Privacy Policy
As we attach great importance to the protection of your data and privacy, we have developed this data protection declaration which explains what we implement in this regard when you browse our website www.secretofchildhood.ch.
Who are we and how to contact us?
The Secret of Childhood Bilingual Montessori School is the name of our school. For any questions related to data processing relating to the website www.secretofchildhood.ch, you can contact us by postal mail at the following address: The Secret of Childhood Bilingual Montessori School, Allée de la Petite Prairie, 12 - 14, 1260 Nyon. You can also contact us by email at contact@secretofchildhood.ch or through our contact form.
What is our role in data protection?
When you browse our website, we may process some of your personal data. We are, in accordance with the LPD, the data controller.
When and how do we collect your data?
As soon as you interact with our website for the first time, we collect data (e.g. to know whether you consent to the deposit of cookies or not). You also communicate your data to us when you contact us (e.g. through our contact form).
What categories of data do we process?
Depending on your browsing on our website, we may process the following categories of data concerning you:
Contact data
We process your contact data, for example your name, first name, address, telephone number or email address.
Internet and connection data
For technical reasons and to improve our website, each use of it generates certain data, including your IP address, information about your Internet service provider and your device's operating system, information about the referring URL, information about the browser used, the date and time of access and the content consulted during the website visit.
Why do we process your data?
We process your data for communication purposes with you, including to respond to your requests and the exercise of your rights, as well as to inform you of our activities. We also process your personal data in order to generate traffic statistics useful for improving our website. We finally process your personal data to comply with laws, directives and recommendations from authorities.
Do we make automated individual decisions?
As part of our activities, we use various computer tools to ensure their management. These tools aim to centralize and structure processes, improve their efficiency and guarantee the quality of our services. It is important to specify that we do not make any automated individual decisions with the help of these computer tools.
What are your rights?
Your rights vary depending on specific circumstances and may have exceptions. Generally, the LPD provides the following.
- You have the right to access your data.
- You have the right to request the delivery or transmission of your data in a commonly used electronic format.
- You have the right to have your data corrected if it is inaccurate.
- You have the right to object to processing of your data.
- You have the right to request the deletion or destruction of your data.
- You have the right to require that an automated individual decision be reviewed by a natural person.
How do we secure your data?
We take adequate security measures, such as encryption, to ensure the security of your personal data and guarantee its confidentiality, integrity, availability and traceability. Data security can unfortunately never be entirely guaranteed. If you think your personal data has been compromised, please contact us immediately.
Where is your data stored?
The personal data we collect is stored in our premises, as well as in the processing centers operated by our service providers.
How long do we keep your data?
We process your personal data as long as the purpose of processing requires it, as long as we have a legitimate interest in preserving it (e.g. to assert our rights, for archiving or to ensure computer security) and as long as the data is subject to a legal retention obligation. For certain data, the retention period is for example ten years. Once these deadlines have expired, we destroy your personal data.
To whom do we communicate your data?
The management of our website involves collaboration with specialized external service providers, particularly for its creation, maintenance and hosting. We establish collaborations with service providers recognized in their field of expertise to guarantee the proper functioning of our website, and more generally the quality of our activities. As part of these collaborations, it may be necessary to communicate your data to our service providers. Rest assured that these communications are strictly limited to what is necessary and are carried out in compliance with the legal framework.
When personal data is communicated to a service provider located outside Switzerland or the European Economic Area (EEA) and not offering an adequate level of protection, we require the service provider to commit to respecting the applicable legislation on data protection (for this purpose, we use the revised standard contractual clauses of the European Commission), unless the service provider is already subject to a set of legally accepted rules aimed at guaranteeing data protection (Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework) or we cannot invoke an exception.
What cookies do we use?
Our website uses cookies. For each service, you can access the list of cookies by clicking on our cookie banner.
What about social media?
We operate our own presences on social networks and other platforms (e.g. Facebook). When you communicate with us on these sites or comment or share content there, we collect data that we use primarily to communicate with you. For more information on the processing by platform operators, you can consult the relevant data protection declarations. You will also find information on the countries in which they process your data, your rights of access and deletion of data and other rights of data subjects, as well as how you can exercise these rights or obtain additional information.
Updated on May 16, 2025
The data protection declaration is protected by copyright. Any reproduction, distribution or other use of the declaration, in modified or unmodified form, is prohibited, except with the prior written agreement of the author. Unauthorized uses of the declaration will be prosecuted.
