Privacy Policy – wetterjournal.ch

Effective: 9 August 2025

1. Who we are

wetterjournal.ch is provided by [Company/Name], [legal form], registered at [Address], CHE‑[UID]. Contact: [Email], [Phone]. We act as the controller. Supervisory authority: the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC). Switzerland’s revised FADP has applied since 1 September 2023. 

2. What we do

We offer a weather journaling app for construction companies. wetterjournal.ch uses publicly available MeteoSwiss Open Data and provides a streamlined interface. Use of this Open Data requires source attribution and follows the CC BY 4.0 license published by MeteoSwiss. 

3. Personal data we process

Account and contract data: company name, name, email, billing address, user roles

Usage data: logs, device and browser info, timestamps, interactions

Project and journal data: site names, optional location coordinates, notes, photos, weather logs, linked Open‑Data values

Support communications: emails, tickets, feedback

Cookies: strictly necessary; analytics cookies only with consent or based on overriding private interests as per FDPIC guidance (see Section 9). 


4. Purposes

Service delivery and contract performance, security and abuse prevention, product improvement, analytics, support, and compliance.

5. Legal basis under Swiss law

Processing follows Swiss principles of lawfulness, proportionality, purpose limitation, data minimisation and transparency, based on contract performance, consent, or overriding private interests, as applicable. 

6. Sources

Directly from users

From your use of wetterjournal.ch

From MeteoSwiss Open Data, with mandatory attribution; any official warnings, if displayed, remain unaltered and timely. 


7. Sharing

Hosting, email, monitoring, analytics, payment processing [list vendors]

Processors are bound by data protection and security commitments

No sale of personal data


8. Cross‑border transfers

If data is processed outside Switzerland or the EEA, we use recognised safeguards, notably Standard Contractual Clauses with additional measures where required. 

9. Cookies and analytics

We use essential cookies. For non‑essential cookies and similar technologies we provide clear information and user choice. The FDPIC guidance of 3 February 2025 clarifies information and consent or interest‑balancing requirements. Our banner offers granular controls. 

10. Your rights

You have rights to access, rectification, deletion, restriction, portability and to withdraw consent. The revised FADP includes a right to data portability in defined cases. Contact [Email]. 

11. Security

We implement technical and organisational measures in line with the Data Protection Ordinance (SR 235.11), appropriate to risk. 

12. Retention

Account, contract and billing data: statutory retention

Project and journal data: by default until deleted by the customer team or [x] months after contract end

Logs: [x] days


13. Open‑Data attribution and disclaimers

MeteoSwiss requires a “Source: MeteoSwiss” attribution; MeteoSwiss excludes warranty and liability for correctness, timeliness, reliability and completeness of Open Data to the extent permitted by law. We reflect these notices. 

14. Breach notifications

We notify the FDPIC where a breach is likely to result in a high risk to personality rights and inform affected individuals where legally required. 

15. Contact

[Company/Name], [Address], [Email], [Phone].