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Name and contact details of the controller according to Article 4 para. 7 GDPR

Company: MediCrops Holding AG
Address: Bahnweg 11
CH-8808 Pfäffikon SZ

Phone: +41 44 932 77 77
Email: sekretariat@medicrops.ch

Security and protection of your personal data

We consider it our primary responsibility to maintain the confidentiality of the personal data you provide to us and to protect it from unauthorized access. Therefore, we use the utmost care and state-of-the-art security standards to ensure maximum protection for your personal data.
As a company under private law, we are subject to the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the regulations of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). We have taken technical and organisational measures to ensure that the regulations on data protection are observed both by ourselves and by our external service providers.

  1. Definitions
    The legislator requires that personal data are processed in a lawful manner, in good faith, and in a way that is comprehensible to the data subject (“lawfulness, processing in good faith, transparency”). To ensure this, we inform you about the individual legal definitions, which are also used in this privacy policy:
  2. Personal data
    “Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “data subject”); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier, such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.
  3. Processing
    “Processing” means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection, recording, organisation, filing, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction.
  4. Restriction of processing
    “Restriction of processing” means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their future processing.
  5. Profiling
    “Profiling” means any automated processing of personal data which consists in using such personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects relating to that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.
  6. Pseudonymisation
    “Pseudonymisation” means the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures which ensure that the personal data cannot be attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
  7. Filing system
    “Filing system” means any structured collection of personal data accessible according to specified criteria, whether such collection is maintained centrally, decentrally, or on a functional or geographical basis.
  8. Controller
    “Controller” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its designation may be provided for by Union or Member State law.
  9. Processor
    “Processor” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
  10. Recipient
    “Recipient” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to whom personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities that may receive personal data in the context of a particular inquiry mandated under Union or Member State law shall not be considered as recipients and the processing of such data by those authorities shall be carried out in accordance with the applicable data protection rules, in accordance with the purposes of the processing.
  11. Third party
    “Third party” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body, other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons authorised to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the controller or the processor.
  12. Consent
    “Consent” of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes in the form of a statement or other clear affirmative act by which the data subject signifies his or her agreement to personal data relating to him or her being processed.


The processing of personal data is only lawful if there is a legal basis for the processing. Legal basis for the processing can be according to Article 6 para. 1 lit. a – f GDPR in particular:

  1. The data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes;
  2. processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract;
  3. processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject;
  4. processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person;
  5. processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
  6. processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.

Information on the collection of personal data

(1) In the following, we inform you about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data are, e.g., name, address, e-mail addresses, user behaviour.

(2) If you contact us by e-mail or via a contact form, the data you provide (your e-mail address, name and telephone number, if applicable) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. We delete the data accruing in this context after the storage is no longer necessary or the processing is restricted if there are legal obligations to retain data.

Collection of personal data when visiting our website

In the case of mere informational use of the website, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR):

  1. IP address
  2. Date and time of the request
  3. Time zone difference from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
  4. Content of the request (specific page)
  5. Access status/HTTP status code
  6. Data volume transferred in each case
  7. Website from which the request comes
  8. Browser
  9. Operating system and its interface
  10. Language and version of the browser software.

Use of cookies

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(1) In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive associated with the browser you are using and through which certain information flows to the body that sets the cookie. Cookies cannot execute programs or transfer viruses to your computer. They serve to make the internet offer more user-friendly and effective overall.

(2) This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:

  • Transient cookies (for this purpose a.)
  • Persistent cookies (for this purpose b.).
  1. Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include in particular the session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests of your browser can be assigned to the common session. This enables your computer to be recognised when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.
  2. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which may differ depending on the cookie. You can delete the cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time.
  3. You can configure your browser settings according to your preferences and,
  4. for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. So-called “third-party cookies” are cookies that have been set by a third party, thus not by the actual website on which you are currently located. Please note that by disabling cookies you may not be able to use all the features of this website.

Further functions and offers of our website

(1) In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. For this purpose, you usually have to provide further personal data that we use to provide the respective service and for which the aforementioned data processing principles apply.

(2) In some cases, we use external service providers to process your data. These have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions, and are regularly monitored.

(3) Furthermore, we may pass on your personal data to third parties if we offer promotions, competitions, contracts, or similar services together with partners. You will receive more information on this when you provide your personal data or below in the description of the offer.

(4) If our service providers or partners are based in a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you about the consequences of this circumstance in the offer description.

Children
Our offer is basically for adults. Persons under the age of 18 should not transmit any personal data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians.

Rights of the data subject

(1) Withdrawal of consent
If the processing of personal data is based on a granted consent, you have the right to withdraw the consent at any time. Through withdrawal of consent, the legality of the processing that has taken place based on the consent until its withdrawal is not affected.

You can contact us at any time to exercise your right of withdrawal.

(2) Right to confirmation
You have the right to request confirmation from the controller as to whether we are processing personal data relating to you. You can request confirmation at any time using the contact details above.

(3) Right to information
If personal data are processed, you can request information about these personal data and about the following information at any time:

  1. the purpose of the processing;
  2. the categories of personal data being processed;
  3. the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data has been disclosed or is still being disclosed; especially in the case of recipients in third countries or international organisations;
  4. if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this storage period;
  5. whether you have the right to correct or delete the personal data concerning you or restrict its processing by the data controller or to object to this processing;
  6. whether you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
  7. if the personal data has not been obtained directly from the data subject, all available information on the data’s origin;
  8. the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Article 22 para. 1 and 4 GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject.


If personal data are transferred to a third country or to an international organisation, you have the right to be informed about the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Article 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer. We will provide a copy of the personal data that is the subject of the processing. For any further copies you personally request, we may charge a reasonable fee based on the administrative costs. If you make the request electronically, the information must be provided in a commonly used electronic format unless it states otherwise. The right to receive a copy under paragraph 3 shall not affect the rights and freedoms of other persons.

(4) Right to correction
You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate personal data relating to you without undue delay. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary declaration.

(5) Right to deletion (Right to be forgotten)
You have the right to request that the controller delete personal data concerning you without undue delay and we are obliged to delete personal data without undue delay if one of the following reasons applies:

  • The personal data is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was collected or is otherwise processed.
  • The data subject withdraws the consent which was the basis for its processing according to Article 6 para. 1 lit. a or Article 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR and there is no other legal basis for its continued processing.
  • The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21 para. 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21 para. 2 GDPR.
  • The personal data has been unlawfully processed.
  • The personal data must be deleted in compliance with the obligations under European Union or Member State law to which the data controller is subject.
  • The personal data have been collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Article 8 para. 1 GDPR.


If the controller has made the personal data public and is obliged to erase it pursuant to paragraph 1, it shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, having regard to the available technology and the cost of implementation, to inform data controllers which process the personal data that a data subject has requested that they erase all links to or copies or replications of that personal data.

The right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) does not exist insofar as the processing is necessary:

  • to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
  • for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
  • for reasons of public interest in the field of public health, in accordance with lit. h and i of Article 9 para. 2 and Article 9 para. 3 GDPR;
  • for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes, or statistical purposes as referred to in Article 89 para. 1 GDPR, where the right referred to in paragraph 1 is likely to make impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the purposes of such processing, or
  • for the assertion, exercise, or defence of legal claims.

(6) Right to restrict processing

You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data if one of the following conditions is met:

  1. the accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject for a period enabling the data controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data,
  2. the processing is unlawful but the data subject opposes the deletion of the personal data and instead requests the restriction of its use;
  3. the data controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject still needs it to remain on file in order to establish, exercise or defend legal claims, or
  4. the data subject has objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21 para. 1 GDPR, as long as it is not yet established whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.


Where processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, such personal data shall be processed, apart from being stored, only with the consent of the data subject or for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of substantial public interest of the Union or of a Member State.

In order to exercise the right to restrict the processing, the data subject may at any time contact us using the contact details provided above.

(7) Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and you have the right to transfer this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that:

  1. the processing is based on consent pursuant to lit. a of Article 6 para. 1 or lit. a of Article 9 para. 2 or on a contract pursuant to lit. b of Article 6 para. 1 GDPR; and
  2. the processing is carried out by automated means.


When exercising the right to data portability in accordance with paragraph 1, you have the right to have the personal data transferred directly from one controller to another controller where this is technically feasible. The exercise of the right to data portability is without prejudice to the right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”). This right shall not apply to processing necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

(8) Right of objection
You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you carried out on the basis of lit. e or f of Article 6 para. 1 GDPR, including any profiling based on those provisions. The controller shall no longer process the personal data unless he can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims.

If personal data are processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes.

In the context of the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, you may exercise your right to object by means of automated means using technical specifications.

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes as referred to in Article 89 para. 1, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

You can exercise the right of objection at any time by contacting the respective controller.

(9) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This does not apply if the decision:

  1. is necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between the data subject and the controller,
  2. is permitted based on legal specifications of the Union or Member States to which the controller is subject and these legal specifications contain appropriate measures for the safeguarding of the rights and freedoms as well as the authorized interests of the data subject or
  3. has the data subject’s explicit consent.


The controller shall take reasonable steps to safeguard the rights and freedoms as well as the legitimate interests of the data subject, which shall include, at least, the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view, and contest the decision.

The data subject may exercise this right at any time by contacting the relevant controller.

(10) Right to complain to a supervisory authority

They shall also have the right, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if the data subject considers that the processing of personal data relating to them infringes this Regulation.

(11) Right to an effective judicial remedy

Without prejudice to any available administrative or non-judicial remedy, including the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Article 77 GDPR, they shall have the right to an effective judicial remedy if they consider that their rights under this Regulation have been infringed as a result of the processing of their personal data not in compliance with this Regulation.

Use of Google Analytics

(1) This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, in the event that IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within Member States of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to analyse your use of the website, compile reports regarding website activity, and provide other services to the website operator related to website and Internet usage.

(2) The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google.

(3) You can prevent the storage of cookies through a corresponding setting in your browser software; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of these data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

(4) This website uses Google Analytics with the extension „_anonymizeIp()“.