Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY WEBSITE

A. BASIC INFORMATION
Thank you for your interest in our online offering. The protection of your privacy, in particular your personal data and your right to informational self-determination, is important to us.
In the following, we provide information about the collection and processing of personal data when you use our website or our online offer at www.kellerschneider.com. Personal data refers to all data that can be related to you personally, e.g. name, address, e-mail address, user behavior.

1. responsible
Responsible under data protection law in accordance with Art. 4 No. 7 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

Keller Schneider Patent- und Markenanwälte AG (Bern)
Eigerstrasse 2, P.O. Box
CH-3000 Bern
Phone: +41 31 310 80 80
Fax: +41 31 310 80 70
bern(at)kellerschneider.com

Keller Schneider Patent- und Markenanwälte AG (Zurich)
Beethovenstrasse 49
CH-8027 Zurich
Tel. +41 43 430 32 32
zuerich(at)kellerschneider.com

Further information and contact details as well as additional legal notices can be found at www.kppat.com under “Legal Notice” and “Contact”.

2. data and system security
We secure our website and systems through technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification or dissemination of your data by unauthorized persons.
In connection with access to our website, data that may allow identification (e.g. IP address) is temporarily stored on our servers for data and system security purposes, but generally for no longer than 30 days. The processing of potentially personal data for data and system security purposes is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR and our legitimate interest in securing our systems and preventing misuse

3. principles for the storage and deletion of personal data
Personal data is only processed for the period of time required to achieve the respective storage purpose or if this is provided for in laws or regulations applicable to us, e.g. retention obligations under commercial or tax law. If a storage purpose no longer applies (e.g. in the case of unsubscribing from our newsletter service) or if a legally prescribed storage period expires, the personal data concerned is routinely deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions or its processing is restricted, e.g. limited processing within the scope of commercial or tax retention obligations.
The processing of personal data due to a legal obligation, namely the fulfillment of statutory retention obligations, is based on Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR. Insofar as personal data is processed for the purpose of preserving evidence in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, these processing purposes cease to apply after expiry of the statutory limitation periods; the regular statutory limitation period is three years.
For further details on specific storage and deletion periods, please refer to the individual service descriptions or information in this privacy policy.

B. VISITING OUR WEBSITE
If you use our website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not register for our newsletter or otherwise provide us with personal information, we may collect personal data that your browser transmits to our server. For the purposes of web analysis, we also use tracking technologies to the extent described below.

1. technical provision of the website
When you visit our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure the stability and security of our online offering:

  • IP address
  • Date and time of the request
  • Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
  • Content of the request (specific page)
  • Access status/HTTP status code
  • Amount of data transferred in each case
  • Website from which the request comes
  • Browser
  • Operating system and its interface
  • Language and version of the browser software.

The legal basis for this collection and processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the provision of a functional website and its system security. We also use the aforementioned data in non-personalized form for statistical purposes and to improve our online offering.

2. cookies
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are placed and stored on a computer system via an Internet browser.
Numerous websites and servers use cookies. Cookies often contain a so-called cookie ID. Such an ID is a unique identifier of the cookie and consists of a string of characters through which websites and servers can be assigned to a specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. About Us, it is possible to distinguish your individual browser from other Internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific Internet browser can therefore be recognized and identified via a unique cookie ID.
About Us uses cookies to provide you with more user-friendly services that would not be possible or only possible to a limited extent without the use of cookies. We have limited the use of cookies to so-called essential cookies, which are necessary for the provision of a functional and convenient online offer; this concerns in particular a cookie for the language settings, a cookie for the realization of a location-based lawyer search and a cookie for the realization of an opt-out in the context of the tool we use for web analysis (see below under section 3 Web analysis). The use of cookies is based on Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest in this respect is the provision and optimization of a functional and convenient online offer.
You can prevent the setting of cookies by setting your Internet browser and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. You can also delete cookies that have already been set via an Internet browser or other software programs. Please bear in mind, however, that you may not be able to use all the functions of our and other online services if you deactivate cookies in your Internet browser.

3. web analysis
Our website uses the analytics service Google Analytics. This web analysis service is operated by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter referred to as Google). We use Google Analytics to evaluate your use of our website and to compile reports on user activities. Our legitimate interest in data processing also lies in these purposes. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Section 15 para. 3 TMG and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. This analysis tool works on the basis of cookies. A cookie is a text file that is sent when you visit a website and is temporarily stored on the hard disk of the website user to enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information stored by the cookie is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and then stored there. As part of IP anonymization, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within a member state of the EU or another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Google will use the transmitted information on our behalf to compile a report on the use of the website. We have concluded an order processing contract with Google. The IP address transmitted by Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. If you wish to prevent the use of cookies, you can do so by making local changes to your settings in the Internet browser used on your computer (e.g. Safari, Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox, etc.), i.e. the program used to open and display Internet pages. You can also prevent the collection and processing of your data by Google’s cookie by downloading and installing a browser plugin offered by Google at the following link: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. You can prevent the collection of data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will then be set to prevent the future collection of your data when you visit this website: Deactivate Google Analytics Further information on the terms of use and Privacy Policy of Google and Google Analytics can be found at www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and at www.google.de/intl/de/policies/. Please note that the “anonymizeIp” extension has been added to Google Analytics. This ensures anonymized collection of IP addresses. Status/Opt-out

C. USE OF SERVICES
Personal data is collected and processed if you provide it when using our newsletter service or communicate with us using the contact options provided (e.g. for recruiting).

1. communication
On our website, we offer you various ways to contact us and send us messages. In particular, you can also contact us by telephone or email.
If you contact us in this way, we will store and process the data you provide (e.g. your email address, possibly your name and telephone number) in order to process your request. The legal basis in this respect is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b and f GDPR. Our legitimate interests lie in the efficient and structured recording and processing of inquiries. We delete the resulting data after storage is no longer necessary or restrict processing if there are statutory retention obligations.

2. newsletter
If you register for our newsletter, we collect and process personal data for the purpose of sending you promotional information, namely information about the topics you may have selected when registering for the newsletter as well as information about events and special offers or promotions of our company.
Registration is based on consent. The only mandatory information is your e-mail address and your name. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for the application for our newsletter. This means that after you have registered, we will send you an email to the email address you have provided in which we ask you to confirm that you wish to receive our newsletter via the email address you have provided.
We use the data you provide for the purpose of subscribing to our newsletter. The following data is also collected during the Application process: IP address of the accessing computer, date and time of registration. This collection and storage takes place in order to be able to demonstrate that the respective user has actually given effective consent and that the double opt-in procedure has been properly carried out.
The legal basis for the processing of your data for the purpose of providing the newsletter service is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. Insofar as the registration for our newsletter is technically documented, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, whereby our legitimate interests lie in the verifiability of the proper collection or implementation of the double opt-in procedure.
The data collected during the application for the newsletter will only be stored as long as the subscription to the newsletter is active. Subscription to the newsletter can be terminated by the user concerned at any time. For this purpose, there is a corresponding unsubscribe link in every newsletter. You are also welcome to contact us using the email address you registered for the newsletter; simply use the contact details provided in this privacy policy.

3 Google Maps
(1) On this website we use the Google Maps service. This allows us to show you interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to use the map function conveniently.
(2) By visiting the website, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the data collected when you visit our website is transmitted. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish your data to be associated with your Google profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right.
(3) Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by the plug-in provider can be found in the provider’s privacy policy. There you will also find further information on your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy: www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Google also processes your personal data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

D. DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS
We would like to inform you about your rights under the GDPR as a “data subject”. Accordingly, you have the following rights with regard to the personal data concerning you:

  • Right to information (Art. 15 (1), (2) GDPR)
  • Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR) or erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
  • Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
  • Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
  • Right to object to the processing (Art. 21 GDPR)
  • Right to withdraw consent (Art. 7 (3) GDPR)
  • Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR)

In addition, we summarize the key points of the rights of data subjects under the GDPR for you as follows, whereby this presentation does not claim to be exhaustive, but merely addresses the main features of the rights of data subjects under the GDPR:

1. right of access (including right to confirmation and right to data provision)
The data subject has the right to obtain from the controller confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed.
The data subject has the right of access to personal data concerning him or her and to the following information:

  • the purposes of processing;
  • the categories of personal data that are processed;
  • the recipients or categories of recipient to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations;
    where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;
  • the existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the data subject or to object to such processing;
  • the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority;
  • where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source;
    the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject;
  • where personal data are transferred to a third country or to an international organization, to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR relating to the transfer.
    The data subject shall have the right to be provided with a copy of the personal data concerning him or her which are the subject of processing.

2. right to rectification
The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.

3. right to restriction of processing
The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following applies

  • the accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data,
  • the processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of their use instead;
  • the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, or
  • the data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

4. right to erasure
The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay, provided that one of the following grounds applies, subject to the legal necessity of data processing (see Art. 17 (3) GDPR for the exception):

  • The personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
  • The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1) sentence 1, or point (a) of Article 9(2) GDPR, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.
  • The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR.
  • The personal data was processed unlawfully.
  • The deletion of personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject.
  • The personal data was collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8 (1) GDPR.

5. right to data portability
The data subject shall have the right to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which he or she has provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data have been provided, where the processing is based on consent or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR and the processing is carried out by automated means.
In exercising his or her right to data portability, the data subject shall have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible.

6. right of revocation
The data subject has the right to revoke any consent given at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

7. right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
Every data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of his or her habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if the data subject considers that the processing of personal data relating to him or her infringes this Regulation.
The data protection supervisory authority responsible for us is: LDI – Landesbeauftragte für Privacy Policy und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen, Kavalleriestr. 2-4, 40213 Düsseldorf.

8. separate reference to rights of objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1, 2 GDPR
You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. e or f GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. If you object, your personal data will no longer be processed unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
Where personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to processing of your personal data for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.

E. Contact
You can contact us at any time to exercise your rights as a data subject or if you have general questions about Privacy Policy:

Keller Schneider Patent- und Markenanwälte AG (Bern)
Eigerstrasse 2, P.O. Box
CH-3000 Bern
Phone: +41 31 310 80 80
Fax: +41 31 310 80 70
bern(at)kellerschneider.com

Keller Schneider Patent- und Markenanwälte AG (Zurich)
Beethovenstrasse 49
CH-8027 Zurich
Tel. +41 43 430 32 32
zuerich(at)kellerschneider.com

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