Privacy Policy

The responsible body within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

Upper Class Ltd – Schanzeneggstrasse 1 – 8002 Zurich

Email: usee@upperclass.ch
WebSite:  http://www.upperclass.ch

General note

Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the data protection regulations of the Federal Republic of Germany (Data Protection Act, DSG), every person is entitled to protection of his or her privacy as well as to protection against misuse of his personal data. The operators of these sites take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.

In cooperation with our hosting providers, we strive to protect the databases as much as possible from third-party access, loss, misuse or counterfeiting.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating via e-mail) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

By using this website, you agree to the collection, processing and use of data in accordance with the following description. This website can be visited without registration. Data such as pages accessed or the names of the retrieved file, date and time are stored on the server for statistical purposes without this data being directly related to your person. Personal data, in particular name, address or e-mail address, are collected as far as possible on a voluntary basis. The data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent.

 

Processing of personal data

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable person. A data subject is a person through which personal data is processed. Editing includes any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, the storage, disclosure, procuring, deletion, storage, modification, destruction and use of personal data.

We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law. In addition, we process personal data in accordance with the following legal bases in connection with Article 6(1) GDPR:

• a) Processing of personal data with the consent of the data subject.
• b) Processing of personal data for the performance of a contract with the data subject and for the implementation of corresponding pre-contractual measures.
• c) Processing of personal data to fulfil a legal obligation to which we are subject to any applicable EU law or, if applicable, of a country in which the GDPR is fully or partially applicable.
• (d) processing of personal data to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person.
• f) Processing of personal data to safeguard the legitimate interests of us or third parties unless the fundamental freedoms and fundamental rights as well as the interests of the data subject prevail. Eligible interests are our business interest in providing our website, information security, the enforcement of our own legal claims and compliance with Swiss law.

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

 

Privacy Policy for Cookies

This website uses cookies. These are small text files that make it possible to store specific information relating to the user on the user’s terminal device while using the website. Cookies make it possible to determine the frequency and number of users of the pages in particular, to analyze behaviors of the use of the pages, but also to make our offer more customer-friendly. Cookies remain stored at the end of a browser session and can be recalled when you visit the site again. If you do not wish to do so, you should set your Internet browser to refuse to accept cookies.

A general objection to the use of cookies used for online marketing purposes can be explained by a large number of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the US site http://www.aboutads.info/choices/  or the EU site  http://www.youronlinechoices.com/.  Furthermore, the storage of cookies can be achieved by switching them off in the settings of the browser. Please note that not all functions of this online offer can be used.

 

Privacy Policy for SSL/TLS Encryption

This website uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the requests you send to us as a site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by changing the address line of the browser from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock icon in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you submit to us cannot be read by third parties.

 

Privacy policy for contact form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the request form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored with us for the purpose of processing the request and in case of follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.

 

Privacy policy for newsletter data

If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on this website, we require you to provide an e-mail address as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data will be collected. We use this data exclusively for the sending of the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “Unsubscribe link” in the newsletter.

We use the services of Klaviyo, Inc (“Klaviyo”) to analyze user behavior in our online shop for our own advertising and market research purposes. Klaviyo also uses cookies and can combine your behavior in our web shop with your personal data, provided that you have registered to our newsletter, created a customer account or went through an ordering process in our web shop. The Klaviyo Privacy Policy can be found at https://www.klaviyo.com/privacy

 

Privacy policy for comment function on this website

In addition to your comment, the comment function on this website also stores information at the time the comment is created, your e-mail address and, if you do not post anonymously, the username you have chosen.

Storage of the IP address

Our comment function stores the IP addresses of the users who write comments. Since we do not review comments on our site before activation, we need this data to be able to take action against the author in case of violations of the law such as insults or propaganda.

Paid services

To provide paid services, we request additional data, such as e.g. payment details, in order to place your order or to be able to carry out your order. We store this data in our systems until the legal retention periods have expired.

 

Google AdWords

This website uses Google Conversion Tracking. If you have reached our website via an ad placed by Google, Google Adwords will set a cookie on your computer. The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an ad placed by Google. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can recognize that the user has clicked on the ad and has been redirected to this page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot be tracked through AdWords customers’ websites. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers will find out the total number of users who clicked on their ad and have been redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, you will not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users.

If you do not want to participate in the tracking, you can reject the necessary setting of a cookie – for example, by means of a browser setting, which generally disables the automatic setting of cookies or your browser is set to block cookies from the domain “googleleadservices.com”.

Please note that you may not delete the opt-out cookies unless you wish to record measurement data. If you have deleted all your cookies in the browser, you must set the respective opt-out cookie again.

 

Use of Google Remarketing

This website uses the remarketing function of Google Inc. The feature is used to present interest-based ads to website visitors within the Google advertising network. A so-called “cookie” is stored in the browser of the website visitor, which makes it possible to recognize the visitor when the visitor accesses websites belonging to Google’s advertising network. On these pages, visitors can be presented with advertisements relating to content that the visitor has previously viewed on websites that use Google’s remarketing feature.

According to its own information, Google does not collect any personal data during this process. If you still do not want the function Remarketing from Google, you can deactivate it in principle by making the corresponding settings under http://www.google.com/settings/ads.  Alternatively, you can disable the use of cookies for interest-based advertising through the Advertising Network Initiative by following the instructions in http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.

 

Privacy Policy for Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited. If the data controller is located on this website outside the European Economic Area or Switzerland, then Google Analytics data processing is carried out by Google LLC. Google LLC and Google Ireland Limited are hereinafter referred to as “Google”.

Through the statistics obtained, we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. This website also uses Google Analytics for a cross-device analysis of visitor flows, which is carried out via a user ID. If you have a Google user account, you can deactivate the cross-device analysis of your usage in the settings under “My Data”, “Personal Data”.

The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 sec. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google. Please note that On this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code “_anonymizeIp();” to ensure anonymized collection of IP addresses. As a result, IP addresses are processed in a truncated manner, which can be used to exclude personal data. Insofar as the data collected about you is subject to a personal reference, this is immediately excluded, and the personal data is deleted immediately.

Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. In exceptional cases where personal data is transferred to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

Google Analytics uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to the full extent. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your 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: disable Google Analytics.

You can also prevent the use of Google Analytics by clicking on this link: Disable Google Analytics. This saves a so-called opt-out cookie on your data carrier, which prevents the processing of personal data by Google Analytics. Please note that if you delete all cookies on your device, these opt-out cookies will also be deleted, i.e. you will have to set the opt-out cookies again if you want to continue to prevent this form of data collection. The opt-out cookies are set per browser and computer/end device and must therefore be activated separately for each browser, computer or other device.

 

Privacy Policy for Google Ads

This website uses Google’s Google Ads online marketing tool (“Google Ads”). Google Ads uses cookies to display ads that are relevant to users, to improve campaign performance reports, or to prevent a user from seeing the same ads multiple times. Using a cookie ID, Google records which ads are displayed in which browser and can thus prevent them from being displayed multiple times. In addition, Google Ads can use cookie IDs to collect so-called conversions related to ad requests. This is the case, for example, when a user sees a Google Ads ad and later uses the same browser to access the advertiser’s website and buy something there. According to Google, Google Ads cookies do not contain any personal information.

Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to the Google server. By integrating Google Ads, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding part of our website or clicked on an advertisement from us. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, there is a possibility that Google will find out and store your IP address.

You can prevent participation in this tracking procedure in several ways:

• by setting your browser software appropriately suppressing third-party cookies will prevent you from receiving third-party advertisements.
• by disabling the cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain “www.googleadservices.com”, https://adssettings.google.com,which deletes this setting when you delete your cookies;
• by disabling the interest-based ads of the providers that are part of the self-regulatory campaign “About Ads” via the link https://www.aboutads.info/choices, which deletes this setting when you delete your cookies;
• by permanently disabling in your browsers Firefox, Internet Explorer or Google Chrome under the link https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin. We would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this offer to the full extent.

The legal basis for the processing of your data is a balance of interests, according to which the processing of your personal data described above does not preclude overriding interests to the contrary on your part (Art. 6 sec. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR). For more information about Google Ads, see https://ads.google.com/intl/de_DE/home/, and Google Privacy In general:  https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Alternatively, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) website at  https://www.networkadvertising.org.

 

Privacy Policy for the use of Google Web Fonts

This website uses so-called web fonts provided by Google to provide uniform representation of fonts. When you visit a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into their browser cache to display text and fonts correctly. If your browser does not support Web Fonts, a default font will be used by your computer.

For more information about Google Web Fonts, see https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq  and Google’s Privacy Policy:  https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

 

Google Tag Manager

Google Tag Manager is a solution that allows us to manage so-called website tags from an interface and thus integrate e.g. Google Analytics and other Google marketing services into our online offering. The Tag Manager itself, which implements the tags, does not process any personal data of the users. With regard to the processing of users’ personal data, reference is made to the following information on the Google services. Usage policies: https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use-policy.html.

 

Privacy Policy for Facebook

This website uses features of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA . When you access our pages with Facebook plug-ins, a connection is established between your browser and the Facebook servers. Data is already being transferred to Facebook. If you have a Facebook account, this data can be linked to it. If you do not wish to assign this data to your Facebook account, please log out of Facebook before visiting our page. Interactions, in particular the use of a comment function or the clicking of a “Like” or “Share” button, are also passed on to Facebook. Learn more at https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy.

 

Privacy Policy for Instagram

Features of the Instagram service are integrated on our website. These features are offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA integrated. If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the contents of our pages to your Instagram profile by clicking on the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to assign the visit to our pages to your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, do not receive any knowledge of the content of the transmitted data as well as their use by Instagram.

For more information, see Instagram’s privacy policy: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/

 

LinkedIn Privacy Policy

This website uses features of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Each time one of our pages is accessed, which contains LinkedIn features, a connection is made to LinkedIn servers. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our websites with your IP address. If you click on the “Recommend” button of LinkedIn and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn can assign your visit to our website to you and your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data as well as their use by LinkedIn.

For more information, see LinkedIn’s privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

 

Privacy Policy for Pinterest

On this website we use social plugins of the social network Pinterest, which is operated by Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan Street San Francisco, CA 94103-490, USA (“Pinterest”). When you visit a page that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Pinterest servers. The plugin transmits log data to the Pinterest server in the USA. This log data may include your IP address, the address of the websites visited, which also contain Pinterest features, the type and settings of the browser, the date and time of the request, your use of Pinterest and cookies.

For more information on the purpose, scope and further processing and use of the data by Pinterest, as well as your rights and ways to protect your privacy, please refer to Pinterest’s privacy policy: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy

 

External payment service providers

This website uses external payment service providers through whose platforms users and we can make payment transactions. For example, via

• PostFinance (https://www.postfinance.ch/de/detail/rechtliches-barrierefreiheit.html)
• Visa (https://www.visa.de/nutzungsbedingungen/visa-privacy-center.html)
• Mastercard (https://www.mastercard.ch/de-ch/datenschutz.html)
• American Express (https://www.americanexpress.com/de/content/privacy-policy-statement.html)
• PayPal (https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full)
• Bexio AG (https://www.bexio.com/de-CH/datenschutz)
• Payrexx AG (https://www.payrexx.ch/site/assets/files/2592/datenschutzerklaerung.pdf)
• Apple Pay (https://support.apple.com/de-ch/ht203027)
• Stripe (https://stripe.com/ch/privacy)
• Klarna (https://www.klarna.com/de/datenschutz/)
• Skrill (https://www.skrill.com/de/fusszeile/datenschutzrichtlinie/)
• Giropay (https://www.giropay.de/rechtliches/datenschutz-agb/) etc.

In the context of the fulfilment of contracts, we use the payment service providers based on the Swiss Data Protection Regulation and, if necessary, The German General Data Protection Regulation (PRM) (1) lit.b. EU GDPR. In addition, we use external payment service providers on the basis of our legitimate interests in accordance with the Swiss Data Protection Regulation and, where necessary, in accordance with Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. f. EU GDPR, in order to offer our users effective and secure payment options.

The data processed by the payment service providers includes inventory data such as e.g. name and address, bank details, such as account numbers or credit card numbers, passwords, TANs and checksums, as well as contract, sums and recipient-related information. The information is required to carry out the transactions. However, the data entered will only be processed and stored by the payment service providers. As an operator, we do not receive any information about (bank) account or credit card, but only information to confirm (accept) or refuse payment. The data may be transmitted by payment service providers to business information agencies. The purpose of this transmission is to verify identity and creditworthiness. For this purpose, we refer to the terms and conditions and data protection notices of the payment service providers.

The terms and conditions and the data protection notices of the respective payment service providers apply to the payment transactions, which are available within the respective website or transaction applications. We also refer to these for further information and the assertion of rights of revocation, information and other data subjects.

 

The newsletters are sent via MailChimp, a newsletter delivery platform of the US provider Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE  #5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA.

The e-mail addresses of our newsletter recipients, as well as their other data described in the context of this notice, are stored on the servers of MailChimp in the USA. MailChimp uses this information to send and evaluate the newsletters on our behalf. Furthermore, According to its own information, MailChimp may use this data to optimize or improve its own services, e.g. for the technical optimization of the shipping and presentation of the newsletters or for economic purposes, in order to determine from which countries the recipients come. However, MailChimp does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write them themselves or to pass them on to third parties.

Newsletter Shipping with MailChimp

We rely on MailChimp’s reliability and IT and data security. MailChimp is certified under the US-EU Privacy Shield and is committed to complying with EU data protection requirements. We have also entered into a “Data Processing Agreement” with MailChimp. This is a contract in which MailChimp undertakes to protect the data of our users, to process it in accordance with its data protection regulations on our behalf and not to pass it on to third parties. MailChimp’s privacy policy can be viewed  here:

Privacy Shield Certification Link: https://www.privacyshield.gov.

Privacy Policy for YouTube

Functions of the “YouTube” service is integrated on this website. YouTube is owned by Google Ireland Limited, a company registered and operated under Irish law with registered office in Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, which operates the services in the European Economic Area and Switzerland.

Your legal agreement with YouTube consists of the terms and conditions set out in the following link: https://www.youtube.com/static?gl=de&template=terms&hl=de. These terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and YouTube regarding the use of the Services. Google’s privacy policy explains how YouTube handles your personal data and protects your data when you use the service.

 

Order processing in the online shop with customer account

We process the data of our customers in accordance with the data protection regulations of the Federal Government (Data Protection Act, DSG) and the EU GDPR, within the scope of the ordering processes in our online shop, in order to enable them to select and order the selected products and services, as well as their payment and delivery, or execution.

The data processed includes master data (stock data), communication data, contract data, payment data and the data affected by the processing include our customers, interested parties and other business partners. The processing is carried out for the purpose of the provision of contractual services within the framework of the operation of an online shop, billing, delivery and customer service. We use session cookies, e.g. for storing the shopping cart content and permanent cookies, e.g. for storing the login status.

The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit.b (execution of order operations) and c (legally required archiving) GDPR. The information identified as necessary is required for the establishment and performance of the contract. We disclose the data to third parties only within the scope of delivery, payment or within the scope of legal permits and obligations. The data will only be processed in third countries if this is necessary for the performance of the contract (e.g. upon delivery or payment at the request of the customer).

Users can optionally create a user account by viewing their orders. As part of the registration process, the required information will be communicated to the users. The user accounts are not public and cannot be indexed by search engines, e.g. Google. If users have terminated their user account, their data will be deleted regarding the user account, subject to their retention, for commercial or tax reasons. Art. 6 sec. 1 lit.c GDPR necessary. Information in the customer’s account remains until it is deleted with subsequent archiving in the event of a legal obligation. It is the responsibility of the users to secure their data before the end of the contract if they are terminated.

As part of the registration and re-registration as well as the use of our online services, we store the IP address and the time of the respective user action. The storage is based on our legitimate interests, as well as the user’s protection against misuse and other unauthorized use. In principle, this data will not be passed on to third parties, unless it is necessary to pursue our claims or there is a legal obligation to do so in accordance with Art. 6 sec. 1 lit.c GDPR.

The deletion takes place after expiry of legal warranty and comparable obligations, the necessity of the retention of the data is checked at irregular intervals. In the case of the statutory archiving obligations, the deletion takes place after their expiry.