Privacy policy of The Tao of Excellence GmbH

1. Introduction

Thank you for visiting our website. In the following, we will inform you about what personal data we collect and what happens to this data when you visit our website. Personal data is information that identifies or can identify you as a person. We also explain what rights you have as a data subject with regard to the processing of your personal data. We never sell your personal data to third parties.

The privacy of you as a visitor of our website Taoexcellence.ch is important to us and we recognise that the protection of your personal data is of vital importance. Our processing of our users’ personal data is limited to the data required to provide a functional website and our content and services. We collect, process and use your personal data in accordance with the content of this Privacy Policy and the applicable data protection regulations, in particular the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP). These data protection provisions regulate which personal data we collect, process and use. We therefore ask you to read the following information carefully.

Insofar as Tao of Excellence GmbH, as the responsible body, changes Internet services or Internet technology develops further, this data protection declaration will be adapted accordingly. We therefore reserve the right to amend the declaration as required. All changes will be published on this page.

2. Responsible body

The data controller, i.e. the party that decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data, is:

The Tao of Excellence GmbH
Vorstadt 26
CH-8200 Schaﬀhausen
Tel. +41 52 685 51 65

3. Description and scope of data processing

Personal data within the meaning of these data protection provisions is all information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes in particular your name, your e-mail address, your address and your telephone number as well as your credit card and account details and your VAT details if you are a registered trader.

Personal data also includes information about your use of our website. In this context, we collect the following personal data from you: Information about your visits to our website, such as the extent of data transfer, the location from which you retrieve data from our website and other connection data and sources that you retrieve. This is usually done through the use of log files and cookies. Further information on log files and cookies can be found below.

In principle, your personal data is stored for a period of 12 months. If we collect your IP address, it will only be stored for the duration of your use of the website and then immediately deleted or anonymised by shortening it. The remaining data is stored for a limited period of time.

4. Intended use

We use your personal data for the following purposes. These include, but are not limited to

To provide the services you have requested [e.g. shopping basket functions];
To ensure that our website is presented to you in the most eﬀective and interesting way possible;
To fulfil our obligations arising from any contracts concluded between you and us;
To enable you to participate in interactive oﬀers, if you so wish;
To inform you about changes to our

5. Principles of data processing

When processing data, we take into account the processing principles of lawfulness, proportionality, purpose limitation, transparency – in particular the fulfilment of information obligations – and data security.

6. Information about your computer, cookies, provision of the website

Each time you access our website, we collect the following information about your computer: the IP address of your computer, the request from your browser and the time of this request. In addition, the status and the amount of data transferred are recorded as part of this enquiry. The IP address of your computer is only stored for the duration of your use of the website and is then immediately deleted or anonymised by shortening it. We use this data for the operation of our website, in particular, to detect and eliminate website errors, to determine the utilisation of the website and to make adjustments or improvements.

Cookies help in many ways to make your visit to our website easier, more pleasant and more expedient. Cookies are information files that your web browser automatically stores on your computer’s hard drive when you visit our website. We use cookies and other web technologies to determine which services may be of interest to you. We do not sell or share this information.

For example, we use cookies to temporarily save your selected services and entries when you fill out a form on the website so that you do not have to repeat the entry when you access another subpage. Cookies may also be used to identify you as a registered user after you have registered on the website without you having to log in again when you access another subpage.

If you do not wish to use browser cookies, you can set your browser so that the storage of cookies is not accepted. Please note that in this case you may only be able to use our website to a limited extent or not at all. If you only wish to accept our own cookies, but not the cookies of our service providers and partners, you can select the “Block third-party cookies” setting in your browser.

7. Plug-ins

We also use so-called plug-ins from social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or 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 more of your personal data. 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.

8. Analysis tools

Data analysis and tracking: The analysis of user behaviour by means of tracking helps us to check the effectiveness of our services, to optimise them and adapt them to the needs of users (so-called “profiling”) and to correct errors. It is also used to statistically determine key values about the use of our services (reach, intensity of use, surfing behaviour of users) – on the basis of uniform standard procedures – and thus to obtain comparable values across the market.

Google Analytics” is used as a tracking procedure for web analysis. Permanent cookies set by the service provider are also used for this purpose. Information on Google Analytics can be found at: Google Analytics Help.

Please note that the so-called “opt-out”, i.e. the refusal of processing, is usually stored via cookies. If you use our services via a new end device or in a different browser or if you have deleted the cookies set by your browser, you must declare your refusal again.

The tracking procedures described only process personal data in anonymised form. A connection with a specific, identified natural person, i.e. a combination of the data with information about the bearer of the pseudonym, does not take place.

9. Log files

As with most websites, we collect and use the data contained in the log files. The information in the log files includes your IP address (internet protocol), your internet service provider (ISP), the browser you used to visit our website, the time you spent on our website and which pages you visited. We do not check information about individual users, but use aggregated information to further develop and improve our website.

10. Forms

When you fill out a form on our website to sign up for an email service, we store the information you provide in a secure online CRM tool. When you fill out a form and share your personal information with us, you are opting in to receive our email newsletter and other email communications. We do not sell or share your information with outside companies.

11. Data security

All information that you transmit to us is stored on servers. The transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure, which is why we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to our website via the Internet. However, we take technical and organisational measures to protect our website and other systems against loss, destruction, access, modification or dissemination of your data by unauthorised persons. In particular, your personal data is transmitted to us in encrypted form.

12. Contact us

If you contact us via the e-mail addresses provided, the personal data transmitted with the e-mail will be stored in our system.

We will retain the data you provide until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. after your enquiry has been processed).

Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular retention periods, remain unaffected by this.

If you would like to correct the information that you have already provided to us, you can send us an e-mail to [email protected] or call us on +41 52 685 51 65.

13. Pages and services from third-party providers

The websites, social media channels, applications and services operated and offered by The Tao of Excellence GmbH may contain links to third-party websites, e.g. cooperation partners. The Tao of Excellence is not responsible for the content of these websites or the processing of personal data by third-party providers.

Some of these third-party services require your consent to process your personal data. You will be informed accordingly by the providers and asked for your consent.

If you agree to create a user account with a third-party provider and log in via a third-party service, The Tao of Excellence accepts no liability for the services or data transmission of the third-party provider.

14. No disclosure of your personal data

We do not pass on your personal data to third parties unless you have consented to the data being passed on or we are authorised or obliged to pass on data due to legal provisions and/or oﬃcial or court orders. In particular, this may involve the disclosure of information for the purposes of criminal prosecution, to avert danger or to enforce intellectual property rights.

15. Storage duration

We do not store your data for longer than we need it for the respective processing purposes. If the data is no longer required for the fulfilment of contractual or legal obligations, it is regularly deleted unless its temporary storage is still necessary. Reasons for this may include the following:

The fulfilment of retention obligations under commercial and tax law
Obtaining evidence for legal disputes within the scope of the statutory limitation period

16. Your rights

You have the right to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the personal data as such, the purpose of processing, the storage period or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this period, the origin of your data if it was not collected from you, the existence of an automated individual decision and, if applicable, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom personal data is disclosed.

You also have the right to withdraw your consent to the use of your personal data at any time. You can assert your rights at any time by contacting us at the address provided.

If you are of the opinion that the processing of your personal data by us is contrary to the applicable data protection provisions, you have the option of lodging a complaint with the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.

17. Copyrights

Everything on taoexcellence.ch, including all texts, photos, illustrations, graphics, audio clips, video clips and audio-video clips, product and project ideas is protected by copyright. Any utilisation not permitted by copyright law requires prior written consent. This applies in particular to the duplication, editing, translation, storage, processing or reproduction of content in databases or other electronic media and systems. Photocopies and downloads of web pages may only be used for personal, private and non-commercial use.

The operators of these pages endeavour to respect the copyrights of others at all times or to use their own or licence-free works.

18. How to reach us

If you have any questions about our privacy policy or possible data misuse, please send us an e-mail to [email protected] or call us on +41 52 685 51 65.

By using this website, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this, please do not use this site.

Status: 3 November 2023