StartupMonitoring · Updated 2026-11-04
Privacy notice
Learn what data is processed when you visit StartupMonitoring. Optional analytics and advertising are switched off in this view.
Optional analytics and advertising are switched off.
In this view we load no Google Analytics, Clarity or AdSense advertising library. The website and CSV exports remain available. The sections below also explain the prepared shared consent management.
1 / Controller and scope
Chiron Services GmbH, Starenstrasse 33, 4059 Basel, Switzerland, is responsible for operating this website and processing visitor data as described here. Please send privacy enquiries to [email protected].
This notice covers startupmonitoring.ch. The public dashboard displays aggregated information about Swiss companies. The register adds public company details and commercial register notices. External websites we link to have their own providers’ privacy notices.
2 / Hosting, access logs and security
We operate the website on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in the Zurich region (Switzerland). Cloudflare helps deliver and protect access to the website. When you access it, the hosting infrastructure processes technical connection and log data, including IP address, time, requested address, HTTP status, volume transferred, browser information and, where supplied, the referring page.
These data support delivery, troubleshooting, stability and protection against abuse. The web application may use technical session and security cookies. These operational functions are separate from optional measurement and are not disabled by rejecting it.
Log retention depends on hosting configuration and the operational or security purpose. Data relating to a specific security incident or legal requirement may be needed for longer. The linked provider notices describe processing of operational data and further processing locations.
3 / Optional services are switched off
Optional analytics and advertising are switched off in this view. Previous permissions from the separate analytics banner are not reused as Google consent.
After activation, the shared consent management described below can control analytics and advertising according to your actual Google choices. Google Analytics does not start without explicit analytics permission. Microsoft Clarity remains switched off.
4 / Limited page and CSV measurement
After consent, Google Analytics 4 records aggregate visits to the HTTPS homepage, register, company profiles and export pages on startupmonitoring.ch or www.startupmonitoring.ch. Before transmission, all page addresses are reduced to the general paths “/”, “/register” or “/register/export”. Company profiles are counted as register visits without their individual paths. Local previews do not start measurement services.
For GA4, our integration uses a fixed page title and sends at most the referring website’s origin, including its protocol. Search text, company names, UID and EHRA identifiers, filters, selection tokens, form contents and downloaded file contents are not sent to the measurement services. Individual company paths, query parameters and section anchors are not sent as page locations.
Microsoft Clarity is currently switched off. No Clarity scripts load and no session recordings or heatmaps are collected through this service.
5 / Google Analytics 4
Google Analytics 4 is provided by Google Ireland Limited, Ireland. After consent, it uses browser and device information, technical connection data, pseudonymous cookie identifiers and usage information for visit statistics. Connections to Google technically transmit the IP address. A pseudonymous identifier does not guarantee anonymity.
In addition to cleaned page views, we send exactly two custom CSV events: “csv_export_open” for the click to open the export page (step 1) and “csv_download_click” for the click on the CSV download (step 2). Additional details are limited to export type (“company” or “directory”), language, step 1 or 2 and CSV format. These clicks prove neither a completed download nor a saved file. No other custom search or form events are configured. Enhanced automatic measurement, Google Signals and advertising personalisation features in our GA4 configuration are switched off. Separate AdSense advertising choices are controlled by Google’s shared consent management.
After consent, cookies including _ga and _ga_<identifier> may recognise a browser and assign a session. Actual lifetimes and service retention depend on the service and browser settings. The lifetime of our local status copy does not describe how long Google retains data.
In our GA4 property, user-data and event-data retention are each set to two months; resetting on new user activity is disabled. This period does not apply to standard aggregated reports. Account settings allow contributions to aggregated or de-identified modelling and business comparisons, technical support, and usage- and configuration-related business recommendations.
6 / Microsoft Clarity
Microsoft Clarity is currently switched off. Our integration does not load the service or send it visit or session data. Consent for Google analytics or advertising is not treated as consent for Microsoft Clarity.
7 / Canton map
The interactive canton map uses bundled vector geometry and aggregated values served by our website. It loads no mapping libraries from Google or other third parties and sends them no map requests. The geometry comes from swisstopo’s swissBOUNDARIES3D with a reference date of 1 January 2026.
The map does not ask for names or contact details. The optional usage measurement described separately is independent of the map.
8 / Contact and data enquiries
The public register makes selected information from public registry sources searchable, including company name, identifiers, legal form, registered office and address, purpose, status and recorded publications. Search engines may find company profiles. Search terms, filters and page numbers are sent to our server as URL parameters and processed there; they may also appear in technical access logs. With appropriate consent, Google Analytics may perform the sanitised register and CSV measurement described above. Microsoft Clarity does not load. There is no watchlist or automatically submitted enquiry.
If you email us, we process your sender and contact details, message contents, any attachments and associated communication data to handle your enquiry, prepare or perform an agreed service and document the correspondence.
An email link first opens your own email application. A message is sent only when you send it there. Please provide only details needed for your request. Your and our email providers may process data during transmission.
We retain enquiries and related documents as long as needed to handle them, manage a business relationship, comply with legal duties or establish and exercise claims. They are then deleted or, where suitable, retained without personal identification.
9 / Advertising on CSV export pages
Google AdSense advertising is currently inactive on our CSV export pages. The advertising integration is switched off and loads no AdSense advertising library.
CSV downloads remain freely accessible. Where the shared consent interface is enabled, it manages your choices independently. Analytics consent does not automatically allow advertising.
10 / Recipients, international processing and purposes
Access is limited to people who need it for operations or your enquiry and the relevant hosting, email and technical service providers. When measurement is enabled, Google receives the data described above. Disclosure may also be required by law or to enforce rights.
In addition to Switzerland, Google may process data particularly in Ireland and the United States, and at further locations stated in its notices. Protection abroad may differ. Google describes applicable adequacy arrangements, the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and standard contractual clauses for international transfers. Its relevant information and safeguards are linked below.
We process data under applicable Swiss data-protection law. Where the GDPR applies, optional measurement relies on consent, specific service enquiries on pre-contractual steps or contract performance, and necessary website operations on the interest in a secure, functioning service, subject to legal retention duties.
11 / Your rights
Subject to applicable law, you can request access to your personal data and information about processing, and correction of inaccuracies. Where the conditions are met, you can request deletion, restriction, objection or release or transfer of data. Legal retention duties and other legitimate grounds may prevent immediate deletion.
Contact [email protected]. We may request proportionate proof of identity to avoid disclosing data to an unauthorised person. You can also contact the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) or another authority responsible for you.
You can withdraw measurement consent through the privacy settings in the footer of the homepage, register, company profiles or export pages independently of a written request. We do not use the visitor analyses described here to make automated individual decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects on you.
12 / Changes to this notice
We update this notice when website operations, services or legal requirements change. The dated version on this page describes the current setup. Changing the stored measurement scope requires a new choice before optional measurement starts.
Privacy contact
Chiron Services GmbHStarenstrasse 33
4059 Basel, Switzerland
[email protected]