Cookie Policy
1. Introduction
This cookie policy describes what cookies are, how we use them on this website, and what effect enabling or disabling them will have on your use of this website.
2. Definitions
In this cookie policy:
“Website” means all pages that make use of the domain ecofact.com
“Cookie” means a small, simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored in that cookie may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a later visit to our website.
We use cookies and other related technologies to improve the functionality of our website. They cannot access, read or modify any other data on your computer.
3. Cookies
We use cookies that:
- are going to be deleted again when you close your browser (session cookies);
- remain stored on your end user device after you close your browser (permanent cookies);
- originate from us (first-party cookies) or from others (third-party cookies).
We use the following types of cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies to provide the website to you on the basis of the overriding legitimate interest of ECOFACT AG:
- Strictly necessary technical cookies: These are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the website will then not work.
Cookies on the basis of consent you granted previously:
- Technical or functional cookies: Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known, for example, but are not strictly necessary. By placing functional cookies on your device, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website. Examples here are your preferred language and what your user name and password are, so you can log in automatically.
- Statistical cookies: We use statistical cookies to optimize the website experience for our users. These cookies tell us about how our website is being used. Their sole purpose is to improve website functions. They include cookies from third-party analytics services, as long as the cookies are for the exclusive use of the owner of the website visited.
- Marketing cookies: Marketing cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website, or across several websites, for similar marketing purposes.
4. Consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you save your preferences, you consent to our using the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this cookie policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.
5. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies
You can use your internet browser to delete cookies manually or automatically. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed on your device. Another option is to change your browser settings so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the “Help” section of your browser.
To withdraw your consent or to restrict it to certain cookies, your options include the following:
- Use your browser settings. Details can be found in the “Help” section of your browser, which is usually accessible via the F1 key on your keyboard.
- In Europe, at https://youronlinechoices.eu/ you can have the system analyze which cookies are used by you and can deactivate them individually or in their entirety. This service is offered by the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance.
Withdrawing your consent does not affect the lawfulness of data processing based on the consent you gave before withdrawing it.
Please note that the functionality of our websites may be impaired if you withdraw or restrict your consent.
6. Your rights with respect to personal data
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
- to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for;
- to access your personal data that is known to us;
- to have your personal data supplemented, rectified, erased or blocked whenever you wish;
- to revoke your consent and to have your personal data erased after you have given us your consent to process your data;
- to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller;
- to object to the processing of your data. We comply with this unless there are justified grounds for our continuing to process that data.Please note, however, that we reserve the right to enforce statutory restrictions on our part, for example if we are obliged to retain or process certain data, have an overriding interest (where we may invoke such interests) or require the data to enforce claims. To assert your rights, please contact us via the contact details at the bottom of this cookie policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority, which in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.
7. Contact details
For questions and/or comments about our cookie policy, please contact us by using the following contact details:
ECOFACT AG
Birmensdorferstrasse 67
8004 Zurich
Switzerland
Website: https://www.ecofact.com
Email: info@ecofact.com
8. Amendments to this cookie policy
This cookie policy was last updated on April 4, 2025.
We may amend this cookie policy at any time without prior notice. The current version, as published on our website, applies at any given time.