Only what we need.
This statement describes what data clypeus.ch collects, what we process it for, who receives it, and how long we keep it. It follows the revised Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (revDSG, in force since 1 September 2023).
Function: the form prepares an email in your own email program — it transmits no data to our server. We only receive the enquiry when you send the email from your own program. What happens next is described in the next block. Server-side storage of form input does not occur at any point.
Purpose: handling your matter.
Legal basis: legitimate interest / pre-contractual communication (Art. 31 para. 1 and para. 2 lit. a revDSG). Email is not end-to-end encrypted. For sensitive content please use Threema, Signal, or arrange a PGP key.
Purpose: operational security, defence against and analysis of attacks, technical stability.
Legal basis: legitimate interest (Art. 31 para. 1 revDSG). Logs are created automatically by our host and deleted after a short retention period (see retention).
clypeus-theme in your browser's localStorage, with the value dark or light.Purpose: restoring your theme choice on your next visit. Stored exclusively in your browser, never transmitted to us, contains no personal data, and can be deleted at any time via your browser settings.
What we do not collect: profiling or tracking data, location data, biometric data, particularly sensitive personal data within the meaning of Art. 5 lit. c revDSG. We do not deploy advertising pixels, social plugins, or cross-site trackers.
brawua.goatcounter.com, hosted in Germany (EU). Details in section v.
Aggregated page-view data without personal identification, IP addresses not retained.
clypeus-theme) stores your theme choice locally in your browser. No transmission to us, no personal reference.
You can delete or block the storage at any time via your browser settings without losing functionality.
GoatCounter is active — an open-source, cookie-less analytics tool with no personal reference. It counts page views and referrer origins, records browser and OS family as well as rough language and region — but sets no cookies, builds no profiles, and performs no fingerprinting. IP addresses are only briefly processed to avoid duplicate counts and are not retained thereafter.
The aggregated statistics sit with GoatCounter (hosted in
Germany, EU) under the account brawua.goatcounter.com.
The measurement script is served from gc.zgo.at. The
provider's privacy statement is available at
goatcounter.com/help/gdpr.
Legal basis: legitimate interest in a privacy-friendly reach measurement (Art. 31 para. 1 revDSG). The processing does not measurably impair personal rights due to its aggregated, cookie-less nature.
What we do not deploy: cookies, heatmaps, A/B testing, session recording, advertising pixels, cross-site tracking, social plugins.
- Right of access to the data stored about you, the purpose of processing, the recipients, and the planned retention period (Art. 25 revDSG).
- Rectification of inaccurate data (Art. 32 para. 1 revDSG).
- Erasure or destruction, unless a statutory retention duty applies (Art. 32 para. 2 lit. c revDSG).
- Objection to a data processing where overriding interests warranting protection are violated (Art. 30 para. 2 lit. b revDSG).
- Data portability in a common electronic format (Art. 28 revDSG).
- Withdrawal of consent at any time with effect for the future, where processing is based on consent (Art. 6 para. 7 revDSG).
- Complaint to the supervisory authority with the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC / EDÖB).
We usually do not require identity verification beyond confirming the contacting email address. For enquiries that appear doubtful, we reserve the right to request further plausibility checks — exclusively to protect the data subject against unauthorised data disclosure.
Material changes are flagged with a new status date at the top of the page. Where changes touch the rights of users — new recipients, new processing purposes, or a new analytics tool — we will additionally inform you actively, where we can reach you.
We keep an archived version of earlier states internally and make it available on request.