ZUG DLT ("we," "us," or "our") operates the website zugdlt.com. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website. We are committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy rights under applicable laws, including the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Please read this policy carefully. By accessing or using our website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
The data controller responsible for processing your personal data is ZUG DLT, registered in Vevey, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. For all data protection inquiries, you may contact our Data Protection Officer at privacy@zugdlt.com. We operate under Swiss jurisdiction and comply with the data protection standards of Switzerland, the European Union, and the State of California, applying the highest standard where regulations differ.
We collect information in several ways when you interact with our website. Automatically collected information includes your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited on our site, time and date of your visit, time spent on each page, device identifiers, and other diagnostic data. This information is collected through cookies, log files, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies. We also collect information you voluntarily provide when you use our contact form, subscribe to our newsletter, or communicate with us via email, including your name, email address, and the content of your message.
Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site traffic, and serve personalized content and advertisements. We use essential cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation of our website. We use analytics cookies provided by Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. We use advertising cookies deployed by Google AdSense and its advertising partners to serve personalized advertisements based on your browsing behavior and interests. You can manage your cookie preferences through our cookie consent banner displayed upon your first visit, or by adjusting your browser settings. For more information about how Google uses data when you visit partner sites, please visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, to monitor and analyze website traffic patterns. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website. This information is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. You may opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
We use Google AdSense, a program run by Google LLC, to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website and other websites. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings. Alternatively, you may opt out of third-party cookies for advertising by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page at https://optout.networkadvertising.org/.
We use the information we collect to operate, maintain, and improve our website and its content; to analyze usage trends and visitor demographics to enhance the user experience; to serve relevant advertisements through our advertising partners; to respond to your inquiries submitted through our contact form; to send periodic communications if you have opted in; to detect and prevent fraud, abuse, or security incidents; and to comply with applicable legal obligations and enforce our Terms of Service.
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personally identifiable information to third parties. We may share aggregated, non-personally identifiable information with our advertising partners, analytics providers, and business partners. We share data with Google LLC through our use of Google Analytics and Google AdSense, as described above. We may disclose your personal data if required by law, in response to valid legal process, or if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to protect our rights or the safety of others.
If you are located in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, you have the following rights regarding your personal data: the right of access, the right to rectification, the right to erasure, the right to restriction of processing, the right to data portability, the right to object, and the right to withdraw consent. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@zugdlt.com. We will respond within 30 days.
If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal information we collect, the right to delete your personal information, the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information (we do not sell personal information), and the right to non-discrimination. To exercise your CCPA rights, please contact us at privacy@zugdlt.com.
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. Analytics data is typically retained for 26 months. Contact form submissions are retained for 12 months unless ongoing correspondence requires longer retention.
Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your country of residence, including the United States. When we transfer data internationally, we rely on appropriate safeguards, including Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction, including encryption of data in transit using SSL/TLS protocols, regular security assessments, and access controls. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is completely secure.
Our website is not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by posting the updated policy on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date.
If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@zugdlt.com. Our registered office is in Vevey, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) or your local data protection authority.