Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

At BizCelebNews, protecting your personal data and privacy is our highest priority. This Privacy Policy transparently informs you about what data we collect, how we process it, and what control you have over your information, particularly in connection with our news services and content delivery.

Our data processing practices comply with applicable Swiss data protection laws and the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), where applicable to our activities in providing news services to our valued readers and subscribers.

2. Collection and Processing of Personal Data

The collection and processing of your data is strictly limited to providing, conducting, and personalizing our news services and content delivery. This includes:

2.1. Data you actively provide to us:

  • Registration information such as name, email address, phone number, and relevant interests for news personalization
  • Payment information for subscription services and premium content access
  • Reading preferences and content interests necessary for personalized news curation
  • Contact information and personal preferences for newsletter delivery

2.2. Automatically collected data:

  • Technical information such as IP address, device type, and browser version when using our website
  • Reading history and content engagement records for news services
  • Communication preferences to optimize our news delivery

2.3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use necessary cookies and, with your consent, analytics cookies to continuously improve our services. You can adjust your cookie settings in your browser at any time or use our website without optional cookies.

3. Purpose of Data Processing

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

  • News Services – For organizing and providing personalized news content, subscription services, and specialized reporting
  • Subscriber Management – For managing subscriptions, bookings, payments, and sending relevant news updates
  • Content Curation – To ensure the appropriateness of suggested news content and create tailored recommendations
  • Quality Assurance – For continuous improvement of our news services and content delivery

4. Legal Basis for Processing

Our data processing is based on the following legal grounds:

  • Contractual fulfillment in providing news services and managing subscriber data (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR)
  • Legitimate interest in improving our content offerings and optimizing our services (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR)
  • Compliance with legal obligations, particularly in media and publishing regulations (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR)
  • Your explicit consent for collecting certain preference data and for marketing measures (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR)

5. Data Sharing with Third Parties

Your data is only shared with third parties in the following cases:

  • Payment Service Providers – For secure processing of payments for subscription services
  • IT Service Providers – For operating our content management system and website under data processing agreements
  • Content Partners – When necessary for coordinating news services, with strict confidentiality
  • Legal Advisors – For complex publishing arrangements and legal compliance

We will never share your data with uninvolved third parties for advertising purposes and always maintain the highest level of confidentiality.

6. Data Security

To protect your data, we implement advanced security measures, including encrypted data transmission, secure storage, and strict access controls for our staff. We pay special attention to protecting subscriber information and personal data requiring the highest confidentiality.

Physical documents containing personal data are stored in secure facilities and safely destroyed after legal retention periods expire. Our facilities are equipped with modern security systems.

7. Data Storage Duration and Deletion

Your data is stored only as long as necessary for the stated purposes:

  • Contact and contract data are stored for the duration of the subscription relationship plus legal retention periods.
  • Reading preferences and requirements are kept for up to 5 years after the last activity.
  • Publishing-related documents are stored according to Swiss law for up to 10 years after the end of subscription services.

You have the right to request early deletion of your data unless prevented by legal retention requirements.

8. Your Rights

As a subscriber or reader, you have the following rights:

  • Information about your stored personal data
  • Correction of incorrect or incomplete data
  • Deletion of your data under legally specified conditions
  • Restriction of processing under certain circumstances
  • Data portability in a structured, common format
  • Objection to processing based on legitimate interest

To exercise these rights, please contact us via email at privacy@bizcelebnews.com or through our contact form.

9. GDPR-specific Provisions

As a Swiss company serving clients from the EU, we follow the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and guarantee the following rights:

  • Cross-border Data Transfers – When transferring data outside the EU/EEA, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as standard contractual clauses or adequacy decisions.
  • Data Protection Officer – Our Data Protection Officer is available for inquiries regarding the processing of your personal data at privacy@bizcelebnews.com.
  • Right to Complain – You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, particularly in the EU member state of your residence, workplace, or place of alleged infringement.
  • Data Minimization – We only collect data necessary for the stated purposes and store it only as long as required and legally prescribed.

For EU citizens using our news services, additional special protection measures apply under GDPR, including extended information obligations and stricter consent requirements.

10. Changes to the Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy as needed to accommodate legal requirements or organizational changes. The current version will always be published on our website and communicated to our subscribers.

For significant changes, we will inform our subscribers and readers via email or through notices on our platform.

If you have questions about data protection, we are available at any time through our contact form, by phone, or via email. Protecting your data is not just a legal obligation for us but an essential part of our professionalism and respect for our subscribers and readers in the dynamic field of news services.