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The following text has been machine translated. The original text in German applies.

Privacy Policy

With this Privacy Policy, we inform you about the processing of personal data in connection with our activities and operations, including our website under the domain name semicomatcalc.com. In particular, we inform you about what personal data we process, for what purpose, how, and where. We also inform you about the rights of individuals whose data we process.

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For individual or additional activities and operations, we may publish further data protection declarations or other information on data protection.

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We are subject to Swiss law as well as any applicable foreign law, in particular that of the European Union (EU) with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

 

With its decision of 26 July 2000, the European Commission recognized that Swiss data protection law ensures adequate data protection. With its report of 15 January 2024, the European Commission confirmed this adequacy decision.

1. Contact Addresses

The entity responsible in terms of data protection law is:

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SemicoMatCalc GmbH
Lettenstrasse 32
8114 Dänikon
Schweiz

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semicomatcalc@outlook.com

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In individual cases, third parties may be responsible for the processing of personal data or there may be joint responsibility with third parties. We will gladly provide affected individuals with information about the respective responsibility upon request.

Data Protection Representation in the European Economic Area (EEA)

We have the following data protection representation in accordance with Art. 27 GDPR:

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VGS Datenschutz­partner GmbH
Am Kaiserkai 69
20457 Hamburg
Deutschland

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info@datenschutzpartner.eu

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The data protection representation serves affected individuals and authorities in the European Union (EU) and the rest of the European Economic Area (EEA) as an additional point of contact for inquiries related to the GDPR.

2. Terms and Legal Bases

2.1 Terms

Affected Person: A natural person about whom we process personal data.

 

Personal Data: All information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

 

Particularly Sensitive Personal Data: Data on trade union, political, religious, or ideological views and activities, data on health, the private sphere, or membership of a race or ethnicity, 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, regardless of the means and procedures used, such as querying, comparing, adapting, archiving, storing, reading, disclosing, obtaining, collecting, deleting, disclosing, organizing, storing, modifying, 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.

2.2 Legal Bases

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).

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If and to the extent that the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable, we process personal data in accordance with at least one of the following legal bases:

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  • Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data for the performance of a contract with the affected person and for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.

  • Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data to protect legitimate interests—including those of third parties—unless the fundamental freedoms and rights and interests of the affected person prevail. Such interests include, in particular, the permanent, user-friendly, secure, and reliable exercise of our activities and operations, ensuring information security, protection against misuse, the enforcement of our own legal claims, and compliance with Swiss law.

  • Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data to fulfill a legal obligation to which we are subject under applicable law of Member States in the European Economic Area (EEA).

  • Art. 6(1)(e) GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

  • Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR for the processing of personal data with the consent of the affected person.

  • Art. 6(1)(d) GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data to protect the vital interests of the affected person or another natural person.

  • Art. 9(2) GDPR for the processing of special categories of personal data, in particular with the consent of the affected persons.

 

The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) refers to the processing of personal data as the processing of personal data and the processing of particularly sensitive personal data as the processing of special categories of personal data (Art. 9 GDPR).

3. Type, Scope, and Purpose of Personal Data Processing

We process the personal data that is necessary to carry out our activities and operations permanently, in a user-friendly, secure, and reliable manner. The processed personal data may include, in particular, 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 particularly sensitive personal data.

 

We also process personal data that we receive from third parties, obtain from publicly accessible sources, or collect in the course of our activities and operations, provided that such processing is permissible.

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We process personal data, where necessary, with the consent of the affected persons. In many cases, we can process personal data without consent, for example, to fulfill legal obligations or to protect overriding interests. We may also ask affected persons for their consent if their consent is not required.

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We process personal data for the duration necessary for the respective purpose. We anonymize or delete personal data, in particular, depending on legal retention and limitation periods.

4. Automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

We may process personal data automatically or use artificial intelligence for the processing of personal data.

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We may use profiling to automatically evaluate certain personal aspects relating to affected persons. Profiling serves, for example, to analyze or predict interests, behaviors, or personal preferences.

 

We inform affected persons on a case-by-case basis about decisions based solely on automated processing of personal data and which have legal consequences for them or significantly affect them (automated individual decisions).

5. Disclosure of Personal Data

We may disclose personal data to third parties, have it processed by third parties, or process it jointly with third parties. Such third parties may include, for example, specialized providers whose services we use.

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We may disclose personal data in the context of our activities and operations, in particular to banks and other financial service providers, authorities, educational and research institutions, consultants and lawyers, interest groups, IT service providers, cooperation partners, credit and economic information agencies, logistics and shipping companies, marketing and advertising agencies, media, parent, sister, and subsidiary companies, organizations and associations, social institutions, telecommunications companies, insurers, and payment service providers.

6. Communication

We process personal data to communicate with individuals as well as with authorities, organizations, and companies. In doing so, we process, in particular, data that an affected person transmits to us when making contact, for example, by letter or email. We may store such data in an address book or with comparable tools.

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Third parties who transmit data about other persons to us are obliged to ensure the data protection of these affected persons themselves. They must, in particular, ensure that such data is accurate and may be transmitted.

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We use selected services from suitable providers to enable and improve communication with individuals and other communication partners. With such services, we can also manage and otherwise process the data of affected persons beyond direct communication.

 

We use, in particular:

7. Data Security

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure data security appropriate to the respective risk. With our measures, we ensure, in particular, the confidentiality, availability, traceability, and integrity of the processed personal data, without being able to guarantee absolute data security.

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Access to our website and our other digital presence is via transport encryption (SSL / TLS, in particular with Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, abbreviated as HTTPS). Most browsers warn against visiting a website without transport encryption.

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Our digital communication—like all digital communication—is subject 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 directly influence the corresponding processing of personal data by secret services, police authorities, and other security authorities. We also cannot rule out that an affected person may be specifically monitored.

8. Personal Data Abroad

We process personal data primarily 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 there or have it processed there.

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We may export personal data to all countries on Earth and elsewhere in the universe, provided that the local law ensures adequate data protection in accordance with the decision of the Swiss Federal Council and—if and to the extent that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable—also in accordance with the decision of the European Commission.

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We may transfer personal data to countries whose laws do 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 suitable guarantees. Exceptionally, we may export personal data to countries without adequate or appropriate data protection if the special data protection requirements are met, for example, the explicit consent of the affected persons or a direct connection to the conclusion or execution of a contract. We will gladly provide affected persons with information about any guarantees upon request or provide a copy of any guarantees.

9. Rights of Affected Persons

9.1 Data Protection Claims

We grant affected persons all claims under applicable law. Affected persons have, in particular, the following rights:

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  • Information: Affected persons can request information on whether we process personal data about them and, if so, what personal data is involved. Affected persons also receive the information necessary to assert their data protection claims and ensure transparency. This includes the personal data as such, but also, among other things, information on the purpose of processing, the duration of storage, any disclosure or export of data to other countries, and the origin of the personal data.

  • Correction and Restriction: Affected persons can correct incorrect personal data, complete incomplete data, and have the processing of their data restricted.

  • Opportunity for Own Position and Human Review: Affected persons can present their own position in decisions based solely on automated processing of personal data and which have legal consequences for them or significantly affect them (automated individual decisions) and request a review by a human.

  • Deletion and Objection: Affected persons can have personal data deleted ("right to be forgotten") and object to the processing of their data with effect for the future.

  • Data Release and Data Transfer: Affected persons can request the release of personal data or the transfer of their data to another responsible party.

 

We may postpone, restrict, or refuse the exercise of the rights of affected persons within the legally permissible framework. We may inform affected persons of any conditions to be fulfilled for the exercise of their data protection claims. For example, we may refuse to provide information with reference to confidentiality obligations, overriding interests, or the protection of other persons, in whole or in part. We may also refuse, in whole or in part, the deletion of personal data, in particular with reference to legal retention obligations.

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We may exceptionally charge costs for the exercise of rights. We inform affected persons in advance about any costs.

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We are obliged to identify affected persons who request information or assert other rights with appropriate measures. Affected persons are obliged to cooperate.

9.2 Legal Protection

Affected persons have the right to enforce their data protection claims through legal channels or to file a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.

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The data protection supervisory authority for private responsible parties 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 of the European Economic Area (EEA), the data protection supervisory authorities are structured federally, in particular in Germany.

10. Use of the Website

10.1 Cookies

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 does not have to be limited to traditional cookies in text form.

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Cookies can be stored in the browser temporarily as "session cookies" or for a certain period as so-called permanent cookies. "Session cookies" are automatically deleted when the browser is closed. Permanent cookies have a certain storage duration. Cookies make it possible, in particular, to recognize a browser the next time it visits our website and thus, for example, to measure the reach of our website. However, permanent cookies can also be used for online marketing, for example.

 

Cookies can be deactivated, restricted, or deleted at any time in the browser settings. The browser settings often also allow for automated deletion and other management of cookies. Without cookies, our website may no longer be fully available. We request—at least if and to the extent required by applicable law—active express consent to the use of cookies.

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For cookies used for success and reach measurement or for advertising, a general objection ("opt-out") is possible for numerous services via 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).

10.2 Logging

For each access to our website and our other digital presence, we may log at least the following information, provided that it is 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 subpages of our website accessed including the amount of data transferred, last website accessed in the same browser window (referrer or referrer).

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We log such information, which may also constitute personal data, in log files. The information is necessary 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.

10.3 Tracking Pixels

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 written 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.

11. Social Media

We are present on social media platforms and other online platforms to communicate with interested persons and to inform them about our activities and operations. In connection with such platforms, personal data may also be processed outside Switzerland and the European Economic Area (EEA).

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The general terms and conditions (GTC), terms of use, privacy policies, and other provisions of the individual operators of such platforms also apply in each case. These provisions inform, in particular, about the rights of affected persons directly vis-à-vis the respective platform, which include, for example, the right to information.

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Users of social media platforms have the option to log in or register with our online offering using their respective user account ("Social Login"). The respective conditions of the relevant social media platforms apply.

12. Services from Third Parties

We use services from specialized third parties 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. When embedding, the services used record the IP addresses of users at least temporarily for technically compelling reasons.

For necessary security-related, 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 includes, for example, performance or usage data to provide the respective service.

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We use, in particular:

12.1 Digital Infrastructure

We use services from specialized third parties to use the required 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, in particular:

12.2 Online Collaboration

We use services from third parties to enable online collaboration. In addition to this privacy policy, the directly visible conditions of the services used, such as terms of use or privacy policies, also apply.

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We use, in particular:

12.3 E-Commerce

We operate e-commerce and use services from third parties to successfully offer services, content, or goods.

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We use, in particular:

12.4 Payments

We use specialized service providers to process payments securely and reliably. For the processing of payments, the legal texts of the individual service providers, such as general terms and conditions (GTC) or privacy policies, also apply.

We use, in particular:

12.5 Advertising

We use the possibility to display targeted advertising with third parties, such as social media platforms and search engines, for our activities and operations.

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With such advertising, we want to reach, in particular, people who are already interested in our activities and operations or who might be interested in them (remarketing and targeting). For this purpose, we can transmit corresponding—possibly also personal—information to third parties that enable such advertising. We can also determine whether our advertising is successful, i.e., in particular, whether it leads to visits to our website (conversion tracking).

 

Third parties with whom we advertise and with whom you are registered as a user may assign the use of our website to your profile there.

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We use, in particular:

13. Success and Reach Measurement

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 success and reach measurement, we can, in particular, correct errors, strengthen popular content, or make improvements.

 

For success and reach measurement, the IP addresses of individual users are usually recorded. IP addresses are generally shortened ("IP masking") in this case to follow the principle of data economy through corresponding pseudonymization.

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Cookies may be used for success and reach measurement, and user profiles may be created. 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. Generally, any user profiles are created exclusively in pseudonymized form and are not used to identify individual users. Individual services from third parties where users are logged in may be able to assign the use of our online offering to the user account or user profile with the respective service.

14. Final Notes on the Privacy Policy

​We can update this privacy policy at any time. We inform about updates in an appropriate form, in particular by publishing the current privacy policy on our website.

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