The protection of your personal data is essential for us. We do our utmost to prevent any misuse. EIGHT SECONDS assumes responsibility for the processing of your personal data and for compliance with the laws in force.

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1. Scope and legal basis

This Data protection Statement informs you about the processing of personal data by EIGHT SECONDS. It explains how we collect and use your personal data; it also describes your rights, the analytical tools we use and how a possible misuse is prevented.

Your access to our website shall constitute your consent to this Data protection Statement. The present Data protection Statement shall not apply to linked third party websites. We shall assume no liability for compliance with data protection provisions on third party websites.

All personal data made available shall be treated according to the provisions of the Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP). In addition, the relevant provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (EU-GDPR) shall be complied with.

EIGHT SECONDS may amend this data protection declaration at any time in accordance with current legislation. The current version is dated January 2026.

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2. Personal data

We shall only collect and record publicly available data or data that you have provided to EIGHT SECONDS or entered yourself as a user or customer (e.g. request for information, contact data, order, visit to the website, communication with EIGHT SECONDS).

This personal data may include names, addresses, other contact information, IP addresses, information about the use of the website or other information relating to its use.

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3. Use of personal data

We shall use your personal data exclusively for the purpose for which they were entrusted to us.

We shall be entitled to process personal data in order to carry out the tasks required of us by contracts or written or verbal demands in communication. In particular, the processing of the data shall serve the purpose of fulfilling the management, communication, to provide individual advice to customers. Moreover, the data shall be used for the civil and criminal enforcement of the rights entrusted to us, for collection purposes, for anti-piracy purposes. If necessary for the performance of its tasks, EIGHT SECONDS may disclose data to third parties, or to authorities and courts by virtue of an explicit order. 

Apart from that, personal data shall not be disclosed to third parties unless you consent to such disclosure.

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4. Access data and recording

Apart from the voluntarily provided personal data, access data that can identify you as a user are recorded automatically: IP address, date and time of the access, files retrieved, access status, selected pages, transferred data volume, page from which the site was accessed, top level domain, used browser, and used operating system. There will be no person-related analysis of the access data; this means that inferences pertaining to your person will not be made at any time. The access data shall be protected against unauthorized access and they shall not be disclosed to any third parties.

All electronic messages sent to us or from us shall not be disclosed. Access shall only be granted in legally justified cases. Access shall then be made in compliance with the applicable legal provisions and by specific persons in defined functions.

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5. Website

 

Cookies 

Cookies are used in specific case to adjust the content of our website to the needs of the visitors and to enable the collection of statistical data regarding the use of the website. A Cookie is a small text file locally stored by our website in the memory of the internet browser on the computer you use. The storage of cookies can be avoided by the respective settings in the internet browser and cookies once used are deleted. In this case it may be that not all functions of a website are fully used.

 

Wix

Our site is hosted by Wix, which uses cookies that are stored on the computer used and which enable the use of the website to be analysed. 

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6.Data security

EIGHT SECONDS takes the best possible security measures and organizational measures to protect personal data and access data against unauthorized access, use and transmission.

Please note that you are responsible for the data security on the computer you use.

The communication via email is not encrypted; hence, its security and confidentiality are not guaranteed. We recommend not sending confidential information via the website.

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7. Right of access

As a person concerned you can request information about your personal data, and you can request the correction of such information. However, we shall reserve the right to request a written application and an identification establishing the identity of the applicant prior to providing the information or correcting the data. Moreover, regarding requests for information by a person who is not a customer or member of a relevant sister society, we shall be entitled to charge an appropriate administration fee in accordance with the Date protection Ordinance.

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8. Adress and contact

Any requests or questions regarding data protection may be addressed to EIGHT SECONDS by e-mail (hello@eightseconds.co).