Data Privacy

Sport Events Gstaad GmbH, Belairstrasse 2, 3780 Gstaad, operates the website www.beachgstaad.ch (hereinafter referred to as "we"). On this website you can find all information about the Beach Volleyball Tournament in Gstaad. It is the official website of the tournament, which takes place annually in July. In addition, various orders/reservations (tickets, tenthouse, packages, supporter club etc.) can be made.
 

The protection of your personal data is very important to us. In this data protection declaration, we inform you in a transparent and comprehensible manner about the data we collect via our website and how we handle it.

- What data is collected on www.beachgstaad.ch;

- Under what circumstances we process your data and for which purpose;

- How long we keep your data;

- When disclosure to third parties is permitted;

- How we process your data ("individual data processing operations");

- When and how you can object to data processing;

- What rights you have and how you can assert them.
 

Personal data (hereinafter also referred to as "personal data") is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes, for example, name, address, date of birth, e-mail address or telephone number. Data about personal preferences such as leisure activities or memberships also count as personal data.
 

Data on religious, ideological, political or trade union views or activities; data on health and, where relevant, information on administrative or criminal prosecutions and sanctions as well as data on social assistance measures are considered particularly sensitive personal data. Where necessary and appropriate, we may request and process sensitive personal data. In this case, their processing is subject to stricter confidentiality.
 

Processing is any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, in particular the acquisition, storage, keeping, use, modification, disclosure, archiving, deletion or destruction of data.

This is the transmission or making available of personal data, e.g. publication or disclosure to a third party.

First and foremost, we process personal data that you provide to us or that we collect when operating our website. We may also receive personal data about you from third parties. This may include the following categories:

- Personal master data (name, address, dates of birth, etc.);

- Contact details (mobile phone number, email address, etc.);

- Financial data (e.g. account details);

- Online identifiers (e.g. cookie identifier, IP addresses);

- Location and traffic data;

- Sound and image recordings
 

We process your data in good faith and for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. In doing so, we ensure transparent and proportionate processing.

If, in exceptional cases, we are unable to comply with these principles, the data processing may still be lawful because there is a justification. The following are possible grounds for justification:

- Your consent;

- The execution of a contract or pre-contractual measures;

- the fulfilment of legal requirements;

- our legitimate interests, provided that your interests do not outweigh these.

You may be required to provide us with certain personal information to enable us to do business with you. Without such data, we will not normally be able to enter into a contract.

The website also cannot normally be used if certain traffic security information, such as your IP address, is not disclosed.
 

If you have given us consent to process your personal data for specific purposes, we will process your data within the scope of this consent unless we have another justification.

You can revoke your consent at any time by sending an e-mail to the address given in the imprint. Data processing that has already taken place is not affected by this.

If you have subscribed to our newsletter, you can click on the link provided in the newsletter to unsubscribe.
 

a. Principle

We may need to use the services of third parties or affiliates to process your data (known as data processors). Categories of recipients are namely:

- Accounting, fiduciary and auditing companies;

- Consulting companies (legal advice, taxes, etc.);

- IT service providers (web hosting, support, cloud services, website design, etc.);

- Payment service providers;

- Tracking, conversion and advertising service providers;

We ensure that these third parties and our affiliates or associations comply with data protection requirements and keep your personal data confidential.

We may also be required to disclose your personal data to authorities.
 

b. Visiting our social media channels

We have embedded links to our social media channels on our website. This is apparent to you in each case (typically via corresponding icons). If you click on the icons, you will be redirected to our social media channels.

In this case, the social media providers learn from where you access the network. The social media providers may use the data collected in this way for their own purposes. We would like to point out that we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by the operators.
 

c. Transfer abroad

Under certain circumstances, your personal data may be transferred to companies abroad in the course of order processing. These companies are obligated to data protection to the same extent as we are. The transfer may take place worldwide.

If the level of data protection does not correspond to that in the EEA area/Switzerland, we carry out a prior risk assessment and ensure contractually that the same level of protection is guaranteed as in the EEA area/Switzerland (e.g. by means of the new standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission or other legally prescribed measures). If our risk assessment is negative, we will take additional technical measures to protect your data. You can access the EU Commission's standard contractual clauses at: https://ec.europa.eu/info/system/files/1_en_annexe_acte_autonome_cp_part1_v5_0.pdf  
 

We only store personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the individual purposes for which the data was collected.

Data that we store when you visit our website is kept for twelve months. An exception is made for analytics and tracking data, which may be retained for longer.

We store contractual data for longer as we are required to do so by law. In particular, we must retain business communications, concluded contracts and accounting records for up to 10 years. As far as we no longer need such data from you to perform the services, the data will be blocked and we will only use it for accounting and tax purposes.
 

We will keep your data secure and take all reasonable steps to protect your data from loss, access, misuse or alteration.

Our contractors and employees who have access to your data are required to comply with data protection laws. In some cases, it will be necessary for us to pass on your requests to companies affiliated with us. In these cases, too, your data will be treated confidentially.

Within our website, we use the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) procedure in conjunction with the highest encryption level supported by your browser.
 

d. Right to information

You can request information about the data we hold about you at any time. We ask you to send your request for information together with proof of identity to info@beachgstaad.ch.
 

You also have the right to receive your data in a commonly used file format if we process your data automatically and if:

- you have given your consent for us to process that data; or

- you have disclosed data in connection with the conclusion or performance of a contract.
 

We may restrict or refuse to provide information or data if this conflicts with our legal obligations, legitimate own or public interests or the interests of a third party.
 

The processing of your request is subject to the statutory processing period of 30 days. However, we may extend this period due to a high volume of enquiries, for legal or technical reasons or because we need more detailed information from you. You will be informed of the extension of the deadline in good time, at least in text form.
 

e. Deletion and correction

You can request the deletion or correction of your data at any time. We may refuse the request if legal regulations oblige us to retain the data for a longer period of time or unchanged, or if a permissible circumstance conflicts with your request.

Please note that the exercise of your rights may, under certain circumstances, conflict with contractual agreements and have corresponding effects on the implementation of the contract (e.g. premature termination of the contract or cost consequences).
 

f. Legal recourse

If you are affected by the processing of personal data, you have the right to enforce your rights in court or to file a report with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner: http://www.edoeb.admin.ch.
 

a. What information do we receive and how do we use it?

By visiting www.beachgstaad.ch, certain data is automatically stored on our servers or on servers of services that we obtain and/or have installed for system administration, statistical or backup purposes or for tracking purposes. These are:

- the name of your internet service provider;

- your IP address (in some circumstances);

- the version of your browser software;

- the operating system of the computer used to access our websites;

- the date and time of access;

- the website from which you visit one of our websites;

- the search terms you used to find one of our websites.

b. Why is the data collected?

The temporary storage of log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of the websites in order to guarantee their functionality and to ensure the security of our systems. The data is deleted after the end of each session.
 

We may use tracking pixels on our website. Tracking pixels are also known as web beacons. Tracking pixels - also from third parties whose services we use - are small, usually invisible images that are automatically retrieved when you visit our website. Pixel counters can be used to collect the same information as server log files. We use them for the same purposes as log files - you cannot prevent the data collection.
 

We integrate the following content from the providers named below on our website:

- Location information via Google Maps;

- Videos from Youtube.
 

How does the integration work?

- Location information: Your IP address is stored for the purpose of using the Google Maps functions. This is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA. We have no influence on this data transfer. For more information, see Google's privacy policy.

- Videos: The integration takes place via a plug-in. As soon as you visit one of our pages equipped with a plug-in, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The servers are informed which of our sub-pages you have visited. For more information, see Google's privacy policy.
 

Why are we allowed to embed this content?

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers and an easy location of the places indicated by us on the website. This is also in our legitimate interests.

We include content via Youtube in order to make our offer accessible to a wider audience. This is our legitimate interest.
 

What information do you share with providers?

If you are logged into a user account of a provider, you would enable this provider to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. We would like to point out that we have no knowledge of the specific content of the transmitted data or its use.

If you do not want these providers to be able to assign your visit to our pages to your user account, please log out of your respective user account before using our website.
 

We use social media plug-ins from:

- Facebook(For more information see the Meta Privacy Policy as well as the following overview of the plug-ins)

- Instagram(For more information see the Meta Privacy Policy)

Why may we use social media plug-ins?

We use social media plug-ins to make our offer accessible to a wider audience. This is our legitimate interest, which serves as the legal basis for the data processing.
 

What information do you share with us?

We would like to point out that we do not receive any knowledge of the content of the transmitted data as well as its use to the social media service.

How can you prevent data collection?

If you do not want the social media service to be able to assign the visit to our pages to your user account, please log out of your respective user account before using our website.

You can also completely prevent the loading of the plug-ins with add-ons for your browser, for example with the Script-Blocker „No-Script“.
 

How do cookies work?

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored on your device's operating system with the help of your browser when you visit our website. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses.
 

What information do we receive and how do we use it?

Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit.

Other cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them. The purpose of these cookies is to save your preferences (e.g. language and location settings), to provide website content quickly and attractively (e.g. through the use of fonts and content delivery networks) and to analyse the use of this website for statistical evaluation and continuous improvements (usually by means of third-party cookies).
 

Why may we use cookies?

We use cookies so that we can make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. The use of cookies and the processing of your data in this regard is based on our legitimate interests in the aforementioned purposes.
 

How can you prevent data collection via cookies?

Cookies are stored on your computer. You therefore have full control over the use of the cookies. You can delete them completely or deactivate or restrict their transmission by changing the settings in your browser. If you deactivate cookies for our website, it may no longer be possible to use all the functions of the website to their full extent.

Instructions for the most common browsers can be found here:

- For Google Chrome

- For Safari from Apple

- For Edge from Microsoft

- For Firefox from Mozilla

For cookies used for performance and reach measurement or for advertising, a general objection ("opt-out") is possible for many services via the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), YourAdChoices (Digital Advertising Alliance) or Your Online Choices (European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance, EDAA).
 

We use the Google Tag Manager on our website. This collects data about user behaviour on our website and forwards it to our analysis tools. Google Tag Manager does not have access to the data, it only collects the data.

Since Google Tag Manager does not process any personal data, please refer to the explanations on the respective tracking services and the usage guidelines of Google Tag Manager. Usage guidelines: https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use-policy.html.
 

a.  Google Analytics

How does Google Analytics work?

Our website uses Google Analytics, a service provided by Google Ireland Ltd, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland and Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; both together "Google", with Google Ireland Ltd responsible for processing personal data. Google uses cookies, which are stored on your device and enable an analysis of your website usage. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

We have added the code "anonymizeIP" to Google Analytics. This ensures that all data is collected anonymously. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.
 

Why may we use Google Analytics?

Google evaluates the data collected on our behalf so that we can form a picture of visits and user behaviour on our website. This enables us to improve our services and the website content and design.
 

How can you prevent the collection of your data via Google Analytics?

You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting the settings in your browser accordingly (see our comments on cookies). You can deactivate Google Analytics by downloading and installing the Google browser add-on.
 

b. Facebook Pixel

How does Facebook Pixel work?

Our website uses the user action pixel of Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, Dublin, Ireland and Meta Platforms Inc, Menlo Park, California, USA, both together "Facebook", for conversion measurement, whereby Facebook Ireland Ltd is responsible for the processing of personal data. Facebook Pixel allows us to track your behaviour after you have been redirected to our website by clicking on a Facebook ad. The data collected is anonymous to us as the operator of this website. We cannot draw any conclusions about you.
 

Why may we use Facebook Pixel?

We use Facebook Pixel to evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes and to optimise future advertising measures.
 

What information do you share with Facebook?

Your data is processed by Facebook. A connection to your respective user profile is thus possible. Facebook may use the data collected for its own advertising purposes. This use of your data cannot be influenced by us as site operator.
 

Via our website you have the possibility to subscribe to our free newsletter. With the newsletter you will receive information about new contributions, events and offers.

When you register for the newsletter, we collect your e-mail address and any other contact details. We need these for dispatch and verification purposes.

We are entitled to pass on your data to third parties for the purpose of the technical processing of the newsletter.

We store your data for the duration for which you are registered for the newsletter. If you unsubscribe, your data will remain stored for as long as is necessary for the registration of your unsubscription.

By sending the newsletter registration, you give your consent to the data processing. You agree to receive our newsletter regularly.
 

Our notifications and communications may contain web links or tracking pixels that record whether an individual communication has been opened and which web links have been clicked on. Such web links and tracking pixels may also track usage of notifications and communications on a personal basis.

We need this statistical recording of usage for performance and reach measurement in order to be able to offer notifications and communications effectively and in a user-friendly manner based on the needs and reading habits of the recipients, as well as permanently, securely and reliably.
 

Responsible for the data processing carried out via this website is:

Sport Events Gstaad GmbH
Belairstrasse 2
3780 Gstaad

+41 33 744 06 40
info@beachgstaad.ch

You have the option of contacting us by e-mail at info@beachgstaad.ch with questions or concerns. If you contact us by e-mail, the following data will be processed: E-mail address; content, subject and date of your e-mail; contact data provided by you (e.g. name, telephone number if applicable, address).

Your details will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions.
 

On our website, you can contact us via an electronic contact form. The data you enter in the input mask, such as name, e-mail address, etc., will be transmitted to us and stored.

The data you provide will be used to process your enquiry. Your details will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions.
 

We may change this privacy policy at any time. The changes will be published on www.beachgstaad.ch, you will not be informed separately.