Privacy policy

Gilbert Photography Schweiz
Email: contact@gibifoto.ch
Data protection officer: Gilbert Photography Schweiz

General / Introduction

Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the data protection provisions of the Confederation (Federal Act on Data Protection, FADP), every person has a right to the protection of their privacy and to protection against misuse of their personal data. The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

Together with our hosting provider, we endeavour to protect the databases as well as possible against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or falsification.

Please note that data transmission over the internet (for example when communicating by email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

By using this website you consent to the collection, processing and use of data as described below. This website can in principle be visited without registration. Data such as the pages or file names accessed, date and time are stored on the server for statistical purposes without being directly linked to your person. Where personal data (for example name, address or email addresses) are collected on our pages, this is always done on a voluntary basis as far as possible. These data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.

Processing of personal data

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable person. A data subject is a person about whom personal data is processed. Processing means any handling of personal data, irrespective of the means and procedures used, in particular the storage, disclosure, acquisition, deletion, retention, modification, destruction and use of personal data.

We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law. Where and to the extent that the EU GDPR applies, we also process personal data on the following legal bases in connection with Art. 6 (1) GDPR:

• lit. a) Processing of personal data with the consent of the data subject.
• lit. b) Processing of personal data for the performance of a contract with the data subject and for carrying out pre-contractual measures.
• lit. c) Processing of personal data for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject under applicable EU law or under the law of a country in which the GDPR applies in whole or in part.
• lit. d) Processing of personal data to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person.
• lit. f) Processing of personal data to safeguard the legitimate interests of ourselves or of third parties, unless the fundamental freedoms, rights and interests of the data subject override them. Legitimate interests include in particular our business interest in being able to provide our website, information security, the enforcement of our own legal claims and compliance with Swiss law.

We process personal data for as long as is necessary for the respective purpose or purposes. Where longer retention obligations apply due to legal or other obligations to which we are subject, we restrict processing accordingly.

Cookies, analytics and tracking

This website does not use cookies and does not use any analytics or tracking tools (no Google Analytics, no advertising pixels). No fonts, maps, videos or other content are loaded from third parties. The language choice (German/English) is made through the address of the page and is not stored anywhere.

With SSL/TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as enquiries you send to us as the site operator, this website uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address bar of your browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Hosting and server log files

This website is hosted by Hosttech (Switzerland). The provider of this website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request

These data cannot be assigned to specific persons. These data are not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to check these data retrospectively if we become aware of concrete indications of unlawful use.

External links

This website links to other services, for example fotocommunity.de, swiss-photo.art (online shop for photo prints) and immoos.net. When you click such a link you leave this website. The privacy policies of the respective provider apply, over which we have no influence.

Contact form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact data you provide there, are stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass these data on without your consent.

To protect against spam we use a hidden field and a minimum time before the form can be sent. Your IP address is stored briefly on the server only as an irreversible numerical code (hash) in order to limit the number of messages per hour. No external services such as reCAPTCHA are used.

Rights of the data subject

Right of confirmation

Every data subject has the right to request confirmation from the operator of the website as to whether personal data concerning them are being processed. If you wish to exercise this right of confirmation, you can contact the data protection officer at any time.

Right of access

Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right to obtain from the operator of this website at any time, free of charge, information about the data stored about them and a copy of this information. In addition, information may be provided on the following where applicable:

• the purposes of the processing
• the categories of personal data processed
• the recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed
• where possible, the planned storage period of the personal data or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this period
• the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of the personal data concerning them or to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing
• the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
• if the personal data are not collected from the data subject: all available information about the origin of the data.

In addition, the data subject has the right to be informed whether personal data have been transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to obtain information about the appropriate safeguards in connection with the transfer.

If you wish to exercise this right of access, you can contact our data protection officer at any time.

Right to rectification

Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right to request the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning them. Furthermore, the data subject has the right, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary statement.

If you wish to exercise this right to rectification, you can contact our data protection officer at any time.

Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)

Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right to obtain from the controller of this website the immediate erasure of personal data concerning them, provided that one of the following grounds applies and the processing is no longer necessary:

• The personal data were collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which they are no longer necessary.
• The data subject withdraws the consent on which the processing was based, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
• The data subject objects to the processing on grounds relating to their particular situation and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to processing for direct marketing and related profiling.
• The personal data have been processed unlawfully.
• The erasure of the personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject.
• The personal data were collected in relation to information society services offered directly to a child.

If one of the above grounds applies and you wish to have personal data stored by the operator of this website erased, you can contact our data protection officer at any time. The data protection officer of this website will ensure that the erasure request is complied with without delay.

Right to restriction of processing

Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right to obtain from the controller of this website the restriction of processing where one of the following conditions is met:

• 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, 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 the data subject needs them for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
• The data subject has objected to the processing on grounds relating to their particular situation, and it has not yet been established whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

If one of the above conditions is met, you can contact our data protection officer at any time to request the restriction of the processing of personal data by the operator of this website. The data protection officer of this website will arrange the restriction of processing.

Right to data portability

Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right to receive the personal data concerning them in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. Furthermore, the data subject has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and where this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of other persons.

To assert the right to data portability, you can contact the data protection officer appointed by the operator of this website at any time.

Right to object

Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning them.

The operator of this website will no longer process the personal data in the event of an objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

To exercise your right to object, you can contact the data protection officer of this website directly.

Right to withdraw consent under data protection law

Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right to withdraw a given consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

If you wish to exercise your right to withdraw consent, you can contact our data protection officer at any time.

Objection to email marketing

The use of contact data published within the scope of the legal notice obligation for sending advertising and information material that has not been expressly requested is hereby objected to. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example through spam emails.

Copyright

Copyright and all other rights to the content, images, photos or other files on the website belong exclusively to the operator of this website or the rights holders named. The written consent of the copyright holders must be obtained in advance for the reproduction of any files.

Anyone who commits a copyright infringement without the consent of the respective copyright holders may be liable to prosecution and may under certain circumstances be liable for damages.

Disclaimer

All information on our website has been carefully checked. We endeavour to ensure that the information we provide is current, correct and complete. Nevertheless, the occurrence of errors cannot be completely ruled out, so that we cannot guarantee the completeness, correctness and timeliness of the information, including that of a journalistic or editorial nature. Liability claims relating to material or immaterial damage caused by the use or non-use of the information provided or by the use of incorrect and incomplete information are excluded in principle.

The publisher may change or delete texts at its own discretion and without prior notice and is not obliged to update the content of this website. Use of this website or access to it is at the visitor's own risk. The publisher, its customers or partners are not responsible for damages, such as direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages, allegedly caused by visiting this website, and accordingly accept no liability for such damages.

The publisher also accepts no responsibility or liability for the content and availability of third-party websites that can be reached via external links from this website. The operators of the linked pages are solely responsible for their content. The publisher therefore expressly distances itself from all third-party content that may be relevant under criminal or liability law or that violates public decency.

The author accepts no liability for the correctness, accuracy, timeliness, reliability and completeness of the information. Liability claims against the author for material or immaterial damage arising from access to or use or non-use of the published information, from misuse of the connection or from technical faults are excluded. All offers are non-binding. The author expressly reserves the right to change, supplement or delete parts of the pages or the entire offer without notice, or to suspend publication temporarily or permanently.

Changes

We may change this privacy policy at any time without prior notice. The current version published on our website applies. Where the privacy policy is part of an agreement with you, we will inform you of any update by email or in another suitable way.