Privacy Policy

1. Responsible Party

Responsible in the sense of the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act (DPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

seekme AG
Unterstrasse 6
9000 St.Gallen
Switzerland

Email: ciao@seekme.io

2. Purposes, Legal Bases, and Categories of Data Processing

We process your personal data only to the extent necessary for the provision of our website and services, for the fulfillment of contracts, to obtain your consent, or to uphold our legitimate interests.

Legal Bases (GDPR):

• Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR – Consent (e.g., newsletters, optional cookies)

• Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR – Contract fulfillment or pre-contractual measures (e.g., registration, application processes)

• Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR – Legitimate interest (e.g., website security, reach measurement)

3. Provision of the Website and Logfiles

• Data Types: IP address, browser type, operating system, date/time of access, referrer URL, internet provider, server error codes.

• Purposes: IT security, abuse detection, optimization of the website.

• Legal Basis: Legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR / Art. 31 para. 1 DPA).

• Duration of Storage: Max. 30 days, unless security-related storage is required.

• Recipients: Technical service providers (processors).

• Transfer to Third Countries: Europe, USA, APAC (with standard contractual clauses and other guarantees).

4. Newsletter

• Data Types: Name, email, DOI information, usage and click behavior.

• Purposes: Sending and personalizing the newsletter, reach analysis.

• Legal Basis: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR / Art. 31 para. 1 DPA).

• Duration of Storage: Until the consent is withdrawn.

• Transfer to Third Countries: Europe, USA (with standard contractual clauses).

5. Registration

• Data Types: Name, email, password, language, residence, birth year, company data, technical metadata (IP, browser, device information, referrer).

• Purposes: Provision of a user account, contract processing.

• Legal Basis: Contract fulfillment (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR / Art. 31 para. 2 DPA).

• Duration of Storage: Until account deletion, then according to legal retention periods.

• Transfer to Third Countries: Switzerland, Germany, Ireland.

6. Cookies & Tracking

We use technically necessary cookies (e.g., login sessions, security) as well as optional cookies (e.g., analysis and marketing functions).

Technically necessary cookies are set without consent.
Optional cookies are only set with your consent via our cookie banner (opt-in).

Example of necessary cookies: Language setting, session ID, CSRF token.
Example of optional cookies: PostHog tracking ID.

7. Analysis and Monitoring Tools

PostHog Cloud (EU)

• Hosting in Frankfurt (Germany).

• Anonymized evaluation of user behavior.

• Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

SigNoz (EU)

• Hosting in Frankfurt (Germany).

• Performance monitoring with anonymous user identifiers.

• Data processing on our own server.

• Duration of storage: 12 months.

• Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

8. Storage Periods

Unless otherwise stated in this declaration, we delete personal data as soon as the respective purpose ceases to exist and no legal retention obligations apply.

9. Profiling

We do not conduct automated profiling with legal effect. Evaluation of your data occurs only to improve our platform.

10. Your Rights

You have the following rights – within the scope of applicable laws:

• Information about stored data

• Correction of incorrect data

• Deletion of your data

• Restriction of processing

• Data portability

• Withdrawal of consents granted

• Objection to data processing based on legitimate interest

Contact: ciao@seekme.io

Complaints office: Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (EDÖB)