Privacy policy
The privacy policy explains our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of information through your use of our digital assets through your devices.
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Please read the privacy policy carefully and make sure you fully understand our practices regarding the handling of information before using our services. By using our services, you accept the terms of the privacy policy. Continued use constitutes your acceptance of the privacy policy and any amendments.
What data do we collect?
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Non-identified and non-identifiable information that you provide during the registration process or that is collected through the use of our services. Such non-personal information does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about who collected it. Non-personal information that we collect consists primarily of technical and aggregate usage data.
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Individually identifiable information, which is any information by which you can or could be identified with reasonable effort. This personal information may include names, email addresses, addresses, telephone numbers and IP addresses.
How do we collect data?
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We collect data when you use our services. When you visit our digital assets and use our services, we may collect, record, and store data on your usage of the services, sessions, and any related information.
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We collect data that you provide to us yourself, such as when you contact us directly (e.g. by email).
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We do not use third-party cookies.
Why do we collect your data?
We may use your information for the following purposes:
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to provide and operate our services;
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to develop, customize, and improve our services;
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to respond to your feedback, inquiries, and requests and offer help;
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to analyze requirement and usage patterns;
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for other internal, statistical, and research purposes;
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to investigate violations, enforce our terms and conditions and to comply with applicable law, regulations, and governmental requests.
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The provisions of the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act (DSG) and the corresponding ordinance (VDSG) apply to our processing of personal data. When processing personal data from abroad, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and foreign data protection regulations may apply.
Who do we share this data with?
We may share your information with our service providers to operate our services (e.g. storing data via third-party hosting services, providing technical support).
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We may also disclose your information in the following circumstances: (i) to investigate, detect, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities or other misconduct; (ii) to establish or exercise our rights of defense; (iii) to protect our rights, property, personal safety, and the safety of our users and/or the public; (iv) to collect, maintain, and/or manage your information through authorized third-party service providers (e.g. cloud service providers), if appropriate for business purposes; (v) to work with third-party service providers to improve your user experience.
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Please note that our services enable social interactions through the comment feature on the blog. Any content or data that you provide in this area may be read, collected and used by others. We discourage posting information that you do not wish to make public. If you upload or otherwise make content available on our digital assets, you do so at your own risk. You acknowledge that copies of your information may remain accessible even after it has been deleted from cached and archived pages or after a third-party has made a copy of your content.
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We will not share your email address or other personal information with advertisers or advertising networks without your consent.
Where do we store the data?
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Non-personal Information: Our trusted partners and service providers are located around the world. For the purposes explained in this privacy policy, we store and process any non-personal data we collect in different legal jurisdictions.
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Personal information: Personal data may be maintained, processed, and stored in the United States, Ireland, South Korea, Taiwan, Israel, and, to the extent necessary for the proper provision of our services and/or as required by law, in other legal systems.
How long will the data be retained?
The data collected will be retained for as long as necessary to provide our services, comply with our legal and contractual obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
How do we protect the data?
The hosting service for our digital assets provides us with the online platform through which we can offer you our services. Your data may be stored via our hosting provider's data storage, databases, and general applications. It saves your data on secure servers behind a firewall and provides secure HTTPS access to most areas of its services.
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​Regardless of the measures and efforts taken by us and our hosting provider, we cannot guarantee absolute protection and absolute security of your data. ​For this reason, we ask you to not provide us with confidential information where potential disclosure could cause you significant or lasting harm whenever possible. Since email and instant messaging are not considered secure forms of communication, we ask that you do not share confidential information in this manner.
Your rights
You have the right to obtain information about the processing of your personal data, to restrict its processing, to correct it, and to delete it. Consent that has already been given can be revoked at any time.
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​However, there are exceptions. Under certain circumstances, personal data must be processed and stored in order to fulfill contracts or comply with legal obligations.
Updates or changes to the privacy policy
We may revise the privacy policy occasionally at our sole discretion. The version posted on the website is always up to date. We encourage you to check the privacy policy regularly for potential changes.
Contact
If you have any questions about the services or the information we collect about you and how we use it, please contact us at:
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Olivier Felber
Frohhügel 3a, 6210 Sursee, Switzerland