This data protection declaration provides information about the processing of personal data in connection with our activities, including our website under the domain name
We may publish additional privacy policies or other information on data protection for individual or additional activities and operations.
We are subject to Swiss law and, where applicable, foreign law, in particular that of the European Union (EU) with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
In its decision of July 26, 2000, the European Commission recognized that Swiss data protection law ensures adequate data protection. In its report of January 15, 2024, the European Commission confirmed this adequacy decision.
The responsible party in terms of data protection law is:
Terra Vestis SA
Chemin du Léman 2
1031 Mex
Switzerland
In individual cases, third parties may be responsible for processing personal data, or there may be joint responsibility with third parties. We will be happy to provide data subjects with information about the respective responsibility upon request.
Data subject: Natural person about whom we process personal data.
Personal data: All information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Sensitive personal data: Data about trade union, political, religious, or ideological views and activities, data about health, privacy, or ethnicity or race, genetic data, biometric data that uniquely identifies a natural person, data on criminal and administrative sanctions or prosecutions, and data on social assistance measures.
Processing: Any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, for example, querying, comparing, adapting, archiving, storing, reading, disclosing, obtaining, recording, collecting, deleting, disclosing, arranging, organizing, storing, modifying, distributing, linking, destroying, and using personal data.
European Economic Area (EEA): Member states of the European Union(EU) as well as the Principality of Liechtenstein, Iceland, and Norway.
We process personal data in accordance with Swiss law, in particular the Federal Act on Data Protection (Data Protection Act, DPA) and the Ordinance on Data Protection (Data Protection Ordinance, DPO).
Where and to the extent that the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies, we process personal data in accordance with at least one of the following legal bases:
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).
We process the personal data that is necessary to enable us 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. The personal data may also constitute particularly sensitive personal data.
We also process personal data that we receive from third parties, obtain from publicly available sources, or collect in the course of our activities and operations, to the extent that such processing is permitted.
We process personal data, where necessary, with the consent of the persons concerned. In many cases, we may process personal data without consent, for example to comply with legal obligations or to protect overriding interests. We may also request the consent of the persons concerned if their consent is not required.
We process personal data for the period of time necessary for the respective purpose. We anonymize or delete personal data in particular in accordance with statutory retention and limitation periods.
We may disclose personal data to third parties, have it processed by third parties, or process it jointly with third parties. Such third parties may, for example, be specialized providers whose services we use.
Within the scope of our activities and operations, we may disclose personal data in particular to banks and other financial service providers, 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, parent, sister, and subsidiary companies, organizations and associations, social institutions, telecommunications companies, insurance companies, and payment service providers.
We process personal data in order to communicate with individuals, authorities, organizations, and companies. In particular, we process data that a data subject provides us with when contacting us, for example by letter or email. We may store such data in an address book or using similar tools.
Third parties who provide us with data about other individuals are obliged to ensure the data protection of these data subjects themselves. In particular, they must ensure that such data is accurate and may be transmitted.
We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure data security commensurate with the respective risk. With our measures, we ensure in particular the confidentiality, availability, traceability, and integrity of the processed personal data, without, however, being able to guarantee absolute data security.
Access to our website and our other digital presence is provided using transport encryption (SSL/TLS, in particular with the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, abbreviated HTTPS). Most browsers warn against visiting a website without transport encryption.
Like all digital communication, our digital communication 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 processing of personal data by secret services, police stations, and other security authorities. Nor can we rule out the possibility that a data subject may be subject to targeted surveillance.
We generally process personal data in Switzerland and in the European Economic Area (EEA). However, we may also export or transfer personal data to other countries, in particular for processing or to have it processed there.
We may export personal data to all countries on Earth and elsewhere in the universe, provided that the local law guarantees adequate data protection in accordance with a decision by the Swiss Federal Council and – if and to the extent that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies – also in accordance with a decision by 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 other appropriate safeguards. In exceptional cases, we may export personal data to countries without adequate or appropriate data protection if the specific data protection requirements are met, for example, the express consent of the data subjects or a direct connection with the conclusion or execution of a contract. Upon request, we will be happy to provide data subjects with information about any guarantees or provide a copy of any guarantees.
We grant data subjects all claims in accordance with applicable law. Data subjects have the following rights in particular:
We may postpone, restrict, or refuse the exercise of data subjects' rights within the legally permissible scope. We may inform data subjects of any conditions that must be met in order to exercise their data protection rights. For example, we may refuse to provide information in whole or in part on the grounds of confidentiality obligations, overriding interests, or the protection of other persons. We may also refuse to delete personal data in whole or in part, in particular on the grounds of statutory retention obligations.
In exceptional cases, we may charge a fee for exercising these rights. We will inform the persons concerned in advance of any costs.
We are obliged to take appropriate measures to identify data subjects who request information or assert other rights. Data subjects are obliged to cooperate.
Data subjects have the right to enforce their data protection claims through legal action or to file 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 organized as members of the European Data Protection Board(EDPB). In some member states of the European Economic Area (EEA), the data protection supervisory authorities are structured federally, particularly in Germany.
We may use cookies. Cookies – both our own cookies (first-party cookies) and cookies from third parties whose services we use (third-party cookies) – are data that are stored in the browser. Such stored data are not necessarily limited to traditional cookies in text form.
Cookies can be stored in the browser temporarily as "session cookies" or for a specific 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. Cookies enable us, in particular, to recognize a browser when it next 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 completely or partially deactivated, restricted, or deleted at any time in the browser settings. The browser settings often also allow for automated deletion and other management of cookies. Without cookies, our website may no longer be fully available. We actively seek your express consent to the use of cookies, at least to the extent required by applicable law.
For cookies used to measure success and reach or for advertising, a general objection ("opt-out") is possible for numerous services via 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).
We may log at least the following information for each access to our website and our other digital presence, provided that this information is determined or transmitted to our digital infrastructure as standard during such access: Date and time including time zone, IP address, access status (HTTP status code), operating system including user interface and version, browser including language and version, individual subpages of our website accessed including amount of data transferred, last website accessed in the same browser window (referrer).
We log such information, which may also constitute personal data, in log files. This information is necessary in order to provide our digital presence in a permanent, user-friendly, and reliable manner. The information is also necessary to ensure data security—including by third parties or with the help of third parties.
We may integrate tracking pixels into our digital 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 you access our digital presence. Tracking pixels can be used to collect at least the same information as is logged in log files.
We use services from specialized third parties to enable us to carry out our activities and operations in a sustainable, user-friendly, secure, and reliable manner. These services enable us, among other things, to embed functions and content in our website. When embedding such content, the services used collect the IP addresses of users at least temporarily for technical reasons.
For necessary security-related, statistical, and technical purposes, third parties whose services we use may process data in connection with our activities and operations in an aggregated, anonymized, or pseudonymized form. This includes, for example, performance or usage data in order to be able to offer the respective service.
In particular, we use:
We use the services of specialized third parties in order to be able to use the digital infrastructure required in connection with our activities and operations. These include, for example, hosting and storage services from selected providers.
In particular, we use:
We use the services of specialized third parties to arrange appointments online, for example for meetings. In addition to this privacy policy, any directly visible terms and conditions of the services used, such as terms of use or privacy policies, also apply.
In particular, we use:
We use specialized services for audio and video conferencing to communicate online. This allows us, for example, to hold virtual meetings or conduct online lessons and webinars. Participation in audio and video conferences is also subject to the legal texts of the individual services, such as privacy policies and terms of use.
Depending on your life situation, we recommend that you mute your microphone by default when participating in audio or video conferences and blur your background or display a virtual background.
We use third-party services to enable online collaboration. In addition to this privacy policy, any directly visible terms and conditions of the services used, such as terms of use or privacy policies, also apply.
In particular, we use:
We use the services of specialized third parties to integrate digital content into our website. Digital content includes, in particular, image and video material, music, and podcasts.
In particular, we use:
We try to measure the success and reach of our activities and operations. In this context, we can also measure the impact of third-party references or check how different parts or versions of our digital presence are used (A/B testing method). Based on the results of the success and reach measurement, we can, in particular, correct errors, strengthen popular content, or make improvements.
In most cases, the IP addresses of individual users are collected for success and reach measurement. In this case, IP addresses are always shortened ("IP masking") in order to comply with the principle of data minimization through pseudonymization.
Cookies may be used to measure success and reach, and user profiles may be created. Any user profiles created may include, for example, the individual pages visited or content viewed on our digital presence, information about the size of the screen or browser window, and the location (at least approximately). As a matter of principle, any user profiles are created exclusively in pseudonymized form and are not used to identify individual users. Individual third-party services to which users are registered may assign the use of our online offering to the user account or user profile with the respective service.
In particular, we use:
We have created this privacy policy using the privacy policy generator from Datenschutzpartner .
We may update this privacy policy at any time. We will inform you of any updates in an appropriate manner, in particular by publishing the current privacy policy on our website.