Privacy policy
This policy explains which personal data is processed when you use this website. We follow the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and, where applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
1. Controller
KIERO Solutions, association (Verein), c/o Kurt Federico Lehder, Hubelmatt 16, 3624 Goldiwil (Thun), Switzerland — operator of the Swiss Business International Association (Unternehmensverein Schweiz).
Privacy contact: simeon(at)unternehmensverein.org
2. Visiting the website
When you open the website, our hosting provider processes technically necessary data in server log files (e.g. IP address, date and time, page requested, browser type). This serves the secure and stable operation of the website.
We use no cookies, no tracking or analytics tools and no advertising.
3. Third-party services
Hosting: Vercel Inc., USA — delivery of the website.
Fonts: fonts are loaded from Google Fonts (Google LLC, USA); your browser transmits your IP address to Google for this.
Images: some news images are loaded from Unsplash (Unsplash Inc.); your browser transmits your IP address for this.
News: news items link to the original reports of the outlets named. When you follow such a link, the privacy policy of that outlet applies.
Where data is transferred to countries outside Switzerland or the EU, this is done on the basis of appropriate safeguards (e.g. standard contractual clauses).
4. Membership and contact
If you apply for membership, we process the data you enter in the application form (membership level, name, company, contact details, address, message) to handle your membership. The application is stored with our hosting provider (Spaceship, USA) and in our internal management system (Odoo, Odoo S.A., Belgium). The initial membership fee is paid via Stripe (Stripe Inc.); Stripe processes your payment details and billing address.
If you write to us by e-mail, we process your message and contact details to answer your request.
5. Retention
We keep personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes stated or as required by law, and then delete or anonymise it.
6. Your rights
Subject to applicable law, you have the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and data portability. A message to the privacy contact above is sufficient. You may also lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority (in Switzerland: the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner, FDPIC).
7. Changes
We may update this privacy policy when the website or the law changes. The version published on this page applies.