Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 2026-05-20

This Privacy Policy explains how residency.static-factory.ch handles personal data in connection with the static-factory Residency Program website.

Controller

The website is operated by static-factory Residency Program.

Privacy Philosophy

This website is intentionally simple and privacy-oriented.

We do not run advertising systems, analytics platforms, behavioral tracking, profiling tools, marketing automation, or user accounts. The website exists purely to present the residency program and allow interested teams to contact or apply to us.

What Data We Process

We process only the minimum technical and communication data necessary to operate the website and handle enquiries or applications.

This may include:

  1. Server and infrastructure logs
    Basic technical request data such as IP address, request date/time, requested URL, user agent, and error logs may be temporarily processed by hosting infrastructure for security, stability, and abuse prevention.

  2. Contact form communication
    When you use the contact form, we process the information you provide, including your name, email address, and message content, so the message can be sent to us and answered.

  3. Application form communication
    When you submit a residency application, we process the information you provide, including startup or team name, website, project description, facility requirements, contact details, and expected residency timeline.

  4. Direct email communication
    If you contact us directly by email, we process the information contained in that communication.

  5. Embedded third-party content
    Some pages may include embedded third-party services such as OpenStreetMap. Those providers may receive technical request information directly from your browser when the embedded content is loaded.

We process data only for:

  1. operating and securing the website,
  2. responding to enquiries,
  3. reviewing residency applications,
  4. managing residency-related communication and administration.

For users subject to Swiss law, processing is based on the revised Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (revFADP), particularly legitimate operational interests and communication initiated by the user.

Where consent is legally required, it is requested separately.

Cookies

We do not use cookies of any kind.

Specifically:

  • no analytics cookies,
  • no advertising cookies,
  • no tracking cookies,
  • no marketing cookies,
  • no social media tracking cookies,
  • no session cookies,
  • no login cookies,
  • no preference cookies,
  • no third-party tracking scripts.

The website is designed to function without cookie banners or consent popups because no cookies are intentionally set by us.

Some external services embedded on specific pages (for example OpenStreetMap) may independently use their own technical mechanisms when loaded directly from their infrastructure. Those interactions occur between your browser and the third-party provider.

Analytics And Tracking

We do not use:

  • Google Analytics,
  • Meta Pixel,
  • LinkedIn Insight Tag,
  • Hotjar,
  • Microsoft Clarity,
  • advertising trackers,
  • fingerprinting systems,
  • behavioral profiling,
  • cross-site tracking technologies.

We have no interest in monitoring visitor behavior beyond basic infrastructure security requirements.

Retention

  1. Technical logs are retained only as long as reasonably necessary for security, maintenance, and operational diagnostics.
  2. Contact and application submissions are retained only as long as necessary to process enquiries, evaluate applications, manage residency operations, and maintain reasonable administrative records.

Sharing

We do not sell, rent, monetize, or trade personal data.

Data may be processed by infrastructure or service providers involved in:

  • website hosting,
  • email delivery,
  • form handling,
  • embedded map or media services.

Processing is limited to what is operationally necessary.

International Transfers

Some technical providers may process data outside Switzerland.

Where applicable, appropriate safeguards are used in accordance with Swiss data protection requirements.

Your Rights

Under applicable law, you may request:

  • access to your personal data,
  • correction of inaccurate data,
  • deletion of data where legally applicable,
  • information about how your data is processed.

Contact

For privacy-related requests or questions, contact:

residency@static-factory.ch