studio41

Privacy policy

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This privacy policy explains what personal data studio41 processes when you visit thestudio41.ch or contact us, why, and what rights you have. It is written to meet the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and, where it applies, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Who is responsible

studio41, 9642 Ebnat-Kappel, Switzerland
Email: hello@thestudio41.ch
Phone: +41 78 440 68 89

For any question about your data, write to the address above.

The short version

  • We don’t use tracking cookies, analytics or advertising tools on this website.
  • The only thing stored in your browser is your cookie choice and, if you play it, your Flappy Frenchie high score.
  • Our server keeps technical access logs for 14 days, for security, then deletes them.
  • If you email us, we use your message only to answer you and, if we work together, to deliver the project.
  • We never sell your data.

Data we process

Visiting the website

When you open a page, our web server automatically records technical information: your IP address, the date and time, the page requested, the referring page, and your browser and operating system. We need this to deliver the site securely and to detect and fix errors and abuse. These server logs are deleted automatically after 14 days.

Legal basis: our legitimate interest in running a secure, working website (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)).

Storage in your browser

We use your browser’s local storage for two things only:

  • Your cookie choice — so we don’t ask you again on every page. Necessary.
  • Your Flappy Frenchie high score — only if you play the game. It never leaves your device.

We currently use no analytics, marketing or third-party cookies, and the site loads no third-party scripts or fonts. If we ever introduce analytics or marketing tools, they will only run after you agree in the cookie banner, and this policy will be updated first. You can change your choice at any time via Cookie settings in the footer.

Contacting us

If you email us, we process your name, email address and whatever you write, in order to answer you. If this leads to a project, we use your contact and project details to prepare quotes, deliver the work and invoice it.

Legal basis: steps prior to a contract and performance of a contract (GDPR Art. 6(1)(b)); our legitimate interest in answering enquiries (Art. 6(1)(f)).

We keep correspondence as long as needed for the enquiry or project, and business records for as long as Swiss law requires (generally 10 years for accounting documents).

Service providers and where data is processed

We use carefully chosen providers who process data on our behalf, under contracts that oblige them to protect it:

  • Hosting: IONOS SE. The website runs on a server located in the United Kingdom, a country recognised by both Switzerland and the EU as providing an adequate level of data protection.
  • Email: Fastmail, which may process email on servers outside Switzerland and the EU, including in the United States. Such transfers are protected by standard contractual clauses recognised by the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) and the European Commission.

In client projects we may use further tools (for example cloud hosting or AI services). Where we process personal data on a client’s behalf, we do so under a separate data processing agreement with that client.

Your rights

Under the FADP and the GDPR you can, free of charge:

  • ask whether we process your data and receive a copy of it;
  • have incorrect data corrected;
  • have your data deleted, unless we must keep it by law;
  • restrict or object to processing based on our legitimate interests;
  • receive data you gave us in a portable format;
  • withdraw any consent you have given, with effect for the future.

To exercise these rights, email hello@thestudio41.ch. We may ask you to confirm your identity.

You also have the right to complain to a data protection authority — in Switzerland the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC), www.edoeb.admin.ch, or, if you live in the EU, the authority in your country.

Security

The site is served only over encrypted HTTPS, and we keep our systems and software up to date. No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, but we take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data.

Changes

We may update this policy when our services or the law change. The date at the top shows the latest version.