Privacy policy

A)     General information

Seiler Logistics AG (here also referred to as "we, "us") obtains and processes personal data relating to you or to other persons (e.g. work colleagues, family members; "third parties"). The term "data" is used synonymously with "personal data".

In this Privacy Policy, we describe how we process your data when you use www.seilo.ch (hereinafter "Website"), obtain our services or products, otherwise have a contractual relationship with us, communicate with us or otherwise deal with us. This Privacy Policy may be supplemented by other documents such as contractual terms or additional specific privacy statements.

If you disclose data about third parties to us, we assume that you are authorized to do so and that this data is correct. By transmitting data via third parties, you confirm this and ensure that these third parties have been informed of this data protection declaration. Our own information obligations under the applicable data protection laws remain unaffected.

The Swiss Federal Data Protection Act ("FADP") and the Data Protection Ordinance ("DPA") apply to the processing of your personal data.

 

B)     Person responsible / data protection officer / data protection advisor

Responsible for the data processing of Seiler Logistics AG as described in this data protection declaration is, unless otherwise communicated, the:

Seiler Logistics AG (CHE-450.960.625)
Scheidwegstrasse 18b
CH-9000 St. Gallen
Schweiz
Phone.: +41 71 246 00 60
E-mail: info@seilo.ch
Website: https://www.seilo.ch/

C)     Categories of data processed

We process personal data that we receive from you in the course of our employment. We may also receive personal data from third parties. The personal data processed may be from the following categories:

1. Technical data (cookie identifier, IP address etc.);
2. Communication data (telephone number, e-mail address, etc.);
3. Master data (name, address, date of birth, etc.);
4. Contractual data (contractual services to be provided, duration of contract, etc.);
5. Behavioral and preference data (use of the website, selection of products and services etc.);
6. Data requiring special protection or special categories of personal data (biometric data, information about your health, etc.);
7. Application data (curriculum vitae, references, etc.)
8. Other data (photos, videos, sound recordings, etc.).
   
   

D)     Purposes of data processing

We process your data in connection with communication with you and for the establishment, administration, and processing of contractual relationships. We may also process data for marketing purposes, to enforce legal claims, to defend ourselves in legal disputes, for relationship management, market research and product development, and to comply with laws, directives and recommendations from authorities and internal regulations.

a)     Use of our website

Regarding the use of our website, the following data processing purposes in particular arise:

1.     log files
When you visit our website, we automatically record general technical visit information in so-called log files. The browser and versions used, the operating system used by the accessing system, the website from which an accessing system accesses our website, the sub-websites accessed on our website, the date and time of access to our website, the IP address of the device used to visit the website, the Internet service provider of the accessing system and other similar information that may serve to avert the risk of attacks on our systems may be recorded.

These log files are collected and processed for the purpose of enabling the use of our website (establishing a connection), permanently guaranteeing, and increasing the security and stability of our systems, enabling the optimization of our Internet offering and for internal statistical purposes.

2nd Newsletter

You can register for our newsletter. We process the data collected in this way in order to be able to inform you about us, our range of products, general developments in the industry and other news by means of a newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by sending an e-mail to info@seilo.ch or by clicking the "Unsubscribe" button in the newsletter.

3.     contact form and e-mail contactYou can contact us using the contact form or by e-mail. We process the data collected in this way in order to check your enquiry, to contact you and, for example, to arrange an appointment. In the case of general enquiries, the provision of further information - in particular the content of the request communicated - is expressly on a voluntary basis and with your consent. If this involves information on communication channels (e.g. e-mail address, telephone number), you also agree that we may contact you via this communication channel in order to respond to your request.

4.     online registration
You can register online for events. We process the data collected during registration in order to ensure your participation in the event in question and to organize the events.

5.      online applications
You can apply online for a job with us. We process the data collected in the process in order to store, evaluate, allocate and forward your application and thus to handle the application process. Curricula vitae and data provided for the application may contain details of particularly sensitive data. If we conclude an employment contract with you, we process the data as part of this.

6.     Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of information that can be used to uniquely identify your browser and store other information such as user preferences. Cookies can help us make your visit to the website easier, more enjoyable, and more meaningful. We use the following cookies:

• Technically necessary cookies: these cookies are mandatory for our website to function and cannot be disabled in our systems.

• Functional cookies: These cookies enable the provision of improved functions and personalization. They may be set by us or by third parties whose services we use on our website.

• Analytics cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and identify sources of access to determine and improve the performance of our website.

You can set your browser to automatically block cookies in the relevant browser settings. However, this may result in some areas of the website not functioning.

7.     Tracking and analysis tools
We use various technical systems, mainly from third-party providers such as Google Analytics, to measure and evaluate the use of our website and our newsletter. We process the data collected in this way for the purpose of designing and continuously optimizing our website and our newsletter in line with requirements. These tracking and analysis tools use cookies and similar technologies; please check the section on cookies for more information on their use on our website.

It is possible that the third-party providers may draw conclusions about your identity from the data for their own purposes, create personal profiles and link this data to any user accounts of yours. If you consent to the use of the relevant services and their cookies, you explicitly agree to such processing, which may also include the transfer of personal data (in particular website and app usage data, device information and individual IDs) to the USA and other countries.

8.     Seiten in sozialen Netzwerken
We use social networks and have our own pages, e.g. on LinkedIn. We use the pages on social networks to share information about us, our offer and other news. We also use these pages to communicate with you and third parties.

When you visit our pages on social networks or interact with us, we receive data about you. We process this data for communication, marketing purposes and market research. We may further process content published by yourself. For further information on the processing by the operators of the platforms, please refer to the data protection notices of the platforms. There you will also find out in which countries they process your data, which rights of access, deletion, and other data subjects you have and how you can exercise these or obtain further information.

We use plugins. When you click on a link on one of our pages on social networks, a direct connection is established between your browser and the server of the social network concerned. This enables us to offer certain functions on the pages..

b)     Contractual relationships with customers, suppliers, and other business partners

For the purpose of fulfilling our contractual obligations, we process inventory data (e.g. names and addresses as well as contact data), contractual data (e.g. services used, names of contact persons, payment information) of customers, suppliers and other business partners with regard to the best possible fulfilment of our contractual obligations and services.

E)     Disclosure to third parties

We treat your personal data confidentially and only disclose it to those third parties who are listed in this data protection declaration. This disclosure is made in connection with our contracts, the website, our services and products and our legal obligations.

We use external service providers for various administrative activities. These external service providers may have access to your personal data as a result of their activities and they are contractually obliged to keep your personal data confidential at all times. To this end, we have concluded contracts with them, where necessary, for the processing of order data.

We may disclose your personal data to the following recipients in particular:

1. Trustees in connection with the keeping of accounts and the preparation and dispatch of invoices;
2. Tax advisors, insofar as this may be necessary for the preparation of tax returns;
3. logistics service providers;
4. Banks and insurance companies, provided as this is necessary in connection with our contracts;
5. IT service providers who provide the software programs and services we use and carry out website administration and related work (e.g. web hosters, newsletter providers, tracking and analysis tool providers);
6. Debt collection agencies if we need to enforce our performance by way of debt collection;
7. Law firms, particularly in the event of a dispute;
8. Social media companies, if you access a link to one of our social media profiles through plugins;
9. Government offices, courts, and other authorities if we are legally obliged or entitled to do so or if this appears necessary to protect our interests.

F)     Data transfer and data transmission abroad

We are also entitled to transfer your personal data to companies abroad if this is done for the purpose of data processing in accordance with letter D) above. We disclose your personal data to the following countries or regions: EU and USA. If the country in question is outside Switzerland, the EU, or the European Economic Area ("EEA") or if the data is processed outside the EEA and no adequate legal data protection is ensured, we contractually obligate the recipient to comply with the applicable data protection laws. For this purpose, we use the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, which are available here https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj?.

G)     Up-to-dateness and changes

We reserve the right to update and amend this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice. In such a case, we will inform you of the change by e-mail or other appropriate means.

This privacy policy is dated September 2023.