1. Laketree Industrie AG

The websites www.laketree.ch and www.laketree.de (hereinafter "websites") are offered by the company
Laketree Industrie AG
Zum See 5
CH-9320 Arbon
HReg.-No. CHE-168.766.357
as owner. Laketree Industrie AG (hereinafter referred to as “Laketree Industrie”) provides information about the services offered on the websites mentioned.
The subject of data protection is very important to the Laketree Industrie. Great importance is attached to privacy, the protection of personal data and compliance with the applicable data protection regulations. It is important to us that you consent to the processing of your personal data by us. The following data protection provisions explain in more detail how Laketree Industrie processes personal data. The present data protection declaration is intended to inform the user of the website about the type, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by the website operator.
If necessary, this data protection declaration will be continuously updated due to changes in legal regulations, new technologies and the ongoing development of this website. It is advisable to check the data protection regulations every time you visit the website. By using our website, you declare that you agree to the version of our data protection provisions that is valid at the time of your visit. In the course of processing your data will be stored on different servers.

2. Definitions of terms

Laketree Industrie AG's data protection declaration is based on the terms used by the European legislator for directives and regulations when the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was issued. Our data protection declaration should be easy to read and understand for the public as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, the Laketree Industrie would like to explain the terminology used in advance. Among other things, the following terms are used in the data protection declaration:

Personal data
Personal data is all information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "data subject"). A natural person is regarded as identifiable who, directly or indirectly, in particular by means of assignment to an identifier such as a name, to an identification number, to location data, to an online identifier or to one or more special features that express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of this natural person can be identified.

Affected person
The person concerned is any identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the person responsible for processing.

Processing
Processing is any process carried out with or without the help of automated procedures or any such series of processes in connection with personal data, such as the collection, recording, organization, ordering, storage, adaptation or change, reading, querying, use, the disclosure by transmission, dissemination or any other form of provision, the comparison or the linking, the restriction, the deletion or the destruction of personal data.

Profiling
Profiling is any type of automated processing of personal data that consists of using this personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects that relate to a natural person, in particular aspects relating to work performance, economic situation, health, personal To analyze or predict the preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, whereabouts or relocation of this natural person.

Pseudonymization
Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a way that this personal data can no longer be assigned to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that this additional information is stored separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures that guarantee that the personal data has not been assigned to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Controller (for processing)
The person responsible or the person responsible for processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body that alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data. If the purposes and means of this processing are specified by Union law or the law of the member states of the European Union, the person responsible or the specific criteria for his appointment can be provided for in accordance with Union law or the law of the member states.

Processor
Processor is a natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the person responsible.

Receiver
The recipient is a natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body to which personal data is disclosed, regardless of whether it is a third party or not. Authorities that may receive personal data as part of a specific investigation according to Union law or the law of the member states of the European Union are not considered recipients.

Third
A third party is a natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body apart from the data subject, the person responsible, the processor and the persons who are authorized to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the person responsible or the processor.

Consent
Consent is any voluntary, informed and unambiguous declaration of intent given by the person concerned for the specific case in the form of a declaration or other unambiguous affirmative action with which the person concerned indicates that they consent to the processing of their personal data is.

3. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

When you access the Laketree Industrie website, your internet browser automatically transmits data for technical reasons. The following data is stored separately from other data that you may transmit to us:
• Date and time of access
• Browser type / version
• Operating system used
• URL of the previously visited website
• Amount of data sent
• IP address of the technical device used
• Website from which an accessing system reaches the Laketree Industrie website
• Sub-web pages that are accessed via an accessing system on our website
• Internet service provider of the accessing system
• Similar data / information in order to avert danger in the event of attacks on the information technology system of the Laketree Industrie When using this general data and information, the Laketree Industrie does not draw any conclusions about the person concerned. Rather, this information is required to correctly deliver the content of our website, to optimize the content of the website and the advertising for it, to ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website and to provide the law enforcement authorities with the necessary information in the event of a cyber attack Provide information. This anonymously collected data and information is therefore statistically evaluated by the Laketree Industrie on the one hand and furthermore with the aim of increasing data protection in the company in order to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data processed by us. The anonymous data in the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.
Laketree Industrie also processes personal data that you provide yourself:
• Name and first name
• Address (billing address)
• Telephone numbers (s)
• Email address)
• Date of birth and age
• Gender
• Customer information
• Credit card and account information
• Payment information (e.g. invoice date / payment history / any dunning and collection procedures)
• Information on subscribed newsletters, advertising, etc.
• Information on customer satisfaction (contacts / complaints)
• Usage data that arise through the use of the website (e.g. frequency and duration of visits, time and date) or other data necessary for answering a request or for processing the business relationship. The processing of data also includes the acquisition, storage, use, processing, transmission, archiving and destruction of personal data.
If necessary, external service providers can be called in to provide the services offered by the Laketree Industrie. You can find information on the subject of “External Service Providers & Transfer of Data” under “11. Forwarding of personal »data.

4. Purpose of processing

Your data will be collected and processed for the purpose of providing the services offered by the Laketree Industrie and for the purposes mentioned below. The processing and collection of personal data are carried out to the extent that it is necessary for the respective purpose in each individual case. The Laketree Industrie primarily processes your personal data for the purpose of providing the agreed service. Furthermore, your personal data will be processed for marketing purposes. This includes, for example, sending newsletters, advertising and information, making contact via various (social media) channels and all other actions and measures that the Laketree Industrie will take in the future as part of marketing campaigns. The Laketree Industrie also processes your personal data to provide and improve the services offered and to analyze user behavior with regard to our websites.

5. Deletion of personal data

The person responsible for processing processes and stores personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the storage purpose or if this is specified by the European directives and regulations or another legislator in laws or regulations, which the person responsible for the processing is subject to, is provided.
The data of the data subject will be stored on the servers used by the Laketree Industrie until the storage purpose no longer exists, taking into account any statutory or contractually agreed retention periods, and will then be irretrievably deleted.

6. Subscription to the newsletter

On the Laketree Industrie website, users are given the opportunity to subscribe to a company newsletter. Which personal data is transmitted to the person responsible for processing when the newsletter is ordered results from the input mask used for this purpose.
The Laketree Industrie informs customers and business partners at regular intervals by means of the newsletter about company offers. The Laketree Industrie newsletter can generally only be received by the person concerned if the person concerned has a valid e-mail address and the person concerned registers to receive the newsletter. For legal reasons, a confirmation e-mail will be sent to the e-mail address entered by a person concerned for the first time for sending the newsletter using the double opt-in procedure. This confirmation email is used to check whether the owner of the email address, as the person concerned, has authorized receipt of the newsletter.
The personal data collected when registering for the newsletter are used exclusively to send our newsletter. Furthermore, subscribers to the newsletter could be informed by email if this is necessary for the operation of the newsletter service or a relevant registration, as this could be the case in the case of changes to the newsletter offer or changes in the technical conditions. The personal data collected as part of the newsletter service is not passed on to third parties. The person concerned can cancel the subscription to the Laketree Industrie newsletter at any time. The consent to the storage of personal data that the person concerned has given us for sending the newsletter can be revoked at any time. There is a corresponding link in every newsletter for the purpose of revoking consent. Furthermore, there is the possibility of unsubscribing from the newsletter dispatch directly on the website of the person responsible for processing or to inform the person responsible for processing in another way.

7. Newsletter tracking

The Laketree Industrie newsletters contain so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic that is embedded in such e-mails that are sent in HTML format to enable log file recording and log file analysis. This enables a statistical evaluation of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns to be carried out. The Laketree Industrie can identify whether and when an e-mail was opened by an affected person and which links in the e-mail were called up by the person concerned by attaching the embedded tracking pixel.
Such personal data collected via the tracking pixels contained in the newsletters are stored and evaluated by the person responsible for processing in order to optimize the newsletter dispatch and to better adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the persons concerned. These personal data will not be passed on to third parties. Affected persons are entitled at any time to revoke the declaration of consent given via the double opt-in procedure. After a revocation, this personal data will be deleted by the person responsible for processing. The Laketree Industrie automatically interprets a cancellation from the receipt of the newsletter as a revocation.

8. Contact options via the websites

Due to legal regulations, the Laketree Industrie websites contain information that enables quick electronic contact to our company and direct communication with the Laketree Industrie, which also includes the email address. If a data subject contacts the person responsible for processing by email or a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject will be automatically saved. Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary basis by a data subject to the person responsible for processing are stored for the purposes of processing or contacting the data subject. This personal data is not passed on to third parties.

9. Blog comment function

The Laketree Industrie offers users the opportunity to leave individual comments on individual blog posts within the framework of a blog, which is located on the website of the person responsible. A blog is a portal managed on a website, usually publicly accessible, in which one or more people (blogger / web blogger) can post articles or write down thoughts in so-called blog posts. The blog posts can usually be commented on by third parties.
If a person concerned leaves a comment in the blog published on the website, in addition to the comments left by the person concerned, information on the time the comment was entered and the user name (pseudonym) chosen by the person concerned are stored and published. In addition, the IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) to the person concerned is also logged. The IP address is stored for security reasons and in the event that the person concerned violates the rights of third parties or posts illegal content by submitting a comment. The storage of this personal data is therefore in the own interest of the person responsible for processing, so that he can exculpate himself in the event of a violation of the law. This collected personal data will not be passed on to third parties unless such a transfer is required by law or serves the legal defense of the person responsible for the processing.

10. RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY

In the following we will inform you about the handling of your personal data on the Laketree Industrie website. If you use one of the websites mentioned under point 1, personal data will be processed.
As the owner of the websites, Laketree Industrie is responsible for their content and for the use and security of the personal data of the users of these websites. The collection and storage as well as the use of this information is therefore carried out exclusively within the framework of the statutory provisions and - if necessary, only with your consent. This applies in particular if we collect personal data. To secure our website and the systems that are otherwise in use, appropriate technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, unauthorized access, modification or dissemination of personal data by unauthorized persons have been implemented, taking into account the legal requirements.
If you have any questions or suggestions on the subject of data protection, you are welcome to send an email to info@laketree.ch or to the postal address given in the legal notice.

11. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA

Laketree Industrie AG outsources certain processes and tasks to service providers in order to guarantee the handling of complex topics that require special knowledge or cannot be taken over internally or to fulfill contractual agreements, such as the hosting of our website, the analysis of user behavior on our website, etc. Therefore, your data will be forwarded to the following categories of recipients:
• Technical service providers who work for us
• For web analysis and marketing purposes
• The external service providers are selected with the greatest care to ensure that the security of personal data is guaranteed. When transferring personal data to other countries, we therefore ensure that the applicable laws and regulations are complied with, for example by concluding agreements that ensure that the recipients of your data maintain an appropriate level of data protection.
With the exception of the aforementioned constellation or on the basis of your consent to the processing of personal data, the data will only be passed on to third parties in the following cases:
• If necessary for legal prosecution, personal data - especially in cases of abuse - can be passed on to law enforcement authorities and injured parties
• A transfer can take place if this serves to enforce the conditions of use or other agreements. In addition, the Laketree Industrie is obliged to provide information on request from certain public authorities.

12. SPECIAL CONSENT

In certain scenarios there is a need to explicitly consent to data processing so that it is permitted. Any necessary consent is requested on the website in each specific case. A given consent to the processing of personal data can be revoked at any time.
This does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation. A missing or complete revocation of consent to the processing of personal data can lead to the fact that the services provided by the Laketree Industrie are no longer available without restrictions.

13. REACH MEASUREMENT & COOKIES

The websites operated by the Laketree Industrie use cookies for pseudonymised range measurement, which are transmitted to the user's browser either from the Laketree Industrie server or the third-party server. Cookies are small files that are stored on your device. Your browser accesses these files. Numerous websites and servers use cookies, many of which contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier for the cookie. It consists of a sequence of characters through which websites and servers can be assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was saved. This enables the websites and servers visited to distinguish the individual browser of the person concerned from other Internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific internet browser can be recognized and identified via the unique cookie ID.
The use of cookies increases the user-friendliness and security of the website. If you do not agree that cookies for range measurement are stored on your device, you can object to their use here:
European or US American websites:
http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/
http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN
The person concerned can also prevent the setting of cookies by the Laketree Industrie website at any time by means of a corresponding setting in the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common internet browsers. Note: The Laketree Industrie does not guarantee that all functions of this website can be accessed without restrictions if the appropriate setting is made.

14. USE OF PLATFORM TOOLS

Google Analytics & Google Tag Manager
The Laketree Industrie websites use Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager, web analysis services from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “Google”).
The information generated by Google Analytics & Google Tag Manager through cookies (a definition of the term cookie can be found in Art. 6 of this data protection declaration) about your use of the website is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored locally there. You can prevent the collection of the data generated by Google cookies and related to your use of the website (including the IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by clicking on the following link (https://tools.google.com/dlpage / gaoptout? hl = de) the available browser plug-in is downloaded and then installed. On behalf of the website operator, Google will use this information to evaluate the use of the website visitor, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager will not be merged with other Google data. For more information, see the link below:
Support Google
Google AdWords
The Laketree Industrie websites use Google AdWords from Google. The remarketing function is used for this. This function is used to present interest-related advertisements to visitors to the website as part of the Google advertising network. According to its own information, Google does not collect any personal data during this process. For more information on the subject of “Google Remarketing” and Google's data protection declaration, see the link below at http://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=de
Facebook pixel
Laketree Industrie uses “Facebook pixels” to track the actions of users after they have seen or clicked on a Facebook advertisement. This tool can be used to measure the effectiveness of the Facebook ad in terms of statistics and marketing. The data collected in this way is anonymized, i.e. no personal data of the respective user is visible. The data is stored and processed by Facebook, about which you have been informed directly by Facebook according to the Laketree Industrie's knowledge. Facebook has the option of connecting this data to your personal Facebook account and also using it for its own advertising purposes, in accordance with the Facebook data usage guidelines. Further information on this topic can be found at the following link:
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy

15. USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLUGINS

The Laketree Industrie uses so-called social plugins on its website. The plugins can be recognized by the logo of the respective social network. All plugins used are set up in a 2-click process. This means that the respective plugins are only activated when the icon of the provider is clicked. When you call up a page on our website that contains an activated plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection to the provider's servers. The content of the plug-in is transmitted directly to your browser by the respective provider and integrated into the page. By integrating the plugins, certain information is transmitted to and stored by the third party provider.
If you are not a member of the relevant social networks, it is still possible for them to find out and save your IP address via the social plugin. If you are logged in to one of the social networks, the third-party providers can directly assign your visit to our website to your personal profile in the social network. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the “Like”, “+1”, “Twitter” or “Instagram” buttons, the corresponding information is also sent directly to a third-party server and stored there. The information is also published on the social network, on your Twitter or Instagram account and shown to your contacts there. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the third-party providers as well as your rights and setting options for the protection of your privacy can be found in the data protection information of the third-party providers. A list with the plugins we use and further information from the respective providers can be found here:
solution
providers
link
Facebook Facebook Inc.
1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alta, CA 94304, USA Data protection
Plugins
LinkedIn Linkedin Corporation
2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, Santa Clara, CA 94043, USA Data protection
Plugins
Twitter Twitter Inc.
795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA Data protection
Plugins
Vimeo Vimeo LLC
555 West 18th Street, NY, 10011, USA Data protection
Plugins
YouTube YouTube LLC
901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA-94066, USA Data protection
Plugins
Instagram
Google+ Instagram LLC
1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA-94107, USA
Google LLC
1600 Amphitheater Parkaway, Mountain View, CA-94043 Privacy
Plugins
data protection
Plugins

16. AVAILABLE RIGHTS

The data subject has the right to confirmation, information, correction, deletion (right to be forgotten), revocation of consent under data protection law or restriction of the processing of personal data, a right to object to processing and a right to data portability at any time. You also have the right - without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies - to report to the responsible supervisory authority.
Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC):
Edoeb Admin

17. Data protection in the application process

The person responsible for processing collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of handling the application process. The processing can also be done electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant sends the relevant application documents electronically, e.g. by email or via a web form on the website, to the person responsible for processing. If the person responsible for processing concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the data transmitted will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If the person responsible for processing does not conclude an employment contract with the applicant, the application documents will be automatically deleted three months after notification of the rejection decision, provided that deletion does not conflict with any other legitimate interests of the person responsible for processing. Another legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, a burden of proof in judicial proceedings.

18. Legal basis for processing

Art. 6 I lit. a GDPR serves the Laketree Industrie as the legal basis for processing operations for which consent is obtained for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfill a contract to which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations that are necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of other services or consideration, the Processing based on Art. 6 I lit. b GDPR. The same applies to processing operations that are required to carry out pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries about products and services from Laketree Industrie. If our company is subject to a legal obligation that requires the processing of personal data, for example to fulfill tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. c GDPR. In rare exceptional situations (vital interests), processing is based on Article 6 I lit. d GDPR.
Ultimately, processing operations can be based on Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR. On the basis of the aforementioned legal basis, processing operations are based that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases if the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of the Laketree Industrie or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the person concerned do not prevail. The Laketree Industrie is particularly permitted to carry out such processing operations because they are expressly mentioned by the European legislator. Recital 47 sentence 2 GDPR assumes a legitimate interest in processing personal data if the person concerned is a customer of the person responsible.

19. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

Laketree Industrie reserves the right to change this privacy policy. The most current version of the data protection declaration is always available at www.laketree.ch/privacypolicy.