About this website

Velvo GmbH
Sturzeneggstr. 63
9015 St. Gallen
Switzerland

Contact: support@velvo.ch

Jurisdiction: St.Gallen, Switzerland

Company Identification Number:
CHE-393.515.598

Responsible for Website: Thomas Englert

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Disclaimer

The author assumes no liability regarding the correctness, accuracy, timeliness, reliability, and completeness of the information provided.
Liability claims against the author for material or immaterial damages resulting from access to or use or non-use of the published information, misuse of the connection, or technical malfunctions are excluded.
All offers are non-binding. The author expressly reserves the right to change, supplement, or delete parts of the pages or the entire offer without separate announcement or to discontinue the publication temporarily or permanently.

Liability for Links

References and links to third-party websites are outside our area of responsibility. We disclaim any responsibility for such websites. Access to and use of such websites are at the user's own risk.

Copyright

The copyright and all other rights to content, images, photos, or other files on the website belong exclusively to Thomas Englert or the specifically named rights holders. Written permission from the copyright holders must be obtained in advance for the reproduction of any elements.

Privacy Policy

1. Data Controller

Responsible for data processing on this website is:
Velvo GmbH
Sturzeneggstr. 63
9015 St. Gallen
Switzerland
E-Mail: support@velvo.ch

2. Basic Information on Data Protection

This privacy policy informs you about the nature, scope, and purpose of the processing of personal data on our website. Personal data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person.

We process your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws, in particular the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act (DSG) and, where applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

3. Collection and Storage of Personal Data

When visiting our website, we collect, use, and store personal data only if you have previously expressly consented to this or if the data processing is permitted by legal provisions.

4. Rights of Data Subjects

You have the following rights regarding your personal data stored with us:

• Right to information (Art. 15 GDPR)
• Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
• Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
• Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
• Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
• Right to object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR)

To exercise these rights or if you have questions about the processing of your personal data, please contact us using the contact details provided in the legal notice.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates data protection provisions.

5. Server Data

For technical reasons, the following data, which your internet browser transmits to us or to our web space provider, is collected (so-called server log files):

• Browser type and version
• Operating system used
• Website from which you visit us (referrer URL)
• Website you are visiting
• Date and time of your access
• Your Internet Protocol (IP) address

This anonymous data is stored separately from any personal information you may have provided and does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about a specific person. They are evaluated for statistical purposes to optimize our website and our offers. The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest).

6. Cookies

Our website uses cookies in several places. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device and saved by your browser. They serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective, and secure.

We use both technically necessary cookies, without which the functionality of our website would be limited, as well as analytical cookies to optimize our offer and marketing cookies.

You have the option to prevent cookies from being stored on your device by making appropriate settings in your browser. You can also delete cookies that have already been set at any time via your browser. However, this could limit the functionality of our offer.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using technically necessary cookies is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest). The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies for analysis purposes is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent).

7. Registration Function

We offer you the opportunity to register on our site. The data entered during registration, which can be seen from the input mask of the registration form, is collected and stored exclusively for the use of our offer.

With your registration on our site, we will also store your IP address and the date and time of your registration. This serves as a safeguard in case a third party misuses your data and registers on our site without your knowledge.

No data is passed on to third parties. A comparison of the data collected in this way with data that may be collected by other components of our site is also not carried out.

The legal basis for processing the data is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR (contract fulfillment or pre-contractual measures).

8. Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your information from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not share this data without your consent.

The legal basis for processing the data is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent) and Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest).

9. Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics for non-logged-in visitors, a web analysis service of Google LLC ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site.

The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. We have activated IP anonymization, which means that your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and Google from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

Google Analytics is deactivated for logged-in users.

The legal basis for processing the data is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent).

10. YouTube

Our website uses plugins from YouTube, which is operated by Google LLC. The operator of the pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

For more information about the handling of user data, please see YouTube's privacy policy at: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy

The legal basis for processing the data is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent).

11. Social Media Plugins

We use social media plugins from various providers on our website. When you visit one of our web pages that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the servers of the respective provider. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from the respective provider to your browser and integrated into the page.

By integrating the plugins, the respective provider receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a profile or are not currently logged in. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a server of the respective provider (possibly in the USA) and stored there.

The legal basis for processing the data is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent).

12. Data Security

This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock icon in your browser line. When SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

13. Changes to the Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g., when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

14. Questions to the Data Protection Officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an email at support@velvo.ch or contact the person named in the legal notice directly.

Last updated: February 2025