Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us

Last updated: March 2026

1. Data Controller

The party responsible for data processing on this website is:

Gelbe Pfoten
Zurich, Switzerland
Email: info@gelbepfoten.ch

If you have any questions about data protection, you can contact us at any time at the email address above.

2. Collection and Storage of Personal Data

2.1 When Visiting the Website

When you access our website, information is automatically sent to our website's server by your browser. This information is temporarily stored in a log file:

- IP address of the requesting computer
- Date and time of access
- Name and URL of the retrieved file
- Website from which access is made (referrer URL)
- Browser used and, if applicable, operating system
- Name of your access provider

This data is evaluated exclusively to ensure trouble-free operation of the website and to improve our offering.

2.2 When Using Our Contact Form

For questions of any kind, we offer you the opportunity to contact us via a form provided on the website. The following information is required:

- Name
- Email address
- Your message

Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR on the basis of your voluntarily given consent.

3. Cookies

We use cookies on our website. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your device.

3.1 Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for basic website functionality, such as storing your cookie settings and language preferences.

3.2 Analytics Cookies

With your consent, we use cookies to understand how visitors interact with our website.

3.3 Marketing Cookies

With your consent, marketing cookies are used to display relevant advertising.

You can change your cookie settings at any time via the cookie banner that appears when you first visit our website.

4. Google AdSense

Our website uses Google AdSense, a service for integrating advertisements from Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google AdSense uses cookies and web beacons to personalize advertising and measure the performance of advertising campaigns. The information generated by cookies about your use of this website is usually transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

Your Choices:

If you select "Reject All" or "Necessary Only" in the cookie banner, no personalized ads will be displayed. You will then only see non-personalized advertising.

For more information, please see Google's Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

5. Your Rights

You have the following rights with regard to personal data concerning you:

5.1 Right of Access
You have the right to request information about your personal data processed by us.

5.2 Right to Rectification
You have the right to demand the immediate correction of inaccurate personal data concerning you.

5.3 Right to Erasure
You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression, for compliance with a legal obligation, or for reasons of public interest.

5.4 Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.

5.5 Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive personal data concerning you in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

5.6 Right to Object
You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you.

5.7 Right to Lodge a Complaint
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data.

6. Data Storage

We only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by law.

Contact inquiries: 2 years after completion of communication
Server log files: 30 days
Newsletter subscriptions: Until unsubscription
Cookie settings: 1 year

7. Data Security

We employ technical and organizational security measures to protect your data managed by us against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction, or access by unauthorized persons.

Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy.

The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

Questions about privacy?

Contact us anytime at

info@gelbepfoten.ch