Who we are
Our website address is: www.techtayn.com
TECHTAYN AG recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of information provided to us. Accordingly, we strive for compliance with all international, federal and state privacy laws and follow industry best practices in order to best serve our community. The following guidelines have been created to demonstrate our commitment to privacy. They apply to all of our publications, events, and properties.
Our location and contact information:
Privacy Matters
TECHTAYN AG, Poststrasse 24, 6300 Zug, Switzerland
Email: contact@techtayn.com
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the visitor’s IP address and browser. For each
visitor to our websites, our Web server automatically recognizes the visitor’s domain name and IP
address only. No other identifiable information is collected unless volunteered. In addition, we
collect aggregate information on what Web pages visitors visit. www.techtayn.com uses Google
Analytics to measure page views and traffic. The services enable www.techtayn.com to monitor and
analyse web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behaviour.
Google Analytics (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”). Google
utilises the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its
activities and share them with other Google services. Google may use the Data collected to
contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network.
Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
If you no longer which to receive emails from us, the emails will have an “unsubscribe” function
within them that you can use to unsubscribe.
How We Use Collected Information
The information we collect is used to improve the content of our Web pages, to customize the content
and layout of our pages for each individual visitor, and/or to notify visitors about updates to our
website. As part of a subscription, purchase, and/or registration agreement, subscribers,
purchasers, and registrants will be contacted by us through email to communicate with them about
their subscription, purchase, and/or registration. They will be contacted for renewal,
requalification, surveys, updates concerning their account profile, and special offers related to
their subscription, purchase, and/or registration. We also use the information to contact them for
marketing purposes on behalf of other reputable organizations if agreed, but we never share or give
away this collected information.
Standard Email Communications
If you have registered for our products and/or services, and have supplied an email address, you
will receive emails pertaining to your subscription, purchase, and/or registration. These are sent
to maintain your account with www.techtayn.com. You can opt out of receiving these types of emails
by using the opt-out mechanism located within the received email message.
Marketing Email Communications
For marketing emails, we retain three types of usage permission for submitted email addresses as
defined below. You can opt out of receiving marketing emails about www.techtayn.com products and
from outside companies either in response to a received email or within this Privacy Policy.
1. Emails About Related Products and Services
If you volunteer an email address you may be contacted by us regarding other products, services,
and/or upcoming events that are related to our magazine. If you do not wish to receive these types
of e-mails from us, you can opt out of receiving these types of emails by using the opt-out
mechanism located within the received email message.
2. Emails About Other www.techtayn.com and Services
If you volunteer an email address you may be contacted by us regarding any other www.techtayn.com
products, services, and/or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive these types of emails from
us, please let us know by writing to us at the above street address/email address. You can also opt
out of receiving these types of emails by using the opt-out mechanism located within the received
email message.
3. Emails From Outside Companies
If you volunteer an email address you may be contacted by carefully selected outside companies for
reputable promotional purposes. If you do not wish to receive emails from other companies, please
let us know by calling us at the above telephone number or writing to us at the above street
address/email address. You can also opt out of receiving these types of emails by using the opt-out
mechanism located within the received email message.
All Emails
If you wish to opt out of these three types of email marketing messages at once, please let us know
by writing to us at the above street address/email address.
It will take up to ten business days to process your email opt-out request. Please note that you may
receive additional communications from us or an outside company after submitting your request if
your email address was selected from our database just prior to receiving and processing your
request.
Correcting/Updating Personal Information
Upon request, we offer individuals the ability to have inaccuracies corrected within their contact
information. This information can be corrected by writing to us at the above address. Current
subscribers and registrants can also access and change their information through our website by
selecting the appropriate link on the website where their current subscription/registration resides.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in
cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when
you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if
your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close
your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen
display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you
select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the
login cookies will be removed.
Links
This site may contain links to other websites in the form of hyperlinks. www.techtayn.com is not
responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.
Security
www.techtayn.com takes every precaution to protect your information from unauthorized use. When you
submit sensitive information via our websites, the information is protected both online and offline.
When our registration/subscription form asks for a credit card number or other sensitive
information, that information is encrypted and protected with the best encryption software in the
industry—SSL.
Changes to Privacy Policy
We may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not disclosed in this privacy notice. If
our information practices change at some time in the future, we will post the policy changes to our
website to notify you of them. If you are concerned about how your information is used please email
us at contact@techtayn.com.
The rights of Users
Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by www.techtayn.com.
Users entitled to broader protection standards may exercise any of the rights described below. In
all other cases, Users may enquire with www.techtayn.com to find out which rights apply to them.
In particular, Users have the right to do the following:
• Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have
previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
• Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data
if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided
in the dedicated section below.
• Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by www.techtayn.com,
obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data
undergoing processing.
• Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for
it to be updated or corrected.
• Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to
restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, www.techtayn.com will not process their Data
for any purpose other than storing it.
• Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right, under certain
circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from www.techtayn.com.
• Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive
their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible,
to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable
provided that the Data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on the
User's consent, on a contract which the User is part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.
• Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection
authority.
Details about the right to object to processing
Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority
vested in www.techtayn.com or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by
www.techtayn.com, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their
particular situation to justify the objection.
Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing
purposes, they can object to that processing at any time without providing any justification. To
learn, whether www.techtayn.com is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may
refer to the relevant sections of this document.
How to exercise these rights
Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to www.techtayn.com through the contact details
provided in this document. These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be addressed by
www.techtayn.com as early as possible and always within one month.