Privacy Policy
1. INTRODUCTION
When you access our website, you may provide us with certain data, including your first and last name (natural person), your company name (legal entity), your residential or mailing address, your office address, your email address, your profession and professional status (employee or self-employed), your position within your company, your age and gender, as well as the IP address from which you connected to the Internet.
These data and their processing are protected by the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act of June 19, 1992 (DPA) and, where applicable, by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into effect on May 25, 2018.
Data protection is a top priority for us. This privacy statement is intended to help you understand how we may use the data you provide to us as a user of our website.
2. LEGAL BASIS
This privacy policy is based on the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act (DPA) and the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into effect on May 25, 2018.
3. UPDATE
Our privacy policy may require periodic updates, particularly due to changes in the regulatory framework regarding data protection. We encourage you to check this page regularly to ensure you have read the latest version.
Last updated: February 2025
4. OUR WEBSITE
https://www.kreuz-post.ch/
5. DEFINITIONS
Personal Data
Any information related to an identified or identifiable natural person (data subject). This includes, in particular, name, first name, address, email, phone number, etc.
CMS
CMS stands for Content Management System. It allows the management of content displayed on a website.
Consent
Consent refers to any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of a person’s wishes by which they, by a statement or a clear affirmative action, agree to the processing of their personal data.
Cookies
A cookie is a text file that the website you visit stores on the hard drive or in the browser memory of the computer you use to access the Internet.
Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)
A DPIA is a detailed study aimed at identifying potential risks that a personal data processing operation may have on an individual’s privacy.
Purpose of Processing
The purpose of processing is the reason why data is collected.
Plugins
A plugin is a software program designed to add functionalities to another software (host software). Example: social media buttons.
Data Subject
Any natural person whose personal data is processed.
Data Controller
The data controller is the natural or legal person who determines, alone or jointly, the purposes and means of the data processing.
Processor
The processor is any natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the data controller.
Tag
HTML tags are fundamental elements of a web page’s HTML coding. They allow content formatting and structuring.
Processing
Any operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether automated or not (collection, recording, organization, storage, modification, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure, etc.).
6. PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA
We only process the data that you choose to provide and for which you have given explicit consent.
Contact Form
Through our website, you can fill out a contact form. The following personal data are requested:
Name
First name
Country
Address
Phone number
You also have the option to write a message related to your contact request. We recommend keeping your message brief and avoiding the inclusion of sensitive personal information.
Newsletter
You can also choose to receive our newsletter by selecting the corresponding option. A confirmation email will be sent to you, clearly specifying the purposes of processing your personal data, which you can accept or decline selectively.
If you are subscribed to our newsletter and no longer wish to receive it, you can unsubscribe by clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of the newsletter.
7. PURPOSES OF PROCESSING
We process your data solely to best meet your expectations. Two main purposes can be distinguished:
Operational Purposes
Responding to contact or information requests
Preparing and providing an offer
Marketing Purposes
Sending newsletters
Sending commercial offers
8. RETENTION PERIOD OF PERSONAL DATA
Your data is stored in our systems for as long as necessary to fulfill the intended processing. Once this processing is completed, the data is archived and anonymized or deleted.
9. TRANSFER OF YOUR DATA
To process your data and maintain our IT systems, we work with service providers based in Switzerland and abroad.
When our providers' servers are located abroad, we ensure that they are in a country whose data protection legislation is equivalent to that of the DPA and GDPR.
10. DATA PROTECTION MEASURES
We strive to maintain a high level of security by implementing appropriate organizational and technical measures.
11. COOKIES & PLUGINS
Our website uses plugins and cookies that automatically store certain information. Their use is intended to enhance usability and improve the user experience.
12. YOUR RIGHTS
Right to information: You have the right to be informed about your personal data and its processing.
Right of access: You can request access to your data at any time.
Right to rectification: You can request the correction or update of your data.
Right to data erasure ("right to be forgotten") in accordance with the GDPR.
Right to restriction of processing.
Right to data portability.
Right to object to data processing.
Right not to be subject to automated decision-making.
13. CONTACT FOR EXERCISING YOUR RIGHTS
You can exercise your rights or request information by contacting us via email at info@kreuz-post.ch or by mail at the following address:
Dorfstrasse 85, 3818 Grindelwald
Data Controller: Family Martin & Helena Konzett