Privacy Policy for TAIA

Last Updated: [24 Ağustos 2025]

This Privacy Policy describes how TAIA AG (in foundation) ("TAIA", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your information when you visit our website taia.ch (the "Site"). Your privacy is of utmost importance to us, and this policy outlines our commitment to protecting your personal data in compliance with the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Data Controller

The entity responsible for the processing of your personal data is:

TAIA AG (in foundation) Switzerland Email: info@taia.ch

2. Data We Collect and Why

We collect information to provide and improve our services to you. The types of personal data we may collect include:

  • Information You Provide to Us:

    • Contact Form Data: When you fill out our contact form or request a pilot, we collect your name, email address, company name, and any message you provide. We use this data solely to respond to your inquiries and to discuss potential business relationships.

    • Direct Communications: If you contact us directly via email, we will collect your email address and any other information you choose to provide in your correspondence.

  • Information We Collect Automatically:

    • Usage Data & Cookies: Like most websites, we may collect non-personally-identifying information such as your browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. This is done to better understand how our visitors use the Site and to improve user experience. We use a minimal number of cookies for essential website functionality and analytics. For more details, see our "Use of Cookies" section below.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

  • Consent: Where you have given us clear consent to process your personal data for a specific purpose (e.g., by submitting a contact form).

  • Contractual Necessity: To take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract (e.g., providing details about our Pilot Program).

  • Legitimate Interests: To pursue our legitimate interests in a way which might reasonably be expected as part of running our business and which does not materially impact your rights, freedom or interests (e.g., for website analytics to improve our services).

4. Data Sharing and Third Parties

TAIA is built on a "privacy-by-design" philosophy. We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.

We may share your data with trusted third-party service providers only when necessary to operate our Site and services, such as:

  • Website Hosting: Our website is hosted on Squarespace, which processes data on our behalf.

  • Analytics Providers: We may use privacy-focused analytics tools to understand website traffic.

All third-party providers are carefully vetted to ensure they comply with high data protection standards equivalent to those required by Swiss and EU law.

5. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

6. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. For data submitted via contact forms, we will retain the information for the duration of our correspondence and any subsequent business relationship.

7. Your Rights

Under the FADP and GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to Access: You have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you.

  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to correct data that we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.

  • Right to be Forgotten: In certain circumstances, you can ask for the data we hold about you to be erased from our records.

  • Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data.

  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to have the data we hold about you transferred to another organization.

  • Right to Object: You have the right to object to certain types of processing, such as direct marketing.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [hello@taia.ch].

8. Use of Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use a minimal number of cookies to ensure the proper functioning of our website and to gather anonymous analytics data. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

By email: info@taia.ch

By mail: TAIA AG