Privacy Policy

1. Privacy at a Glance

General Information

The following information provides a concise 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. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our Privacy Policy listed below this text.

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 information in the “Information on the Responsible Party” section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected, on the one hand, when you provide it to us. This may include, for example, data that you enter into a contact form.

Additional data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website via our IT systems. This primarily includes 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.

How do we use your data?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the website functions properly. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You are entitled at any time to request information free of charge about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data, as well as to request the correction or deletion of this data. Should you have provided consent for data processing, you may revoke such consent at any time with future effect. Furthermore, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Additionally, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time regarding this matter or any other questions about data protection.

Analytics Tools and Third-Party Tools

When you visit this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This is done primarily using so-called analytics programs.

Detailed information about these analytics programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

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 servers of the host(s). This may primarily include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website visits, and other data generated via a website.

External hosting is employed to fulfill our contractual obligations toward our potential and existing customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and to ensure a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online services through a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). If consent has been obtained, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TTDSG, insofar as the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Our hosting provider(s) will process your data only to the extent necessary to fulfill its service obligations and will follow our instructions regarding this data.

We use the following hosting provider(s):

Infomaniak Network AG
Rue Eugène Marziano 25
CH-1227 Les Acacias (GE)

3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures

Data Protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

When you interact with this website, various types of personal data are collected. Personal data refers to any information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and how we use it, as well as the methods and purposes underlying such processing.

Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) may involve security vulnerabilities. It is not possible to completely protect data from access by third parties.

Information on the controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

EVENT SETTING AG DESIGN EXPERIENCE
Simon Renggli Creative Director
Gaswerkstrasse 9
8952 Schlieren-Zurich
Switzerland

Phone: +41 (0) 43 222 47 37
Email: info@event-setting.com

The 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.).

Retention Period

Unless a more specific retention period is stated in this Privacy Policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for erasure or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible grounds for storing your personal data (e.g., retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, deletion will occur 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 Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR, provided that special categories of data pursuant to Art. 9(1) GDPR are processed. In the event of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to access to information on your device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing is additionally carried out on Section 25(1) of the German Teleservices Data Protection Act (TTDSG). Consent may be revoked at any time. If your data is necessary for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation on the basis of Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR. Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. Information regarding the respective legal bases applicable in each individual case is provided in the following sections of this Privacy Policy.

Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may withdraw consent you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out prior to the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right to object to data collection in specific cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6(1)(e) OR (f) OF THE GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE processing of your personal data; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which a is based can be found in this Privacy Policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data in question, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise OR DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(1) GDPR).

If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work, or the location of the alleged violation. This right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, or to have it transmitted to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only take place to the extent that it is technically feasible.

Access, Erasure, and Rectification

Within the scope of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to receive, free of charge, information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, as well as, where applicable, the right to rectify or erase this data. You may contact us at any time regarding this matter or any other questions about personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You may contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

  • If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we generally need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
  • If the processing of your personal data was or is unlawful, you may request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
  • If we no longer require your personal data but you need it to exercise, defend, or assert legal claims, you may request the restriction of processing instead of erasure.
  • If you have lodged an objection under Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balancing of your interests against ours must be carried out. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data—apart from its storage—may only be processed with your consent or for the purpose of asserting, exercising, or defending legal claims, or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

SSL or TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or 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 An encrypted connection is indicated by the browser’s address bar changing from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock icon in the browser bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Cookies

Our platform employs “cookies,” small data packets that do not cause any damage to your device. These cookies are stored on your device either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

Cookies may originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies serve various functions. Many cookies are essential for technical reasons, as certain website features would not function without them (e.g., the shopping cart feature or the display of videos). Other cookies may be used to analyze user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Cookies that are essential for executing the electronic communication process, for delivering requested functionality (e.g., the shopping cart feature), or for optimizing the website (e.g., web traffic measurement cookies) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TTDSG); the consent may be revoked at any time.

You can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are set and to allow cookies only on a case-by-case basis, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or generally, and to enable the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are disabled, the functionality of this website may be limited.

You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website in this Privacy Policy.

Server Log Files

The provider of these pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These include:

  • browser type and browser 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 Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website—for this purpose, the server log files must be collected.

Inquiries via email, telephone, or fax

If you contact us via email, telephone, or fax, your inquiry, including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We will not disclose this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, provided that your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the efficient handling of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) provided that consent was requested; consent may be revoked at any time.

The data you send to us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request its deletion, withdraw your consent to its storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions—in particular statutory retention periods—remain unaffected.

Registration on this website

You can register on this website to use additional features on the site. We use the data entered for this purpose solely for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise, we will reject the registration.

For significant changes, such as modifications to the scope of the offering or technically necessary adjustments, we will use the email address provided during registration to inform you accordingly. The processing of the data entered during registration is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling

The data entered during registration is processed for the purpose of fulfilling the user relationship established by the registration and, if applicable, to initiate further contracts (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).

We store the data collected during registration for as long as you are registered on this website and delete it thereafter. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

5. Analytics Tools and Advertising

Matomo

This website uses the open-source web analytics service Matomo.

With the help of Matomo, we are able to collect and analyze data regarding how visitors use our website. This allows us, among other things, to determine when specific page views occurred and from which region they originate. In addition, we collect various log files (e.g., IP address, referrer, browsers and operating systems used) and can measure whether our website visitors perform certain actions (e.g., clicks, purchases, etc.).

The use of this analytics tool is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising. If consent has been obtained, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) of the German Telemedia Act (TTDSG), insofar as the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent may be revoked at any time.

IP Anonymization

We employ IP anonymization for analysis with Matomo. During this process, your IP address is truncated prior to analysis, thereby preventing its unique attribution to you.

Cookie-free analysis

We have configured Matomo so that it does not store cookies in your browser.

Hosting

We host Matomo exclusively on our own servers, ensuring that all analytics data remains with us and is not shared.

6. Newsletter

Newsletter data

To subscribe to the newsletter offered on the website, we require your email address, as well as information that enables us to verify your ownership of the provided email address and your consent to receiving the newsletter. No further data is collected, or only on a voluntary basis. To process the newsletter, we use the newsletter service provider described below.

Rapidmail

This website uses Rapidmail to send newsletters. The provider is rapidmail GmbH, Augustinerplatz 2, 79098 Freiburg i.Br., Germany.

Rapidmail is a service that can be used, among other things, to organize and analyze the sending of newsletters. The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter is stored on Rapidmail’s servers in Germany.

Data analysis by Rapidmail

For analysis purposes, emails sent via Rapidmail contain a so-called “tracking pixel,” which connects to Rapidmail’s servers when the email is opened. This allows us to determine whether a newsletter message has been opened.

Furthermore, with the help of Rapidmail, we can determine whether and which links in the newsletter message are clicked. All links within the message are tracking links that record each click. If you wish to opt out of Rapidmail’s analysis, you may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the dedicated link provided in every message.

For more information on Rapidmail’s analytics features, please visit the following link: https://de.rapidmail.wiki/kategorien/statistiken/.

Legal Basis

Data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may withdraw this consent at any time; the lawfulness of data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Retention Period

The data you have provided to us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter with us or the newsletter service provider and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe. Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.

After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your email address will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider on a blacklist, if necessary, to the extent that this is required to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist is used solely for this purpose and is not merged with other data. This serves both your interests and our interest in complying with legal requirements regarding the sending of newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Storage on the blacklist is not time-limited. You may object to the storage provided that your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

For further details, please refer to Rapidmail’s data security guidelines at: https://www.rapidmail.de/datensicherheit.

Data Processing

We have executed a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) for the utilization of the aforementioned service. This is a contract mandated by data protection legislation that ensures the service provider processes the personal data of our website visitors solely in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

7. E-commerce and Payment Providers

Processing of Customer and Contract Data

We collect, process, and use personal customer and contract data for the establishment, structuring, and modification of our contractual relationships. We collect, process, and use personal data regarding the use of this website (usage data) only to the extent necessary to enable the user to utilize the service or to invoice for it. The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

The collected customer data will be deleted upon completion of the order or termination of the business relationship and after the expiration of any applicable statutory retention periods. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Data Transfer Upon Conclusion of a Contract for Online Stores, Retailers, and Product Shipping

When you order goods from us, we pass on your personal data to the shipping company entrusted with the delivery as well as to the payment service provider responsible for payment processing. Only data necessary for the respective service provider to fulfill its task is disclosed. The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures. If you have given your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR, we will provide your email address to the shipping company entrusted with the delivery so that it can inform you via email about the shipping status of your order; you may revoke this consent at any time.

Data Transfer Upon Conclusion of a Contract for Services and Digital Content

We transfer personal data to third parties only to the extent necessary for contract fulfillment, such as to the financial institution responsible for payment processing. No further transfer of data takes place, or only if you have expressly consented to the transfer.

No further transfer of data takes place, or only if you have expressly consented to the transfer. Your data will not be disclosed to third parties without your express consent, for example for advertising purposes.

The legal basis for this data processing is Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Payment Services

We integrate third-party payment services into our website. When you make a purchase from us, your payment data (e.g., name, payment amount, bank account details, credit card number) is processed by the payment service provider for the purpose of payment processing. For these transactions, the respective contractual and privacy policies of the respective providers apply. The integration of payment service providers is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract performance) as well as on the legitimate interest in ensuring a payment process that is as smooth, efficient, and secure as possible (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). To the extent that your consent is requested for certain actions, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR serves as the legal basis for data processing; consent may be revoked at any time with future effect.