Privacy policy

Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the data protection provisions of the Confederation (Data Protection Act, DPA), every person has the right to protection of their privacy as well as protection against misuse of their personal data. The operators of these pages take 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 data protection declaration.

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

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

When you post a comment on our website, you consent to your name, email address and website being stored in cookies. This is a convenience feature so that you do not have to re-enter this information when you post another comment. 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 whether 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 cookies for display options after one year. If you select “Stay logged in” when you register, your registration will be maintained for a fortnight. 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 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. There is also the option of deactivating the use of cookies in your browser.

Here you will find the instructions for deleting or deactivating cookies for Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla.

Deactivating cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of our website.

2. Comments

When you post comments on this website, we collect the data displayed in the comment form, as well as your IP address and 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 details will be stored indefinitely so that they can be accessed for processing and answering your enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent.

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.

5.1 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.

6. Online Shop

We collect information about you during the ordering process in our shop.

6.1 What data we collect and store

While you visit our online shop, we record the following:

  • Viewed products: Here we show you products that you have recently viewed.
  • Location, IP address and browser type: we use this for purposes such as estimating taxes and shipping costs
  • Shipping address: We will ask you to provide this, for example, so that we can determine the shipping costs before you place an order and send it to you.

We also use cookies to track the contents of your shopping cart while you are visiting our website.

When you shop with us, we will ask you to provide information such as your name, billing and shipping address, email address and phone number, credit card details/payment details, and optional account information such as username and password. We use this information for the following purposes:

  • Sending information about your account and your order
  • Responding to your enquiries, including refunds and complaints
  • Processing of payment transactions and prevention of fraud
  • To set up your account for our shop
  • Compliance with all legal obligations, for example tax calculation
  • Improve our shop offers
  • Send marketing messages when you want to receive them

When you create an account with us, we store your name, address, email address and telephone number. This information will be used to fill in the payment information for future orders.

We usually retain information about you for as long as we need and are required to retain it for the purpose for which it was collected and used. For example, we store order information for 2 years for tax and billing reasons. This includes your name, email address and billing and shipping address. User accounts that have not been active for more than 4 years will also be deleted.

We also store comments or reviews if you choose to leave them.

6.2 Who from our team has access

Members of our team have access to the information you provide. For example, both administrators and shop managers can access the following:

  • Order information such as products purchased, the time of purchase as well as the shipping address and
  • customer information such as your name, email address, and billing and shipping information.

Our team members have access to this information to process orders, make refunds and assist you.

6.3 Sharing data with third parties

We share information with third parties that help us provide our orders and services to you. For example: saldia AG (payment gateway provider), Payrexx (payment gateway operator), webage klg (web agency), Swiss Post (shipping provider)

6.3.1 Payments

We accept payments with Mastercard, Visacard, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Twint. To offer these payment options, we work together with the payment gateway provider saldia AG and the payment gateway operator Payrexx. During payment processing, some of your data will be passed on to saldia AG and Payrexx. Only information necessary for the processing or execution of the payment, such as the total purchase price and payment information, is disclosed.

Payrexx will in turn share this data with the listed payment providers. Detailed information can be found in the Order Data Agreement with Payrexx.

7. Validity of the privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this declaration at any time. The version published on this website shall apply in each case.

Last updated June 2021