Michael Bachmann

Data protection regulations

Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the data protection provisions of the Swiss Confederation (Data Protection Act, DSG), every person is entitled to protection of their privacy and protection against misuse of their personal data. We comply with these provisions. Personal data is treated as strictly confidential and is neither sold nor passed on to third parties.

Server log files

Every time this website is accessed and every time files are retrieved, certain technical data is recorded. These contain information such as IP addresses, date and time, protocol information such as protocol type, version, the desired action, status codes or details of the transferred data (e.g. the size of a question or an answer), error messages. This information is used, among other things, to track and solve technical problems, to find human-induced errors, to defend against attacks on our infrastructure, to support post-mortem analyses of hacked customer websites or to compile visitor statistics for the website. The data remains on our systems until it is no longer required for operational purposes and the legally or contractually stipulated periods have expired, after which it is automatically deleted. For most data, this is a maximum of six months).

Cookies

This website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored permanently or temporarily on your computer when you visit this website. The purpose of cookies is in particular to analyse the use of this website for statistical evaluation and for continuous improvements. You can deactivate cookies completely or partially in your browser settings at any time. If cookies are deactivated, you may no longer be able to use all the functions of this website.

Google Analytics

Our website uses Google Analytics. This is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc (“Google”). It also uses “cookies”, which enable us to analyse the use of our website. The information generated by Google Analytics with the help of cookies about the use of the website – including the anonymised IP address – is transmitted to a Google Inc. server in the USA. Anonymisation is carried out by removing the last eight bits of the IP address, which means that it is no longer possible to clearly assign the data collected to a specific IP address.