Privacy Policy

1. Data Controller

The person responsible for processing personal data on this website is:

2. Purpose and Legal Basis

This is a private, non-commercial website. No user profiles are created, no advertising is served, and no data is sold or shared with third parties for marketing purposes.

The processing of personal data is based on the revised Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (revFADP, in force since 1 September 2023).

3. Server Log Files

When you visit this website, the hosting provider automatically collects technical access data in server log files. This includes:

• IP address of the requesting device (anonymised)
• Date and time of access
• Page / URL accessed
• Browser and operating system used
• HTTP status code

This data is used solely to ensure technical operation and is not linked to any other data.

4. Fonts (Google Fonts)

This website uses the typefaces Playfair Display and DM Sans, loaded via Google Fonts (Google LLC, USA). Your IP address is transmitted to Google when the page loads. Google Fonts is integrated without login and without cookies.

The legal basis is the legitimate interest in consistent typographic presentation (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR analogous / revFADP). For Google’s privacy policy see policies.google.com/privacy.

5. External Links

This website contains links to external platforms (Flickr, 500px, Lomography, Fotocommunity, Instagram, DeviantArt, angiodysplasie.ch). Their respective operators are responsible for their own data protection practices. By clicking a link you leave kratz.ch.

6. Cookies

This website does not use tracking or analytics cookies. Only technically necessary cookies are used, for example to store your language preference via the Polylang plugin.

7. Contact by Email

If you contact us by email, your details (email address, message content) will be used solely to process your enquiry and will not be passed on to third parties.

8. Your Rights

Under the revFADP you have the right to:

• Access the personal data stored about you
• Rectification of inaccurate data
• Deletion of your data
• Restriction of processing
• Data portability

To exercise your rights, please contact werner@kratz.ch.

9. Changes to this Policy

This privacy policy may be updated from time to time. The current version is always available on this page. The date of the last update is noted above.