INTRODUCTION
With the following statement, we comply with our statutory duty to inform you about the storage of data, the type of data, its purpose and our identity. We apply the data protection principles and rights described in this policy to all visitors and members, regardless of their country of residence.
Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP/DSG), every person is entitled to protection of their privacy and to protection against misuse of their personal data. Where the GDPR also applies — for example to visitors and members based in the European Union — we comply with its requirements as well. We comply with these terms. Personal data will be kept strictly confidential and will not be sold or passed on to third parties. The details can be found in the following explanations.
We look forward to your visit to our website and your interest in our activities, products and services. For external links to third-party content, we accept no liability despite careful content control, since we have not initiated the transmission of this information, have not selected or changed the addressee of the transmitted information and the transmitted information itself.
The protection of your personal data during the collection, processing and use during your visit to our website is very important to us and takes place within the framework of the legal regulations, which you can refer to in our Privacy Policy (at bottom of our website). The use of our website is usually possible without providing personal data. You agree that by filling in any forms on our website that any personal data (for example name, address or e-mail address), is always given on a free-will basis. These data will not be disclosed to third parties without your explicit consent. We point out in this context that the transmission of data on the Internet (for example in the case of communication by e-mail) may have security gaps. A complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.
COLLECTION AND STORAGE OF PERSONAL DATA AND THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF THEIR USE
a) When visiting the website: Every time a customer (or other visitor) accesses our website, the internet browser used on your device (computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) automatically sends information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called logfile (log file) on the server side (web hosting provider).
The following data will be collected without your intervention and stored until automated deletion:
• if necessary IP address of the requesting computer, as well as device ID or individual device identifier and device type,
• name of the retrieved file and amount of data transferred, as well as date and time of retrieval,
• Message about successful call,
• Requesting domain (origin of your request, from which you came to our website(s)),
• Description of the type of internet browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your terminal and the name of your access provider,
• Location information, including location data from your mobile device. Please note that on most mobile devices, you can control or disable the use of location services in the mobile device’s settings menu.
Our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO for the collection of data is based on the following purposes:
• Ensuring a smooth connection setup and comfortable use of the website,
• Evaluation of system security and stability, and
• For further administrative purposes.
In no case do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about you.
b) When concluding a contractual relationship of any kind: When concluding any contractual relationship of any kind on our website, we ask you for the following personal data:
• Data that personally identifies you, such as your natural name and e-mail address
• Other personal data which we are legally obliged or authorized to collect and process and which we need for your authentication, identification or verification of the data we collect.
The mentioned data will be processed to ensure a smooth contractual relationship. The processing of data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. The retention period is limited to the purpose of the contract and, if available, statutory and contractual retention requirements.
TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA
A transfer of your data to third parties for purposes other than those listed below does not take place. We only pass on your data to third parties if:
• You have given your express consent to this (Art. 6 (1) (1) (a) GDPR),
• This is necessary for the settlement of contractual relationships with you (Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR),
• There is a legal obligation to pass it on (Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR),
• Disclosure is required for asserting, exercising or defending legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have a predominantly legitimate interest in not disclosing your data (Article 6 (1) (1) (f) GDPR).
In these cases, however, the amount of data transmitted is limited to the minimum required. Please note that some of the third-party services integrated on our website — specifically YouTube, Google Analytics (all Google Inc.), Facebook and Instagram (Meta Platforms Inc.), Eventbrite (Eventbrite Inc.), Hubspot (Hubspot, Inc) and Jetpack (Automattic Inc.) and Stripe (Stripe, Inc.) — are operated by companies based in the United States. Using these features may result in your data being transferred to and processed in the United States by these providers, under their own privacy policies (linked in the relevant sections below). Aside from these named services, no other transfer of your data to third countries takes place or is intended.
AFFECTED RIGHTS
On request, we will be pleased to inform you whether and which clearly personal data about you are stored (Article 15 GDPR), in particular the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been disclosed or will, the planned storage period, the right of rectification, deletion, limitation of processing or opposition, the existence of a right of appeal, the origin of their data, if they were not collected from us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling.
You also have the right to correct any incorrectly collected personal data or to complete incomplete data collected (Art. 16 GDPR). Furthermore, you have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your data, provided that the legal conditions for doing so are met (Art. 18 GDPR). You have the right to receive the personal data relating to you in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another person responsible (Art. 20 GDPR). In addition, you are entitled to the so-called “right to be forgotten”. That is, you can request the deletion of your personal data from us, provided that the legal prerequisites exist (Art. 17 GDPR). Regardless of this, your personal data will be automatically deleted by us if the purpose of the data collection has been omitted or the data processing has been unlawful.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH ART. 7 (3) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REVOKE YOUR ONCE GIVEN CONSENT TO US AT ANY TIME. AS A RESULT, WE ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THE DATA PROCESSING BASED ON THIS CONSENT FOR THE FUTURE.
You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time, provided that a right of objection is provided for by law. In the case of an effective revocation, your personal data will also be automatically deleted by us (Article 21 GDPR). If you would like to exercise your right of revocation or objection, it is sufficient to send an e-mail to the e-mail address listed at the end of this privacy policy. If you believe your data protection rights have been violated, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC / EDÖB), or, in accordance with Art. 77 DSGVO, with an EU supervisory authority where applicable.
DURATION OF DATA STORAGE
The data collected will be stored by us as long as necessary for the performance of the contracts we have entered, or you have not exercised your right to cancellation or your right to transfer data to another company.
We periodically review contacts in our systems and remove records where there is no ongoing relationship, legitimate retention reason (such as financial record-keeping or unsubscribe/suppression lists), or member engagement.
For example, we use cookies to statistically record and evaluate the use of our website and to optimize our offer for you. These cookies allow us to automatically recognize when you visit our website again that you have already been with us. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined time. The data processed by cookies are for the purposes mentioned to safeguard our legitimate interests as well as third parties according to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO required. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. If you do not want us to recognize information about your computer, please set your Internet browser to delete cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies, or warn you before a cookie is stored. You can find out how to delete or block cookies in the Help and Support section of your Internet browser. There you will find instructions for searching the file or directory where cookies are stored. Please note in any case that the complete deactivation of cookies may mean that you cannot use all functions of our website.
EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS AS INTEGRATION ON OUR WEBSITE
Our website sometimes uses social plugins (“plugins”) from the social network facebook.com operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA (“Facebook”). If you open our website with the plugin, it connects directly to the Facebook servers via your browser. This will transfer to Facebook the information that you have accessed the page. If you are logged in with your Facebook account, by clicking on the plugin, the visit to our website can be assigned directly to your profile. Even if you do not have a profile, it cannot be ruled out that your IP address will be saved by Facebook. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your related rights and settings options for the protection of your privacy, please refer to the privacy policy (www.facebook.com/about/privacy) of Facebook. If you are a member of Facebook and do not want Facebook to collect data about you via our online offer and link it to your member data stored on Facebook, you must log out of our website before visiting Facebook and delete corresponding Facebook cookies. It is also possible to block Facebook social plug-ins with add-ons for the browser, for example with the “Facebook Blocker”.
Some of our social networking sites Instagram (Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA) are also integrated on our website. The Instagram plugin can be recognized by the “Instagram button” on our website. If you click on the Instagram button while logged in to the Instagram account, you can link the contents of our websites to your Instagram profile. This allows Instagram to associate the visit to our pages with your user account. We point out that as a provider of our website we do not receive any knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and their use by Instagram. For more information on the Instagram privacy policy, please visit www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy.
YouTube
Our website sometimes uses plugins under / or content from YouTube (belonging to Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). When you open our website, it connects directly to the servers of YouTube through your browser. This will transmit to YouTube the information that you have accessed our website. If you are logged in to your YouTube account, your visit to our website, as well as all of your interactions with the plugin (e.g., clicking the YouTube button), can be associated with your YouTube profile and saved to YouTube – even if you have no YouTube profile, it cannot be ruled out that YouTube will save your IP address. Please also note the YouTube privacy policy: www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy. To prevent YouTube from collecting the data when you visit our website, log out before visiting YouTube. To prevent YouTube from gaining general access to your information about websites, you can exclude YouTube plug-ins with an add-on for your browser (e.g., www.youtube.com/user/disconnecters).
Eventbrite
We use Eventbrite (Eventbrite Inc., 155 5th Street, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA) to manage registrations for our events and conferences. When you register for an event through Eventbrite, your registration details are processed by Eventbrite in accordance with their privacy policy: https://www.eventbrite.com/help/en-us/articles/460838/eventbrite-privacy-policy/
Jetpack
Our website uses Jetpack (operated by Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA), which includes a feature that automatically shared our posts to our social media accounts. For more information, please refer to Automattic’s privacy policy: https://automattic.com/privacy
CRM (Hubspot)
We use Hubspot (Hubspot, Inc., 25 First Street, Cambridge, MA 02141, USA) as our customer relationship management system, to manage contacts for event invitations, newsletters, and member communications. For more information, please refer to Hubspot’s privacy policy: https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy
Payment Processing (Stripe)
We use Stripe (Stripe, Inc., 354 Oyster Point Boulevard, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA) to process payments made on our website, such as course and membership purchases. Stripe collects and processes payment details (such as card information) directly and in accordance with its own privacy policy; we do not store your full payment card details ourselves. For more information, please refer to Stripe’s privacy policy: https://stripe.com/privacy
Social Links & Recommendations
On our website, you may have the option of submitting the respective page to selected social media platforms to recommend them within your individual group of friends (“friends”, social graph). After using the respective social icons (click on the Facebook icon, for example), you will be redirected to the respective platform in a new window, which may ask you to log in to your profile first. Thereupon, or during this or even before, only the page contents of the page to be recommended are analyzed exclusively by the platform operator and processed differently depending on the platform (title of the page, picture motif as icon, continuous text). We point out in the context that we have no influence on the data collection of the respective platform, which applies to the registered as well as not registered condition in the respective social media offer. When using the social media recommendations (buttons), you automatically and knowingly agree that the respective social media offers can collect and store data about your person and your usage behavior. We as the provider of the website offered here have no influence on this and therefore, we hereby release ourselves from any liability regarding the data collection and storage of third parties.
Web Statistics Collection (Web Statistics Tool)
Our website uses Google Analytics, a service by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 United States. Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser.
Newsletter
When registering for our offered newsletter: If, according to Part. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. of DSGVO, you have expressly consented, we use your e-mail address to send you, possibly, and indefinitely our newsletter. The deregistration is possible at any time, for example via a link at the end of a newsletter. Alternatively, you can send your unsubscribe request at any time by e-mail (preferably with the subject: “unsubscribe newsletter”). In addition to our newsletter, we send transactional and administrative emails related to your membership, purchases, or event registration (e.g., payment confirmations, course access details, event information). These emails are necessary for the service and are not affected by unsubscribing from the newsletter.
When you register for an event via Eventbrite, your contact details are added to our database (HubSpot) so that we can send you event-related information (such as access links and reminders) reliably, as Eventbrite’s automated emails are sometimes missed. You may also receive newsletters and other communications as a result; you can unsubscribe at any time.
DATA SECURITY
We take all necessary technical and organizational security measures to store your personal data so that it is not accessible to third parties or the public. If you would like to contact us by e-mail, we would like to point out that the confidentiality of the transmitted information cannot be completely guaranteed with this communication method. We therefore recommend that you send us confidential information only by telephone or by post. For e-mail communication, we recommend the best possible encryption of your outbox via SSL technology. For more information, please contact your e-mail service provider.
Please avoid sending credit card or payment details by email or messaging apps (such as WhatsApp), as these are not secure channels for payment information. If you need to update your payment details, please contact us and we will advise the safest available method.
UP-TO-DATENESS AND CHANGE OF THIS DATA PROTECTION EXPLANATION
This privacy policy was last updated on Monday, August 17, 2026. Due to the further development of our website and offers or due to changed legal or regulatory requirements, it may be necessary to update this privacy policy from time to time. The current privacy policy can be viewed and printed on our website at any time.
NAME AND CONTACT DETAILS OF THE CONTROLLER
We are pleased to help all concerned in connection with the handling of personal data and exercising their rights. For assistance, please contact info@forerunner-ministries.com. We are committed to dealing with all questions in a timely manner.
THIS PRIVACY POLICY APPLIES TO DATA PROCESSING BY:
Forerunner Ministries Switzerland
Gaispelweg 4
CH-4312 Magden
Switzerland