Privacy Notice

Effective on July 1, 2022

This Privacy Notice (hereinafter the “Privacy Notice”) describes the principles based on which Honegger Philatelie Ltd. (hereinafter “HONEGGER PHILATELIE”, “we” or “the Controller”) processes personal data collected through its website www.honegger-philatelie.ch (hereinafter the “Website”), or by other means provided by HONEGGER PHILATELIE for providing the offered services in the field of stamps and sale of stamps (hereinafter referred to as "Services"). It informs you in particular about what personal data we collect, for which purposes it is processed, with whom it may be shared, for how long we retain it and which rights and options relating to the use of your personal data you may have. “Personal data" means any and all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, for example name, address, e-mail address, an online identifier or the phone number.

This Privacy Notice applies as far as the processing activities are not subject to other privacy policies or are provided for by applicable law. Please read this Privacy Notice carefully. By using our services, you consent to the collection and processing of your personal information as set forth in this Privacy Notice.

If you provide us with personal data of other persons, please provide their personal data only if you are allowed to do so in line with applicable data protection laws and only if the other person would agree to you providing its personal data to us for the purposes the data are collected and the processing of its personal data according to our Privacy Notice.

 

CONTENT

1. What controls the personal data
2. How do we process personal data
3. What personal data do we collect for which purposes
4. On what legal basis do we share your personal data
5. With whom do we share your personal data
6. Transfer of personal data to countries outside the EEA
7. For how long we keep information about you
8. Cookies and other services of Google
9. E-Mail mailing for advertising purposes (newsletter)
10. No automated decision-making, including profiling, with legal effect
11. Security
12. Third-party privacy policies
13. Children
14. What are your rights
15. Changes to our Privacy Notice

 

1. Who controls the personal data

The Controller of personal data collected according to this Privacy Notice is:

HONEGGER PHILATELIE AG
Kürzestrasse 1
8716 Schmerikon
Schweiz
Phone: +41 55 286 20 00
Fax: +41 55 286 20 01
E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: https://honegger-philatelie.ch

Our EU-Representative is:

Advovox Rechtsanwalts GmbH
Arkonastr. 45-49
13189 Berlin
Deutschland
E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Phone: +49 30 22 48 75 28

HONEGGER PHILATELIE determines the purposes and means of the processing of your personal data and is therefore responsible for the processing and use of your personal data as described in this Privacy Notice. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Notice or how we process your personal data, kindly contact us at any time by sending an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

2. Ho de we process personal data

Any personal data collected through the Website or otherwise by HONEGGER PHILATELIE is processed in accordance with the provisions of applicable data protection and privacy laws. We collect and process personal data carefully and for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice. In accordance with applicable law, we may also use your personal data in other ways as described in this Privacy Notice. In such event, we will provide specific privacy policies or notices at the time of collection and obtain your consent where necessary. We always seek, to the extent reasonably possible, to collect information on an anonymized or pseudonymized basis so we cannot recognize your identity. Under no circumstances will we sell your personal data to third parties.

3. What personal data do we collect for which purposes

We may collect the following data via our Website:

a. Information automatically collected

HONEGGER PHILATELIE collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in "server log files" when visiting our Website or using the App. These may include the following data: Browser type and browser version

• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL (the previously visited website)
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Date and Time of the server request
• Internet Protocol address (IP address)
• Transmitted data volume
• Other similar data and information which serve to avert danger in the event of attacks on our IT systems.

These data will not be combined with data from other sources. It is stored by us until it is automatically deleted within a period of three to six months.

The data automatically collected as described above is processed for the purposes of proper functioning of our Website and App, e.g. for establishing a connection, ensuring stability and uninterrupted system security, to improve our services, and for statistical purposes in the event of attacks on the network infrastructure on which the Website or the App is made available.

b. Information provided by you via our online contact form, email or by phone call or telefax

We collect information which you actively and voluntarily provide us with through the Website and our App via our online contact form, by sending a message to our contact email address or by phone call. This may include the following personal data:

• Name, first name, address, email address, phone number, language, additional information about you that you may provide us with;
• Your message or your inquiry.

We will use the information provided by you for the processing and answering your inquiry, or for the lawful purposes which were evident from the circumstances, which may include the following purposes:

• To best respond to your questions or requests regarding our products and services, to ask you questions and to provide additional information related to our services, tailored to your request or interests (e.g. inquiries concerning our stamps or stamps collections);
• To communicate with you (e.g. about our services) and provide you with the best possible information that you require from us before, during or after termination of a contract;
• For complying with contractual, legal or other regulatory requirements and internal rules;
• For establishing, exercise and/or defend actual or potential legal claims, investigations or similar proceedings;
• For other lawful purposes, where such processing arises from the circumstances or was indicated at the time of collection.

c. Information collected or generated in connection with our online-shop

We collect and generate information when you are interested in one of our paid services through our online-shop, such as purchasing stamps. This may include the following personal data:

• Surname, first name, address, delivery address, e-mail address, telephone number, desired method of payment, payment information and other information that you provide to us.

The collection of this personal data is always voluntary, based on your consent or a contract, to provide the services you have requested. Please note that without the provision of this information, the service requested may not be provided at all or may not be provided correctly.

We will use the information you provide for the lawful purposes that arise from the circumstances as described in this Privacy Notice or that are stated at the time of collection, which may include the following purposes:

• For the provision of a service requested by you (e.g. the delivery of our current Old Switzerland catalog or the missing Old Switzerland list);
• For sending a reminder e-mail as soon as the product/lot becomes available again, if applicable;
• For processing the payment when purchasing a stamp for example;
• For compliance with legal or other regulatory requirements and internal regulations;
• For establishing, exercise and/or defend actual or potential legal claims, investigations or similar proceedings;
• For other lawful purposes, where such processing arises from the circumstances or was indicated at the time of collection.

4. On what legal basis do we process personal data about you

The processing of your personal data for the purposes described can be based on the following legal grounds:

• Your consent, only if it may be withdrawn at any time (e.g. our newsletter); (article 6 section 1 lit. a GDPR);
• For the performance of a contract with you or for the intention to enter into a contract with you (e.g. for the purchase of a stamp or a stamp collection) (article 6 section 1 lit. b GDPR);
• To comply with a legal obligation (e.g. for tax reasons or for purposes of legal investigations or proceedings) (article 6 section 1 lit. c GDPR); or
• For the purposes of our legitimate interests, for example for maintaining and improving our internal business administration, organization, operations, risk management, protection of systems and premises, prevention of fraud and other offences, for advertising and marketing activities, to guarantee an effective, efficient, secure and harmonized service, to comply with legal or other regulatory requirements and internal rules, and for establishing, exercise and/or defend actual or potential legal claims, investigations or similar proceedings (article 6 section 1 lit. f GDPR).

Should the processing be based on your consent or our legitimate interests, you may withdraw consent or object to that processing at any time by deactivating the location data tracking function in your App or by contacting us directly at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please note, however, that the withdrawal of your consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on your consent before the withdrawal.

5. With whom do we share your personal data

We take the necessary measures to ensure that only our authorized personnel who have the necessary knowledge have access to your personal data in order to fulfil the purposes for which your personal data was collected.

We may transfer your personal data to the following possible categories of recipients in accordance with the purposes and legal basis of the processing described above and insofar as this is necessary for the corresponding data processing, e.g. as part of the functioning of your product and services:

• Our trusted third-party service providers, including processors (e.g. providers of IT support and services);
• Payment service providers, financial institutions;
• Our advisors and other business partners;
• Governmental administrations, courts and other competent authorities;
• Other parties in potential or actual legal proceedings.

We choose our partners and data processors carefully and only upon sufficient guarantees they have appropriate technical and organizational measures in place. Our data processors may only process personal data on documented instructions from us. They all are subject to confidentiality requirements and may use your personal data solely to the extent necessary to fulfill the purpose for which your personal data was collected, except as otherwise required by law.

6. Transfer of personal data to countries outside the EEA

The personal data collected through our Website and App is stored in Switzerland. Moreover, we may transfer, store and process your personal data in data locations around the world, for example where our third-party providers or business partners are located. Therefore, we may transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA) if it is required for the data processing described in this Privacy Notice in accordance with applicable law.

If data is disclosed to countries that do not guarantee an adequate level of protection, HONEGGER PHILATELIE will ensure adequate protection of data disclosed by putting appropriate safeguards in place, such as contractual guarantees (e.g. on the basis of EU standard contractual clauses), binding corporate rules, or transferring data pursuant to your explicit consent, conclusion or performance of a contract, or in connection with the determination, exercise or enforcement of legal claims. You may obtain more information about our appropriate safeguards by contacting us via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

7. For how long we keep information about you

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which your personal data was collected. For this reason, we will delete or anonymize personal data (or equivalent) once they are no longer necessary to achieve the purposes, subject however (i) to any applicable legal or regulatory requirements to store personal data for a longer period (e.g. for tax or accounting reasons), or (ii) if we have an overriding interest (e.g. an interest for reasons of proof to establish, exercise and/or defend actual or potential legal claims, investigations or similar proceedings, including legal holds, which we may enforce to preserve relevant information, or if we have an interest in non-personalized analysis).

On that basis, we normally process personal data subject to the following rules and obligations:

• For contract related personal data (including business records and communication), we retain personal data as long as the contractual relation is ongoing and for ten years after the termination of the contractual relationship unless (i) a shorter or longer statutory storage obligation is applicable on a case-by-case basis, (ii) the retention is required for reasons of proof or another valid reason based on applicable law, or (iii) the deletion of the data is required earlier (because e.g. the data is no longer required or we are required to delete the respective data);
• The personal data you provide to us in connection with the use of our services and products offered on our Website or which you otherwise provide to us via the e-mail contact address will generally be stored by us until you request us to delete it or revoke your consent to its storage (e.g. when revoking our newsletter);
• For operational data containing data (e.g. protocols, logs), we retain personal data for a period of three - twelve months.

8. Cookies and other services of Google

When you access or use the Website and/or the App, we may place so-called cookies - small text files - or similar tools on your computer. We use these cookies to recognize you as a user of the Website, to customize content, to improve the performance of the Website and to enhance your experience.

a. Categories of Cookies we use

Depending on their function and intended purpose, cookies we may use can be divided into the following categories: functional cookies, performance cookies, and advertising cookies.

• Functional cookies: These cookies serve a variety of purposes to the presentation, functionality, and performance of a website and in particular to enhance visitors’ experience and enjoyment of the website. They enable a website to save details that have already been provided (e.g. username, your location or language choices) and offer the visitors improved, more personal functions. Functional cookies are used, for example, to remember things like your log-in information. These cookies cannot track your movement on other websites.
• Performance cookies: These cookies are used to collect information how a website is used – for example how visitors came to our Website, which pages a visitor opens most frequently, how they navigated around our Website during their visit and whether they receive error messages from a page. We also may use these cookies to provide us with certain statistical and analytics information, such as how many visitors came to our Website. These cookies are used to monitor the level of activities of the Website and to improve the performance of the Website.
• Advertising cookies enable us or a third party service provider to place ads on our Website or on websites of third parties with products that the user may like, so that the advertisement the user see can be more relevant to the user’s preferences or interests (sometimes referred to as "targeting cookies"). They may also be used to evaluate effectiveness of advertising and promotion.

These cookies may be placed by us or a third party on our behalf. To learn more about cookies and how they are used, please visit: https://cookieinformation.com/what-is-a-cookie/ or https://www.cookiepro.com/knowledge/what-are-website-cookies/.

b. Google reCAPTCHA

We use the service reCAPTCHA of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The inquiry in the contact form serves the purpose of checking whether the entry is made by a human being or by automated, machine processing. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyses the behavior of the user based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the user enters the Website. For analysis purposes, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, referrer URL (the website previously visited), operating system, time spent on the website by the user, mouse movements made by the user or device settings (e.g. language settings or location)). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run completely in the background. Users are not notified that an analysis is taking place.

The data processing is based on our legitimate interest in protecting our web offers from abusive automated spying and from SPAM. You can find more information about Google reCAPTCHA and the corresponding data protection declaration at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/about/.

c. List of Cookies

Below you will find a list of the cookies that we use or will use on this Website including the information about their purposes and their expiration. Listing by provider, name, category, purpose and storage period:

• Google reCAPTCHA, _GRECAPTCHA, Functional Cookies, Spam protection for forms, 6 months
• Honegger Philatelie, CART, Functional Cookies, For entering and processing the shopping cart in the shop, Until the end of the browser session
• Honegger Philatelie, Keys with numbers and letters, Functional cookies, Essential for the functioning of the Website (e.g. language selection), Until the end of the browser session
• Honegger Philatelie, reDim CookieHint, Functional cookies, Stores cookie consent settings, 1 year

d. Management of Cookies

If you do not want to accept these cookies you can change your browser settings to delete or prevent certain cookies from being stored on your computer or device without your consent. Each browser is different in the type, how it manages the cookie-settings. This is normally described in the «Help» menu of each browser. You will find this information for the most popular browsers under the following links:

• Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/
• Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/
• Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201265

Please note, however, that by disabling the cookies function in your browser settings, you may no longer be able to use all the functions of the website.

e. Legal Basis

The legal basis for the processing of personal data by using cookies or social network plug-ins are our legitimate interests in operating, protecting, analyzing, optimizing, and improving our Website or your consent in the tracking of your surfing behavior on our websites and their analytical evaluation.

9. E-mail mailing for advertising purposes (newsletter)

We will use your email address for sending you information about our services and other commercial communications that may be of interest for you as long as you will be subscribed to the email mailing list. You can unsubscribe from such emails at any time, by clicking the highlighted link “unsubscribe from this list” at the end of each email or by contacting us directly via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

10. No automated decision-making including profiling with legal effect

We do not make any decision about you which is based solely on automated processing – including profiling - and which has legal effect on you or significantly affects you in a similar way.

11. Security

We have implemented various technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised use, disclosure or access, in particular where processing involves the transmission of data over a network, and against all other unlawful forms of processing and misuse.

HONEGGER PHILATELIE may use third party data processors to collect and process your personal data. Any data processors commissioned by us will only process your personal data in accordance with our instructions and are legally obliged to adhere to strict security procedures when handling personal data.

Unfortunately, transmission of information via the internet is not wholly secure. Although we do our utmost to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our Website; any transmission is done so at your own risk. For this reason, you are always free to transfer your personal data to us via alternative means, e.g. by telephone. Once we have received your information, we employ strict procedures and rigid security measures to try to prevent unauthorised access.

12. Third-party privacy policies

Please note that if you click on the link to a third-party website, you will be directed to a website that we do not control, and our privacy notice will no longer apply. Your browsing and interaction on any other website is subject to the Terms of Use and the privacy policies and notices of those third-party websites. Furthermore, we cannot guarantee the accuracy and timeliness of these links.

We recommend that you read the terms of use and the privacy policies and notices of other websites carefully before submitting personal information via this Website. We are not responsible or liable for the information content on such third-party websites.

13. Children

Our website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16 unless we have received express parental consent. If we are notified or otherwise learn that personal information of a child under 16 has been improperly collected, we will take all reasonable steps to delete that personal information.

14. What are your rights

You may request information from HONEGGER PHILATELIE as to whether data concerning you is being processed. In addition, you have the right to request the correction, destruction, or restriction of personal data regarding yourself as well as to object to the processing of personal data. Should the processing of personal data be based on your consent or our legitimate interests, you may withdraw consent or object to that processing at any time by sending an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. However, please note that a withdrawal does not affect the legitimacy of the processing activities that took place before you withdrew your consent. In Switzerland and in countries of the EEA you may, in certain cases, have the right to obtain data generated during the use of online services in a structured, common and machine-readable format which allows for further use and transfer.

Requests concerning your rights shall be submitted to HONEGGER PHILATELIE via the following email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. HONEGGER PHILATELIE reserves the right to restrict the rights of the affected user in accordance with applicable law and e.g. not to disclose comprehensive information or not to delete data.

If we refuse your request or if you are not satisfied with our processing, you may also lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority and seek a judicial remedy.

15. Changes to our privacy notice

This Privacy Notice may be changed from time to time and without prior notice or announcement. All changes to this Privacy Notice are effective when they are posted on the Website and App unless indicated otherwise. When we change the Privacy Notice in a material manner, we will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Website and App or in another appropriate manner prior to the change becoming effective and update the ‘effective date’ at the top of this page.