With this privacy policy, we provide information about the processing of personal data in connection with our activities and operations, including our website under the domain name tumor-zentrum.ch. In particular, we inform you which personal data we process, for what purpose, in what manner, and where. We also provide information about the rights of persons whose data we process.

We have drafted this privacy policy in German. In the event of publication in another language, the German-language privacy policy remains authoritative.

For individual or additional activities and operations, we may publish further privacy policies or other information on data protection.

We are subject to Swiss law and, where applicable, foreign law, in particular that of the European Union (EU) with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

In its decision of July 26, 2000, the European Commission recognized that Swiss data protection law ensures adequate data protection. In its report of January 15, 2024, the European Commission confirmed this adequacy decision.

1. Contact Addresses

The controller responsible for data processing is:

Tumor Zentrum Aargau
Hirslanden Medical Center
Rain 34
5000 Aarau

sekretariat@tumor-zentrum.ch

In individual cases, third parties may be responsible for the processing of personal data, or there may be joint responsibility with third parties. We are happy to provide information to data subjects regarding the respective responsibility upon request.

2. Terms and Legal Bases

2.1 Terms

Data subject: A natural person about whom we process personal data.

Personal data: Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Sensitive personal data: Data concerning trade union, political, religious, or philosophical views and activities; data concerning health, the intimate sphere, or affiliation with an ethnicity or race; genetic data; biometric data that uniquely identifies a natural person; data concerning criminal and administrative sanctions or proceedings; and data concerning social assistance measures.

Processing: Any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, such as querying, matching, adapting, archiving, storing, reading, disclosing, procuring, recording, collecting, deleting, disclosing, sorting, organizing, saving, modifying, distributing, linking, destroying, and using personal data.

European Economic Area (EEA): Member states of the European Union (EU) as well as the Principality of Liechtenstein, Iceland, and Norway.

2.2 Legal Bases

We process personal data in accordance with Swiss law, in particular the Federal Act on Data Protection (Data Protection Act, FDPIC) and the Data Protection Ordinance (DPO).

We process personal data—if and to the extent that the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable—in accordance with at least one of the following legal bases:

  • Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data for the performance of a contract with the data subject and for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.
  • Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data to protect legitimate interests—including the legitimate interests of third parties—unless the fundamental freedoms and rights as well as the interests of the data subject prevail. Such interests include, in particular, the permanent, humane, secure, and reliable exercise of our activities and operations, ensuring information security, protection against misuse, enforcement of our own legal claims, and compliance with Swiss law.
  • Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data to fulfill a legal obligation to which we are subject under any applicable law of member states in the European Economic Area (EEA).
  • Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.
  • Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR for the processing of personal data with the consent of the data subject.
  • Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person.
  • Art. 9 para. 2 et seq. GDPR for the processing of special categories of personal data, in particular with the consent of the data subjects.

The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) refers to the processing of personal data as the processing of personal data and the processing of sensitive personal data as the processing of special categories of personal data (Art. 9 GDPR).

3. Nature, Scope, and Purpose of the Processing of Personal Data

We process those personal data that are necessary to be able to carry out our activities and operations permanently, humanely, securely, and reliably. The processed personal data may fall in particular into the categories of browser and device data, content data, communication data, metadata, usage data, master data including inventory and contact data, location data, transaction data, contract data, and payment data. Furthermore, the personal data may constitute sensitive personal data.

We also process personal data that we receive from third parties, obtain from publicly accessible sources, or collect in the exercise of our activities and operations, provided that such processing is permissible.

We process personal data, as far as necessary, with the consent of the data subjects. In many cases, we can process personal data without consent, for example to fulfill legal obligations or to protect overriding interests. We may also request consent from data subjects even if their consent is not required.

We process personal data for the duration required for the respective purpose. We anonymize or delete personal data in particular depending on statutory retention and limitation periods.

4. Disclosure of Personal Data

We may disclose personal data to third parties, have it processed by third parties, or process it jointly with third parties. Such third parties may, for example, be specialized providers whose services we use. Such third parties may in turn disclose personal data to third parties.

Within the scope of our activities and operations, we may disclose personal data in particular to banks and other financial service providers, authorities, educational and research institutions, consultants and lawyers, accounting and fiduciary service providers, debt collection companies, interest groups, IT service providers, cooperation partners, credit and business information agencies, logistics and shipping companies, marketing and advertising agencies, media, parent, sister, and subsidiary companies, organizations and associations, social institutions, telecommunications companies, insurance companies, and payment service providers.

5. Communication

We process personal data in order to be able to communicate with individuals as well as with authorities, organizations, and companies. In doing so, we process in particular data that a data subject transmits to us when contacting us, for example by post or email. We may store such data in an address book or using comparable tools.

Third parties who transmit data to us about other persons are legally obliged to independently ensure the data protection of these data subjects. In particular, they must ensure that they are permitted to transmit such data and also guarantee the accuracy of the transmitted data.

We use selected services from suitable providers to enable and improve communication with individual persons and other communication partners. Using such services, we can also manage and otherwise process the data of data subjects beyond direct communication, for example in connection with orders, services, projects, and resource planning.

6. Applications

We process personal data about applicants to the extent necessary to assess their suitability for an employment relationship or for the subsequent execution of an employment contract. The required personal data result in particular from the information requested, for example in the context of a job advertisement. We may publish job advertisements with the help of suitable third parties, for example in electronic and printed media or on job portals and job platforms.

We also process personal data that applicants voluntarily provide or publish, in particular as part of cover letters, CVs, and other application documents, as well as part of online profiles.

We process—if and to the extent that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable—personal data about applicants in particular according to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. b GDPR.

7. Data Security

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure data security appropriate to the respective risk. With our measures, we ensure in particular the confidentiality, availability, traceability, and integrity of the processed personal data, although we cannot guarantee absolute data security.

Access to our website and our other digital presence is via transport encryption (SSL / TLS, in particular with the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, abbreviated HTTPS). Most browsers warn against visiting a website without transport encryption.

Our digital communication—like fundamentally all digital communication—is subject to mass surveillance without cause or suspicion by security authorities in Switzerland, the rest of Europe, the United States of America (USA), and other countries. We cannot exert any direct influence on the corresponding processing of personal data by intelligence services, police stations, and other security authorities. We also cannot rule out that a data subject is specifically monitored.

8. Personal Data Abroad

We generally process personal data in Switzerland and the European Economic Area (EEA). However, we may also export or transfer personal data to other states, in particular to process it there or have it processed there.

We may export personal data to all countries on Earth and elsewhere in the universe, provided that the law there ensures adequate data protection in accordance with the decision of the Swiss Federal Council and—if and to the extent that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable—also in accordance with the decision of the European Commission.

We may transfer personal data to states whose law does not ensure adequate data protection, provided that data protection is guaranteed for other reasons, in particular on the basis of standard data protection clauses or with other appropriate guarantees. Exceptionally, we may export personal data to states without adequate or appropriate data protection if the special data protection requirements are met, for example the express consent of the data subjects or a direct connection with the conclusion or execution of a contract. We are happy to provide information to data subjects upon request about any guarantees or provide a copy of any guarantees.

9. Rights of Data Subjects

9.1 Data Protection Claims

We grant data subjects all claims in accordance with applicable law. Data subjects have the following rights in particular:

  • Information: Data subjects can request information as to whether we process personal data about them and, if so, which personal data it is. Data subjects also receive the information required to assert their data protection claims and ensure transparency. This includes the processed personal data as such, but also, among other things, information on the purpose of processing, the duration of storage, any disclosure or export of data to other states, and the origin of the personal data.
  • Correction and restriction: Data subjects can correct incorrect personal data, complete incomplete data, and have the processing of their data restricted.
  • Opportunity for own standpoint and human review: Data subjects can state their own standpoint and request a review by a human being in the case of decisions based exclusively on automated processing of personal data that have legal consequences for them or significantly affect them (automated individual decisions).
  • Deletion and objection: Data subjects can have personal data deleted ('right to be forgotten') and object to the processing of their data with effect for the future.
  • Data release and data transfer: Data subjects can request the release of personal data or the transfer of their data to another controller.

We may postpone, restrict, or refuse the exercise of the rights of data subjects within the legally permissible framework. We can point out to data subjects any requirements that may have to be met for the exercise of their data protection claims. For example, we may refuse information in whole or in part with reference to confidentiality obligations, overriding interests, or the protection of other persons. For example, we may also refuse the deletion of personal data in whole or in part, in particular with reference to statutory retention obligations.

We may exceptionally provide for costs for the exercise of rights. We inform data subjects in advance about any costs.

We are obliged to identify data subjects who request information or assert other rights using appropriate measures. Data subjects are obliged to cooperate.

9.2 Legal Protection

Data subjects have the right to enforce their data protection claims through legal action or to file a report or complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.

The data protection supervisory authority for private controllers and federal bodies in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).

European data protection supervisory authorities are organized as members of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB). In some member states in the European Economic Area (EEA), the data protection supervisory authorities have a federal structure, in particular in Germany.

10. Use of the Website

10.1 Cookies

We may use cookies. Cookies—both our own cookies (first-party cookies) and cookies from third parties whose services we use (third-party cookies)—are data stored in the browser. Such stored data need not be limited to traditional cookies in text form.

Cookies can be stored in the browser temporarily as 'session cookies' or for a certain period as so-called permanent cookies. 'Session cookies' are automatically deleted when the browser is closed. Permanent cookies have a specific storage duration. In particular, cookies make it possible to recognize a browser the next time you visit our website and thereby, for example, measure the reach of our website. However, permanent cookies can also be used for online marketing, for example.

Cookies can be completely or partially deactivated, restricted, or deleted in the browser settings at any time. Browser settings often also allow automated deletion and other management of cookies. Without cookies, our website may no longer be fully available. We actively request—at least if and to the extent required by applicable law—express consent to the use of cookies.

For cookies used for performance and reach measurement or for advertising, a general objection ('opt-out') is possible for numerous services via AdChoices (Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada), the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), YourAdChoices (Digital Advertising Alliance), or Your Online Choices (European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance, EDAA).

10.2 Logging

For each access to our website and our other digital presence, we may log at least the following information, provided that it is determined or transmitted by default to our digital infrastructure during such access: date and time including time zone, IP address, access status (HTTP status code), operating system including user interface and version, browser including language and version, individual subpage of our website accessed including the amount of data transferred, last webpage accessed in the same browser window (referer or referrer).

We log such information, which may also constitute personal data, in log files. The information is necessary to be able to provide our digital presence permanently, humanely, and reliably. The information is also necessary to be able to ensure data security—also by third parties or with the help of third parties.

10.3 Tracking Pixels

We may integrate tracking pixels into our digital presence. Tracking pixels are also known as web beacons. Tracking pixels—also from third parties whose services we use—are usually small, invisible images or scripts formulated in JavaScript that are automatically retrieved when accessing our digital presence. Tracking pixels can be used to record at least the same information as in log files.

11. Third-Party Services

We use services from specialized third parties in order to be able to carry out our activities and operations permanently, humanely, securely, and reliably. With such services, we can, among other things, embed functions and content into our website. In the case of such embedding, the services used record the IP addresses of the users at least temporarily for technically compelling reasons.

For necessary security-related, statistical, and technical purposes, third parties whose services we use may process data in connection with our activities and operations in aggregated, anonymized, or pseudonymized form. This is, for example, performance or usage data in order to be able to offer the respective service.

We use in particular:

11.1 Digital Infrastructure

We use services from specialized third parties in order to be able to use the required digital infrastructure in connection with our activities and operations. These include, for example, hosting and storage services from selected providers.

We use in particular:

11.2 Audio and video conferences

We use specialised services for audio and video conferences in order to be able to communicate online. For example, we can hold virtual meetings or provide online teaching and webinars. In addition, the legal texts of the respective services, such as privacy policies and terms of use, apply to participation in audio and video conferences.

Depending on your personal circumstances, we recommend that you mute the microphone by default when participating in audio or video conferences and blur the background or display a virtual background.

11.3 Maps

We use third-party services to be able to embed maps into our website.

We use in particular:

11.4 Fonts

We use third-party services to be able to embed selected fonts as well as icons, logos, and symbols into our website.

We use in particular:

12. Extensions for the Website

We use extensions for our website to be able to use additional functions. We may use selected services from suitable providers or use such extensions on our own digital infrastructure.

We use in particular:

13. Performance and Reach Measurement

We try to measure the success and reach of our activities and operations. In this context, we can also measure the effect of third-party notices or check how different parts or versions of our digital presence are used ('A/B test' method). Based on the results of the performance and reach measurement, we can in particular fix errors, strengthen popular content, or make improvements.

In most cases, the IP addresses of individual users are recorded for performance and reach measurement. In this case, IP addresses are generally shortened ('IP masking') in order to follow the principle of data economy through the corresponding pseudonymization.

Cookies may be used and user profiles created during performance and reach measurement. Any user profiles created include, for example, the individual pages visited or content viewed on our digital presence, information on the size of the screen or browser window, and the—at least approximate—location. Generally, any user profiles are created exclusively in pseudonymized form and are not used to identify individual users. Individual third-party services where users are logged in may be able to assign the use of our online offer to the user account or user profile at the respective service.

We use in particular:

14. Video surveillance

We use video surveillance to prevent criminal offences, to secure evidence in the event of criminal offences, to exercise and assert our own legal claims, to defend against third-party legal claims, and to enforce our house rules. Where and to the extent that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable, this constitutes overriding legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, and, in the case of particularly sensitive personal data, with reference to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. f GDPR.

As a matter of principle, we do not store any recordings from our video surveillance. By way of exception, we may store recordings if storage is necessary for the purpose of securing evidence or another stated purpose within a limited period of time.

We may secure recordings from our video surveillance and transmit them to competent bodies, in particular courts or law enforcement authorities, if the transmission is necessary for a stated purpose, in our other overriding legitimate interest, or due to statutory obligations.

15. Final notices on the privacy policy

We have created this privacy policy with the Data Protection Generator from Datenschutzpartner .

We may update this privacy policy at any time. We inform you about updates by publishing the current privacy policy on our website.