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Privacy Policy

Welcome to SIARVA and thank you for your interest in our website https://www.siarva.com.

We take the protection of personal data very seriously and process personal data confidentially and in accordance with the applicable legal requirements. This Privacy Policy informs customers, business partners and users of this website, in accordance with Swiss data protection law (Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection, revDSG) and, where applicable, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), about the nature, scope and purpose of the collection and processing of personal data.

We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure that data protection requirements are observed both by us and by our external service providers. Personal data is processed lawfully, in good faith and in a transparent manner. We follow the principles of transparency, purpose limitation, proportionality, data minimisation, storage limitation, accuracy, data security, privacy by design and privacy by default.

Important: This Privacy Policy may be amended at any time. We therefore recommend consulting this page regularly.

Purpose of this Privacy Policy

Data protection is a matter of trust. Your trust is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, process, use and disclose personal data, how long we retain it, what rights you have, and how you may contact us.

This Privacy Policy applies under Swiss data protection law and, where applicable, under the GDPR.

Definitions

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. Processing means any handling of personal data, regardless of the means used, including collection, storage, use, modification, disclosure, archiving or deletion.

The controller is the entity that determines the purposes and essential means of the processing of personal data. A processor is an entity that processes personal data on behalf of the controller and under its instructions.

Controller

The controller responsible for the processing described in this Privacy Policy is:

SIARVA
Rainhubel 4
4713 Matzendorf
Switzerland
Email: privacy@siarva.com

Certain processing activities may be carried out under the responsibility of other entities or in cooperation with third parties. Where this is the case, this will be indicated in the relevant description.

Scope of Application

This Privacy Policy applies to all persons whose personal data we process, regardless of how you interact with us, for example via our website, by email or by telephone. It applies to both already collected and future personal data.

Collection of Personal Data

When you use our website, certain technical data is processed automatically. This may include your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, date and time of access, referring URL and accessed pages. This processing is necessary to ensure technical functionality, system security and stability, and to prevent misuse.

If you contact us via email, telephone or web form, we process the personal data you provide, such as your name, contact details and the content of your inquiry. This processing serves communication purposes and, where applicable, the initiation or execution of contractual relationships.

If you subscribe to newsletters or similar communications, we process the data required for sending such communications and documenting your consent and any withdrawal.

In principle, personal data is collected directly from you. If we receive personal data from third parties, we will inform you where required by law.

Purposes of Processing

We process personal data for communication, website operation, technical administration, spam prevention, security purposes, statistical evaluation where consent has been granted, improvement of our services, compliance with legal obligations, and the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Legal Basis

Depending on the context, personal data is processed on the basis of consent, for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures, to comply with legal obligations, or on the basis of legitimate interests. Our legitimate interests include ensuring the security and functionality of our website, preventing misuse, improving our services, communicating with users, and asserting or defending legal claims.

Disclosure of Personal Data

Personal data may be shared within our organisation where required for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

We may also disclose personal data to external service providers who process data on our behalf, such as hosting providers, IT service providers, analytics providers (where consented), spam prevention providers, embedded content providers and support service providers. These service providers are contractually obliged to process personal data only in accordance with our instructions and to implement appropriate security measures.

Personal data may also be disclosed to courts, authorities or other third parties in Switzerland or abroad where we are legally obliged to do so or where disclosure is necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

We do not sell personal data.

Disclosure Abroad and International Transfers

Personal data is primarily processed in Switzerland and in the European Economic Area. In certain cases, personal data may be transferred to recipients outside these regions.

Such transfers take place only where the recipient country ensures an adequate level of data protection or where appropriate safeguards have been implemented.

Please note that certain services used on our website may involve recipients in the United States, including, but not limited to, services provided by Google, LinkedIn, Atlassian and other technology providers. This list is not exhaustive. In such cases, it cannot be excluded that authorities in the United States may access personal data under local laws, even if the data is processed outside the United States. Such processing and transfers occur only in accordance with applicable legal requirements and, where required, on the basis of your explicit consent.

Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or alteration. Despite all precautions, complete security cannot be guaranteed.

Retention

Personal data is retained only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or as required by law. Where the automatically generated section refers to retention “until the service is terminated”, this reflects the technical service context and may be supplemented by statutory retention obligations or legal defence requirements.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies. Detailed information is provided in our separate Cookie Policy at:

https://www.siarva.com/cookie-policy-eu/

Profiling and Automated Decisions

We do not carry out automated individual decision-making that produces legal effects or similarly significant effects. Should this change, we will inform you accordingly.

Your Rights and Legal Remedies

You have the right to request access to your personal data, rectification of inaccurate data, deletion where legally permissible, restriction of processing where applicable, objection to processing, and data portability where the legal requirements are met.

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future.

Requests may be sent to privacy@siarva.com. Proof of identity may be required.

You may also enforce your rights through judicial proceedings. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

In Switzerland, the competent authority is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC / EDÖB):

https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/

If you are located in the European Union, you may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in your Member State.

Automatically Generated Privacy Statement

The following section contains the automatically generated privacy statement required for technical and consent management purposes.

1. Purpose, data and retention period

We may collect or receive personal information for a number of purposes connected with our business operations which may include the following: (click to expand)

1.1 Contact - Through phone, mail, email and/or webforms

For this purpose we use the following data:

  • A first and last name
  • Account name or alias
  • An email address
  • A telephone number
  • IP Address
  • Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement
  • Geolocation data

The basis on which we may process these data is:

Upon the provision of consent.

Retention period

We retain this data until the service is terminated.

1.2 Newsletters

For this purpose we use the following data:

  • A first and last name
  • Account name or alias
  • A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town
  • An email address
  • A telephone number
  • IP Address
  • Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement

The basis on which we may process these data is:

Upon the provision of consent.

Retention period

We retain this data until the service is terminated.

1.3 Compiling and analyzing statistics for website improvement.

For this purpose we use the following data:

  • A first and last name
  • A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town
  • Account name or alias
  • An email address
  • IP Address
  • A telephone number
  • Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement
  • Geolocation data

The basis on which we may process these data is:

Upon the provision of consent.

Retention period

We retain this data until the service is terminated.

Last updated: 11.02.2026

2023 | The Spark

Those early conversations revealed something deeper than enthusiasm for watches. They exposed a structural weakness in how watchmaking knowledge was shared. Terminology was fluid, history was simplified, and expertise was often fragmented across disconnected sources.

What began as inspiration slowly formed into a disciplined question: how can watchmaking knowledge be preserved and transmitted responsibly in the digital age?

This question became the starting point for what would later grow into Siarva.