data protection

We are pleased that you are interested in data protection and we share your interest. It is important for us to mention that we handle your data with the utmost care and attention. Nevertheless, due to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force in May 2018, it is appropriate to publish the following explanations on our website.

This website is an offer from Podologie Götz in Zurich. This privacy policy provides information about the processing of personal data in connection with our services. Our offer is subject to Swiss data protection law and any applicable foreign data protection law, such as that of the European Union (EU) with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The EU recognises that Swiss data protection law guarantees adequate data protection.

Special, supplementary or additional data protection declarations may exist for individual and additional offers and services.

1. processing of personal data

1.1 Personal data is all information relating to an identified or identifiable person. A data subject is a person about whom personal data is processed. Processing includes any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, in particular the storage, disclosure, procurement, erasure, storage, modification, destruction and use of personal data.

1.2 We process the personal data required to provide our services in an effective, user-friendly, permanent, secure and reliable manner.

1.3 In principle, we only process personal data with the consent of the data subject, unless the processing is permitted for other reasons, for example to fulfil a contract with the data subject and for corresponding pre-contractual measures, to protect our overriding legitimate interests, because the processing is evident from the circumstances, or after prior information. In this context, we process in particular information that a data subject provides to us when contacting us - for example by post, email, contact form, telephone or social media. We may store such data in an address book, in a customer relationship management system (CRM system), in online shop software or with comparable tools.

1.4 We process personal data for the duration required for the respective purpose or purposes. In the case of longer-term storage obligations due to legal and other obligations to which we are subject, we restrict processing accordingly.

1.5 We may have personal data processed by third parties, including abroad. Such processors process personal data on our behalf. We may also process personal data with the help of third parties, including abroad. We always ensure that such third parties guarantee appropriate data protection.

1.6 We are present on social media platforms and other online platforms in order to communicate with customers and interested parties and to provide information about our services. The General Terms and Conditions (GTC), data protection declarations and other provisions of the individual operators apply in each case.

2 Legal basis for the processing of personal data

2.1 We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law, in particular the Data Protection Act (DSG).

2.2 We process - if and insofar as the GDPR is applicable - personal data in accordance with the following legal bases:

Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR for the processing of personal data with the consent of the data subject.
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data for the fulfilment of a contract with the data subject and for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data for the fulfilment of a legal obligation to which we are subject under any applicable EU law or under any applicable law of a country in which the GDPR is fully or partially applicable.
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person.
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data to protect the legitimate interests of us or third parties, unless the fundamental freedoms and rights and interests of the data subject prevail. Legitimate interests are our business interest in being able to provide and advertise the offer, information security and protection against misuse and unauthorised use, the enforcement of our own legal claims and compliance with Swiss law.

3 Organisational and technical measures

3.1 We take appropriate and suitable organisational and technical measures to ensure data protection and data security.

3.2 Access to our website is via transport encryption (SSL / TLS).

3.3 Despite appropriate and suitable organisational and technical measures, the processing of personal data on the Internet can always have security gaps. We therefore cannot guarantee absolute data security.

3.4 Access to our website is subject to mass surveillance without cause or suspicion and other surveillance by security authorities in Switzerland, the EU, the United States of America (USA) and other countries, as is generally the case with all Internet use. We cannot directly influence the corresponding processing of personal data by secret services, police forces and other security authorities.

4 Cookies, log files and tracking pixels

4.1 For each visit to our website, we collect the following data, insofar as this is transmitted by your browser to our server infrastructure, and store this data in log files:

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
Individual page accessed and amount of data transferred
last visited website (referrer

Such data may constitute personal data. The data is required in order to provide our offer permanently, securely and reliably and to ensure data security and thus in particular the protection of personal data - also by third parties or with the help of third parties.

4.2 We use cookies on our website. Cookies - including those from third parties whose services we use (third-party cookies) - are text files that are stored in your browser. Cookies can be stored in your browser when you visit our website. In particular, cookies enable us to recognise your browser the next time you visit our website. Cookies cannot execute programmes or transmit malware such as Trojans and viruses. Cookies are necessary in order to provide our services, including our website, in an effective, user-friendly, permanent, secure and reliable manner, in particular by analysing usage with a view to troubleshooting and improvements.

You can completely or partially deactivate and delete cookies in your browser settings at any time. Without cookies, our website may no longer be fully available. If and to the extent necessary, we will inform you directly about the use of cookies or ask you directly for your consent to cookies.

4.3 We use tracking pixels on our website. Tracking pixels - including those from third parties whose services we use - are small images that are retrieved when you visit our website. Tracking pixels can be used to collect the same data that is transmitted from your browser to our server infrastructure. Tracking pixels are necessary in order to provide our services, including our website, in an effective, user-friendly, permanent, secure and reliable manner, in particular by analysing usage with a view to troubleshooting and improvements.

5 Third-party services

5.1 We use third-party services - also abroad, including in the United States of America (USA) - in order to provide our services in an effective, user-friendly, permanent, secure and reliable manner. Such services - including hosting and storage services - require your Internet Protocol (IP) address, as otherwise the corresponding content cannot be delivered or provided. Such services may also process other data - including cookies, log files and tracking pixels - in connection with our website and in conjunction with information from other sources for their own statistical and technical purposes.

6 Rights of data subjects

6.1 Data subjects whose personal data we process have the rights under Swiss data protection law. These include the right to information and the right to rectification, erasure or blocking of the processed personal data.

6.2 Data subjects whose personal data we process, if and insofar as the GDPR is applicable, can request confirmation free of charge as to whether we process their personal data and, if so, information about the processing of their personal data, have the processing of their personal data restricted, exercise their right to data portability and have their personal data rectified, erased (‘right to be forgotten’) or blocked.

6.3 Data subjects whose personal data we process, if and insofar as the GDPR is applicable, may revoke their consent at any time and object to the processing of their personal data at any time.

6.4 Data subjects whose personal data we process have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority. The supervisory authority for data protection in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).

7. contact addresses

7.1 Enquiries from supervisory authorities and data subjects usually reach us by post:

Podiatry Practice Götz

Beethovenstrasse 48

CH-8002 Zurich

8. final provisions

We may change our privacy policy at any time. We will inform data subjects of such changes in an appropriate form on our website.