Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the provisions of data protection law, every person is entitled to protection of their privacy and protection against misuse of their personal data.
Swiss Textiles takes data protection very seriously and complies with the legal provisions. Please note that the Internet is a publicly accessible system. Data entered into the system can be lost, sent to the wrong addressee or fall into the hands of unauthorised persons. For this reason, all personal information and data is provided voluntarily and at your own risk.
This privacy policy applies to all services offered by Swiss Textiles.
When you visit our website, you do not have to provide any personal data. Our website uses Matomo, a web analysis service. Matomo uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analysed. By using our website, you agree to the corresponding conditions of Matomo. You can prevent the installation of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software. In this case, however, you may not be able to use all the functions of our website to their full extent.
If you send us a membership enquiry using the contact form, we will store your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provide, for the purpose of processing your enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions.
The processing of your data in the contact form takes place exclusively on the basis of your consent. You can revoke this consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an e-mail. The legality of the data processing operations carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Your data in the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your enquiry has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
Swiss-Textiles members have the option of registering in the protected member area.
You can change your data or delete your profile at any time. The legality of the data processing operations carried out prior to the deletion remains unaffected.
As a member of Swiss Textiles, you can subscribe to all online information services in the member area, participate in the marketplace, register for participation in the specialist committees or register for an event. Your data is processed exclusively on the basis of your registration and in the context of using the corresponding services.
Swiss Textiles members and non-members can use our online job exchange. The information provided will be used exclusively for the purpose of using the service and will then be deleted.
You have the option of deleting this data yourself at any time. The legality of the data processing operations carried out prior to the deletion remains unaffected.
Swiss Textiles members and non-members can download various documents. The use of these documents is subject to the provisions stated therein.
If application documents are sent to us, whether with reference to a specific job advertisement or as a spontaneous application, the application documents sent to us will be processed exclusively for the purpose of carrying out the application procedure.
Application documents received by us will only be passed on to those persons involved in the application process.
If a position is filled, the application documents will be transferred to the personnel file. If the applicant is not hired, the application documents sent physically will be returned or the application documents sent electronically will be deleted within 30 days of the end of the application process.
Applicants can withdraw their application at any time and request the deletion of the data we hold on them.
Your data will be passed on to our partners (third parties) if this is necessary for order processing. If we pass on data to external service providers, technical and organisational measures are taken to ensure that the data is passed on in accordance with the statutory data protection provisions.
If you provide us with personal or company-related data of your own accord, we will not use, process or pass on this data beyond the scope permitted by law or specified by you in a declaration of consent.
In addition, we will only pass on your data to external service providers if this is necessary for contract processing and they have agreed to the corresponding confidentiality and due diligence provisions. In addition, we only pass on your data to external parties (third parties) if we are obliged to do so by law or by official or court orders.
By providing your e-mail address, you consent to us communicating with you. We use the data you provide for the stated purpose and to regularly send you the offers you have subscribed to. Your data will be stored on a server in Switzerland.
Unsubscribing from electronic mailing offers is possible at any time and can be done directly in the mailing product via a link provided for this purpose.
You have the option of requesting the deletion or correction of your data at any time.
You are of course also entitled to withdraw your consent to the use or processing of personal data at any time with effect for the future. To do so, please send us an e-mail to info@swisstextiles.ch.
You can request information about your data stored by us at any time.
To do so, please send a request for information by e-mail to info@swisstextiles.ch. Together with the request, proof of identity must be sent to the same address.
We process and store personal data only for the period required to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected.
Data that is subject to a longer statutory retention obligation (this arises, among other things, from accounting and tax regulations) is stored by us for up to ten years. As soon as the data is no longer required for the above-mentioned purposes, it will be deleted, blocked or anonymised as far as possible.
Swiss Textiles has integrated social media buttons on our website. These buttons can be used to quickly and easily share interesting content from the website on social networks. When you use the buttons, a new window opens for the respective social network in which you can authenticate yourself and share the website content. The Tagembed service, which uses cookies, is used. This means that the website exchanges data directly with the respective social network. You can find out what data this external service collects here. The direct integration of YouTube videos and social media entries also sets cookies that enable the providers to collect data.
Social media plugin
We use the social plugins below on our website to publicise our company (Instagram and Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn). The underlying advertising purpose is to be regarded as a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The respective provider must ensure responsibility for data protection-compliant operation. Data processing in connection with these plugins takes place with your consent when you use these plugins.
If you use the services of these social networks independently of or in connection with our website, the social networks will analyse your use of the plugin. In this case, information about the plugin is forwarded to the social networks.
Plugins from the social network LinkedIn Corporation, USA, are installed on our website. You can recognise the LinkedIn plug-in ("LinkedIn Recommended" button) by the LinkedIn logo. When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, a direct connection is established between your browser and the LinkedIn server. LinkedIn receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click on the LinkedIn button while you are logged into your LinkedIn account, you can link the content of our pages to your LinkedIn profile. This allows LinkedIn to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn. Further information can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
YouTube
Our website contains at least one plugin from YouTube, owned by Google Inc, located at LLC 901 Cherry Ave. San Bruno, CA 94066 USA. As soon as you visit a page on our website equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which specific page of our website you have visited. If you are also logged into your YouTube account, you would enable YouTube to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this assignment by logging out of your account beforehand. Further information on the collection and use of your data by YouTube can be found in the privacy policy at http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy.
Cookies
Cookies help in many ways to make your visit to the Swiss Textiles website easier, more pleasant and more useful. Cookies are information files that your web browser automatically saves on your computer's hard drive when you visit our website. Cookies do not damage your computer's hard drive, nor do cookies transmit personal user data to us. The use of cookies does not result in us receiving any new personal data about you as an online visitor. Most Internet browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or so that a message always appears when you receive a new cookie. If you deactivate cookies, you may not be able to use all the functions of our website.
Use of Matomo
General, aggregated statistics on the use of the Swiss Textiles website and its subpages are recorded and analysed using Matomo (web analysis service). In addition, demographic data (e.g. age, gender and interests) is collected as part of the usage analysis. This data cannot be traced back to a specific person and can be deactivated at any time via the Google ad settings. The data is collected and analysed in accordance with Matomo's terms of use.
The information on the Swiss Textiles website is a voluntary service provided by Swiss Textiles. Although Swiss Textiles takes every care to ensure the correctness of the information published, we cannot guarantee the correctness, accuracy, up-to-dateness, reliability and completeness of this information. Swiss Textiles reserves the right to change, delete or temporarily not publish content in whole or in part at any time without prior notice.
Swiss Textiles accepts no responsibility for the content of third-party websites to which Swiss Textiles links or refers. Swiss Textiles has no influence whatsoever on the design, content and offers of the linked sites and declines all responsibility for these websites.
In particular, Swiss Textiles accepts no liability for any direct or indirect damage that may arise in connection with the use of the Internet or the websites of Swiss Textiles.
If you feel that your privacy has been violated or that your personal data has been violated in any other way due to data processing operations on our part, you may contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice. We take such reports seriously and are always interested in finding amicable solutions.
Of course, you reserve the right to take legal action in accordance with the specific applicable legal provisions.
The information contained on the Swiss Textiles website is accessible to the public. However, downloading or copying content, images, photos or other files does not transfer any rights whatsoever in respect of the content. The copyright and all other rights to content, images, photos or other files on the Swiss Textiles website belong exclusively to us or the specifically named rights holders.
The written consent of the copyright holders must be obtained in advance for the reproduction of any elements. The citation of website content with correct references and the inclusion of links to the Swiss Textiles website are expressly authorised.
Swiss Textiles, Beethovenstrasse 20, 8002 Zurich
You can reach the responsible data protection officer at
Data Protection Officer Swiss Textiles, Beethovenstrasse 20, 8002 Zurich, Switzerland, or info@swisstextiles.ch.
Swiss Textiles reserves the right to revise, amend or supplement this legal notice and the privacy policy in any way at any time. Please consult this statement regularly.
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In October 2025