Privacy Policy

Our transparent handling of personal data is of utmost importance to us. This privacy policy provides information about which personal data we collect, for what purposes, and to whom we disclose it. We review and update this policy regularly to ensure maximum transparency.

Responsible Party

The responsible party under Swiss data protection law is:

Gina Obrist
Industriegasse 10
2502 Biel
E-mail: info@ginaobrist.com

How We Collect Personal Data

We collect information about our users when they use our website or services, including certain actions on the website.

Directly

when you use our services.
when you correspond with us electronically.
when you browse our website, fill out a form, subscribe to our newsletter, make an inquiry, or otherwise interact with us.

Indirectly

through public sources; from public registers (e.g., commercial registers), news articles, and internet research.
from third parties such as social media and third-party cookies.

What Data We Collect

When you visit our website, certain data is automatically stored on our servers or on servers of services and products that we obtain and/or have installed, for purposes of system administration, statistical analysis, security, or tracking purposes. This includes:

the name of your internet service provider;
your IP address (if applicable);
the version of your browser software;
the operating system of the computer used to access the URL;
the date and time of access;
the website from which you visit the URL;
the search terms you used to find the URL.

Contact Information

You have the opportunity to contact us via e-mail or phone. When you contact us, the following data is processed:

Inquiry data (e.g., details of your inquiry and related communication)
Contact details (e.g., name, address, e-mail addresses, phone numbers)
Contract data (e.g., account numbers, invoices, ordered products)
Application data (e.g., details of your application and related communication)

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are data records that are stored on your device’s operating system via your browser when you visit our website. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses.

Most of the cookies we use are “session cookies,” which are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit. This enables us to save certain settings (e.g., language settings or location information) so that you do not have to re-enter them each time you visit the website.

How to Prevent Data Collection via Cookies

Cookies are stored on your device. You have full control over the use of cookies. You can delete them completely or disable or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing your browser settings. If cookies are disabled for our website, some functions of the website may not be fully usable.

Purposes for Which We Collect Your Data

We process your data for the following purposes:

Provision of the website
General communication with you
Evaluation of usage statistics
Improvement and development of our services
Analysis and optimization of website usage
Security purposes
Compliance with legal or regulatory requirements.

Disclosure of Data to Third Parties

For the above purposes, we also transmit your data to service providers such as IT providers, payment providers, or providers of tools mentioned below that we use. In addition, we transmit data to authorities if we are legally required to do so.

Data Disclosure Abroad

In connection with the transfer of data to third parties, it is possible that your data will not only be processed in Switzerland. If the legal data protection in the relevant recipient country does not correspond to the data protection level of Switzerland, we ensure through appropriate measures that a transfer is permissible, e.g., by concluding the standard contractual clauses of the European Union or another legally provided possibility, e.g., fulfilling a contractual obligation to you or obtaining your consent.

Duration of Data Processing

In general, data is deleted as soon as the purpose is fulfilled and no legal retention periods exist.

Data Security

We employ technical and organizational security measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, loss, or manipulation.

Your Rights

You have the following data protection rights. To exercise these rights, you can contact the address above or send an email to info@ginaobrist.com. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

Right to Information: You have the right to request a copy of your personal data, which we will provide to you electronically.
Right to Rectification: You have the right to ask us to correct our records if you believe they contain incorrect or incomplete information about you.
Right to Withdraw Consent: If you have consented to the processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent for future processing. This also applies if you wish to unsubscribe from marketing communications. Once we receive notice that you have withdrawn your consent, we will no longer process your data for the purpose(s) to which you initially consented, unless there is another legal basis for the processing. To stop receiving emails from us, click the “Unsubscribe” link in the email you received, or contact us at [your email address].
Right to Erasure: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data if it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or if it has been unlawfully processed.
Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data if you believe the data is incorrect, the processing is unlawful, or we no longer need the data for the original purpose, but we cannot delete it due to a legal obligation, or because you do not wish us to delete it.
Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer your personal data in a standard format such as Excel to another data controller, provided it is data that you have provided to us and we process it based on your consent or to fulfill our contractual obligations.
Right to Object to Processing: If the legal basis for processing your personal data is our legitimate interest, you have the right to object to this processing on grounds relating to your particular situation. We will comply with your request unless we have a compelling legal basis for the processing that outweighs your interests or we need to continue processing the data to exercise or defend a legal claim.
Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates data protection law. You have the right to contact the competent supervisory authority – in Switzerland, the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner, Feldeggweg 1, CH – 3003 Bern, info@edoeb.admin.ch.

Which Services/Tools We Use

Google

Our website uses services from Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 4, D04 V4X7, Ireland, including Google Fonts and Google Maps. Please read the following information carefully to understand how your data is processed when using these services.

Google Fonts

To provide an attractive display of our website, we use Google Fonts. When loading our website, your web browser connects to Google’s servers. Through this connection, Google receives information that your IP address has accessed our website. The use of Google Fonts is subject to Google’s privacy policy, which you can find at Google’s Privacy Policy.

Google Maps

To integrate Google Maps on our website, your web browser must connect to Google’s servers. This allows Google to receive information that your IP address has accessed our website. For more information on how Google processes data, please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time. Please regularly review the current content of the privacy policy.