Privacy policy

1. Legal framework

SwissYP applies the Federal Act on Data Protection (revFADP, SR 235.1), in force since 1 September 2023, as well as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for visitors resident in the European Economic Area.

Processing is based on transparency about sources, proportionality and a limited retention period.

2. Data processed

SwissYP is a business directory that mainly lists companies (Ltd, GmbH, associations, cooperatives, institutions) and registered professionals.

• Data from the commercial register (Zefix): company name, registered office, legal form, UID, status and address. These entries are public (Art. 936 CO).
• Professional contact details provided: phone, email, description and opening hours supplied by management or authorised representatives.
• Forms: the information entered in forms (contact, review, report, registration, claim) is used solely to process the relevant request.

3. Cookies and third-party services

The website uses technical elements needed for its operation:

• storage of your display mode (light or dark) and of your favourites in your browser's local storage (localStorage);
• security tokens (CSRF) that protect forms;
• storage of whether the privacy notice has been closed.

The website also uses third-party services that may process certain technical data (IP address, browser identifiers):

• Google Analytics (Google LLC) for audience measurement;
• Google AdSense (Google LLC) to display advertising, which may use cookies;
• Google Fonts to load fonts;
• OpenStreetMap and the Leaflet library (via unpkg) for the map display.

You can refuse or delete cookies in your browser settings and manage Google ad personalisation at adssettings.google.com.

4. Your rights

Under the revFADP (Art. 25 ff.), you have in particular the following rights:

• Right of access: to receive information about the data concerning you.
• Right to rectification: to correct or complete a listing via the page Manage listing.
• Right to object: to request the removal of voluntary information, or the deletion of a company that has been struck off the commercial register.

5. Supervisory authority

The competent federal authority is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC), Feldeggweg 1, 3003 Bern. Website: www.edoeb.admin.ch.

6. Contact

To exercise your rights or for questions about your data: contact@swissyp.com or the contact form, with the subject “Personal data / rights under the revFADP”.