Data protection
Privacy notice
This website sets no cookies, runs no analytics and loads nothing from third-party servers. The short version is that almost no data is collected at all.
Who is responsible
Beate van Loo-Born Advisory, sole proprietorship of Beate van Loo-Born
Weidbrunnenstrasse 2, 8135 Langnau am Albis, Switzerland
beate@beatevanlooborn.com
This notice applies to the website beatevanlooborn.com. It is written to meet the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP, revised version in force since 1 September 2023) and, for visitors in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, the General Data Protection Regulation.
What this site does not do
- No cookies. Nothing is written to your device by this website.
- No analytics. There is no Google Analytics, no pixel, no heat mapping and no visitor counter.
- No third-party content. All fonts, images, styles and scripts are served from this domain. No content delivery network is called, so no external party sees your visit.
- No advertising and no profiling. No automated decision-making takes place.
Server log files
The site is hosted by GoDaddy. Like any web host, its servers record technical information each time a page is requested: the IP address of the requesting device, the date and time, the page requested, the referring page if there is one, and the browser and operating system in use. This happens at the hosting layer and is standard for the operation and security of any website.
These logs are used only to keep the site running and to investigate faults or attacks. They are not combined with any other data and are not used to identify individual visitors. The legal basis is the legitimate interest in operating a secure website, Article 6(1)(f) GDPR and Article 31(1) FADP.
Hosting is provided by GoDaddy, which may process this data on servers inside and outside Switzerland and the EEA, under its own data processing terms. Details are published in GoDaddy's own privacy policy.
Contacting us by email
The contact page uses a plain email link. Selecting it opens your own email programme with the address filled in. Nothing you type is sent to this website, and no form data is stored on this server. There is no third-party form service.
When you send an email, we receive the content of your message, your email address, your name if you give it, and anything else you choose to include. That information is used to answer you and to carry out any engagement that follows. The legal basis is the steps taken at your request before entering a contract, Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, and our legitimate interest in responding to enquiries, Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Enquiry correspondence is kept for as long as the matter is live and for a reasonable period afterwards. Where a mandate follows, records are kept for the ten years required by Swiss commercial bookkeeping law. Correspondence that leads nowhere is deleted once it is clear there is nothing further to discuss.
Recipients of your data
Your data is not sold, rented or shared for marketing. It may be seen by our email provider and our hosting provider in the ordinary course of delivering their services, and by our accountant, bank or legal advisers where a mandate makes that necessary. Disclosure to authorities occurs only where the law requires it.
International transfers
Email and hosting providers may process data outside Switzerland and the EEA. Where that happens, transfers are covered by standard contractual clauses or an equivalent legal mechanism.
Your rights
You can ask for access to the personal data held about you, ask for it to be corrected or deleted, ask for processing to be restricted, object to processing based on legitimate interests, and ask to receive your data in a portable form. Write to beate@beatevanlooborn.com and we will respond within the statutory period.
If you believe your data has been handled improperly, you may complain to the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) in Bern, or, if you are in the EEA or the UK, to your national supervisory authority.
Security
The site is served over an encrypted HTTPS connection. Access to email and business records is protected by strong authentication. No system is perfectly secure, so please avoid sending confidential material by unencrypted email unless we have agreed how to handle it.
Children
This site is aimed at a professional audience and is not directed at children.
Changes
This notice may be updated when the site or the law changes. The version in force is the one published here.
Last updated: August 2026.