Privacy Policy

Cerantis Group GmbH (hereinafter "Cerantis", "we" or "us") takes the protection of your personal data seriously. This privacy policy explains how we collect, process and use your personal data when you visit our website www.cerantis.ch, in accordance with the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (nDSG).

Responsible Party

Cerantis Group GmbH
Burgmatt 7, 6340 Baar
Switzerland

Email: sales@cerantis.ch

Data Collection

We collect personal data in the following situations:

Website Visits

When you visit our website, our hosting provider (Vercel Inc.) automatically collects technical data such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referrer URL, and the date and time of your visit. This data is processed for the purpose of ensuring the secure and stable operation of our website. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in providing a functional website (Art. 31 para. 1 nDSG).

Contact Form

When you submit our contact form, we collect: your name, company name, email address, product interest and message content. This data is processed solely for the purpose of responding to your inquiry. The legal basis is pre-contractual measures at your request (Art. 31 para. 2 lit. a nDSG).

Legal Basis

We process your personal data in accordance with the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (nDSG) and, where applicable to our dealings with EU/EEA-based clients, in compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Processing is based on: your consent, the performance or initiation of a contract, our legitimate interests, or a legal obligation.

Cookies

Our website uses technically necessary cookies that are essential for the operation of the website. In addition, we use Google Analytics (with Google Consent Mode v2) to analyse website usage and improve our service. Analytics cookies are only set after you give your consent via our cookie banner. We do not use advertising cookies or third-party marketing cookies.

Web Analytics (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. We have implemented Google Consent Mode v2, which means Google Analytics only sets cookies and collects personal data after you have given your consent via our cookie banner. Without your consent, no analytics cookies are set and no personal data is transmitted to Google. When consent is given, Google Analytics collects data such as pages visited, session duration, approximate location (country/city level), device and browser information, and referral source. IP addresses are automatically anonymised. The legal basis for this processing is your consent (Art. 6 para. 6 nDSG / Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can withdraw your consent at any time via the 'Cookie Settings' link in the footer of our website.

Hosting

This website is hosted by Vercel Inc., 340 S Lemon Ave #4133, Walnut, CA 91789, USA. Vercel processes the technical data mentioned above on our behalf. Data may be transferred to the USA, where Vercel maintains appropriate data protection safeguards. For more information, see Vercel's privacy policy.

Email Service

For processing contact form submissions, we use Resend (Resend, Inc.). When you submit our contact form, your data is transmitted via Resend's servers for email delivery. Resend acts as a data processor on our behalf and processes data only for the purpose of email delivery.

Data Transfer Abroad

In the course of using the services described above (Vercel, Resend, Google), personal data may be transferred to the USA. Switzerland has recognised the USA as providing an adequate level of data protection under the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework for certified companies. Our service providers maintain appropriate safeguards to protect your data.

Your Rights

Under the nDSG, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of access — You may request information about the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification — You may request the correction of inaccurate data.
• Right to deletion — You may request the deletion of your data, subject to legal retention obligations.
• Right to restriction — You may request the restriction of processing under certain conditions.
• Right to data portability — You may request your data in a structured, commonly used format.
• Right to object — You may object to processing based on legitimate interests at any time.

To exercise your rights, please contact us at sales@cerantis.ch. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy, or as required by law. Contact form data is retained for the duration of the business relationship and subsequently in accordance with Swiss statutory retention periods (typically 10 years under Swiss commercial law).

Changes to This Policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time. The current version published on our website applies. We recommend checking this page periodically for changes.