Privacy Policy

Oldtimer Galerie International GmbH (“OGI” or “we”) places great importance on protecting your data and safeguarding your privacy. In this statement, we would therefore like to inform you about the collection and use of specific information regarding the personal or factual circumstances of an identified or identifiable natural person (“personal data”) in connection with the use of our website.

This Privacy Policy applies exclusively to our website (www.oldtimergalerie.ch) (“Website”) and subdomains in the format subdomain.oldtimergalerie.ch. We assume no responsibility and disclaim all liability for links on our website that lead to third-party websites. Clicking on an external link is done solely at your own risk.

1. Contact

If you have any questions or comments regarding your personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us. You can reach us as follows:

Oldtimer Galerie International GmbH
Gürbestrasse 1
3125 Toffen
Switzerland

datenschutz@oldtimergalerie.ch

2. Processing of Personal Data

As part of your customer profile, we collect only the data listed below:

1. All information that you explicitly provide in an inquiry via the contact form or in an email (name, address, age, gender, contact information, etc.);
2. IP address and referrer URL (the previously visited page);
3. Browser version and type used;
4. Date and time of the visit or inquiry;
5. Operating system and internet service provider;

You can find information about the cookies we use on our website at the end of this Privacy Policy under the heading “Cookies.”

We do not engage in profiling on our website in the sense of automated processing of personal data, which involves using such data to evaluate certain aspects of your personal characteristics (e.g., for analyses or predictions regarding work performance, financial situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements), and we collect or process special-category personal data (e.g., regarding religious, political, or philosophical views, health status, etc.) only in exceptional cases and, in such cases, limited to contractual or legal obligations.

3. Use of Your Personal Data & Disclosure to Third Parties

The processing of your personal data on the website takes place exclusively in connection with an inquiry you have submitted, for the purpose of correcting errors or improving our website, and, where applicable, for internal statistical purposes.

Your data will not be disclosed to third parties without your express consent. Exceptions to this are our service partners, whom we require to fulfill the contractual relationship (e.g., financial institutions for processing payments, the postal service, courier services, or shipping companies for sending materials, cloud services for providing and maintaining the digital infrastructure, etc.). In these cases, we strictly adhere to the requirements of applicable data protection laws. The scope of data transfer is limited to the minimum necessary.

We will only consider using service providers in countries other than Switzerland or the member states of the European Economic Area if the country in question either has an equivalent level of data protection according to the Federal Council’s list of countries, or if we can contractually ensure the equivalence of the level of protection (e.g., through contracts or the adoption of so-called standard contractual clauses).

4. Communications, Notifications, and Updates

Communications for Advertising Purposes: We may send you marketing content via various communication channels, such as email, SMS, pop-ups, push notifications, and messaging apps, regarding our website, services, and products, as well as products we offer in collaboration with our partners and third-party products and services. You can opt out of these advertisements by following the instructions included in the communications you receive from us. You may also opt out of receiving advertisements at any time, effective for the future, by sending a message toabmeldung@oldtimergalerie.ch.

Communications for informational and other purposes: We send you communications that are required or necessary for all customers, notifications containing important information, and other communications you request from us. You cannot opt out of these communications. However, you may be able to customize the channels and format through which you receive these notifications.

We use the WebTool-Newsletter application developed by Weserve AG, Liebefeld. This tool allows us to track the use of the newsletter as well as the resulting user activity on our website (so-called heat maps). For example, it shows how far users scroll and which buttons they click and how often. Furthermore, the tool also allows us to collect feedback directly from users. This provides us with valuable information to make our newsletters and website even more user-friendly.

5. Cookies

a) General Information About Cookies

Cookies are small text files or pieces of information that are stored on your computer or mobile device (such as a smartphone or tablet) when you use our services. A cookie typically contains the name of the website or application from which it originates, the cookie’s duration (i.e., how long the cookie will remain on your device), and a value, which is usually a randomly generated, unique number.

We use cookies to make our services more user-friendly and to tailor our services and products to your interests and needs. Cookies are able to do this because our services can read these files. This enables our services to recognize you and remember important information that makes your use of our services more user-friendly (e.g., by remembering your preference settings). Cookies may also be used to help expedite your future activities and user experience with our services. We also use cookies to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how users interact with our services and help us improve the structure and content of our digital media.

The maximum storage period for cookies after they are initially placed on the user’s device is determined in accordance with applicable law.

b) Types of Cookies

The types of cookies we use are session cookies, persistent cookies, first-party cookies, and third-party cookies.

Persistent cookies are used to store your login information and remember your settings for future logins to our services. A persistent cookie is a cookie that is stored as a file on your computer and remains there when you close your web browser. The cookie can be read by the services that created it when you visit those services again.

Session ID cookies are used to enable certain features on our services, to better understand how you interact with our services, and to monitor aggregated user data and web traffic routing. Unlike persistent cookies, session cookies are deleted from your computer when you close your browser. Typically, session ID cookies store an anonymous session identifier on your computer, which allows you to use a service without having to log in again with every click.

First-party cookies are our own cookies, which we use to improve your user experience. They are linked to a user’s personal information. Third parties do not have access to the information we collect through our own cookies.

Third-party cookies are cookies placed on our services by third-party companies to provide services, including advertising cookies. Third-party companies place third-party cookies on your device on our behalf when you visit our services, to enable these third-party companies to perform the services they provide. In addition to the information provided in this Privacy Policy, you can find further details about these third-party cookies in the privacy policies of these third-party companies.

Below is a list of the different types of cookies we use in our services.

c) Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are cookies that are strictly necessary for our services to function and for you to use their features. Without these strictly necessary cookies, our services would not function as smoothly as you would like, and we might not be able to provide the website or certain services or features you request.

We also use technical cookies that allow our services to remember choices you have made for customization and personalization purposes (such as your username, language, or the region you are in). These cookies do not collect information about you that is used for advertising purposes, nor do they remember which websites you have visited.

We set the following first-party cookies (all of which are persistent cookies):

Device Identifier Cookie: We install cookies on your computer that recognize you and tell the website or service that you are logged in.

User Local Cookie: We install cookies that are used to remember certain local preferences you have selected, such as your language preference.

Privacy and Visibility Cookies: We install cookies on your computer that indicate whether you have been informed via a banner notification about the use of cookies, how they are handled, and your rights regarding your data, and whether you have given your consent to the use of cookies, so that the banner does not reappear every time you visit a page.

These cookies are necessary for the operation of our services, and therefore you cannot opt out of their use.

d) Functional Cookies

Functional cookies are cookies that enable the use of certain features in our services that may be useful to you but are not strictly necessary for our services to function or for you to use their features. You can refuse the installation of these cookies by adjusting the settings in your browser; however, this may result in you being unable to use certain features of our services, or only being able to use them to a limited extent.

Google Maps (Session Third-Party Cookies)

We use Google Maps to display interactive maps and generate directions. Google Maps is a mapping service provided by Google.

When you use Google Maps, information about your use of this website—including your IP address and the (starting) address entered as part of the route planner feature—may be transmitted to Google in the United States.

When you visit a page on our website that contains Google Maps, your browser establishes a direct connection to Google’s servers. The map content is transmitted directly from Google to your browser and integrated into the webpage by your browser. Therefore, we have no control over the scope of the data collected by Google in this manner. To the best of our knowledge, this includes at least the following data:

• Date and time of the visit to the relevant webpage,
• Internet address or URL of the accessed webpage,
• IP address,
• the (starting) address entered as part of route planning.

We have no control over Google’s further processing and use of this data and therefore cannot assume any responsibility for it.

If you do not want Google to collect, process, or use data about you via our website, you can disable JavaScript in your browser settings. In this case, however, you will not be able to use the map display.

For information on the purpose and scope of data collection, as well as the further processing and use of the data by Google, and your related rights and privacy settings, please refer to Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

By using our website, you consent to the processing of the data collected about you by Google Maps Route Planner in the manner described above and for the purpose stated above.

Google reCAPTCHA

reCAPTCHA is used to verify whether data entry on our websites (e.g., in a contact form) is performed by a human or by an automated program. This helps us, among other things, to curb abusive website requests from automated tools and spam. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyzes the website visitor’s behavior based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the site. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various pieces of information (e.g., IP address, the length of time the visitor spends on the website, or the user’s mouse movements). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not notified that an analysis is taking place. If you block reCAPTCHA, you may no longer be able to fully use the services on our website, particularly with regard to forms.

e) Analytical cookies as well as cookies for marketing, profiling, and retargeting

Control of Google Tools via Tag Manager

We use Google Tag Manager on our website. Google Tag Manager is a cookie-free domain that does not collect any personal data. Google Tag Manager triggers other tags, which may in turn collect data. We hereby draw your attention to this separately. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If a user has disabled tracking at the domain or cookie level, this setting remains in effect for all tracking tags implemented using Google Tag Manager.

Google Analytics (resident third-party cookies)

The Google Analytics service is used to analyze user behavior on our website. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and cost-effective operation of our website.

Usage- and user-related information that is collected includes, for example, IP address, location, time, or frequency of visits to our website. We have enabled IP anonymization for the use of Google tools. This feature truncates the last digits of your IP address before it is permanently stored on Google’s servers. As a result, Google’s technical and analytical services remain fully functional, but you can no longer be fully traced, thereby providing a higher degree of anonymity regarding your browsing behavior than would be the case without IP anonymization.

We also use the remarketing feature as part of the Google Analytics suite of tools. This allows us to display personalized ads to you on appropriate ad spaces on other websites, based on the interests you have shown on our website. This capability is limited to a maximum of 18 months. Retargeting enables us to display ads that are as relevant to you as possible, to measure the effectiveness and reach of our advertising, and to verify the billing from our advertising partners for campaigns we’ve run.

The data collected in this way is in turn used by Google to provide us with an analysis of visits to our website and the user activities that take place there. This data may also be used to provide additional services related to the use of our website and the Internet.

Google states that it does not associate your IP address with any other data. In addition, Google provides further information regarding data protection at https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners, including, for example, options for preventing the use of your data.

Google also offers a so-called opt-out add-on, along with further information on this topic, at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. This add-on can be installed with common web browsers and gives you greater control over the data that Google collects when you visit our website. The add-on instructs the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js) not to transmit information about your visit to our website to Google Analytics. However, this does not prevent information from being transmitted to us or to other web analytics services. You can, of course, also find out in this privacy policy whether we use any other web analytics services and, if so, which ones.

Alternatively, you can disable future tracking of your visit to our site by Google Analytics by clicking the link below. Clicking the link sets an “opt-out cookie,” which prevents Google Analytics from tracking your visits to our site in the future:

<a onclick="alert('Google Analytics has been disabled');" href="javascript:gaOptout()">Disable Google Analytics</a>

Please note that if you delete cookies in your browser settings, this may result in the opt-out cookie being deleted as well, and you may need to reactivate it.

Google will under no circumstances associate your IP address with any other data stored by Google. You can prevent the installation of cookies by selecting “Do not accept cookies” in your browser settings. Please note that in this case, you may not be able to use all features of this website to their full extent. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data collected about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes described above.

Google AdWords with Conversion Tracking (Persistent Third-Party Cookies)

We use conversion tracking for targeted advertising of our offerings. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and cost-effective operation of our website.

If you click on an ad placed by Google, the conversion tracking we use stores a cookie on your device. These so-called conversion cookies expire after 30 days and are not used to identify you personally. If the cookie is still valid and you visit a specific page on our website, both we and Google can determine that you clicked on one of our ads placed on Google and that you were subsequently redirected to our website.

Using the information collected in this way, Google compiles statistics for us regarding visits to our website. In addition, this provides us with information about the number of users who clicked on our ad(s) as well as the pages on our website that were subsequently visited. However, neither we nor third parties who also use Google AdWords are able to identify you in this way.

6. YouTube

We have integrated YouTube components into our website. YouTube is an online video portal that allows video publishers to upload video clips for free and enables other users to view, rate, and comment on them, also free of charge. YouTube allows the publication of all types of videos, which is why complete movies and television shows, as well as music videos, trailers, and user-generated videos, are available via the website.

YouTube is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.

Each time a user visits one of the individual pages of our website on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) has been integrated, the web browser on the data subject’s computer is automatically prompted by the respective YouTube component to download a display of that YouTube component from YouTube. Further information about YouTube is available at https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/de/. As part of this technical process, YouTube and Google learn which specific subpage of our website you are visiting.

If you are logged into YouTube at the same time, YouTube will recognize which specific subpage of our website you are visiting when you access a subpage containing a YouTube video. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and associated with the data subject’s respective YouTube account.

YouTube and Google always receive information via the YouTube component that you have visited our website whenever you are logged into YouTube at the same time you access our website; this occurs regardless of whether you click on a YouTube video or not. If you do not wish for this information to be transmitted to YouTube and Google, you can prevent the transmission by logging out of your YouTube account before visiting our website.

YouTube’s privacy policy, available at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/, provides information about the collection, processing, and use of personal data by YouTube and Google.

7. Hotjar

We use the web analytics service Hotjar, provided by Hotjar Ltd (“Hotjar”), on our website. Hotjar is a European company headquartered in Malta (Hotjar Ltd, Level 2, St. Julians Business Center, 3 Elia Zammit Street, St. Julians STJ 1000, Malta). This tool allows us to track user movements on our website (so-called heatmaps). For example, it shows how far users scroll and which buttons they click and how often. Furthermore, the tool also allows us to collect feedback directly from website users. This provides us with valuable information to make our website even faster and more user-friendly.

When using this tool, we pay particular attention to the protection of your personal data. Specifically, we can only track which buttons are clicked, mouse movements, how far users scroll, the device’s screen size, device type, browser information, location (country only), and the preferred language for displaying our website.

Hotjar offers every user the option to prevent the tool from being used by setting a “Do Not Track” header, so that no data regarding the visit to the respective website is recorded. Detailed instructions with information specific to your browser can be found at https://www.hotjar.com/opt-out.

8. Transmission of Personal Data

Unless expressly agreed otherwise, electronic communication takes place via unencrypted emails. The use of email is not technically secure; emails may not be delivered. When emails are transmitted, they may cross national borders, even if both the sender and recipient are located within the country. The confidentiality of emails cannot be guaranteed in the absence of or with insufficient encryption.

Even when using forms available on our website, only the transmission of your message from your computer to the web server is encrypted.

By using the contact form or sending an email, you consent to communication via email with full knowledge of the risks described. The use of encrypted or otherwise secure communication channels must be agreed upon with us in advance.

9. Retention of Your Personal Data

a) Server Locations

Our website is hosted by Weserve AG, Liebefeld, Switzerland.

Your personal data collected in connection with your activities on the website is hosted on the servers of Weserve AG in Switzerland. The servers are protected against unauthorized access to the best of our ability. Backups are created regularly to prevent data loss as much as possible.

With regard to your personal data that we collect directly, it is stored on our own servers as well as on virtual servers provided by a reputable cloud service provider located in Switzerland. The servers are protected against unauthorized access to the greatest extent possible. Backups are created regularly to prevent data loss to the greatest extent possible.

b) Retention Period

We retain your data only for as long as is legally required or necessary for the purpose of processing. In the case of analyses, we store your data until the analysis is complete. If we store data based on a contractual relationship with you, this data will remain stored at least for the duration of the contractual relationship and, at most, for as long as the statute of limitations for potential claims by us remains in effect or statutory or contractual retention obligations apply. As a rule, the retention period does not exceed 10 years (calculated from the termination of the contractual or de facto relationship with you).

10. Access, Correction, and Data Portability

You have the right at any time to receive information about your stored data free of charge, as well as the right to have it corrected. Please contact us regarding this. You can find our contact information in Section 1 of this Privacy Policy.

You also have the right to request, free of charge, the transfer of your electronically stored personal data to another data controller. Please note, however, that we may not be able to adapt your data to any specific format requirements of another data controller and will under no circumstances transfer your transaction history or passwords.

11. Withdrawal of Consent and Deletion

You may withdraw your consent to this Privacy Policy at any time and request the deletion of your personal data. Please contact us regarding this matter. Our contact information can be found in Section 2 of this Privacy Policy.

If you submit a request for erasure, we will suspend and block your profile. Please note, however, that we are required by commercial and tax law to retain accounting records for at least 10 fiscal years. We are therefore unable to delete or process the personal data contained in these documents. To that extent, your request for deletion applies only to future processing and only to personal data that we process not on the basis of a legal justification but exclusively on the basis of your consent.

If a contractual relationship is still pending at the time we receive your revocation and request for deletion, your personal data will continue to be processed until the contract has been fully fulfilled. Your revocation under data protection law expressly has no effect on the fulfillment of existing contractual relationships and does not constitute grounds for extraordinary termination.

12. Filing a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

Upon the entry into force of the revised DSG (expected on September 1, 2023), you have the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority at the data controller’s place of business if you believe that we have violated a provision of the DSG.

The Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (www.edoeb.admin.ch) is responsible for handling complaints from data subjects.

As of: July 2023