1. Responsible Party

The responsible party within the meaning of the Swiss Data Protection Act (DSG) 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 providing our website and services, for fulfilling contracts, for obtaining your consent, or for safeguarding our legitimate interests.

Legal Bases (GDPR):

• Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR – Consent (e.g., newsletter, 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 interests (e.g., website security, reach measurement)

3. Provision of the Website and Logfiles

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

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

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

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

• Recipients: Technical service providers (processors).

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

4. Newsletter

• Types of Data: 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 DSG).

• Storage Duration: Until consent is revoked.

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

5. Registration

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

• Purposes: Providing a user account, contract fulfillment.

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

• Storage Duration: Until the account is deleted, thereafter according to legal retention periods.

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

6. Cookies & Tracking

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

Technically necessary cookies are set without consent.
Optional cookies are set only 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 analysis of user behavior.

• 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. An analysis of your data occurs only for the improvement of our platform.

10. Your Rights

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

• Access to stored data

• Correction of incorrect data

• Deletion of your data

• Restriction of processing

• Data portability

• Withdrawal of granted consents

• Objection to data processing based on legitimate interest

Contact: ciao@seekme.io
Complaints office: Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (EDÖB)