Privacy Policy

Name and address of the data controller

This policy applies to The M Story, Winkelriedstrasse 4B, CH – 92000 Gossau

II. Name and address for privacy policy inquiries - The M Story

If you have questions regarding your personal data, you can contact us as follows: themstory.ch/contact oder The M Story, Winkelriedstrasse 4B, CH – 92000 Gossau

You can obtain information about your stored data free of charge at any time and exercise your right to correction, blocking, objection, or deletion of your data. Please contact the above-mentioned contact details. If you wish to object to the collection, processing, or use of your data by The M Story according to this privacy policy as a whole or for individual measures such as project information with donation calls, you can also address your objection by email or letter to the aforementioned contact details.

If the data is required to fulfill a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures, premature deletion of the data is only possible to the extent that contractual or legal obligations do not oppose deletion.

III. General information on data processing

The protection of your data is important to us. We respect your privacy and are committed to processing your data in accordance with applicable laws, whether you provide us with your data electronically, by post, or by phone. We process personal data only to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services, which you may receive as an interested party, customer, donor, e-newsletter subscriber, or competition participant.

The processing of personal data is always carried out within the framework of legal regulations. The M Story is subject to Swiss law, including data protection. Our offer is exclusively for individuals in Switzerland, which is why EU laws, especially the EU General Data Protection Regulation, are not applicable.

With this data protection declaration, we provide comprehensive information about our data processing. If you provide personal data of third parties (data from friends or family members, e.g., when donating a sponsorship), please ensure that the information is correct, that this person has read and understood this data protection declaration and has given their consent to the transfer of data to The M Story.

1.     Processing of personal data

Processing of personal data includes, for example, the

  • Collection

  • Storage

  • Administration

  • Use

  • Transmission

  • Disclosure

  • Deletion

of personal data. We process personal data that you provide to us and those that are automatically or manually recorded during your visit to our website. These may include:

  • Name and surname

  • Residential address

  • Date of birth

  • Gender

  • Persons living in the same household with a connection to The M Story

  • Email address

  • Phone numbers

  • Sponsorships (amount, date, medium)

  • Donations (amount, date, medium, purpose)

  • Activities on The M Story website

  • IP address of technical devices

  • Consent to receive newsletters or other information

  • Contract data

  • Communication via phone, emails, text messages (SMS)

2.     What do we use your personal data for?

We process your personal data primarily for the purpose stated at the time of collection, e.g., to subscribe to our newsletter, answer your inquiries, process your participation in petitions, campaigns, and actions, or handle your donations, sponsorship, or purchases in The M Story Shop.

In addition, within the framework of applicable laws, we also process your data for marketing and lobbying purposes. We process your personal data, for example, for the following processing purposes related to:

  • Providing our goods or services, namely sponsorships and products from The M Story Shop

  • Your donation to The M Story

  • Organizing and conducting customer communication (by mail or electronic communication means)

  • Business communication by mail, phone, email, voice messages, SMS, MMS, video messages, or instant messaging

  • Evaluating the use of our offerings via phone, email, SMS, video messages, or instant messaging, such as type of use, frequency and duration of use, precise location of use

  • Organizing and conducting special events

  • Analyzing customer behavior, including

3.     To whom do we disclose your personal data?

We may forward certain data to third parties if necessary for the purposes mentioned in this privacy policy, for example, to use technical or organizational services that we need for the fulfillment of the mentioned purposes or for our other business activities. This includes the transmission of data abroad.

We may also share your personal data with trusted third parties, including but not limited to:

  • Printers

  • Third parties responsible for the execution or organization of storage and events

  • Credit bureaus (as controllers)

  • IT service providers and other order processors

  • Our auditors

We may also compare shared contact details with advertising partners both domestically and abroad to enable them to target advertising to these individuals or similar target groups more effectively.

For the purposes listed in this declaration and if necessary, we may disclose personal data to courts, law enforcement agencies, supervisory and government authorities, as well as enforcement authorities.

4. Duration of personal data storage

Personal data of the data subject will be deleted as soon as the purpose of storage ceases.

 

IV. Cookies | tracking and other technologies related to the use of our website

We typically use "cookies" and similar techniques on our websites to identify your browser or device. A cookie is a small file that is sent to your computer or automatically stored on your computer or mobile device by the web browser you are using when you visit our website. When you revisit this website, we can recognize your device, even if we don't know who you are. In addition to cookies used only during a session and deleted after your website visit ("session cookies"), cookies can also be used to store user settings and other information for a specific period (e.g., two years) ("persistent cookies").

However, you can set your browser to reject cookies, store them only for one session, or delete them prematurely. Most browsers are set to accept cookies. We use persistent cookies to better understand how you use our offerings and content. Blocking cookies may affect certain functionalities (such as language selection).

V. Secure data transmission

Personal data that you provide to us via the website forms is transmitted to us in encrypted form over a secure connection. The security procedure used (SSL-Secure Sockets Layer) corresponds to the usual state of the art.

All employees of The M Story who handle your data are obligated to comply with data protection regulations. Access to the system is via an authorization procedure. SSL encryption (recognizable by https:// in the browser's address bar) is a protocol for encrypting data during transmission from the web server to the browser. This transmission offers particularly high security. Your personal data is encrypted between your computer and our SSL server using the SSL protocol.

VI. Use of social media plugins

We also use so-called plugins from social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, TikTok, LinkedIn, or Instagram on our websites. This is visible to you (usually through corresponding symbols). We have configured these elements to be deactivated by default. If you activate them (by clicking), the operators of the respective social networks can register that you are on our website and where you are, and can use this information for their purposes. The processing of your personal data then takes place under the responsibility of this operator according to its data protection regulations. We do not receive any information about you from them.

VIII. Liability for links

The M Story expressly declares that at the time of linking, no illegal content was recognizable on the pages to be linked. The M Story has no influence on the current and future design, content, or authorship of the linked pages. Therefore, The M Story expressly distances itself from all content of all linked pages that were changed after the link was set. This statement applies to all links and references set within its own internet offering. The provider of the respective linked page, not the one who merely refers to the respective publication via links, is solely liable for illegal, incorrect, or incomplete content and particularly for damages resulting from the use or non-use of such presented information.

IX. Changes

We reserve the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time without prior notice. The current version published on our website applies in each case.