Data protection

Provider and responsible body within the meaning of the Data Protection Act:

SomnoMed AG
(nachfolgend „SOM“)
Baarerstrasse 125
6300 Zug/ Switzerland
Telefon: +41 (0) 41 501 46 40
Fax: +41 (0) 41 501 46 42
Email: info@somnomed.com
Web: http://www.somnomed.com

The purpose of the company is to develop and design, manufacture, sell and trade in dental, dental technology and human medical products and devices as well as offering services in connection with the aforementioned products and devices.

Contact number: CHE-113.950.331

Dat protection coordinator: EUDataProtection@somnomed.com

Scope

  1. With this data protection declaration, users receive information about the type, scope and purpose of the collection and use of their data by the responsible provider.
  2. The legal framework for data protection is provided by the Federal Data Protection Act (Data Protection Act, DSG) and the data protection provisions of the European Union (hereinafter “data protection requirements”).
  3. SOM will oblige its employees and cooperation partners to comply with data protection regulations.
  4. The following declaration gives you an overview of how SOM guarantees this protection and what kind of data is collected for what purpose.
  5. For all data protection questions and notifications, please contact the SOM data protection officer at the e-mail address EUDataProtection@somnomed.com or by post at the address of SomnoMed AG mentioned above.

Collection of general information

With every access to this offer, information is automatically recorded by us or the web space provider. This information, also known as server log files, is of a general nature and does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your person.

Among other things, the following are recorded: name of the website, file, date, data volume, web browser and web browser version, operating system, the domain name of your internet provider, the so-called referrer URL (the page from which you accessed our offer) and the IP address.

Without this data, it would not be technically possible to deliver and display the content of the website. In this respect, the collection of the data is absolutely necessary. In addition, we use the anonymous information for statistical purposes. They help us to optimize the offer and the technology. We also reserve the right to retrospectively check the log files if we suspect illegal use of our offer.

Handling of personal data

Definition: Personal data is all information that can be used to clearly identify a person. It is therefore data that can be traced back to a person.

These personal data include the first name and surname, telephone number and email address.

These data are only collected, used and, if necessary, passed on by the provider if this is expressly permitted by law or if the user consents to the collection, processing, use and disclosure of the data.

Personal data

  1. In order to create an order, the following data will be collected and saved from you: General data of those interested in the service:
  • First name and surname,
  • Company name,
  • Country
  • Street
  • Post code
  • City / City
  • Telephone
  • E-mail address, (hereinafter referred to as “personal data”).
  1. For any other than one of the purposes listed above, SOM and its cooperation partners will only use the personal data insofar as it is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of a third party or to Defense against threats to state or public security or for the prosecution of criminal offenses is required.
  2. The personal data are stored and processed exclusively on servers in the European Union.

Provision of chargeable services

We request additional data so that we can provide chargeable services. This applies, for example, to the information on payment.

To ensure the security of your data during transmission, we work with encryption methods (such as SSL) over HTTPS, which reflect the current state of the art.

Newsletter

If you register for our newsletter, we will use the data you have entered exclusively for this purpose or to inform you about the circumstances relevant to this service or the registration. We do not pass this data on to third parties.

A valid (valid) email address is required to receive the newsletter. The IP address you use to register for the newsletter and the date on which you order the newsletter are also saved. This data serves us as evidence in the event of misuse, if a third-party email address is registered for the newsletter. In order to also ensure that an email address is not misused by third parties in our mailing list, we work in accordance with the law with the so-called “double opt-in” procedure. As part of this process, the subscription to the newsletter, the dispatch of the confirmation email and the receipt of the registration confirmation are logged.

You have the option at any time to revoke your consent to the storage of the data, your e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter. We provide you with a link in every newsletter and on the website to withdraw your consent. You also have the option of notifying us of your wish to cancel using the contact options mentioned in this document.

Contact form

If you contact us via the online form or by e-mail, we will save the information you have provided in order to be able to answer your request and ask any follow-up questions.

Integration of services and content from third parties

Our offerings sometimes include content, services and performances from other providers. These are, for example, maps provided by Google Maps, videos from YouTube and graphics and images from other websites. The transmission of the IP address is absolutely necessary so that this data can be called up and displayed in the user’s browser. The providers (hereinafter referred to as “third-party providers”) thus perceive the IP address of the respective user.

Even if we try to only use third-party providers who only need the IP address in order to be able to deliver content, we have no influence on whether the IP address is possibly saved. In this case, this process serves, among other things, statistical purposes. If we know that the IP address is being saved, we will inform our users of this.

Cookies

This website uses so-called cookies. These are text files that are stored on your computer by the server. They contain information about the browser, the IP address, the operating system and the Internet connection. We do not pass this data on to third parties or link it to personal data without your consent.

Cookies have two main functions. They help us to make it easier for you to navigate through our offer and enable the website to be displayed correctly. They are not used to smuggle in viruses or to start programs.

Users have the option of calling up our offer without cookies. To do this, the relevant settings must be changed in the browser. Please use the help function of your browser to find out how cookies are deactivated. However, we would like to point out that this may impair some functions of this website and limit the convenience of use.

Facebook social plug-in

We integrate plug-ins from the social network Facebook (address: 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA) on our website. You can recognize the plug-ins – you can find an overview here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/Plug-ins/ – on the Like button or on the Facebook logo.

If you call up one of our websites with a Facebook plug-in, a direct connection to Facebook is established. We have no influence on the type and scope of the data that Facebook collects, stores and processes. We can only inform you according to our level of knowledge.

Facebook is informed via the plug-in that you have accessed the corresponding website of our offer. This also applies to users who are not registered on Facebook. In this case there is the possibility that Facebook will save the IP address.

If you are a member of Facebook and logged in, calling up a website with a Facebook plug-in can be clearly assigned to your Facebook user account. In addition, the plug-ins transmit all interactions, for example if you use the Like button or leave a comment.

To prevent Facebook from storing data about you, please log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can also block the plug-ins with add-ons for the browser (for example “Facebook Blocker”).

Information on the data protection regulations, the purpose and scope of data collection and data processing as well as the setting options for protecting privacy on Facebook can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.php.

data economy

In accordance with the principles of data avoidance and data economy, we only store personal data for as long as it is necessary or prescribed by law (statutory storage period). If the purpose of the information collected no longer applies or the storage period ends, we will block or delete the data.

Your rights to information, correction, blocking, deletion and objection

You have the right to request information about the personal data stored by us free of charge and / or to request correction, blocking or deletion. Exceptions: It concerns the mandatory data storage for business transactions or the data are subject to the statutory retention requirement.

For these purposes, please contact our data protection coordinator (contact details: see point 1 above).

In order to be able to consider a data lock at any time, it is necessary to hold the data in a lock file for control purposes. If there is no statutory archiving obligation, you can also request the deletion of the data. Otherwise we will block the data if you wish.

Changes to our data protection declaration

In order to ensure that our data protection declaration always complies with the current legal requirements, we reserve the right to make changes at any time. This also applies in the event that the data protection declaration has to be adapted due to new or revised services, for example new services. The new data protection declaration will then apply to our offer on your next visit.