The protection of your privacy is an important concern for up&up Consulting AG (hereinafter referred to as up&up). Please refer to the following data protection provisions.
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data includes all data by which you can be personally identified, such as your name, address, or the IP address of the internet connection from which you access our website.
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by up&up Consulting AG, Staffelstrasse 12, 8045 Zürich. For storing and processing your data, up&up may use a service provider that stores and/or processes the data solely on the instructions of up&up and in compliance with data protection regulations.
How do we collect your data?
Some of your data is collected when you provide it to us – this includes data submitted through a contact request. Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website.
Why do we use your data?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyse user behaviour in order to optimise our online services. Your data will not be passed on to third parties outside the commissioning of service providers, and any such processing is protected by a data processing agreement that complies with data protection regulations.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information, free of charge and at any time, about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this and other questions about data protection, you can contact us at the address provided in the legal notice. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.
2. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures
Data Protection
The operators of this site take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We handle your personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, specific personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this occurs.
Please note that data transmission over the internet (i.e., communication via email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.
Note on the Responsible Entity
The entity responsible for data processing on this website is:
up&up Consulting AG
Staffelstrasse 12
8045 Zurich
contact@upandup.ch
The responsible entity is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (i.e., names, email addresses, etc.).
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent at any time by sending an informal email. The legality of data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected.
Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority
In the event of violations of data protection laws, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority:
Data Protection Commissioner of the Canton of Zurich
PO Box, 8090 Zurich
Beckenhofstrasse 23, 8006 Zurich
Phone: +41 43 259 39 99
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically handed over to you or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done if technically feasible.
SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries you send to us as site operators. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the browser’s address line switching from “http://” to “https://” and/or by the lock symbol in your browser bar.
When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Access, blocking, deletion
You have the right, within the framework of applicable laws, to receive information at any time free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, and if necessary, a right to correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this and other questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at the address given in the legal notice.
3. Data Collection on Our Website
Cookies
Our websites do currently not use so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. They help make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files stored on your computer by your browser.
Server log files
We automatically collect and store information in server log files that your browser transmits to us. This includes:
- Browser type and version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Hostname of the accessing computer
- Time of server request
- IP address
This data is not merged with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits data processing for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
4. Analytics and Advertising
Google Analytics
This website uses features of the web analytics service Google Analytics, provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses “cookies,” text files stored on your computer that allow an analysis of your website usage. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA.
The storage of Google Analytics cookies is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. HEY-SIGN has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its website and advertising.
IP anonymization
We have activated the IP anonymization feature on this website. This means your IP address is shortened by Google within EU member states or other parties to the European Economic Area Agreement before transmission to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of this website’s operator, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services related to website and internet usage for HEY-SIGN. The IP address transmitted by your browser through Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.
Browser plugin
You can prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting your browser settings. However, this may limit some website functionality. Additionally, you can prevent Google from collecting and processing data (including your IP address) generated by the cookie by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Opt-out of data collection
You can prevent data collection by Google Analytics by clicking the following link: Deactivate Google Analytics. This sets an opt-out cookie that prevents your data from being collected during future visits to this website.
More information about how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.
5. Plugins and Tools
Google Web Fonts
This site uses web fonts provided by Google for consistent font display. When you open a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to correctly display text and fonts.
To do this, your browser must connect to Google servers. This gives Google knowledge that your IP address accessed our website. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our online offerings and constitutes a legitimate interest under Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
If your browser does not support web fonts, your computer will use a standard font.
Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found at developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: www.google.com/policies/privacy.