Data Protection

Data Protection Declaration

 

By using the website scheidegger-spiess.ch you explicitly accept the following:
The publisher Scheidegger & Spiess AG is a financially and legally independent entity which abides by the legal regulations determined in the Swiss Personal Data Act as well as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in all matters of communications including the recording and processing of data with personal content.

 

Purposive and proportional

The publisher records and processes data exclusively for its own purpose of providing both free services and services subject to charges as well as for improving offers. All appropriate measures have been taken to protect data communications (i.e. SSL encryption) and stored data. Data with personal content are processed according to legal regulations.

 

Cookies / Google Analytics

Google Analytics analyzes when our website is called up and cookies are used for the improvement of our service. A contract service agreement has been made with Google. Data are anonymized to remove sensitive personal data. A general browser add-on may be used to deactivate Google Analytics.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (Google). Google Analytics uses cookies, i.e. text files placed on the computer of the website’s users, to help analyze how the site is used. The information generated by cookies about the use of the website (including the respective computer’s IP address) is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating each user’s experience of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage in general. Google may also transfer this information to third parties, where required to do so by law or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate users’ IP addresses with any other data held by Google.

The installation of cookies can be prevented by choosing the respective settings in the browser software used on a computer; however, please note that in so doing, users may not be able to use all of the website’s functions. By using this website, users consent to the processing of user data by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

 

Communication of sensitive data

When you send us data you thereby agree to the recording, storing, and processing of personal data for the purpose intended. When you send us personal data online, we assume that you consent to replying through the same or another secure communication channel. 

 

Newsletter

When you subscribe to our newsletter you explicitly agree to receive our newsletter information. When registering your subscription you give us your first and last names and e-mail address. Providing your mailing address is optional. We use mailing addresses to send invitations to events in local areas. You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the link in the newsletter and following the instructions or by sending an e-mail to webmaster@scheidegger-spiess.ch. We contract e-mail services pertaining to our newsletter per agreement with Sendinblue. We contract data communication per agreement with Sendinblue.

 

Webshop

When you order a book through our webshop you provide your first and last name, company or firm affiliation, postal address and zip code, e-mail, and telephone number as well as the billing address. These data are stored in accordance with appropriate communications (i.e. SSL encryption) and protected. Personal data are processed according to legal requirements. In processing payments using credit cards we use the payment gateways Worldline and PayPal. We do not store credit card information.

At the end of the order agreement you may select whether you would like to subscribe to the regularly published newsletter. We do not send out our newsletter without your subscription and there is no penalty to the customer for unsubscribing.

Cookies are used to anonymize data when processing the order and addresses provided in the shopping cart. These data allow for smoother functioning in order processing and are stored for a maximum of 48 hours before they are automatically deleted from the webserver’s data bank.

 

Shipping book orders

In order to ship books, we have a contract agreement with a distribution partner. Books ordered from outside of Switzerland are distributed generally through GVA Gemeinsame Verlagsauslieferung Göttingen. Distribution is subject to service contract requirements in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

 

GRÜN EDDY GmbH

For data storage and processing we have a contract agreement with GRÜN EDDY, seated in Berlin, and we use GRÜN EDDY's publishing software product EDDY. To ensure complete compliance with regulations in the handling of data we are in receipt of a formal obligation from GRÜN EDDY pertaining to data processing in accordance with Article 28, 32 GDPR.

 

Social plugins

We do not use social plugins associated directly with our service provider, but link from our website to our social media content. When following these links, you use those in accordance with the corresponding laws of the social media provider.

 

E-mails

Please be aware that e-mails may not always be encrypted when communicated due to technological factors. E-mails may be viewed by third parties during transmission and may be manipulated. Additionally, they may be filtered as spam or be lost. We are legally required to store business correspondence and documents for 10 years.

 

Contact

You have the right to know what personal data we have of you and to withdraw your consent of storing and using the data at any time at no cost.

Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess
Niederdorfstrasse 54
8001 Zurich
Switzerland
+41 (0)44 262 16 62
info@scheidegger-spiess.ch