Privacy Policy
Overview
This privacy policy explains which personal data we process in connection with our website peakspirit.ch and our services, for what purposes, and what rights you have. It follows the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and, where applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
1. Controller
Peak Spirit GmbH, Neuwiesenstrasse 8, 8610 Uster, Switzerland
Email: info@peakspirit.ch
Phone: +41 77 493 55 31
2. Data we process
• Usage data when you visit the website: IP address, date and time, pages viewed, browser, operating system, referrer URL.
• Contact data when you contact us, book a meeting or subscribe to the newsletter: name, email address, company, position, phone number and your message.
• Analytics data, if you have given consent: pseudonymised information on how you use the website.
• Contract data in the context of engagements: information needed to deliver our consulting services.
3. Purposes and legal bases
We process personal data to provide and securely operate the website, respond to enquiries, organise meetings, send the newsletter, perform contracts and improve the website.
Where the GDPR applies, we rely on the following legal bases: contract or pre-contractual measures (Art. 6(1)(b)), legitimate interests in secure operation and communication (Art. 6(1)(f)), consent for the newsletter and web analytics (Art. 6(1)(a)) and legal obligations (Art. 6(1)(c)).
4. Hosting with Framer
Our website is built and hosted with Framer (Framer B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands). When you visit the website, Framer processes technically necessary usage data to deliver the site and ensure its security. Framer uses sub-processors that may also process data in the United States.
5. Cookies and consent
We use strictly necessary cookies without which the website cannot function. We only set analytics cookies if you consent in the cookie banner. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time via the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of each page. You can also delete or block cookies in your browser settings.
6. Google Analytics 4
With your consent, we use Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Analytics uses cookies to analyse how the website is used, for example which pages are viewed and how long visitors stay. GA4 does not store IP addresses. Data may be transferred to Google LLC in the United States. Google is certified under the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. We have limited data retention to 14 months.
7. HubSpot (meeting booking, forms, newsletter)
We use HubSpot (HubSpot Ireland Limited, One Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland) for meeting bookings, contact forms and the newsletter. The data you enter is stored in our HubSpot account and used to handle your enquiry, organise meetings and send the newsletter. HubSpot stores data in the EU but may use sub-processors in the United States; transfers are based on the Data Privacy Framework or standard contractual clauses. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link in each issue.
8. Contact by email or phone
If you contact us by email or phone, we process your information to respond to your request. For email we use Microsoft 365 (Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited).
9. Disclosure of data
We only share personal data where necessary for the purposes above: with the service providers named above, with our parent company Viopas Venture Consulting (majority shareholder of Peak Spirit GmbH), with partners in the context of an engagement with your consent, and with authorities where we are legally required to. We do not sell personal data.
10. Transfers abroad
Some service providers process data in the EU or the United States. We only transfer data to the United States to companies certified under the Swiss-U.S. or EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, or on the basis of the European Commission's standard contractual clauses as recognised by the FDPIC.
11. Retention
We keep personal data only as long as necessary for the respective purpose or as required by law. Business records are kept for 10 years (Art. 958f Swiss Code of Obligations). Newsletter data is deleted after you unsubscribe, analytics data after 14 months.
12. Your rights
You have the right to access your personal data, have it corrected or deleted, object to processing, withdraw consent at any time and receive your data in a common format. Please contact info@peakspirit.ch.
You may also lodge a complaint with the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC). Persons in the EU may contact the supervisory authority in their country of residence.
13. Data security
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data against loss and unauthorised access. The website is transmitted encrypted via HTTPS.
14. Changes
We may update this privacy policy. The current version published on the website applies.
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