Cookie Policy
updated: April 19th, 2022
This translation is available for your convenience. You agree that the original text in German shall take precedence in the case of a dispute.
1. Preliminary Remarks
Frehner Law Office appreciates your visit to our website and online store and your interest in our products and services. The protection of your data as well as the responsible handling of your personal data are important to us.
The website www.frehnerlaw.ch uses cookies and similar technologies. When you access it, you will be made aware of this. By continuing to use this website and online store, you fully agree to our use of cookies and similar technologies.
The Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies, similar technologies and device identifiers (so-called cookies) when you access and use our website, online store, and services (products, e-books, checklists, fact sheets, courses, seminars, professional services). You will further obtain information on how we handle your data in our Website and Online Store Data Privacy Policy as well as in the additional Client Privacy Policy for Clients.
Among other things, please read the Cookie Policy carefully and make sure you understand it.
Under Cookie Setting, no choice is given to block the cookies, as they are mandatory for the functioning of the website and the website or the cookies do not store any personal data.
2. Definition or Terms
The following terms have the following meanings in this statement:
«Cookies» are small files that are placed on your computer, mobile device or other device by a website when you visit certain parts of the website and or use specific features of the Service.
“Cookie Legislation” refers to the authoritative parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, as amended by Directive 2009/136/EC and of the EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the Swiss Data Protection Act (DPA) and other applicable laws.
“personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual who is directly or indirectly identifiable from such data within the meaning of the Swiss Data Protection Act (“DPA”) or the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
“we/us/our/company” refers to Frehner Law Office, Im Zentrum 9, 8604 Volketswil, Switzerland, which operates the Online Store.
“Service” refers to the website and / or online store.
“Website” refers to Frehner Law Office and can be accessed at www.frehnerlaw.ch.
“You” means the individual who accesses or uses the Website, or a company or legal entity on whose behalf an individual accesses or uses the Website, as applicable.
“Device” means any device that can access the Service, such as a computer, laptop, digital tablet or cell phone.
3. About us
Owner and operator of the website and the online store is the Frehner Law Office, Im Zentrum 9, 8604 Volketswil or its owner. You can reach us by e-mail at info@frehnerlaw.ch with the subject Data Protection.
4. What are Cookies and Similar Technologies?
“Cookies” are small files that are placed on your device when you visit a website or use a service. Similar technologies include means by which the visitor may be identified. Device identifiers can be combined from existing elements, such as IP address, browser version, operating system, device type, connection and software data, etc.).
Cookies may be placed on your computer or device.
We use cookies and similar technologies to improve the user experience on our website. By continuing to use this website, you consent to our use of cookies and similar technologies.
These are cookies that are absolutely necessary for the functioning of the website. No personal data is stored with these cookies. They cannot be assigned to a specific person. If a cookie is activated, an identification number is assigned to it.
5. How Does the Website and the Online Store Use Cookies?
The website may place first party cookies on your computer or device. We use them to facilitate your use of our services. In addition, cookies are used to collect statistical data on the use of our services. Such data may be used for analysis and advertising purposes.
Third party cookies are placed and managed by third parties, i.e. other websites, services and or providers. You may obtain such third party cookies by using this service on your device. Further information is available below (Section 6.2 Analytical / Statistical Cookies or Web Analytics Services, as well as Section 7 Are Cookies Used by Third Parties?).
Cookies may be temporary or permanent. Permanent or temporary cookies remain stored on your device for a certain period of time after the end of the browser session, while so-called session cookies are automatically deleted from your device when closing the internet browser.
6. What Cookies does the Website Use?
Like many other websites, we also use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are transferred from a website server to your hard drive. Through this, we automatically receive certain data such as IP address, browser used, operating system and your connection to the internet.
As already mentioned above (under section 5), we use first-party cookies, which are mandatory for the functioning of the website. Without these functional cookies, you cannot use the website as intended. Your decision regarding the use of cookies on our website will be retained. With these cookies, no personal data will be stored.
Your consent is not required for the use of functional cookies, because their use is simply necessary for providing the website. You cannot deactivate these cookies. However, you can set your Internet browser to block these cookies or to warn you about them. However, you accept that some parts of the website may not work.
We use notice acceptance cookies. These cookies determine whether users have accepted the use of cookies on the website. The consent to these cookies never expires.
Most of the so-called session cookies we use are automatically deleted from your device when you close the internet browser. These are used, for example, to save your language setting across different pages of an internet session.
We also use temporary or permanent cookies. These remain stored on your device even after the end of the browser session when you go offline. You will be automatically recognized when you access our services again. These cookies can remain stored on your device for between one month and several years. After the programmed time has expired, they are automatically deactivated. These cookies are used to make our services more user-friendly.
Cookies cannot be used to launch programs or transfer viruses to a computer. Based on the information contained in cookies, we can facilitate your navigation and enable the correct display of our web sites.
Under no circumstances will the data we collect be passed on to third parties or linked to personal data without your consent.
How can you prevent cookies from being stored (see below, section 8, Consent and Control)?
Of course, you can also view our website without cookies in principle. Internet browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time using the settings of your browser. Please consult the help functions of your Internet browser to find out how to change these settings. Please note that individual functions of our website may not operate if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
Furthermore, the website uses analytics services (e.g. from Google) (see section 6.2 Analytical / Statistical Cookies or Web Analytics Services below). Anonymous usage data is collected and analyzed, which enables us to gain information about the use of our service. This allows us to improve the website and the products and services offered.
6.1 Log Files
When you access our website, information of a general nature is automatically collected using a cookie. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider and similar. This is exclusively information which does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your person.
This information is technically necessary in order to correctly deliver the contents of websites requested by you and is mandatory when using the Internet. It is processed in particular for the following purposes:
- Ensuring that the website can be connected without problems;
- Ensuring a smooth use of our website;
- Granting the shopping cart functionality;
- Evaluation of system safety and stability; and
- for other administrative purposes.
Anonymous information of this kind is statistically evaluated by us, if necessary, in order to optimize our internet presence and the technology behind it.
6.2 Analytical / Statistical Cookies or Web Analytics Services
Analytical / statistical cookies can be used to count visits, to identify access sources, and to determine which pages are the most popular.
Web analytics tools provide statistics and graphs to learn about the use of our services. This allows us to improve the website and the service offered and to enable user-friendly operation. Data about the use of a website is transmitted to the server used for this purpose, whereby such servers may be located abroad depending on the provider.
This website uses “Google Analytics”, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA), to analyze your use of our service. Google Analytics uses cookies text files. These are stored on your device. The information is usually sent to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The use of our website can thus be evaluated and further services can be provided. This allows us to improve our service and optimize your user experience.
For Google Analytics, a commonly used web analytics tool, this data is transmitted including (full or shortened) IP addresses. The identification of individual devices should be prevented, but is not under our control.
The collected data are: shortened IP address of the user, name of the accessed website, date and time of access, browser type and version, operating system of the user, referrer URL, i.e. the previously visited page, location, as well as preferred language.
Users cannot be identified personally. The collected data cannot be allocated to any user. Anonymous data is collected and processed during the website analysis. Neither your privacy nor your safe use of the website is affected.
If we should use other web analysis tools, the process of data collection is basically the same for all web analysis tools.
Google complies with the data protection provisions of the “Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield” agreement. (Information on this can be found at https://www.privacyshield.gov/Swiss-US-Privacy-Shield-FAQs).
If you want to prevent the collection of data generated by cookies and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google, it is entirely at your’s discretion to download and install the available browser plugin (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout).
7. Are Cookies Used by Third Parties?
7.1 Use of Script Libraries (Google Web Fonts)
In order to display our content correctly and in a graphically appealing manner across browsers, we use script libraries and font libraries such as Google Web Fonts (https://www.google.com/webfonts/) on this website. Google Web Fonts are transferred to your browser’s cache to avoid multiple loading. If the browser does not support Google Web Fonts or prevents access, content will be displayed in a default font.
Calling up script libraries or font libraries automatically triggers a connection to the library operator. It is theoretically possible – although it is currently unclear whether and for what purposes – that those operators of such libraries collect data.
The privacy policy of the library operator Google can be found here:
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
7.2 Use of Google Maps
This website uses Google Maps API to visually display geographical information. When using Google Maps, Google also collects, processes and uses data on the use of the map functions by visitors. You can find more detailed information about data processing by Google in the Google data protection information (https://policies.google.com/privacy). There you can also change your personal data protection settings in the data protection centre.
7.3 Embedded Videos
Videos may be played on our website. For this purpose, videos – like YouTube videos – are embedded on our website.
The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection is established to servers of YouTube. This tells YouTube which pages you visit. If you are logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behaviour to you personally. You can prevent this by first logging out of your YouTube account.
If a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behaviour.
If you have deactivated the storage of cookies for the Google Ad program, you will not have to expect such cookies when watching YouTube videos. However, YouTube also stores non-personal usage information in other cookies. If you want to prevent this, you must block the storage of cookies in your browser.
Further information on data protection at “YouTube” can be found in the provider’s privacy policy.
7.4 Social Media resp. Social Plugins
Social plugins, such as Facebook and LinkedIn, are used on our website. You can recognize the plugins by the fact that they are marked with the corresponding logo.
With the help of plug-ins, we link on our website to our Facebook page as well as to our LinkedIn page of the company.
These plugins may be used to send information, which may include personal data, to the service provider and may be used by the latter. We prevent the unconscious and unintentional collection and transmission of data to the service provider by a 2-click solution. In order to activate a desired social plugin, it must first be activated by clicking on the corresponding button. Only when the plugin is activated is the collection of information and its transmission to the service provider triggered. We ourselves do not collect any personal data via the social plugins or their use.
You are free to select the “Block third-party cookies” function in your browser settings. This means that the browser does not send cookies to the server for embedded content from other providers. At most, you have to put up with the fact that other functions of our website will no longer work properly.
We have no influence on what data an activated plugin collects and how this data is used by the provider. At present, it must be assumed that a direct connection to the provider’s services is established and at least the IP address and device-related information is collected and used. It is also possible that the service provider will attempt to store cookies on the computer used. Please refer to the data protection information of the respective service provider to find out which specific data is collected, for what purpose and to what extent it is used, your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy.
Note: If you are logged in to Facebook at the same time, Facebook can identify you as a visitor to a particular page.
Note to LinkedIn: SlikeShare.net, Pulse.me and the Pulse app are part of LinkedIn’s service offering.
7.5 Google Analytics
The Service (the Website) uses analytics services provided by Google (see above section 6.2, Analytical / Static Cookies or Web Analytics Services).
7.6 Google Ads
Our website uses Google Conversion Tracking. If you have reached our website via an advertisement placed by Google, Google Ads will place a cookie on your computer. The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an ad placed by Google. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of our website and the cookie has not expired, we and Google will be able to recognise that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to that page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. As a result, cookies cannot be tracked across the websites of Ads customers. The information collected through the conversion cookie is used to compile conversion statistics for advertisers who have opted in to conversion tracking. The customers will know 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 that can be used to personally identify users.
If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can refuse to accept the cookie that is required for this purpose – for example, by changing your browser settings to generally disable the automatic placement of cookies or to set your browser to block cookies from the “googleleadservices.com” domain.
Please note that you may not delete the opt-out cookies unless you wish to record measurement data. If you have deleted all your cookies in your browser, you have to set the respective opt-out cookie again.
7.7 Advertising / Targeting Cookies
Advertising or targeting cookies are used to identify you and evaluate your usage behavior in order to provide you with offers or services. Third-party providers such as social media operators (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter) may use targeting cookies to recognize independent users and defined target groups on your platform and deliver offers to these individuals.
8. Consent and Control
Before placing cookies on your computer or device, our privacy policy appears in the bottom bar, as well as the notice on cookie settings with the block “Agree”. The cookies are mandatory. By using our services – the website and the online store – and not leaving the website immediately, you give your full consent to the use of cookies.
You decide whether you want to enable or disable cookies in your Internet browsers. Some Internet browsers give you the choice to disable all cookies or only third-party cookies. Depending on the browser, you can display a warning message before accepting cookies, or set the rejection of cookies as the default setting. Carry out the deletion and rejection of cookies directly on their used Internet browser (such as Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, etc.). For details, consult the corresponding help menu of your Internet browser. You can delete unwanted cookies already present on your device using the respective Internet browser function.
Chrome
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Safari
https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
For any other browser, please visit its official website.
The rejection, blocking and deactivation of cookies can lead to a limited availability of offered services. Furthermore, certain parts of the website may no longer function properly.
9. Changes to our Cookie Policy
We may change this Cookie Policy at any time. Any changes will be posted on the website immediately and will be legally binding on you when you visit the website again after the changes have been made. We advise you to visit this Cookie Policy each time to be informed.
In the event of conflicting provisions between the previous and current versions of the Cookie Policy, the current and valid provision shall prevail, unless expressly reserved otherwise.
10. More Information
If you would like to learn more about our use of cookies, please email us at info@frehnerlaw.ch with Privacy, Cookie Policy in the subject line. Please make sure to send a concise, written request.