Impressum and Privacy Policy
Who we are
The address of this website is: https://www.rheumacura.ch. It is written and maintained by the RheumaCura Foundation in Bern, Switzerland.
Contact details
RheumaCura Foundation
Dr. Judith Safford, President
Bundesgasse 18
CH – 3011 Bern
Switzerland
The best way to contact us is via the contact form.
PRIVACY POLICY
What personal data we collect and why
This privacy policy will explain how our organization uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.
Data Collection
RheumaCura Foundation collects the following data:
• Personal identification information (First name, Surname, email address, your message to us)
How do we collect your data?
We collect and process data when you:
• Register online for a service.
• Voluntarily complete a survey or provide feedback on our contact form or via email.
• Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.
How will we use your data?
RheumaCura Foundation collects your data so that we can:
• Inform you about our activities if you have asked us to do so.
• RheumaCura Foundation does not share your data with any other organisations without your specific consent.
How do we store your data?
Data storage and hosting
Our website is hosted by Hostpoint AG, Rapperswil-Jona (Switzerland). All website data and e‑mails stored by Hostpoint are kept on servers located exclusively in Switzerland in FINMA‑certified, ISO‑27001‑compliant data centres with multiple daily backups and technical protection against unauthorized access (e.g. DDoS protection, redundant storage, access controls).
Hostpoint processes this data on our behalf as a hosting provider and is contractually obliged to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures in line with the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and, where applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Newsletter and MailerLite
For our newsletter we use the service “MailerLite”, operated by MailerLite Limited. The newsletter subscriber data (e‑mail address and, if provided, name and other information) is stored in secure data centres of MailerLite in the European Union (currently in particular in Germany, the Netherlands and other EU locations) that are certified according to ISO 27001 and meet the security requirements of the GDPR.
MailerLite acts as our data processor and is bound by a data processing agreement (DPA) that obliges it to process personal data only on our instructions, to protect it through appropriate technical and organizational measures, and not to pass it on to third parties without a legal basis.
General security measures
To protect your personal data, we and our service providers use appropriate technical and organizational measures such as encrypted data transmission (TLS/SSL), access controls, secure passwords, regular backups and continuous monitoring of systems in accordance with the requirements of the revised Swiss FADP and, where applicable, the GDPR.
Despite these measures, transmission of data over the internet may have security gaps; completely risk‑free protection of data against access by third parties cannot be guaranteed, but the chosen providers and measures correspond to current industry standards for secure web hosting and e‑mail marketing services.
Retention period
We process and store personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this privacy notice or if we have a legitimate interest in storage (for example to maintain our website, operate our newsletter or handle enquiries), and in addition in accordance with statutory retention and documentation obligations under Swiss law.
Data relating to newsletter subscriptions is stored for as long as you are subscribed to the newsletter and until you withdraw your consent or object to further e‑mails; afterwards we may retain limited information about your subscription for a reasonable period where this is necessary to document your consent or to comply with legal obligations.
If you contact us by e‑mail or other channels, we store your data for as long as necessary to process and respond to your enquiry and for the duration of any ongoing relationship with you, and beyond that where statutory retention obligations (for example under accounting or association law) apply.
Personal data will be deleted or anonymised as soon as it is no longer required for the purposes mentioned, unless and to the extent that longer storage is required or permitted by applicable law, or until RheumaCura ceases its activities and all legal retention periods have expired.
Your Data protection rights
Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request RheumaCura Foundation for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that RheumaCura Foundation correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request RheumaCura Foundation to complete information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure — You have the right to request that RheumaCura Foundation erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing, to object to processing, to make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at .
Cookies and how we use them
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology. For further information, visit https://allaboutcookies.org/.
RheumaCura Foundation uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, and to understand how you use our website.
What types of cookies do we use?
We use cookies on our website for:
• Functionality — RheumaCura Foundation uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
• Statistics and evaluations — For the compilation of statistics and evaluations, for the optimization and for the recognition of errors we use tools. In order to collect data, the tool uses a so-called “cookie”. This is a small text file that is stored by your browser on your terminal device. By means of this cookie, the tool receives, for example, information about which pages you have visited, the duration of your stay on the pages, which country and city you are browsing from, technical data of the browser you are using and of the respective terminal device. The IP address of your terminal device is only processed anonymously. At no time does the tool create profiles to which we can assign certain users, but always uses pseudonyms.
• Advertising — RheumaCura Foundation does not use cookies for advertising purposes.
How to manage cookies
You can set your browser not to accept cookies. In a few cases, some of our website features might not function as a result.
Privacy policies of other websites: The RheumaCura Foundation website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
Changes to our privacy policy: RheumaCura Foundation keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page.
Last revised March 2026