Privacy Policy

Elchi Studios is the trading name of a sole proprietorship owned by Samuel Krauss, Oberägeri ZG, Switzerland. Samuel Krauss personally is the counterparty.

Elchi Studios | Samuel Krauss | [email protected]

1. Definitions and Scope

This Privacy Policy applies exclusively to the website https://elchi.dev and the content and services offered directly under this domain. Subdomains of elchi.dev that are not expressly identified as part of Elchi Studios are not covered by this policy.

The terms used are based on the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP, revised version, in force since 1 September 2023) and — where applicable — the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR applies when services are offered to individuals residing in the EU.

Definitions:

Personal Data: Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Processing: Any operation performed on personal data, regardless of the means applied.
Controller: The natural or legal person who determines the purposes and means of data processing.
Hosting Provider: External service providers supplying server infrastructure. The specific provider may vary by project and requirement.
Processor: Third parties processing personal data on behalf of the controller.

2. Controller

Samuel Krauss (operating as Elchi Studios)
Im Ländli 18
6315 Oberägeri
Switzerland

Email: [email protected]

3. Data We Process

3.1 Technical Access Data (Automatic)

When you visit elchi.dev, the hosting provider and our own analytics dashboard automatically collect the following technical data:

IP address (anonymised after processing)
Date and time of access
URL / page accessed
HTTP status code
Data volume transferred
Referrer URL
Browser type and version
Operating system
Device category

Purpose: Ensuring technical operation, error detection, abuse prevention.
Legal basis (FADP): Art. 6 FADP (legitimate interest) | GDPR: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Retention: Technical logs are deleted or anonymised after a maximum of 90 days.

3.2 Own Analytics System

Elchi Studios operates a self-developed, privacy-compliant analytics dashboard as part of its administration system. This system:

does not use cookies for tracking purposes
does not share data with third parties such as Google Analytics
anonymises IP addresses before storage
collects exclusively aggregated, non-personal usage statistics

Purpose: Analysis of usage behaviour to improve our offering.
Legal basis (FADP): Art. 6 FADP | GDPR: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

3.3 Contact Enquiries

When you contact us by email or via a contact form, we process:

Name and email address
Content of the message
Time of contact

Purpose: Processing your enquiry, initiating a business relationship.
Legal basis (FADP): Art. 6 FADP | GDPR: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (pre-contractual measures).
Retention: 10 years after conclusion of correspondence (Swiss commercial retention obligation).

3.4 Client Data in the Context of Commissions (B2B)

In the course of service contracts (web development, hosting), we process data from contact persons at companies:

Contact details of the respective contact persons
Communication relating to contract execution
Technical access data (e.g. server credentials, stored exclusively in encrypted form)

This data is used exclusively for the fulfilment of the contract and is not processed for any other purpose.

4. Hosting and Technical Infrastructure

Elchi Studios uses external hosting providers for operating the website and client projects. The specific provider may vary depending on the project and requirements. All hosting providers are carefully selected and — where personal data is processed — contractually obligated to comply with data protection law (Data Processing Agreement / DPA).

Where hosting providers outside Switzerland or the EEA are used, an adequate level of protection is ensured (e.g. through EU Standard Contractual Clauses).

5. Disclosure to Third Parties

Personal data is not sold or rented to third parties. Disclosure occurs only:

to hosting providers as processors (see Section 4)
to comply with legal obligations (e.g. on official orders)
with the explicit consent of the data subject

Important note for clients: Where third-party services (e.g. payment providers, external APIs, social media plugins) are used in the context of a client project, the privacy policies of those third parties apply. In such cases, Elchi Studios acts solely as a technical service provider and assumes no responsibility for the data protection practices of third-party services chosen by the client.

6. Your Rights

6.1 Rights under the Swiss FADP

You have the right to:

Access (Art. 25 FADP): Information about data processed about you
Rectification (Art. 32 FADP): Have inaccurate data corrected
Erasure (Art. 32 FADP): Have data deleted under certain conditions
Restriction of processing (Art. 32 FADP)
Data portability (Art. 28 FADP)
Object to certain types of processing

In addition to the above:

Right to object to processing based on legitimate interests (Art. 21 GDPR)
Right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority in your EU member state

6.3 Exercising Your Rights

To exercise your rights, please contact: [email protected]

We will respond to your request within 30 days. In complex cases, this period may be extended to 90 days; we will inform you in advance if this is necessary.

7. Data Security

Elchi Studios implements appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data, in particular:

Encrypted data transmission via HTTPS (TLS)
Encrypted storage of sensitive access credentials
Access controls and access logs
Regular security updates of systems in use

8. Cookies

Elchi Studios does not use tracking cookies or third-party advertising cookies on elchi.dev. Where technically necessary cookies are used (e.g. for session management), this is done on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR / Art. 6 FADP (legitimate interest in operating the website).

No cookie consent is required for strictly necessary cookies.

9. External Links

This website may contain links to third-party websites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those external websites. We recommend reading the privacy policies of any external websites you visit.

10. Changes to this Privacy Policy

Elchi Studios reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time, in particular in response to changes in the legal framework or technologies used. The current version is always available at https://elchi.dev/legal/privacy. The date of the last update is noted at the end of this document.

11. Supervisory Authorities

Switzerland: Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC)
Feldeggweg 1, 3003 Bern | www.edoeb.admin.ch

EU (for complaints by EU residents): Competent data protection authority in the respective EU member state.

Last updated: June 2025 | Version 1.0
Scope: https://elchi.dev (main domain, excluding subdomains not expressly identified as Elchi Studios)