Privacy Policy

Last updated on: 12.07.2024

We place great importance on transparency in the handling of personal data. This privacy policy provides information about what personal data we collect, for what purpose, and to whom we disclose it. To ensure high transparency, this privacy policy is regularly reviewed and updated.

1. Services We Use

• Google Fonts API
• Webflow
• Google Analytics

2. Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about the protection of your data by us, you can reach us anytime via email at info@robertoecclesiajr.com.

The person responsible for data processing on this website is:

Roberto Ecclesia Jr.
Greyerzstrasse 85
3013 Bern
Switzerland

Data Protection Officer:
Roberto Ecclesia Jr.
info@robertoecclesiajr.com

3. General Principles

3.1 What Data We Collect from You and From Whom WeReceive This Data

Primarily, we process personal data that you transmit to us or that we collect during the operation of our website. We may also receive personal data about you from third parties. These can include the following categories:

• Personal data (name, address, date of birth, etc.)
• Contact data (mobile number, email address, etc.)
• Financial data (e.g., account information)
• Online identifiers (e.g., cookie ID, IP addresses)
• Location and traffic data
• Audio and visual recordings
• Particularly sensitive data (e.g., biometric data or health information)

3.2 Under What Conditions Do We Process Your Data?

We treat your data confidentially and in accordance with the purposes specified in this privacy policy. We ensure transparent and proportionate processing.

If we are exceptionally unable to adhere to these principles, data processing can still be lawful if a justification is present. Justifications include:

• Your consent
• The execution of a contract or pre-contractual measures
• Our legitimate interests, provided your interests do not prevail

3.3 How Can You Withdraw Your Consent?

If you have given us consent to process your personal data for specific purposes, we process your data within this consent unless we have another justification.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by sending an email to the address provided in the imprint. Data processing that has already taken place is not affected by this.

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3.4 InWhat Cases Can We Disclose Your Data to Third Parties?

 a.General Principle

We may need to use the services of third parties or affiliated companies and commission them to process your data(so-called processors). Categories of recipients include:

  - Accounting, fiduciary, and auditing companies

  - Consulting firms (legal advice, taxes, etc.)

  - IT service providers (web hosting, support, cloud services, website design, etc.)

  - Payment service providers

  - Providers of tracking, conversion, and advertising services

We ensure that these third parties and our affiliated companies comply with data protection requirements and treat your personal data confidentially.

We may also be obligated to disclose your personal data to authorities.

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b.Visiting Our Social Media Channels

Our website may embed links to our social media channels. This is visible to you (typically through corresponding icons). Clicking on these icons will redirect you to our social media channels.

The social media providers will then learn that you accessed their platform from our website. The social media provider scan use the collected data for their own purposes. We point out that we do not receive any information about the content of the transmitted data and their use by the operators.

c.Transfer Abroad

Data processing may involve the transfer of your personal data to companies abroad. These companies are obligated to protect data to the same extent as we are. Transfers can occur worldwide.

If the level of data protection does not match that of Switzerland, we conduct a prior risk assessment and contractually ensure the same protection as in Switzerland (e.g., using the new EU Commission standard contractual clauses or other legally prescribed measures). If our risk assessment is negative, we implement additional technical measures to protect your data. You can retrieve the EU Commission standard contractual clauses at the following link:
[https://commission.europa.eu/publications/standard-contractual-clauses-controllers-and-processors-eueea_de](https://commission.europa.eu/publications/standard-contractual-clauses-controllers-and-processors-eueea_de).

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3.5 HowLong Do We Store Your Data?

We store personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which the data was collected.

Data collected during your visit to our website is stored for twelve months. An exception applies to analysis and tracking data, which may be stored longer.

We store contractual data longer due to legal requirements. Specifically, we must retain business communications, concluded contracts, and booking documents for up to 10 years. If we no longer need such data for service provision, the data is blocked and used only for accounting and tax purposes.

3.6 HowDo We Protect Your Data?

We store your data securely and take all reasonable measures to protect your data from loss, access, misuse, or alteration.

Our contractors and employees with access to your data are required to comply with data protection regulations. In some cases, we may need to forward your requests to affiliated companies. Your data will be treated confidentially in these cases as well.

On our website, we use the SSL (SecureSocket Layer) protocol in connection with the highest encryption level supported by your browser.

3.7 What Rights Do You Have?

 a. Right to Information

You can request information about the data we have stored about you at any time. Please send your request for information along with proof of identity to contact@robertoecclesiajr.com.

You also have the right to receive your data in a common file format if we process your data automatically and if:

  - You have given consent for this data processing, or

  - You disclosed data in connection with the conclusion or execution of a contract

We may limit or deny the information or data release if it conflicts with our legal obligations, legitimate own or public interests, or the interests of a third party.

Processing your request is subject to the statutory processing period of 30 days. This period may be extended due to high request volume, legal or technical reasons, or if we need further information from you. You will be informed of the extension of the period in good time, at least in text form.

b.Deletion and Correction

You can request the deletion or correction of your data at any time. We may deny the request if legal provisions require longer or unchanged retention or if an authorization basis opposes your request.

Please note that exercising your rights may conflict with contractual agreements and have corresponding impacts on contract execution (e.g., early contract termination or cost consequences).

c. LegalRecourse

If you are affected by the processing of personal data, you have the right to enforce your rights judicially or file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and InformationCommissioner: [https://www.edoeb.admin.ch](https://www.edoeb.admin.ch).

3.8 Changes to the Privacy Policy

We can change this privacy policy at anytime. The changes will be published, and you will not be separately informed.

4. IndividualData Processing Operations

 4.1 Providing the Website and Creating Log Files

 What Information Do We Receive and How Do We Use It?

By visiting our site, certain data is automatically stored on our servers or on servers of services and products we use and/or have installed, for system administration purposes, statistical or backup purposes, or for tracking purposes. This includes:

  - The name of your internet service provider

  - Your IP address (under certain circumstances)

  - The version of your browser software

  - The operating system of the computer accessing the URL

  - The date and time of access

  - The website from which you accessed theURL

  - The search terms you used to find the URL

Why Are We Allowed to Process This Data?

This data cannot be attributed to a specific person, and it is not combined with other data sources. The storage of log files is to ensure the website's functionality and to guarantee the security of our IT systems. This is our legitimate interest.

How CanYou Prevent Data Collection?

Data is stored only as long as necessary to achieve the purpose of its collection. Therefore, data is deleted after each session ends. The storage of log files is essential for operating the website, so you cannot object to it.

4.2 Google Fonts API

On our website, we use the Google Fonts API,a service provided by Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA94043, USA; "Google"), to integrate fonts. By embedding these fonts, your browser will connect to Google servers when accessing our website to download and display the fonts correctly.

Through this connection, data, especially your IP address and information about the browser you are using, may be transmitted to and stored on Google servers. These servers may be located in the USA or other countries.

If you want to prevent data transmission aspart of the Google Fonts API, you can block access to the domainfonts.googleapis.com in your browser settings. Please note that this may cause our website to not display correctly.

4.3 Webflow

We use services from Webflow on our website, a web design tool and hosting service provided by Webflow, Inc., 398 11th Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Webflow enables us to

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4.4 Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics on our website, a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site.

The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there.

Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.

The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.