Last updated on: 14.04.2025
Transparent handling of personal data is very important to us. This data protection statement provides information on what personal data we collect, for what purpose and to whom we pass it on. We regularly review and update this privacy policy to ensure the highest level of transparency.
If you have any questions or concerns about our protection of your data, you can always reach us by email at info@ecs-tech.ch. Responsible for data processing done through this website is:
ECS Technologie AG
Usteristrasse 15
8001 Zürich
Switzerland
First and foremost, we process personal data that you provide to us or that we collect when operating our website. We may also receive personal data about you from third parties. These may be the following categories:
We process your data in good faith and for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. In doing so, we ensure transparent and proportionate processing.
If, in exceptional cases, we are unable to comply with these principles, the data processing may still be lawful because there is a justification. A justification reason may be in particular:
If you have given us consent to process your personal data for specific purposes, we will process your data within the scope of this consent unless we have another justification.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending an e-mail to the address given in the imprint. Data processing that has already taken place is not affected by this.
We may need to rely on the services of third parties or affiliates and engage them to process your data (known as processors). Categories of recipients are namely:
We ensure that these third parties and our affiliates comply with the requirements of data protection and treat your personal data confidentially.
We may also be required to disclose your personal information to government authorities.
We may have embedded links to our social media channels on our website. This is apparent to you in each case (typically via corresponding icons). If you click on the icons, you will be redirected to our social media channels.
In this case, the social media providers learn that you are accessing their platform from our website. The social media providers can use the data collected in this way for their own purposes. We would like to point out that we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by the operators.
Under certain circumstances, your personal data may be transferred to companies abroad in the course of order processing. These companies are obligated to data protection to the same extent as we are. The transfer may take place worldwide.
If the level of data protection does not correspond to that in Switzerland, we carry out a prior risk assessment and ensure contractually that the same level of protection is guaranteed as in Switzerland (for example, by means of the new standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission or other legally prescribed measures). If our risk assessment is negative, we take additional technical measures to protect your data. You can access the EU Commission’s standard contractual clauses at the following link. https://commission.europa.eu/publications/standard-contractual-clauses-controllers-and-processors-eueea_de
We store personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfill the individual purposes for which the data was collected.
Data that we store when you visit our website is kept for twelve months. An exception is made for analysis and tracking data, which may be kept longer.
We store contract data for longer, as we are obliged to do so by legal regulations. In particular, we must retain business communications, concluded contracts and accounting records for up to 10 years. As far as we no longer need such data from you to perform the services, the data will be blocked and we will only use it for accounting and tax purposes.
We will keep your information secure and take all reasonable steps to protect your information from loss, access, misuse or alteration.
Our contractual partners and employees who have access to your data are obliged to comply with data protection regulations. In some cases, it will be necessary for us to pass on your requests to companies affiliated with us. In these cases, too, your data will be treated confidentially.
Within our website, we use the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) procedure in conjunction with the highest encryption level supported by your browser.
You can request information about the data we have stored about you at any time. We ask you to send your request for information together with proof of identity to info@ecs-tech.ch.
You also have the right to receive your data in a common file format if we process your data automatically and if:
We may restrict or refuse to provide information or data if this conflicts with our legal obligations, our own legitimate interests, public interests or the interests of a third party.
The processing of your request is subject to the statutory processing period of 30 days. However, we may extend this period due to a high volume of requests, for legal or technical reasons, or because we need more detailed information from you. You will be informed of the extension of the deadline in good time, at least in text form.
You have the option of requesting the deletion or correction of your data at any time. We may reject the request if statutory provisions oblige us to store the data for a longer period or to retain it unchanged or if your request conflicts with a legal requirement.
Please note that exercising your rights may be in conflict with contractual agreements and may have corresponding effects on the performance of the contract (e.g. premature termination of the contract or cost consequences).
If you are affected by the processing of personal data, you have the right to enforce your rights in court or to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch
We may change this privacy policy at any time. The changes will be published on , you will not be informed separately.
By visiting , certain data is automatically stored on our servers or on servers of services and products that we obtain and / or have installed, for purposes of system administration, for statistical or backup purposes or for tracking purposes. These are:
This data cannot be assigned to a specific person and there is no merging of this data with other data sources. The log files are stored in order to guarantee the functionality of the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. This is our legitimate interest.
The data is only stored for as long as is necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. Accordingly, the data is deleted after the end of each session. The storage of the log files is mandatory for the operation of the website, you therefore have no possibility to object.
We use the Google Ads service on our website, an online advertising service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter «Google»). Google Ads enables us to place advertisements in the Google search results as well as in the Google advertising network.
We use the online advertising program «Google Ads» on our website and in this context the conversion tracking. Google Ads Conversion Tracking is an analysis service of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; «Google»).
When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking is set on your end device. These cookies have a limited validity, do not contain any personal data and are therefore not used for personal identification. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that you clicked on the ad and were redirected to this page.
The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics. This tells us the total number of users who clicked on one of our ads and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, we do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified.
You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate technical settings on your browser software. However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.
Furthermore, you can disable personalized advertising for you in Google’s advertising settings. You can find instructions on how to do this at https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155764.
We use advertising services on our website provided by LinkedIn, a service of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland («LinkedIn»).
LinkedIn Ads allow us to serve targeted ads based on users‘ interests and behavior. LinkedIn uses cookies and similar technologies to display ads based on your previous visits to our and other websites. This allows us to measure and optimize the effectiveness of our advertising efforts.
The information collected by LinkedIn Ads is anonymous for us, which means that we do not receive any personal data of individual users. However, this data is stored and processed by LinkedIn so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and LinkedIn can use the data for its own advertising purposes, in accordance with the LinkedIn privacy policy.
If you are a member of LinkedIn and are logged into your LinkedIn account while visiting our website, the data collected by LinkedIn Ads will be linked to your LinkedIn account.
The use of LinkedIn Ads serves the purpose of analyzing and optimizing the effectiveness of our advertising measures. The data processing is based on our legitimate interest in targeted advertising and the analysis of the effect and efficiency of this advertising.
Our website uses Meta Ads, an online advertising service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (formerly known as Facebook, Inc.). Meta Ads allows us to serve targeted advertisements to make users aware of our products or services.
When you visit our website, Meta Ads may set a cookie on your terminal device that enables an analysis of your use of the website. In addition, Meta can use this cookie to track your usage behavior across different websites and end devices and serve personalized advertisements on this basis.
The data collected by the cookie is transmitted to Meta and stored there. This data can be linked by Meta to your Meta account (formerly Facebook account) and used for its own advertising purposes.
To generally object to the use of cookies on your computer, you can set your Internet browser so that no more cookies can be stored on your computer in the future or so that cookies that have already been stored are deleted. However, switching off cookies may mean that some functions of our website no longer function without errors.
For more information on how Meta Ads handles user data, please see Meta’s privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/. If you do not want Meta to use data for advertising purposes, you can adjust the corresponding settings in your Meta account.
On our website, we use Microsoft Advertising, an online advertising service provided by Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA. With the help of this service, we can place targeted advertisements to present our products and services.
Microsoft Advertising uses cookies and similar technologies to collect data about the use of our website and interaction with our ads. This data may include information such as IP address, browser type, pages visited, date and time of access, and response to advertisements.
The data collected through the cookies is used to measure the effectiveness of our advertisements, optimize our marketing strategies, and display targeted advertisements based on users‘ interests.
Our website uses the «Accelerated Mobile Pages» (AMP) technology developed by Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; «Google»). AMP enables faster display of web pages on mobile devices by prioritizing and optimizing the loading of certain web content.
When you access a page created with AMP technology, data, including your IP address and information about the browser you are using, is transmitted to Google servers that may be located in the USA or other countries. Google uses this data to provide the AMP pages and to analyze traffic.
On our website, we use the Google Fonts API, a service of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; «Google»), to embed fonts. By integrating these fonts, your browser will establish a connection to Google’s servers when you visit our website in order to download the fonts and display them correctly.
Through this connection, data, in particular your IP address and information about the browser you are using, may be transmitted to Google and stored on Google servers. These servers may be located in the USA or other countries.
If you want to prevent the transfer of data within the Google Fonts API, you can block access to the domain fonts.googleapis.com in your browser settings. Please note that in this case our website may not be displayed correctly.
Our website offers the option to make payments via Meta Pay, a payment service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (formerly known as Facebook, Inc.). Meta Pay enables fast, easy and secure payment processing directly through the Meta Platform.
When you select Meta Pay as your payment method, you will be asked to enter or confirm your payment information, such as credit card or bank account details, into Meta Pay if they are already on file. The actual payment processing is then done through Meta, where we only receive a confirmation of the successful payment process without having access to your full payment details.
For more information on the handling of user data in connection with Meta Pay and the specific privacy practices of this service, please refer to Meta’s privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/ and to the specific information on Meta Pay on the official Meta help page. If you do not want Meta to process your data in connection with Meta Pay, please choose another payment method on our website.
On our website, we use Google Maps, a map service provided by Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; «Google»). Google Maps enables us to integrate interactive maps directly into the website and allows you to conveniently use the map function, for example, to search for a location or to plan your journey.
By visiting the website, Google receives the information that you have called up the corresponding sub-page of our website. In addition, further data, in particular your IP address, is transmitted to Google and stored on Google servers. These servers may be located in the USA or other countries. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists.
Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for purposes of advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising.
You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, and to exercise this you must contact Google.
Videos from YouTube, a platform of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; «Google»), are embedded on our website. When viewing the videos or clicking on the play button, data, including your IP address and information about the browser you are using, is transmitted to Google servers and stored there. This data is used to provide the video, monitor performance and improve the user experience.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
Our website uses Cookiebot, a cookie consent and compliance service provided by Cybot A/S. Cookiebot helps us obtain and manage our users‘ consent for cookies and online tracking in accordance with legal requirements.
When you visit our website, Cookiebot may collect information about your consent decisions and your interaction with the consent popup. This information is used to ensure that only the cookies and tracking technologies you have approved are enabled on your device.
To protect against unsolicited requests via the Internet form on our website, we use the reCAPTCHA service of the company Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; «Google»). The query serves to distinguish whether the input is made by a human or abusively by automated, machine processing. As part of the query, information such as your IP address or the behavior when filling out the form may be transmitted to Google.
For this purpose, your input is transmitted to Google and processed there. By using reCAPTCHA, you agree that the recognition you provide may be used in the digitization of old works. In the event that IP anonymization is activated on this website, however, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be 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 this service. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of reCAPTCHA will not be merged with other data from Google.
BrainBox Generators is a service of BrainBox Solutions GmbH to recognize all data protection-relevant services on a website and, among other things, to help with the creation of the privacy policy. No personal data is collected or processed in the process.