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Privacy Policy

H+S Kommunikation AG

1. Data Controller

The controller responsible for the processing of personal data in connection with this website is:

H+S Kommunikation AG
Grosszelgstrasse 24
5436 Würenlos
Switzerland

Telephone: +41 56 436 86 66
Email:
Website: https://www.hsc.ch/

If you have any questions regarding data protection, you can contact us using the contact details provided above.

2. General Information

Protecting your personal data is important to us. We process personal data confidentially and in accordance with Swiss data protection law, in particular the Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and the Data Protection Ordinance (DPO).

Where the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies, we also comply with its provisions.

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. Processing means any operation involving personal data, including in particular collecting, storing, using, modifying, disclosing, archiving or deleting data.

3. Purposes of Data Processing

We process personal data in particular for the following purposes:

  • providing and operating our website;
  • ensuring the security and stability of our website and IT systems;
  • processing contact enquiries and communicating with prospective customers, customers, business partners and other persons;
  • statistical analysis and improvement of our website and our services;
  • displaying maps and other website content;
  • complying with legal and regulatory obligations;
  • establishing, exercising or defending legal claims.

We process only the personal data required for the respective purposes.

Where the GDPR applies, processing is based in particular on the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures, our legal obligations, your consent or our legitimate interests in the secure and economical operation and further development of our website and our business.

4. Hosting and Server Log Files

Our website is hosted by the following hosting provider:

BlueMouse GmbH
Täfernstrasse 26
5405 Baden-Dättwil
Switzerland

The server is located in Zurich, Switzerland.

When you visit our website, the web server may automatically collect technical information and store it in server log files. This may include in particular:

  • the IP address of the accessing device;
  • date and time of access;
  • the page or file accessed;
  • the amount of data transferred;
  • referrer URL;
  • browser type and browser version;
  • operating system used;
  • hostname of the accessing device, where transmitted.

This data is required to provide the website, ensure its security and stability, and identify and investigate technical problems and abusive access.

Server log files are retained only for as long as necessary for these purposes, unless a longer retention period is required by law or for the investigation of specific security incidents.

5. Contact and Contact Form

If you contact us via a contact form, by email, telephone or by other means, we process the information you provide. This may include in particular your name, email address, telephone number, company and the content of your enquiry.

We use this data to process your enquiry, communicate with you and, where applicable, take pre-contractual or contractual measures.

The data is retained for as long as necessary to process your enquiry and for the ongoing business relationship, or for as long as statutory retention obligations apply.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small files stored on your device or used to store information in your browser.

We may use technically necessary cookies that are required for the operation and functionality of the website. Cookies or similar technologies may also be used for statistical purposes.

You can delete cookies or restrict or prevent their storage through your browser settings. Please note that this may restrict certain functions of the website.

7. Web Analytics with Matomo

We use Matomo on our website, an open-source software application for the statistical analysis of the use of our website.

Matomo is operated by us or on the hosting infrastructure we use. The Matomo installation is located on a server operated by BlueMouse GmbH in Zurich, Switzerland.

Data collected as part of the web analysis is not transmitted to the provider of Matomo for analysis purposes.

As part of the web analysis, the following information in particular may be processed:

  • pages viewed;
  • date and time of the page view;
  • source or referrer;
  • browser and operating system used;
  • device information;
  • IP address in truncated or anonymised form;
  • approximate geographical information;
  • length of visit;
  • other information concerning the use of our website.

The IP address is configured so that it is stored in anonymised or truncated form.

Where Matomo uses cookies, these are used for the statistical analysis of the use of our website, for example to recognise repeat visits. You can restrict or prevent the storage of cookies in your browser.

We use the data collected by Matomo exclusively for statistical analysis and to improve our website and our services. It is not used for personalised advertising.

8. Google Maps

Our website uses Google Maps to display maps, locations and geographical information.

Google Maps is loaded directly on the relevant pages. As a result, when a page containing an embedded Google Maps map is accessed, a connection to Google servers is established automatically. No prior activation by the website visitor is required.

The following information in particular may be transmitted to Google:

  • the IP address of your device;
  • date and time of the page view;
  • information about the browser and device used;
  • the page accessed;
  • location information, where this is made available by your device or browser;
  • other technically necessary connection and usage data.

If you are signed in to a Google Account at the same time, Google may associate the information transmitted with your Google Account.

We have no direct influence over Google's subsequent processing of the data transmitted to it.

For users in Switzerland, the relevant Google services are generally provided by Google Ireland Limited. In the course of providing its services, personal data may also be processed by other companies within the Google group and in countries outside Switzerland, in particular the United States.

Further information about Google's processing of personal data and the settings available for your Google Account can be found in Google's Privacy Policy.

9. Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties

We may disclose personal data to third parties where this is necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

These include in particular:

  • hosting and IT service providers;
  • providers of web and mapping services;
  • service providers responsible for maintaining and operating our website;
  • external advisers and service providers, where necessary;
  • authorities and other bodies where we are required to do so by law or by an official order.

Service providers used in connection with this website include in particular BlueMouse GmbH as our hosting provider and Google in connection with the services described above.

Service providers process personal data either on our behalf or under their own responsibility in accordance with applicable data protection law.

We do not disclose or sell personal data to third parties for their own advertising purposes.

10. Processing of Data Abroad

A significant part of our technical infrastructure, in particular the hosting of our website and our Matomo installation, is located in Switzerland.

However, when using certain external services, in particular Google Maps, personal data may also be processed outside Switzerland.

This may include countries within the European Economic Area, the United States and other countries in which the relevant providers or their service providers maintain facilities.

If a recipient is located in a country whose data protection legislation does not provide an adequate level of protection, we ensure appropriate safeguards, where required by law. These may include recognised standard contractual clauses, recognised data protection frameworks or other safeguards provided for by law.

In cases provided for by law, data may also be transferred on the basis of consent, for the performance of a contract, for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or for other reasons permitted by law.

11. Data Security

We take appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect personal data against loss, misuse, unauthorised access, alteration and unauthorised disclosure.

Our website uses SSL/TLS encryption. This means that data transmitted between your browser and our web server is transmitted in encrypted form.

Despite appropriate security measures, absolute security cannot be guaranteed when data is transmitted over the Internet.

12. Retention Period

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the respective processing purpose or for as long as statutory or contractual retention obligations apply.

Once the purpose of the processing no longer applies and there is no further retention obligation, the relevant personal data is deleted or anonymised.

13. Rights of Data Subjects

Under applicable data protection law, you have in particular the right to request information as to whether we process personal data concerning you and, if so, what data we process.

Subject to the applicable statutory requirements, you may also request in particular the correction of inaccurate personal data, the deletion or destruction of personal data, and the release or transfer of certain personal data.

Where data processing is based on your consent, you may generally withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.

Please send any such requests to the contact details provided in section 1.

To prevent the unauthorised disclosure of data, we may request suitable proof of identity.

Data subjects may also contact the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).

14. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time, in particular if we change our data processing activities, use new services or if new legal requirements come into force.

The version published on our website at the relevant time shall apply.

Last updated: September 2026