Legal & Privacy

Site Operator

Maurice Willen
Email: mail@mauricewillen.com

This is a private, non-commercial personal website. A formal Impressum with a physical address is not required under Swiss law (UWG Art. 3 lit. s applies to commercial offerings only).

Data Protection

This privacy policy explains how personal data is collected, processed, and stored when you visit mauricewillen.com. It is based on the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (nDSG), effective 1 September 2023, and its implementing ordinance (DSV).

The responsible person for data processing on this website is Maurice Willen (see Site Operator above).

Data Collected

When you visit this website, certain data is collected automatically:

• Server logs — IP address, browser user agent, requested URL, referrer, and timestamp. These are collected by the hosting provider for security and operational purposes.
• Analytics data — Anonymized usage data such as page views, session duration, device type, and approximate geographic location, collected via Google Analytics 4.

Google Analytics 4

This site uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4), a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. GA4 collects anonymous traffic data — page views, session duration, device type, and approximate geographic location. It sets the following cookies on your browser:

IP anonymization is enabled by default in GA4. Analytics data is processed by Google LLC in the USA. The transfer of data to the USA is covered by the CH–US Data Privacy Framework. No personally identifiable information is intentionally collected.

You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Google Search Console

Google Search Console is used to monitor how this site appears in Google Search results — including search queries, impressions, and click-through rates. It does not set cookies on your browser and does not track individual users on this site.

Vercel Analytics

Vercel Analytics provides privacy-friendly, aggregated performance metrics (page load times, Web Vitals). It does not use cookies, does not collect personal data, and all measurements are anonymous and aggregated.

Hosting & CDN

This site is hosted by Vercel Inc., 340 S Lemon Ave #4133, Walnut, CA 91789, USA. Content is delivered via Vercel's global edge CDN. Standard server logs — including IP address, user agent, and request timestamp — may be collected for security and operational purposes. These logs are retained briefly and are not used for tracking or profiling.

Cookies

The only cookies set by this site are from Google Analytics 4 (_ga and _ga_*), as described above. No other first-party or third-party cookies are used. There are no advertising, marketing, or social media cookies.

International Data Transfers

Personal data may be transferred to and processed in the United States by the following service providers:

• Google LLC — Analytics data processing. Covered by the CH–US Data Privacy Framework.
• Vercel Inc. — Website hosting and CDN. Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) apply.

These transfers are safeguarded through the CH–US Data Privacy Framework and, where applicable, Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) in accordance with Swiss data protection requirements.

Your Rights

Under the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (nDSG), you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of access — You may request information about what personal data is held about you.
• Right to rectification — You may request correction of inaccurate data.
• Right to deletion — You may request that your personal data be deleted.
• Right to data portability — You may request your data in a commonly used, machine-readable format.
• Right to object — You may object to specific types of data processing.
• Right to withdraw consent — Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact mail@mauricewillen.com.

Supervisory Authority

The competent data protection authority in Switzerland is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC / EDÖB):

Eidgenössischer Datenschutz- und Öffentlichkeitsbeauftragter (EDÖB)
Feldeggweg 1, 3003 Bern, Switzerland
www.edoeb.admin.ch

External Links

This site contains links to external websites, including willen.org and w89.ch. These are separate sites with their own privacy policies and terms. This privacy policy does not cover those sites, and no responsibility is assumed for their content or data practices.

Disclaimer

The content of this website is provided for general informational purposes only. While every effort is made to keep the information accurate and up to date, no guarantees are made regarding the completeness, accuracy, reliability, or availability of the website or the information contained on it. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk.

Liability for links to third-party websites is excluded. The operator has no influence over the content of linked external sites and assumes no responsibility for them.

Copyright

All content on this website — including text, images, graphics, and design — is the intellectual property of Maurice Willen unless otherwise stated. Reproduction, distribution, or use of any content without prior written consent is prohibited.

Changes

This legal notice and privacy policy may be updated at any time without prior notice. The current version published on this website is the applicable version.