Gabriel Arbitration AG.
Parties concerned can limit the processing of their personal data; use their right to ‘data portability’ inasmuch as the GDPR is applicable; have their personal data corrected, deleted or blocked; withdraw given permissions; and object against the processing of their personal data.
Parties concerned have a right to lodge claims with the competent supervisory authority for data protection. In Switzerland the supervisory authority for data protection is the Federal Data Protection and Public Commissioner (in German Eidgenössischer Datenschutz- und Öffentlichkeitsbeauftragter, “EDÖB”).
Contact Addresses and Responsibility
Persons concerned and supervisory authorities may send their enquiries by post to the following address:
Gabriel Arbitration AG
Rämistrasse 6
CH-8001 Zurich
Switzerland
The person responsible for data protection with Gabriel Arbitration AG is Dr. Axel Buhr.
Final Remarks
The data protection policy herein contained may be changed at any time. The changes become effective as of the publication date.