Privacy Policy

General note
Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the federal data protection regulations (Data Protection Act, DSG), every person has the right to protection of their privacy and protection against misuse of their personal data.
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Therefore, we treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy. Personal data is treated with the strictest confidence and is neither sold nor passed on to third parties.
In close cooperation with our hosting providers, we endeavor to protect the databases as best as possible from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or falsification.
We point out that data transmission over the Internet can generally have security gaps. Therefore, complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible. However, we make every effort to keep our website up to date with the latest security standards.
When you access our website, the following data is stored in log files: IP address, date, time, browser request, and general information transmitted about the operating system or operating system. Browser. The website can generally be visited without registration.
By using this website, you agree to the collection, processing, and use of data as described below.

Cookies
This website uses cookies. These are small text files that make it possible to store specific, user-related information on the user's device while they use the website.
Cookies make it possible, in particular, to determine the frequency and number of pages visited, to analyze site usage behavior, and also to make our offerings more customer-friendly.
Cookies remain stored beyond the end of a browser session and can be accessed again when the site is visited again. If you do not want this to happen, you should set your internet browser to refuse cookies.
If you write a comment on our website, this may constitute consent to store your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is a convenience feature so that you do not have to re-enter all this data when you write another comment. These cookies are stored for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this website, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will set several cookies to save your login information and display choices. Login cookies expire after two days, and display choice cookies expire after one year. If you select "Stay logged in" when logging in, your login will be maintained for two weeks. When you log out of your account, the login cookies will be deleted.

SSL encryption
This website uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to us as the website operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser's address bar changing from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser's address bar. When SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Server-Log-Files
The website operator or site provider collects data about access to the site and stores it as "server log files." The following data is logged:

Visited website
Time of access, amount of data sent in bytes, source/reference from which you accessed the site, browser used, operating system used, IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form). The data collected is used solely for statistical analysis and to improve the website. However, the website operator reserves the right to subsequently review the server log files should there be concrete evidence of illegal use.

Contact form
When visitors leave comments on the website, we collect the data shown in the comment form, as well as the visitor's IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service's privacy policy can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible in the context of your comment.

Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Right to information, deletion, blocking
You have the right to information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient, and the purpose of data processing, as well as the right to have this data corrected or deleted. For questions regarding personal data, please contact the address provided in the imprint.

Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To deactivate Google Analytics, Google provides a browser plug-in at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. Google Analytics uses cookies. These are small text files that make it possible to store specific, user-related information on the user's device. These enable an analysis of the use of our website by Google. The information collected by the cookie about the use of our pages (including your IP address) is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code "gat._anonymizeIp();" to ensure anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). If anonymization is active, Google shortens IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, which is why no conclusions can be drawn about your identity. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google complies with the data protection provisions of the "Privacy Shield" Agreement and is registered with the "Privacy Shield" program of the US Department of Commerce. Google uses the information collected to evaluate the use of our websites, to compile reports for us on this topic, and to provide us with other related services. You can find out more at https://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html.

Facebook
This website uses functions from Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. When you visit our pages with Facebook plug-ins, a connection is established between your browser and the Facebook servers. This transfers data to Facebook. If you have a Facebook account, this data can be linked to it. If you do not want this data to be assigned to your Facebook account, please log out of Facebook before visiting our page. Interactions, in particular the use of a comment function or clicking a “Like” or “Share” button, are also passed on to Facebook. You can find out more at https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy.

Instagram
For the information service offered on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/abfallfeind/, Abfallfeind uses the technical platform and services of Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. Please note that you use this Instagram page and its features at your own risk. This applies in particular to the use of interactive features (e.g., commenting, sharing, rating). Alternatively, you can also access parts of the information offered on this page on our website at https://abfallfeind.ch.

Twitter
This website uses functions from Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. When you visit our pages with Twitter plug-ins, a connection is established between your browser and the Twitter servers. This transfers data to Twitter. If you have a Twitter account, this data can be linked to it. If you do not want this data to be assigned to your Twitter account, please log out of Twitter before visiting our site. Interactions, in particular clicking a "Re-Tweet" button, are also passed on to Twitter. You can find out more at https://twitter.com/privacy.

Urheberrechte
The copyright and all other rights to content, images, photos, or other files on the website belong exclusively to the operator of this website or the specifically named rights holders. For the reproduction of any files, written consent from the copyright holder must be obtained in advance. Anyone who commits a copyright infringement without the consent of the respective rights holder may be liable for prosecution and, where appropriate, liability for damages.

Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this website may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited that other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking services, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

General Disclaimer
All information on our website has been carefully reviewed. We strive to ensure that our information is up-to-date, accurate, and complete. Nevertheless, the occurrence of errors cannot be completely ruled out, and we therefore cannot guarantee the completeness, accuracy, or timeliness of information, including journalistic and editorial information. Liability claims for material or immaterial damages caused by the use of the information provided are excluded, unless there is proven intent or gross negligence.
The publisher may change or delete texts at its own discretion and without notice and is not obligated to update the content of this website. Use of or access to this website is at the visitor's own risk. The publisher, its clients, or partners are not responsible for damages, such as direct, indirect, incidental, specifically determinable, or consequential damages, allegedly resulting from visiting this website and therefore assume no liability for them.
The publisher also assumes no responsibility or liability for the content and availability of third-party websites accessible via external links on this website. The operators of linked pages are solely responsible for their content. The publisher expressly distances itself from all third-party content that may be relevant to criminal or liability law, or that violates common decency.

Changes
We may modify this privacy policy at any time without prior notice. The most recent version published on our website will apply.

Questions for the Data Protection Officer
If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization listed at the beginning of the data protection declaration.