Data Protection

Data Protection

Gesundheitszentrum Fricktal AG (GZF) takes the protection of your private data seriously. Respecting privacy when processing personal data is of great importance to us. Personal data is handled in accordance with the provisions of the Swiss Data Protection Act (DSG), as well as the Law on Public Information, Data Protection and Archiving of the Canton of Aargau (IDAG).

Responsible body
GZF is the responsible body for the collection, processing and use of your personal data within the meaning of the DSG and the IDAG. 

  • Gesundheitszentrum Fricktal AG, Management, Riburgerstrasse 12, 4310 Rheinfelden, Switzerland
  • The technical partner for the website is esense GmbH, Burgweg 7, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
  • The hosting partner for the website is oriented.net GmbH, Freie Strasse 12, PO Box 318, 4001 Basel, Switzerland

You have the right to information about your stored data and, if necessary, a right to rectification, blocking or deletion of said data, unless this is contrary to any statutory provisions

Personal data
Personal data refers to details of personal or material circumstances of a particular or identifiable natural person. This includes information such as name, date of birth, address, telephone number, health information, etc. Information that cannot be directly associated with a given person is not considered personal information.

Use of personal data
GZF shall use your personal data exclusively for the stated purpose of your request – that is, for processing your request.

Transfer of personal data
GZF shall pass on your personal data to third parties only within the specified scope of purpose and to fulfill the respective tasks. If it is passed on to third parties, GZT shall inform you in advance and the information shall be passed on only with your consent. If there is a corresponding statutory disclosure requirement or a court order, GZF may be obliged to disclose it to third parties.

Anonymized data
With your visit to our website, information about access to the viewed page including date and time may also be stored on our server. This anonymized data is evaluated exclusively for statistical purposes.

Data security / protection of your personal data
GZF has technical and organizational security procedures to safeguard the security of your personal data and protect your personal data against unauthorized or unlawful processing and/or against unintentional loss, alteration, access or disclosure. To ensure secure transmission of your data, GZF uses a secure SSL connection (secure socket layer) that transmits your information in encrypted form, if your browser supports it.

We would like to point out that the transmission of information via the internet or other electronic devices always poses a certain security risk and we thus cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted in this manner. Confidential information should always be communicated via an encrypted connection or delivered by mail.

Data storage
GZF shall delete your data immediately as soon as it is no longer used for the specified purpose, storage is no longer necessary or there is no statutory storage obligation.

Links to other websites
GZF has placed external links to third-party websites on its website. GZF has no influence on the current and future design of these websites and their content and does not adopt them as its own. The respective providers alone are liable for this. Although no statutory violations were identified when the links were placed, if we become aware of any violation the link shall be deleted immediately.

Use of cookies
GZF uses cookies on the website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device during your visit to our website. The cookies used by us serve to optimize our web pages and make them more user-friendly.

Which cookies do we use?GZF uses permanent and temporary cookies on the website. Most of our used cookies are automatically deleted from your computer or mobile device after the end of the browser session (so-called session cookies). We also use cookies that are stored on your computer or mobile device after the end of the browser session. This ensures that when you visit our website again, your preferred entries and settings are automatically identified. Permanent and session cookies are stored on your computer or mobile device from 10 minutes to two years, depending on the type of cookies, and are automatically deactivated after the programmed time has expired.

What sort of data do cookies store?
The cookies we use do not store personal data and cannot be assigned to any particular person. When a cookie is activated, it is assigned an identification number.

How can the storage of cookies be prevented?
Most internet browsers accept cookies automatically. If you do not want cookies to be stored on your computer or mobile device, you can prevent this via your browser setting. You can also delete cookies from your computer or mobile device by using the corresponding function of your browser. If you decide not to accept our cookies, you may not be able to make full use of some functions or information on our website.

Use of log files
When you visit our website, your internet browser stores certain usage data about your access to our server. This is anonymized rather than personal data, and we evaluate it exclusively for statistical purposes:

  • Internet address of the website from which you have chosen the link
  • Name of the accessed page
  • Date
  • Time of day
  • Transferred amount of data
  • Name and version of your browser 
  • This information helps us to further improve our website and make it more user-friendly

Right of withdrawal and information
You have the right to be informed about your stored data at any time. We are happy to provide you with information about the processing and use of your personal data. Should you request your data be deleted, it will be deleted without delay, insofar as the deletion does not violate any statutory regulations. You can also request the restriction of the processing of your personal data at any time. 

  • Please e-mail your privacy-related questions to GZF's Data Protection Officer: datenschutz@gzf.ch
  • or post them to the following address: Gesundheitszentrum Fricktal AG, Data protection, Riburgerstrasse 12, 4310 Rheinfelden, Switzerland