1. Introduction

Welcome to Allard.xyz (the „Website“). We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection laws, including the revised Swiss Data Protection Act (FADP). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal data when you visit or use our Website.

2. Data Controller

The data controller responsible for your personal data is:

  • Name: ixplorex ventures GmbH
  • Address: Bundesstrasse 6, 6300 Zug, Switzerland
  • Email: privacy@allard.xyz

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact us at the email address listed above.

3. Personal Data We Collect

Depending on how you interact with our Website, we may collect the following categories of personal data:

  1. Contact Information: Such as your name, email address, mailing address, or phone number if you fill out forms or contact us directly.
  2. Usage Data: Information about your interaction with our Website, including the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, and your IP address.
  3. Device and Technical Information: Such as browser type, operating system, or unique device identifiers.
  4. Communication Data: If you subscribe to a newsletter, request more information, or correspond with us, we may retain those communications.
  5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We may use cookies or similar technologies to enhance the user experience and analyze Website performance. For more details, see Section 7 (Cookies and Tracking).

We do not generally collect special categories of personal data (e.g., health information, biometric data) unless explicitly stated and with your consent.

4. Purpose and Legal Basis for Processing

We process personal data for the following purposes:

  1. Providing Services: To facilitate and maintain our Website’s functionality, respond to your requests, and deliver the services or information you request.
  2. Communication: To send you newsletters, updates, or marketing information about our services (only with your prior consent where required).
  3. Analytics and Improvement: To analyze Website usage trends, improve our Website’s functionality, and enhance user experience.
  4. Legal Obligations: To comply with applicable laws or respond to lawful requests and legal processes.
  5. Enforcement: To enforce our terms and conditions, protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and/or that of our affiliates and visitors.

Where required by law (including Swiss or EU data protection legislation), we rely on at least one of the following legal bases:

  • Your consent (e.g., newsletter subscriptions),
  • The necessity to perform or enter into a contract,
  • Compliance with a legal obligation,
  • Legitimate interests that are not overridden by your fundamental rights and freedoms.

5. Disclosure of Your Data

We may share your personal data with third parties only in the following circumstances:

  1. Service Providers: We may engage carefully selected service providers to help us operate, maintain, and improve our Website (e.g., hosting providers, analytics providers). These service providers have access to your personal data only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are bound by contractual obligations to protect your data.
  2. Legal Compliance: We may disclose personal data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
  3. Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your personal data may be transferred as part of that transaction.

6. International Transfers

Where we transfer personal data outside of Switzerland or the European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure an adequate level of protection is provided or rely on legal frameworks such as:

  • Adequacy decisions by the Swiss Federal Council or the European Commission, or
  • Appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses.

7. Cookies and Tracking

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (e.g., web beacons, pixels) to collect and store information when you visit our Website. Cookies are small text files placed on your device to:

  • Enable core site functionalities (essential cookies),
  • Remember your preferences (functional cookies),
  • Provide analytics on how the site is used (analytical cookies),
  • Offer relevant advertising (advertising cookies, if applicable).

You can control or delete cookies using your browser settings. Note that disabling certain cookies may limit the functionality of our Website.

8. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements. When personal data is no longer required, we securely delete or anonymize it.

9. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no transmission of data over the internet or method of electronic storage is guaranteed to be completely secure.

10. Your Rights

Under Swiss data protection laws (and where applicable, the GDPR), you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  1. Access: You can request information about the personal data we hold about you.
  2. Rectification: You can ask to correct or update inaccurate or incomplete data.
  3. Erasure: You can request that we delete your personal data under certain circumstances.
  4. Restriction: You can ask us to restrict certain processing of your personal data.
  5. Data Portability: You can request a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format (GDPR/EU visitors only).
  6. Objection: You can object to processing your personal data where processing is based on our legitimate interests (GDPR/EU visitors only).
  7. Withdraw Consent: You can withdraw any consent you have given at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of data processing before the withdrawal.

To exercise your rights, please contact us at privacy@allard.xyz. We will respond within a reasonable timeframe as required by law.

11. Third-Party Links

Our Website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, or services that we do not operate or control. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those third-party sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies separately.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will always be posted on our Website. Your continued use of our Website following any changes means that you accept the revised Privacy Policy.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or our handling of your personal data, please contact us at:

  • ixplorex ventures GmbH
  • Bundesstrasse 6, 6300 Zug, Switzerland
  • privacy@allard.xyz