Privacy Policy

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data which may personally identify you. For more detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy set out below this text.

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website’s operator. Their contact details can be found in the section ‘Note on the controller’ in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?
Firstly, your data is collected by you providing it to us. This might include, for example, data that you enter into a contact form.
When you visit the website, other data is collected automatically or following your consent by our IT systems. This is primarily technical data (e.g. relating to your internet browser, operating system, or the time you view the page). This data is collected automatically as soon as you access this website.

What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided free of errors. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information free of charge and at any time about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request that this data be corrected or deleted. If you have given your consent to data processing, you may withdraw this consent at any time for future use. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Additionally, you have the right to file a complaint with the competent regulatory authority.

You can contact us at any time regarding this or further questions on the topic of data protection.

When visiting this website, your surfing behaviour may be statistically analysed. This is primarily done using so-called analysis programs. Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

This website is hosted by an external service provider (a host). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the host's servers. This may include, without limitation, IP addresses, contact requests, meta data and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses, and other data generated via a website.
The host is used for the performance of contracts with our potential and existing customers (Article 6 (1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online site by a professional provider (Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR).
Our host will only process your data to the extent that is necessary to fulfil their service obligations and will follow our instructions regarding this data.

We use the following host:
NetZone AG
Panoramaweg 2
CH-5040 Schöftland

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the above-mentioned provider. This is an agreement required under data protection law, which guarantees that this provider will only process our website visitors’ personal data as instructed by us and in accordance with the GDPR.

The operator of this site takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection provisions and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data which may personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that the transfer of data on the internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can present security risks. Complete protection of data from being accessed by third parties is not possible.

The controller for data processing on this website is:

IVM Engineering AG
Grundstrasse 2
6343 Rotkreuz, Schweiz

The controller is the natural or legal person who, either alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and methods of processing the personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, or similar).

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose of storing it for data processing no longer applies. Your data will be deleted if you provide a legitimate request for it to be deleted or withdraw your consent to data processing, provided that we have no other legally permissible reasons to store your personal data (e.g. storage periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, the data will be deleted once these reasons no longer apply.

Among other things, we use tools from companies based in the USA or other third countries that are not secure under data protection law. If these tools are enabled, your personal data may be transferred to these third countries and processed there. We would like to point out that no level of data protection comparable to that in the EU can be guaranteed in these countries. For example, US firms are obliged to hand over personal data to security authorities without you, as a data subject, being able to take legal action against this. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. intelligence services) may process, evaluate and permanently store your data located on US servers for monitoring purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw previously given consent at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out before your consent is withdrawn remains unaffected by this withdrawal.

IF DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ARTICLE 6 (1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE TAKEN FROM THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ARTICLE 21 (1) GDPR).

WHERE PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVERTISING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT ADVERTISING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21 (2) GDPR).

In the event of GDPR violations, the data subject shall have a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work, or the place of the alleged violation. The right of appeal exists without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or as part of the performance of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common machine-readable format. If you request the data to be transferred directly to another responsible party, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

For security reasons and to secure the transmission of confidential information, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection because the address line of the browser changes from http:// to https:// and there is a padlock symbol in your browser bar.
If SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Based on the applicable legal provisions, you have the right of free access to your stored personal data at any time, its source and recipient, and the reason for the data to be processed, as well as a right to rectification or erasure of this data if necessary. You can contact us at any time regarding this or further questions on the topic of personal data.

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time regarding this. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually require time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

• If the processing of your personal data took place/takes place unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of its deletion.

• If we no longer require your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or establish legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its deletion.

• If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Article 21 (1) GDPR, the balance between your and our interests must be struck. For as long as it is still undetermined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Where you have restricted the processing of personal data concerning you, this data may, with the exception of its storage, only be processed with your consent, or to establish, exercise or defend legal claims, to protect the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.

We hereby object to the use of the contact details published as part of the legal notice obligation to send promotional and informational materials which have not been expressly requested. The operator of the site expressly reserves the right to take legal measures in the event of unsolicited sending of promotional materials, such as by spam emails.

The website uses so-called ‘cookies’. Cookies are small text files and do not cause any damage to your end device. Cookies are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your end device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or until they are automatically deleted by your browser.

In some cases, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your end device when you enter our site (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain services of the third-party company (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behaviour or display advertising.

Cookies that are necessary to carry out electronic communication (necessary cookies) or to provide certain functions that you have requested (functional cookies, e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimise the website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) are stored on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless an alternative legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies on your computer to enable it to provide you with a technically flawless and optimised service. When consent to the storage of cookies is requested, their storage is based exclusively on this consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR); consent can be withdrawn at any time.

You can also set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and to allow cookies only in certain cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies in specific cases or in general, as well as to enable automatic deleting of cookies when you close your browser. This website’s functionality may be restricted if you disable cookies.

Insofar as cookies are used by third-party companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you separately about this within the scope of this privacy policy and, if necessary, request your consent.

Our website uses the cookie consent technology of Borlabs Cookie to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your browser or the use of certain technologies and to document this in accordance with data protection law. The provider of this technology is Borlabs - Benjamin A. Bornschein, Rübenkamp 32, 22305 Hamburg (hereinafter Borlabs).
When you access our website, a Borlabs cookie is stored on your browser, in which the consent you have provided or the withdrawal of this consent is stored. This data is not shared with the Borlabs cookie provider.
The collected data is stored until you request us to delete it, delete the Borlabs cookie yourself, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention obligations remain unaffected. Details on the data processing of Borlabs Cookie can be found at https://de.borlabs.io /kb/ welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/.
The cookie consent technology provided by Borlabs is used in order to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Article 6 (1)(c) GDPR.

This website uses functions of the web analysis service, Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Ltd. (‘Google’), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyse the behaviour of website visitors. In doing so, the website operator receives various usage data, such as page views, the length of stay, operating systems used, and the origin of the user. This data may be summarised by Google in a profile that is assigned to the respective user or their end device.
Furthermore, Google Analytics enables us to record your mouse and scroll movements and clicks, among other things. Google Analytics also uses various modelling approaches to supplement the collected data sets and uses machine learning technology to analyse data.
Additionally, Google Analytics uses technologies that enable the user to be recognised for the purpose of analysing user behaviour (e.g. cookies or device fingerprinting). The information collected by Google regarding the use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
The use of these analysis tools is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise both its website and its advertising. When corresponding consent has been requested (for example, consent to the storage of cookies), the processing is based exclusively on Article 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent can be withdrawn at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission. You can find further details here:

Browser plug-in
You can prevent Google collecting and processing your data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link:

You can find more information on how Google Analytics deals with user data in Google’s privacy policy:

Google Web Fonts
This site uses so-called Web Fonts provided by Google so that fonts can be displayed uniformly. When you access a page, your browser loads the required Web Fonts into your browser cache to display text and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Google’s servers. This enables Google to know that this website has been accessed from your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the typeface on their website. When corresponding consent has been requested (for example, consent to the storage of cookies), the processing is based exclusively on Article 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent can be withdrawn at any time.
If your browser does not support Web Fonts, a standard font taken from your computer will be used.
For more information on Google Web Fonts, please visit: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

We provide you with the opportunity to apply to us (e.g. by email, by post, or via an online application form). In the following, we inform you of the scope, purpose, and use of your personal data collected during the application process. We assure you that the collection, processing, and use of your data will be carried out in accordance with applicable data protection law and all other statutory provisions, and that your data will be treated in strict confidence.

If we are unable to make you a job offer, if you reject a job offer or if you withdraw your application, we reserve the right to store the data you have submitted with us on the basis of our legitimate interests (Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR) for up to 6 months from the end of the application process (rejection or withdrawal of the application). The data will then be deleted and the physical application documents destroyed. In particular, this storage serves as evidence in the event of a legal dispute. If it is apparent that the data will be required after the 6-month period has expired (e.g. due to an impending or pending legal dispute), the data will not be deleted until the purpose for continued storage no longer applies.

There may also be a longer storage period in place if you have given your corresponding consent (Article 6 (1)(a) GDPR) or if legal storage obligations prevent the data from being deleted.

If we do not make you a job offer, it may be possible to include you in our applicant pool. If you are accepted, all documents and information from your application will be transferred to the applicant pool so that we can contact you if there are other suitable vacancies.
Inclusion in the applicant pool occurs exclusively on the basis of your express consent (Article 6 (1)(a) GDPR). Providing consent is voluntary and is not related to the current application process. The data subject can withdraw their consent at any time. In this case, the data from the applicant pool will be irreversibly deleted, unless there are legal reasons for it to be retained.
The data from the applicant pool will be irreversibly deleted no later than two years after consent has been given.