Privacy policy

Thank you for visiting our website otgzh.ch and for your interest in our company.

The protection of your personal data, such as date of birth, name, telephone number, address, etc., is important to us.

The purpose of this privacy statement is to inform you about the processing of your personal data that we collect from you when you visit our website.
Our data protection practice is in accordance with the legal regulations of the Swiss Federal Law on Data Protection (DSG).
The following privacy statement serves to fulfil the information obligations arising from the DSG.
These can be found, for example, in Art. 19 ff. DPA.

Owner

The data controller within the meaning of Art. 5 let. j FADP is a private person or the federal body that decides on the purpose and means of processing.

With regard to our website, the owner:

Ostschweizerische Treuhand Zürich AG
Giesshübelstrasse 45
8045 Zürich
Schweiz
E-Mail: otg@otgzh.ch
Tel.: +41 44 298 88 44

Provision of the website and creation of log files

Each time you visit our website, our system automatically collects data and information from the device (e.g. computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc.).

What personal data is collected and to what extent is it processed?

(1) Information about the browser type and the version used;
(2) The operating system of the accessing device;
(3) Host name of the accessing computer;
(4) The IP address of the accessing device;
(5) Date and time of access;
(6) Websites and resources (images, files, other page content) that were accessed on our website;
(7) Websites from which the user's system accessed our website (referrer tracking);
(8) Message as to whether the access was successful;
(9) Volume of data transferred.

This data is stored in the log files of our system.
This data is not stored together with personal data of a specific user, so that individual site visitors cannot be identified.

Legal basis for the processing of personal data

Personal data is processed in accordance with the principle of legality (Art. 6 para. 1 FADP) and the principle of good faith (Art. 6 para. 2 FADP and Art. 2 CC).

Purpose of the data processing

The temporary (automated) storage of data is necessary for the course of a website visit in order to enable the delivery of the website.
The storage and processing of personal data is also carried out to maintain the compatibility of our website for as many visitors as possible and to combat abuse and eliminate malfunctions.
For this purpose, it is necessary to log the technical data of the accessing computer in order to be able to react as soon as possible to display errors, attacks on our IT systems and/or errors in the functionality of our website.
In addition, the data is used to optimise the website and to generally ensure the security of our information technology systems.

Duration of storage

The deletion of the aforementioned technical data takes place as soon as they are no longer required to ensure the compatibility of the website for all visitors, but no later than 3 months after accessing our website.

Possibility of restriction, objection, correction and deletion

You can request that the data be corrected or deleted at any time.
You can find out what rights you have and how to exercise them at the bottom of this privacy statement.

Special functions of the website

Our site offers you various functions, during the use of which personal data is collected, processed and stored by us.
We explain below what happens to this data:

Contact form(s)

• What personal data is collected and to what extent is it processed?

  The data you have entered in our contact forms, which you have entered in the input mask of the contact form.

• Legal basis for the processing of personal data

  Personal data is processed in accordance with the principle of legality (Art. 6 para. 1 FADP) and the principle of good faith (Art. 6 para. 2 FADP and Art. 2 CC).

• Purpose of the data processing

  We will only use the data recorded via our contact form(s) for processing the specific contact enquiry received through the contact form.
  Please note that in order to fulfil your contact enquiry, we may also send you emails to the address you have provided.
  The purpose of this is so that you can receive confirmation from us that your enquiry has been correctly forwarded to us.
  However, sending this confirmation email is not obligatory for us and is only for your information.

• Duration of storage

  After processing your request, the collected data will be deleted immediately, unless there are legal retention periods.

• Possibility of restriction, objection, correction and deletion

  You can request that the data be corrected or deleted at any time.
  You can find out what rights you have and how to exercise them at the bottom of this privacy statement.

• Necessity of providing personal data

  The use of the contact forms is on a voluntary basis.
  You are not obliged to contact us via the contact form, but can also use the other contact options provided on our site.
  If you wish to use our contact form, you must fill in the fields marked as mandatory.
  If you do not fill in the necessary details of the contact form, you will either not be able to send the enquiry or we will not be able to process your enquiry due to lack of information.

Disclosure of information to third parties

Personal data is processed in accordance with the principle of legality (Art. 6 para. 1 FADP) and the principle of good faith (Art. 6 para. 2 FADP and Art. 2 CC).

The disclosure of information to third parties depends on the scope of the activities or offers of our website or our business model described below.

As a matter of principle, we only retain your information for as long as necessary and treat it confidentially.
Exceptions to this are the transfer of personal data to debt collection service providers, to public bodies and authorities and to private individuals,
who have a right to it due to legal provisions, court decisions or official orders
as well as the transfer to authorities for the purpose of initiating legal proceedings or for prosecution purposes if our legally protected rights are attacked.

Statistical analysis of visits to this website - Webtracker

We collect, process and store the following data when this website or individual files on the website are accessed:
IP address, website from which the file was accessed, name of the file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred and report on the success of the access (so-called web log).
We use this access data exclusively in non-personalised form for the continuous improvement of our website and for statistical purposes.

The processing of any personal data is carried out in accordance with the principle of legality (Art. 6 para. 1 DSG) and the principle of good faith (Art. 6 para. 2 DSG and Art. 2 ZGB).
We also use the following web trackers to evaluate visits to this website:

• Google

  We use the Google service of the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, 4 Dublin, Ireland, e-mail: support-deutschland@google.com, website: http://www.google.com/.
  Swiss authorities estimate that the processing takes place in safe third countries.
  Switzerland's list of states and further information can be found at the following link: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/datenschutz/handel-und-wirtschaft/uebermittlung-ins-ausland.html.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 6 DSG or Art. 31 para. 1 DSG, which you have given on our website.

  We use Google in order to be able to load further services from Google on the website. The service is used to provide further Google services, such as the data processing required for the provision of streams and fonts and relevant Google search content. It is technically required in order to be able to exchange the site visitor's information already available to Google between the Google services and to be able to provide the site visitor with individual content adapted to his or her Google account.

  For the processing itself, the service or we collect the following data:
  Background data stored in the Google user account or other Google services about the page visitor, background data for the provision of Google services such as streaming data or advertising data, data about the page user's interaction with Google search, information about the terminal device used, the IP address and the user's browser and other data from Google services for the provision of Google services related to our website.

  If the service is activated on our website, our website establishes a connection to the servers of Google Ireland Limited and transfers the required data. As part of the order processing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043 Mountain View, United States. When using the Google service on our website, Google may transmit and process information from other Google services in order to provide background services for the display and data processing of the services provided by Google. For this purpose, data may also be transferred to the Google services Google Apis, Doubleclick, Google Cloud, and Google Ads and Google Fonts in accordance with the Google privacy policy. The certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework can be found at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.

  You can revoke the processing of your data at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

  The provider also offers an opt-out option at https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155451?hl=de.

• Google Maps

  We use the Google service of the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, 4 Dublin, Ireland, e-mail: support-deutschland@google.com, website: http://www.google.com/.
  Swiss authorities estimate that the processing takes place in safe third countries.
  Switzerland's list of states and further information can be found at the following link: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/datenschutz/handel-und-wirtschaft/uebermittlung-ins-ausland.html.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 6 DSG or Art. 31 para. 1 DSG, which you have given on our website.

  On our behalf, Google will use the information obtained via Google Maps to show you the map. Using Google Maps, you can find us faster and more accurately than with a simple non-interactive map. Likewise, the relevant data will be used to associate site visitors who view our Google Maps map, possibly with the aid of the Google advertising ID, and to link them to physical visits and calls to further contact information listed on Google. In this way, Google can make an assessment of the expected visitor flows.

  For the processing itself, the service or we collect the following data:
  Data required for the visualisation and display of location data in the form of a map, such as in particular IP address, information from Google background services such as Google Apis, search terms, IP address, coordinates, when using the route planner, starting location and destination, location data, Google advertising ID, Android advertising ID.

  We have concluded a joint processing agreement with Google with regard to Google Maps. You can find the content at https://privacy.google.com/intl/de/businesses/mapscontrollerterms/. If the service is activated on our website, our website establishes a connection to the servers of Google Ireland Limited and transfers the required data. As part of the order processing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043 Mountain View, United States. When using the Google service on our website, Google may transmit and process information from other Google services in order to provide background services for the display and data processing of the services provided by Google. For this purpose, data processing may also be carried out by the Google services Google Apis, Google Cloud and Google Fonts in accordance with the Google privacy policy under the data protection responsibility of Google. You can access the certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.

  You can revoke the processing of your data at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

  The provider also offers an opt-out option at https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155451?hl=de.

• Gstatic

  We use the service Gstatic of the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, 4 Dublin, Ireland, e-mail: support-deutschland@google.com, website: http://www.google.com/.
  Swiss authorities estimate that the processing takes place in safe third countries.
  Switzerland's list of states and further information can be found at the following link: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/datenschutz/handel-und-wirtschaft/uebermittlung-ins-ausland.html.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 6 DSG or Art. 31 para. 1 DSG, which you have given on our website.

  Gstatic is a background service used by Google to retrieve static content in order to reduce bandwidth usage and preload required catalogue files. In particular, the service loads background data for Google Fonts and Google Maps.

  As part of the order processing, personal data may also be transferred to the servers of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043 Mountain View, United States. You can access the certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.

  You can revoke the processing of your data at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

  The provider also offers an opt-out option at https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155451?hl=de.

• Youtube

  We use the Youtube service of the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, 4 Dublin, Ireland, e-mail: support-deutschland@google.com, website: http://www.google.com/.
  According to Swiss authorities, the processing takes place in safe third countries.
  The list of countries in Switzerland as well as further information can be found at the following link: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/datenschutz/handel-und-wirtschaft/uebermittlung-ins-ausland.html.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 6 DSG or Art. 31 para. 1 DSG, which you have given on our website.

  Videos from the Youtube platform are integrated on our website via the Youtube service. Through the integration, we can show you videos directly on our website. In this way, visitors to our website can view information about our services without having to visit the Youtube platform.

  For the processing itself, the service or we collect the following data:
  Data for displaying the stream, data on videos clicked on, playlists created, ratings and comments, information on the terminal device used, the IP address and the user's browser and further data from Google services for providing the video in accordance with Google's privacy policy.

  If YouTube is activated on our website and a video is played, our website establishes a connection to the servers of Google Ireland Limited and transmits the data required to display the stream or video. As part of the order processing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043 Mountain View, United States. The transfer of personal data also takes place in the USA. With regard to the transfer of personal data to the USA, there is an adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework of the EU Commission within the meaning of Art. 45 DSGVO (hereinafter: DPF - https://commission.europa.eu/document/fa09cbad-dd7d-4684-ae60-be03fcb0fddf_en). The operator of the service is certified under the DPF, so that the usual level of protection under the GDPR applies to the transfer. When displaying Youtube videos on our website, Youtube may transmit and process information from other Google services in order to provide background services for the video, such as streaming data. For this purpose, data may also be transferred to the Google services Google Fonts, Google Apis, Google Video, Doubleclick. The certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework can be found at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.

  You can revoke the processing of your data at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

  The provider also offers an opt-out option at https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155451?hl=de.

Integration of external web services and processing of data outside the EU

On our website, we use active content from external providers, so-called web services.
By calling up our website, these external providers may receive personal information about your visit to our website.
This may involve processing of data outside Switzerland.
You can prevent this by installing an appropriate browser plug-in or deactivating the execution of scripts in your browser.
This may result in functional restrictions on websites that you visit.

We use the following external web services:

• Google Cloud APIs

  We use the Google Cloud APIs service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, 4 Dublin, Ireland, email: support-deutschland@google.com, website: http://www.google.com/.
  According to Swiss authorities, the processing takes place in safe third countries.
  The list of countries in Switzerland as well as further information can be found at the following link: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/datenschutz/handel-und-wirtschaft/uebermittlung-ins-ausland.html.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 6 DSG or Art. 31 para. 1 DSG, which you have given on our website.

  We use Google APIs in order to be able to load additional services from Google on the website. Google Apis is a collection of interfaces for communication between the various Google services used on your website. The service is used in particular to display the Google Fonts fonts and to provide the Google Maps map.

  For the processing itself, the service or we collect the following data:
  IP address

  If the service is activated on our website, our website establishes a connection to the servers of Google Ireland Limited and transfers the required data. As part of the order processing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043 Mountain View, United States. When using the Google service on our website, Google may transmit and process information from other Google services in order to provide background services for the display and data processing of the services provided by Google. For this purpose, data may also be transferred to the Google services Google Cloud, Google Maps, Google Ads and Google Fonts in accordance with the Google privacy policy under the data protection responsibility of Google. You can access the certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.

  You can revoke the processing of your data at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

  The provider also offers an opt-out option at https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155451?hl=de.

• Google Fonts

  We use the Google Fonts service of the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, 4 Dublin, Ireland, e-mail: support-deutschland@google.com, website: http://www.google.com/.
  Swiss authorities estimate that the processing takes place in safe third countries.
  Switzerland's list of states and further information can be found at the following link: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/datenschutz/handel-und-wirtschaft/uebermittlung-ins-ausland.html.

  The legal basis for the transmission of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 6 DSG or Art. 31 para. 1 DSG, which you have given on our website.

  We use the Google Fonts service to be able to integrate attractive fonts on our website in order to be able to show you our website in a visually better version. The service may also be used on our website if other Google services are reloaded on our website that require Google Fonts fonts to run. This is the case, for example, if our website uses Google services that require Google Fonts to run.

  Zur Bearbeitung selbst erhebt der Dienst bzw. wir folgende Daten:
  Daten zu Schriftarten, IP-Adresse des Seitenbesuchers, Statistiken über den Gebrauch von Schriftarten und weitere Daten von Google-Diensten bezogen auf unsere Webseite.

  If the service is activated on our website, our website establishes a connection to the servers of Google Ireland Limited and transfers the required data. As part of the order processing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of the company Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, 94043 Mountain View, United States. When using the Google service on our website, Google may transmit and process information from other Google services in order to provide background services for the display and data processing of the services provided by Google. For this purpose, data may also be transferred to the Google services Google Apis, Google Cloud and Google Ads in accordance with the Google privacy policy. You can access the certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.

  You can revoke the processing of your data at any time. You will find more information on revoking your consent either with the consent itself or at the end of this privacy policy.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

  The provider also offers an opt-out option at https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155451?hl=de.

• Legally ok legal text snippet and modules

  We use on our site the service Legally ok legal text snippet and modules of the company Legally ok GmbH, Schochenmühlestrasse 6, 6340 Baar, Switzerland, e-mail: hello@legally-ok.com, website: https://www.legally-ok.com/.
  Processing takes place exclusively in Switzerland in accordance with the data protection legislation applicable there.

  The legal basis for the transmission and processing is Art. 31 para. 1 DSG. The use of the service helps us to comply with our legal obligations.

  With the help of the service, the contents of our legal texts are reloaded on our website. The respective current legal texts are reloaded via the integration on our page. This integration may also be used to reload further technical modules with regard to the legal texts or legally required elements.

  You can find out what rights you have with regard to processing at the end of this privacy statement.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://www.legally-ok.com/datenschutz/.

• cookieyes

  We use on our site the service cookieyes of the company CookieYes Limited, Warren Park, 3 Warren Yard, Wolverton Mill, Wolverton, MK12 5NW Milton Keynes , United Kingdom, email: support@cookieyes.com, website: https://www.cookieyes.com/de/.
  According to Swiss authorities, the processing takes place in safe third countries.
  The list of countries in Switzerland and further information can be found at the following link: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/datenschutz/handel-und-wirtschaft/uebermittlung-ins-ausland.html.

  The legal basis for the transmission and processing is Art. 31 para. 1 DSG. The use of the service helps us to comply with our legal obligations.

  The service of Cookieyes serves both the creation and implementation of data protection declarations, as well as the integration of a cookie banner, which saves and implements the individual settings of the page visitor.

  You can find out what rights you have with regard to processing at the end of this privacy statement.

  For further information on the handling of transmitted data, please refer to the provider's privacy policy at https://www.cookieyes.com/privacy-policy/.

Data security and data protection, communication by e-mail

Your personal data is protected by technical and organisational measures during collection, storage and processing in such a way that it is not accessible to third parties.
In the case of unencrypted communication by e-mail, we cannot guarantee complete data security on the transmission path to our IT systems, so that we recommend encrypted communication or the postal service for information requiring a high level of confidentiality.

Duration of data storage and rights of the data subject

Duration of storage

We store personal data only to the extent and for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which the personal data was collected,
we have a legitimate overriding interest in retaining it or are required to do so by law.

Right to information

You have the right to request confirmation as to whether we are processing your personal data.
If this is the case, you have the right to access the information specified in 25 ff. of the FADP. FADP,
insofar as the information cannot be refused, restricted or postponed by the owner of the data collection (cf. Art. 26 f. FADP).
We will also be happy to provide you with a copy of the data.

Right of rectification

Pursuant to Art. 32 para. 1 DSG, you have the right to demand that incorrectly stored personal data (e.g. address, name, etc.) be corrected, provided that this claim does not conflict with any legal obligation.
You can also demand that the data stored with us be completed at any time.
A corresponding adjustment will be made without delay.

Right to erasure

You have the right to have us delete the personal data we have collected about you if

• the data is either no longer needed;
• due to the revocation of your consent, the legal basis for the processing has ceased to exist without substitution;
• there are no longer any justified reasons for processing;
• your data is processed unlawfully;
• a legal obligation requires this.

The right does not exist if

• the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information;
• Your data has been collected on the basis of a legal obligation;
• the processing is necessary for reasons of public interest;
• the data is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Right of revocation

If you have given us express consent to process your personal data (Art. 6 para. 6 DSG and Art. 31 para. 1 DSG), you may revoke this consent at any time.
Please note that this does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.
Data for which we are legally obliged to retain will be deleted after expiry of the deadline.

How do you exercise your rights?

You can exercise your rights at any time by contacting us using the contact details below:

Ostschweizerische Treuhand Zürich AG
Giesshübelstrasse 45
8045 Zürich
Schweiz
E-Mail: otg@otgzh.ch
Tel.: +41 44 298 88 44

Right to data portability

We will provide you with the following data upon request:

• Data collected on the basis of consent (Art. 31 para. 1 FADP);
• Data that we have received from you within the framework of existing contracts (Art. 31 para. 2 let. a FADP);
• Data that has been processed as part of an automated procedure.

We will transfer the personal data directly to a person responsible of your choice, insofar as this is technically feasible.
Please note that we are not permitted to transfer data that encroaches on the overriding interests of third parties, or only to a limited extent, pursuant to Art. 26 para. 1 let. b FADP.

Notifications to the FDPIC and the possibility of taking legal action

According to Art. 49 FADP, data subjects may file a complaint with the supervisory authority if there are sufficient indications that a data processing operation could violate data protection regulations.
The supervisory authority for data protection in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).

For more information, please see the contact form of the FDPIC: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/deredoeb/kontakt.html

If you suspect that your data is being processed illegally on our site, you can seek clarification of the issue in court in accordance with Art. 32 FADP.
As a rule, this should be done by taking legal action in accordance with Art. 28 et seq. If you are affected by the processing of data by federal bodies, the procedure is governed by Art. 41 FADP.
In this case, you can also contact the FDPIC (see the reference to the contact form above).