Privacy Policy

1. Controller

Email: mb@marc-borer.ch

2. General

Protecting your personal data is important to us. This privacy policy informs you about the collection and processing of personal data when using this website in accordance with the Swiss Data Protection Act (nDSG) and, where applicable, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

3. Hosting and Server Logs

This website is hosted on GitHub Pages, a service provided by GitHub, Inc., 88 Colin P Kelly Jr St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.

When you access this website, the following data is automatically collected in server logs and processed by GitHub:

• IP address
• Date and time of the request
• Requested page (URL)
• Referrer URL
• Browser type and version (User-Agent)

This data is processed by GitHub to ensure the operation and security of the service. For more information, see the GitHub Privacy Statement.

4. Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics 4 (Property ID: G-YDWCY6XBPN), a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics is only activated after your explicit consent via our cookie banner. Without your consent, no analytics data is collected.

The following data is processed upon consent:

• Page views and session duration
• Approximate location (based on anonymized IP address)
• Device and browser information
• Referrer (where you came from)

Google Analytics 4 anonymizes IP addresses by default. It is not possible for us to identify you personally.

Opt-out: You can withdraw your consent at any time by selecting "Decline" in the cookie banner or by deleting the cookie-consent entry in your browser's LocalStorage. Alternatively, you can use the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

5. Cookies and Local Storage

This website uses:

• LocalStorage (not a cookie): cookie-consent — stores your cookie banner decision (accepted/declined)
• LocalStorage (not a cookie): theme — stores your preferred color scheme (light/dark)
• Google Analytics cookies — only set after your consent (e.g., _ga, _ga_*)

6. Data Transfer to the USA

By using GitHub Pages and Google Analytics, data is transferred to the USA. The USA currently has an adequacy decision under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF) and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Both providers are certified under the DPF.

7. Your Rights

Under the Swiss Data Protection Act (nDSG) and, where applicable, the GDPR, you have the following rights:

• Right of access — You may request information about your stored personal data
• Right to rectification — You may request the correction of inaccurate data
• Right to erasure — You may request the deletion of your data
• Right to restriction — You may request the restriction of data processing
• Right to data portability — You may receive your data in a common format
• Right to object — You may object to the processing of your data

To exercise your rights, please contact: mb@marc-borer.ch

If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law, you may file a complaint with the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC): www.edoeb.admin.ch

8. Changes

This privacy policy may be updated at any time. The current version is available on this page.

Last updated: April 2026