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This privacy policy provides information about the processing of personal data in connection with our activities and operations, including our enespa.com website. In particular, we provide information on why, how and where we process which personal data. We also provide information about the rights of the persons whose data we process.

Further data protection declarations or other information on data protection may apply to individual or additional activities and operations.

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

Through the decision of 26 July 2000, the European Commission recognised that Swiss data protection law guarantees adequate data protection. In the report from 15 January 2024 , the European Commission confirmed this adequacy decision.

Contact addresses

Responsibility for the processing of personal data:

Javier Santos
Schäfligasse 1
CH-9050 Appenzell

dataprotection@enespa.com

In individual cases, third parties may be responsible for the processing of personal data or there may be joint responsibility with third parties.

Data protection representation in the European Economic Area (EEA)

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

Javier Santos
Bäckerbarg 4-7
D-22889 Tangstedt

dataprotection@enespa.com

The data protection representative serves data subjects and authorities in the European Union (EU) and the rest of the European Economic Area (EEA) as an additional contact point for enquiries in connection with the GDPR.

Terms and legal bases
Terms

Date subject:
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, privacy or ethnic or racial origin, genetic data, biometric data that uniquely identify a natural person, data on criminal and administrative sanctions or prosecutions, and data on social assistance measures.

Process:
Every handling of personal data, independent of the means and procedures used, such as the retrieval, comparison, adaptation, archiving, storage, reading, disclosure, procurement, collection, recording, erasure, disclosure, structuring, organisation, storage, modification, dissemination, linking, destruction and use of personal data.

European Economic Area (EEA):
Member States of the European Union (EU) and the Principality of Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway.

Note:
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).

Legal basis

We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law, in particular the Federal Act on Data Protection (Data Protection Act, DSG) and the Ordinance on Data Protection (Data Protection Regulation, DSV).

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

  • Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data for the fulfilment of a contract with the data subject and for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.

  • Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data in order to safeguard legitimate interests - including the legitimate interests of third parties - unless the fundamental freedoms and rights and interests of the data subject prevail. Such interests are, in particular, the permanent, humane, secure and reliable performance of our activities and operations, the guarantee of information security, protection against misuse, the enforcement of our own legal claims and compliance with Swiss law.

  • Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data to fulfil a legal obligation to which we are subject in accordance with any applicable law of member states in the European Economic Area (EEA).

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

  • Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR for the processing of personal data with the consent of the data subject.

  • Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person.
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  • Art. 9 para. 2 ff. GDPR for the processing of special categories of personal data, in particular with the consent of the data subjects.
Type, scope and purpose of the processing of personal data

We process the personal data required in order to be able to carry out our activities and operations in a sustainable, people-friendly, secure and reliable manner. The personal data processed may fall into the categories of 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.

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, insofar as such processing is permitted for legal reasons.

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

We process personal data for the duration required for the respective purpose. We anonymise or delete personal data, in particular depending on statutory retention and limitation periods.

Disclosure of personal data

We can disclose personal data to third parties , have it processed by third parties or jointly with third parties. Such third parties are, in particular, specialised
providers whose services we use.

For example, we may disclose personal data to banks and other financial service providers, public authorities, educational and research institutions, consultants and lawyers, interest groups, IT service providers, cooperation partners, credit and business information agencies, logistics and shipping companies, marketing and advertising agencies, media, organisations and associations, social institutions, telecommunications companies and insurance companies.

Communication

We process personal data in order to be able to communicate with third parties. In this context, we in particular process data that a data subject transmits when making contact, for example by post or e-mail. We may store such data in an address book or with comparable tools.

Third parties who transmit data about other persons are obliged to guarantee data protection for such data subjects. To this end, the accuracy of the personal data transmitted must be ensured, among other things.

We use selected services from suitable providers in order to be able to communicate better with third parties.

We use in particular:

Applications

We process personal data about applicants to the extent necessary to assess their suitability for an employment relationship or for the subsequent performance of an employment contract. The required personal data results in particular from the information requested, for example in the context of a job advertisement. We may publish job advertisements with the help of suitable third parties, for example in electronic and printed media or on job portals and job platforms.

We also process the personal data that applicants communicate voluntarily or publish, in particular as part of cover letters, CVs and other application documents as well as online profiles.

We process - if and insofar as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable - personal data about applicants in particular in accordance with Art. 9 para. 2 lit. b GDPR.

Data security

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

Access to our website and our other online presence uses transport encryption (SSL / TLSin particular with the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, abbreviated to HTTPS). Most browsers warn against visiting websites without transport encryption.

Our digital communication - like all digital communication in general - 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 forces and other security authorities. We also cannot rule out the possibility that a data subject may be subject to targeted surveillance.

Personal data abroad

We process personal data in principle in Switzerland and the European Economic Area (EEA). However, we may also export or transfer personal data to other countries,
in particular to process them or have them processed there.

We can transfer personal data to all states and territories on earth export, provided that the local law is applicable according to decision of the Swiss Federal Council and - if and insofar as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable - also guarantees adequate data protection in accordance with thedecision of the European Commission .

We may transfer personal data to countries whose laws do not guarantee adequate data protection, provided that data protection is guaranteed 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 requirements under data protection law are met, for example the express consent of the data subjects or a direct connection with the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract. We will be happy to provide data subjects with information about any guarantees or provide a copy of any guarantees upon request.

Rights of data subjects

Data protection claims

We grant data subjects all rights in accordance with the applicable data protection law. Data subjects have the following rights in particular:

  • Information:
    Data subjects may request information as to whether we process personal data about them and, if so, what personal data is involved. Data subjects also receive 
    the information required to assert their data protection claims and ensure transparency. This includes the processed
    personal data per se, 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 limitation:
    Data subjects can have inaccurate personal data 
    corrected, incomplete data completed and the processing of their data restricted.

  • Cancellation and objection:
    Data subjects can have their personal data deleted
    ("right to be forgotten") and object to the processing of their data with effect for the future.

  • Data output and data transmission:
    Data subjects may request the disclosure of personal data or the transfer of their data to another controller.

We may postpone, restrict or refuse the exercise of the rights of data subjects to the extent permitted by law. We may inform data subjects of any requirements that must be met in order to exercise their rights under data protection law. For example, we may refuse to provide information in whole or in part with reference to business secrets or the protection of other persons. For example, we may also refuse to delete personal data in whole or in part with reference to statutory retention obligations.

In exceptional cases, we may charge costs for the exercise of rights. We will inform data subjects of any costs in advance.

We are obliged to take appropriate measures to identify data subjects who request information or assert other rights. Data subjects are obliged to cooperate.

Legal protection

Data subjects have the right to enforce their data protection claims by taking legal action or to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.

The data protection supervisory authority for private controllers and federal bodies in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).

European data protection supervisory authorities are organised as Members of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB). In some member states in the European Economic Area (EEA), the data protection supervisory authorities are organised on a federal basis, especially in Germany.

Use of the website

Cookies

We may use cookies. Cookies - our own cookies (first-party cookies) as well as cookies from third parties whose services we use (third-party cookies) - are data stored in the browser. Such stored data need not be limited to traditional cookies in text form.

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

Cookies can be fully or partially deactivated and deleted at any time in the browser settings. Without cookies, our website may no longer be fully available. We actively request your express consent to the use of cookies - at least if and to the extent necessary.

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

Logging

We may log at least the following information for each access to our website and our other online presence, insofar as this information is transmitted to our digital infrastructure during such accesses: date and time including time zone, IP addressaccess status (HTTP status code), operating system including user interface and version, browser including language and version, individual sub-pages of our website accessed including amount of data transferred, last website accessed in the same browser window (referrer).

We record such information, which may also constitute personal data, in log files. The information is required to ensure that our online presence is permanent, user-friendly and
can be provided reliably. The information is also required to ensure data security - also by third parties or with the help of third parties.

Tracking pixel

We can integrate tracking pixels into our online presence. Tracking pixels are also known as web beacons. Tracking pixels - including those from third parties whose services we use - are usually small, invisible images or scripts written in JavaScript that are automatically retrieved when our online presence is accessed. Tracking pixels can be used to collect at least the same information as log files.

Notifications and messages

Success and reach measurement

Notifications and messages may contain web links or tracking pixels that record whether an individual message has been opened and which links have been clicked on. Such web links and tracking pixels can also record the use of notifications and messages on a personalised basis. We require this statistical recording of usage for measuring success and reach in order to be able to send notifications and messages in an effective, user-friendly, permanent, secure and reliable manner based on the needs and reading habits of the recipients.

Consent and objection

You must in principle consent to the use of your e-mail address and your other contact addresses, unless use is permitted for other legal reasons. We may use the "double opt-in" procedure to obtain double-confirmed consent. In this case, you will receive a message with instructions for double confirmation. We may revoke any consent obtained, including IP address played a key role in timestamp for evidence and security reasons.

You can in principle object to receiving notifications and communications such as newsletters at any time. With such an objection, you can also object to the statistical recording of usage for measuring success and reach. Necessary notifications and communications in connection with our activities and operations remain reserved.

Service provider for notifications and messages

We send notifications and messages with the help of specialised service providers.

We use in particular:

Social media

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

The general terms and conditions (GTC) and terms of use as well as data protection declarations and other provisions of the individual operators of such platforms also apply in each case. In particular, these provisions provide information about the rights of data subjects directly vis-à-vis the respective platform, including, for example, the right to information.

We are jointly responsible with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Ireland) for our social media presence on Facebook, including the so-called page insights, insofar as and to the extent that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable. Meta Platforms Ireland Limited is part of the Meta-company (including in the USA). Page insights provide information about how visitors interact with our Facebook presence. We use page insights to provide our social media presence on Facebook in an effective and user-friendly way.

Further information on the type, scope and purpose of data processing, information on the rights of data subjects and the contact details of Facebook and Facebook's data protection officer can be found in the Facebook privacy policy. With Facebook, we have developed the so-called "Addendum for responsible persons" and thus agreed in particular that Facebook is responsible for guaranteeing the rights of data subjects. For the so-called Page Insights, the corresponding information can be found on the page "Information on page insights" including "Information on page insights-data".

Third party services

We use services from specialised third parties in order to be able to carry out our activities and operations in a sustainable, user-friendly, secure and reliable manner. Among other things, we can use such services to embed functions and content in our website. In the case of such embedding, the services used collect, at least temporarily, the users' IP addresses for technically compelling reasons.

For necessary security, statistical and technical purposes, third parties whose services we use may process data in aggregate, anonymised or pseudonymised form in connection with our activities and operations.
This is, for example, performance or usage data in order to be able to offer the respective service.

We use in particular:

Digital infrastructure

We use the services of specialised third parties in order to be able to use the necessary digital infrastructure in connection with our activities and operations. This includes, for example, hosting and storage services from selected providers. We use in particular:

Automation and integration of apps and services

We use specialised platforms to integrate and connect existing apps and services from third parties. We can also use such "no-code" platforms to automate processes and activities with third-party apps and services. We use in particular:

Audio and video conferences

We use specialised audio and video conferencing services to communicate online. For example, we can use them to hold virtual meetings or conduct online lessons and webinars. For participation in audio and video conferences, the legal texts of the individual services, such as data protection declarations and terms of use, also apply.

Depending on the life situation, we recommend muting the microphone by default when participating in audio or video conferences and blurring the background or displaying a virtual background. We use in particular:

Online collaboration

We use third-party services to enable online collaboration. In addition to this privacy policy, any directly visible conditions of the services used, such as terms of use or privacy policies, also apply. We use in particular:

Card material

We use third-party services to embed maps in our website. We use in particular:

Digital audio and video content

We use services from specialised third parties to enable the direct playback of digital audio and video content such as music or podcasts. We use in particular:

Documents

We use third-party services to integrate documents into our website. Such documents may include PDF files, presentations, tables and text documents. This enables us not only to view, but also to edit or comment on such documents. We use in particular:

  • Issuu: 
    Digital documents and electronic publications; service provider: Issuu Inc. (USA); privacy policy: Privacy policy.
Fonts

We use third-party services to embed selected fonts, icons, logos and symbols on our website. We use in particular:

Advertising

We use the option of displaying targeted advertising on third parties such as social media platforms and search engines for our activities and operations.

In particular, we would like to use such advertising to reach people who are already interested in our activities and operations or who might be interested in them (remarketing and targeting). For this purpose, we may transmit relevant - possibly also personal - data 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 be able to assign the use of our website to your profile there. We use in particular:

Extensions for the website

We use extensions for our website in order to be able to utilise additional functions. We may use selected services from suitable providers or use such extensions on our own digital infrastructure. In particular, we use

  • Google reCAPTCHA: 
    Spam protection (differentiation between desirable content from humans and undesirable content from bots and spam); service provider: Google; Google reCAPTCHA-specific information: "What is reCAPTCHA?".

Success and reach measurement

We try to determine how our online offering is used. In this context, we can, for example, measure the success and reach of our activities and operations as well as the effect of third-party links to our website. We can also, for example, test and compare how different parts or versions of our online offering 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 to our online offering.

For the measurement of success and reach, in most cases the IP addresses of individual users are stored. In this case, IP addresses are generally shortened ("IP masking") in order to comply with the principle of data minimisation through the corresponding pseudonymisation.

Cookies may be used to measure success and reach and user profiles may be created. Any user profiles created include, for example, the individual pages visited or content viewed on our website, information on the size of the screen or browser window and the - at least approximate - location. In principle, any user profiles are created exclusively in pseudonymised form and are not used to identify individual users. Individual third-party services with which users are registered may be able to assign the use of our online offering to the user account or user profile with the respective service. We use the following in particular:

Final provisions

We have updated this privacy policy with the Data protection generator from Data protection partner created. We may amend and supplement this privacy policy at any time. We will inform you of such amendments and additions in an appropriate form, in particular by publishing the current privacy policy on our website.

Management Group

enespa Group
Schäfligasse 1
CH-9050 Appenzell

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