Privacy policy

This translation is provided for information purposes only. The German version is legally binding.

General notice and mandatory information

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

SoftForge AG
Management
Spittel 5
3953 Leuk-Stadt

Unless otherwise stated below, the provision of your personal data is neither required by law or contract nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the data. Not providing it has no consequences. This applies only insofar as no other information is given for the processing operations described below. “Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

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 the user is using the website. In particular, cookies make it possible to determine the frequency of use and the number of users of the pages, to analyse patterns of page usage and also to make our offering more customer-friendly. Cookies remain stored beyond the end of a browser session and can be retrieved when the site is visited again. If you do not wish this, you should set your internet browser to refuse cookies.

A general objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can be declared for many of the services, especially in the case of tracking, via the US site http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU site http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. In addition, the storage of cookies can be prevented by disabling them in the browser settings. Please note that in this case not all functions of this online offering can be used.

With SSL/TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as enquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this website uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address bar of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Contact form (direct registration)
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, the details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited. If the controller responsible for data processing on this website is located outside the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Analytics data processing is carried out by Google LLC. Google LLC and Google Ireland Limited are hereinafter referred to as “Google”. The statistics obtained enable us to improve our offering and make it more interesting for you as a user. This website also uses Google Analytics for a cross-device analysis of visitor flows, which is carried out via a user ID. If you have a Google user account, you can deactivate the cross-device analysis of your usage in the settings there under “My data”, “Personal data”. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. Please note that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code “_anonymizeIp();” to ensure anonymised collection of IP addresses. This means that IP addresses are processed in shortened form so that they cannot be linked to a specific person. Should the data collected about you be attributable to a person, this is immediately ruled out and the personal data is deleted without delay. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with further services related to website and internet use. For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. Google Analytics uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly; however, please note that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: Disable Google Analytics. In addition, you can also prevent the use of Google Analytics by clicking on this link: Disable Google Analytics. This stores a so-called opt-out cookie on your data carrier, which prevents the processing of personal data by Google Analytics. Please note that if you delete all cookies on your device, these opt-out cookies will also be deleted, i.e. you will have to set the opt-out cookies again if you wish to continue to prevent this form of data collection. The opt-out cookies are set per browser and computer/device and must therefore be activated separately for each browser, computer or other device.

LinkedIn
Within our online offering we use the marketing services of the social network LinkedIn of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (“LinkedIn”). These use cookies, i.e. text files that are stored on your computer. This enables us to analyse your use of the website. For example, we can measure the success of our advertising and show users products in which they have previously shown an interest. For example, information is collected about the operating system, the browser, the previously visited web page (referrer URL), the web pages visited, the offers clicked on and the date and time of your visit to our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is transmitted in pseudonymised form to a LinkedIn server in the USA and stored there. LinkedIn therefore does not store the name or email address of the respective user. Rather, the aforementioned data is assigned only to the person for whom the cookie was created. This does not apply if the user has allowed LinkedIn to process the data without pseudonymisation or has a LinkedIn account. You can refuse the use of cookies by adjusting your browser settings accordingly; however, please note that you may then not be able to use all functions of this website. You can also object to the use of your data directly with LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out. We use LinkedIn Analytics to analyse and regularly improve the use of our website. The statistics obtained enable us to improve our offering and make it more interesting for you as a user. All LinkedIn companies have adopted the Standard Contractual Clauses to ensure that the data traffic to the USA and Singapore required for the development, implementation and maintenance of the services takes place lawfully. Where we ask users for consent, the legal basis for the processing is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Otherwise, the legal basis for the use of LinkedIn Analytics is Art. 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR. Information about the third-party provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland; User Agreement and Privacy Policy.

Disclaimer
SoftForge AG accepts no liability for the correctness, accuracy, timeliness, reliability or completeness of the information. Liability claims against the author for damage of a material or immaterial nature resulting from access to, use or non-use of the published information, from misuse of the connection or from technical faults are excluded.

Rights of the data subject
Where the statutory requirements are met, you have the following rights under Art. 15 to 20 GDPR: the right of access, to rectification, to erasure, to restriction of processing and to data portability.
In addition, under Art. 21(1) GDPR you have the right to object to processing based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR and to processing for the purpose of direct marketing.

Please contact us if you wish to do so. You will find our contact details in our legal notice.

All offers are subject to change without notice. The author expressly reserves the right to change, supplement or delete parts of the pages or the entire offer, or to suspend publication temporarily or permanently, without prior notice.