Privacy policy

Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the data protection provisions of the Swiss Confederation (Data Protection Act, DPA), every person is entitled to protection of his or her privacy as well as protection against misuse of his or her personal data. Simply takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you access our web pages, the following data is stored in log files: IP address, date, time, browser request and general. transmitted information about the operating system resp. Browser. This usage data forms the basis for anonymous statistical evaluations so that trends can be identified, which we can use to improve our offerings accordingly.

Insofar as personal data (e.g. name, address or e-mail addresses) is collected on our pages, this is always done, as far as possible, on a voluntary basis. This data is partly passed on to third parties in accordance with this privacy policy.

We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.

  1. Cookies
  2. Comments
  3. Media
  4. Contact forms
  1. Embedded content from other websites
  2. Google Fonts
  3. Validity of the privacy policy

1. cookies

This website uses so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

By writing a comment on our website, you agree that your name, email address and website will be stored in cookies. This is a convenience feature so that you do not have to re-enter this information for another comment you write. These cookies are stored for one year.

If you have an account and log in to this website, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will set up some cookies to store your login information and viewing options. Login cookies expire after two days and display options cookies expire after one year. If you select “Stay logged in” during registration, your registration will be maintained for two weeks. When you log out of your account, the login cookies are deleted.

When you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is stored in your browser. This cookie does not contain any personal data and only refers to the post ID of the article you have just edited. The cookie expires after one day.

Further cookies, which are used on this site, can be found in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy under the respective topics. (e.g. Google Analytics, etc.)

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies. You can avoid this by changing the settings of your browser. You can remove cookies stored on your PC at any time by deleting the temporary Internet files. In addition, there is an option to disable the use of cookies in your browser.

Here you can find the instructions on how to delete or disable cookies for Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla.

Disabling cookies may prevent you from using all the features of our website.

2. comments

When you post comments on this website, we collect the data displayed in the comment form, in addition to your IP address and the user agent string (this identifies the browser) to help detect spam.

3. media

If you are a registered user and upload photos to this website, you should avoid uploading photos with an EXIF GPS location. Visitors to this website could download photos stored on this website and extract their location information.

4. contact forms

If you contact us using the contact options offered, your information will be stored indefinitely so that we can use it to process and respond to your request and in the event of follow-up questions. Without your consent, this data will not be disclosed to third parties.

5. embedded content from other websites

Posts on this website may contain embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor had visited the other website.

These websites may collect information about you, use cookies, embed additional third party tracking services, and record your interaction with this embedded content, including your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged into this website.

6. google fonts

We integrate the fonts (“Google Fonts”) of the provider Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

7. validity of the privacy policy

We reserve the right to adjust this statement at any time. In each case, the version published on this Internet site applies.

Last updated September 2022