Privacy Notice for Profilsager ag

We have been extruding plastic profiles since the 1950s.

Privacy Notice

In this privacy Notice declaration, we, profilsager ag, explain how we collect and otherwise process personal data. This is not an exhaustive description; other data protection declarations (or general terms and conditions, conditions of participation and similar documents) may regulate specific matters. Personal data is understood to be all information that relates to a specific or identifiable person.
If you provide us with personal data of other persons (e.g. family members, data of work colleagues), please ensure that these persons are aware of this privacy policy and only share their personal data with us if you are allowed to do so and if this personal data is correct.

This privacy policy is designed to meet the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), the Swiss Data Protection Act ("DPA") and the revised Swiss Data Protection Act ("revDSG"). However, whether and to what extent these laws are applicable depends on the individual case.

1. person responsible / data protection officer / representative
The person responsible for the data processing described here is profilsager ag, 5724 Dürrenäsch, unless otherwise stated in the individual case. If you have any data protection concerns, you can send them to us at the following contact address:
profilsager ag
Alte Hallwilerstrasse 13
5724 Dürrenäsch
infoprofilsager.com

2 Collection and processing of personal data
We primarily process the personal data that we receive from our customers and other business partners in the course of our business relationship with them and other persons involved or that we collect from their users when operating our websites, apps and other applications.
Insofar as this is permitted, we also take certain data from authorities and other third parties from publicly accessible sources (e.g. debt enforcement registers, land registers, commercial registers, press, internet). In addition to the data about you that you give us directly, the categories of personal data that we receive about you from third parties include, in particular, information from public registers, information that we learn in connection with official and legal proceedings, information in connection with your professional functions and activities (so that we can, for example, conduct business with your company with your help). (e.g. so that we can conclude and process transactions with your employer with your help), information about you in correspondence and meetings with third parties, creditworthiness information (insofar as we process transactions with you personally), information about you that is given to us by people close to you (family, advisors, legal representatives, etc.), so that we can conclude or process contracts with you or involving you (e.g. references, your address for deliveries, powers of attorney, information on compliance with legal requirements such as anti-money laundering and export restrictions, information from banks, insurance companies, sales and other contractual partners of ours on the use or provision of services by you (e.g. payments made, purchases made), information from the media and Internet about you (where this is appropriate in the specific case, e.g. as part of an application, press review, marketing/sales, etc.). e.g. in the context of an application, press review, marketing/sales, etc.), your addresses and, if applicable, interests and other socio-demographic data (for marketing), data in connection with the use of the website (e.g. IP address, MAC address of the smartphone or computer, details of your device and settings, cookies, date and time of the visit, pages and content accessed, functions used, referring website, location details).

3. purposes of data processing and legal basis
We use the personal data we collect primarily to conclude and process our contracts with our customers and business partners, in particular in the context of the distribution of plastic profiles with our customers and the purchase of products and services from our suppliers and subcontractors, as well as to comply with our legal obligations at home and abroad. If you work for such a customer or business partner, your personal data may of course also be affected in this capacity.
In addition, we also process personal data of you and other persons, to the extent permitted and deemed appropriate, for the following purposes in which we (and sometimes third parties) have a legitimate interest corresponding to the purpose:

Offer and further development of our offers, services and websites, apps and other platforms on which we are present;
Communicating with third parties and processing their enquiries (e.g. applications, media enquiries);
Testing and optimisation of procedures for needs analysis for the purpose of direct customer contact as well as collection of personal data from publicly accessible sources for the purpose of customer acquisition;
Advertising and marketing (including the organisation of events), insofar as you have not objected to the use of your data (if we send you advertising as an existing customer of ours, you can object to this at any time and we will then put you on a blocking list against further advertising mailings);
Market and opinion research, media monitoring;
Assertion of legal claims and defence in connection with legal disputes and official proceedings;
Prevention and investigation of criminal offences and other misconduct (e.g. conducting internal investigations, data analysis to combat fraud);
Guarantees of our operations, in particular IT, our websites, apps and other platforms;
Video surveillance to maintain house rules and other measures for IT, building and facility security and protection of our employees and other persons and assets belonging to or entrusted to us (such as access controls, visitor lists, network and mail scanners, telephone records);
Purchase and sale of business units, companies or parts of companies and other transactions under company law and the associated transfer of personal data as well as measures for business management and insofar as for compliance with legal and regulatory obligations as well as internal regulations of profilsager ag.

If you have given us consent to process your personal data for certain purposes (for example, when you register to receive newsletters or carry out a background check), we process your personal data within the scope of and based on this consent, unless we have another legal basis and we require such a basis. Consent given can be revoked at any time, but this has no effect on data processing that has already taken place.

4. cookies / tracking and other technologies in connection with the use of our website.
We typically use "cookies" and similar technologies on our websites to identify your browser or device. A cookie is a small file that is sent to your computer or automatically stored on your computer or mobile device by the web browser you are using when you visit our website. This allows us to recognise you when you return to this website, even if we do not know who you are. In addition to cookies that are only used during a session and deleted after your visit to the website ("session cookies"), cookies can also be used to store user settings and other information for a certain period of time (e.g. two years) ("permanent cookies"). However, you can set your browser to reject cookies, save them for one session only or otherwise delete them prematurely. Most browsers are preset to accept cookies. We use persistent cookies to help us understand how you use our services and content. Some of the cookies are set by us and some are set by contractors with whom we work. If you block cookies, certain functionalities (e.g. language selection, shopping cart, ordering processes) may no longer work.
We also include visible and invisible image elements in our newsletters and other marketing emails in some cases and where permitted, by retrieving these from our servers we can determine whether and when you have opened the email so that we can measure and better understand how you use our offers and tailor them to you here too. You can block this in your email program; most are pre-set to do this.

By using our websites and agreeing to receive newsletters and other marketing emails, you consent to the use of these techniques. If you do not wish to do so
We sometimes use Google Analytics (Google LLC USA,

www.google.com) on our websites. Permanent cookies are also used for this purpose, 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, combine this information with data from other websites that you have visited and which are also tracked by service providers, and use these findings for its own purposes (e.g. controlling 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 then takes place under the responsibility of the service provider in accordance with its data protection regulations. The service provider only tells us how our respective website is used (no information about you personally).You have two options to prevent the recording by Google Analytics:1. deactivate Google Analytics for this website (opt-out)2. browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics.We also use so-called plug-ins from social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest or Instagram on our websites. This is visible to you in each case (typically via corresponding icons). We have configured these elements so that they are 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 regulations. We do not receive any information about you from them.The newsletter software used is rapidmail. Your data is transmitted to rapidmail GmbH. rapidmail is prohibited from selling your data and using it for purposes other than sending newsletters.

5. data disclosure and data transfer abroad
Within the scope of our business activities and the purposes set out in section 3, we also disclose data to third parties, where permitted and where it appears appropriate to us, either because they process it for us or because they want to use it for their own purposes. This applies in particular to the following parties:

Service providers of ours (such as banks, insurance companies), including order processors (such as IT providers);
Dealers, suppliers, subcontractors and other business partners;
Customers;
domestic and foreign authorities, official agencies or courts;
Media;
The public, including visitors to websites and social media;
Competitors, industry organisations, associations, organisations and other bodies;
acquirers or parties interested in acquiring business divisions, companies or other parts of profilsager ag;
and other parties in potential or actual legal proceedings

all recipients together.
These recipients are partly domestic, but can be anywhere in the world. In particular, you must expect the transfer of your data to all countries in which profilsager ag is represented by commercial agents, group companies, branches or other offices, as well as to other countries in Europe and the USA where the service providers we use are located (such as [Microsoft], [SAP], [Amazon], [Sales-force.com]).

If a recipient is located in a country without adequate legal data protection, we contractually oblige the recipient to comply with the applicable data protection (for this purpose, we use the revised standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, which are available here: eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj?), insofar as it is not already subject to a legally recognised set of rules to ensure data protection and we cannot rely on an exemption provision. An exception may apply in particular in the case of legal proceedings abroad, but also in cases of overriding public interests or if the performance of a contract requires such disclosure, if you have given your consent or if it is a matter of data that you have made generally accessible and you have not objected to its processing.

6. duration of the storage of personal data
We process and store your personal data for as long as it is necessary for the fulfilment of our contractual and legal obligations or otherwise the purposes pursued with the processing, i.e. for example for the duration of the entire business relationship (from the initiation, processing to the termination of a contract) as well as beyond that in accordance with the statutory retention and documentation obligations. In this context, it is possible that personal data will be retained for the time during which claims can be asserted against our company and insofar as we are otherwise legally obliged to do so or legitimate business interests require this (e.g. for evidence and documentation purposes). As soon as your personal data is no longer required for the above-mentioned purposes, it will be deleted or anonymised as a matter of principle and as far as possible. For operational data (e.g. system logs, logs), shorter retention periods of twelve months or less generally apply.

7. data security
We take appropriate technical and organisational security precautions to protect your personal data from unauthorised access and misuse.

8. Obligation to provide personal data
Within the scope of our business relationship, you must provide us with the personal data that is required for the establishment and implementation of a business relationship and the fulfilment of the associated contractual obligations (as a rule, you do not have a legal obligation to provide us with data). Without this data, we will generally not be able to enter into or perform a contract with you (or the entity or person you represent). Also, the website cannot be used if certain information to secure traffic (such as IP address) is not disclosed.

9. Profiling
We process your personal data partly automatically with the aim of evaluating certain personal aspects (profiling). We use profiling in particular to be able to inform and advise you about products in a targeted manner. In doing so, we use evaluation tools that enable us to provide needs-based communication and advertising, including market and opinion research.
As a matter of principle, we do not use any fully automated decision-making processes (such as those regulated in Art. 22 of the GDPR) to establish and implement the business relationship or in any other way. Should we use such procedures in individual cases, we will inform you separately about this, insofar as this is required by law, and inform you about the associated rights.

10. rights of the data subject
Within the framework of the data protection law applicable to you and to the extent provided for therein (such as in the case of the GDPR), you have the right to information, correction, deletion, the right to restriction of data processing and otherwise the right to object to our data processing, in particular that for the purposes of direct marketing, profiling for direct advertising and other legitimate interests in the processing, as well as to the release of certain personal data for the purpose of transfer to another body (so-called data portability). Please note, however, that we reserve the right to assert the restrictions provided for by law, for example if we are obliged to retain or process certain data, have an overriding interest in doing so (insofar as we are entitled to rely on this) or require it for the assertion of claims. If you incur costs, we will inform you in advance. We have already informed you about the possibility of revoking your consent in section 3. Please note that exercising these rights may conflict with contractual agreements and may have consequences such as premature termination of the contract or costs. We will inform you in advance if this is not already contractually agreed.
The exercise of such rights usually requires that you clearly prove your identity (e.g. by a copy of your ID card where your identity is otherwise not clear or cannot be verified). To exercise your rights, you can contact us at the address given in section 1.
Every data subject also has the right to enforce his or her claims in court or to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority. The competent data protection authority in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (http://www.edoeb.admin.ch).

11. changes
We may amend this privacy policy at any time without prior notice. The current version published on our website will apply. Insofar as the data protection declaration is part of an agreement with you, we will inform you of the change by e-mail or other suitable means in the event of an update.