Privacy Policy

The responsible party within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

afca. AG
Industriestrasse 35
3052 Zollikofen

Phone: 0848 23 22 24
Email: info@afca.ch

Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the federal data protection provisions (Data Protection Act, DPA), every person has the right to protection of their privacy and protection against misuse of their personal data. The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

In cooperation with our hosting providers, we endeavour to protect the databases as well as possible against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or falsification.

We point out that data transmission on the internet (e.g. communication by email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of data as described below. This website can generally be visited without registration. Data such as pages accessed or file names retrieved, date and time are stored on the server for statistical purposes without being directly linked to your person. Personal data, in particular name, address or email address, is collected on a voluntary basis where possible. Without your consent, data will not be passed on to third parties.

Personal data is all information that relates to an identified or identifiable person. Processing includes any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, in particular storing, disclosing, acquiring, deleting, saving, modifying, destroying and using personal data.

We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law. Furthermore, to the extent the EU GDPR is applicable, we process personal data on the following legal bases under Art. 6 Para. 1 GDPR:

lit. a) Processing with the consent of the data subject.
lit. b) Processing for the performance of a contract with the data subject and pre-contractual measures.
lit. c) Processing to comply with a legal obligation.
lit. d) Processing to protect vital interests of the data subject.
lit. f) Processing to safeguard our legitimate interests or those of third parties, unless the data subject's fundamental rights prevail.

We process personal data for the duration required for the respective purpose. In case of longer statutory retention obligations, we restrict processing accordingly.

This website uses cookies — small text files that store specific, user-related information on your device while you use the website. Cookies allow us to determine usage frequency and number of visitors, analyse browsing patterns, and make our offering more user-friendly.

Cookies persist beyond the end of a browser session and can be retrieved on a subsequent visit. If you do not wish this, please set your browser to refuse cookies.

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details including the contact information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the enquiry and any follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

You have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of processing, as well as the right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For further questions on personal data, you may contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service from Google Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies. Information generated by the cookie about your use of this site (including your IP address) is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA.

We have extended Google Analytics with the code "gat._anonymizeIp();" to ensure anonymised collection of IP addresses (IP masking).

To disable Google Analytics, Google provides a browser plug-in at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Google Tag Manager is a solution that allows us to manage website tags via an interface and thus integrate Google Analytics and other Google marketing services into our online offering. The Tag Manager itself does not process any personal data of users.

This website uses web fonts provided by Google for uniform font display. When a page is called up, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

This website uses plugins from YouTube, operated by Google. The operator is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit a page on our site with a YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your browsing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

This website uses functions of Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram and LinkedIn. When you visit pages with corresponding plug-ins, a connection is established between your browser and the servers of these services, and data is already transmitted. If you have an account with any of these services, this data can be linked to it.

If you do not wish this data to be associated with your account, please log out of the respective services before visiting our site.

For completeness, we point out that for users based in Switzerland, surveillance measures by US authorities exist which generally permit the storage of all personal data from Switzerland that has been transferred to the USA.

The copyright and all other rights to content, images, photos or other files on this website belong exclusively to the operator of this website or the specifically named rights holders. Written consent from the copyright holder must be obtained in advance for the reproduction of any files.

We may update this privacy policy at any time without prior notice. The current version published on our website shall apply.

If you have any questions about data protection, please email us at info@afca.ch or contact the responsible party directly.

Zollikofen, 02.12.2019