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Privacy and Cookies
How this website handles personal data, which cookies it sets, and what rights you have. Written to be read rather than skimmed.
Last updated: 22.07.2026
Controller
- Dr Ariel Sergio Davidoff, LL.M.
- Birmensdorferstrasse 192, 8003 Zurich, Switzerland
- Enquiries — contact form
The controller is responsible for the processing of personal data described here, within the meaning of the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP, as revised with effect from 1 September 2023) and, where it applies, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The short version
You can read this site without giving us anything. The server records technical access data, as every web server does. If you write to us through the contact form, we keep what you send in order to answer you. Cookies beyond those needed to run the site are set only if you agree to them, and you can change your mind at any time.
What we collect
Server log files. Our hosting provider records browser type and version, operating system, referring page, host name and the time of the request. This is technical information needed to operate and secure the site. It is not combined with other sources and is not used to identify individuals, unless we have concrete grounds to investigate unlawful use.
Contact form. What you enter, including your contact details, is stored so that we can deal with your enquiry and any follow-up. It is not passed to anyone else without your consent, beyond the technical providers who operate the site on our behalf.
Cookies. See the next section.
Cookies and consent
Cookies are small text files stored by your browser. Some are necessary for the site to work at all; others measure how the site is used or support marketing. Necessary cookies are set without asking, because without them the site cannot function. Everything else is set only after you have agreed.
Your choice is recorded in a consent cookie, together with the time and scope of the consent, so that we do not have to ask again and can demonstrate that consent was given. You can withdraw or change it at any time through the cookie settings on this site, or by deleting cookies in your browser. Withdrawal does not affect processing that took place beforehand.
Where cookies are not based on consent, they rest on our legitimate interest in operating and improving the site. Permanent cookies are stored for up to two years unless stated otherwise.
Services provided by others
The following third-party services may be embedded in this site. Each one receives at least your IP address and technical details of your request. Where the service is not necessary for the site to work, it loads only after you have consented.
Transfers abroad
Some of these providers process data outside Switzerland, including in the United States. Transfers take place on the basis of the Swiss–US and EU–US Data Privacy Framework where the recipient is certified under it, or otherwise on the basis of the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses together with the additional measures required under Swiss law.
Please note that data sent across open networks may travel through third countries whose protection does not match that of your own. We cannot guarantee the confidentiality of information transmitted in this way. If a matter is sensitive, use another channel.
How long we keep things
Enquiries are kept for as long as needed to deal with them and for as long as statutory retention periods require. Server logs are deleted on the schedule set by our hosting provider. Consent records are kept for up to two years. Anything no longer needed is deleted.
Your rights
Under the revised FADP, and under the GDPR where it applies, you may:
- ask what personal data we hold about you, and receive a copy
- have inaccurate data corrected
- have data deleted, or its processing restricted
- receive data you provided in a portable form
- object to processing based on legitimate interests
- withdraw consent at any time, with effect for the future
Write to us through the contact form and we will answer. If you are not satisfied, you may complain to the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner in Bern, or, within the EU, to your local supervisory authority.
Security
This site is served over an encrypted connection (TLS); you can recognise it by the padlock in the address bar. We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect data in our systems against unauthorised access, loss and misuse. No system is proof against every risk, and your own device lies outside our control.
Changes
This statement may be amended. The version published here is the one that applies. Where it forms part of an agreement with you, we will tell you about material changes.