GDPR

GDPR Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy was last updated on September 2nd, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Accountbedeutet ein einzigartiges Konto, das für Sie erstellt wurde, um auf unseren Service oder Teile unseres Service zuzugreifen.
  • Company(referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to GALERiE HELVETiA
    Für die Zwecke der DSGVO ist das Unternehmen der Datenverantwortliche.
  • Countryrefers to Switzerland.
  • Cookiesare small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
  • "Data Controller", for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.
  • Devicemeans any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cell phone or a digital tablet.
  • "Personal Data"is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
    Für die Zwecke der DSGVO bedeutet personenbezogene Daten alle Informationen, die sich auf Sie beziehen, wie z. B. ein Name, eine Identifikationsnummer, Standortdaten, Online-Kennungen oder auf einen oder mehrere Faktoren, die spezifisch für die physische, physiologische, genetische, mentale, wirtschaftliche, kulturelle oder soziale Identität sind.
  • Servicerefers to the Website.
  • "Service Provider"means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
    For the purpose of the GDPR, Service Providers are considered Data Processors.
  • Usage Databezieht sich auf automatisch gesammelte Daten, die entweder durch die Nutzung des Dienstes oder durch die Dienstinfrastruktur selbst erzeugt werden (zum Beispiel die Dauer eines Seitenbesuchs).
  • Websiterefers to GALERiE HELVETiA, accessible from www.galeriehelvetia.ch.
  • Youmeans the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
    Under GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), You can be referred to as the Data Subject or as the User as you are the individual using the Service.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
  • Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies.A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
  • Web Beacons.Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies können "persistente" oder "Session"-Cookies sein. Persistente Cookies bleiben auf Ihrem persönlichen Computer oder mobilen Gerät, wenn Sie offline gehen, während Session-Cookies gelöscht werden, sobald Sie Ihren Webbrowser schließen.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

  • Notwendige / Essenzielle Cookies
    Type: Session Cookies
    Verwaltet von: Uns
    Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
  • Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
    Type: Persistent Cookies
    Administered by: Us
    Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
  • Functionality Cookies
    Type: Persistent Cookies
    Verwaltet von: Uns
    Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.
  • Tracking and Performance Cookies
    Type: Persistent Cookies
    Administered by: Third-Parties
    Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features or new functionality of the Website to see how our users react to them.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
  • To manage Your Account:to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
  • Für die Erfüllung eines Vertrags:the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
  • To contact You:Um Sie per E-Mail, Telefonanrufen, SMS oder anderen gleichwertigen Formen der elektronischen Kommunikation zu kontaktieren, wie z. B. Push-Benachrichtigungen einer mobilen Anwendung bezüglich Updates oder informativer Mitteilungen im Zusammenhang mit den Funktionen, Produkten oder vertraglich vereinbarten Dienstleistungen, einschließlich Sicherheitsupdates, wenn dies für deren Umsetzung notwendig oder angemessen ist.
  • To provide Youwith news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
  • To manage Your requests:To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
  • Für Unternehmensübernahmen:We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • Mit Dienstleistern:We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, for payment processing, to contact You.
  • Für Betriebsübergänge:We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
  • With Affiliates:Wir können Ihre Informationen mit unseren verbundenen Unternehmen teilen, in diesem Fall werden wir von diesen verbundenen Unternehmen verlangen, dass sie diese Datenschutzrichtlinie einhalten. Zu den verbundenen Unternehmen gehören unsere Muttergesellschaft sowie alle anderen Tochtergesellschaften, Joint-Venture-Partner oder andere Unternehmen, die wir kontrollieren oder die unter gemeinsamer Kontrolle mit uns stehen.
  • Mit Geschäftspartnern:We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
  • Mit anderen Benutzern:Wenn Sie persönliche Informationen teilen oder anderweitig in den öffentlichen Bereichen mit anderen Nutzern interagieren, können diese Informationen von allen Nutzern eingesehen und möglicherweise öffentlich außerhalb verbreitet werden.
  • With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Ihre Informationen, einschließlich personenbezogener Daten, werden in den Betriebsbüros des Unternehmens und an allen anderen Orten verarbeitet, an denen die an der Verarbeitung beteiligten Parteien ansässig sind. Das bedeutet, dass diese Informationen auf Computer übertragen und dort gespeichert werden können, die sich außerhalb Ihres Bundesstaates, Ihrer Provinz, Ihres Landes oder einer anderen staatlichen Gerichtsbarkeit befinden, in der die Datenschutzgesetze von denen Ihrer Gerichtsbarkeit abweichen können.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

Die Gesellschaft kann Ihre personenbezogenen Daten in gutem Glauben offenlegen, wenn sie der Ansicht ist, dass eine solche Maßnahme notwendig ist, um:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

The Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

Email Marketing

We may use Your Personal Data to contact You with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to You. You may opt-out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from Us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email We send or by contacting Us.

GDPR Privacy

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR

We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:

  • Consent:You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
  • Leistung eines Vertrags:Die Bereitstellung personenbezogener Daten ist für die Erfüllung eines Vertrags mit Ihnen und/oder für etwaige vorvertragliche Verpflichtungen erforderlich.
  • Legal obligations:Die Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten ist zur Erfüllung einer rechtlichen Verpflichtung erforderlich, der das Unternehmen unterliegt.
  • Vital interests:Processing Personal Data is necessary in order to protect Your vital interests or of another natural person.
  • Public interests:Die Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten steht im Zusammenhang mit einer Aufgabe, die im öffentlichen Interesse liegt oder in Ausübung öffentlicher Gewalt erfolgt, die dem Unternehmen übertragen wurde.
  • Legitimate interests:Die Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten ist für die Zwecke der berechtigten Interessen des Unternehmens erforderlich.

In any case, the Company will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

Your Rights under the GDPR

The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights.

You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:

  • Request access to Your Personal Data.Das Recht auf Zugriff, Aktualisierung oder Löschung der Informationen, die wir über Sie haben. Soweit möglich, können Sie direkt in den Einstellungen Ihres Kontos auf Ihre personenbezogenen Daten zugreifen, diese aktualisieren oder deren Löschung beantragen. Wenn Sie diese Aktionen nicht selbst durchführen können, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte, damit wir Ihnen helfen können. Dies ermöglicht Ihnen auch, eine Kopie der personenbezogenen Daten zu erhalten, die wir über Sie gespeichert haben.
  • Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You.You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you corrected.
  • Object to processing of Your Personal Data.This right exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for Our processing and there is something about Your particular situation, which makes You want to object to our processing of Your Personal Data on this ground. You also have the right to object where We are processing Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
  • Request erasure of Your Personal Data.You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it.
  • Request the transfer of Your Personal Data.We will provide to You, or to a third party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information which You initially provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform a contract with You.
  • Widerrufen Sie Ihre Einwilligung.You have the right to withdraw Your consent to the use of Your Personal Data. If You withdraw Your consent, We may not be able to provide You with access to certain specific functionalities of the Service.

Exercising of Your GDPR Data Protection Rights

Sie können Ihre Rechte auf Auskunft, Berichtigung, Löschung und Widerspruch ausüben, indem Sie uns kontaktieren. Bitte beachten Sie, dass wir Sie möglicherweise auffordern, Ihre Identität zu verifizieren, bevor wir auf solche Anfragen reagieren. Wenn Sie eine Anfrage stellen, werden wir unser Bestes tun, um Ihnen so schnell wie möglich zu antworten.

Sie haben das Recht, sich bei einer Datenschutzbehörde über unsere Erhebung und Verwendung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten zu beschweren. Für weitere Informationen wenden Sie sich bitte, wenn Sie sich im Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum (EWR) befinden, an Ihre örtliche Datenschutzbehörde im EWR.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

Wir haben keine Kontrolle über und übernehmen keine Verantwortung für die Inhalte, Datenschutzrichtlinien oder Praktiken von Websites oder Diensten Dritter.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us: