Privacy Policy
1. Data protection at a glance
General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy, which is linked below.
Data Collection on this Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section “Information on the Responsible Party” in this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This could include, for example, data that you enter into a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website, either automatically or with your consent. This is primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you access this website.
What do we use your data for?
Some data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to obtain information free of charge at any time about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC, edoeb.admin.ch).
2. Hosting
We host the content of our website with the following provider:
External Hosting
This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the host’s servers. This may include, in particular, IP addresses, contact requests, metadata and communication data, contract data, contact information, names, website access data, and other data generated via a website.
External hosting is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling our contractual obligations to our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online services by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
Our host will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its contractual obligations and will comply with our instructions regarding this data.
We use the following host:
Hostpoint AG
Server location: Switzerland
3. General information and mandatory disclosures
Data Privacy
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 Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
Information on the data controller
The data controller for data processing on this website is:
Marcello Genovese
Email: m@marcello-genovese.ch
The data controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).
Storage period
Unless a more specific storage period is stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you submit a legitimate request for erasure or withdraw your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible grounds for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, the data will be deleted once these grounds no longer apply.
General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP). If processing is necessary for the performance of a contract or for taking steps at your request prior to entering into a contract, we process your data on the basis of the FADP. Further legal bases will be explained in this privacy policy, if applicable.
SSL/TLS encryption
This site uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser’s address bar changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock icon in your browser’s address bar.
When SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Your rights as a data subject
Right of access
You have the right to obtain information free of charge at any time about the personal data we have stored about you (Art. 15 GDPR).
Right to rectification
You have the right to have inaccurate data corrected or incomplete data completed (Art. 16 GDPR).
Right to erasure
You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data, provided the conditions of Art. 17 GDPR are met.
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data (Art. 18 GDPR).
Right to data portability
You have the right to receive the data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, either for yourself or for a third party, in a commonly used, machine-readable format (Art. 20 GDPR).
Right to object
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data (Art. 30 GDPR).
Right to lodge a complaint
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC, edoeb.admin.ch).
4. Data Collection on this Website
Server Log Files
The provider of this website automatically collects and stores information in server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. This information includes:
• Browser type and version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address
This data is not merged with other data sources.
The collection of this data is based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically flawless presentation and optimization of its website – the server log files must be recorded for this purpose.
Contact Form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your information from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not share this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of the GDPR if your inquiry relates to the performance of a contract or is necessary for taking steps prior to entering into a contract. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries addressed to us (Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of the GDPR), if such consent has been obtained.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to its storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your inquiry has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular, retention periods – remain unaffected.
Newsletter
If you wish to subscribe to the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you, as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected, or only on a voluntary basis. The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form is based solely on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of your data, your email address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example, via the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter.
5. Social Media
This website contains links to social networks. The corresponding social media buttons are integrated in such a way that no data is transmitted to the respective operators simply by visiting our site.
X (Twitter)
Provider: X Corp.
Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy
Instagram
Provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited
Privacy Policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/
LinkedIn
Provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company
Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy