Privacy Policy
Personal data protection in accordance with the FADP
This privacy policy explains how FDMotors, operator of the SwissCarInfo website, collects, uses and protects personal data in accordance with the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP).
2 Personal Data Collected
When using the website and services, the following data may be collected:
- First and last name
- Email address
- Postal address (billing)
- IP address
- Device type (mobile/desktop), browser and operating system
- Session identifier
- Access and usage logs
- Search and purchase history
- Pages visited and actions (clicks, searches)
Anonymous tracking is also performed for unregistered visitors to improve the service.
3 Purpose of Processing
Data is collected solely for:
- User account management
- Access to paid services
- Payment processing
- Website security and abuse prevention
- Service improvement (anonymised internal statistics)
- Personalisation of the user experience
- Compliance with legal obligations
No personal data is used for advertising purposes.
4 Cookies
The website uses only technical cookies strictly necessary for its proper functioning (authentication, security, session).
- No advertising cookies
- No third-party analytics tools (Google Analytics or equivalent)
5 Data Sharing
Personal data is not sold, rented or transferred to third parties, except:
- The payment provider Mollie B.V. (Netherlands), which processes transactions via the offered payment methods (credit cards, TWINT, Apple Pay, Google Pay), solely for payment processing purposes.
Payment data is transmitted to Mollie B.V. in the Netherlands (EU), a country with a level of data protection recognised as adequate by Switzerland.
6 Data Retention
Data is retained as follows:
- Account data: as long as the user account is active
- Browsing data (IP, browser, location): automatically anonymised after 90 days
- Financial data (invoices, payments): 10 years in accordance with Swiss accounting law
- Error logs: automatically deleted after 30 days
You may request deletion of your data at any time (see section 7).
7 User Rights
In accordance with the FADP, every user has the following rights:
- Right of access to their data
- Right to rectification
- Right to deletion, within legal limits (financial data is retained for 10 years)
- Right to data portability
Any request can be sent to: info@swisscarinfo.ch. We respond within 30 days.