Privacy policy

We are pleased to inform you about the processing of personal data when using our website. We are available to answer any questions you may have at any time; we will provide you with the necessary information within the scope of our legal obligations under the Data Protection Act (DSG). Our privacy policy is based on the data protection law applicable from September 01, 2023. Our offer is aimed at interested parties, users and customers in Switzerland.

I. This website is provided by:

Collaboration Design GmbH (Daniel Stoller-Schai), Collaboration Design GmbH, Hüttenstrasse 48, 8334 Bäretswil

II. to explain the terms, we reproduce Art. 5 DSG below:

a. Personal data: all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person;

b. data subject: natural person about whom personal data is processed;

c. personal data requiring special protection:

  1. Data on religious, ideological, political or trade union views or activities,
  2. Data relating to health, privacy or racial or ethnic origin,
  3. genetic data,
  4. biometric data that uniquely identifies a natural person,
  5. Data on administrative and criminal prosecutions or sanctions,
  6. Data on social assistance measures;

d. Processing: any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, in particular the collection, storage, retention, use, modification, disclosure, archiving, deletion or destruction of data;

e. Disclosure: the transmission or making available of personal data;

f. Profiling: any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or movements;

g. High-risk profiling: Profiling that entails a high risk to the personality or fundamental rights of the data subject by linking data that allows an assessment of significant aspects of a natural person’s personality;

h. Data security breach: a breach of security that results in personal data being unintentionally or unlawfully lost, deleted, destroyed or altered, or disclosed or made accessible to unauthorized persons;

i. Federal body: authority or office of the Confederation or person entrusted with public tasks of the Confederation;

j. Controller: a private individual or federal body which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing;

k. Processor: private person or federal body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

III. Purpose of processing

Your data will be processed for the following purposes:

  1. Use of our website and use of cookies to ensure the basic functionality of the website
  2. Contacting and communicating with you
  3. Implementation of our courses, events and functions
  4. Implementation of marketing and information about our offer
  5. Compliance with legal and official requirements or obligations, insofar as we are obliged to do so.

IV. Category of recipients

  1. Webmaster/Web agency
  2. Service provider of the website (Hostpoint, Switzerland)
  3. Course and event service providers, insofar as these are used
  4. Employees

V. Data transmission

Your data will be processed in Switzerland or in the EU, which guarantees a level of data protection appropriate to Switzerland.

VI. Data security, cookies and analysis tools

Data security: We use the widespread SSL (Secure Socket Layer) method in conjunction with the encryption level supported by your browser for website visits. You can tell whether the page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the status bar of your browser.

Use of cookies: Cookies are text files to ensure the use of the website, to improve the website or to track the use of the website (so-called “tracking technology”). Some cookies are only stored for the duration of the visit to the website (so-called “session cookies”). Other cookies are stored for longer and are only deleted after a specified time, e.g. to recognize returning users, to analyze user behavior or visit patterns or to improve website functionality for all users.

You can usually set which cookies you want to allow in your browser settings. If all cookies are rejected (“functional cookies”), your visit to our website may be restricted or unavailable. You can find help on cookie management for common browsers here:

Use of analysis tools: We do not use any analysis tools on our website to analyze user behavior.

Integration of social media services: We do not use any social media services on our website.

Integration of external online services: We do not use any external online services (e.g. map services) on our website.

VII. Your rights, changes to the privacy policy

Your rights, including to information and rectification, are governed by the statutory provisions of the DSG.

We have endeavored to provide the legally required and legally required information in the privacy policy. We reserve the right to change and adapt the privacy policy at any time. The privacy policy is not part of a contract with you.