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Privacy notice

In the field of data protection, ASSA ABLOY (Schweiz) AG relies on legally compliant data processing and open communication with the data subjects regarding the handling of personal data. The following privacy notice has been created for this purpose, which provides information on data processing on this online service.

Further privacy notices and other legal documents such as General Terms and Conditions, Terms of Use or Terms and Conditions of Participation may apply to individual or additional activities.

We are subject to Swiss data protection law as well as any applicable foreign data protection law, in particular that of the European Union (EU) with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The European Commission recognises that Swiss data protection law ensures adequate data protection.

Responsible party / Who we are

ASSA ABLOY (Schweiz) AG (hereinafter referred to as ASSA ABLOY) is a Swiss company under Swiss law and is therefore subject to Swiss data protection legislation. Responsible for data processing:

ASSA ABLOY (Schweiz) AG

Untere Schwandenstrasse 22

8805 Richterswil, Switzerland

Imprint

What personal data does ASSA ABLOY process?

Data processing during a visit to the website

Various non-personal data is processed automatically during a visit to our website. Every access to the website is logged by the web server. The following data is collected in particular:

  • Various non-personal data is processed automatically during a visit to our website. Every access to the website is logged by the web server. The following data is collected in particular:
  • The anonymised IP address of the end device used;
  • The identification data of the browser used (e.g. Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.);
  • The operating system of the computer used;
  • the amount of data transferred (how much data was loaded from the website);
  • the name of the Internet service provider;
  • the date and time of access, and
  • technical data (such as the name and URL of the referring website, when the website was accessed via a link and the search term if the website was accessed via a search engine)

    Cookies

    We use cookies on our websites.

    Consent management with OneTrust

    We use the Consent Management Platform of the provider OneTrust ((82 St. John St., Farringdon, London EC1M 4Jn, UK)) ("OneTrust") to manage consents. This is used to manage your consents given or not given for cookie-based, non-cookie-based and external services and to inform you about their use. If you do not consent to the use of a specific service, the Consent Manager prevents your personal data from being processed in connection with this service.
    You can revoke your consent given under the Consent Manager at any time with effect for the future by changing your settings in the Consent Manager, which you can access here: Cookie policy | ASSA ABLOY.
    Our legitimate interest in the use is to ensure a user-friendly design of our website, for analysis and optimisation of the technical function of our website and the implementation of data protection requirements.
    The transfer of the personal data collected to OneTrust as a recipient in a third country (USA) takes place on the basis of so-called standard contractual clauses, which we have concluded with OneTrust together with an agreement on order processing. Further information on data protection with the OneTrust Consent Manager can be found at Cookie Notice | OneTrust.
    For settings relating to the use of cookies by ASSA ABLOY and any third parties, please refer to the Cookie Policy Cookie policy | ASSA ABLOY.

    Server log files

    We may collect the following information for every access to our website, provided that this information is transmitted by your browser to our server infrastructure or can be determined by our web server: Date and time including time zone, Internet Protocol (IP) address, access status (HTTP status code), operating system including user interface and version, browser including language and version, accessed individual sub-page of our website including amount of data transferred, last accessed website (referrer) in the same browser window.
    We store this information, which can also constitute personal data, in server log files. The information is required to ensure that our website is available permanently, is user-friendly and reliable, as well as to safeguard data security and thus, in particular, the protection of personal data – including by third parties or with the help of third parties.

Social media

Use of social media plugins

The social plugins make it possible to view content on the website and, if desired, to share it with network contacts. On the ASSA ABLOY website and web applications, social plugins are only integrated as HTML links. This makes it possible to prevent data from being automatically transferred to the server of the provider of the respective social network when a page or a web application is called up. The social plug-in must be activated by clicking on the button to view the content or share it with others. Doing so constitutes an acceptance of the terms of use of the respective service provider. In addition, a confirmation is saved locally on the end device in the browser’s local storage so that the content can be accessed directly on the next visit. To withdraw consent, the cache of the web browser must be deleted, including cookies and local storage. The deletion procedure depends on the Internet browser used and can be queried via the relevant help options.

The purpose and scope of the data collection, the further processing and use of the data by the service provider as well as your rights and setting options with regard to the protection of your privacy can be found on their respective websites.
ASSA ABLOY uses social plugins from the following networks:

  • Facebook Switzerland GmbH, Giesshübelstrasse 30, 8045 Zürich
  • Meta Platforms, Inc., (1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA)
  • X Internet Unlimited Company (One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland)
  • LinkedIn (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland)
  • Youtube (YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave. San Bruno, CA 94066, USA)
  • Instagram (Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park CA 94025, USA)
  • Vimeo (Vimeo, Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA) 

LinkedIn tracking

We use the LinkedIn platform’s analysis and conversion tracking technology on our website. LinkedIn’s technology lets you see ads that are more relevant to your interests. LinkedIn also provides us with aggregated and anonymous reports of advertising activities and information on how you interact with our website. You can find further information on data protection at LinkedIn here.  You can object to the analysis of your usage behaviour by LinkedIn and the display of interest-based recommendations ("opt-out") by clicking on the “Reject on LinkedIn” field (for LinkedIn members) or “Reject” (for other users) under the following link.

Google analytics remarketing

Our websites use the Google Analytics Remarketing functions in conjunction with the cross-device functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

This function makes it possible to link the advertising target groups created with Google Analytics Remarketing with the cross-device functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. In this way, interest-related, personalised advertising messages that have been adapted to you depending on your previous usage and surfing behaviour on one end device (e.g. smartphone)can also be displayed on another of your end devices (e.g. tablet or PC).

If you have given your consent, Google will link your web and app browsing history to your Google account for this purpose. In this way, the same personalised advertising messages can be displayed on every end device on which you log in with your Google account.

To support this feature, Google Analytics collects Google-authenticated user IDs that are temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data to define and create target groups for cross-device advertising.

You can permanently object to cross-device remarketing/targeting by deactivating personalised advertising in your Google account by using this link.

The aggregation of the collected data in your Google account is based exclusively on giving Google your consent, which you may give or revoke (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). For data collection processes that are not merged in your Google account (e.g. because you do not have a Google account or have objected to the merging), the collection of data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest arises from the fact that the website operator has an interest in the anonymised analysis of website visitors for advertising purposes.
Further information and the data protection provisions can be found in https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/Google's privacy policy.

Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking

This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising programme of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States ("Google").

We use conversion tracking as part of Google AdWords. When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie is set for conversion tracking. Cookies are small text files that the Internet browser places on the user’s computer. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used to individually identify users. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognise that the user has clicked on the ad and has been redirected to this page.

Every Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked via the websites of AdWords customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers are informed of the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information with which users can be individually identified. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can object to this use by easily deactivating the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via your Internet browser under user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

Conversion cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 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.

More information on Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking can be found in  Google's privacy policy.

You can set your browser so that you are informed of the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, you can exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Facebook pixel

Our website uses the visitor action pixel of Facebook, Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA ("Facebook") to measure conversions.

This allows the behaviour of visitors to the site to be tracked after they have been redirected to the provider’s website by clicking on a Facebook advertisement. This allows the effectiveness of Facebook ads to be evaluated for statistical and market research purposes and allows future advertising measures to be optimised.

The data collected is anonymous for the operator of this website, no conclusions can be drawn about the identity of individual users. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with the Facebook Data Use Policy. This enables Facebook to place advertisements on Facebook pages as well as outside Facebook. This use of the data cannot be influenced by the site operator. You can find further information on protecting your privacy in Facebook’s privacy policy.

You can also deactivate the remarketing function "Custom Audiences" in the settings area for advertisements. To do this, you must be logged in to Facebook.

If you do not have a Facebook account, you can opt out of Facebook’s usage-based advertising on the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance website.

Electronic mailings and newsletters

With our newsletter, we inform our customers at regular intervals about our offers, our (new) products as well as developments and provide tips and information about our product range.

Assa Abloy processes the e-mail address entered in the customer profile as well as the first and last name provided for the purpose of sending shipments and addressing the customer.

You can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time. There is an unsubscribe link in the footer of our newsletter. You can also revoke your consent to the use of your e-mail address for the future at any time. Please use the contact options provided in the legal notice https://www.assaabloy.com/ch/de/impressum.

Use of Mailchimp

For our newsletter service, we use the “Mailchimp” newsletter service of Rocket Sience Group LLC, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000 Atlanta, GA 30308 (USA), which is part of the Intuit group of companies (Intuit Inc. USA). Mailchimp is a cloud-based newsletter management service.

Please note that the data stored by Mailchimp is stored and processed on computers in the USA.

As a general rule, the data remains permanently stored on the servers of Mailchimp and is only deleted if you so request. You can have us delete your your contact information. This permanently removes all your personal data for us and anonymizes you in the Mailchimp reports. However, you can also request your data to be deleted directly at Mailchimp. All your data will then be removed there and we will receive a notification from Mailchimp. After we receive the email, we will have 30 days to delete your contact from all connected integrations.

Mailchimp also shares information with third-party providers to provide better services. Mailchimp also shares some data with third-party advertising partners to better understand its its customers' interests and concerns so as to provide more relevant content and targeted advertising. Mailchimp may also use this data to improve its own service. This can be used for such purposes as to technically optimize dispatch or to determine the location (country) of the recipients.

Mailchimp is used on the basis of our legitimate interests and a data processing agreement. You can view this contract here: https://mailchimp.com/de/legal/data-processing-addendum/.

More information about Mailchimp:

Privacy Notice: https://www.intuit.com/privacy/statement/
Terms of Use: https://mailchimp.com/de/legal/terms/

Use of our websites, communication

When you access and use one of our websites, we automatically collect and store corresponding log data and device-specific information for a limited period of time. This information includes, but is not limited to, specific information about your use of our website, IP address, access dates and times, hardware and software information, as well as device-specific and other similar information. We process this data on this basis and to the extent necessary for us to operate, maintain and improve our websites.

Our websites use Google Analytics, a service from Google LLC, USA, which monitors and records how our websites are used. Google Analytics does this by placing small text files, known as cookies, on your computer or other devices. Cookies collect information on the number of visitors to these websites, the visits to the individual pages and the duration of the visits to these websites. This information is available in aggregated form and cannot be identified from an individual perspective. This integration of Google Analytics generally takes place via IP addresses that are anonymised by shortening them within the EU/EEA.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the relevant settings in your browser. However, please note that this may affect the options available during the use of our websites. For more information about cookies, including how to manage, reject or delete them, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

We may use your name and email address(es) to send you publications, warnings, updates, event invitations and other information by email and will request your consent beforehand unless we have received your contact details as part of our services and you have not opted out of receiving such marketing communication. If you no longer wish to receive marketing communication from us, you can unsubscribe at any time using the corresponding link in the emails. Please note that we use personal data to track whether you are reading our emails or whether you are clicking on the relevant links they contain.

Transfer of personal data to third parties

We may transfer your personal data to recipients abroad, including those countries that do not provide an equivalent level of data protection as guaranteed under Swiss law. We will normally carry out this type of transfer if it is necessary for the performance of a contract with the data subject(s), for a contract with a data subject or for the performance of a contract concluded in the interest of a data subject, as well as for the assertion, enforcement or defence of legal claims.

We transfer personal data to the organisations of the ASSA ABLOY Group, such as ASSA ABLOY, IKON, effeff, KESO, ASSA and YALE, which sell our solutions in your country, for the purposes stated here, if you request advice or request information from us. 

How long do we store your personal data for?

We store your personal data for as long as is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and for as long as we have a legitimate interest in storing personal data, for example to assert or defend legal claims or for archiving purposes and IT security. This means that we delete your personal data when it is no longer necessary for processing a request or order, to manage your access account or to manage our customer relationship. We also store your personal data if and for as long as this is required under a legal retention obligation.

Your rights

You have the right to request detailed information regarding what personal data we hold about you and how we process it, as well as a copy of your personal data. You can also have your data corrected or deleted, limit our processing activities with regard to this information and object to the processing of your personal data. You may also choose to withdraw your consent. Please note that even if you have chosen to withdraw your consent, we may continue to process your personal data to the extent required or permitted by law. You can also lodge a complaint with a local supervisory authority, in Switzerland with the Federal Data Protection and Public Affairs Officer.

Please send your enquiries about the privacy notice to ASSA ABLOY (Schweiz) AG, by email: datenschutz-ch@assaabloy.com by post: see controller/who we are.

Updating the privacy notice

This privacy notice will be updated from time to time in response to changing legal, regulatory or operational requirements. The latest version of the privacy notice is always available on the ASSA ABLOY (Schweiz) AG website.

Date: 16 May 2023