📋 PRIVACY POLICY

1. General Information

Protecting your personal data is important to me. This Privacy Policy explains what personal data is collected on this website and how it is used.

2. Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Olga Oertle
c/o Oertle Textil AG
Alpsteinstrasse 1
9030 Abtwil
Switzerland
E-mail: hello@ooertle.ch

3. Collection and Processing of Personal Data

When visiting the website

When you visit this website, certain information is automatically collected by the hosting provider:

• IP address
• Date and time of access
• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• Referrer URL (the previously visited page)
• Device type (desktop, mobile, tablet)

This data is used solely for technical security, to optimise the website and to analyse access statistics. The IP address is anonymised after a maximum of 7 days.

When contacting me

If you contact me by e-mail, the following data will be stored:

• Your name
• E-mail address
• Subject and content of your message
• Date and time of contact

This data is used exclusively to process your request and will not be passed on to third parties without your explicit consent.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Technically necessary cookies

This website uses technically necessary cookies that are required for the operation of the site (for example, to securely deliver pages via the hosting provider). These cookies generally do not store directly identifiable personal data.

• ooertle_cookie_consent_v1 - Stores your cookie choice (duration: 12 months)
• Server/security cookies from the hosting provider - Required for secure delivery of the website (duration: session-based)

Google Analytics 4

This website uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4), a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to analyse how you use the website and to create reports on website activity. The following data may be processed:

• Shortened IP address (IP anonymisation is enabled)
• Page views, time spent on page, scroll and click behaviour
• Traffic sources (e.g. search engine, direct access, referrer)
• Device information (browser, operating system, device type)
• Interactions with specific elements (e.g. click on projects, portfolio presentation, e-mail link, LinkedIn link)

Typical GA4 cookies include _ga, _ga_*, and (if enabled) _gid. Exact durations can vary depending on Google configuration.

Processing takes place only after your consent via the cookie banner (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or corresponding Swiss data protection law). IP addresses are stored in an anonymised form so that no direct personal reference is possible.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser settings or by using the browser add-on to disable Google Analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Further information on data processing by Google can be found in Google's Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Marketing (Google Ads / Remarketing)

If you consent to the "Marketing" category in the cookie banner and Google Ads tags are enabled, cookies may be set for ad measurement, conversion tracking, and remarketing (for example _gcl_au, IDE, test_cookie, depending on Google configuration).

This may involve transmitting interaction data (for example page views, campaign source, conversion events, and technical device data) to Google. This processing takes place only on the basis of your consent.

5. Use of Google Fonts

This website uses Google Fonts, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. When you load a page, your browser downloads the required web fonts directly from Google's servers. In doing so, your IP address is transmitted to Google.

The use of Google Fonts is in the interest of a consistent and attractive presentation of this website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Further information can be found in Google's Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

6. External Links

This website contains a link to my profile on LinkedIn (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland). When you click this link, you leave this website and the Privacy Policy of LinkedIn applies:

https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

I have no influence on how LinkedIn processes your data.

7. Data Sharing and Recipients

Your personal data is generally not passed on to third parties, except in the following cases:

• If you have given your explicit consent
• If this is required to comply with legal obligations
• To service providers acting as processors (for example, hosting providers)

8. Data Retention

Personal data is stored only for as long as necessary for the respective purpose or as required by statutory retention periods. Contact data from enquiries is deleted after your request has been fully processed and no later than 6 months afterwards, unless further legal retention obligations apply.

9. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Request information about your stored personal data
• Request the correction of inaccurate personal data
• Request the deletion of your personal data
• Request the restriction of processing
• Object to the processing of your data
• Data portability
• Withdraw consent you have given at any time

To exercise your rights, you can contact me at any time using the e-mail address provided above.

10. Right to Lodge a Complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority if you believe that your personal data is being processed unlawfully. For Switzerland, this is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).

11. Contact

If you have any questions regarding data protection, you can contact me at any time using the e-mail address provided above.

This Privacy Policy was last updated in January 2026.