Privacy Policy

The operator of this website (“site operator”) and therefore responsible for data processing:

Verein Minergie Geschäftsstelle
Bäumleingasse 22
4051 Basel
Phone: 061 205 25 50
E-Mail: info@minergie.ch

For data protection concerns, the data protection office of the website operator is available at the following contact address: datenschutz@minergie.ch. In order to prevent misuse, we only answer data protection inquiries in writing and on presentation of proof of identity (copy of your passport or ID). The information is free of charge and is usually provided within 30 days.

Our company’s activity is founded on principles of interdisciplinarity and sustainability, as well as on other values such as trust and appreciation, teamwork and commitment, responsibility and customer orientation.

The protection of your data and your personal privacy are important to us. We only collect and use your data within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions or when you give us your express permission to do so.

Our privacy policy explains how we handle your data.

This privacy policy covers data collection in the online realm and offline realm.

  • Why we collect your data
  • What data we store
  • What tools we use
  • We do not pass your data on to third parties
  • When we delete your data
  • What Web analytics tools we use

We record your visit to our website to enable us to:

  • correctly display our website content to you;
  • statistically analyze website traffic;
  • improve our offer and our Internet presence;
  • provide law enforcement authorities with the information they need if there is an incident.

We also use your data so you can:

  • get in touch with us;
  • use the comment functions in our blogs;
  • apply for jobs online;
  • share large files with us.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person.

It is processed on the basis of our justified interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

When you visit our website, our servers log the following information from your visit:

  • the IP address of the computer requesting our server;
  • the country from which our website is being accessed;
  • the name of your Internet service provider;
  • the date and time of your visit;
  • the names and URLs of the retrieved data and the requested content (the specific page);
  • the access status or HTTP status code;
  • the volume of data transmitted;
  • the website you visited before visiting our website;
  • the operating system on your computer;
  • the type of computer you use to access our website (desktop, tablet, cellular phone);
  • the sequence of pages you visit on our website, the time you spend there and the bounce rate;
  • the website speed (such as page load times, download time);
  • the browser you are using along with the language and version of browser software;
  • your browser settings and your active browser plug-ins;

we regularly conduct statistical analyses of these so-called server log files in order to improve our website’s functionality and content.

We use a variety of tools and processes on our website:

  • Web analytics tools: We record your visits and analyze them.
  • Cookies: We store text files on your end device.
  • Getting in touch: We store the contact information you provide in order to correspond with you and to process your request.
  • Marketing: With your consent, we store your data for various marketing purposes.
  • Web FTP: If you share files with us, we store your contact information.

As a rule, we do not share your data to third parties. Your data remains within the EBP Group. However, there are exceptions to this rule: We pass on your data if:

  • you have given us your express permission to do so;
  • when this is permitted by law and necessary to fulfill a contractual relationship with you;
  • when we have a legal obligation to pass on data;
  • when it is necessary to pass on data to protect our justified interests as well as to establish, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in our not passing on your data.

We routinely block or delete your data as soon as it has filled its purpose or when a statutory retention period comes to an end. Please note that there is specific data that we must retain for a certain period of time due to statutory requirements. As a result, we must store this data until those periods expire.

1. What cookies we store
1.1 What are cookies and why do we use them?

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that your browser helps store on your end device. Cookies enable us to recognize you as a repeat visitor to our website and they make it easier for you to use our website. This also explains our justified interest in processing your data.

1.2 What data is stored in a cookie?
A cookie is assigned an identification number when it is stored. No allocation of your personal data is made to this identification number. Cookie technology only provides us with pseudonymized information about things such as how often the website is opened in the languages offered.

1.3 What cookies do we use?
Our website uses cookies of the following types:
Temporary cookies Temporary cookies (also known as session cookies) store a so-called session ID, which enables various requests from your browser to be attributed to the same session. This helps us recognize your computer the next time you visit our website. We use this type of cookie to ensure website operation and functionality. Temporary cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser.

1.4 Can I refuse cookies?
You do not have to accept cookies in order to visit our website. Most Internet browsers accept cookies automatically. If you do not want your browser to do that, the you can change your browser settings so that you are informed when it receives cookies and to only accept cookies in certain cases. You can also set your browser to not store any cookies on your computer or to warn you when a new cookie arrives.

Furthermore, you can delete any cookies that have already been stored in your browser at any time. To reject all cookies, you will need to change your browser settings. Note that disabling cookies might prevent you from using all of the functions on our website.

For more information about how to manage your cookie settings, please see the directions provided in your browser. You can normally find them in your browser’s Help, Extras or Edit menu.

We use various Web analytics tools for user behavior to enable us to further develop our website.

2.1 Google Analytics 4
If you have given your consent, this website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC. The responsible body for users in the EU/EEA and for Switzerland is Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”).

Scope of the processing
Google Analytics 4 uses cookies that analyze how you use our website. The information that the cookie collects about your user behavior on our website is normally transmitted to a Google server in the United States, where it is stored.

In Google Analytics 4, the anonymization of IP addresses is activated by default. Due to the IP anonymization, your IP address is truncated within the member states of the European Union and in other signatory states to the EEA Treaty. Only in exceptional cases will an IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the United States before being truncated. According to Google, the IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

During your visit to the website, your user behavior is recorded in the form of “events”. Events can be:

  • Page views
  • First visit to the website
  • Start of session
  • Your “click path”, your interaction with our website
  • Scrolls (only if the user scrolls to the end of the page (90%))
  • Clicks on external links
  • Internal searches
  • Interaction with videos
  • File downloads
  • Advertisements clicked on and/or viewed
  • Language setting

In addition, the following is recorded:

  • Your approximate location (region)
  • Your IP address (truncated)
  • Technical information on your browser and the devices that you use (e.g. language setting, screen resolution)
  • Your Internet provider
  • The referrer URL (the website or ad you clicked on to access this website)

Purpose of the processing
On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your anonymous use of the website and compiling reports on website activity. The evaluations provided by Google Analytics 4 help us to optimize our website.

Recipient
The recipients of the data are/could be:

  • Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (as the order processor pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR)
  • Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
  • Alphabet Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA

It is possible that the US authorities will have access to the data saved with Google.

Transfer to third countries
If data is processed outside the EU/EEA and is not subject to a data protection level that corresponds with the European standard, on September 3, 2019 we concluded an agreement on the release of analytics data with Google, in order to create an appropriate data protection level, and accepted the valid data protection provisions for joint responsibility. The parent company of Google Ireland, Google LLC, is headquartered in California, USA. A transfer of data to the USA and access by the US authorities to the data stored with Google cannot be ruled out. From a data protection perspective, the USA is currently categorized as a third country. You do not have the same rights there as in the EU/EEA. It is possible that you will have no recourse against access by the US authorities.

Storage duration
The data that we transmit and that is linked with cookies are automatically deleted after 2 months. The deletion of data that has reached the end of its storage duration occurs automatically once a month.

Legal basis
The legal basis for this data processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 Para.1 Clause1 (a) GDPR [IF RELEVANT: Art. 49a GDPR].

Revocation
You can withdraw your consent at any time, with future effect, by calling up the cookie settings (Notes on data protection at Google) and changing your selection. The legality of the processing that has taken place based on your consent up until the time of revocation remains unaffected.

You can prevent the placing of cookies from the outset by setting your browser software accordingly. However, if you configure your browser in such a way that it refuses all cookies, this may result in a limitation of the functionalities on this and other websites. In addition, you can prevent the recording of the data generated by the cookie relating to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) by Google as well as the processing of these data by Google, by

a. refusing your consent to the setting of cookies or
b. downloading and installing the Browser-Add-on to deactivate Google Analytics.

You will find further information on the terms of use of Google Analytics and on data protection at

Google under https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/ and under https://policies.google.com/?hl=en.

2.2 Google Ads
For our marketing we use Google Ads (formerly: Google AdWords), a service from Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043--1351, USA, or, if you have your habitual residence in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”), in order to promote our website by displaying advertisements for our company in the search engine results of the Google search engine.

Towards this end, Google Ads places a cookie for conversion tracking (conversion cookie) in your browser when you click on an ad that Google has displayed. These cookies become inactive after 30 days, and they do not contain personal data or serve to identify you. If you visit certain pages on our website and the cookie has not yet expired, both we and Google can detect that you clicked on the ad and were routed to our website. Every Google Ads customer receives a different cookie Consequently, cookies cannot be tracked through the websites of other Google Ads customers. The conversion cookies help create statistics that show the total number of users who have clicked on an ad. However, the statistics do not contain information about individual users.

We have no influence on how Google uses the data that it collects via the conversion tracking tool. According to Google, the data is encrypted and stored on safe servers in the USA or in Ireland. As a rule, conversion cookies expire after 30 days and do not transmit any personal data. The information that the cookie collects about your use of our website is normally transmitted to a Google server in the United States or Ireland, where it is stored.

Since we are a company headquartered in Switzerland and we have already concluded a contract with Google for the use of Google Analytics (see chapter 7.2), we also concluded a corresponding contract with the provider on March 26, 2018 for data processing and agreed to the conditions for the data processing. The relationship to the Web analytics provider is based on the Google Ads Data Processing Terms standard data processing supplement.

You can adjust the settings in your browser to prevent the associated cookies from being stored and to thus prevent yourself from being tracked.

You are generally able to refuse Google’s interest-based advertising. To do this, open https://adssettings.google.com in your browser and change the settings there to your liking.

You can find more information about the terms of use and data protection for Google AdWords here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en. You can find Google’s data protection information for conversion tracking here: https://services.google.com/sitestats/en.html

3.3 Use of Google Maps
We use Google Maps, on the basis of our justified interests, to display a map. Google Maps is operated by Google LLC,1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).

Our use of Google Maps may lead to information about your use of our website (including your IP address) being transmitted to a Google server in the United States or Ireland, where it will be stored. Google could store this data under certain circumstance as a user profile and use it to optimize its services or for advertising or market research purposes. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly associated with your account. If you do not want this to happen, you must log out beforehand. By using our website, you agree to the automated collection, processing and use of data by Google, one of its representatives or third parties. Note that, as a provider, we have no knowledge of what data is transmitted and how Google uses it. You can disable Google Maps by disabling Javascript in your browser settings. However, in isolated cases, this may result in functional limitations when using the site.

You can find more information about data processing in Google Maps, your associated rights and configuration options at: http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/help/terms_maps.html and https://policies.google.com/privacy

3.4 Use of YouTube
Our website uses YouTube to embed videos, on the basis of our justified interests. YouTube is a service provided by YouTube LLC (“YouTube”), 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube LLC is a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, or, if you are a habitual resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”).

When you visit a page on our website that has a YouTube Video, a connection will be established to YouTube’s servers. This also tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted to a YouTube server in the United States, where it is stored. If you are logged in to your YouTube account at the time, this will enable YouTube to assign your usage behavior to your personal profile. You can prevent this from happening by logging out of your YouTube account before you visit our website.

You can find more information about data processing on YouTube, your associated rights and settings to protect your personal privacy at: https://www.youtube.com/t/terms and https://policies.google.com/privacy

3.5 Use of Vimeo Videoplayer
Our website uses an embedded video player from Vimeo Inc. on the basis of our justified interests. The service is operated by Vimeo, Inc. 555 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA.

When you visit one of our pages that is equipped with a Vimeo plugin, a connection will be established to Vimeo’s servers. This also tells the Vimeo server which of our pages you have visited. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted to a Vimeo server in the United States, where it is stored. If you are logged in to your Vimeo account at the time, this will enable Vimeo to assign your usage behavior to your personal profile. You can prevent this from happening by logging out of your Vimeo account before you visit our website.

More information about how Vimeo handles user data can be found in Vimeo’s privacy policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

3.6 Mailchimp
For sending newsletters and email notifications, we use the service MailChimp, offered by The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA. When you sign up for our newsletter, the data you provide and your email address are transferred to MailChimp, stored and processed. This enables us to send you regular updates, offers and information. By subscribing to the newsletter, your IP address and the date of subscription are stored. This storage serves solely as evidence in the event that a third party misuses an e-mail address and registers to receive the newsletter without the knowledge of the authorized person. MailChimp offers extensive analytics about how the sent newsletters are opened and used. These analyses are group-related and are not used by us for individual evaluation. The data stored by MailChimp will be deleted as soon as you unsubscribe from our newsletter. This does not affect data that is stored with us for other purposes. MailChimp has its own privacy policies and practices, which may differ from those on our website. For more information about MailChimp's privacy practices, please visit: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/. If you have any questions about the data collected by MailChimp or would like to exercise your rights regarding that data, you should contact The Rocket Science Group, LLC directly.

3.7 cleverReach
This website uses CleverReach to send newsletters. The provider is CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, Mühlenstr. 43, 26180 Rastede, Germany. CleverReach is a service with which the newsletter dispatch can be organized and analyzed. The data you enter for the purpose of receiving the newsletter (e.g. e-mail address) is stored on CleverReach's servers in Germany or Ireland.

Our newsletters sent with CleverReach enable us to analyze the behavior of newsletter recipients. Among other things, we can analyze how many recipients have opened the newsletter message and how often which link in the newsletter was clicked on. With the help of conversion tracking, we can also analyze whether a predefined action (e.g. purchase of a product on our website) has taken place after clicking on the link in the newsletter.

our website) has taken place. Further information on data analysis by CleverReach newsletters can be found at: https://www.cleverreach.com/de/funktionen/reporting-und-tracking/.

Data processing takes place on the basis of your consent. You can revoke this consent at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

If you do not want CleverReach to analyze your data, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a link for this purpose in every newsletter message. You can also unsubscribe from the newsletter directly on the website.

The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted from both our servers and CleverReach's servers after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for the member area) remain unaffected by this.

You can find more details in CleverReach's privacy policy at: https://www.cleverreach.com/de/datenschutz/.