PRIVACY POLICY
PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy explains the nature, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data on the website https://www.air-law.ch (hereinafter the “Website”) by Widmer-Kaufmann Law Firm & Notary Public, owned by Dr. Raphael Widmer-Kaufmann (hereinafter “we” or “us”), and informs you of your rights. These rights are governed by the applicable data protection laws.
1 Controller
The controller responsible for data processing on this Website and the contact for data protection matters is:
Dr. Raphael Widmer-Kaufmann
Widmer-Kaufmann Law Firm & Notary Public
Gartenstrasse 8
9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland
Phone: +41 71 744 43 43
Email: widmer@air-law.ch
2 Data Collection on this Website
Data is collected on our Website in the following ways:
2.1 Log Files
Our Website is hosted by Wix.com Ltd. (https://www.wix.com). To optimise and maintain our Website, we log technical errors that may occur when our Website is accessed. In addition, when this Website is used, information transmitted by your device’s browser to our hosting provider is collected automatically. This is:
– IP address and operating system of your device;
– browser type, version and language;
– date and time of the server request;
– file accessed;
– the website from which access was made (referrer URL);
– status code (e.g. 404);
– transfer protocol used (e.g. HTTP/2).
This data is collected and stored by our hosting provider in order to optimise processes and procedures, in particular in connection with the use of our Website and the security and stability of the computer system. Further information can be found in the privacy policy of Wix.com Ltd. at https://www.wix.com/about/privacy. Where the GDPR applies, the legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
2.2 Cookies
We use cookies on our Website. Cookies are small files that are placed on your device and stored by your browser. Some of the cookies we use are deleted automatically when you leave our Website. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them or until they expire. These cookies make it possible to recognise your browser on your next visit to our Website.
You can configure your browser so that you are informed in advance about the setting of cookies and can decide in each individual case whether to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, or so that cookies are blocked completely. This may limit the functionality of the Website.
Cookies that are required for the electronic communication process or for functions you have requested, or that optimise your user experience, are stored – where the GDPR applies – on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We set non-essential cookies only with your consent. Where the GDPR applies, the legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
When you first visit our Website, you can choose via a cookie banner whether to accept or decline non-essential cookies. Your choice is stored in a cookie and can be changed at any time by deleting the cookies in your browser. The technically necessary cookies are set by our hosting provider Wix (XSRF-TOKEN, hs, svSession, ssr-caching and server-session-bind) and serve the security and operation of the Website. They are deleted at the end of the session or after a short time. The svSession cookie remains stored for around 13 months.
2.3 Contacting Us
If you contact us by email, telephone or via the encrypted contact form, we process the information you provide in order to respond to your enquiry. Within the scope of a client relationship, this information is subject to attorney–client privilege. Where the GDPR applies, the legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6(1)(b) and (f) GDPR. We retain your information for as long as is necessary to deal with your enquiry or for as long as statutory and professional retention obligations apply.
3 External Services
We use various third-party services on our Website. Below we explain in detail which services these are, what we use them for and which data is collected.
3.1 Wix
We use the web hosting of Wix.com Ltd. (Yunitsman 5 St, Tel Aviv, Israel). This Website was built and designed with products of Wix.com Ltd. Wix.com Ltd. also offers various tools for analysing traffic on this Website (see section 2.1). Further information on data protection is available directly from Wix.com Ltd.: https://www.wix.com/about/privacy.
3.2 Google Maps
We use Google Maps of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) on our Website. For the European area, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all Google services. Google Maps allows us to show you the location of our firm more clearly. Further information on data protection is available directly from Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
3.3 Error Monitoring
For technical error monitoring, our hosting provider Wix uses the Sentry service of Functional Software, Inc. (San Francisco, USA) as well as its own measurement and monitoring services. Technical information such as IP address, browser type and page accessed may be transmitted in the process.
3.4 Encrypted Contact Form
For confidential contact, we link to the IncaMail service of Post CH Ltd (Bern). If you use this link, you leave our Website; the privacy provisions of Swiss Post apply.
4 Links
Our Website contains links to third-party sites. We are not responsible for the content and data protection measures of external websites that you can reach via these links. Please consult the privacy information directly on the websites concerned.
5 Disclosure of Data to Third Parties
In order to provide you with the information on our Website, we work with various service providers, in particular IT service providers, so that we can offer you an up-to-date website. They use your data only in the course of processing on our behalf. We transfer data to recipients outside Switzerland and the European Union (third countries) without your consent only where this is required under the relevant contract, to comply with legal obligations or to safeguard our legitimate interests.
The service providers we use may process personal data in Israel (Wix), in the USA (Google, Sentry) and in the European Union. In the assessment of the Swiss Federal Council, Israel and the EU member states ensure an adequate level of data protection. For transfers to the USA, we rely on the recipients’ certification under the Swiss–U.S. Data Privacy Framework or on standard contractual clauses.
6 Your Rights
To the extent provided for by the data protection law applicable to you, you may request, free of charge, information about the data stored about you, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing. Subject to the statutory requirements, you also have the right to rectification, erasure, restriction of or objection to the processing and, where the GDPR applies, to receive this data for transfer to another controller.
You may withdraw any consent you have given at any time with effect for the future. An informal notification to us by email is sufficient.
Please note that the above rights are subject to statutory restrictions and may impair or prevent the provision of our services. You are entitled to enforce your claims in court or to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority. In Switzerland, this is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (https://www.edoeb.admin.ch).
7 Currency of and Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may amend or adapt this Privacy Policy at any time.
Last updated: October 2026