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UpBoards GmbH,  Juraweg 3, 5033 Buchs

UpBoards GmbH is company of BOXS AG.

Content of the website

UpBoards GmbH regularly checks and updates the contents and information on its website. Despite all care the author does not take over any guarantee regarding the correctness, accuracy, topicality and completeness of the information.                 

Liability for links and references

UpBoards GmbH permits links and references to this website if it becomes apparent that the linked contents are provided on this website. References and link to third-party websites lie outside the area of responsibility of UpBoards GmbH. Access to and use of such websites is at the risk of the user.

copyright

The copyright and all other rights to content, images, photos or other files on the website are the exclusive property of UpBoards GmbH. Reproduction of elements is not permitted without the prior written consent of the Marketing & Communication Departement of UpBoards GmbH.

Legal Notice

UpBoards GmbH
 Juraweg 3
CH-5033 Buchs
Phone +41 (0)62 550 59 29

Commercial registry and UID:
UpBoards GmbH
 CHE-238.984.134

PRIVACY STATEMENT AND DATA PROTECTION

1. Data Protection

1.1 Data protection ist very important to UpBoards GmbH.

UpBoards GmbH will only collect, store and process the personal date of the user where necessary in order to render the contractual services or where permitted/required under the relevant data protection by laws. UpBoards GmbH will treat personal data as confidential and in line with the provisions of the applicable data protection laws and will only disclose personal data to third parties in so far as necessary in order to fulfil its contractual duties.

1.2 When users visit the www.upboards.ch and read the newsletter, UpBoards GmbH is able to automatically gather additional information that makes it possible for UpBoards GmbH to determine how users make use of the www.upboards.ch and the newsletter, and to see which information and offers attract the most interest (see 2.1 Tracking data).

1.3 Data processing by UpBoards GmbH or third parties is carried out on the one hand to provide the requested services, on the other hand it serves UpBoards GmbH to analyse the demand behaviour on the basis of aggregated and anonymised data and to further develop www.upboards.ch according to the users' needs.

1.4 By accessing www.upboards.ch the following technical usage data is automatically transmitted to UpBoards GmbH:

  • the pages visited by the user on www.upboards.ch including the time of the call;

  • the referrer URL, i.e. the website called up by the user before visiting www.upboards.ch, if it links to www.upboards.ch

  • the browser used by the user and the operating system used, if this is also transmitted by the browser;

  • the IP address of the user.

2. Tracking data 

2.1 For site optimization and statistical purposes UpBoards GmbH collects so-called tracking data, which provide information about the surfing behavior of users. Such tracking data does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about individual users.

2.2 www.upboards.ch uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies" (see section 3.1). The information generated by the cookie about the use of www.upboards.ch (including your IP address) is transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. UpBoards GmbH has activated IP anonymization. The IP addresses of users collected on www.upboards.ch are therefore generally shortened by Google in Europe before being forwarded to the USA. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating the use of www.upboards.ch, compiling reports on the activities carried out on www.upboards.ch for UpBoards GmbH and providing other associated services. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate the user's IP address with any other data held by Google. Users can prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting their browser software accordingly, but this may mean that not all functions of www.upboards.ch can be used to their full extent. Users can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to their use of www.upboards.ch (including their IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.


3. Cookies               

3.1 Cookies are small data elements that a website can send to the browser in order to better support users in database-supported systems. Through the use of cookies UpBoards GmbH is able to recognize the user's computer the next time the user visits www.upboards.ch. For example, users do not have to repeatedly enter information that has already been provided. Cookies are also used by UpBoards GmbH to enable certain procedures, services and transactions). 

3.2 However, users have the option of setting their browser to notify them when they receive a cookie or to reject it automatically. This allows them to decide for themselves whether they want to accept it or not.


4. General information

4.1 If UpBoards GmbH decides to change its privacy policy, the changes will be published on www.upboards.ch. In each case, the current privacy policy published on www.upboards.ch at the time of the performance of the legally relevant action shall apply. 

4.2 This privacy policy is available in the German original and in various translations. Only the German version is authoritative.

 

This privacy policy was last updated on 17 July 2019.