Privacy policy | Rütten Engineering Ltd.

Rütten Engineering Ltd. (Buckstrasse 2, 8317 Zurich, Switzerland), an Institute of Swiss Public Law (CHE- 105.700.803) operates the rutten.com website and is therefore responsible for the collection, processing and use of your personal data and the compliance of the said data processing with Swiss law. Your trust is important to us, which is why we take the issue of data protection seriously and ensure the appropriate level of security. We of course abide by the statutory provisions of the Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP), the Ordinance to the Federal Act on Data Protection (OFADP), the Telecommunications Act (TCA) and, if applicable, other data protection provisions, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union (GDPR).

Please take note of the information below so that you know which data we collect from you and for what purposes it is used. By visiting our website or using services provided by Rütten Engineering Ltd., you are accepting the practices described in the Privacy Policy. By clicking "I Accept", you confirm that you are above the age of 13, that you have read and understood the Privacy Policy.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us through email at contact@rutten.com

Scope and purpose of the collection, processing and use of personal data

When you visit our website, our servers make a temporary record of each access and store it in a log file. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this as a part of hosting services' analytics. The following data is collected and stored, without any action on your part, until it is automatically deleted by us:

the IP address of the accessing computer
the time and date of access and the website from which access is made
browser type and operating system of your computer
the name and URL of the file called up
the country from which access is made and the language settings of your browser
the name of your Internet access provider (ISP)
possibly the number of clicks.

These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analysing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information. The said data is collected and processed for the purpose of allowing you to use our website (establishing a connection), ensuring system security and stability in the long term and allowing our Internet offering to be optimised, as well as for internal statistical purposes. This is our legitimate interest in the processing of data within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The IP address in particular is used in order to determine the country of residence of the visitor to the website and set the language of the website accordingly. The IP address is also analysed in the event of attacks on the network infrastructure of www.rutten.com as well as for statistical purposes.

We collect your personal Data when you use our contact form.

You have the option of using a contact form to get in touch with us. Doing so requires that you enter the following personal data:

Title
First name and surname
Address (street, number, town/city, postcode) (optional)
Telephone number (optional)
Email address

We only use this data in order to answer your queries in an optimum manner and in a way that is tailored to you. The processing of your contact request constitutes our legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. You can object to this data processing at any time (for data storage, see further below).

Data security

We take appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect any of your personal data that we have stored from manipulation, partial or complete loss and unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are constantly being improved in line with technological developments.

You should always treat your personal information as confidential and close the browser window once you have ended your communication with us, particularly if you are on a shared computer. We also take data privacy within our organisation very seriously. Our employees are obliged to maintain confidentiality and comply with our data protection provisions.

Cookies

Cookies are information files that your web browser automatically stores on your computer’s hard drive when you visit our website. Rütten Engineering Ltd. website www.rutten.com does not use any cookies or tracking tools.

Right to information, correction, erasure and restriction of processing; Right to data portability

You have the right to receive information about the personal data that we store about. In addition, you have the right to correct inaccurate data and the right to delete your personal data, as far as there is no statutory storage obligation or another legal basis for the processing in the sense of art. 6 GDPR that allows us to continue processing the data. You also have the right to reclaim from us the data you have given us (right to data portability). You have the right to receive the data in a common file format. You can reach us for the aforementioned purposes via the Email address contact@rutten.com. We may, at our sole discretion, require proof of identity to process your requests.

Children’s Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity. www.rutten.com does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Data storage

We only store personal information for as long as it is necessary
to use the above analysis services within the scope of our legitimate interest
to carry out services that you requested or to which you have given your consent to the extent specified above
to comply with legal obligations

Contract data is kept longer by us, as this is required by statutory storage requirements. Retention requirements that oblige us to keep data arise from accounting and tax regulations. According to these regulations, business communications, closed contracts and accounting documents must be kept for up to 10 years. As far as we no longer need this data to carry out the services for you, the data will be blocked. This means that the data may then only be used for accounting and for tax purposes.

Online Privacy Policy Only

Our Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in www.rutten.com. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.