Privacy Protection
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Responsible person for the data:
Katia Thiel
2074 Marin
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Legal Notice and Privacy Policy:
1 General / Introduction
The following privacy policy informs users about the type, scope, and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by the responsible provider on this website.
According to Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and in particular the federal data protection regulations (New Data Protection Act, DPA), every person has the right to protection of their privacy and protection from misuse of their personal data. The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.
In collaboration with our hosting providers, we strive to protect the databases as best as possible from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or falsification through technical and organizational measures.
2 Personal Data
2.1 What is personal data?
According to Article 5 of the Swiss Data Protection Act, which has been in effect since September 2023, personal data refers to all information that relates to a specific or identifiable natural person.
In addition, Article 5, paragraph c, lists particularly sensitive personal data, such as information about religious, philosophical, political, or trade union views or activities, health, intimacy, racial or ethnic origin, genetic and biometric data, and information about social welfare measures or administrative or criminal prosecution or sanctions.
2.2 What personal data do we collect and why?
In this privacy policy, we describe which types of personal data we collect, why we store it, and how we use it within the scope of the services offered by our website. We strictly adhere to the applicable data protection laws. Personal data includes all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural or legal person. The Swiss Data Protection Act distinguishes between general personal data and particularly sensitive personal data.
2.2.1 Personal Data Required for the Provision of Our Website
It is possible to visit our website and use the information contained on it without disclosing your identity. If you only visit our website without using other services such as forms or the online shop, we do not collect direct personal data but only technical data. These technical data are necessary for the smooth operation of our website.
The following data is logged on the web servers: the IP address used to access our website and the operating system, date and time of use, the last website visited in the same browser session, and the browser used. Insofar as we process indirect technical data such as your IP address, the type of your web browser, or your operating system, we do so proportionally and based on our overriding legitimate interest for the following reasons:
- Ensuring a trouble-free connection to the website.
- Ensuring comfortable use of our website.
- Statistical information about the website visit, in order to optimize the relevance of the information.
- Assessing the system security and stability.
- For other administrative purposes.
This data is not used to draw conclusions about you. Information of this kind is solely evaluated for statistical purposes in order to optimize our online offering and the underlying technology.
2.2.2 Personal Data Processed for Providing Services
In principle, we do not store particularly sensitive personal data as defined by Article 5 paragraph c of the Data Protection Act.
The personal data that may be processed mainly concerns information that you provide to us directly or indirectly.
Here are some examples where we may collect your personal data:
- If you contact us via the contact form or by email.
- If you use other services on the website, which we can only provide with knowledge of your personal data.
The processing of personal data is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you, to safeguard our economic interests, to respond appropriately to your inquiries, and to fulfill your wish to receive our newsletter, for which you may have registered.
a) Contact Form
When using the contact form, we generally require at least your first and last name, place of residence, and email address in order to process your inquiry.
These personal data will not be shared with third parties.
b) Newsletter
If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we need your email address and information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected. We use this data solely for sending the requested information and do not share it with third parties.
After you consent to the storage of the data, email address, and its use for newsletter distribution, you can revoke this consent at any time, e.g., via the "unsubscribe link" in the newsletter or by directly contacting us.
The email address you provide will not be shared with third parties.
2.3 Retention Period of Personal Data
Messages submitted via the contact form, by email, or by mail will be retained for one year, at least until the matter addressed in the message is resolved. Otherwise, we adhere to the statutory retention periods; in particular, we are legally required to retain patient records for 10 years.
2.4 Rights of Affected Persons
According to Article 25 of the Swiss Data Protection Act, any person may request from the responsible person for the website whether personal data about them is being processed. The affected person will receive the necessary information to assert their rights under this law and ensure transparency in data processing.
Affected persons can restrict, correct, delete, block, or supplement the processing of their personal data. Furthermore, any consent granted can be revoked at any time with effect for the future, and the processing of their personal data can be objected to at any time.
There may be certain exceptions to this right:
In particular, for the fulfillment of a contract, to safeguard our legitimate interests, such as asserting, exercising, or defending legal claims, or to fulfill legal obligations, your data may need to be processed and stored despite objection. As far as the law allows, data protection requests, such as data deletion, may therefore be rejected or only answered to a limited extent.
3 Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are transferred to your hard drive by a web server. They are necessary to personalize the display of the website, especially when using the online shop. Cookies cannot launch programs or transfer viruses to a computer. The information contained in cookies allows us to facilitate navigation, correctly display our webpages, and enable you to order items from the online shop.
The data we collect via cookies will never be shared with third parties.
We distinguish between "functional cookies", "analytics cookies", and "marketing cookies".
3.1 Technical or Functional Cookies
These cookies ensure the proper functioning of certain parts of our website and allow the storage of your user preferences. By setting functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you don't have to enter the same information multiple times when visiting our site. We can set these cookies without your consent, as they are necessary for the operation of the website and are usually deleted at the end of the session (session cookies).
With the exception of session cookies, which are necessary for the normal operation of a website, no other cookies are used on this website. Session cookies are deleted at the end of the website visit or when the order process is completed.
3.2 Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies are used to obtain information about the use of our website. This allows us to identify areas for improvement.
We will ask for your permission to set analytics cookies.
This website does not use any analytics cookies.
3.3 Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies collect information about the websites visited by users. This data is used to display personalized advertising that matches users' interests.
This website does not use any marketing cookies.
In principle, you can visit our website without cookies. However, internet browsers are generally set to accept cookies. In most modern browsers, you can disable the use of cookies at any time through the settings. If you wish to do so, please use the help functions of your internet browser to learn how to change these settings. Please note, however, that some features of our website may not work properly if you disable all cookies.
4 Embedded Third-Party Services
We do not use any embedded services that are automatically called when you visit the website.
5 Data Security
All files on this website and all stored personal data are kept on highly secure servers in the EU or Switzerland. The operators of these servers have committed in writing to comply with all security standards for data storage and to protect the data from unauthorized access.
The data transmitted during a visit to this website is encrypted with the widely used and secure TLS standard encryption (Transport Layer Security). Therefore, it is highly unlikely that third parties will be able to access the personal data you provide. However, we must point out that data transmission over the internet (e.g., when communicating by email, which is usually unencrypted) may have security vulnerabilities. Despite all efforts, complete protection of data from third-party access is not possible, but the chosen security level can be considered high.
6 Copyright
The copyright and all other rights to content, images, photos, or other files on the website belong exclusively to the operator of this website or the named rights holders. Reproduction of all files requires prior written consent from the copyright holders.
Anyone who violates copyright without the consent of the respective rights holders is committing a criminal offense and may be subject to compensation claims.
7 Disclaimer
All information on our website has been carefully checked. We strive to ensure that the information we provide is up-to-date, correct, and complete. However, the presence of errors cannot be completely excluded, and therefore we cannot guarantee the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of the information, including journalistic-editorial content. Liability claims for material or immaterial damages caused by the use or non-use of the provided information or by the use of incorrect and incomplete information are generally excluded.
The publisher may change or delete texts at their discretion and without prior notice and is not obliged to keep the content of this website up to date.
The use of this website or access to it is at the user's own risk. The publisher, their customers, or partners are not liable for damages, such as direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, allegedly caused by visiting this website, and therefore do not accept liability for such damages.
The publisher also takes no responsibility for the content and availability of third-party websites that are accessible via external links from this website. The content of the linked pages is the sole responsibility of their operators. The publisher explicitly distances themselves from all external content that could be legally or ethically problematic.
8 Severability Clause
If individual provisions of this contract are invalid or unenforceable, or become invalid or unenforceable after the conclusion of the contract, the validity of the remaining provisions of this contract shall remain unaffected.
9 Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to adjust this privacy policy so that it always meets the current legal requirements or to reflect changes in our services, such as the introduction of new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.
10 Translations of this Privacy Policy
This privacy policy has been translated for you into this language. In case of any discrepancies or differences between the text of this translation and the original French version, the French version of our privacy policy shall be the only legally binding one.
Team Association-Avi, on 09.12.2025