Privacy Policy

Thank you for your interest in our online shop. Protecting your privacy is very important to us. Below, we will inform you in detail about how your data is handled.

Responsible for Data Processing:

Chris Burgener
Süsswinkelstrasse 8
CH-9453 Eichberg
info@photospirit.ch

1. Access Data and Hosting

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information. Each time a website is accessed, the web server automatically stores a server log file, which contains, for example, the name of the requested file, your IP address, date and time of access, transferred data volume, and the requesting provider (access data), and documents the access.

This access data is evaluated exclusively for the purpose of ensuring the smooth operation of the site and improving our offerings. According to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, this serves to protect our legitimate interests, which outweigh in a balancing of interests, in a correct presentation of our offerings. All access data will be deleted no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site.

Hosting Services by a Third-Party Provider

As part of processing on our behalf, a third-party provider performs hosting and website presentation services for us. This serves to protect our legitimate interests, which outweigh in a balancing of interests, in a correct presentation of our offerings. All data collected during the use of this website or in the designated forms in the online shop, as described below, will be processed on their servers. Processing on other servers only takes place within the scope explained here.

This service provider is located within a country of the European Union or the European Economic Area.

2. Data Collection and Use for Contract Processing, Contacting Us, and Opening a Customer Account

We collect personal data when you voluntarily provide it to us as part of your order or when contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email). Mandatory fields are marked as such, as in these cases we absolutely require the data for contract processing or to handle your contact request, and you cannot send the order or contact request without providing them. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. We use the data you provide in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR for contract processing and handling your inquiries. If you have given your consent for this in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR by deciding to open a customer account, we use your data for the purpose of opening the customer account. After complete processing of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after the expiry of tax and commercial law retention periods, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further data use that is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this declaration. Deleting your customer account is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a designated function in the customer account.

3. Data Transfer

For contract fulfillment in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR, we transfer your data to the shipping company commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of ordered goods. Depending on which payment service provider you select in the ordering process, we transfer the payment data collected for this purpose to the credit institution commissioned with the payment and, if applicable, to payment service providers commissioned by us or to the selected payment service. In some cases, the selected payment service providers also collect this data themselves if you create an account there. In this case, you must log in to the payment service provider with your access data during the ordering process. The privacy policy of the respective payment service provider applies in this regard.

4. Email Newsletter and Postal Advertising

Email Advertising with Newsletter Subscription

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we use the data required for this purpose or separately provided by you to regularly send you our email newsletter based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

Unsubscribing from the newsletter is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a designated link in the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we will delete your email address, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further data use that is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this declaration.

Postal Advertising and Your Right to Object

Furthermore, we reserve the right to use your first and last name as well as your postal address for our own advertising purposes, e.g., for sending interesting offers and information about our products by mail. This serves to protect our legitimate interests, which outweigh in a balancing of interests, in addressing our customers for advertising purposes in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

5. Cookies and Web Analytics

To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, to display suitable products or for market research, we use so-called cookies on various pages, provided you have given your consent for this in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e., after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). You can find the storage duration in the overview in your web browser’s cookie settings. You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally. If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited. Each browser differs in how it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You can find these for the respective browsers under the following links:

Internet Explorer™: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/4027947/microsoft-edge-delete-cookies
Safari™: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/sfri11471/12.0/mac/10.14
Chrome™: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en
Firefox™ https://support.mozilla.org/de/products/firefox/protect-your-privacy/cookies
Opera™ : https://help.opera.com/de/latest/web-preferences/#cookies

Furthermore, you can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in the privacy policy.

Use of Google (Universal) Analytics for Web Analytics

Provided you have given your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, this website uses Google (Universal) Analytics for website analysis. The web analytics service is offered by Google Ireland Limited, a company registered and operating under Irish law, with its registered office at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. (www.google.de). Google (Universal) Analytics uses methods that enable an analysis of your use of the website, such as cookies. The automatically collected information about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. By activating IP anonymization on this website, the IP address is truncated before transmission within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. The anonymized IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is generally not merged with other Google data. After the purpose ceases and our use of Google Analytics ends, the data collected in this context will be deleted.

Insofar as information is transferred to and stored on Google servers in the USA, the American company Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Based on this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has determined an adequate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. This will prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google.

Google Maps

This website uses Google Maps for the visual representation of geographical information. Google Maps is offered by Google Ireland Limited, a company registered and operating under Irish law, with its registered office at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (www.google.de). This serves to protect our legitimate interests, which outweigh in a balancing of interests, in an optimized presentation of our offerings and easy accessibility of our locations in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

When using Google Maps, data about the use of the Maps functions by website visitors is transmitted or processed by Google, which may include, in particular, the IP address and location data. We have no influence on this data processing.

To deactivate the Google Maps service and thus prevent data transmission to Google, you must deactivate the JavaScript function in your browser. In this case, Google Maps cannot be used or can only be used to a limited extent.

Further information about data processing by Google can be found in Google’s privacy policy. The terms of use for Google Maps contain detailed information about the map service.

Data processing is carried out on the basis of an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR, which you can view here.

Google reCAPTCHA

For the purpose of protection against misuse of our web forms and against spam, we use the Google reCAPTCHA service within some forms on this website. Google reCAPTCHA is offered by Google Ireland Limited, a company registered and operating under Irish law, with its registered office at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. (www.google.de). By verifying a manual input, this service prevents automated software (so-called bots) from carrying out abusive activities on the website. According to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, this serves to protect our legitimate interests, which outweigh in a balancing of interests, in protecting our website from misuse and in a smooth presentation of our online presence.

Google reCAPTCHA uses methods, by means of a code embedded in the website, a so-called JavaScript, as part of the verification process, that enable an analysis of your use of the website, such as cookies. The automatically collected information about your use of this website, including your IP address, is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. In addition, other cookies stored by Google services in your browser are evaluated by Google reCAPTCHA.

No personal data is read or stored from the input fields of the respective form.

You can prevent the collection of data generated by the JavaScript or the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by disabling the execution of JavaScripts or the setting of cookies in your browser settings. Please note that this may limit the functionality of our web offering for your use. Further information on Google’s privacy policy can be found here.

Google Fonts

The script code “Google Fonts” is integrated on this website. Google Fonts is offered by Google Ireland Limited, a company registered and operating under Irish law, with its registered office at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. (www.google.de). This serves to protect our legitimate interests, which outweigh in a balancing of interests, in a uniform presentation of the content on our website in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

In this context, a connection is established between the browser you are using and Google’s servers. This allows Google to know that our website has been accessed via your IP address.

Further information about data processing by Google can be found in Google’s privacy policy.

Our Online Presence on Facebook, Instagram

When visiting our online presences on social media, your data may be automatically collected and stored for market research and advertising purposes. From this data, so-called usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. These can be used, for example, to display advertisements within and outside the platforms that presumably match your interests. For this purpose, cookies are generally used on your device. These cookies store user behavior and interests. According to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this serves to protect our legitimate interests, which outweigh in a balancing of interests, in an optimized presentation of our offerings and effective communication with customers and interested parties. If you are asked by the respective social media platform operators for consent to data processing (e.g., with the help of a checkbox), the legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

Our presence on social networks and platforms serves for better, active communication with our customers and interested parties. We provide information there about our products and ongoing special offers.

Insofar as the aforementioned social media platforms have their headquarters in the USA, the following applies: An adequacy decision from the European Commission exists for the USA. This dates back to the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate for the respective company can be viewed here.

For detailed information on the processing and use of data by the providers on their sites, as well as contact options and your related rights and settings for protecting your privacy, especially objection options (opt-out), please refer to the providers’ privacy policies linked below. Should you still need assistance in this regard, you can contact us.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

Data processing is carried out on the basis of an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR, which you can view here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum

Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875

Right to Object (Opt-Out):
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads
Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875

6. Contact Options and your Rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

according to Art. 15 GDPR, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified therein;
according to Art. 16 GDPR, the right to immediately request the rectification of inaccurate or completion of your personal data stored by us;
according to Art. 17 GDPR, the right to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing is

the accuracy of the data is contested by you;
the processing is unlawful, but you oppose its erasure;
we no longer need the data, but you require them for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, or
you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR;

according to Art. 77 GDPR, the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or work or our company headquarters for this purpose.

Right to Object

Insofar as we process personal data as explained above to protect our legitimate interests, which prevail within the framework of a balancing of interests, you can object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes, you can exercise this right at any time as described above. If the processing is carried out for other purposes, you only have a right to object if there are reasons arising from your particular situation.

After exercising your right to object, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

This does not apply if the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes. In that case, we will no longer process your personal data for this purpose.