• Privacy Policy

    Last updated: 20.10.2026

    1. Who We Are

    This Privacy Policy explains how Aerarium Handelshaus GmbH (“Aerarium Handelshaus”, “we”, “us”) processes personal data when you visit our website ahh-tradehouse.com (the “Website”) or contact us through it.

    Controller: Aerarium Handelshaus GmbH Kägiswilerstrasse 15 6060 Sarnen Switzerland Email: info@ahh-tradehouse.com

    We process personal data in accordance with the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and, where it applies to your visit, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

    2. What Data We Process

    a) Technical data (server logs). When you visit the Website, our servers automatically record the IP address, date and time of access, requested page, referrer URL, browser type and version, operating system and the amount of data transferred.

    b) Contact data. When you write to us through the contact form or by email, we process the data you provide: first name, last name, company name, email address, phone number and the content of your message.

    c) Cookie and usage data. We use cookies and similar technologies as described in Section 6. 

    We do not intentionally collect special categories of personal data (such as health data or political opinions) through the Website. Please do not include such data in your messages.

    3. Purposes and Legal Bases

    We process personal data for the following purposes:

    • Providing and securing the Website (technical data). Legal basis under the GDPR: our legitimate interest in a functional, secure Website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
    • Handling your enquiries (contact data). Legal basis: steps prior to entering into a contract or performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) or our legitimate interest in answering enquiries (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
    • Business communication and record keeping, including compliance with statutory retention duties. Legal basis: legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR) and legitimate interest.
    • Enforcing and defending legal claims. Legal basis: legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

    Under the FADP, we process personal data lawfully, in good faith and proportionately, and only for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

    4. Recipients of Data

    We do not sell your personal data. We share data only where necessary with:

    • service providers acting on our behalf, such as hosting providers, IT and email service providers [and analytics providers], who are bound by contract to process data only on our instructions;
    • professional advisers (for example lawyers, auditors or tax advisers) bound by confidentiality;
    • authorities and courts, where we are legally required or entitled to do so.

    Hosting: The Website is hosted by hetzner.com.

    5. International Data Transfers

    Some of our service providers may process data outside Switzerland and the European Economic Area, including in the United States. Where the destination country does not offer an adequate level of data protection recognised by Switzerland or the EU, we ensure appropriate safeguards, such as the Swiss-US or EU-US Data Privacy Framework certification of the recipient or standard contractual clauses. You can request a copy of the relevant safeguards using the contact details in Section 12.

    6. Cookies

    Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use:

    • Strictly necessary cookies, required for the Website to function and be secure. They do not require consent.

    You can change or withdraw your cookie choices at any time [via the cookie settings link in the footer] and delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking necessary cookies may affect the functionality of the Website.

    7. External Links

    The Website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for their content or privacy practices, and we recommend reading their privacy policies.

    8. Retention

    We keep personal data only as long as necessary for the relevant purpose:

    • Server logs: 1 day, unless needed longer to investigate a security incident.
    • Enquiries: until your request is fully handled and for 1 month afterwards in case of follow-up questions.
    • Business records: where we are legally required to retain documents, in particular business correspondence relevant to accounting, for up to ten years under Swiss law.
    • Consent-based data: until you withdraw your consent, and cookies for the duration stated in Section 6.

    After that, the data is deleted or anonymised.

    10. Your Rights

    Subject to the applicable law, you have the right to:

    • access the personal data we hold about you;
    • rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data;
    • erasure of your data;
    • restriction of processing;
    • data portability, meaning to receive your data in a commonly used, machine-readable format;
    • object to processing based on our legitimate interests;
    • withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal.

    To exercise your rights, contact us at info@ahh-tradehouse.com. We may need to verify your identity first. We will respond within one month.

    You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority. In Switzerland, this is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC), https://www.edoeb.admin.ch. If you are in the EU or EEA, you may also contact the supervisory authority in your country of residence.

    11. Security, Obligation to Provide Data and Automated Decisions

    We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss and misuse. No internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

    Providing personal data through the contact form is voluntary. Without the data marked as required, however, we may be unable to respond to your enquiry.

    We do not use automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal effects concerning you.

    12. Contact

    For questions about this Privacy Policy or about how we process your personal data:

    Aerarium Handelshaus GmbH Kägiswilerstrasse 15 6060 Sarnen, Switzerland Email: info@ahh-tradehouse.com

    13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

    We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, for example when our services or legal requirements change. The current version is always published on this page with the date of the last update.

    Privacy Policy

    Last updated: 20.10.2026

    1. Who We Are

    This Privacy Policy explains how Aerarium Handelshaus GmbH (“Aerarium Handelshaus”, “we”, “us”) processes personal data when you visit our website ahh-tradehouse.com (the “Website”) or contact us through it.

    Controller: Aerarium Handelshaus GmbH Kägiswilerstrasse 15 6060 Sarnen Switzerland Email: info@ahh-tradehouse.com

    We process personal data in accordance with the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and, where it applies to your visit, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

    2. What Data We Process

    a) Technical data (server logs). When you visit the Website, our servers automatically record the IP address, date and time of access, requested page, referrer URL, browser type and version, operating system and the amount of data transferred.

    b) Contact data. When you write to us through the contact form or by email, we process the data you provide: your name, email address, the subject and the content of your message, and any other data you choose to include.

    We do not use web analytics, advertising or tracking tools on the Website. We do not intentionally collect special categories of personal data (such as health data or political opinions) through the Website. Please do not include such data in your messages.

    3. Purposes and Legal Bases

    We process personal data for the following purposes:

    • Providing and securing the Website (technical data). Legal basis under the GDPR: our legitimate interest in a functional, secure Website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
    • Handling your enquiries (contact data). Legal basis: steps prior to entering into a contract or performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) or our legitimate interest in answering enquiries (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
    • Business communication and record keeping, including compliance with statutory retention duties. Legal basis: legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR) and legitimate interest.
    • Enforcing and defending legal claims. Legal basis: legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

    Under the FADP, we process personal data lawfully, in good faith and proportionately, and only for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

    4. Recipients of Data

    We do not sell your personal data. We share data only where necessary with:

    • service providers acting on our behalf, such as hosting providers and IT and email service providers, who are bound by contract to process data only on our instructions;
    • professional advisers (for example lawyers, auditors or tax advisers) bound by confidentiality;
    • authorities and courts, where we are legally required or entitled to do so.

    Hosting: The Website is hosted by hetzner.com..

    5. International Data Transfers

    Some of our service providers may process data outside Switzerland and the European Economic Area. Where the destination country does not offer an adequate level of data protection recognised by Switzerland or the EU, we ensure appropriate safeguards, such as the Swiss-US or EU-US Data Privacy Framework certification of the recipient or standard contractual clauses. You can request a copy of the relevant safeguards using the contact details in Section 12.

    6. Cookies

    Cookies are small text files stored on your device. The Website uses only strictly necessary cookies, if any, which are required for it to function and be secure and which do not require consent. We do not use analytics, advertising or tracking cookies.

    You can delete or block cookies in your browser settings. Blocking necessary cookies may affect the functionality of the Website.

    7. Web Fonts

    The Website uses web fonts provided by Google. When you open a page, your browser loads the fonts from servers of Google Ireland Limited or Google LLC, which transmits your IP address to Google. We do this in our legitimate interest in a consistent presentation of the Website. Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

    8. External Links

    The Website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for their content or privacy practices, and we recommend reading their privacy policies.

    9. Retention

    We keep personal data only as long as necessary for the relevant purpose:

    • Server logs: [X days], unless needed longer to investigate a security incident.
    • Enquiries: until your request is fully handled and for [X months] afterwards in case of follow-up questions.
    • Business records: where we are legally required to retain documents, in particular business correspondence relevant to accounting, for up to ten years under Swiss law.

    After that, the data is deleted or anonymised.

    10. Your Rights

    Subject to the applicable law, you have the right to:

    • access the personal data we hold about you;
    • rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data;
    • erasure of your data;
    • restriction of processing;
    • data portability, meaning to receive your data in a commonly used, machine-readable format;
    • object to processing based on our legitimate interests;
    • withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent, without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal.

    To exercise your rights, contact us at info@ahh-tradehouse.com. We may need to verify your identity first. We will respond within one month.

    You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority. In Switzerland, this is the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC), https://www.edoeb.admin.ch. If you are in the EU or EEA, you may also contact the supervisory authority in your country of residence.

    11. Security, Obligation to Provide Data and Automated Decisions

    We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss and misuse. No internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

    Providing personal data through the contact form is voluntary. Without the data marked as required, however, we may be unable to respond to your enquiry.

    We do not use automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal effects concerning you.

    12. Contact

    For questions about this Privacy Policy or about how we process your personal data:

    Aerarium Handelshaus GmbH Kägiswilerstrasse 15 6060 Sarnen, Switzerland Email: info@ahh-tradehouse.com

    13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

    We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, for example when our services or legal requirements change. The current version is always published on this page with the date of the last update.