Privacy Policy of flarer.ch/
Flarer.ch/ collects some Personal Data from its Users.
Owner and Data Controller
FLARER S.A.
Via Giuseppe Corti, 5 6828 Balerna
Owner contact email: [email protected]
Types of Data collected
Among the types of Personal Data that flarer.ch/ collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: email address; first name; last name; Trackers; Usage Data; phone number; profession; county; state; country; ZIP/Postal code; city; physical address; company name; gender; various types of Data; field of activity; number of employees; date of birth; Data communicated while using the service; geographic position; answers to questions; clicks; keypress events; motion sensor events; mouse movements; scroll position; touch events; device information; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); payment info.
Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using flarer.ch/.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by flarer.ch/ is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for flarer.ch/ to provide its services. In cases where flarer.ch/ specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by flarer.ch/ or by the owners of third-party services used by flarer.ch/ serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.
Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through flarer.ch/ and confirm that they have the third party’s consent to provide the Data to the Owner.
Mode and place of processing the Data
Methods of processing
The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorised access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorised destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organisational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of flarer.ch/ (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.
Legal basis of processing
The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:
- Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes. Note: Under some legislations the Owner may be allowed to process Personal Data until the User objects to such processing (“opt-out”), without having to rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases. This, however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal Data is subject to European data protection law; provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre- contractual obligations thereof;
- processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject; processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;
- processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.
In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
Place
The Data is processed at the Owner’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.
Depending on the User’s location, data transfers may involve transferring the User’s Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.
Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any international organisation governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.
If any such transfer takes place, Users can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this document or enquire with the Owner using the information provided in the contact section.
Retention time
Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.
Therefore:
Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.
The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.
Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.
The purposes of processing
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following: Contacting the User, Managing contacts and sending messages, RSS feed management, Tag Management, Managing landing and invitation pages, Interaction with live chat platforms, Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Location-based interactions, SPAM protection, Registration and authentication, Platform services and hosting, Analytics, Content performance and features testing (A/B testing), Displaying content from external platforms, Advertising, Remarketing and behavioural targeting and Handling payments.
For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.
Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data
Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:
Advertising
This type of service allows User Data to be utilised for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on flarer.ch/, possibly based on User interests.
This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
Some of the services listed below may use Trackers to identify Users or they may use the behavioural retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behaviour, including those detected outside flarer.ch/. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services. Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section “How to opt-out of interest-based advertising” in this document.
Google Ad Manager (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Ad Manager is an advertising service provided by Google Ireland Limited that allows the Owner to run advertising campaigns in conjunction with external advertising networks that the Owner, unless otherwise specified in this document, has no direct relationship with.
In order to understand Google’s use of Data, consult Google’s partner policy.
This service uses the “DoubleClick” Cookie, which tracks use of flarer.ch/ and User behaviour concerning ads, products and services offered.
Users may decide to disable all the DoubleClick Cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings. Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Google AdSense (Google Ireland Limited)
Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google Ireland Limited. This service uses the “DoubleClick” Cookie, which tracks use of flarer.ch/ and User behaviour concerning ads, products and services offered.
Users may decide to disable all the DoubleClick Cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings. In order to understand Google’s use of data, consult Google’s partner policy.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Google Ads Similar audiences (Google Ireland Limited)
Similar audiences is an advertising and behavioural targeting service provided by Google Ireland Limited that uses Data from Google Ads Remarketing in order to display ads to Users with similar behaviour to Users who are already on the remarketing list due to their past use of flarer.ch/.
On the basis of this Data, personalised ads will be shown to Users suggested by Google Ads Similar audiences.
Users who don’t want to be included in Similar audiences can opt out and disable the use of advertising Trackers by going to: Google Ad Settings.
In order to understand Google’s use of Data, consult Google’s partner policy. Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
LinkedIn Ads (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company)
LinkedIn Ads is an advertising service provided by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company. Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
Analytics
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyse web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behaviour.
Google Analytics (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”). Google utilises the Data collected to track and examine the use of flarer.ch/, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network. Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Auditel (Auditel s.r.l)
Auditel, through the so-called “SDK” (analytical tracker), collects information on how Users use the sites and/or apps for the purpose of detecting, in aggregate form, the video content accessed through them. The information collected by the SDK makes it possible to obtain Data on the behavior of users (for example, by detecting the content visited, viewing times, type of device and geographical area of reference), but not to know the identity or demographic characteristics. Auditel collects such Data, through the SDK, using mechanisms to reduce the power of identification (with reference, for example, to the IP address of Users). The information collected is used by Auditel, as part of its activity of collecting ratings, to develop analysis and statistics on the type and number of video content used and on the clicks made on one or more video content during navigation. During the process of Data collection and processing, Auditel may use the collaboration of third parties to perform tasks of a technical or organizational nature (such as IT services and support for the management of opt-out options), located inside or outside the European Union. Regarding the latter, in particular, Auditel adopts the measures required by privacy legislation to better protect User Data, such as, for providers established in the US, the use of Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commision.
For further information about Auditel and the Digital Device Measurement System, please refer to the Auditel Privacy Policy, click here.
For opt-out options:
- For browser navigation, click here;
- for app navigation, click here
Personal Data processed: device information; Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: Italy – Privacy Policy.
Audiweb (Audiweb S.r.l.)
This service uses the Nielsen Audience Measurement analytics service as a data source for the recording, measurement and dissemination of media usage Data online, provided by The Nielsen Company.
In order for this service to work, Nielsen Audience Measurement uses and processes Users’ Data from Facebook. In particular, this Data enriches the census information processed, adding information related to the gender and age of Users.
Information on opt out can be found here, or here for users of mobile devices respectively.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Usage Data.
Place of processing: Italy – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
Google Analytics with anonymised IP (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”). Google utilises the Data collected to track and examine the use of flarer.ch/, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network. This integration of Google Analytics anonymises your IP address. It works by shortening Users’ IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server and shortened within the US.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel) (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited)
Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Meta pixel) is an analytics service provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited that connects data from the Meta Audience Network with actions performed on flarer.ch/. The Meta pixel tracks conversions that can be attributed to ads on Facebook, Instagram and Meta Audience Network.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data. Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Google Ads conversion tracking (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited that connects data from the Google Ads advertising network with actions performed on flarer.ch/.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data. Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Analytics collected directly (flarer.ch/)
Flarer.ch/ uses an internal analytics system that does not involve third parties. Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
LinkedIn conversion tracking (LinkedIn Insight Tag) (LinkedIn Corporation)
LinkedIn conversion tracking (LinkedIn Insight Tag) is an analytics and behavioural targeting service provided by LinkedIn Corporation that connects data from the LinkedIn advertising network with actions performed on flarer.ch/. The LinkedIn Insight Tag tracks conversions that can be attributed to LinkedIn ads and enables to target groups of Users on the base of their past use of flarer.ch/.
Users may opt out of behavioural targeting features through their device settings, their LinkedIn account settings or by visiting the AdChoices opt-out page.
Personal Data processed: device information; Trackers; Usage Data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports is a Google Advertising Reporting feature that makes available demographic and interests Data inside Google Analytics for flarer.ch/ (demographics means age and gender Data).
Users can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example).
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Contacting the User
Mailing list or newsletter (flarer.ch/)
By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning flarer.ch/. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to flarer.ch/ or after making a purchase.
Personal Data processed: city; company name; country; county; email address; first name; last name; phone number; physical address; profession; state; Trackers; Usage Data; ZIP/Postal code.
Contact form (flarer.ch/)
By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorises flarer.ch/ to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.
Personal Data processed: city; company name; country; email address; field of activity; first name; gender; last name; number of employees; phone number; physical address; profession; state; various types of Data;
ZIP/Postal code.
Content performance and features testing (A/B testing)
The services contained in this section allow the Owner to track and analyse the User response concerning web traffic or behaviour regarding changes to the structure, text or any other component of flarer.ch/.
Google Optimize (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Optimize is an A/B testing service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”).
Google may use Personal Data to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network. Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Google Optimize 360 (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Optimize 360 is an A/B testing service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”).
This service allows the Owner to target groups of Users on the base of their past use of flarer.ch/. Users that opt-out of tracking by Google Analytics will not be included in experiments created in Google Optimize 360.
Google may use Personal Data to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network. Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Displaying content from external platforms
This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of flarer.ch/ and interact with them.
This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
YouTube video widget (Google Ireland Limited)
YouTube is a video content visualisation service provided by Google Ireland Limited that allows flarer.ch/ to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data. Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Font Awesome (Fonticons, Inc. )
Font Awesome is a typeface visualisation service provided by Fonticons, Inc. that allows flarer.ch/ to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Google Fonts (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Fonts is a typeface visualisation service provided by Google Ireland Limited that allows flarer.ch/ to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data. Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Google Programmable Search Engine (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Programmable Search Engine is a search engine embedding service provided by Google Ireland Limited that allows flarer.ch/ to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data. Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
MyFonts (Monotype Imaging Inc.)
MyFonts is a typeface visualisation service provided by Monotype Imaging Inc. that allows flarer.ch/ to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Google Programmable Search Engine with AdSense (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Programmable Search Engine is a search engine embedding service provided by Google Ireland Limited that allows flarer.ch/ to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Google Programmable Search Engine may display AdSense advertisements. For details of which data are collected, please refer to the privacy policy of this service.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Google Maps widget (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Maps is a maps visualisation service provided by Google Ireland Limited that allows flarer.ch/ to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data. Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Handling payments
Unless otherwise specified, flarer.ch/ processes any payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means via external payment service providers. In general and unless where otherwise stated, Users are requested to provide their payment details and personal information directly to such payment service providers.
Flarer.ch/ isn’t involved in the collection and processing of such information: instead, it will only receive a notification by the relevant payment service provider as to whether payment has been successfully completed.
Payments processed via the Google Play Store (Google Ireland Limited)
Flarer.ch/ uses a payment service provided by Google Ireland Limited that allows the Owner to offer the purchase of the app itself or in-app purchases.
Personal Data processed: payment info. Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties
This type of service allows Users to interact with data collection platforms or other services directly from the pages of flarer.ch/ for the purpose of saving and reusing data.
If one of these services is installed, it may collect browsing and Usage Data in the pages where it is installed, even if the Users do not actively use the service.
Mailchimp widget (Intuit Inc.)
The Mailchimp widget is a service for interacting with the Mailchimp email address management and message sending service provided by Intuit Inc.
Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last name; phone number; Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Interaction with external social networks and platforms
This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of flarer.ch/.
The interaction and information obtained through flarer.ch/ are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on flarer.ch/ isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.
Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (Twitter, Inc.)
The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by Twitter, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Facebook Like button and social widgets (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited)
The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data. Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
LinkedIn button and social widgets (LinkedIn Corporation)
The LinkedIn button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the LinkedIn social network provided by LinkedIn Corporation.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
YouTube button and social widgets (Google Ireland Limited)
The YouTube button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the YouTube social network provided by Google Ireland Limited.
Personal Data processed: Usage Data. Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Interaction with live chat platforms
This type of service allows Users to interact with third-party live chat platforms directly from the pages of flarer.ch/, in order to contact and be contacted by flarer.ch/‘s support service.
If one of these services is installed, it may collect browsing and Usage Data in the pages where it is installed, even if the Users do not actively use the service. Moreover, live chat conversations may be logged.
LiveChat Widget (LiveChat, Inc.)
The LiveChat Widget is a service for interacting with the LiveChat live chat platform provided by LiveChat, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Data communicated while using the service; Trackers; Usage Data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
WeChat widget (Tencent, Inc.)
The WeChat widget is a service for interacting with the WeChat live chat platform provided by Tencent, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Data communicated while using the service; Trackers; Usage Data. Place of processing: China – Privacy Policy.
Location-based interactions
Geolocation (flarer.ch/)
Flarer.ch/ may collect, use, and share User location Data in order to provide location-based services.
Most browsers and devices provide tools to opt out from this feature by default. If explicit authorisation has been provided, the User’s location data may be tracked by flarer.ch/.
Personal Data processed: geographic position.
Non-continuous geolocation (flarer.ch/)
Flarer.ch/ may collect, use, and share User location Data in order to provide location-based services.
Most browsers and devices provide tools to opt out from this feature by default. If explicit authorisation has been provided, the User’s location data may be tracked by flarer.ch/.
The geographic location of the User is determined in a manner that isn’t continuous, either at the specific request of the User or when the User doesn’t point out its current location in the appropriate field and allows the application to detect the position automatically.
Personal Data processed: geographic position.
Managing contacts and sending messages
This type of service makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User.
These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.
Campaign Monitor (Campaign Monitor Pty Ltd)
Campaign Monitor is an email address management and message sending service provided by Campaign Monitor Pty Ltd.
Personal Data processed: company name; country; date of birth; email address; first name; gender; last name; phone number; physical address; Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: Australia – Privacy Policy.
Mailchimp (Intuit Inc.)
Mailchimp is an email address management and message sending service provided by Intuit Inc.
Personal Data processed: company name; country; date of birth; email address; first name; gender; last name; phone number; physical address; Trackers; Usage Data; various types of Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
MailUp (Growens S.p.A.)
MailUp is an email address management and message sending service provided by Growens S.p.A.
Personal Data processed: company name; country; date of birth; email address; first name; gender; last name; phone number; physical address; profession; Trackers; Usage Data; various types of Data.
Place of processing: Italy – Privacy Policy.
Managing landing and invitation pages
This type of service helps with building and managing landing and invitation pages, i.e., pages for presenting a product or service, where you may add your contact information such as an email address.
Managing these pages means that these services will handle the Personal Data collected through the pages, including Usage Data.
Mailchimp Landing Page (Intuit Inc.)
Mailchimp Landing Page is a landing page management service provided by Intuit Inc, that allows flarer.ch/ to collect the email addresses of Users interested in its service.
Mailchimp Landing Page allows the Owner to track and analyse the User response concerning web traffic or behaviour regarding changes to the structure, text or any other component of the created landing pages.
Personal Data processed: company name; country; date of birth; email address; first name; gender; last name; phone number; physical address; profession; Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Platform services and hosting
These services have the purpose of hosting and running key components of flarer.ch/, therefore allowing the provision of flarer.ch/ from within a unified platform. Such platforms provide a wide range of tools to the Owner – e.g. analytics, user registration, commenting, database management, e-commerce, payment processing – that imply the collection and handling of Personal Data.
Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.
WordPress.com (Automattic Inc.)
WordPress.com is a platform provided by Automattic Inc. that allows the Owner to build, run and host flarer.ch/.
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Registration and authentication
By registering or authenticating, Users allow flarer.ch/ to identify them and give them access to dedicated services.
Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide registration and authentication services. In this case, flarer.ch/ will be able to access some Data, stored by these third-party services, for registration or identification purposes.
Some of the services listed below may also collect Personal Data for targeting and profiling purposes; to find out more, please refer to the description of each service.
YouTube OAuth (Google Ireland Limited)
YouTube OAuth is a registration and authentication service provided by Google Ireland Limited and is connected to the YouTube network.
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service. Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Instagram Authentication (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited)
Instagram Authentication is a registration and authentication service provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and is connected to the Instagram social network.
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service. Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Mailchimp OAuth (Intuit Inc.)
Mailchimp OAuth is a registration and authentication service provided by Intuit Inc. and is connected to the Mailchimp service.
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
WordPress.com Single Sign On (Automattic Inc.)
WordPress.com Single Sign On is a registration and authentication service provided by Automattic Inc. and is connected to the WordPress.com network.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Linkedin OAuth (LinkedIn Corporation)
Linkedin Oauth is a registration and authentication service provided by Linkedin Corporation and is connected to the Linkedin social network.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Remarketing and behavioural targeting
This type of service allows flarer.ch/ and its partners to inform, optimise and serve advertising based on past use of flarer.ch/ by the User.
This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and by using Trackers to collect information which is then transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioural targeting activity.
Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists.
Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section “How to opt-out of interest-based advertising” in this document.
Google Ad Manager Audience Extension (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Ad Manager Audience Extension is a remarketing and behavioural targeting service provided by Google Ireland Limited that tracks the visitors of flarer.ch/ and allows selected advertising partners to display targeted ads across the web to them.
In order to understand Google’s use of Data, consult Google’s partner policy. Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Google Ads Remarketing (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Ads Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioural targeting service provided by Google Ireland Limited that connects the activity of flarer.ch/ with the Google Ads advertising network and the DoubleClick Cookie.
In order to understand Google’s use of Data, consult Google’s partner policy.
Users can opt out of Google’s use of Trackers for ads personalisation by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Remarketing with Google Analytics (Google Ireland Limited)
Remarketing with Google Analytics is a remarketing and behavioural targeting service provided by Google Ireland Limited that connects the tracking activity performed by Google Analytics and its Trackers with the Google Ads advertising network and the Doubleclick Cookie.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
LinkedIn Website Retargeting (LinkedIn Corporation)
LinkedIn Website Retargeting is a remarketing and behavioural targeting service provided by LinkedIn Corporation that connects the activity of flarer.ch/ with the LinkedIn advertising network.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
RSS feed management
This type of service allows flarer.ch/ to manage RSS feeds and the distribution of their content. Depending on the characteristics of the service used, these services may be used to insert ads within the content and to gather statistics data from them.
FeedPress (Beta Et Compagnie Sarl)
FeedPress is a service to manage RSS feeds provided by Beta Et Compagnie Sarl. It allows the collection of statistics on what content is consumed.
Personal Data processed: Usage Data. Place of processing: France – Privacy Policy. SPAM protection
This type of service analyses the traffic of flarer.ch/, potentially containing Users’ Personal Data, with the
purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognised as SPAM.
Google reCAPTCHA (Google Ireland Limited)
Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google Ireland Limited. The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google privacy policy and terms of use.
Personal Data processed: answers to questions; clicks; keypress events; motion sensor events; mouse movements; scroll position; touch events; Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Akismet (Automattic Inc.)
Akismet is a SPAM protection service provided by Automattic Inc. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Tag Management
This type of service helps the Owner to manage the tags or scripts needed on flarer.ch/ in a centralised fashion.
This results in the Users’ Data flowing through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of this Data.
Google Tag Manager (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google Ireland Limited. Personal Data processed: Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Adobe DTM (Adobe Systems Incorporated)
Adobe DTM is a tag management service provided by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Information on opting out of interest-based advertising
In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services listed in this document, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section of the Cookie Policy.
Further information about the processing of Personal Data
Push notifications for direct marketing
Flarer.ch/ may send push notifications to the User for the purpose of direct marketing (to propose services and products provided by third parties or unrelated to the product or service provided by flarer.ch/).
Users may in most cases opt-out of receiving push notifications by visiting their device settings, such as the notification settings for mobile phones, and then changing those settings for flarer.ch/ or all of the apps on the particular device.
Users must be aware that disabling push notifications may negatively affect the utility of flarer.ch/.
Besides applicable device settings, the User may also make use of the rights described under User rights in the relevant section of this privacy policy.
The rights of Users
Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner. In particular, Users have the right to do the following:
Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.
Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the Data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on the User’s consent, on a contract which the User is part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.
Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.
Details about the right to object to processing
Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.
Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time without providing any justification. To learn, whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.
How to exercise these rights
Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be addressed by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month.
Cookie Policy
Flarer.ch/ uses Trackers. To learn more, the User may consult the Cookie Policy.
Additional information about Data collection and processing
Legal action
The User’s Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of flarer.ch/ or the related Services.
The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.
Additional information about User’s Personal Data
In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, flarer.ch/ may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.
System logs and maintenance
For operation and maintenance purposes, flarer.ch/ and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with flarer.ch/ (System logs) or use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.
Information not contained in this policy
More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.
How “Do Not Track” requests are handled
Flarer.ch/ does not support “Do Not Track” requests.
To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honour the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.
Changes to this privacy policy
The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within flarer.ch/ and/or – as far as technically and legally feasible – sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.
Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.
Definitions and legal references
Personal Data (or Data)
Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.
Usage Data
Information collected automatically through flarer.ch/ (or third-party services employed in flarer.ch/), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilised by the Users who use flarer.ch/, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilised to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server’s answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilised by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User’s IT environment.
User
The individual using flarer.ch/ who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.
Data Subject
The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.
Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.
Data Controller (or Owner)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of flarer.ch/. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of flarer.ch/.
flarer.ch/ (or this Application)
The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.
Service
The service provided by flarer.ch/ as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.
European Union (or EU)
Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.
Cookie
Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User’s browser.
Tracker
Tracker indicates any technology – e.g Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting – that enables the tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the User’s device.
Legal information
This privacy statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations, including Art. 13/14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation).
This privacy policy relates solely to flarer.ch/, if not stated otherwise within this document. Latest update: 7 February 2023