Data protection

Version from June 25, 2024

In this privacy policy we, nordic sports obergoms AG, explain how we collect and otherwise process personal data. Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable person.
If you provide us with personal data of other persons (e.g. family members, data of work colleagues), please make sure that these persons are aware of this privacy policy and only share their personal data with us if you are allowed to do so and if this personal data is correct.
This Privacy Policy is designed to meet the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the Swiss Data Protection Act (“DPA”) and the revised Swiss Data Protection Act (“revDSG”).

1. controller / data protection officer / representative
nordic sports obergoms AG, mattenstrasse 10, 3988 obergesteln is responsible for the data processing that we carry out here. If you have any data protection concerns, you can send them to us at the following contact address: nordic sports obergoms AG, mattenstrasse 10, 3988 obergesteln, phone +41 27 973 27 27, e-mail info@hallenbarter-nordic.ch

2. collection and processing of personal data
We primarily process the personal data that we receive from our customers and other business partners in the course of our business relationship with them and other persons involved or that we collect from their users when operating our website and other applications.
To the extent permitted, we also obtain certain data from publicly accessible sources or receive such data from other companies within the Swiss Nordic Center Group, from authorities and other third parties. In addition to the data that you provide to us directly, the categories of personal data that we receive about you from third parties include, in particular, information from public registers, information that we learn in connection with official and legal proceedings, information in connection with your professional functions and activities, information about you in correspondence and meetings with third parties, credit information (insofar as we conduct business with you personally), information about you that people in your environment (family, advisors, legal representatives, etc.) provide to us so that we can conclude contracts with you.This includes information about you from the media and the internet, your addresses and any interests and other socio-demographic data (for marketing), data in connection with the use of the website (e.g. IP address, MAC address of the smartphone or computer, information about your device and settings, cookies, date and time of the visit, pages and content accessed, functions used, referring website, location data).

3. purposes of data processing and legal bases
We use the personal data we collect primarily to conclude and process our contracts with our customers and business partners, in particular in the context of sales activities with our customers and the purchase of products and services from our suppliers and subcontractors, as well as to comply with our legal obligations in Switzerland and abroad. If you work for such a customer or business partner, you and your personal data may of course also be affected in this function.
In addition, we also process personal data of you and other persons for the following purposes, to the extent permitted and deemed appropriate by us, in which we (and sometimes third parties) have a legitimate interest corresponding to the purpose:

• Offering and further developing our products, services and websites and other platforms on which we are present
• Communication with third parties and processing their inquiries (e.g. applications, media inquiries)
• Review and optimization of needs analysis procedures for the purpose of direct customer contact and collection of personal data from publicly accessible sources for the purpose of customer acquisition
• Advertising and marketing (including the organization of events), unless you have objected to the use of your data (if we send you advertising as an existing customer, you can object to this at any time; we will then put you on a blacklist against further advertising mailings)
• Market and opinion research, media monitoring
• Assertion of legal claims and defense in connection with legal disputes and official proceedings
• Prevention and investigation of criminal offenses and other misconduct (e.g. conducting internal investigations, data analysis to combat fraud)
• Warranties for our operations, in particular IT, our websites and other platforms
• Video surveillance to safeguard domiciliary rights and other measures for IT, building and facility security and protection of our employees and other persons and assets belonging to or entrusted to us (e.g. access controls, visitor lists, network and mail scanners, telephone recordings)
• Purchase and sale of business divisions, companies or parts of companies and other transactions under company law and the associated transfer of personal data as well as measures for business management and compliance with legal and regulatory obligations and internal regulations

If you have given us your consent to process your personal data for specific purposes (for example, when you register to receive newsletters or carry out a background check), we will process your personal data within the scope of and based on this consent, unless we have another legal basis and require one. Consent that has been given can be withdrawn at any time, but this has no effect on data processing that has already taken place.

4. cookies / tracking and other technologies in connection with the use of our website
We typically use “cookies” and similar technologies on our websites to identify your browser or device. A cookie is a small file that is sent to your computer or automatically stored on your computer or mobile device by the web browser you use when you visit our website. This enables us to recognize you when you return to this website, even if we do not know who you are. In addition to cookies that are only used during a session and are deleted after your visit to the website (“session cookies”), cookies can also be used to store user settings and other information for a certain period of time. However, you can set your browser so that it rejects cookies, only stores them for one session or otherwise deletes them prematurely. Most browsers are preset to accept cookies. We use permanent cookies so that we can better understand how you use our offers and content and so that we can display offers and advertising tailored to you.
We also include visible and invisible image elements in our newsletters and other marketing e-mails in some cases and to the extent permitted, by retrieving them from our servers we can determine whether and when you have opened the e-mail so that we can also measure and better understand how you use our offers and tailor them to you. You can block this in your email program; most are pre-set to do this. By using our websites and agreeing to receive newsletters and other marketing emails, you consent to the use of these techniques. If you do not want this, you must set your browser or e-mail program accordingly.

Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics on our websites. This is a service provided by third parties, which may be located in any country in the world (in the case of Google Analytics, it is Google Ireland (based in Ireland), Google Ireland relies on Google LLC (based in the USA) as processor (both “Google”), www.google.com), with which we can measure and evaluate the use of the website (not personalized). Permanent cookies set by the service provider are also used for this purpose. We have configured the service so that the IP addresses of visitors to Google in Europe are truncated before being forwarded to the USA and therefore cannot be traced. We have switched off the settings “Data transfer” and “Signals”. Although we can assume that the information we share with Google is not personal data for Google, it is possible that Google can use this data for its own purposes to draw conclusions about the identity of visitors, create personal profiles and link this data to the Google accounts of these persons. If you have registered with the service provider yourself, the service provider also knows you. The processing of your personal data by the service provider is then the responsibility of the service provider in accordance with its data protection provisions. The service provider only informs us how our respective website is used (no information about you personally).

Social media plug-ins
We also use plug-ins from social networks such as Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest and Instagram on our websites. This is visible to you in each case (typically via corresponding icons). We have configured these elements so that they are deactivated by default. If you activate them (by clicking on them), the operators of the respective social networks can register that you are on our website and where and can use this information for their purposes. The processing of your personal data is then the responsibility of this operator in accordance with its data protection provisions. We do not receive any information about you from them.

5. data disclosure and data transfer abroad
Within the scope of our business activities and the purposes set out in Section 3, we also disclose data to third parties, insofar as this is permitted and appears appropriate to us, either because they process it for us or because they wish to use it for their own purposes. This applies in particular to the following bodies:

• Service providers of ours (advertising agencies, etc.), including contract processors (such as IT providers)
• Dealers, suppliers, subcontractors and other business partners
• Customers
• domestic and foreign authorities, official bodies or courts
• Media
• the public, including visitors to websites and social media
• Competitors, industry organizations, associations, organizations and other bodies
• Acquirers or parties interested in acquiring business units, companies or other parts of the Swiss Nordic Center Group
• other parties in potential or actual legal proceedings
• Other companies, participating specialist stores of the Swiss Nordic Center Group

6. duration of storage of personal data
We process and store your personal data for as long as is necessary for the fulfillment of our contractual and legal obligations or otherwise for the purposes pursued with the processing, i.e., for example, for the duration of the entire business relationship (from the initiation, execution to the termination of a contract) as well as beyond that in accordance with the statutory retention and documentation obligations. It is possible that personal data may be stored for the period in which claims can be asserted against our company and insofar as we are otherwise legally obliged to do so or legitimate business interests require this (e.g. for evidence and documentation purposes). As soon as your personal data is no longer required for the above-mentioned purposes, it will be deleted or anonymized as far as possible. For operational data (e.g. system protocols, logs), shorter retention periods of twelve months or less generally apply.

7. data security
We take appropriate technical and organizational security precautions to protect your personal data from unauthorized access and misuse.
As part of our business relationship, you must provide the personal data that is necessary for the establishment and execution of a business relationship and the fulfillment of the associated contractual obligations (you are generally not legally obliged to provide us with data). Without this data, we will generally not be able to conclude or execute a contract with you (or the entity or person you represent). The website can also not be used if certain information to secure data traffic (such as IP address) is not disclosed.

8. profiling
We process your personal data partially automatically with the aim of evaluating certain personal aspects (profiling). We use profiling in particular to provide you with targeted information and advice about products. In doing so, we use evaluation tools that enable us to provide needs-based communication and advertising, including market and opinion research.

9. rights of the data subject
You have the right to information, correction, deletion, the right to restrict data processing and otherwise to object to our data processing, in particular for the purposes of direct marketing, profiling for direct advertising and other legitimate interests in processing, as well as to the disclosure of certain personal data for transfer to another body, within the framework of the data protection law applicable to you and to the extent provided for therein. Please note, however, that we reserve the right to assert the restrictions provided for by law, for example if we are obliged to store or process certain data, have an overriding interest in doing so or need it to assert claims. If you incur costs, we will inform you in advance. Please note that exercising these rights may conflict with contractual agreements and may have consequences such as premature termination of the contract or cost consequences. We will inform you in advance if this is not already contractually regulated.
The exercise of such rights generally requires that you clearly prove your identity (e.g. by means of a copy of your ID where your identity is otherwise not clear or cannot be verified). To assert your rights, you can contact us at the address given in section 1.
Every data subject also has the right to enforce their claims in court or to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority. The competent data protection authority in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner(www.edoeb.admin.ch).

10. changes
We may amend this privacy policy at any time without prior notice. The current version published on our website shall apply. If the privacy policy is part of an agreement with you, we will inform you of the change by e-mail or other suitable means in the event of an update.