Privacy Policy
Last updated: November 2025
Our website address is: https://swiss-formula.eu
Swiss Formula is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data securely in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable law.
Data Collected from Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect:
- The data you enter in the comment form.
- Your IP address and browser user agent string, to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address (hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether you use it. Gravatar's privacy policy is available here: automattic.com/privacy.
After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can extract location data from images on the website.
Cookies
We use cookies to:
- Store your details when you leave a comment, for one year.
- Set a temporary cookie on the login page, to check whether your browser accepts cookies.
- Store login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last two days, screen display cookies last one year, and the "Remember Me" option extends your login for two weeks.
- Store an additional cookie when you edit or publish an article, which expires after 1 day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Posts may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images). Embedded content behaves exactly as if you had visited the other website directly.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
Data Sharing
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Data Retention
- Comments and their metadata: retained indefinitely, so that follow-up comments can be automatically recognized and approved.
- Registered users: personal data is stored in the user's profile and can be viewed, edited, or deleted at any time (except for the username). Site administrators can also view and edit this information.
User Rights
- Right of access: you can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to erasure: you can request the deletion of your personal data, except for data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Comment Protection
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
For any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at sales@swiss-formula.eu.